Graduation card

We went to our last graduation party of the season on Saturday.  I made cards for all the graduates we knew this year, but most of them were thrown together really quickly for the sole purpose of holding a little cash for the recipient. But this weekend, I had a little more time and put this card together...

I found the layout on pinterest and thought it would be a great use of all the patterned paper scraps I have.

I also noticed on my little counter that I'm almost to 8,900 *different* visitors to my little blog here!  So thanks for coming by and if this is your first visit, I hope you stop again!

~Anika

Bea

A little over a year ago, some of our good friends had a daughter and they named her Bea. Sadly, she had Trisomy 18 and her life on earth was short. She now lives on in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to have known and loved her. A few days before her first birthday, her parents were at our house and her mom happened to look through one of my PaperCrafts magazines. A card made by Betsy Veldman featured a sentiment from the Papertrey Ink With Sympathy: Loss of Child stamp set. She wrote the sentiment on a Post-It. I had been trying to figure out what to get them in honor of Bea's birthday so as soon as they left, I got to work on this...

Sorry about the glare, I didn't have the time (or the patience) to take the frame apart and remove the glass for the pictures!

I used the tissue paper technique again, but this time I applied the tissue over some PTI & Basic Gray patterned papers. And since I don't own the PTI stamp set with the sentiment, I printed it onto cardstock instead. I used Raspberry Fizz ink and a stamp from Dot Spot to add some pink to some chipboard letters I had in my stash.

Enjoy the day!

~Anika

It's Saturday!!

ETA: Oops! Meant to schedule this for tomorrow AM...so if you are reading this before midnight, it's not quite Saturday yet!!

Yeah for Saturday and PTI release night! I've got a birthday card to share today. I was able to use up lots of scraps from my "Blue" file on this one.

We are headed back to the fair for some more food...the pie is calling my name! Enjoy your Saturday!

~Anika

Supplies:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream & Spring Rain Bitty Box (PTI), Glitter paper (Animal Crackers Mat Stack), Damask paper (Old World Mat Stack), Distressed paper (Kioshi by BasicGrey)

Stamps: Delightful Dahlia (PTI)

Ink: Enchanted Evening (PTI), Peeled Paint (Ranger Distress Ink)

Other: Vintage Cream Satin Ribbon (PTI), Brown thread

Picture Frames

Today I have a couple frames to share instead of cards. 

This frame is from Michael's.  I think it was $2.50!  I used A LOT of Scor Tape to cover it with that fun patterned paper.  The sticker is from the same paper pack and I put it on a piece of Kraft cardstock and cut around it before putting it on the frame so that it wouldn't get creases in it from the ribbon.  I'm giving this to a friend who recently had a baby girl.

I whipped up this little mat the other day when my friend had her baby boy.  We brought it with us to the hospital that evening.  The diamonds that I stamped in Hawaiian Shores don't show up very well in this picture, but they do IRL.

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?  We are planning an afternoon with friends down by the river tomorrow - should be great, as long as we can keep the mosquitos at bay!

Happy Friday!  

~Anika

Supplies:

Frame #1: 

Cardstock: Basic Grey - Indian Summer, PTI - Kraft

Stamps: PTI - Life

Ink: Dusty Concord Distress Ink

Other: Basic Grey - Indian Summer sticker label, PTI - Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon

Frames #2:

Cardstock: PTI - Ocean Tides

Stamps: PTI - A Little Argyle

Ink: PTI - Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides, True Black; Spiced Marmalade & Peeled Paint Distress Inks

Other: Basic Grey - Indian Summer sticker and sticker letters

Celebrate Today

Tomorrow is my Grandma's birthday so I got busy and made her a card.  I think I spent more time on this card than any other I've ever made.  First I couldn't decide what to do.  I finally decided to make that paper flower, which was fun, but took a lot of time!  I saw a tutorial on it a few months back but I don't remember where.  Anyway, I cut 3 flowers from Sweet Blush card stock with my cricut, they had 6 petals and were 2" across.  Then I cut them apart, overlapped petals, scrunched the paper, inked the petals, glued things together, and finally glued it to the card and added that little pearl.

