I went a little crazy with Brushed Blooms. Once I started I wanted to play with lots of different color combos. First up is the birthday card. I used blues and coral. 

I also used this set for my Mother's Day card. Pinks and yellow created a very bright, happy card. I hope my Mom loves it.

The last one is a hi! card. I love the chevron stamp from Noted. The perfect image to ground my flowers.

I hope you are celebrating someone this week. ~Rhonda

Make A Wish card
stamps: Brushed Blooms, Wishes Come True
ink: PTI - Berry Sorbet, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White, Berry Sorbet, Enchanted Evening pattern paper pack
other: PTI - Brushed Blooms die

Hi card
stamps: PTI -  Brushed Blooms, Noted, Wet Paint Alphabet
ink: PTI - Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold
paper: PTI - Enchanted Evening pattern paper pack, Stamper's Select White, Harvest Gold
other: PTI - Brushed Blooms die; MFT - Pierced Square Stax

Happy Mother's Day card
stamps: PTI - Brushed Blooms, Blooming Button Bits
ink: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, Hibucas Burst, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise bitty dot, Raspberry Fizz
other: PTI - Brushed Blooms

A birthday card that I think would be perfect for a guy or gal. It was fun "making" different wrapping paper for the gifts.

I cut the largest Make a Wish package in half to give me more of a rectangle gift for balance. Enjoy your Wednesday friends! ~Rhonda

Let's Celebrate card
stamps: PTI - Make a Wish; MFT - Birthday Sentiments
paper: PTI - Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening
other: PTI - Make a Wish dies

I had fun creating these happy birthday sets. They feel like spring! I had not used Wishes Come True very much but was determined to figure it out. The candles make sense when they are grounded with the oval from Sweet Spring or a sentiment. The font selection in this set is really nice.

I like making a case card but have found that impression plates are really important for me. I think they are the finishing touch.


I wish you could see my "happy" a little better. I stamped it in Harvest Gold first and decided it was too light so I re-stamped in Raspberry Fizz. It is a little offset with gives it a yellow glow. I like happy mistakes.

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by. ~Rhonda

Make a Wish card
stamps: PTI - Wishes Come True
paper: PTI - Limeade Ice, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Limeade Ice, Harvest Gold
other: PTI - By the Numbers Impression Plate, Rustic Burlap Impression Plate, Wishes Come True die; PTI - twine; Hobby Lobby - Cotton Perle; MFT - Blueprints #6

Birthday Wishes cards
stamps: PTI - Swoosh, Wishes Come True, Sweet Spring
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold
ink: PTI - Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Blueberry Sky
other: PTI - By the Numbers Impression Plate, Rustic Burlap Impression Plate, Wishes Come True die, Swoosh die; MFT - Blueprints #6

Another birthday card to share. I am loving the Retro Style sets.The new You're Been Framed: Oval has the perfect stamp for grounding the sign. Happy Happy!!! My sign legs are from No Strings Attached.

I used my MISTI to help speed up the stamping process. It did take some time to figure it out but now I have a template for anytime that I use this set. I just keep it in the back of my clear stamp pockets with the stamp set.

The trick is leaving room around the stamps so you can use different colors of ink easily. I will probably add the arrow dies to the template as well. 



Have a great week! Hope you didn't get fooled today!! ~Rhonda


It's your Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Fresh Alphabet, Retro Style Graduation, Retro Style Birthday Sentiments, You're Been Framed: Oval, No Strings Attached
paper: PTI - Enchanted Evening, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Tropical Teal, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Classic Kraft
other: PTI - Retro Style Graduation dies, By the Numbers Impression Plate; MISTI tool

I'm excited with how these cards turned out! More than one color on the stamp adds so much more dimension. I really love the spring moss and ripe avocado inks together.

I think you can see what a difference the impression plate makes as well. I also used the new linen cardstock from PTI. That is a little harder to see.
I love that I'm making several cards at a time.It has taken a little practice to get the work flow figured out.

I hope you are adjusting to daylight savings time. I'm just ready to see some sunshine. ~Rhonda

Love the happy colors on this card. I also stepped out of my creative box by adding my own squiggles and such. I was inspired by Ashley Newell's card here. Her technique is the challenge for this week's MIM #204 Doodling with Stamps. I totally get what Ashley said about it be scary cuz she might have to start over. This was one card that I didn't want to do again. It was tough lining up all these petals!

Hope you are having a super week. ~Rhonda


Happy Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Be Happy, Oopsie Daisy
paper: PTI - Vintage Cream, Orange Zest; MME - Mabel, Breeze
ink: PTI - Orange Zest, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist; Memento - Black
other: PTI - Mk It Mkt: Shaker/Sprinkles die, Oopsie Daisy; MISTI

It's already the end of February which means its time for PTI's blog hop. The inspiration this month is a beauty. I loved the repetition of the pattern, bright colors, and white space. I also used a birthday sentiment so I can continue my Wednesday Wishes challenge for myself.

My take is a clean and simple design made easier by using my MISTI tool. I love that I could create a clean grid and re-stamp as much as I needed to get the bright colors. A spritz of Mister Huey's Shine color mist was the finishing touch.

