PTI's Make-It Monday ~ Camouflaged Pocket Inserts

Good morning~ I found time this morning to make a card for PTI's Make-It Monday challenge, where Dawn showed us how to create camouflaged Pocket Inserts. You can find all the details on their blog.

Here's the bookmark out of the pocket

The stamp sets I used were Background Text Style, Petite Pots, Embellished Elegance and Pumpkin Patch.

I'm also entering this into the Word Art Wednesday challenge

Thanks so much for looking! Blessings~ Birgit

Playing Along With Merry Monday

I'm back again with a quick post to add these Christmas cards to the challenge going on over at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, where the theme is holly leaves.



I used some old printed papers from my stash, Clearly Besotted Little Pudding, MFT's Pierced Fishtail Stax, Frames die cuts from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from Just Rite's Christmas Gifts.

I'm also entering one of these cards into the Word Art Wednesday Challenge. It's their 200th challenge and they've got lots of prizes up to give away so be sure to hop on over to their blog and join in on the fun!
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for stamping and die cutting
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thanks so much for looking! Blessings~ Birgit

Sunflowers On Parade

I'm going to a friends summer cottage on an island here in Maine, and I wanted to bring her a hostess gift. She lives very simply and loves flowers so I thought I'd make her a set of note cards using sunflowers as the theme, since it is sunflower season here in Maine. The design is simple and uncluttered and a wee bit vintage.

I dug out all my sunflower stamp images so that each card is the same, but different.
I'll list the sets I used to create these at the end.
This is the burlap bag I made to put the cards in. I stamped the image on a piece of muslin and heat set it with my iron after I was done.
Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card #4

Card #5

Card #6

Here is the complete set:

I would like to also bring a loaf of homemade bread, sunflower, if I can find a recipe online. If anyone has one they'd be willing to share, I'd be greatly appreciative!!

I'm also entering one of the cards I made using the Kitchen Sink Stamps into Darnell's challenge for NBUS, since I just got my first order from them. They take a little practice but are really quite cool with all the different colored layers and detail. I'm also entering one of the cards into the Word Art Wednesday Challenge

Thanks so much for looking! Blessings~ Birgit

Stamps Used: Kitchen Sink Multi Step Sunflowers, PTI Petite Pots, Simple Sunflowers, Garden Variety, Flower Favorites, Postmarks, Penny Black Petal Power and sentiments from WPlus9's Fresh Cut Flowers.

Making A Scene with NBUS Challenge #5

I'm popping in this morning to share a card that I made using this new window die from MFT Stamps, it qualifies for NBUS! I actually made the card the other day and was going to post it and then Darnell posted her NBUS Challenge #5 so I thought it would be perfect for that as well!

I started by inking the bricks onto a Kraft card base, using a brick stencil from MFT using Fired Brick and Antique Linen Distress Inks. I cut the window using MFT's Window die (NBUS) and put a pie, cut from Quickutz and the smallest pumpkin from MFT's Primitive Pumpkins, to make you think it's a pumpkin pie. Can you smell it fresh out of the oven?
The window ledge is cut using MFT's Easel Die-namics. I cut the trees using PTI's Topiary Trio and a flower in a pot and the bird from PTI's Petite Pots.
A happy little fall scene to send to a friend!

I'm also entering this card into the Word Art Wednesday Thanks so much for looking! Blessings~ Birgit

Artsy Sunflower Collage

Happy Friday paper crafting friends! I wanted to share a card I made using this image I found on Pinterest as inspiration:

It's a piece of canvas wall art but I was inspired to make a card.

I started with a piece of Parchment cardstock and stamped a bacgkround from Heidi Swapp in Antique Linen Distress Ink. I added some script background from PTI. The butterflies are from Crafts Meow Butterfly Kisses. I added a postage stamp and cancellation image from PTI's Postmarks and Just Rite's Greetings from Paris. The sunflower is stamped using Clearly Besotted Sunshine & Smiles (love this flower!) and colored it with my copics and adding gel pen accents.

The sentiment is also from Crafts Meow Friend of Mine and I added some black Wink Of Stella to give it some sparkle.

I distressed the outside edges with more Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.
I haven't done a collage style card in a very long time and am just loving how this turned out.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday
The Shabby Tea Room
Simon Says Monday Challenge
Time Out Challenge

Thanks so much for visiting! Blessings~ Birgit