365 Cards: Going Green

Hope you had a great St. Patrick's Day yesterday!!! I totally forgot and didn't wear green or even think about leprechaun's! But, today's challenge at 365 Cards is to Go Green, shades of green that is. So today instead of taking it "green St. Patty's Day" I decided to go green the natural way. Here is my card:

I used two different kinds of green paper and topped it with green ink. I love the soothing effect of the three leaf images.  Go green today and create something for your 365 Card stash. You will be glad you did! 

Here's to you, green friend

k

Deets:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Text Box

Ink: PTI New Leaf, Fresh Snow, SU! Basic Black

Paper: PTI Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Stampers Select White

Accessories: Buttons, Embroidery Floss

Joy*Peace*Hope

Sheesh, is this ribbon GORGEOUS, or what!?!?! It was given to me by my wonderful mother-in-law who picked it up at a ribbon outlet. She got a gazillion yards for 50 cents. That just blew my mind!! Its so lovely and double sided AND the red matches PTI's Pure Poppy Perfectly! (how can I resist that alliteration?)  Next trip to Virginia has "visit ribbon outlet" at the top of my to-do list. 

May we have more Joy*Peace*Hope this season!

Thanks for stopping by.

k

Deets:

Stamps: Mona Lisa Moments Christmas Expressions by CHF

Paper: PTI Holiday Vintage Prints, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy.
Ink: SU! Basic Black

Accessories: magically delicious double sided ribbon from my wonderful mother.

Craft Alert!!: Baby Shower Thank You Cards

Since I am interested a bit in crafts, once in a while I will be posting a project that I am working on. I figure that since not everyone will be interested in reading about it, I will post the project with the title Craft Alert!! so that you are fore warned. If you don't want to read, just pass on by. So without further ado....

I have so many friends having babies this year. So I have been doing a few baby gifts and trying out a few techniques that I have seen on other blogs. This post is a baby card set that I have put together for a baby shower this weekend.

These are pre-scored white card bases that I actually bought in a pack of 100 (plus envies) at a Wal-Mart in Virginia, for (of course) cheap. Quite a score for a project like this. I used another favorite stamp set from Paper Trey Ink called Bitty Baby Blessings. I used the paper piecing technique that I saw used by many of their designers and on other blogs around. Basically you stamp the image on patterned paper, and cut it out. I then cut 3 x 3 card stock in summer sunrise and lemon tart (also PT) glued the stamped image on it and added grommets to the corners.

I then altered a clear plastic box that PT uses to package their stamp sets to create a personalized box for the gift receiver. Is that green enough for ya or what?!

Here is my finished project:

On the back I stamped with PT Simple Alphabet. I would post a pic of it, but can't seem to get my computer to download it.

So that's it. Off to the baby shower!

Deets: (all PTI unless otherwise noted)

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings, Sentiment: Faux Ribbon

Paper: Bitty Baby Blessings, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Kraft.

Ink: StayzOn Jet Black.

Accessories: Summer Sunrise and Lemon Tart Ribbon, Purple Grommets (costco set).

Father's Day

Fathers Day is coming up and I put a lot of thought and heart into a gift for Patrick from me and the boys. I like to stamp and scrapbook and have really been addicted to it as of late, so I crafted up something that I thought he would like.

Now he's not a cutesy, kitchy, or crafty kind of a person. He is a designer. Which means, modern, clean, new and innovative things get his attention. I think maybe secretly he doesn't like stuff that I do, but he is way too nice to actually say anything about it. In fact he is very helpful and views all of my things with a positive and creative eye. That's love for ya. Well, when thinking about what to do for him, I wanted to give him something personal, yet something not too "cute" that he could take to work with him so he can have a pic of his boys.

I picked up an accordion scrapbook by Martha Stewart at Michael's (see my local craft store link). The great thing about the accordion is that you can open it to just one page and then have several others to choose from so you can change it every once in a while and also not take up too much desk space. I then used DP from S.E.I. from the line called dill blossom. I also used the stamp set Father Knows Best from my favorite company Paper Trey Ink. I love this company because they have such clean designs with a lot of modern elements. I think they are a perfect marriage of my love for stamping and my DH's love for design. I thought they fit him perfectly.

I wanted to photoshop some of the pics to share, but since my skills are REALLY rusty, I usually have Patrick help me. And of course that was a problem because I couldn't allow him to see the end product until the actual day, so I tried to fix them up myself. I didn't do as good of a job as I had wanted. So bear with them. Anyway, last night, he was helping me with some other photos and found these ones too. SO, the cat is out of the bag, yet again... In all 8 years of marriage I have yet to surprise him with a single gift. Not one! And that is no exaggeration. It's just sad. I guess I will have to try harder.

So with with endless love Patrick, I present your Father's Day gift. Thanks for being such a great husband and dad. We love you!!