Tide Pools Layout

For this layout of my son's field trip to the tide pools, I followed the sketch below, another one by Jana Eubank.

My title is from 3 Birds on Parade, cut at 2".

The sun and clouds are from Pop-Up Neighborhood, cut at 2 1/2".

I cut the sea stars at 1 3/4" from Life Is a Beach, and the crab is cut at 3 1/2" from Create a Critter.

The journaling tag is cut at 2 3/4" from Pop-Up Neighborhood.

Recipe:

My Mind's Eye "Good Day Sunshine" Patterned Paper

DCWV "The Stack 6" Patterned Paper (sand print)

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise, Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, & Terracotta Tile Cardstock

Peachy Keen "PK-755 Critter Faces Set A Large" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink True Black Ink

ekSuccess Circles Large Edger PUnch

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Glossy Accents.

PTI Make it Monday Challenge

For this week's Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge, Nichole Heady made a video tutorial of her "Polaroid 2-Step Masking" technique. I used this technique on my star. I began by cutting a 4" star from A Child's Year on kraft cardstock. I then used my Gypsy to embed a 2 1/2" star within a 4" star and cut them out on thin paper. I used repositional adhesive to first cover the inside and sponge white ink around the outside, and then to cover the outside and stamp fireworks on the inside. If I'm totally confusing you, watch Nichole's video.

My fireworks are actually flowers from the PTI Botanical Silhouettes Stamp Set. To make my card background, I stamped a pattern from A Little Argyle in blue and then added red stars from Daily Designs.

My sentiment is from My Creative Time's My Little Firecracker stamp set. I heat embossed it, cut the paper into a banner shape, and adhered it to my kraft base with some brads.

I'm also entering this card into Whimsical Wednesday's "Let's Get Patriotic" Challenge.

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Enchanted Evening, Kraft, & Pure Poppy Cardstock

Fresh Snow, Enchanted Evening, & Pure Poppy Ink

"Botanical Silhouettes", "Daily Designs", & "A Little Argyle" Stamp Sets

My Creative Time's "My Little Firecracker" Stamp Set

Versamark Ink

White Filigree Embossing Powder

Pure Poppy Baker's Twine

Recollections Brads

Teenage Boy Birthday Card & Blog Hop Winner

Good morning! I used random.org to pick a winner of the My Creative Time June Stamp Release Blog Hop, and the winner is #107: Debz! Congrats, Debbie! I've sent you an email to get your address so that Emma can send you the die or a stamp set of your choice!

On to today's card: my nephew just turned 17, and this is the card I made for his birthday. He is a big runner, so I wanted to incorporate this 4" runner cut from Sports Mania. I created my background by printing the black diamond pattern from the Imagine Black & White cartridge on brown cardstock.

I had fun using my Papertrey Ink Grunge Me stamp set on my little piece of note paper. "HB 2 U" is from the Birthday Bash Sentiments set. Hopefully he'll know what it means, because my son looked at it and said, "I don't get it." Though once I told him it was texting language, he figured it out.

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Hawaiian Shores & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

"Library Ledger" Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

"Grunge Me" and "Birthday Bash Sentiments" Stamp Sets

Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, & Dark Chocolate Ink

Rustic Jute Button Twine

ekSuccess Binding Edge Punch

Bon-Bons Birthday

Today I have a fun birthday card for you made with the new Cricut Sweet Shop cartridge. This card will fit into an A2 sized envelope, but it's only 4 1/4" x 5". After I cut my papers, I decided that I wanted my patterned paper to go from the bottom to the top of the card. I couldn't waste this adorable paper, so I just cut the rest of the card to match. My sentiment is from My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles stamp set.

Aren't these bon-bons adorable? They are cut at 4", and I used my iRock to add some fun pink gems to each one.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Echo Park "Dots & Stripes: Candy Shoppe Collection" Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Cardstock

Fiskar's "Treading Water" Punch

My Creative Time "Wow! So Many Candles" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Imaginisce Gems

Layering Cricut Imagine Patterns

Click here for the My Creative Time June Stamp Release Blog Hop!

I had a lot of fun making this card using a new technique with my Cricut Imagine and the Teresa Collins Black & White cartridge. I really wanted this cartridge for printing the black patterns on all different colors, but today I realized that I could print them on other Imagine patterns too! My background was made by layering the clock pattern from Black & White on top of the newsprint pattern from Vintage Paper.