The card base is Stampers Select White, but I used a lot of my Tea Dye Duo inks, I think everything was inked except the pearls.  The little pink scallop is Sweet Blush cardstock and was cut with my Small Scallop Die.  The patterned papers are all from Basic Grey.   The sentiment is from Round & Round and the pearls are Kaiser and were purchased at Archiver's.

Well, I need to get ready for an evening out with my BFF!  She is visiting from California!  

Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for visiting my blog.

~Anika

(All supplies listed are Papertrey Ink, unless noted.)

Cards for Sailors Part 2

I have 4 more cards to be sent off to the sailors today.  (See yesterday's post for the details.)  

I used my Giga Guidelines Impression Plate and the Guidelines 2 & Asian Fusion Stamp Sets.  The colors are Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream and Kraft.  I also used the lighter of the two Tea Dye Duo Inks around the edge of the Hawaiian Shores paper. 

I love Guidelines 2 and I'm not sure why I don't use it more often!  I used Kraft, Plum Pudding & Vintage Cream PTI card stock and a strip of Basic Grey patterned paper.  The ribbon is Berry Sorbet and the ink is Ocean Tides, Berry Sorbet & Dusty Concord Distress Ink.  Oh and that sentiment is from Big & Bold Wishes.

I used more Basic Grey patterned papers on this card.  The stamps are from Asian Fusion. The ink is Hawaiian Shores and Dark Chocolate and 3 different Distress Inks: Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, and Spiced Marmalade.

And my favorite of the day...I just adore this card.  I ran a sheet of Pure Poppy through my Cuttlebug using some Beautiful Blooms Dies, then I masked and stamped Fancy Flourishes, A Little Argyle, and Polka Dot Basics II onto the card base using Fresh Snow and Dark Chocolate Ink.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Signature Greetings and put the pieces all together.  

I'm going to go enjoy some of this sunshine that we (finally) have today! Hope you are having a fantastic Wednesday!

~Anika

Mojo Monday - Week 133

When I saw this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch I decided to play along!  I have been loving all the fun patterns in the BasicGrey Kioshi paper pad that I picked up last week and thought this was the perfect sketch to use some more of it!  Here's the sketch...

And here's my take on it.

The papers in this Kioshi pack are amazing!!  I bought the 6x6 pad so I believe the scale of the patterns is smaller, which makes them perfect for cards!  The base and other white cardstock is Stampers Select White from Papertrey Ink.  I used Plum Pudding Swiss Dot Ribbon.  The green buttons are from the Holiday Mix jar and the stamps are from Baby Button Bits.  I used Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint Distress Inks.  You can barely see it in this picture, but I ran the green background paper through my Cuttlebug using the Giga Guidelines Impression Plate.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you are having a wonderful day!

~Anika

*Ribbon, Buttons & Stamps are from Papertrey Ink.

So Sweet of You

I was so excited to start using my new PTI products.  On of my favorite new things is the Giga Guidelines Impression Plate!  I just love it!  I made this card for my BFF.  So Kari, if you're reading this...act surprised when you actually get it!

I really need to get the Tea-Dye Duo!  I keep putting it in my cart, but then it goes out of stock before I get around to placing my order.  Good thing I don't wait too long between orders!  Anyway, I used a paper towel and Dark Chocolate Ink to get a little color on the edges. I love how it accents the Impression on the orange paper.  I also used my small Scallop Die.

Here's another angle. You can really see the gorgeous impression!

Hope you're having a fantastic Saturday - mine is just flying by!  Thanks for stopping! 

~Anika

Supplies: (All PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Spring Rain; Orange Stripe and Light Blue PP by DCWV in the Animal Crackers Stack; Indian Summer PP by BasicGrey

Stamps: Signature Greetings

Ink: Dark Chocolate; Spiced Marmalade by Ranger

Other: Giga Guidelines Impression Plate & Small Scallop Die