Holiday Classy & Elegant

Happy Monday, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are ready for another week!

Still in the Christmas mode here today. I've got another Moxie Fab Stretch Your Holiday Style Challenge card to share today. This card is my submission for the Classy & Elegant Challenge. It's super simple but that satin ribbon and those rhinestones give it great glitz and glamor.

Look at that shine! I looks even better in person.

I've been trying out a new background for my cards, thanks to some helpful info from Shannan. What do you think?

Can you guys believe that today is the last day of August, where did the month go?! Christmas will be here before we know it! Thank goodness for these Moxie Fab Challenges, getting me into the holiday mood and giving me a head start on the season.

Well, thanks for visiting me today! Hope you enjoyed the card, I've got one more holiday challenge to do then its back to the everyday cards. Have a wonderful Monday! Bye, bye!

Maile

Peace: (all PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Snowflake Serenade
• Ink: Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides & Aqua Mist
• Cardstock: White
• Accessories: Ripe Avocado Satin Ribbon, KaiserCraft Rhinestones & Corner Rounder

Holiday Fun & Cute

Hi all, hope you are having a great weekend!

I have yet another Christmas card to share with you today. This is what I came up with for the Stretch Your Holiday Style: A Fun and Cute Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World Blog... My cute Santa was cut from some PP I have had forever. Since he was cut from PP he was a little flimsy. So in order to strengthen him and attach him to the card with dimension, I adhered him to white cardstock and then cut him out again. The "ho ho ho" is a rhinestone sticker I have had forever as well. It's good to finally use all these Christmas goodies I have been hording.

I finished the card of with some polka dot scallops, floss and a rhinestone on top of cute little Santa's hat. Oh, can you believe it... not a single stamped image or sentiment on this card! I think that's a first for me on my blog.

I had the hardest time trying to get the perfect shots with this card. I think all the bling was too much for the camera. The photos I posted were the best I could do and I'm still not very happy with them. It looks so much better in person. Oh well, you get the idea though, right?!

Hope you enjoyed your visit with me today!

Maile

ho ho ho:

• Stamps/Ink: None (he,he!)
• Cardstock: PTI White
• Pattern Paper: Provo Craft Holiday Slab V
• Accessories: Me and My Big Ideas Rhinestone Sticker, KaiserCrafts Rhinestone (for hat), DMC Floss

Holiday Vintage Style

Happy Friday to you all! Yeah, the weekend is just around the corner!

I am playing along with the Moxie Fab Stretch Your Holiday Style Challenges again. Today's card is for the Vintage & Shabby Chic Challenge. I am stepping way out of my element on this one... I went for more of a vintage style on this card. These stamp from SEI were the best images I had for something vintage. To add to the vintage feel I distressing the edges of the green stamped cardstock and the sentiment. The edges of the card base and the green cardstock were inked with Vintage Cream ink. To add the perfect vintage touch I pulled out my PTI vintage buttons... I stitch a row of my most vintage looking cream and brown buttons, then finished off the sentiment with one last button.

So what do you think? Does it have a vintage feel to it at all? I've stretch my style on this one, so I'd love to here what you think!

The weekend is almost here, Yeah!!! Do you have any big plans? I have my 10 year HS reunion on Saturday, hard to believe it already been 10 yrs! Well, hope you have a good one! Thanks for stopping by today!

Maile


Merry Christmas Vintage Style:

• Stamps: SEI Alpine Frost & Hero Arts Holiday Messages
• Ink: PTI Vintage Cream, Versamark & SU Mellow Moss
• Cardstock: PTI Dark Choc & Vintage Cream, SU Always Artichoke
• Accessories: PTI Dark Choc & Cream Vintage Buttons, Cream Twine
  

Holiday Clean and Graphic

Happy Thursday! Today I'm playing along with the Moxie Fab Stretch Your Holiday Style: A Clean & Graphic Challenge. I know Christmas is still a ways off, but it's never too early to work on my holiday stash. Here is my attempt... Clean and graphic style is described as having white space, clean lines, and simple treatment of text. The purpose of these challenges is to stretch your own style and use styles you would not usually create with. For my card I went with a design that I would not normally think to use for a Christmas/Holiday card. I really like the way the "mod" flower turned out, it's funky and fun!

