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I was so excited when I saw the Simon Says Stamp challenge theme this week...Transport! 

It was a great excuse to bust open my brand new pedal pusher set from PTI.  Here is the card I made for my colleague who just graduated with her Masters. 

And yes the wheels really do spin! My hubby got a real kick out of that!

And I thought I would link up with the Passion for Papertrey "circles" challenge as well for my wheels (plus the brads and enamel dots)!

dies~ PTI, Sizzix, MFT
ink~ PTI
stamps~ PTI
enamel dots~ Teresa Collins

Bee Happy

I have been very busy in my craft room lately!! Love it. So I also played along with the Passion For Papertrey challenge, "Circles." 

Here's what I came up with...

I wanted to try out my new Honey Bee set so I thought circles would be a nice contrast to honeycombs! I backed each die cut circle with some PTI papers from Black and White Basics, Lemon Tart bitty dots and New Leaf gingham. I added some vellum wings to the large bee plus some Stickles.  Some twine and embossing finished it off.

I have to give a big thank you to my BFF Avril who gifted me with so much of my first PTI stash. I am having so much fun playing with it! Thanks Av!

thanks so much for stopping by!

pp, inks, cs~ PTI

dies~ Nestabilities, PTI

 

Congrats

I just love using flags on my projects so I was so glad to get a chance last night to play along the PTI Make it Monday challenge.

The idea was to make some sort of border using flag shapes.This is what I came up with...

I dug in my stash for all kinds of soft PTI patterned papers: "Everyday Blessings," "Sugar Plum," and "Pink Patterns." I also used my doubled ended banner dies and a tag sale die. I also broke out my Tiny Tags set for the little tag and sentiment.

Happy Saturday and thanks for peeking!

pp, dies, inks~ PTI
enamel dots~ Teresa Collins

Bah Humbug...Holiday's Over

I was so glad to see the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week for things that start with "S." Seems it was made perfectly for me. Not only does my name begin with "S"...but I adore stencils! I recently bought a super trendy new one by Heidi Swapp and I got a new kind of texture paste to play with: Golden Light Molding Paste. It goes on like butter! Well actually, more like icing, which is kind of cool. I had to keep reminding myself not to lick the putty knife!!

Here's are two layout of us coming home from Christmas holidays in Jan 2012. We stopped at the falls for a couple of quick photos on the way home from the Niagara Falls, New York airport. Boy was it cold!

And some close ups of that stencil work!

Hope you have a great weekend!

pp, stickers and chipboard~ Cosmo Cricket
stamps, mists, metal camera~ Maya Road
washi~ MME
texture paste~ Golden
alpha stickers~ BoBunny

Dad It's your day!

I made a second Father's Day card, this time for my father-in-law. I used the same PTI "lazy boy" set (that's what I call it!) but this time I stamped the chair. I just think this is such an adorable set. And I love that the lamps from Lighten Up work perfectly.

I also linked up with Simon Says Stamp's "masculine/father's day" challenge this week.

Happy Friday!

Enjoy the Ride

I always find it hard to make "masculine" cards. Well I needed one for our 17 year old nephew who is graduating from high school and who just got into a prestigious engineering program with a sweet scholarship. So I needed his card to be "boy" but also fun. 

This is what I came up with...

And inside it says "Dude You Rock!" I have always wanted an excuse to use that fun PTI sentiment.

I sponged Tim Holtz distress ink over a few die cut clouds as masks. The bicycle I fuss cut after stamping from a super cute new set I got from Close to my Heart at Scrapfest. The sentiment is also from that set. I also added some cork chevrons and a wood veneer arrow. Cork and wood are "masculine" right??

I thought I would link up with Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week for their "Masculine/ Father's Day" theme.

Congrats Liam! We are so proud of you!

pp~ Crate

inks~ Tim Holtz, PTI

stamps~ Close to my Heart, PTI

cork and wood veneer~ Studio Calico

Wishing you the Sweetest Things

Happy Friday!! I need a weekend for sure.

I am so glad Cath extended the deadline for the recent Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. I got a chance to play along yesterday!

Here is the gorgeous trigger...

And here is my take...

I have had this Inkadinkado hummingbird stamp for ages but never inked it up! I love hummingbirds. We have tons of them zooming around our tree and yard every year. I love when they hover in mid air right by your face as if they are trying to talk to you! So I took the bird idea and bird colours from the trigger as well as the branch, but then added a bit more colour with my PTI Funky Florals set. And the sentiment is from MFT. I thought the "sweet" part and hummingbirds went really well together!

I also linked up with the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week: "into the woods" and A Passion for Papertrey challenge: "inspired by nature."

I used my heat gun to emboss the hummingbird and the white centres of the flowers. It was the first time I had used my gun since I "blew up" our electric fire place using it a while back when it overloaded the circuit! Not sure my hubby has forgive me yet!

Now I am off to plant the rest of my flowers before the next thunderstorm hits!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

stamps~ PTI, Inkadinkado, MFT
cs~ PTI
inks~ PTI, Stampin Up.
dies~ Memory Box, PTI