PTI MIM #331: Creating Mixed Background Texture

Here we are in August already and time for another Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. This week Stephanie shared how to mix textures using stamps and die cuts. Believe it or not, I still need more graduation cards (+ one more to make) and a wedding card so I created two using this technique. Thanks, Stephanie, as I'm happy with the results but definitely need more Cover Plates to mix things up a bit. Here are my two creations. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening and Bright Buttercup

Ink: Enchanted Evening and Bright Buttercup

Stamps: Celebrations and For The Graduate

Dies: Celebrations, Tag Sale: Quilted, Modern Numbers, Layered Banner Banter and Hexagon Cover Plate

Other: Make-Up Brush (ink blending), Sponge (edging sentiment strip), Foam Tape and Crochet Thread (died with Bright Buttercup Ink)

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pinefeather, Ocean Tides and Lovely Lady

Ink: Lovely Lady, Pinefeather and VersaMark

Stamps: Wet Paint III and Tag-Its #4

Dies: Wet Paint III, Rustic Wreath, Shape Shifters: Circle 1, Limitless Layers: 1.75" Circles and Heart Border 

Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Ink Blending Tool, SU Dimensionals, Smooshing, Perfect Pearls Mist: Perfect Pearl and White Crochet Thread

PTI MIM #314: Color Wheel Cards

Let's just say this was one of my favorite lessons regarding the color wheel. Thanks to Lexi, she challenged us to create color wheel cards but not necessarily a rainbow. You can see the details here for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. It's only Friday (have a funeral tomorrow and company arriving tomorrow night) but I actually created two very different cards using the color-wheel (ROYGBV) concept. Here we go. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone and Black

Ink: Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Amethyst Allure, New Leaf and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Bitty Bouquets, Garden Grace and Celebrations

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles, Bitty Bouquets, Noted: Scalloped A2 and Wonderful Words: Birthday

Other: Violet Zig Clean Color Real Brush and Ink Blending Tool

And the second card was a bit more challenging trying to get the floral images positioned along the cut edge of the card, but I like the results. 

Here you can see a little better what I mean about the cut edge and flowers adhered to overhang the opening. 

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Autumn Rose, TH Spiced Marmalade, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Green Parakeet and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and Penned Elegance

Dies: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and In The Meadows (hills)

Other: Black Watercolor (splatters), Paint Brush and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #284: Background Stamping with Sentiment Stamps

Sure is a good thing that Papertrey Ink has a weekly Make It Monday Challenge with the chance to win a $25 gift certificate. This certainly motivates me to get in my stamp room to create at least one card that I need in the near future. Today I followed Melissa's video sharing how she uses sentiment stamps to create a background and then appropriately embellishes the card. It's that time of year to make graduation cards, and I always design them specifically for the graduate using their school colors. Here's what I created today for a cousin's granddaughter. 

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening

Ink: Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening

Stamps: Birthday Cheer, Celebrations and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (EE stars)

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, For The Graduate and Modern Numbers

Other: Sizzix Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Silver Embossing Powder & VersaMark Pen, Silver Glitter Paper (Joann's), Star Punch (stash) and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #219: Texture Kissing

Lizzie was this week's presenter for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge here, and she shared how to add texture to stamped images (hence the name, Texture Kissing).

It's been in the 90s here all week and too hot to be upstairs in my stamping room even with the ceiling fan blowing on me so I waited until the final hours to attempt Lizzie's texturing method. My biggest challenge was the lack of good background stamps and solid stamps that I thought would work. In need of a birthday card for my BIL, I was on the hunt for inspiration. Thanks, Heather, for this idea!

I loved the design but wanted it to be different even though her colors were perfect for a masculine card. Here's what I came up with and will definitely try this layout again. 

My texturing was done using Birthday Style on the Simply Chartreuse balloon, Crackled on the Canyon Clay and Chevron Stripes on the Scarlet Jewel. I should have listened to Lizzie and used lighter inks, but I was determined to use more masculine colors. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Scarlet Jewel and Kraft

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Scarlet Jewel, Simply Chartreuse, Canyon Clay and VersaMark

Stamps: Birthday Style, Crackled, Celebrations, Background Basics: Chevron Stripes and Keep It Simple: Birthday

Dies: Birthday Style and Sketched Shapes

Other: SU dimensionals and Sharpie (fine tip)

PTI MIM #212: Fussy Cutting Tips

Ashley showed us fussy cutting tips here for those sentiments and images that don't have coordinating dies. That is this week's challenge for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge. Since I'm needing a couple of high school graduation cards, I decided to incorporate this technique. Hope to find time to do this again once I have my stamp room back in order (packing it up so we're ready for our new flooring installation next week). Without further ado, here's my card.

I curved the sentiment from Celebrations and fussy cut it from Soft Stone card stock and then cut again from Black Tie glitter paper. It was definitely easier to draw pencil lines before cutting.

Now you see the complete card, which is pretty self-explanatory. 

Here's what I did with the inside using Scarlet Jewel ink and VersaMark. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Scarlet Jewel, Soft Stone and SU Going Gray

Ink: VersaMark, Versa Fine Onyx Black and Scarlet Ink (card interior)

Stamps: Celebrations and Signature Greetings & For the Graduate (card interior)

Dies: Modern Numbers and Celebrations

Other: (all non-PTI) SU Dimensionals, Silver Sequins, Black Gems, Silver Twine, Metallic Silver Embossing Powder, Black Tie Glitter Paper and Micro Glue Dots