So what do you think, would you call this clean and graphic? So stop on by the Moxie Fab World Blog and check out all the other challenges going on there too. Maybe you can give them a try!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful day!

Maile

Happy Holidays:

• Stamps: Hero Arts Holiday Messages
• Ink: PTI Ocean Tides
• Cardstock: PTI Ocean Tides & White, SU Certain Celery
• Pattern Paper: Holiday Slab V Provo Craft
• Accessories: Corner Rounder

Clean and Simple Blossom

Hi all and happy Wednesday! Today I have another card made for the CAS (Clean and Simple) Autumn 09 Design Team Search. The sketch challenge is to make a card based off of this card. Here is my take... Very simple. I wanted to keep the focus on the flower. The flower was cut from my Blossom Nestabilities, I embossed the largest blossom with swiss dots. The remaining smaller blossoms I crinkled up, then layered the blossoms together and held them in place with a button and thread.

Yesterday Blog Hop fun got me all excited about fall, so now I'm off to go bake banana bread! Mmmmmmm! Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

Maile

Get Well Wishes:

• Stamps: Beautiful Blooms & Floral Frenzy (Sentiment)
• Ink: Ripe Avocado & Berry Sorbet
• Cardstosck: White
• Accessories: Berry Sorbet Twill Ribbon, Blossom Nestabilities, Spring Moss Vintage Button, DMC Floss, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder & Corner Rounder

August PTI Blog Hop

This months PTI Blog Hop challenge is to create a project inspired by Autumn. Here is what I came up with...

This is my favorite time of the year, what's not to love about this season! There is so much to be inspired by... the changing of the leaves, warm fuzzy sweaters, roaring fires, rich colors and so on. My choice for adding texture was embroidery floss (no surprise there since I've been using it like crazy) and a torn and distressed edge. I stamped my Beautiful Blooms leaf image in brown then added little berries by tying french knots with red embroidery floss.

Wrapped more embroidery floss under the punched apron lace border and finished the card off with a sentiment and another cute little berry.

I find it hard to believe that fall is just around the corner, but it can't get here soon enough! So what is your favorite season of the year? I'd love to know!

Oh, and another note... I have been blogging for just over a month now and I'm loving it! I have been blessed to meet and become friends with many incredible and talented people through this outlet. Thanks to each and everyone of you who take the time to visit me!

Well thanks for hopping by! Hope you enjoyed!

Maile

Hello: (all PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Beautiful Blooms & Beyond Basic Borders
• Ink: Dark Choc
• Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream & Dark Choc
• Accessories: DMC Floss, Apron Lace Border Punch & Corner Rounder

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #15

Another fabulous Raspberry Suite Color Challenge by Dawn McVey! Here is what I came up with...

The card base is made from cream cardstock, even though it looks white. The butterflies were punched from melon and pink cardstock then crinkled, for a bit of a distressed look, to match the torn edge of the pink cardstock below. Then embellished with spring moss buttons. The vine border was inked in spring moss and the apron lace border was punched from melon cardstock. Finished the card of with a touch of cream twine and a sentiment.

That girl always amazes me with her creative color combos!

Aren't you amazed...No stitching or knots! :D Except for the buttons of course, but that doesn't count. Anyways, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Thanks for visiting me today, hope you enjoyed the card! Bye, bye!

Maile

It's A Girl!: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders & SU Nursery Necessities
• Ink: Spring Moss & Pink
• Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Bazzill Med Pink & SU Groovy Guava
• Accessories: Spring Moss Vintage Buttons, Twine, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Fiskers Apron Lace Punch, Corner Rounder