Crazy Card Party-- April Showers

This week over at Crazy Card Party Avril is asking us to create something with the theme of "April Showers." Well, anything would be better than the winter we have had!

I decided to craft up a little card for Avril herself! She is always doing nice things for me. This is a little thank you. On the inside it says "so glad we're friends." And it was a great excuse to dig into the new box of goodies I recently received from Simon Says Stamp. 

I went with the whole gold and silver trend that is so hot right now. Loving it!

I hope you play along with us over at Crazy Card Party this week. Be sure to check out what the other Party-Ers have come up with for this interesting challenge!

pp~ MME, Fancy Pants

chipboard arrow~ Pink Paislee

stamps and die~ Simon Says Stamp, MFT

embossing powder~ Martha

wood veneer heart~ Studio Calico

vellum

doilie

Crazy Card Party! Wreaths

It is my turn up at Crazy Card Party this week so I chose one of my favourite card images, a wreath. They are so versatile and pretty.

I used PTI's newest wreath set, Rustic Wreath, heat embossed the delicate wreath and then added different size dots all around plus some tiny bling. I also heat embossed the sentiment on a Simon Says Stamp pop up banner. This is one of my favourite cards I have made in a while!

I hope you play along and show us your wreaths! And be sure to pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what the Party-Ers have created this week.

cs, stamps~ PTI
bling~ Kaiser
die~ Simon Says Stamp
inks~ Versamark, PTI, Hero Arts

Crazy Card Party-- Monogram

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn chose the monogram theme. This one stumped me for a bit since I don't have any nice big alphabet stamps. So I die cut a letter "K" and then glittered it up (just for you Kathryn!). 

This is a birthday card for my sister-in-law Kathy.

I hope you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out the monogrammed creations by the Party-Ers over at Crazy Card Party!

stamps~ PTI
inks~ Versamark, Versafine, PTI, 
embossing powder~ Martha Stewart

Crazy Card Party--Spring Flowers!

This week at Crazy Card Party Rosanne is looking for Spring Flowers. Hopefully that will urge spring to push away this never ending winter!

I decided to use my MFT Peaceful Wildflowers set. I just love the different flowers and the lovely sentiments.

 

I heat embossed two of the flowers and highlighted the sentiment with some embossed lines. 

I hope you play along with us...we need all the spring flowers we can get! And be sure to head over to Crazy Card Party to see what beautiful flowers the Party-Ers have blooming on their blogs!

cs~PTI

stamps~ MFT

inks~ PTI, Versamark, Versafine

embossing powder~ Martha Stewart

twine~ PTI

Crazy Card Party--Embossing

This week at Crazy Card Party Regan is asking us to heat or dry emboss. Easy...I love both!

This was a great excuse to use an embossing folder I had never tried before...

 

And a great excuse to use my PTI Pedal Pusher set...it stamps so beautifully!

Head on over to Crazy Card Party to play along and see what embossing wonders the Party-Ers have created this week!

cs, stamps~ PTI

dies~ PTI, MFT

pp~ PTI

inks~ PTI, Versafine

embossing folder~ Darice

Crazy Card Party-- Male birthday card

OK, so full disclosure...I hate making male themed cards...I don't know why...they just stump me usually. So this week at Crazy Card Party Dee is torturing us...I mean inspiring us to make a male themed birthday card. So I decided to just go straight to the source. I asked my hubby what he would like to see on his birthday card. He said sports or something he likes like a hobby or travel. 

So that made it much easier! His birthday is actually on March Break and we will be away travelling...so this is what I came up with...

Thanks Dee...I guess I needed a kick in the butt!

I hope you play along with us this week. Head over to Crazy Card Party to see what masterpieces the Card Party-Ers came up with!

cs~ PTI
pp~ Simple Stories
dies~ Quickuts, PTI, Simon Says Stamp
stamp~ CTMH
ink~ Versafine

Crazy Card Party-- Feathers!

This week at Crazy Card Party, Patricia has asked us to use feathers. They are so on trend right now. But...bad news...

I am certain I am the only one of my scrappy friends who does not yet own a feather stamp set! Never fear though...Patricia to the rescue...she gave me a gorgeous set of Studio Calico wood veneer feathers as a hostess gift last month. So I was really excited to play along with her challenge.

I heat embossed the feathers in different colours...they turned out really cool as you can still see the wood grain through the colour. 

I hope you play along with us this week. Maybe it will entice all the spring birds to come back and chase away this never ending winter! Head over to Crazy Card Party to check out what all the very talented Party-Ers did!

PS: thanks Patricia!

cs~ PTI

stamps~ WPlus9, PTI

inks~ PTI, Versamark, Versafine

embossing powder~ Martha Stewart

wood veneer~ Studio Calico