You can watch this quick video to see how to do this.

My teacup is cut at 3 1/2" from the Kate's ABCs cartridge.

I thought this sentiment went perfectly with the teacup and the clocks! It's from Papertrey Ink, and I heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink True Black Cardstock

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

White Bazzill Cardstock (for Imagine print)

ekSuccess Bumpy Road Edger Punch

Papertrey Ink "Tea for Two Additions" Stamp Set

Versamark Ink

White Filigree Embossing Powder

Versa Magic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

June Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Click here for the My Creative Time June Stamp Release Blog Hop!

It's the 25th of the month, which means it's time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! Today we were asked to make something inspired by this gorgeous photo.

{photo credit}

I really like the soft colors on the wall, and they inspired me to make my button card. Instead of using colored cardstock, I used a sponge dauber to add Hawaiian Shores ink to white cardstock. For my buttons, I die cut felt flowers using the "Flower Fusion #1" die and layered coaster and cork buttons using the "Buttoned Up #1 Die". Layering the cork on the coaster button just added a little more dimension. I sewed these all together with some rustic cream button twine.

My background was made with the "Background Basics: Twinkle" stamp set, and I found the "just a note" sentiment in the "Ribbon Tails" stamp set.

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft Cardstock, scored at 4 1/4"

4" x 5 1/4" Dark Chocolate Cardstock

3 3/4" x 5" Harvest Gold Cardstock

"Button Card Collection" & "Buttoned Up #1" Dies

"Flower Fusion #1" & "Double-Ended Banner" Dies

Harvest Gold & Simply Chartreuse Felt

"Button Boutique" & "Ribbon Tails" Stamp Sets

Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, & Vintage Cream Ink

Coaster

Cork Paper (from Michelle Wooderson's Etsy Shop)

ekSuccess Zig Zag Edger Punch

Be sure to visit Nichole Heady's blog to join in the fun!

My Creative Time's June Stamp Release Blog Hop

Are you ready to see My Creative Time's latest stamp release? Hopefully you started at the beginning of this hop, at My Creative Time. If not, head over there now to see Emma's introduction of her brand new stamp release! Can you believe this clipboard stamp? I just love it! You can see a picture of the entire Honey Do List set further down in this post.

I think the clipboard would look fabulous colored, but I don't have any cool Copic markers. Instead, I stamped it three times, on cream, gray, and brown, and then I hand cut and layered. I love this look! The "Things to Do" and checkmark stamps are from this stamp set, and then I made the rest of my list from Emma's Have Fun in the Sun stamp set.

I used a Papertrey Ink die to cut flowers from cork paper and patterned paper. Then I used another die for the buttons. To make the buttons thicker, I added a second layer behind them, cut from the coasters Papertrey Ink sells.

Here's a look at the Honey Do List stamps. Click here for ordering information.

Emma has even more exciting news for this blog hop! Today she is releasing her first ever My Creative Time die! As you can see, the die coordinates with the frame on the Inspiring Words {Accents} stamp set shown below:

If you leave a comment on each stop along the hop, you might be one of eleven people to win a die or a stamp set of your choice! Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Glora! I can't wait to see what she has created for us! Here's the line-up for the entire hop.

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/ <--- YOU ARE HERE

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Leann ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/

Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise, Enchanted Evening, Dark Chocolate, Smokey Shadow, & Rustic Cream Cardstock

Echo Park "Splash" Patterned Paper

Cork Paper

Papertrey Ink "Beautiful Blooms II #1" & "Buttoned Up #1" Dies

Papertrey Ink Coaster & Rustic Jute Button Twine

My Creative Time "Have Fun in the Sun" & "Honey Do List" Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening, True Black, & Dark Chocolate Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Throwback Thursday Challenge with My Creative Time!

This is my 2nd post today. Be sure to scroll down to see the My Creative Time Sneak Peak #3. You're going to love today's stamp set!!!

It's Throwback Thursday time, and this week Emma asked us to create a Cricutless project! Not only that, but we had to use the sketch below. For my project, I began with a piece of 11" x 5 1/2" green cardstock, scored it at 5 1/2", and rounded the corners. My turquoise layer is a 5 1/4" square. I then took a 5" square of red cardstock and trimmed it with a ribbon punch. Lastly, I layered a 3 3/4" square of patterned paper on top of that.

