Ikat Birthday Wishes

 

I made this fun and colourful birthday card, using one small stamp from PTI's Ikat stamp set. I seem to keep going back to pink and green as a combo. It just makes me smile!

I had every intention of getting some serious sewing done today, but my craft room was so untidy, I just had to clean it. My fabric stash is quickly outgrowing it's current storage space, so I had a scout around for some ideas. I saw a lot of talk about using comic book boards. You can see an example in the photo below. I think it would be the best use of my space, if teamed with a Billy bookcase from Ikea.

Aren't they pretty all lined up!

Photo credit: Smashed Peas and Carrots

If any other fabric fanatics have some suggestions for storage, please share!

 

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Thinking of You

Here is a card I made in five minutes flat! I always have an array of flowers from The Sweet Life cut out and stamped. They are perfect for those times when you need a card very quickly. I pulled some patterned paper from my scrap box, drew a few stitches in white pen and stuck the flowers on at different heights with dimensional adhesive. Thanks for looking!

 

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Recycled Packaging & Using Up Stash

One thing I love about Prima products is the beautiful packaging it comes in, and I always keep the backing card from their flowers. This one was literally just stuck onto the card base as is. It has a lovely pearl finish on it and the greenish blue colour has a real mermaid vibe about it. It doesn't take ink too well, so the sentiment is a little faded, but it doesn't rub off or anything. I added some die cut flowers from PTI's The Sweet Life and there you have it. I really like the colours of this card. I wish I could buy paper like this, it takes the hard work out of making cards lol.

This was another quick card. My aunt ambushed me with an order for 5 cards, which were needed right away. (Is it just my family that does this?) I made this felt embellishment months ago and promptly forgot about it. I added a strip of PTI's heart border underneath the flower and stuck a tiny tag with it. All of these bits and pieces had been pre-made, stamped and cut ages ago, so on they went in no time at all. 

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A Rare Christmas Card

I'm embarrassed to admit that this is one of only 4 Christmas cards I made this year. Despite a plethora of festive stamps, for the second year running, I've failed to send out any Christmas cards. Last years I was in the depths of morning sickness, so this year I'm just going to go ahead and blame the baby again! This time it's teething. I threw together 4 similar looking cards on Christmas Eve, and only because I truly couldn't bare to buy any. Maybe next year I'll be more organised (I say this every year).

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Purple & Green Birthday Wishes.

This Lovely Layers stamp and die set really hasn't seen very much action I'm afraid. It was one of those sets that I wanted instantly, and then when it arrived I was in a bit of a crafting hole. I'm really loving the little details on the leaves. Purple and green are two of my favourite colour combos and these were the colours that were used on the birthday girl's cake. Hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!

 

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Birthday Wishes

A quick card made using PTI's Rainbow background stamp and half and half die.

 

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Birthday Wishes.

Another quick birthday card using scraps. Absolutely love this patterned paper from Basic Grey, so pretty. I also used a half and half die cut and Beautiful Butterflies dies.

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Happy Birthday!

This was my first time breaking out my PTI Background Basics Rainbow stamp. Predictably, I absolutely adore it. I stamped it with Hawaiian Shores ink and then added a few elements that I had spare from other projects. It took all of ten minutes seeing as I had most things die cut and stamped already.

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10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge.

In an attempt to be more productive with my craft time, I'm joining the Pretty Pink Posh 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge. This card took me 7 and a half minutes, a record time for me as I spend so much time faffing about. I used a bunch of scraps and PTI's Natural Beauties set. The leaves come from The Sweet Life. I also want to enter the Basic Grey challenge "Anything Goes". The green paper is from Basic Grey's PB&J paper pad. Thanks for looking :)

 

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CASED Card

I saved an image of a card from Dawn McVey so I could case it, but I can't find the link back to it now. Found the link! I can't see myself ever getting tired of this stamp set...EVER!

 

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Welcome Baby

I love this onesie die but I find it hard to embellish for some reason. I kept it simple and used my new photo finishers die for the sentiment. The duck image is from Night Night Moon, and I popped it up with some dimensionals.

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The Sweet Life

I got my new PTI order today, perfect timing as I have a ton of cards to make. This one uses The Sweet Life cabbage rose set. The flowers on the right are a bit wonky, as I didn't have the patience to practice stamping them first! I love this set, the flowers are super pretty.

Thanks for looking :)

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Stamp A Faire Ribbon Challenge

I managed to get time to try another challenge last night, so I decided to follow Dawn's bow tying project. I can't tie a bow to save my life, and even the clear tutorial from Dawn did nothing to improve those skills! Still, I tried!

 

 

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Stamp A Faire Morning Make and Take.

 

I wasn't able to take part in all the challenges that Papertrey Ink were hosting yesterday as it was my son's birthday. However, I was able to get this card made at about midnight and just in time to upload. The rest of the challenges are open for longer, so I hope to make some tonight.

Nichole used the stamp set Natural Beauties, which I don't have yet, but you were allowed to substitute it with any other floral set. I used Beautiful Blooms II and cased Nichole's card. I didn't have any vellum either, so I had to use white card. It wasn't until I had it stuck down that I realised the card strip was too wide. Never mind, I will know for next time!

 

 

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Just a Note.

This card took about 5 minutes to make! I absolutely love this typewriter stamp from Hero Arts. I used one of my favourite PTI colour combos for this card, Smokey Shadow and Summer Sunrise. I added some Kaisercraft bling to the typewriter to finish it off and voila! Thanks for looking :)

By the Cute and Girly Challenge Entry.

This is my entry for this month's By the Cute and Girly challenge. The brief is "Cute as a Button" I used Hawaiian Shores CS for the card base, layered it with black CS and stamped my own patterned paper using PTI's Rosie Posie stamp set. The flowers are die cut from Soft Stone CS and stamped with Hawaiian Shores and Spring Rain ink. The set is called Beautiful Blooms II. I stamped PTI's Library Card stamp on a Project Life journalling tag and added a thank you sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes. The buttons are PTI's Blueberry Sky, ribbon is PTI's Hawaiian Shores and the bling is from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

More Thank You Cards.

Another card using scraps! I'm beginning to see a pattern here :) I'm keeping them as simple as possible, as I have quite a few to make.

This card uses only PTI die cuts. I used Trendy Treetops, Picket Fence and the cloud die.

Thanks for looking :)

 

21st Birthday Card

This is another order I received today. I used my Beautiful Butterflies set again, along with Big Birthday Wishes. I am completely in love with my new PTI Hawaiian Shores ink, so pretty! The patterned paper is Echo Park and the chipboard letters are from American Crafts. The lighting is a bit poor here I'm afraid, so apologies for the photo!

Engagement Card

I made this card using my new PTI Turning a New Leaf stamp set and die. I'm totally in love with it and can see myself using it a lot in the future. My other new set is called Congrats All Ways and it is perfect for any special occasion, be it engagement, passing an exam, a new job etc. It really is one of those essential sets. I bought it with the engagement sentiment in mind, but I can see now it has tons of uses. The orange border is cut using a Martha Stewart punch and the damask background is Hero Arts. Thanks for looking!

Baby Girl Card

I had to make a quick baby girl card today but I didn't really have any images I could use. So instead I focused on the sentiment. This comes from a PTI set called Inside and Out Baby. They have the cutest sayings :) The background paper is old Basic Grey and the pink velvet ribbon was saved from a Christmas present. Then I stamped the little girl's name around the edge using PTI's Simple Alphabet.