Cards for troops!

I know I talk too much, but it's kind of my special talent ;) Hey, I happen to make a living with communication! But I've decided the cards can speak for themselves today, so here is mostly cards, less talk!

Each card represented a different challenge over at SCS' WishRAK but we also were supposed to try and use something we've received through WishRAK. I chose my favorites here, but I made 13 new cards and am sending a total of 35....including my eagle card from my sketch. Want to send some cards you don't want/need? Email me and I will mail you an address! More is better!

Card recipes are in my album {kimmet123}at SCS if you want to see everyone's cards. Just type in WR4thCC08 plus numbers 01-17 after that (eg. WR4thCC0806 to see all the anniversary challenge cards) into the search. Anyone can see them without even joining, I think. Try it!

The first card was my fav! It uses Kim Hughes' Fall Silhouettes set from Cornish Heritage Farms! It was so fun to plan out the circles on the card! The other images are Gina K, Karen Lockhart, and of course Magnolia stamps! What fun!!


















What do you think about this less talking thing?? Yeah, me neither!! ;)

Blog Hopping with PTI!! Welcome everyone!

Welcoming all blog hoppers!
As anyone who reads Frog of Faith knows, I love Papertreyink! Tonight is a very special event over at PTI...on the 25th of every month, Nicole and PTI are sponsoring a "Blog Hop". Twenty five blogs are being "showcased" and those who choose to participate are challenged to create a card according to the...well, challenge! This month, Nicole has asked Forum member bloggers to create a project using bits and pieces of her newest designer paper Father Knows Best. I didn't land on the randomly chosen "showcased" list, but she has invited any and all blog hop participants to post a link over at the forum...So! What you see above is my challenge project!

My inspiration:
Making a quilt on a line was my first thought when I saw the patterned paper squares Nicole gave us to work with...I once came upon a framed quilling project similar to this several years ago at a women's retreat. I always felt it was a card waiting to happen! Then I saw the designs, the challenge and **POOF!** the ideas came back and TA DA!

BLOG {HOPPER} CANDY ALERT: All the images you see in the card above are Papertreyink...I used many sets...How many, you ask?? Can you guess?? Comment with a guess on this post and for all the correct guesses posted by 5 pm Saturday evening (EST), I will choose a random winner and will send you a roll of Papertrey's new ribbon color, Lemon Tart!

For the watering can, I embossed clear EP onto one of the patterns from PTI's Pink Patterns DP and my favorite little grasshopper was stamped onto a dotted pattern from the sleeve of a papertreyink package I received (never waste GOOD DP...even on the packaging!!) I also used PTI's Perfect Match inks: Aqua Mist, Blush Blossom, Berry Sorbet and Spring Moss. Some of the images are faint on that last quilt, but I didn't want to reink them...they are darker in real life and I like them! The only paper I used that isn't PTI is some Brown Prism paper behind the third quilt. The calligraphy, and the ant, are my creations :) If you click on the image, you'll see it much better!! I also added some dimensionals under the left edges of each "quilt" to make it look like the little breeze the words were riding on was blowing each quilt....kind of hard to see in the picture! What do you think?? To see more creations for the challenge(and if you are a forum member), click here. What fun! More creations with PTI treasures!

Here are two more cards using PTI images. Both of these cards use Green Thumb...one of my favorite sets....there's my grasshopper again!! The second card uses one of PTI's newest colors of ribbon and CS, Summer Sunrise as well as her March release color, Berry Sorbet (CS). All ink on these cards is SU.

And hey, here's my last project for the post...this is actually for my Backgrounder Blitz challenge over at CHF (I used the scalloped lace BG'er) but I'll put it here because I used PTI ink, (Berry Sorbet) and cardstock, AND stitched ribbon(both Summer Sunrise)! The pattern for the purse was from Nichole Heady's blog and it uses an acrylic card box cut in half (purchased from PTI). I use these beauties for gifting 3x3's. Aren't they GREAT?!

Wow! I'm so glad you stopped in to visit! Feel free to drop in any time...maybe we can share a gelato or a caramel latte next time! Hope you have a lot of fun on the rest of your blog hopping adventure! I know I am! Don't forget to leave a comment and a guess for some blog candy!

Be well and blessed, honored friends and guests, alike!