PTI MIM #221: Masking Sentiments

No one will believe this but I actually made the card on Monday, the day that Ashley shared her tips and techniques for masking sentiments for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. We've had company until today so I'm just getting around to posting this. My first attempt was cut off a white card base (salvaged one half) and tossed in the garbage. Without further ado, here's my card.

Anyone else have trouble capturing the true color of Sweet Blush card stock? Maybe it's just because I'm using my iPad and don't have a fancy DSLR camera.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Sweet Blush

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Tropical Teal, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow, Royal Velvet and Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Signature Greetings, Half & Half, Bitty Bouquet and Harvest Berries

Dies: Fabulous Frames (for my sentiment mask)

Other: MS Scoring Board, SU dimensionals and Sharpie (fine tip)

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

High gloss is definitely a trend, especially in cardmaking. Here is this month's Blog Hop Challenge for Papertrey Ink, which was to incorporate anything glossy.

For my card, I opted to use white embossing for my sentiment and glossy accents on my "flying" butterflies. This birthday card really shines. Check it out below:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores & Stamper's Select White

Ink: VersaMark, Spring Rain, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Winter Wisteria, Aqua Mist and Sweet Blush

Stamps: Half and Half and Beautiful Butterflies

Dies: Half and Half

Other: White Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents, Hawaiian Shores button,Twinery Twine and 

SU Dimensionals

PTI 7th Anniversary ~ Day 6 (Word Images)

Today's challenge here was to create a project using a large word as the focal point using word dies, word  stamps, alphabet dies or alphabet stamps. Since I still need several birthday cards for this month, that's what I made using Wonderful Words: Birthday and designed around that die.  Here it is, and I have to admit I kind of like it. Hope my friend does too!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft, SU Bravo Burgundy, SU Pretty in Pink and SU Rose Red

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMark

Stamps: Half & Half and Fancy Flourishes

Dies: Wonderful Words: Birthday and Half & Half

Other: Black enamel dots (Michaels)

PTI MIM #151: Drop Shadow Die Cuts

Betsy Veldman showed us how to double cut our dies and offset the layers to create some depth for PTI's Make It Monday here.

Since I needed another teen birthday card for another young man, I chose the "happy" die from Pretty Peonies, the numbers from By The Numbers dies and the "th" using Block Alphabet dies. My card base of SU's basic gray was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and PTI's Polka Dot Basics II and corners rounded. A Basic Black layer was then covered with Soft Stone embossed with the Woodgrain Impression Plate. For "Happy" and "th" I used the same two colors but alternated them: Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides and stamped the design on the bottom layers using Ocean Tides ink. The "13" was die cut using SU Bravo Burgundy and Soft Stone with a design from Half & Half stamped in Bravo Burgundy on the bottom layer and popped up using SU dimensionals. For the finishing touch I punched three small stars from Basic Black and added Glossy Accents to make them shine.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, White, Black, SU Basic Gray & SU Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Ocean Tides, Memento Tuxedo Black and SU Bravo Burgundy

Stamps: Pretty Peonies and Half & Half

Dies: By The Numbers, Block Alphabet and Pretty Peonies

Other: Corner Rounder, small star punch, Glossy Accents and SU dimensionals

PTI MIM #148: Generation Stamping with Line Images & Multiple Colors

Dawn McVey shows us generational stamping with a twist for this week's Make It Monday Challenge. My biggest challenge was finding line image stamps that would work for this technique. I chose Fancy Flourishes and use three different shades of purple. Here's what it looks like:

Adhered to a white card base are left-over frames from Tipped Tops Dies in Winter Wisteria and Elegant Eggplant overlapping them. I thought the Fancy Flourish filled the corner nicely. Finished it off with a sentiment from Half & Half, three sequins and splatters of ink (which you can see better if you enlarge the photo).

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select, Winter Wisteria and SU Elegant Eggplant

Ink: WInter Wisteria, SU Lavender Lace and SU Elegant Eggplant

Stamps: Half & Half and Fancy Flourishes

Dies: Tipped Tops

Other: Sequins (Joann's) and SU Lavender Lace marker with misting tool (can't remember name)

Holiday Cards Tied Up With String (Take #2)

Here's another card for PTI's December 2013 Blog Hop, which was all about tying up projects using string in different ways.

