MIM and Tuesday Trigger

HI!
It's been a beautiful weekend here in San Diego  so far and i am enjoying the cool breeze that comes from the ocean through my windows :) It's SO nice to feel that breeze since the last few days our weather has been a little coo coo! Can you believe it was 100 degrees a couple of days during the week!! Crazy I  know! and for those friends that have to deal with that kind of weather all the time...hats off to you :) I am a San Diegan and WE for the  most part have perfect weather :)
So since i am enjoying today i decided to play aloing a couple of challenges this week...
Over on the Papertrey Blog the Make it Monday Video is all about making backgrounds out of non-background stamps and over on the Moxie Fab Blog there is a gorgeous Tuesday Trigger photograph that has inspired me to create this card :)

I used a little flourish from Mat Stack 1 to create the backgound and added a small "hello" in the center from Ribbon Tails.
I also used some Marta Stewart Teardrop Inks that i had hidden away a while ago :) "A little sign and have way to much stuff" lol
Enjoy your day!

MIM #23 Pockets With Edger Dies

Hello! I hope that you are having a fabulous week :) My week has been great, the weather here in Sunny San Diego is perfect right now and  I am really enjoying sitting in the evenings by my window and feeling the cool summer breeze!
So this weeks PTI Make It Monday Challenge was to making pockets with edger dies. I am sad to say I do not own any edger dies YET! But  I will soon! That does not stop me from making a pretty card though! :) So  I improvised by using the Mat Stack 4 die.  So here is my card for this weeks challenge...

This is where i used the Mat Stack 4 Die to give my little pockets some personality :)

 I added those cute little hemp twine handles to the cards inside the pockets to help reveal the cute message inside...

and here is the message all the way out...

Hope you like it !  I know My husband did :)

Ingredients:

Paper: SU! Crumb Cake , PTI White , Polka Dot patterned paper

Stamps: Wonderful Words Additions

Tools: Flower Fusion #4 Die , Mat Stack 4 Die, Heart Prints Die, Rickrack Border Die, Swiss Dot Embossing Folder,  EK Success Butterfly Punch, Corner Rounder

Other: Felt, rhinestones, hemp twine.