Xmas Card Set

This past Tuesday was my sister's birthday and I decided to send her a card set. I made this awesome little box that holds a dozen cards plus envelopes. Then I decorated the outside with coordinating paper that I had used on the cards. So everything's matching, but not too matchy matchy.

Here's a picture of the outside all wrapped up.


And this is the inside with the cards. I used a favorite Mari & Me image along with some of my old (but I have a ton of) MB christmas bright's paper. We're both born and raised on Oahu (though we live in the Mainland now) so the hawaiian theme sort of fits. I just love the aloha santa doing his shaka. He reminds me so much of the Giant Santa they used to put up in Ala Moana every year.

The Dets:

Stamps: Mari & Me Mr & Mrs Claus

Paper: MB Christmas Brights paper pack & holly berry, SU, white cardstock

Ink: Copics, Memento Black

Accessories: ribbon

Finally...Guide Lines

So I finally put together my card for the TESC sketch this week. I've been playing around with my new PTI Guide Lines and finally came out with a pattern I liked. I used an old favorite color combo of mine, Versamagic Pink Petunia and Pixie Dust. The Pixie Dust is fairly light and probably a little hard to see in the picture.

I think I need a better camera. Or perhaps different lighting for my photo box.

Anyways, its finally almost the weekend. And it couldnt have come sooner. TGIF...


The Dets:
Stamps: PTI Guide Lines, Verve Wishing You
Paper: MB, cream card stock
Ink: Versamagic pink petunia & pixie dust, Brilliance pearlescent chocolate
Accessories: ribbon, kaiser pearls

CCC Tuesday

This week's Copic Color Challenge was Rose Red (R85), Spectrum Green (G02) and Robin's Egg Blue (B02). So I used TGF's Miss Anya. Isn't her bag adorable? I thought about paper piecing her bag but didnt have matching paper. Oh well, perhaps next time.

The Dets:

Stamps: TGF Miss Dressy, Verve Beautiful Kindness

Paper: Doodlebug, MB mocha & raspberry, white cardstock

Ink: Memento black, Brilliance pearlescent chocolate, copics

Accessories: ribbon, kaiser pearls, spellbinders scalloped and standard circles

Mojo Sunday

Happy Mojo Sunday! This is just a quickie card I made for a coworker who's getting married. I really love the whole Tiffany-ish blue w/ white and black for weddings. I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch and Making Memories Wedding paper pack.

The Dets:
Stamps: Verve Wishing You, Meditations
Paper: MB Lagoon, Making Memories wedding pack, white cardstock
Ink: Versafine Black, Versamagic Sea Breeze
Accessories: kaiser pearls, MS punch, Spellbinders labels 9

Just a {Pink} Note

I finally got my brand spankin' new Take Note set from PTI. Let me just say, the designers at Papertrey Ink are geniuses. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do w/ it. I had all these lovely stamps but I just couldnt "see" it put together. In the end, I ended up breaking out a sheet of my most favorite October Afternoon dp and left it fairly simple. Some pink buttons and pink pearls and I was all set.

Oops, I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but its got a nicely white, lined paper pad inside and I even made a pocket to hold stuff.

The Dets:
Stamps: PTI Take Note
Paper: October Afternoon ducks in a row pack, Stardream azalea, black & cream cardstock
Ink: Brilliance pearlescent coral, Versafine black
Accessories: BG buttons, Kaiser pearls, Spellbinders scalloped circles & standard circles, circle punch

American Girl Anya

I've been playing with my new PTI stuff and hit a bit of a block. So I decided to change courses and try out an idea I had for this week's Anyone for Anya. This week's challenge was to use the colors of our flag. It was a bit difficult, b/c while I love my country, I'm just not that fond of the red and blue on my cards. But Nina told me that I could not pose from another country b/c she was pretty sure there werent any pink & brown flags.

Anyway, this is what I came up with. I colored in TGF's Angel Anya. I havent used her before and figured, what the heck. I added a bit of stickles to her wings and went over her halo with some gold lame smooch. And you totally cannot tell from the picture, but I ran the blue panels through my bug and embossed it w/ spots & dots.

I left it unsentimented b/c I'm not quite sure what I'm going to use it as. A patriotic thank you? Know anybody born on the 4th of July?


The Dets:
Stamps: TGF Angel Anya
Paper: MB holly berry, SU!, Neenah white
Ink: Copics, Memento Black, black multiliner
Accessories: smooch, stickles, cuttlebug, spots&dots embossing folder

A Taylored Anya

So begins the week of birthdays. I've got five cards to go and I'm already a day late.

I inked up my TGF Rain, again. She's gotta be my all time favorite anya. I used this week's sketch challenge on the Taylored Expressions blog. She's got such awesome sketches. And I so excited when I discovered the herringbone print in one of my old Memory Box christmas paper packs. I tried my hand at red hair, thought it'd fit perfect b/c my grandma's had reddish hair for as long as I can remember.

The Dets:

Stamps: TGF Rain Snow Shine, Amuse birthday wishes

Paper: MB holly berry, cherry blossom & xmas brights paper pack, MM wedding paper pack

Ink: Copics, Versafine black, Memento Black, copic multiliner pen

Other: kaiser pearls