RetroSketch #75

Hello, again!

I have the newest RetroSketch to share with you!!

This week's sketch is based on this beauty by our lovely Laurie.

So simple and gorgeous, as always.

For my card I was inspired by the sort of swooshing effect of those leaves.

And used my newly acquired Papertrey ink watercolour set, by Maile Belles.

Be sure to head on over to the RetroSketches blog to check out the amazing inspiration the rest of the DT have waiting for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

:)

PTI may blog hop - sending sunshine

Almost home from the west coast! Boy it is so incredibly beautiful out here. The flowers, the trees, the gorgeous ocean! Hope you are all having a fabulous week. And I also wanted to add that I am impressed that all of my scheduled posts have worked so far. See you all on the weekend!

Woohoo! It's blog hop time! It's the 25th of the month and therefore Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop.

This month's challenge:
"May is the month when many flowers finally go into full bloom after a long winter's sleep. For the blog
hop this month we want to see your favorite take on flowers. You can stamp backgrounds, create
custom floral embellishments, showcase unique flower center additions (buttons, rhinestones, beads,
etc...), flowers die-cut from different materials (like fabric, felt, vellum, etc...) or anything else you can
dream up!"
 
Here is what I came up with.
 

I had so much fun making the flower for this card, that I had to make another. You can find the link to Mary Dawn's fabulous tutorial here.
I used PTI's harvest gold felt and cardstock, limitless layers scalloped circle, background basics: petal power, and tag it's 3.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can't wait to get home and check out all of the fabulous creations on the hop. :)

April PTI Blog Hop

I know I have been super absent these last couple of weeks, but I know you all understand how life gets a little crazy once in a while!
I am trying to keep up with all of your posting but man some of you are on a wicked creative streak. It's hard to keep up. :)

I was able to make a quick card for this month's PTI blog hop.

"dedicated to all the boys and men in our lives! Now's your chance to create Father's Day projects, boy birthday cards and more to build up your stash! Focus on masculine color schemes, fresh pattern combinations, understated embellishments and unique uses of images you may already have in your stash!"

I created the card base with my Silhouette, cutting out 2 stars from white cardstock and one from the yellow distressed dots patterned paper. The airplane is from "flying away", the sentiment is from "inside out birthday" and the stars are from the moon & stars mini from "tiny treats: halloween".

Thanks so much for stopping by. I can't wait to see all of the fabulous masculine cards that you all create! :)