PTI MIM #318: Simple Stitched Stems

After a trip to the craft store and some contemplating which floral stamps to use, I completed a card for this week's Make It Monday Challenge for Papertrey Ink. You can see all the details here where Michelle Leone, in her very first Make It Monday video, shows us how to add simple stitching to our cards for something different. A seamstress I'm not but I could tackle this hand stitching just fine. Without further ado, here's my card. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Scarlet Jewel and New Leaf

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Aqua Mist and New Leaf

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles, Mix & Mat: Postal, Tag Sale: Quilted and Fancy Foliage Details

Other: Green Craft Cord, SU Mat Pack, Needle, SU Dimensionals and Glossy Accents

PTI MIM #315: Embossing Enamel Splatters

This week Melissa Phillips is the hostess of Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. Her current favorite technique is creating embossed enamel splatters. She, of course, used Embossing Enamel, but I don't have any and I'm leaving on vacation today. The challenge said we could use embossing powder to create our splatters and splotches so that's how I did mine. Just how to get splotches and splatters though got me thinking outside the box. I used VersaMark ink refill mixed with a tad bit of water to thin it out and attempted to splatter it on my ink-blended yardstick, sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set it. I like the results, but I'm sure it would be much easier with Embossing Enamel. My sentiment is embossed in the usual way.

A few score lines, a piece of twine and a layered butterfly finished off this get well card. All of a sudden I went from needing multiple birthday cards to needing cards of encouragement...but definitely better than sympathy. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Bitty Dots and Clear Vellum

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and VersaMark

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II (dots) and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: To The Point Edgers and Life Is Beautiful 

Other: VersaMark Refill, Zing! Teal Embossing Powder, Glue Dots, Ink Blending Tools, Scoring Board and Twinery Twine

PTI MIM #275: Stamped Dangles

Amy introduced us to "dangles" in the card-making environment. She made it look so easy here on Nichole's blog for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. Let me just say, I scoured my stamp sets trying to find jewlery-like embellishments just so I could play along. One more challenge to cross of my list. I'm needing to rebuild my stash of birthday cards, anniversary, sympathy and get-well wishes. Bring on this month's challenges for Papertrey Ink's 10 years in business.

Here's my version of stamped dangles:

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Kraft and Dark Chocolate

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Canyon Clay, VersaFine Oynx Black, Hibiscus Burst, Green Parakeet, Blueberry Sky, Berry Sorbet, Bright Buttercup and Tropical Teal

Stamps: In The Meadow, Beautiful Blooms II, Birthday Cheer, MIM Mini Kit: Wee Folk and Birthday Style

Dies: Pretty Peonies, Celebrate Big, Edger #3 and Heart Border

Other: Black Sharpie, Foam Tape, Ink Blending Tool and WOS

PTI MIM #272: Masked Heart Wreaths

Loved the transformation on Melissa's heart-wreath card when she removed the heart die-cut mask. She shared how to work her magic here for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. It was so fun to see my results after removing the heart mask that I created two different designs as shown below. My first one looks like this:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and New Leaf Bitty Dot

Ink: Amethyst Allure, Autumn Rose, Berry Sorbet, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel and New Leaf

Stamps: Painted Petals, Beautiful Blooms II, Mum's The Word, Ruby Reprise, Bitty Bouquets and Tag Its #5

Dies: Limitless Layers 2-1/4" Hearts and Wet Paint Cuts III

Other: Foam Tape, Paint Brush (splatters) and Ink Blending Tool

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My second one with two hearts looks like this:

Edited to Add: Also entering for the first time in Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Scarlet Jewel

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado and Simply Chartreuse

Stamps: Graceful Greetings, Beautiful Blooms II, Ruby Reprise, Tag Its #5 and Ombre Sentiments: Birthday

Dies: Limitless Layers 2-1/4" Hearts, Graceful Greetings and Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

Other: Stampin' Up Dimensionals

Papertrey November Blog Hop Challenge

Here we are again with a beautiful image showcasing bright and cheery colors for this month's Papertrey's November Blog Hop Challenge. Look at the striking decor:

  

photograph from Lesley at Chaotically Creative

This is certainly getting me in the mood to decorate our home, but trust me…it won't look anything like this. A gal can wish though, right? Of course I'm getting close to the deadline so I better get my card posted. Yay for completing another Christmas card! 

