The Insider Class

So sad this is such a short class. I am loving it and all the videos. I think Jennifer McGuire made me fall in love with my Distress pads. I have most all of the colors but they don't get used much. I love this simple watercoloring that Jennifer taught on the first day. Thanks Jennifer!

Supplies: Distress pads, water color brush, PTI Friends Till the End Stamp Set, SU Chocolate Chip Ink & CS, Watercolor paper - art supply for Michaels. 

September 2013 Blog Hop - 2nd card

 I really wanted to play along again with a 2nd idea I had. 

I am so in love with PTI Bigger Blooms, I have been using it a ton lately! If you look close the wreath has different dimensions. This is a new color combo for me and I love it! I used the colors from #11, in the photo above. Love it!

Other Supplies: PTI Crushed Concord PP and ink, SU Rose Red PP and Ink, SU Baja Breeze Ink & CS, PTI white CS, White Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Dimesionals. 

September 2013 PTI Blog Hop

Okay so I just couldn't help myself, I am addicted to this ruffle look from last weeks Make it Monday. So fun! I used the PTI Wreath for all reasons stamp set and the little saying in the middle is from one of the Tag Its stamp sets. I used Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, and Summer Sunrise PP and Ink. Looks like Fall to me ;-)

Make it Monday #132 Layered Border Die cuts

This weeks a challenge is one of my favorite things to do! I love scallops and I love layering them! I really copied Dawn's layout, I just loved it and I hope you do to!

Supplies all PTI unless noted: Happy for You, Mat Stack 6, Bigger Blooms stamps, Mat Stack 6 dies, Royal Velvet PP, satin ribbon and Ink, Winter Wisteria CS and Ink. Rhinestones SU and dimensionals. 

MFTWSC141 Sketch - What a difference sunlight makes....

(I took this photo today with the sun shining.)

(This my original photo on a rainy day.)

I live in Iowa and we have had a very dry summer (very terrible for my farmer father) but it makes for some BEAUTIFUL sunsets. So, I have been looking for a reason to make a sunset with my inks. I used my Stampin Up inks and my Ranger distress tool to blend the background and then I grabbed my Mister Huey white spray and added a little sparkle and spots. And when that was all dry I added the flowers with Versa Mark and Black EP. I really hope that I could bring a little Iowa sunset your way. 

Supplies: MFT Peaceful Wildflowers, Clearly Sentimental Sympathy, SU ink, Mister Huey White, Black and White EP, Versa Mark, Echo Park 6x6 PP, SU white taffeta ribbon.

Make it Monday #130

Okay so don't look too close...this was my 3rd attempt and it didn't go fabulously for me. I LOVE embossing, I probably have 30+ bottles of different EP (just saying I love it that much). I had so much trouble getting the Zing EP to stick and stay stuck (not the best description) while I did the next color. I even did one flower at a time and heated the powder from the back side of the paper, so that the EP wouldn't fly off before it melted. The Zing EP is a larger grain EP and that might have been some of my issue. Anyhooo, from afar it is a cute, cheery card but from up close the perfectionist in me hates that I have stray powder in the other colors.

Supplies: PTI Happiness in Bloom & Fillable Frames Sentiments, PTI Zing Embossing power - Aqua, Apricot, Leaf, SU embossing buddy & White Detail EP, My Minds Eye 6x6 Fly a Kite PP & White Enamel Dots, Ribbon SU Daffodil Delight, Versa Mark.

Look who really seems to like our deck!

 This little red fox comes around 2 - 3 times per week.

 This photo I snapped last week at about 6:30am. I wonder if she was there all night? 

We actually have no idea if it is a girl or boy but my twin girls think anything 

that is cute is a girl and so we named her 'Reba' ;-) Oh and she has a friend we have

seen her with too under our trees once. 

MFTWSC140

 This is the sketch from My Favorite Things for this week. 

I can't tell you how many times I moved these Poppies. I struggled with this sketch, mainly because I don't have the new Blueprints Dies but I like how the card turned out anyway. I feel like the camera really didn't do that card justice, it is much more vibrant in real life. The Pretty Poppies set is my FAVORITE MFT set. I think it is beautiful! 

Make today a grateful day!

Make It Monday #130

The Make it Monday challenge is to use Heat and Bond to make fabric die cuts. I have to say this is kind of addicting because not matter what you do these little bags are so cute! I think the red fabric one is my favorite. I used the Beautiful Blooms Dies & Happiness in Blooms Leaves Die. The felt is from PTI- Simply Chartreuse, Royal Velvet, & Raspberry Fizz.  (buttons-Dark Chocolate from PTI & unknown)  This is so much fun and SO easy, you gotta try it!

Happy Birthday Taylored Expressions

 It is Taylored Expressions Birthday and they are playing games to celebrate. What fun!

I am playing along with the Tic Tac Toe game, I picked the diagonal from top left to lower right- 

use rhinestones, ribbon to make a bday card. 

I just got my new TE goodies! I love this new Party Banner Cutting plate (so cute) and the matching stamp set - Big Bold Birthday! The pattern paper is from My Minds Eye Cambridge Court, and the sentiment is embossed with white EP from Stampin Up.

Hope you like it and have a great weekend!