Here is the inspiration for the 

 Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop Black Backgrounds

And Here is my card:

I used PTI stamp set Friends Till the End and Black and Berry Sorbet cardstock. I used SU grosgrain ribbon and embossing powder. Sentiment is Unity Stamps. I actually embossed with PTI Woodgrain Impression plate but it's not showing up on the photo very well. 

Casual-Fridays long sided card

Here's my card for the challenge over at Casual Fridays Create a CAS card that has one long side and one short side. 3x4, 4x8, etc.

I used the Casual Fridays stamp set Calm and Gentle and Woot Woot.  Love that tree!! 

SU Chocolate Chip ink along with Olive Green, Celery green.  

Packaging cards With Oversized Envelopes

This is my take on the 100th Make It Monday Challenge. Check it all out HERE
I decided to put my card into an envelope which was cut out to accomodate the balloons on the bike. I did so by cutting the envelope so the balloons could slide down into the envelope that I attached to the gift bag with super sticky tape. My card is stamped with PTI Everyday Button Bits, Enjoy the Ride and I used the Polka Dot Basics to stamp the dots on the bag. The balloons were made by cutting small circles of PTI wool felt and a small piece of print fabric. I stitched around the outside and then tucking fibre fill into the center and pulling the thread up to form a ball. I attached them to the card with hot glue. I think shank buttons would work good too. I just didn't have any that were suitable so I made them this way. It was a fun challenge!!
                                                   

Round of Applause

CFC85: Round of Applause- CAS cards that celebrates an accomplishment, and feature at least one circle.

Here's my entry for that challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays 

A Quick and easy clean and simple Grad card. I used PTI stamps set Enjoy the Ride and computer generated grad hat. A bit of ribbon scraps and PTI patterned star paper.

Repeats and Rainbows

I finally did a Make it Monday challenge. Here's my color choice and the card I came up with. 

--Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and one of the rainbow color schemes illustrated above along with a repeated die-cut or stamped image.

Stamp set of choice was PTI Up Up and Away and I used the PTI cloud diecut to sponge in some sky color.

Christmas Stocking for Colter

I made this at the last minute. Christmas snuck up and I hardly made anything Christmas. Colter "needed" a western stocking and I had the goods to get it done. So here it is on my mantle for photo purposes. This is a copy of a stocking I saw on Pinterest. I will give credit if I can find it.

Glittered Tab

Wow!! I worked with glitter! One of my phobia's in the world of papercrafting. I get it everywhere. I think about the recipient getting it everywhere. So needless to say I don't work with glitter often. I really liked the Make it Monday challenge and this was a fun little embellishment to make a card go from kind of vintagey plain to vintagey chic. I may have to do more of this technique, glitter and all. The only glitter that I had was a bit brassy but it worked ok after I added the gold embossing to the tricycle.
I used PTI stamps- Fancy Flourishes, Damask Designs and Everyday Button Bits
SU- Artful Artifacts
Unity- Generations
Floral Die cut PTI
Tab is from a SU punch
Inks Memento and SU
I embossed the tricycle with gold. Beaded up the center of the flower.