MAKE IT MONDAY #301

MATTING WITH GLITTER

Ooo glitter! Of course I have a lifetime stash that doesn't get used too often =) Lizzie gave us some wonderful tips for using glitter.

 

My card was busy, so my glitter mat is simple:

Letterpress detail:

I did a letterpress technique with Rustic Wreath, added snowflakes from Quilted Winter,

a sentiment from Christmas Cheer and pink sequins to finish.

I will need to try this some more. I really liked Lizzie's cards with the curved/decorative edges of glitter!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #300

BUILD-A-WREATH

Melissa gave us great tips to make wreaths, and I know there will be lots of lovely wreath cards!

I had a little head start because I said the next card I should make is a fall card and I already had my Rustic Wreath set out!

I cut one wreath out of glitter paper and one out of brown. Then I added details with the Mini Blooms set and sequins. My sentiment is from Phrase Play #7 with some wink-of-Stella on it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #299

SENTIMENT WINDOWS

We survived the September where everything starts! (school, Awana, soccer, & Piano lessons, plus a big family vacation to Disneyland and the flu hitting later too...phew) I was happy to have a little time to create.

I made a snowflake window today:

I had fun playing with the new to me dies for Snowflake Medley. I used some pattern paper, PTI ink, and a sentiment from O Holy Night.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Noelle

P.S. Thought I would share my favorite pictures from our vacation:

It was my parents dream to take the kids to Disneyland, so along with my sister too we made it happen.

This one always makes me laugh.

MAKE IT MONDAY #289

BUILDING WREATHS WITH SMALL IMAGES

I've stayed up too late playing with the Tinsel & Tags Sprigs set but had fun making a wreath for each season:

What a fun challenge Lizzie!  I just had to try it =)

Good night,

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #288

PANTONE CHIP INSPIRED CARDS

A lot of the time I am drawn to a simple graphic look and Lexi's challenge was right up that alley! Her cards looked so fun I had to find time to try it:

I played with Summer Sweetness - my first PTI set I ever bought =)

Words from Swoosh, Pretty Petals, and One Big Happy. I did some dry embossing for the back grounds.

Have a good evening!

noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #282

STENCILED WATERCOLOR BACKGROUNDS

Happy Saturday!

I had some time to try a stencil from the Post & Parcel Kit.

I used the snow stencil to make some watercolored confetti:

I stamped 'Celebrate' from Celebrate Big and gave it a water wash so it looked watercolored. Then I punched out some balloons and watercolored them. String and clear sequins finished the cards off.

We are crafting this morning and have a bee field trip this afternoon!

Have a wonderful day!

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #280

STAMPING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

Lexi gave us a design basic and how the ideas started flying. You could use this idea with almost any stamp set and of course I had so many ideas and so little time =)

I challenged myself to use a stamp set I hadn't used in a while and got one card done.

Made a 'box' using Chevron Stripes. Then added a car and sentiment from Need for Speed. 

I added a die cut chevron scrap from Clipsters...so fun when you can use those scraps!

Have a great evening,

Noelle

Make It Monday #279

Curved Sentiments

What a great little technique this week: bend your stamps to create a curved sentiment.

I thought of the curved banner from the Tinsel & Tags kit and got busy:

I used a mask and stamped What the Doodle Feathers all round the banner in Vintage Jadeite and Soft Stone. Then I curved my sentiment from Praying For You mini set and added it to the banner. I popped the banner up a little and added sequined to finish!

Have a wonderful weekend!

We are going to do a little 10 year anniversary celebrating.

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #278

WINDOW CHIPBOARD SENTIMENTS

Stephanie's first Make It Monday video was a really neat idea. I was also inspired by Yana's first video and her lovely colors! There is inspiration springing up all over! 

The Challenge:

Create a project with a window chipboard sentiment.

I first die cut a Big Basics Thanks window. Then I grabbed Beautiful Brushstrokes set and stamped flowers using yellow, pink, and grey PTI inks. Last I added my chipboard 'thanks' 

I want to go create more...but I must go chain myself to the kitchen stove and make dinner instead =)

Have a wonderful weekend

Thanks for stopping by.

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #276

 KRAFT & COLORED PENCILS

With the little ones napping I had a few minuets to make a card (ok it was probably 45 minuets, but feels like minuets =) And tried coloring on kraft.

I colored in Rustic Wreath and added the sentiment and flowers from One Big Happy!

This past week I finished a second Blog Hop card:

Added a little gold to this pink embroidery thread!

And finally finished my '2015' 10 yr celebration card using Clipsters and Big Basics Thanks:

Have a great weekend!

Noelle

MAKE IT MONDAY #275

STAMPED DANGLES

Dangling past my bed time =)

But it is sure relaxing fun.

Good night!

MAKE IT MONDAY #274

 PATTERN PLAY WITH DIE CUT SILHOUETTES

What a great challenge to help me use some the pretty papers I have collected!

How about a sweet deer and some purple papers:

These other cards I kept simple and worked with one pattern paper...guess i'm not to 

good at mixing =)

Yesterday my girls and I were playing with their Spirograph set and I actually followed some directions- I never did that when I was a kid- it made these awesome stars. I turned them into cards so I could share them:

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Noelle

Make It Monday #273

Spinner Cards

What a fun card to try! My craft buddies were all over this technique!:

I see there are lots of cute cards in the link already!

I played with the heart/valentine theme.

I first thought of the cute arrows in the Clipsters set:

Then I thought a spinning envelope valentine would be sweet:

Here's a hello from my backyard visitors today:

Supplies:

PTI Inks

Post & Parcel kit

Wee Folk - tiny heart

Shaker & Sprinkles- heart and 'love'

Clipsters

Swoosh - little heart

Thanks for stopping by and take care,

Noelle