Say Cheese

I needed to make my father in law a birthday card so I had fun using some new stamp sets. He's a real photo buff so I thought I would play along with the Moxie Fab World Camera Craze challenge.

I used my new Framed Out set from PTI plus my new Insta Love set from Your Next Stamp. 

Thanks for stopping by!

pp~ Echo Park
wooden camera~ Studio Calico
stamps~ PTI, YNS
 

Happy Day

I thought it would be fun to play along with the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. It's all about notions! 

Here's the inspiration photo...

And here's my take on it...

Hope you are having a great weekend!

~PTI, My Favorite Things

Our Special Holiday

I have been a bad blogger lately! Too much work!! Bleh.... But I just had to play along with Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week...Something Messy! 

I decided to "throw" some gesso at my layout background. Just for fun.

Here's some closeups...

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pp~ PTI
twine~ American Crafts
washi tape~ MME, Recollections
wooden sail boat~ Studio Calico
polaroid frame~ Recollections
alpha stickers~ MLS

 

What a View

I finally got a chance to use some fun PTI patterned paper I have had for a while. I just love the funky colours and patterns. Perfect for some photos of Sydney Harbour. I also used these cool polaroid frames and Studio Calico wooden cameras. 

Some close ups...

I decided to link up with the Simon Says Stamp challenge this week...anything goes! 

Thanks for stopping by!

pp~ PTI

washi tape~ MME, Recollections

wooden shapes~ Studio Calico

polaroid frames~ Recollections

corrugated shapes~ Jillibean Soup

mists~ Tattered Angels

chipboard letters~  Bisous

alpha stickers~ MLS

Crazy for jars

I recently made a whole set of "jar" themed cards for my mom. Perfect to play along with Rosanne's jar challenge over at LRW. I can't get enough of them either! Here are two of those cards.

Thanks for a great challenge Rosanne!

stamps and inks~PTI
pp~ MME

Remember this day

I decided to play along with Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. I just loved the inspiration photo. The colours and patterns really drew me in. 

I made two pages, inspired by this photo, featuring photos from our last day in Sydney at the botanic gardens and city parks. I splashed acrylic paint and mists around this beautiful  background paper by Recollections. I love how the patterned paper mimics the carpet in the photo while the colours are drawn from the bedding.

Here is the second page. I made sure to keep a spot for our boarding passes to San Fran.

Here are a few detail shots to show some of the fun things I did wish washi tape, including flags out of toothpicks!

Thanks for stopping by!

pp~ Recollections
mists~ Tattered Angels
washi tape~ MME, Martha Stewart, Queen and Co. 
alpha stickers~ October Afternoon
chipboard letters~ American Crafts

What are you known for???

This week over at Simon Says Stamp and Show, the challenge is to showcase what you are known for...a theme, technique, personality trait etc. Nearly all of my layouts feature our travel adventures so I might be known for that (!). 

This layout features some really fun photos from our trip to Australia in July 2011. I am nearly done that album! We were at a beach down the coast from Sydney and wrote our initials in the sand. It was a gorgeous "winter" day.

Here are some closeups to show the Cosmo Cricket paper, stickers and chipboard. I also added some "sun rays" with a mask and texture effect.

Thanks for stopping by!

pp~ Cosmo Cricket
texture effect~ Martha Stewart
washi tape~ Martha Stewart, Queen and Co.
mist~ Clearsnap