Hoping I can stay awake to check out the blog post entries and comment. Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Tropical Teal

Ink: Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: None

Other: SU DimensionalsSaveSave

PTI's 9th Anniversary Day 5: Sampler Square Challenge

WOW, this was the challenge of all challenges. In fact, several people posted on the PTI Forum for clarification of the rules. This is for Day 5, and here's Nichole's instructions: "…cut nine 1-1/2” squares from white cardstock, then alter all nine of the squares using a variety of techniques, colors, stamps, etc. Be sure to do something different to each square! "

The first challenge was to decide on a color palette, then which stamps would work well in a 1-1/2" square, and which nine techniques to use so each square would be different. My color palette besides Stamper's Select White is: Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and Gray/Silver with bits of Black. Here's what my 5-1/2" card looks like:

Techniques & Products Used Per Square: Top Left to Right

Square 1: Smooshing + Sizzix Embosslit Beautiful Wings

Square 2: Emboss Resist + Beautiful Blooms II

Square 3: Dry Embossing + Picnic Plaid Impression Plate & Jolly Holiday Die

Square 4: White Shadowing + Iconic Images

Square 5: Ink Blending + Stylish Sentiments: Birthday and Scene It: Celebration

Square 6: Inlaid Die Cut + Jolly Holiday Die

Square 7: Silver Dipped Die Cut (& heat embossing) + Harvest Berries

Square 8: Two-Step Stamping + Rosie Posie & Rosie Posie Step 2

Square 9: Ombre Stamping + Ruby Reprise

I know just the friend who will be receiving this because she saves all the cards I send her. She will appreciate the hours I spent creating and designing this. Admittedly, it was a fun challenge but not something I'd make on a regular basis because I just don't mail 5-1/2" cards. I'm an A2 kinda gal!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold and SU Going Gray

Ink: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Delicata Silvery Shimmer, VersaMark and White Pigment

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Beautiful Blooms II, Iconic Images, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Scene It: Celebration, Harvest Berries and Ruby Reprise

Dies: Jolly Holiday and Sizzix Embosslit Beautiful Wings

Other: VersaMarker, Silver and Clear Embossing Powders, SU Ticket Corner Punch, Corner Rounder, Rhinestones/Gems, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen and Patterned Paper (stash)

Papertrey Ink's 8th Anniversary Build A Bouquet (Day 4)

Using florals from different stamp sets, we were to build a bouquet for Sunday's challenge here. Since a good majority of my stamp sets include flowers, I just needed to narrow it down to the right size blooms. Therefore, I used stamps from three sets. Thought it would be fun to "smoosh" some inks together similar to what Betsy did. What I did was smear five different ink colors in an old CD case and "smoosh" them together with a paint brush as you can see in my background. The rest is self-explanatory.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Winter Wisteria and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Royal Velvet, Ripe Avocado, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Hawaiian Shores and Winter Wisteria

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Ruby Reprise and Reasons to Smile

Dies: Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles

Other: Twinery Twine, Black Fine Point Marker and SU Dimensionals

PTI July 2013 Blog Hop (Card #4)

While my DH was painting the exterior of our house, I spent much-needed time in my stamping room. That explains why I've been on a roll lately because I'm way behind on thank-you cards. My card uses another of Nichole's Fruits of Summer Color Inspiration from July's Blog Hop.

My "Thank You for your Kindness" card was created by stamping several flowers in the colors above to design my own background paper. I cut it in two pieces and adhered them to my card base using foam mounting tape. Once again I had to use some color substitutes. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Summer Sun, SU Regal Rose, SU Baroque Burgundy & SU Groovy Guava

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Iconic Images

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, glitter, SU Baroque Burgundy marker, Glossy Accents & foam mounting tape

PTI Make It Monday #121: Colored Vellum Flowers

Believe it or not, it's only Saturday night and here I am posting my card for this week's Make It Monday. Betsy Veldman did a tutorial sharing all her tricks for making lovely colored vellum flowers. Even though I have plenty of floral stamps, my flower dies are limited so I leaned on my Beautiful Blooms II #1 dies. Would love to try this technique again when I can heat emboss with the proper floral die.

