It's anniversary time over at Papertrey Ink.  Yay!  Eight great years!!  And there is lots of celebrating going on.  The releases, the projects, the challenges, the prizes...  So much fun!

Day 2 is all about Maile Belles.  The challenge is to make a card inspired by one of Maile's.  And it certainly isn't hard to be inspired by her creations.  The hard part is picking just one!

It was fun looking through tons of Maile's cards... and, yes, I couldn't narrow down one card for my inspiration.  I decided to create with a 'style' that Maile made very popular.  The 'tilted' panels.  Adding that tilt is so simple, yet makes such a big impact.

This starburst background is one of my favorites.  Here it makes me think of a camera flash with the polaroid frame.  I die cut the '2' a few times and layered them up for a little added thickness.

 

This sentiment, from a Studio Calico set, fit nicely at the bottom of the frame.  Some extra stars were stamped underneath...  I really like this little addition.  Subtle and sweet ;)

The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is "All things Bright and Beautiful", and I'm linking this up over there too.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll come back again soon.

xo, janelle

Feeling HOT HOT HOT

Hello there!  Have you seen the cue card over at CAS-ology?  Things are getting HOT over there... and I've got a card to add some flames to the fire. *wink*

I purchased some embossing folders awhile ago... and one of them was this flame background.  NBUS, anyone?  So, I was very excited to bust this out when I saw the word 'HOT'.

I embossed some white cardstock and die cut a heart out.  Then, I sponged some yellow, orange, and red ink over the flames.  So much fun!  After searching through some sentiments, I decided to create my own.  Once again, I found myself making foam letters... with more sponging of ink, some letter die cuts, and adhesive foam board.  Then a couple sentiment strips and more foam adhesive were added to complete my card.

I'm just thrilled to have had this inspiration.  Now, I have this card ready to give my hubs for Valentine's Day.  Yay!  Are you feeling the heat?  There's a little more time to link up over at CAS-ology.

xo, janelle

Love Card Concept

I couldn't resist playing along when I saw this challenge.  The inspiration photo at The Card Concept is so fun!  Seriously... the wood grain, yarn wrapped letters, a heart banner... 

need I say more?  

I just loved the yarn wrapped letters.  So, I found some wood arrow embellishments and wrapped them with some floss in similar colors to the picture.  These arrows were then adhered to some hearts that I die cut and layered together.  Then I hand wrote 'love' for the finishing touch.

This was the first time that I have used wood veneer with a die cut.  It cut amazingly!  And I look forward to using it again in the future.  How about you?  Have you die cut wood veneer before?

Well, thank you for stopping by.  There are so many great cards submitted for this challenge.  I really appreciate that you chose to come check out what I made.  Oh, and I'm also linking up over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge 'anything goes'.

xo, janelle

Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge

 Hello!  I am so excited... because today is the 25th of the month.  Which means Blog Hop
over at Papertrey Ink.... And I have a card to share!  Yeah!!

Again, I found a pocket card among my collection from Studio Calico Project Life kits.  This card had these lovely hearts on it which I then fussy cut... Then I die cut that swirly 'hello'.  The scripty swirls make me swoon... This die is from Studio Calico.  It is NBUS that is going to get lots of use!

I stamped 'friend' from the Wet Paint set by PTI using Smoky Shadow ink.  This was on a strip of white cardstock adhered directly to the white card base.  I'm really diggin' the mix of the swirly font of the die with the crisp linear font of the stamp.  Then, foam adhesive was used to adhere the hearts. And a few white sequins were the finishing touch.

Not only was I thinking of a special friend, but I had a few other challenges in mind while I was creating it, too.  The cue card at CASology is 'friend'... The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is 'Have a Heart'... And I love the sketches over at CAS(E) this sketch.  I usually take sketches very literal.  So, I really enjoyed stretching the creative limit on this one.  Too much fun! 

xo, janelle

Hey Hey!

Hey there!  Thanks for stopping by.  I've got a card to share today.  I made this 

one for my brother-in-law's birthday.  It was on Sunday and he already got this

in the mail.  So, no spoiler alert here.  ~ Hope you had a great day, Kelly!

So, have you heard all about 'NBUS'?  You probably have... But, just in case, 

NBUS stands for Never Before Used Schtuff.  Yep!  The brilliant Darnell over

at djkardkreations invented this little beauty of an acronym.  Then she created 

a challenge for us all to join in on the fun of using our NBUS with her... Yeah!

I found my inspiration from this card.  It is in the Signatures Sketches from

January's Inspiration Archive at Nichole Heady's blog, Capture the Moment.

I also used the color combo from the Color Play.  Beautiful colors, huh?

And since I hadn't busted out my Ombre Builders stamp set yet...  Well, it

just seemed like a perfect way to use some of my NBUS.  Too much fun!

 

The sentiment is from a set that I got in a Studio Calico kit.  Each line is a

different stamp.  So, it was really easy to create each strip.  Then I popped

them up with some foam adhesive.  That gave the card just the right amount

of extra touch that I felt it needed.  Masculine cards... keep 'em CAS, right?

I hope you get a chance to create with your NBUS and join the fun.

Bonus: CAS-ology has joined in on the NBUS craze and their current

challenge's cue card is NBUS.  Thank you, Darnell.  You inspire so many!

xo,

janelle

Back on the Hop

Hello!

I'm back again with another card for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

Here is the inspiration combo that I chose to work with...

 

And here is my card...

The pie pieces on the sketch had me wanting to make a folded/layered burlap flower.

The rest just came together and was so much fun!

Gotta run... Happy Hopping!

xo,

janelle

PTI Aug Blog Hoppin'

Hello!

Today is the day for the August Blog Hop over at Papertrey Ink.

There are so many great sketches, color combos, and inspiration photos.

Beware of possible stimulation overload!

See what I mean?!?  

I couldn't resist this sketch and color combo.  

With that amazing cake for inspiration, a birthday card was in order.

And lots of glitter!

Lot and lots of glitter!

To achieve these glittery strips, I used 1/2" Scor-Tape on the color coordinating cardstock.  Then I cut my strips to size, removed the backing of the Scor-Tape, and then covered the sticky side with glitter.

I'm hoping to get another card made and linked up for the hop today...

If not, I've got these beauty sketches ready for future cards (wink).

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Happy hopping!!

xo,

janelle

:: Sparkle & Shine Birthday supplies ::

2, 4, 6, 8

Hello!

The card I'm sharing today fits a few different challenges...

I typically don't combine challenges, but this time it just kind of all came together.

The challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays is to include numbers.  The chant, "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate" popped in to my head...  And, so I decided to create a thank you card.

 CFC110: Use a number or numbers on your CAS creation
You have until noon eastern on July 31st.

Next, I chose a color combo from the PTI Blog Hop "Fruits of Summer".  This took awhile with so many wonderful combos to chose from!  Finally the citrus combo came out the favorite, but I ended up dropping the orange from the group...

How to add a sentiment stumped me at first.  The thing was that I didn't want to cover the numbers too much.  Then I drew inspiration from Nicole over at PTI.  I've always liked the look of her vellum sentiment strips, so I thought I'd give it a shot here.  Viola!

Finally, I was inspired by the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  

Great sketch, don't you think?
ETA: missed the link deadline (again)

Well, that's all for now...
Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Enjoy hopping & have a fabulous day!

xo,

janelle

:: 2, 4, 6, 8 supplies ::
(misc supply: vellum)