Make It Monday #93: Splitting Die Cuts

It's time for another Make it Monday challenge.  Thank goodness there's a whole week to play because life is soooo busy!  I've been thinking about splitting dies and which ones to split and how to split them.  It wasn't until I decided to use my new soft blush pattern pack that the fillable frames 5 die jumped out at me and asked me to be cut in half.  Sounds silly but with all it's rounded edges it just seemed to match the pattern on the paper.  I split the fillable frames die and turned the pieces around so the rounded edges faced into my card.  Here is a sweet little baby card for the make it monday challenge. 

 

Ok there is the front and inside of my card.  Hope you enjoy your day!

I already am!

♥Lisa♥



Papertrey Make It Monday #91: Faux Pockets

Good evening everyone. Tonight I am playing along again at what it is quickly becoming one of my favorite weekly challenges!  Dawn McVey has created a very cute card with a faux pocket on the front for this week's PTI Make it Monday Challenge.  I Love watching her videos!  She is so easy to follow and understand and I love her classic style!  I chose to use my heart to heart stamps for this challenge because I thought those adorable coffee cups would look so cute on the front of the pocket.  Here is my take on the challenge.

(front of card)

(full view of tag)

(inside of card)

 

Such a cute idea! 

Have a great night everyone!  See you next week for another MIM!

♥Lisa♥



Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 171

I've recently discovered another designer that I am in awe of.  If you haven't visited Karen Giron's blog already, I suggest you head over there now.  She is so talented and makes the cutest cards.  One of the reasons that I am so impressed with Karen is because she decorates the insides of her cards to match the fronts.  I have always wanted to decorate the inside but I always seem to draw a blank by the time I finish the front.  Karen has given me new inspiration and now I have been decorating all of the insides of my cards. 

The sketch this week on Karen's blog for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge looks like this:

Here is my take on the sketch.  I used one of my favorite images from the Pure Innocence collection and colored her with copic markers. 

(front of card)

 

And I'm proud to say that thanks to Karen I am getting more and more comfortable and creative with decorating the insides of my cards.

(inside of card)

 

I enjoyed using this sketch and some fun colorful papers!

Have a great day everyone!

I just did!

♥Lisa♥

 

 

 



Papertrey Ink MIM #90 and a little inspiration!

Good morning everyone.  Today I have a card to share with you that came from a very unusual place!  We all know that inspiration is everywhere and that includes the break room at work.  I went to get a cup of coffe before my shift and I found this beautiful mug sitting on the microwave.  Well, I did what any of us crafty cardmakers would do.....I took a picture.  LOL 

I knew I just had to recreate that design onto a card as soon as possible.  I just can't resist the pink and brown with polka dots and stripes!

The very next day I was over at Nichole's blog to see what the make it monday challenge would be and I instantly knew what I was going to make.

Here is the card that was inspired by a mug and the Papertrey Ink MIM challenge.

(front of card)

(inside of card)

 

The Make it Monday challegne was to create a focal point sentiment with stamps and dies.

I used the sentiment "I believe in you" from Flower Fusion #12 and I substituted the word "YOU" with the block alphabet dies.  I stamped the roses inside and out with stamps from The Sweet Life stamp set. On the inside I die cut the roses with The Sweet Life dies.  The polka dot background is from the Bitty Dot Basics paper pack. 

I hope you are all enjoying your day and I hope everyone gets out and votes today!!!!

If you need any information on voting Nichole has put together a great blog post on the history of women's right to vote with some informational links on voting in your state.

 

Have a great day!

I already am!

♥Lisa♥

 I really love how the card turned out! 

More Make it Monday with PTI #89

Good afternoon everyone!  I just couldn't resist making one more card for PTI's make it monday challenge (Creating windows for floating images.)  I watched Nichole's video again and got inspired.  I wanted to make another floral card in pink and green with a layered flower.  Here is my second card for the challenge!

 

Have a great day everyone!

I already am!

♥Lisa♥