A masculine set of cards...

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I played along with another Papertrey release challenge yesterday - to make a project with just neutrals and metallics... I chose some Kaisercraft papers that included silver foil and decided to make some scripture cards (using the Cheerful Heart set I got for Christmas) suitable for guys...

I used one of PTI's tag dies for three of them, with their Mat Stack 4 for the other. I used some silver embellishments and neutrals ribbon to finish each of them off.

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x Amy x

Musical congratulations...

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I'm popping in to share a couple of cards I put together this afternoon for two of my young piano students who are taking their exams soon. I decided to play along with Papertrey's challenge to use a stamp in your collection that hadn't seen ink, and I'm ashamed to say that this piano stamp has been sitting in my stash of ages unused! So this was the perfect opportunity to get it inky...

The images all come from PTI's Rhythm & Soul stamp set and I used a PTI impression plate to create background texture.

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x Amy x

PTI Butterfly Encouragement

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I've been following along with the Papertrey 8th birthday festivities over at Nicole's blog and decided to try and play along with a few challenges if possible this week. The first one I decided on was the combination of sketch and colour combinations (gotta love those!) - I chose these two...

I of course wanted to use butterflies, and combined them with a beautiful sentiment from the Cheerful Heart set I received for Christmas...

This one was made with a specific person in mind that needs some encouragement at the moment - hopefully it will brighten her day! I used some other PTI goodies on this one (as well as the stamps): ribbon, buttons, an impression plate and filigree border die.

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x Amy x

A Valentine for Hubby...

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It's time for another fab ColourQ challenge and I love this week's combo...

Love the newsprint with black and red! I needed to make a Valentine's card for my sweet husband and so I thought this combination would work well. I pulled out a Taylored Expressions single stamp I bought when I was in the US back in 2010 that is perfect for my hubby who loves dogs (well any animals really!)...

I was so pleased with how this one turned out! Let's hope he likes it... After all he does see rather a lot of my cards so for him to be impressed it has to be top notch! I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch for my layout...

Make sure you stop by the rest of the ColourQ design team to be inspired by their fab creations this week!


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x Amy x

A Shabby Mojo Dream...

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I took some time last night to play along with a couple of challenges that caught my eye this week: the Mojo Monday sketch and the Card Concept inspiration...

I pulled out a shabby handmade flower that I'd made ages ago out of Blushing Bride card and used that as my starting point and ended up with this...

Seeing as the flower had a shabby feel to it I went for a shabby chic style for this whole card, distressing quite a few edges. The sentiment is from Verve's Words of Wisdom set - I stamped it on Naturals Ivory card with Smoky Slate ink. I added a couple of rhinestones for a bit of bling to finish.

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x Amy x

Birthday Balloon

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I'm just popping in with a card I made using some new goodies - the Celebrate Today stamp set and coordinating balloon framelits...

I combined a couple of challenges to help me on this one: the Freshly Made Sketch and the Colour Throwdown...

I also used some new paper from the Spring/Summer catty called Adventure Bound for the lower grass panel. The sky was stamped with Gorgeous Grunge and the clouds punched with the cupcake builder punch.

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x Amy x

Let your dreams take flight...

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I finished my latest lecturing season today and am determined to a) get myself and my house organised, and b) create a little more! That is of course before I launch into the next season of study (hopefully a Masters)... Well I have managed to find time to make my ColourQ card this week. When I saw this week's colours I knew I had to use some Kaisercraft paper that I've had in my stash for a while that is just perfect for this combination...

I kept my design pretty simple, letting the beautiful paper shine through...

I just added a greeting (from PTI's Butterfly Dreams) as well as a die-cut butterfly (I picked up some gorgeous sizzix butterfly dies whilst on holiday last year and they are are quite similar to the ones that Stampin Up have in the Spring/Summer catty, only mine are smaller). I added a couple of candy dots as my touch of Real Red and that was that!

Make sure you check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x