Down the Hatch! K&Company Citronella AMYRS5

Today I found more time to play and decided to check the Prairie Paper & Ink blog. I looked at the sketch challenge, which looked like fun, so I sat down, after shopping for some groceries and visiting the Post Office and made another card. Several weeks ago, I found some cute dp from K& Company as well as some adhesive embellishments to match. The line is Citronella and is perfect for summer theme cards. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker. The flowers are Primas and the dp leaves were done with a MS punch. The Summer Sunrise ribbon is tied in a knot (Papertrey Ink). Does this card make you want to take a sip of pink lemonade? Nah, I didn't think so; you probably prefer a delicious glass of homemade sangria :-D

Thanks for stopping and taking a peek today; I appreciate it.

Inkido Butterflies from Altheasmix

Good morning, friends! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at today's card. It's a gatefold that has a main image stamped with butterflies from Altheasmix and French script from SU! A friend asked about the trifold card (see below) and I want everyone to know that each of these unique fold cards were created from a tutorial over at Split Coast Stampers (SCS); check out the resource section, if you're interested in learning different folds.

The main image was first stamped with the French script, on Select White paper (Papertrey Ink), and overstamped, using distress ink Scattered Straw, with three difference sizes of butterflies from Inkido Altheasmix has in her store. It was bordered with True Black cs (Papertrey Ink). The medium butterfly was colored with Copic markers and cut out. It was popped up with foam dots for dimension. True Black satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink) was tied into a bow and is used to keep the card closed. Small black rhinestones (Michael's) were added for some bling.

Bildmalarna Ahoy

If you're interested in purchasing some adorable Bildmalarna stamps, please visit Altheasmix. Mita has a great selection of stamps to choose, not to mention all kinds of tempting embellishments you'll want to buy, too! I fell in love with two of the nautical-looking images, so took time out today to step into the "studio" and make a card. Now you're probably wondering what kind of card is it, right? Well, it began as a tri-fold card, but since the image was too large for the measurements on SCS, I decided to "adapt." If you know me, "adapt" means eyeball the measurements and go with instinct...haha! I thought it turned out well for someone who hates measuring anything except for cooking ingredients :-D The ribbon is removed to open the card and to help keep it closed. Actually I wanted to use the Scor-Pal again; it's so much fun scoring cards! Hmmmm, think I'll venture back into the "studio" and try scoring a grid-looking card and see how the measurements turn out...wish me luck!

Card Info:

• Stamps: Bildmalarna (Altheasmix)
• Paper: Bazzill, Select White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
• Accessories: Pure Poppy ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Copic markers, corner rounder punch (SU!), chalk, ef (Cuttlebug), foam letters (Altheasmix), Scor-Pal, Spellbinders, flowers (Prima)
  

Accordian Fold Flower

I've long admired the accordian fold flowers that many of the bloggers use for their card embellishments. In fact, it's one of the reasons I purchased the Scor-Pal; it's so much easier to score and fold when using this tool. A good friend of mine is celebrating a birthday in August and I thought she would enjoy receiving this card; it was made with her in mind because she has such a happy attitude towards life.

Why is it when looking at a card, after photographing it, all the little imperfections show up? The ribbon knot looked good when it was tied; now it looks frayed...darn! Oh well, my friend probably won't notice it...let's hope she doesn't...haha!

Recently purchased a birthday candle border punch and it's great for embellishing cards with a birthday theme. The dp was purchased at Michael's some time ago and the last time I was checking out their paper section, there wasn't anymore of this very bright and cheerful dp. A Cuttlebug die was used for the Make A Wish sentiment as well as SU's birthday circle sentiment used for the flower center. SU's photo corner punch was also used to balance the card's appearance, or so I think it does :-D

Hot Stuff CPS 7/12/09

Lately I've felt the warm weather call of summer, which in turn, has called me to use more bright and cheerful dp on cards. This one, Basic Grey's Lime Rickey, is no exception! The image is one of Rubbernecker's fun one from the old character section. The sketch is the weekly CPS one; you can find it here.

What I used today:

Stamps: Rubbernecker

Ink: Tuxedo Black

Paper: Select White (PTI), Bazzill, Lime Rickey dp

Accessories: Rhinestones (Mike's), ribbon, rectangle Nesties, Copic Markers

Thanks so much for taking a peek today; come back anytime!