Boy Valentine's / Just Because

My son loves anything military. So when I found this airplane stamp at River City Rubber Works I bought it, hoping he'd think it would make fun Valentine's cards. He was really happy with the idea. We kept them really simple since he was making them for his whole class, and since he's a boy. I don't think he really cared about a matching layer behind or any extra stuff, so this is what we did. We had a lot of fun making them together. He told me that "stamping's not so bad when it's cool stamps." And I'm really excited about this card. When I got all of my new PTI cardstock, I decided to make some kind of color swatch. So I just cut 2x2 pieces of cardstock and put an eyelet in the corner of each one. That way I can run a ribbon through to keep them together, and when I get new colors I can easily add to the collection. So I had this with me the other day when I went to the scrapbook store, and found this Basic Grey paper that I loved. And it matches lots of colors I have! I don't know why I never made a color swatch thingy before. I think it's going to be really useful, especially when shopping for paper. That way I won't end up with cute paper that looks terrible with all the cardstock I have. I cased this project from Split Coast Stampers. I finally bought a scallop circle punch, and I think I'll be using certain stamp sets more now. I like big pieces, and now that I can layer a scallop circle behind it so easily, I can see myself using it a lot more!

Over The Rainbow Color Challenge

Another day, another way to win goodies from PTI. Today Nichole is hosting a color challenge. I was really excited because I am loving using the new cardstock I got from PTI. Well, of course 3 of the colors I haven't bought (yet) are in the color challenge. So I had to substitute with what I had. The sketch is based on the sketch challenge this week on Split Coast Stampers. If you've been thinking of trying PTI's cardstock, with their February 15th release, they are releasing a combo pack of all of their colored cardstock together. Oh, I wish they'd have had this last month and then I'd have had all of the colors for today. My card would be a little more vibrant, as my red especially looks a little washed out next to the other colors. Enjoy your Friday!