Have fun hopping today! ~Rhonda




Yay! card
challenge - PTI February Blog Hop; Wednesday Wishes #8
stamps: PTI - Ombre Builders, Stylist Sentiments: Birthday
paper: PTI - Winter Wisteria, Stamper's Select White
ink: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Orange Zest, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon; Versamark
other: Ranger - Enchanted Gold Embossing Powder; Shine; My Sweet Petunia - MISTI tool

 Have you fallen under the spell of the new MISTI tool? Mine arrived earlier in the week. There is definitely a learning curve but it is well worth it. I used it to create this week's card. I decided to try some layered flowers which I've not had too great of success with in the past.


I love that I can use re-ink stamps and use my light color inks so easily. I even "dressed up" an envelope using PTI's Framed stamp set. My rectangle stayed in shape without warp.



I think whenever I'm using the MISTI that I will at least make a couple of cards. I changed out the sentiment this time. ~Rhonda

Do you know some friends that won't receive a Valentine this weekend? I think that this could be a hard holiday for some. I thought a goody bag and a card would be fun.


I decided to use the sentiments from the Shakers and Sprinkles. You could substitute "with love" if that works better for you. 

I am also linking this to Papertrey Ink's Day 3 challenge - Handmade tag and matching gift bag.

Sprinkled card
stamps: PTI - Shakers + Sprinkles
ink: Color Box Silver
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Silver Shimmer; Glitz - Black & White
other: PTI - Shaker/Sprinkles dies, Valentine Stitches; MFT - Fishtail Flags; The Twinery - black twine; metal tag - stash; Silver eyelet - stash

Already another Wednesday and Wednesday Wishes! My Wednesday post is all about cards that send wishes of some kinds. Today is encouragement with a bit of a Valentine feel! We are very lucky indeed if we have a friend that warms our heart!!


I had to do same masking to get my mugs layered. I haven't done that in a while so it was fun! This is a pretty easy set for that technique. Good practice for me. The steam is from Comfort Food.


I hope you are staying warm. I'm flying back from Chicago today. It is crazy cold there. ~Rhonda

You Warm my Heart card
stamps: PTI - Scent-imentals, Comfort Food
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Winter Wisteria, Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow, Fine Linen
other: Scent-imentals dies;

I almost feel like you need to play "I Spy" with these two cards. There are 3 differences I think. Too much to compute!!

Did you notice I used an impression plate on one of the tags? Adds texture. 


I did the happy birthday sentiment facing out the 1st time. I think I like it better facing in. I also stamped the background flowers in different inks. I can't decide if I like the lighter or dark better. The card on the right also has a ribbon trim.


Love the button stack dies. I need to use them a lot more. ~Rhonda

Celebrate card
stamps: PTI - Beautiful Blooms II, Inside & Out Birthday II, Make A Wish, Think Big Favorites #12
paper: PTI - Aqua Mist, Smokey Shadow Pattern, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides
dies: Oopsie Daisy, Tag Sale #7, Button Stack 2
other: PTI - Aida impression plate, PTI - Ocean Tides felt, PTI - silk ribbon, Teal adhesive ribbon from Make it Market kit; DMC white cotton perle

Lots of different things happening on this one. I used several different colors of Tim Holtz distress inks to color my butterfly. I didn't keep up with the colors as I was just messing around. I did add a layer of vellum beneath the butterfly. 


The quatrefoil cover plate makes a wonderful impression that adds lots of texture. I hope you are having a great week. It is a beautiful weather week in Texas. For me to not be wearing a coat is wonderful. ~Rhonda

Beautiful Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Life is Beautiful
paper: PTI - Simple Chartreuse, Limeade Ice, Stamper's Select White, Pattern Paper; Vellum from stash
ink: PTI - Winter Wisteria; Tim Holtz distress inks
other: PTI - Scribble dies, Quatrefoil cover plate, stripes horizontal cover plate

I have a birthday card I created today for a college student. I thought she would like the bright modern colors and the typography feel. 


I started by using a Tim Holtz distressing tool to add layers of the ink on white paper. I LOVE these colors together. Berry Sorbet adds the punch!

A few stars around the edges evened the weight out. ~Rhonda

Hip Hip Hooray card
stamps: Phrase Play #11
paper: Glitz Black & White; MME - Indie Ginger; PTI - Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet
dies: PTI - Phrase Play #11; MFT - Blueprints #6; Verve - Starry

My first post of 2015! A personal goal for myself this year is doing better sending birthday cards. The pattern paper was my starting point for this card. I loved the colors but it is busy enough that I knew I would need to have a frame of some sort. I consider Fabulous Frames as one of my go-to dies for this purpose. I actually die cut the frame out of the background pattern paper as well so the card would be easier to mail. I love that the sentiment from Fancy Folk Art is a perfect fit for the bottom of the frame.


Ruby Rose is a great flower set. Lots of different sizes to play with. Have a wonderful week! and I pray that your new year is starting well. ~Rhonda

Sending Birthday Wishes card
stamps: PTI - Ruby Rose, Fancy Folk Art
ink: PTI - Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate 
paper: MME - Lost & Found Oliver; PTI - Ocean Tide
other: PTI - Fabulous Frames, Ruby Rose; MFT - Blueprints #6; PTI - twine