PMS Peggy Strikes Again!

 I've been wanting to get PMS Peggy out of her stamp sleeve for a few weeks now and today I used this awesome color challenge to do just that.

The Color Throwdown Challenge is a dark pink, light pink, white and green and this is what I came up with. Remember, neutrals are ok and I've added some tan, brown, grey and black. If you are interested in the Color Throwdown, click here: CTD451

I used this paper pad from American Crafts yet again. I'm digging these patterns and colors lately. Both pink patterns came from this pad.

I also made good use out of this set from Unity Stamp Company: PMS Peggy

I wanted to create a vintage feeling card because this stamp set screams 1950 to me. So I tried to give the feeling of vintage wallpaper to stand Peggy up against.

I used a Memory Box die to create the speech bubble and stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink.

I colored the image using Copic Markers. Including the dots on Peggy's shirt. Then I fussy cut her and edged the image with my Tombow dark grey marker. I added sparkle to her lips, heart on her belt and to the polka dots on her shirt using a Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Brush Marker. Although it is difficult to see in the photos, it is visible in person.

I finished the inside with another fabulous PMS Peggy sentiment and a strip of patterned paper.

I'd love to know what you think of my card for today.

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You know you're old when...

This week's color throwdown was a combo of orange, brown and green and when I saw them I immediately thought of this old man. Info on the color throwdown for this week can be found here:  (CTD449)

I've had this set since it was released in 2007! It was one of my first Gina K stamp sets (from before Gina K was so popular) and I love how Pun-ny and awesome this set is. (there is even a piece of washi tape stuck to it that I cannot remove because it has been there so long)

This old man screams, paper piece me so I held up my end of the bargain with some just-as-old paper from We R Memory Keepers.


I used the last three pieces I had in the pad to create this card.

I added a piece of Brown cardstock and a piece of orange card stock to solidify the color combination. I also used a brown corduroy button brad from SU a friend sent me a while back.

The inside of the card is finished with a white card panel and the remainder of the sentiment.

I'd love to know what you think of my card for today.

You Color My World

The current color throwdown had me scratching my head for a few days. Although, I love the color combination, it left me with no ideas, NONE!

 (  for details on the color throwdown, click here: ctd448  )

And then I found this one piece of patterned paper in my Pink Paisley  Take Me Away 6x6 paper pad and I was absolutely inspired.

I wanted to use this specific piece of paper in a unique way that would really highlight just how beautiful it is. I also wanted to get some use out of this globe die I received from one of those "from China" applications on my phone a while back.

What I did was die cut the globe from an area of the paper that highlighted most of the colors in the throwdown, mint, pink and purple. I then die cut the stitched rectangle from the same piece making sure to center the space the globe die cut left.



I cut a teal circle from some MFT cardstock using an Amuse Studio stitched circle die and then I die cut the globe from two more pieces, this time of a light lavender cardstock also from MFT.

I layered the teal circle and then the two lavender globes, topped with the patterned paper globe to create a beautifully dimensional globe embellishment. I then clear Wink of Stella'd the continents for some shimmer.

As you can see, the purple adds a bit of interest to the edge of the die cut globe.

My card base is some mint cardstock from MFT. To attach the card panel I layered the patterned paper onto the black cardstock then inserted the cool globe image. I had die cut a piece of the mint colored cardstock from a Blueprints die and the word Color from the same teal color I used to back the globe. I stamped my sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink and glued the die cut word where it fit. I popped up the sentiment strip with some foam tape around where it would touch the globe and used Ranger Multi Medium Matte to adhere it where the banner touched the globe.

I finished the card with a few sequins from Lucy's Cards Pastel Paradise Mix because they matched the colors and the softness of this card really well. I left the inside blank for a message.

I'd love to know what you think of my card.

The World is Yours

I played along with The Color Throwdown ctd447 this week and look at this cool color combo!

I love how the pale colors have the contrast of the navy and the bright green. A summer combo, for sure.

I used Unity's World Is Yours set by Joslyn Nielsen & Lisa Arana. I've always had a thing for globes and this set was right up my alley! 

You can find it here:  World Is Yours (I have no affiliation with Unity Stamp Co, except that I really like their stamps) 

When I went to their site to grab the link it notified me that a surprise percent off sale is happening right now, so if this set is your style too, today might be the day you want to jump, just sayin'.

I left this card very flat except the tales of the banner are curled up and I added a few sequins to further the color combination theme. The lighter aqua and green are from SSS's meadow mix and the darker aqua are from Neat & Tangled's Ocean waves mix.

Patterned papers for this card are from MFT's Birthday Blowout 6x6 (the green stripe)
and Crate Paper's Cool Kid (the kraft print and the aqua and dark blue print)

The dark blue cardstock is from MFT.

I colored the image with a few Copic markers to match the color theme.

Thanks for stopping by. I'd love it if you left me a comment below. ;)

I'm Late

Color throwdown day again, I am really loving this challenge. It makes me push myself to be creative. Check out the challenge here: CTD442

When I saw the colors for this week, I knew this was the stamp I wanted to use. It is this tiny set by Avery Elle called I'm Late and it is made up of three little stamps. The snail with the balloon and two sentiment lines, Happy Birthday and Sorry I'm Late...


And since this was such a simple little stamp set I wanted to make a simple little card. I chose a one layer, clean and simple card. I actually colored on the card base y'all!!! <---seriously don't know where the y'all came from because I'm from the Midwest.

I embossed a wonky stitched rectangle on the front of the card base and I loved how that looked. I stamped the image and sentiment in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored with my Copics. You can see the colors this week are a pale aqua, pale beige, pale grey and pale yellow. I used three greys, N0, N2, & N4 for the snail. I used Y0000, Y11, Y13 & Y21 for the balloon ( I probably could have skipped the Y11 it really didn't even show up). I used BG0000 & BG32 for the background aqua color  and E000 & E40 for the beige color. I blended the backgrounds out with the colorless blender 0 marker. I also added some texture to the ground with the 0 marker. A simple highlight with the white gel pen on the snail, darkened his eyes with a black glaze pen and then some spectrum noir sparkle pen and glossy accents on the balloon and the party hat and the card front was complete.

I finished the inside of the card with the remaining half of the sentiment, Happy Birthday and stamped the snail in an aqua ink. That finished the card for today.

You're Sew Amazing

One of the benefits of participating in the Growing In Unity GIU week is getting to pick out a free kit from any of their stamps, new or old. 

I received my kit the other day and I had been eyeing up this sewing machine because I have these quilt dies and figured the combination would be sew perfect. ;)

I participated in this week's color throwdown challenge. You can check out the challenge here:  Ctd 441 

The colors are a pink, light aqua and light purple. White was also on the list and then any neutrals I wanted to use.

I really love how this turned out. I even used a bit of thread from my personal sewing machine and put that behind the stamped image.

All patterned papers were MFT
Colored Cardstock was MFT
White Cardstock Nina
Die from Gina Marie Dies