The larger size bloom was sponged with Hawaiian Shores ink and lined using a SU Certainly Celery Maker. The smaller bloom was sponged with Harvest Gold and lined using a SU Blender Pen and Hawaiian Shores ink. It's hard to see here but I also used a Q-Tip to edge the smaller bloom. The layers were adhered with Zots, and I doubled them up to give the flower even more dimension. For the center of the flower, I finished it off with a sequin that coordinates with Hawaiian Shores. My BIL's sister will be having open heart surgery soon so I hope "our prayers" will lift her spirits. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Harvest Gold

Ink: Hawaiian Shores and Harvest Gold

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies

Dies: Beautiful Blooms II #1 and Filigree Border

Other: Rhinestone, Sponge Daubers, SU Certainly Celery Marker, Q-Tip, Blender Pen and Zots

PTI May 2013 Blog Hop

The challenge this month for Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop is to use the coordinating colors of one of the Bouquet Builders to create a floral card. I chose the orange one mainly because I had substitutes for those PTI colors I don't own…yet:

photo credit

For something a little different I decided to use the Half and Half die upside down (is there really a right side up), and embossed my sentiment using white embossing powder. The Harvest Gold background texture is PTI's canvas/linen impression plate, and the flower center is the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder from Sizzix. A tiny clear rhinestone is attached to the orange sequin to finish it off. 

Edited to Add: Adding this to the Moxie Fab World challenge,  Tuesday Trigger: Scene in Tangerine. Here's the image source to encourage you to play along: 

Image Credit

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, SU Pumpkin Pie & White

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, SU Really Rust & VersaMark

Stamps: Half and Half, Square Prints & Polka Dot Basics II

Dies: Half and Half & Beautiful Blooms II #1

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, orange sequin, clear rhinestone and SU Dimensionals

Card Creations Week Challenges

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!
After a delicious dinner, I spent the rest of my evening in my stamping room tackling some Moxie Fab Challenges before today's deadline arrives. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

My "Think Pink" card will be entered in the "Emphasize the Negative Challenge in the Moxie Fab World" at Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: 

Stamp Sets: Amuse Fight Like A Girl
Dies: PTI Beautiful Blooms II #1
Cardstock: White card base and SU retired DSP

Ink: SU Rose RedOther: Corner Rounder, Glitter Glue (2 shades of pink) & SU Dimensionals

My second card is a "Happy Birthday Hope You Day Is Fabulous" card and will be entered in the Chevron Challenge in the Moxie Fab World at Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: 

Stamp Sets: PTI Background Basics: Chevron Striples & PTI Boutique Borders: Birthday
Cardstock: SU Very Vanilla

Ink: SU Groovy Guava, PTI WInter Wisteria, PTI Harvest Gold, PTI Hawaiian Shores & SU Rose RedOther: Studio G Gems

My third card is a "Hello" card made especially for the Ombre Challenge in the Moxie Fab World at Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: 

Die: PTI Wonderful Words: Hello
Cardstock: SU Pretty In Pink, White & retired DSPs

Other: Home Depot Paint Chip (3 shades of pink)

Now for my fourth card of the evening, I made another "Birthday" card that I think qualifies for the Ombre Challenge in the Moxie Fab World at Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: 

Cardstock: SU Kraft, SU Very Vanilla, SU Mellow Moss & SU Always Artichoke

Ink: SU Mellow Moss, SU Old Olive & SU Always Artichoke

Stamps: PTI Crackled, PTI Pretty Peonies and PTI Wonderful Words: Hello

Dies: PTI Pretty Peonies and PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday 

Other: Corner Rounder & SU Dimensionals

Edited: Adding these to Simon Says April 1 Challenge.

Hope Your Day Is Fabulous

Entered this card in Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #106: Two-Toned Stamped Flowers. This technique was demonstrated by Melissa Phillips. Since I didn't have a third color selected for this layout, I made my flowers by stamping off using SU Pink Passion ink for the second half. Half of the leaves were stamped off once with SU Green Galore ink.

Also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Bit O' Green.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted): 
Stamp Sets: Turning A New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms II & Signature Greetings
Cardstock: New Leaf and Raspberry Fizz
Ink: SU Green Galore and SU Pink Passion
Other: PTI Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, Sizzix Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder, green gems and SU dimensionals