Apple of My Eye

Operation Write Home
Our Daily Bread Designs Monthly Challenge : Fruit
Basically you are to make a card with fruit on it. I had these extra papers left over from the Thanksgiving cards. Well now it is the season of love (well love is really all the time;). Does anyone remember this saying...? I die cut the word die, then made the computer generated sentiment. I hand cut out the leaves that are placed on the card. There is a tiny little heart at the top of the apple from Starform.
Patterned paper: Bo Bunny
Dies: Spellbinder/ Apple, Banner; PTI/ Word Dies
Cardstock: Neenah / Desert Storm
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge
Picture Perfect Inspired
Playing with Paper Smooches today. One of my favorite thank you sentiment they have. I thought it would go well with the lines in the inspiration photo. I found that little gray/ silver/ white button with the lines on it plus giving a nod to all those metal tacks on the bed frame. You can only smile when those little crafty moments happen.
Stamps:Paper Smooches/ Chit Chat
Dies: Memory Box/ Piestra Tile, Resting Birds
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ Orange Zest, Soft Stone ; Neenah/ Solar White
Ink and Button: Papertrey Ink/ Orange Zest Ink
Twine: May Arts
Marker: Copic T1
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Artsy Birthday

 

 

 

Moxie Fab World
Tuesday Trigger: Happy Birthday to You
Operation Write Home MWT: Birthday Cards
Happy Birthday to Cathe's Mom, she is turning 70 (My Guess). I made this card to play along in the fun. Admittedly I stretched my skills a least by stamping and embossing on this birch wood paper from creative imaginations. I have used it before but as a back drop only. I hope my card at least looks happy and not like one big stupid mess. You get what inspired me right?
The ink did diffuse on the birch adding a unique feel to the images. The embossing did a little better but the heat can crack wood up so not to much of that happened.  I paper pieced the bird wing from a tiny piece of scap paper from American Crafts. Using all my PTI colored scraps to die cut the letters out made easier to pull so many colors together.
Happy Birthday to all !
Supplies
Stamps:  All Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ All Colors except for the small Brownish Piece (From Stash)
Real Thin Birch Paper: Creative Imaginations
Dies: Sizzix/ Girls are Weird Alphabet Set; Stampin Up (Sizzix) / Top Note Die
Flower: Prima
Inks: Hero Arts
Pens: Signo White, Zig Brown Writer
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Alphabet Valentine

Cas-ual Fridays
Challenge: Love Letters
Use Love Letters Creatively in Your Project
The sponsor this week is Ellen Hutson for a 25 dollar gift certificate! I am loving the Valentine season ... one of my favorites. I saw a quirky art piece on pinterest and thought that would make a fun card. 
Dies: Memory Box:/ Parker Alphabet Lower Case; Stampin Up/ Small Heart
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ Black, Stampers Select White; Neenah/ Red
Happy Crafting
Barbara

All My Heart

Simon Says Stamp Challenge
Anything Goes

Addicted to Clean and Simple
Challenge Word: Heart

Less is More Sketch Challenge#8
As part of the challenge was to follow the sketch closely, staying within that bottom third. It still all about love so I used this Simon Says Stamp die love it!!Hope you Enjoy.
Die: Simon Says Stamp
Punch: Stampin Up Small Heart
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
Stickers: Starform
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Best Part of the Day

Best Part of the Day
Homework! I did it , taking the Online Card Class. So I feeling all back to school (I like it!). So here is card I made following the outlined directions. I went with happy paper because I do not do misting (way to messy and the splatting is just a battle). I have the PTI die "you" but there was nothing to really go with it, until Simon Says Stamp came out with super sentiment stamps.I will be donating to OWH so I kept the cards in in more of a mail friendly version.
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Sentiment: Simon Says Stamps/ You
Die:Papertrey Ink/ Word Dies
Sticker: Starform
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Happy Crafting
Barbara

OWH Sketch 157 :Spotting Butterflies

 

Operation Write Home Sketch 157
I went with stamp set I was playing with the other day so I just rolled with it. The sentiment is bent to fit the butterfly that make the clear stamps more creative. That patterned paper is from PTI  when they had 6 x6 pads.

Stamps, Ink and All Paper: Papertrey Ink ;(Butterfly Kisses Stamp Set)
Twine: May Arts
Happy Crafting
Barbara