City Crafter Challenge #61 - ATC

Are ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) new to you?

I have to admit that this is my first, and although it took me nearly as long as it does for me to make a card, (I think I must be EXTREMELY SLOW), it was a lot of fun to create.

The challenge this week at CCCB is to make

one of these miniature works of art. From what I understand, you trade them with fellow paper artificers. Sounds like a good time to me!

So here is mine... ready to trade...

The card has to be 2.5" x 3.5". I made mine of kraft 

cardstock from Kraft Outlet, some K & Co scraps from my stash, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, leftover Prima bling, organza ribbon, a Maya Road heart pin and mini roses painted with Starburst Cotton Candy Pink from Lindy's Stamp Gang. 

Hostess Linda Robinson has even provided

a link to see a video on ATC, so be sure to hop over to CCCB and check it out.

Have a Happy Day!

Dressed To The Nines

I just finished this card, and 

I am so excited to show you it. I LOVE this paper from Graphic 45. Why on earth didn't I buy more than one sheet?

 I used kraft cardstock, some scraps from my stash,

K & Company Life's Journey Layered Script and Graphic 45 A Proper Gentlemen - Dressed To The Nines.

My first order arrived today from I Am Roses,
so I used the skeleton leaves with my rosette and a Tim Holtz Timepiece.

Some fussy cutting and Distress inking...

and time marches on!
I'm entering this card at Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Father's Day Challenge.
Have a Happy Day, Friends!

Oh Christmas Sketch, Oh Christmas Sketch at Jingle Belles

This week at Jingle Belles... 

Guest Star Designer Kirsty Vittetoe, 

creator and lead DT of City Crafter Challenge Blog has created this awesome sketch...

to challenge us!

So, I have responded with this card....

a good portion of which is made from the supplies

in Kirsty's Pixie Dust Paperie Kit from last November named Snow Shoe.

The bird and cage were cut with the Tim Holtz

Caged Bird Alterations Die from Sizzix. The bling is Recollections.

Hope you like it and will join us for this challenge. 

One cardmaker will win a $15.00 gift certificate (via random draw) to The Pixie Shop. Kirsty is also offering some special deals exclusive to Jingle Belles, so be sure to check them out...

along with the Snow Shoe Kit.

Have a Happy Day!

Celebrate

I'm playing with Summer of Love...

and this is what I made.

All the papers are from the kit with the exception

of the white dotted one which is a TPC Studio DP called Class Act - Hat Swirl.

The bling is from Prima. I made two of the flowers

with the Die-namics Rolled Daisy die. The others are from Recollections and Prima.

I'm lovin' this kit!

Girlfriends

I made this card last night using up some scraps

and odd pieces of cardstock. What I want to point out though, is the green stripe DP. 

I had all the papers picked out a couple of days ago,

but when the new Summer of Love Kit came, I just had to add at least one of the gorgeous papers from this beautiful kit. I chose American Crafts Confetti - Lucy Lemon Twist. I actually was going to use the front side which is bright lemon yellow and white flowers, but changed my mind when I flipped it over and saw the luscious green.

American Crafts - Confetti - Lucy Lemon Twist

I used the two Spellbinders dies... Lacey Circles and 

Fleur De Lis Squares. Girlfriends came from Crafty Secrets. 

 This next photo is not to show you how messy I am

when I work, but is to show you my stack of Pixie Dust Paperie Kits there at the right of my desk. A few of them are under my desk on the shelves. What I'm saying is that I use these constantly and have them on hand at all times. I LOVE these kits!

Now, one more photo...

what can I say... the Penmaker has had a great week of creativity!

Hope you have a Happy Day!

For A Special Friend

CR84FN Color Challenge

 for this week is this beautiful color combination...

Here is my try...

I used The Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsy - English 

Garden, Basic Grey Lilykate - Chenille and pink and green cardstock.

I tried my hand at making all my flowers for this

card. These are made with Die-namics Pretty Posies and Rolled Daisy dies.

The butterflies are Die-namics as well.

The pink ruffled trim is from Frog Feathers.

Thank you for visiting today...

and be sure to visit Mona and the DT at CR84FN.

A Civil War Get Well Card And Pens

I'm still working on stocking up 

my masculine card stash. Today I made a get well card with a Civil War theme. These papers came from that terrific shop in Gettysburg, Forevermore Scrapbooks.

The cardstock is kraft and the main patterned paper is 

from TPC Studio Grandma's Attic - Collectibles. The star paper is October Afternoon Rocket Age - Black Hole and the Civil War papers are from Sugartree #ST01 and PH189.

The sentiment is stamped with Vintage Photo Distress

Ink and is atop a stack of  (1) cardboard - inked with VP and sprayed with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist, (2) a scrap of burlap, (3) Sugartree PH189 cut with Spellbinders Large Deckled Rectangles and inked with VP, (4) same as #3 stamped with a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamp Set.

A Tim Holtz Word Stick...

and a Metal Corner...

Mini Fasteners to finish... (HEART) Tim Holtz products!

The Penmaker decided to go Civil War also...

and made a Bullet Pen from English Walnut. Then he did a Polaris Pen with a South Pacific wood called Kwila.

Here's a better shot of the Bullet Pen. The 

grain of this wood is just fabulous. Isn't this a gorgeous work of art? Love these things!