For my vase, I tried a new technique called reverse masking that I learned from Eric Lincoln on the Papertrey Ink's "Make it Monday" challenge. Click here to see her video. It really makes for a nice effect.

Finally, my sweet sentiment is from My Creative Time's "Turn That Frown Upside Down" stamp set. I stamped it on a little tag that I made from a Papertrey Ink die.

Here's a look at the rest of this My Creative Time stamp set. Click here for ordering information, and be sure to join in the fun with the Throwback Thursday Challenge!

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, & Rustic White Cardstock

"Beautiful Blooms" Patterned Paper

Martha Stewart "Ribbon Loop" Punch

"Mat Stack 1" & "Tiny Tags" Dies

My Creative Time's "Turn That Frown Upside Down" Stamp Set

"Asian Fusion", "Bitty Background Blocks", & "Tiny Tags" Stamp Sets

Hawaiian Shores & Pure Poppy Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Simply Chartreuse Topnotch Twill Ribbon

My Creative Time Sneak Peek #3

It's our last day of sneak peeks before the big reveal tomorrow! Be sure to head over to My Creative Time at 8 AM PST to see Emma's new stamps sets in their entirety! Today I'm showcasing the "Honey Do List" stamp set. Don't you just love this BIG clipboard? Just wait until you see all of the other words that come with it. I found it just perfect for journaling on my layout.

I'm trying to challenge myself with using more sketches, since I find them very intimidating. Jana Eubank, who is a very talented member of the Cricut Circle and Cricut Blogs' design teams has a whole blog dedicated to sketches! I used this one for my layout today.

For my title, I used my Gypsy to weld together 1 1/2" letters from Boys Will Be Boys. The badges are from Campin' Critters, cut at 2 and 2 1/2". The circle is cut at 10 1/2" from Mini Monograms, and the topnote shape is cut at 5" from Accent Essentials.

Don't forget, if you leave a comment on the sneak peek posts made by me, Emma, and the rest of the design team this week, you'll be eligible to win a new release stamp set of your choice! Tweet or share about My Creative Time's "7th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8 AM PST on Facebook for even more chances. To see all of the sneak peeks so far, visit My Creative Time.

Recipe:

Recollections Kraft Cardstock

DCWV "The Guy Stack" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate & Rustic Cream Cardstock

Core'dinations Cardstock

ekSuccess Circles Large Edger Punch

My Creative Time "Honey Do List" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate & Scarlet Jewel Ink

Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" Embossing Folder

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Versa Magic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

My Creative Time Sneak Peek #2

Today I am showcasing stamps from two different stamp sets for the upcoming My Creative Time release: Inspiring Words and Inspiring Words {Accents}. These two stamp sets work great on their own OR together. My son plays high school basketball and is currently involved in the summer league. I thought this would be a nice little encouragement card for him.

My card base is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". The red layer is 5 1/4" x 4". I really wanted to use this brown polka-dotted paper, but my scrap was a little too narrow. So, I just layered it on top of a white piece of cardstock that I edged with my ekSuccess "Binding Edge" punch. The basketball player is cut at 4 1/2" from the Sports Mania cartridge.

"Determination" is from Inspiring Words. The frame and the sentence in smaller print are from Inspiring Words {Accents}. I also took "Believe" from Inspiring Words and heat embossed it several times on a strip of red cardstock.

Don't forget, if you leave a comment on the sneak peek posts made by me, Emma, and the rest of the design team this week, you'll be eligible to win a new release stamp set of your choice! Tweet or share about My Creative Time's "7th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8 AM PST on Facebook for even more chances. To see all of the sneak peeks so far, visit My Creative Time.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink True Black, Pure Poppy, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

DCWV "The Guy Stack" Patterned Paper

ekSuccess "Binding Edge" Punch

My Creative Time's "Inspiring Words" & "Inspiring Words {Accents}" Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink True Black Ink

Versamark Ink

a la mode Clear Embossing Powder

My Creative Time June Sneak Peek #1

Are you ready? My Creative Time is releasing four brand new stamps sets this Friday! Be sure to stop by for our design team blog hop Friday morning to see them all in action! Today I'm giving you a sneak peek of a sentiment from the "Encouraging Quotes" set. I made my A2 sized card by first stamping the sweet sentiment on white cardstock and then using a ruler and pen to draw my frame. My watermelon is cut at 2 3/4" from the Preserves cartridge. After I cut it, I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a Papertrey Ink button die to create the bite out of it.