This card uses a white card base with a second layer dry embossed using a Sizzix snowflake embossing folder, cut two pieces & inked the edges, leaving room for my "Merry Christmas" sentiment in black from PTI's Communique Curves stamp set. My Kraft tag was die cut with one of the Half & Half dies, which I shortened to fit at an angle. Using SU's Real Red ink, I stamped the plaid design from PTI's Half & Half stamps on white cardstock, die cut "ho" twice using Block Alphabet dies and rounded the corners. Also die cut the same "ho" from SU Real Red cardstock and adhered all three pieces to my tag. Finished it off by punching a small hole in the top of the tag and tying a piece of black & white Twinery Twine.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White, Kraft and SU Real Red

Ink: SU Real Red and Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Communique Curves and Half & Half

Dies: Half & Half and Block Alphabet

Other: (non-PTI) Corner Chomper, Sizzix snowflake embossing folder & Twinery Twine

'Tis The Season To Be Jolly ~ Make It Monday #139

Since I need to get started on some Christmas cards, I decided to try Dawn's technique again using border stamps to create a frame. To view Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #139 video showcasing Stamped Square Frames, click here.

Starting with a white card base, I then stamped Boutique Borders: Birthday four times using Simply Chartreuse ink on a smaller piece of white cardstock and adhered it to a piece of Simply Chartreuse which I popped up on dimensionals. The red sequins are placed at the four corners where the borders intersect. Hopefully, I balanced my card by adding a bow of red/white twine just above my stamped sentiment, 'tis the season to be jolly.

Each "ho ho ho" was die cut twice using white cardstock and stamping one of the Half and Half patterns using SU Real Red ink. Each letter was backed by another die-cut in SU Real Red cardstock. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White, Simply Chartreuse and SU Real Red

Ink: Simply Chartreuse and SU Real Red

Stamps: Boutique Borders: Birthday, Communique Curves and Half & Half

Dies: Block Alphabet

Other: Twinery Twine, sequins (Michaels) and SU Dimensionals

65th Birthday Gift

Just so happens I needed a gift idea for a dear friend's 65th birthday. She's always doing wonderful things for me so I wanted to do something special in honor of her BIG milestone. Hence, I came up with the idea of making my own box, lid and matching card. I'm entering this in the Gift Packaging Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

It's hard to see the tab on the top of the box, but my instructions there suggested she pull on the tab and keep on pulling. Needless to say, she was shocked when bills kept coming out and the denominations were getting bigger. I had taped the bills together and wrapped them around an empty toilet paper roll with a dowel through the center and glued to two sides of the box so it wouldn't drop to the bottom. If I ever give this kind of gift again, I'll make the box shorter. She loved it and was so very thankful. I'm glad it was such a hit!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, SU Ruby Red, Country Charm by diane kappa & White

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip and SU Ruby Red

Stamps: Birthday Style & Background Basics: Polka Dots II

Dies: Half and Half & By The Number

Other: Toilet paper roll, dowel, red sequins, SU Tab Punch & Dimensionals

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:

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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: 

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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

PTI MIM #112: Embossed Alpha Die Cuts

Ashley Newell showed us how to add colors and textures to alpha or number die cuts by heat embossing. This is the current challenge for PTI's Make It Monday on Nichole Heady's blog. Almost hate to admit this task wasn't as easy as Ashley made it look. Perhaps I should have started earlier in the week but didn't get to my craft room until tonight. Wonderful Words: Hello die cut was stamped using VersaMark and the Half & Half plaid stamp before heat embossing with Stampin' Up's Melon Mambo embossing powder.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, White, and Country Charm by Diane Kappa

Ink: VersaMark

Stamps: Half & Half

Dies: Half & Half, Wonderful Words: Hello and Mat Stack #6

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, SU Melon Mambo Embossing Powder, rhinestones & SU Dimensionals