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

Happy...now and forever

I have been dying to try the "confetti" idea I have been seeing everywhere plus embossed gold and silver and die cut vellum! So I put it all together and created this wedding card for a wedding coming up...

I linked up with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge...Wedding or Anniversary.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

cs~ PTI
stamps~ PTI, Maya Road, Paper Smooches, CTMH
inks~  PTI, Versafine
emobssing powders~ Martha Stewart
dies~ Sizzix, PTI
washi tape~ Sostrene Grene
vellum, sequins
 

Crazy Card Party Challenge-- Switch it up!

It is time for another Crazy Card Party challenge and Avril is making us work extra hard this week! She has asked us to take inspiration from a male or female themed card to switch it up to the opposite. Get it? It took me a while to figure out what to do, but I think I got it!

Here is the birthday card I made for my dad last fall...

I "switched it up" and made a get well card for my mom after she had surgery last week...

 

I kept the speech bubble idea but switched it from Dad to Mom and nothing says mom like pink and sequins!

I really hope you put your thinking cap on this week and play along with us and be sure to head over to Crazy Card Party and see what the very talented Party-Ers came up with!

cs~PTI

die~ Simon Says Stamp

stamp~ WPlus9

ink~ Versafine