Don't forget! You have until Wednesday to take part in My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge and be eligible to win all 4 of Emma's stamp sets that are being released this Friday!!!

Also, if you comment on the sneak peek posts by Emma and the design team this week, or you share about Emma's new releases on Facebook or Twitter, you might win one stamp set of your choice!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink True Black & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

DCWV "The Guy Stack" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink "Distressed Dots" Patterned Paper

My Creative Time's "Encouraging Quotes" Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papertrey Ink "Buttoned Up #1" Die

Zig Pure Black Writer

VersaMagic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

First Two-Wheeler Layout

This weekend I made a layout of the day that my son got his first two-wheeler. I began with a 12" square of blue cardstock and sewed on an 11 1/2" square of kraft cardstock. The scalloped square for the background is cut at 11" x 11" real dial size from Mini Monograms.

My title is from Graphically Speaking and is cut at 4".

I cut the tree at 16.65" from Just Because Cards and trimmed off the left side. The grass is cut from two sections of 2.5" grass from Easter 2010, welded together, and the bicycle is cut at 3.5" from Boys Will Be Boys.

Lastly, I cut the arrow at 1.35" from Graphically Speaking. For my journaling tag, I just used a rectangle of ledger paper, but I edged it with my "Binding Edge" punch.

Recipe:

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

My Mind's Eye "Good Day Sunshine" Patterned Paper

DCWV "The Guy Stack" Patterned Cardstock

Papertrey Ink "Library Ledger" Patterned Paper

Recollections Kraft Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Buttons & Rustic Jute Button Twine

ekSuccess "Binding Edge" Punch

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

VersaMagic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

Imaginisce Gems

Get Well Soon, Emma!

My sweet friend Emma (My Creative Time) has sadly been a bit accident prone lately. This week she sprained her ankle. She's on crutches and wearing a boot, so I just had to make this A2 sized card for her using her "Pain Pain Go Away" stamp set. Don't you just love this umbrella? I stamped it with orange ink, cut it out, and inked around the edges.

My little bird is from 3 Birds on Parade. I used my Gypsy to plan out the card, which made the sizing a little odd. I cut the bird at 2.32". The boot is also from 3 Birds and is cut at 3.34". The crutches are from Everyday Paper Dolls, cut at 2.69". I hid the bird's face on my Gypsy so that I could use one of Emma's favorite Peachy Keen faces!

I also decorated the back of my envelope a bit by stamping another sentiment from "Pain Pain Go Away" and running the flap through my Cuttlebug.

Here's a picture of poor Emma on her crutches. Do you see a resemblance to the bird, LOL? Get well soon, Emma!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream, Smokey Shadow, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Echo Park "A Walk in the Park" Patterned Paper (grid)

Papertrey Ink "Road Trip" Patterned Paper (polka dot)

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

Fiskar's "Treading Water" Punch

My Creative Time's "Pain Pain Go Away" Stamp Set

Peachy Keen PK-493 "Everyday Character Face Parts and MORE!" Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papertrey Ink Orange Zest Ink

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Joann Craft Essentials Marker

A Sweet Treat

One of my friends is having a group of us over to her house for lunch today, so I wanted to make a little hostess gift for her. I got her a packet of yummy hot fudge sauce and made a little bag for it. The bag ("inch bag") is cut at 7 1/2" from the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge.

To decorate it, I cut an aqua 3 1/4" circle and layered it on top of a 3 1/2" scalloped circle. Both of these were cut from Mini Monograms with the Real Dial size button on. Popped on top of these is a yummy ice-cream sundae cut at 3 1/2" from the new Sweet Shop Lite cartridge. I added some Glossy Accents to the cherry.

I punched holes at the top of my bag, tied it together with some ribbon, and added a tag made with some Papertrey Ink goodies.

Recipe:

sei "Lovebirds" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Lavender Moon, Rustic White, & Pure Poppy Cardstock

Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Glossy Accents

Papertrey Ink "Tiny Tags" Die and Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Papertrey Ink Lavender Moon Topnotch Twill Ribbon & Rustic Cream Button Twine

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink