A Special Birthday Celebration ~ AAA Cards 1st Birthday Extravaganza!

I have a very special post this morning... it's AAA Cards 1st Birthday Extravaganza Party & Blog Hop!

I made this card to celebrate all of the wonderful challenges their hard working team puts together with fabulous themes, bright colors and always lots of fun!

I do have a confession to make today... I love Stephanie Barnard's Flip-its card dies! They are so much darn fun and perfect for making bright, interactive surprises for big Birthdays like today!

I created a shaker card with this one and used lots of bright patterned paper that I purchased from Hobby Lobby.

The stamp is from a 2015 Stampin' Up Sale-a-Bration set called Big Day... perfect because this is a Big Day!

I filled the shaker window with tiny, little 3mm iridescent sequins and matte yellow seed beads for lots of movement and that fun shaker sound!

Here is what the inside looks like when you open it up...

I made it with the extra flap so there's plenty of room to write a special message to the recipient or even to add a gift card pocket!

My special message to AAA Cards... I'm wishing you the Happiest of days today on your 1st Birthday! I've become a loyal fan and participant and I'm looking forward to many more wonderful challenges in the months to come!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White, Plum Pudding & Harvest Gold (PTI); Patterned Paper (TPS); Tropical Breeze (Bazzil); Window Sheet
Stamps - Big Day (SU)
Inks - Melon Mambo & Perfect Plum (SU)
Dies - Sizzix Circle Flip-its Card #4 by Stephanie Barnard; Sizzix Circle Dies
Other - Sequins, Seed Beads & Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Papertrey Ink April 2015 Blog Hop!

Good Saturday Morning to You!

Today's card was made for Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop for April 2015!

Our inspiration photo is posted below but basically we were to design a card with the theme of pinks and reds mixed with navy blue, a hot color trend for Spring this year.

I created my background using the Super Stripes stamp set and Enchanted Evening ink.

I'll bet you recognize these flowers too... Yes! The Sweet Life! One of my absolute, all time favorite stamp sets, on the planet!

To finish off my card I added some Liquid Platinum embossing powder on the sentiment and of course, a few Sparkling Clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

Thanks so much for hopping with us today and I'll see you tomorrow with a veritable cornucopia of cards I've made recently for various challenges around the web!

 Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White Cardstock
Stamps - Background Basics: Super Stripes, The Sweet Life
Dies - The Sweet Life
Inks - Enchanted Evening, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse & Ripe Avocado; VersaMark
Other - Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents, Sparkling Clear Sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

Papertrey Ink March 2015 Blog Hop

Good Wednesday morning everyone, it's that time again... Time for Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop! 

Each month a new inspiration piece is provided to spark your creativity! This month's picture is below so you can see how I did :)

I decided to use the color palette of the inspiration piece and did my card in aqua blues, greens, yellows and browns. 

My first plan was to create some kind of a piece that would mimic the cabinet but then my Brushed Blooms stamp set arrived and the plan changed!

I decided that I would create a stylized version of the wallpaper with the flower stamps and bring my sentiment across the front like the table in the photo. I then added some of the floral pieces as die cuts to "place flowers on the table" so to speak...

The final addition, only some of which is visible, is Wink of Stella on the popped-up flower and tiny dots of Liquid Pearls in different colors to accent the pieces they're placed on.

I'm loving how it turned out... sort of country, a little classic... great colors and this stamp set is a must-have for spring!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Classic Kraft & Stamper's Select White (PTI); Vellum
Stamps & Dies - Brushed Blooms (PTI)
Inks - Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain, New Leaf, Fine Linen & Classic Kraft (PTI); Versafine Black Onyx
Other - Liquid Pearls in Silver Pearl, Buttercup & Juniper; Clear Embossing Powder

Papertrey Ink February 2015 Blog Hop

It's time once again for Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop! 

This month' challenge provided and inspiration piece as a starting point for individual creations. I posted a picture of that piece below and you will see that I took the color palette and went my own way with it!

The main panel is watercolor paper to which I added A LOT of water and then dropped on the Papertrey ink colors I had selected in Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Blue & Plum Pudding. The water allowed them to move and swirl... I didn't even really touch it as far as that was concerned and left it to dry on its own.

The sentiment is from PTI's Think Big Favorites set #7 and is heat embossed in Hero Arts white embossing powder. And then, because I had run out of glitter dots at the time I created this, I added dots of Glossy Accents and then just covered them in glitter. If I use this kind of embellishment again though I'll make sure the Glossy Accents dots flatten out a bit before adding the glitter... they're kind of a little too domed for what I was wanting.

Overall, I like the way the project turned out and think it's a great entry to the hop!

Inspiration Piece