Happy Flutter By Wednesday!

Welcome back to another Flutter By Wednesday challenge!  This week, got to create birthday cards!

I decided to keep it simple this week with a nice monochrome.

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black, and the white layer is PTI's Stamper's Select White.  The pattern papers are from DCWV's Alphabet Stack.  The separation between papers is Essentials Narrow Satin Ribbon.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Happiest Birthday Wishes set.  The bling is Recollections.

This die [which I love love love] is Memory Box.

Now it's your turn!  Grab your butterflies or fairies and get ready to wish a special someone a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Link up your creations to the Flutter By Wednesday challenge blog to play along.

U ROCK {my world}

I'm fortunate enough to get an extra day off this week for labor day.  My daughter is at school and I have free time.  Do you have any idea how weird this is?  I mean, I've had days off before, but I've always kept my kidlet with me.  She started preschool last week, and I *couldn't* keep her home because if I did...she'd miss school!  ....I still don't think I'm ok with it. Feeling a little lost, I decided to retire to my desk and busy myself.

A few weeks ago, Saturated Canary sponsored the Flutter By Wednesday challenge.  I instantly fell in love.  This morning, I came across the Saturated Canary Challenge!  w00t!  A distraction!

That said, I used CPS Sketch #281 to create a "Dotty" card for the latest Saturated Canary challenge:

 

Love her?!  Yes.I.DO!
 
The card base is Papertrey Ink's Stampers Select White cardstock.  The black dotties are Stampin' Up! and the pink dotties are from the scrap bin.  The lime green is Recollections.

 
I used Saturated Canary's Kitty.  I want her hoodie!  I may just have to see if I can find a pattern and sew my way through it.  

I colored using Copics:
Hair: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, BV01
Clothes: C1, C2, R20, RV10, RV13, RV14.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Perfect Word set and the little skulls are from Jolee's Boutique.

So, there it is!  My first Saturated Canary challenge card.  Now....how do I entertain myself until 3:00?

Thanks for stopping by!
~{Puffy Hearts}~

Snowpeople Wedding Invitations

You may look at the title of this post and assume you're about to see Winter themed Wedding invitations.  Well, not exactly.

Two of my favorite people are getting married in October, and it just so happens their last name is (and will be) Snow.

I offered to make them their Wedding invitations.  Here is what I came up with for the invitations and R.S.V.P. cards:

 

I printed the invitation and R.S.V.P. cards using my good ol' HP 3100 on Papertrey Ink's White Cardstock.

R.S.V.P. cards:

The heart stamp on the R.S.V.P. cards is from Papertrey Ink's Love & Marriage stamp set.

I mounted the printed invitation on Papertrey Ink's black cardstock and put corners over the edges.  The corners are cutout using EK Success' photo corner punch.

The flourishes are from a stamp set I got "way back in the day" and it was not a name brand.  I don't have the package anymore, so I can't tell you who made them.  It was a clearance rack score at one of my favorite paper crafty supply stores. (R.I.P. Memories on Fifth.)  I stamped the flourish using Stampin' Up!'s Cherry Cobbler.  I had to stamp each flourish twice (stamping, then stamping again over the same image) to get the coverage that I wanted.

I originally tried using self-adhesive rhinestones, but they kept falling off.  So I bought some bulk 4mm rhinestones from Amazon.com and adhered them using Scotch's Quick-Dry Adhesive.  (This is quickly becoming my favorite adhesive!)  

Note:  This adhesive comes out really quick, so I painted the glue on the invitation where I wanted the rhinestones using a small paint brush.  I then positioned the rhinestone over the glue and set using an x-acto knife.

So, there you have it!  100 Snowpeople invitations.

Thanks for looking!