PTI Blog Hop Grocery List...

Hi there,

I took a bit of time out this afternoon to play along with PTI's blog hop this month. I loved the inspiration piece and colours and thought I would use them to create an altered notebook...

I used PTI's Aqua Mist and SU's Daffodil Delight for the cardstock and paper layers - I used Guidelines II, Mendhi Medallions and Butterfly Dreams to create the patterned card panels. I die-cut some white Banner Borders to add at the top and bottom as well as between two of the layers - so easy with that die! I noticed lots of circles in the inspiration piece so I brought this element in with the Guidelines patterns as well as the buttons, polka dots and focal piece. The centre circle (from Take Note) was stamped on Aqua Mist and punched out with a 1 3/4" circle punch then layered on a felt die-cut from the Limitless Layers collection. I added a flower & leaf from Rosie Posie (I shaded a bit of colour onto the flower with copics).

That's all for now... Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Love Notebook...

Hiya,

I've been making some altered notebooks for our Church's women's conference coming up soon and I thought I'd use a colour/sketch combo to get me going! I chose this week's Colour Throwdown colours as well as the Viva la Verve sketch from this week. The colours reminded me of an old K&Co paper pad I have in my stash so I dug that out to create this:

The verse is a stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs - I inked it with Marina Mist then coloured over the words 'Love' with an Elegant Eggplant marker. I stamped the cross from Verve's Everlasting Life with So Saffron ink over the top. The butterflies (from Verve) were stamped on coordinating paper and cut out. I added some pearls and ribbon along with some swirls die-cut from Whisper White card.

Just a quick post for now - I've gotta make a start on an assignment for college!

x Amy x

Anniversary Date...

Hi there,

I played along with this week's gorgeous Play Date colour challenge along with the Waltzingmouse sketch...

This is one of my favourite colour combos at the moment (I'm thinking of redecorating our bedroom with this sort of scheme lol!). The Blissful Authentique papers are perfect for these colours so I dug them out along with some Walzingmouse stamps to come up with this...

I used WMS's Ovals Classic Frames for the cameos, and their Seasons of Love set for the sentiment in the centre square as well as the flourish stamped around it (stamped with Daffodil Delight ink). I sponged some daffodil ink around the centre square and inside the cameos lightly then inked around all three squares with Tea Dye ink to soften a little. The 'Happy Anniversary' sentiment is from a PTI set (Damask Delight). I added some accents cut with a Spellbinders accents die as well as some rhinestones for a bit of extra sparkle. I finished things off with some satin ribbon for a touch of elegance.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Baby Mojo Joy...

Hiya,

Sorry for the long absence! I've had a crazy-busy few weeks with study, work and a bunch of other stuff. Today was my first opportunity in ages to make something just because I wanted to! I combined this week's Mojo sketch with the Colour Q challenge to create this...

I used Verve's Tag Time and To the Moon sets to create this vintage-feel baby card. The papers are from Bo Bunny's Gabrielle collection, which coordinated nicely with the Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride colours in the colour challenge. The tag was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink, with the sentiment in Calypso Coral. I stamped the elephant on Blushing Bride card (twice) and some coordinating DSP then did some paper piecing. I cut a slit along the bottom of the frame so I could pop the elephant through so she can pop out of the frame. I added some Certainly Celery ribbon and matching pearls as well as a punched ribbon strip of Certainly Celery card, stitched with linen thread (love this effect!).

That's all for now... Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x