Friday, March 29, 2013

If You're Feeling Blue ...

A card of hope and encouragement for the current
challenge at CASology.  The cue word is "Hope."
I am also entering at 52 Card Pickup and
Simon Says Stamp where this week~ anything goes.




Supplies ~ 
Stamps:  PTI Watercolor Wonder, Inkadinkado Friendly Advice
Paper:  PTI White & Soft Stone
Ink:  Hero Arts Neons ~ Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green & Purple
Additional Supplies:  Sequins - LCS, Corner Rounder

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Monday, March 25, 2013

Catching Up ~ Summer School Teacher Gifts

Continuing to clean up my memory card.  Here are the cards
I made for the summer school teacher gifts.  I made six different
squares for different occasions and placed them on a piece of
acetate with glue dots.  Included with these were blank embossed
note cards with a place to glue the square.  I bought a large box of the 
already embossed note cards at Michaels using a 40 % off coupon.  
I made four sets of these.  I also had found a book of race cars from
the local library for only fifty cents that they were getting rid of.
I cut out the cars and matted them with black.  The "gift boxes" 
were recycled PTI stamp boxes.  The sentiment is from PTI ~ 
one of the Think Big series.  It was stamped onto a die cut from 
Spellbinders, and then I cut two more layers to mat.
 The race car cards were given to two teachers.  For under 
ten dollars, I made teacher gifts for six teachers ~ not bad ;).













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Jean

Catching Up ~ Father's Day in the NICU

I am working on cleaning up my memory card.
No challenges ~ just posting cards that I made last year 
for the babies in the NICU to give to their Dads for 
Father's Day.  Often I use a card that I have made and
CASE it, making it easier to mass produce.  I used this card 
to CASE for the Father's Day cards for 2012.  
All of the details for the card are on that post.
    
 



I made these in 2010 using all SU supplies.

I made the pickup trucks cards in 2011 for Father's Day using 
SU Loads of Love.  I found an old automobile supply
catalog at a rummage sale that I used for the background
paper.  The trucks were water colored and then fussy cut.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Sequins, Sequins & More Sequins

Oh happy day ~ I was on call today and did not have to work!
Of course, instead of cleaning (like I should have done) I made 
three cards.  This month the blog hop at PTI is all about sequins.
For the Wish Big card I used the colors at ColourQ and used no 
stamps for the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.  I found neon
sequins at a local craft store that matched a few of my neon 
inks quite nicely.  I used them to make a background for two
bright thank you cards.





 
March-blog-hop-inspiration


Supplies ~ Thank You cards
Stamps:  PTI Watercolor Wonder
Paper:  PTI White & Raspberry Fizz
Ink:  Hero Arts Neon Pink, Neon Yellow, Neon Orange, Neon Green
Die:  Provo Craft Olivia
Additional Supplies:  Sequins - LCS

Supplies ~ Wish Big card
No Stamps ;)
Paper:  PTI White & Blueberry Sky, SU Daffodil Delight
Ink:  Mr. Huey's Taxi Color Mist
Dies:  PTI Quick Stitch Sentiments & Provo Craft Olivia
Additional Supplies:  Sequins - LCS, DMC floss 792 (There is a chart at Splitcoaststampers that has the matching DMC floss colors for SU colors.  There is also a partial list at Melissa Bickford's blog with matching colors for PTI colors and DMC floss.)

Thanks so much for hopping by!
Jean


Saturday, March 23, 2013

I Only Have Eyes ... For You

A very quick post, since I should be in bed ~ being 
scheduled for a 12 hour shift tomorrow.  I made another
card for the "song" challenge at CASology using the
colors at Play Date Cafe.  I felt a little guilty about my last 
entry at CASology since I made my card and then found a
song to fit.  So, I came up with a song first, and then made 
a card.  The song is older ~ "I Only Have Eyes for You."
I also wanted to thank the ladies at Play Date
for selecting my last entry there for the
"Cream in Our Coffee."





Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Friday, March 22, 2013

Happy Easter X 18

I made these cards for the babies in the NICU I work at to give to 
their parents on Easter.  As soon as I saw Melissa's new series 
"Polka Dot Parade," I knew I wanted to use them for this year's cards.
I bought two of the dies, to make my work easier.  During  
the February countdown at PTI there were many cards using
the bunnies with negative die cuts and tags, and I have seen others 
since then.  I liked the idea of tags and negative die cuts. 
 I  worked assembly line fashion using three colors ~ 
Blueberry Sky, Summer Sunrise and Aqua Mist.
This is also why this is my first post for the week on Friday ;).

 I am entering them into five challenges ~ 
A Passion for Papertrey ~ to use a negative die cut
CASology ~ Song 
(There are many songs that work for these cards ~ including:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, Easter Parade, Here Comes Peter Cottontail,
Funny Bunny and Bunny Hop ~ to name a few.)
Moxie Fab World ~ Emphasize the Negative
Simon Says Stamp ~ Easter / Spring
52 Card Pickup ~ always anything goes


   



I made these for last Easter. 

Supplies ~ 
Stamps:  PTI Take Three: Spring
Paper:  PTI White, Blueberry Sky, Aqua Mist & Summer Sunrise; Pattern Packs in the same colors
Ink:  PTI Blueberry Sky & Aqua Mist,  SU So Saffron
Dies:  PTI Tag Sale # 6 & Tag Sale # 7,  Polka Dot Parade # 1
Additional Supplies:  PTI Buttons; SU Bashful Blue & So Saffron Ribbons; Sequins, Pom Poms & Aqua ribbon - LCS

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Saturday, March 16, 2013

An Extraterrestrial Birthday

A birthday card for a nine year old who loves Star Wars.
The cue word this week at CASology is "extraterrestrial."
A great coincidence ;) ~ for a card I needed to make
anyway.  I also used various shades of gray for the
 challenge at A Passion for Papertrey.  

    

 

Challenge: 50 Shades of Grey!

At a Passion for Papertrey

I am also posting it at the 52 card pickup.

Supplies ~ 
Stamps:  PTI Heart-2-Heart # 2, Recollections Robots
Paper:  PTI White & Soft Stone, SU Basic Gray, PTI True Black Pattern Pack
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Die:   PTI Heart-2-Heart # 2 for the balloon
Additional Supplies:  Washi Tape - LCS 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Happy St. Patrick's Day X 24

24 cards for the babies in the NICU I work at to give to their
parents this St. Patty's Day.  I used the sketch at Retro Sketches.
I am also entering them at Simon Says Stamp where the 
challenge is "A Bit 'O Green."  I have three very slightly different
versions, because I ran out of the buttons, and then ran out of the
large glitter dots.






Supplies ~ 
Stamp:  SU Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper:  PTI White & Soft Stone, Glittered Green - LCS
Ink:  SU Garden Green
Punches:  SU Word Window & Modern Label, Martha Stewart 4 Leaf Clover
Additional Supplies:  Washi Tape - LCS, PTI Soft Stone Buttons, Glitter Dots & Rhinestones - LCS

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Hippity Hoppity

Wow ~ long time away from blogging.  My son caught a nasty bug,
and then he gave it to me ;).  Not only did we feel miserable, but it
was so exhausting.  Thankfully we're both doing much better.
I have a card today using the bright fun colors at Play Date Cafe 
for the "bunny" cue word at CASology.  I am also entering at the 
52 card pickup  where anything goes.

 
Old Back Porch

Supplies ~
Stamp:  PTI Scrambled Eggs
Paper:  PTI White & Lucky Limeade, SU Regal Rose & Marina Mist
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Marina Mist & Regal Rose (marker)
Dies & Punches:  PTI Scrambled Eggs, Spellbinders Ovals, SU Word Window & Modern Label
Additional Supplies:  PTI Linen Impression Plate, Rhinestones - LCS

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean