PTI MIM #347: Winter Watercolor

Happy New Year! This is my first post and first card of the new year today. Just trying to get my mojo started by participating in this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. I'm flying by the seat of my pants here because Ashley shared her process in designing a winter scene using watercolors. Oh, how I wish I owned Enchanted Forest, and I will one of these days!

Have a few thank you notes due after the Christmas holidays so here's what I created using my old-time favorite set, In The Meadow. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: New Leaf and Canson Mix Media Paper

Ink: Green Parakeet, Distressed Peacock Feathers and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: In The Meadow

Dies: In The Meadow

Other: Paintbrush, White Acrylic Paint and Foam Tape

PTI Create Along With Us: November 2018

Because it was release week at Papertrey Ink, our challenge is to create something that inspired us using the Design Team creations and/or color schemes. You can find the details here. In honor of Heather Nichols bidding farewell with Papertrey Ink, I just had to incorporate Kraft card stock this month. Every time I use Kraft, I think of her because after all, she is the Queen of Kraft. Best of luck, Heather, and here's from one Minnesota-born gal to another!

Heather's Card

My Card

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Stamper's Select White and Pure Poppy

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: In The Meadow and "Let It Snow" Sentiment from Michaels

Dies: Shape Shifters: Oval 3 and In The Meadow

Other: White Embossing Powder, White Acrylic Paint, Paintbrush and SU Dimensionals

PTI Create Along With Us Challenge: September 2018

Had another busy week besides following along with Papertrey Ink's September Release. I'm only nine days away from my Boston trip with four girlfriends so we've been busy finalizing our plans. And good Lord willing, we'll get our new bridge installed this week!

Anyway, during Release Week PTI's Challenge is to create our own version of a card posted by a DT member that inspired us. Oh, how I wish I had more time to create now because there are so many awesome designs…and I love Christmas-related anything! This month I chose a card created by Heather showcasing her new Winter Fox set, and yes, she used Kraft card stock. I did, too. 

Good thing I ordered more on Release Night because now I just have scraps left. Here's my take using supplies on hand. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Kraft and Ripe Avocado

Ink: VersaMark and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Holiday, In The Meadow and MIM Mini Kit: Holiday Folk

Dies: Hello Sunshine and MIM Mini Kit: Holiday Folk

Other: Birch Bark Wrapping Paper, Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops, SU Markers, Pearl Metallic DMC and SU Dimensionals

PTI Create Along With Us: March 2018

Well, this week hit the middle of March and that means another Release for Papertrey Ink on the 15th. During this time, they invite us to use the DT designed cards to inspire us to create our own. There are so many gorgeous projects shared that it's a bit challenging to decide which one to use as inspiration. I narrowed it down to two different designers this time. This first card was inspired by Keeway showcasing Glorious Globes March and Shape Shifters Oval 1. Here's her card. 

This is my version. It's a two-fer as I not only completed the challenge, but I have a Christmas card in my stash for 2018. If you enlarge it, you can see the glittered snow using Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Mint Julep

Ink: Blueberry Sky, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: In The Meadow and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: Mat Stack #6 and In The Meadow

Other: VersaMark Pen, Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder, Foam Tape, Paintbrush (splatters) and Make-Up Brush (ink blending)

My second card was a spin-off of Melissa Bickford's sharing a fun card using Penned Elegance and A Bit More: Butterfly Blooms using lots of bright colors as shown below. 

Rather than use a flower stamp like I use so often (because I don't have these beautiful butterflies…yet), I opted to use What The Doodle: Feathers in a similar design. It's fun to make one-layer cards occasionally, but they can be even more challenging than layering and using die-cuts. Here's mine. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: What The Doodle: Feathers, Jolly Holiday (stars) and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: None

PTI Create Along With Us: September 2017

It's that time of the month for Papertrey Ink's new release, and since it's September it's time for their Christmas products. They just never disappoint, do they? It's also our chance to create along with the designers by using their gorgeous creations and/or color schemes for inspiration. How does one choose which one to favor? This time I went with the card below by Michelle showcasing Betsy's new Make It Market Kit.

This is what I came up with using products I currently own. No surprise that I'm eager to get my hands on new sets though as I can't resist their cuteness!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Ocean Tides, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate and VersaMark

Stamps: Jolly Holiday, In The Meadow, Signature Christmas and Altenew Snowing

Dies: Jolly Holiday, In The Meadow and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: White Embossing Powder and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #296: Small Images on Repeat

So, let's start by saying perhaps I should have used the smaller snowflake, but I thought it was really too small for the design I had in mind. My card below is for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday with Lexi. She challenged us to use small stamp images and repeat them. I just had to use my new Holographic Embossing Powder on my snowflakes but didn't photograph well.

I'm eager to try this technique again soon when I get my SAF mess cleaned up in my stamp room and get new products organized in folders, etc. My brain might work beetter then. : ) Had another busy week but hope to get back to blog hopping and commenting soon. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores and Bitty Dots

Ink: Tropical Teal and VersaMark

Stamps: In The Meadow and What The Doodle: Snowflakes

Dies: To The Point Edgers and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder

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 #268: Double-Layer Tags

Once again it's time to participate in Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday here, hosted this week by Dawn McVey. This is truly a blessing because poor Dawn has been through so much lately with ill health and lots of testing. I'm so grateful she had the stamina to create and share her talents with us once again, and I will keep her in my prayers.

Believe it or not, I'm not a tag person because the extent of our gift giving now is for the Giving Tree at church. But, I just had to face the challenge and make one double-layer tag.
Here it is (front & back):


       


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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy and Holiday Plaid

Ink: Ocean Tides

Stamps: In The Meadow and 2012 Birthday Tags

Dies: Mat Stack #6, Mat Stack #2, Wet Paint Holiday and InThe Meadow

Other: White Organza Ribbon, Red Ribbon, Red Thread, Black Rhinestones, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Orange Marker and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #266: That's A Wrap

Lexi Daly hosted this past week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday, and her video can also be seen here on Nichole's blog. Her challenge was to create our own wrapping paper using images and colors of our choice. She also provided a download for wrapping paper guidelines, which was very helpful. With her sample guidelines, I was able to stamp diagonally like she did on HP multipurpose paper. Because I waited till the last minute (almost) to create this with no gift box to wrap, I decided to photograph the wrapping paper and gift tag anyway. Here's what I created, and I apologize for the poor photo quality.

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. I apologize for being way behind in blog commenting and hope to catch up this week.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Autumn Rose, Green Parakeet and Enchanted Evening

Stamps: Deck The Halls and In The Meadow

Dies: Mat Stack #2

Other: HP Multipurpose Printer Paper, Sponge, Hole Punch and Hemp Cord

PTI MIM #227: Focal Clusters

It was Lexi's turn for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. She showed us one of her favorite stamping layout techniques, which she named "focal clusters." This challenge looked so intriguing that I just had to find time to try it…and it's not even Sunday night. Here's what I came up with and now I have one more Christmas card ready in advance of the big rush.

It's hard to see the silver shimmer and WOS shimmer in this photo, but trust me when I say it's more beautiful up close and personal. Otherwise, my cluster is pretty self explanatory.

I'm stalking my mail carrier while waiting for my PTI box of goodies to arrive today so I can then get started on my Blog Hop card. In the meantime, I'm hoping to find time for commenting on other blog posts since I'm a bit behind.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy and American Crafts Dots and Stripes Paper Pad

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Tropical Teal, Pure Poppy and Delicata Silvery Shimmer

Stamps: In The Meadow and Jolly Holiday

Dies: None

Other: Wink of Stella Shimmer (on the sledder)

PTI Create Along With Us Challenge: October 2015

Well, I'm back from vacation and finally caught up on all the things one must do when back to reality. Besides the usual mail and appointments, I've been busy changing Internet Providers and home phone service. If you've never done it, let me just warn you that it's a lot of work and very time consuming. Think we're back in business though as far as technology goes…at least I hope so. Managed to escape to my stamp room to create along with the Papertrey Ink DT here. In my opinion, I think this was the best release ever ~ more items than I could afford and so much inspiration. It was a tough decision, but I decided to attempt making a card similar to Laurie's.

I'm eager for my order(s) to arrive so I can play with Spruce and Springs and my other new goodies. In the mean time, here's my card using the same layout Laurie used on her card above. Yay for having another Christmas card completed! 

Yes, the horse and sleigh are speckled. I wanted to try something different so first stamped the die cut using Canyon Clay ink and then Dark Chocolate, stamped off once. The sleigh blades, horse hoofs and snowflakes have touches of Wink of Stella Shimmer added for a bit of sparkle. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

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

Ink: Canyon Clay, Dark Chocolate, VersaMark and White Pigment (Joann)

Stamps: In The Meadow and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: In The Meadow

Other: Sponge, White Embossing Powder, Wink of Stella Shimmer and SU Dimensionals 

ColourQ Challenge #308 and SSS Challenges

Just love the shopping tote and colors shown here on the ColourQ blog for this week's challenge to use this color palette:

Even though I'm not using all SU products, my color choices are very close. Chalk off another Christmas card for me ~ yay! Here's my card.

Edited to Add Challenges: Faux Chalk Art Technique for Monday's SSS Challenge: Love This Technique and Wednesday's SSS Challenge: Die Crazy. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft, Aqua Mist and SU Not Quite Navy

Ink: VersaMark, Simply Chartreuse, SU Not Quite Navy Marker, White Pigment Ink (Joann)

Stamps: In The Meadow, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (stars) and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: In The Meadow

Other: Snow Tex, Glossy Accents and SU dimensionals (all from stash)

PTI Create Along with Us: September 2015

There was so much inspiration this month from the DT, but isn't that the truth every month? It was hard to decide which card to choose for creating along with them, but I've always admired Maile's ability to cut any angle and make it work. This post by Maile shows several different designs. Here's mine.

Here's Maile's card I'm referring to:

Even though we can only enter one card for this challenge, I just had to attempt one like Dawn's last card in this post. 

Edited to Add: Entering my "Celebrate" card above in Wednesday's SSS Challenge: Die Crazy. 

Here's Dawn's card I'm referring to:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

In The Meadow:

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: In The Meadow

Dies: None

Other: MME Winter Wonderland Paper Pad, Red Sequins, Red Twine and SU dimensionals (all from stash)

Celebrate:

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Kraft

Ink: Classic Kraft

Stamps: Wet Paint III

Dies: Life Is Beautiful

Other: Twine, Glossy Accents, Watercolors and SU Dimensionals (from stash)

PTI MIM #193: Camouflaging Die Cuts

Laura's technique of camouflaging die cuts was this week's challenge on Nichole's blog for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. Having only a little bit of time between baking and watching the Seahawks' game today, I managed to review her video and make my attempt. My blending obviously needs some practice, but here it is anyway. Sorry for the poor quality photo, but it's late at night.

I blended (I guess you'd call it that) Spring Rain, Winter Wisteria and Royal Velvet after masking off the top part of my white panel. Then I die cut the word "thanks" from Wet Paint Cuts Dies so I could stack three more under it so it would be raised up and stand out as the focal image. In the white space above I stamped small snowflakes from In The Meadow using Spring Rain and Winter Wisteria inks. Punching each side with a 1/2" circle punch provided the perfect place to wrap twine and tie in a bow. I used SU dimensionals to adhere this to the white card base. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White

Ink: Spring Rain, Winter Wiseria and Royal Velvet

Stamps: In The Meadow

Dies: Wet Paint Cuts Die

Other: Twinery Twine, SU Dimensionals and 1/2" circle punch

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Nichole and crew are so good to us they provided great Holiday Color Recipes to choose from for  this month's Blog Hop challenge and to help jumpstart our holiday projects. I selected this combination of non-traditional colors:

Since I'm sure there will be lots of other blog hop entries to see, let's get right to my card. It's pretty self-explanatory.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Blueberry Sky, Hawaiian Shores and New Leaf

Stamps: Watercolor Wonder, In The Meadow and Signature Christmas

Dies: Fancy Flakes

Other: New Leaf Bitty Dot paper and foam tape

Snowflakes Sparkle ~ PTI's MIM #145: 2013 A la Carte

Since I didn't blog much in December, now I'm trying to get back in the groove and make a few extra holiday cards for people I didn't include in my original Christmas card mailing. It's not too late to send them greetings for the New Year, at least that's my theory. Here's one for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday, where we could choose one of the techniques or challenges from 2013.

The technique I chose was demonstrated by Betsy Veldman here called Inlaid Die-Cuts (MIM #138). So I could inlay my snowflake, I added a second layer of Kraft cardstock over my card base . All wrapped up in white crochet thread I finished this off with a little sprinkling of Silver Perfect Pearls, a stamped sentiment from PTI's In The Meadow using SU's Garden Green ink and a Fancy Flakes die-cut from green glittered paper (Joann's). 

Edited to Add: Also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge here using anything sparkly such as glitter, gems, stickles, glimmer sprays, paints, etc.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft and green glittered paper (Joann's) 

Ink: SU Garden Green

Stamps: In The Meadow

Dies: Fancy Flakes

Other: (non-PTI) Silver Perfect Pearls and white crochet thread (Joann's)

Holiday Cards Tied Up With String (Take #4)

If you're still with me, this is my fourth take on PTI's December 2013 Blog Hop using string on a project. Some dear friends invited us for breakfast Christmas morning so wanted to make them a special card to show our appreciation for their thoughtfulness. I included a digital AMC gift card so they can enjoy a day or night out at the movies. They were so surprised but loved it and as always commented on the card. They really appreciate the effort (and love) that goes into handmade cards. Here it is:

My card base is Soft Stone with a second layer of SU's Not Quite Navy, all rounded corners. I heat embossed in Metallic Silver the "Snowflakes Sparkle and Tree Tops Glisten" sentiment from PTI's In The Meadow stamp set and sprayed Silver Perfect Pearls so it would glisten. The Fancy Flakes die was cut from blue glittered paper from Joann's. To finish it off, I wrapped up the card with about three rounds of SU silver stretchy cord and tied off in a bow. 

Here's the inside of the card admitting that I had an ink smudge (oops) that I covered up with the leftover star from my die-cut snowflake.   

Edited to Add: Also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge here using anything sparkly such as glitter, gems, stickles, glimmer sprays, paints, etc.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, SU Not Quite Navy and blue glittered paper (Joann's) 

Ink: VersaMark and SU Not Quite Navy

Stamps: In The Meadow, Signature Greetings and SU Holiday Wishes

Dies: Fancy Flakes

Other: (non-PTI) Corner Rounder, Metallic Silver Embossing Powder, Silver Perfect Pearls, SU Silver Stretchy Cord and SU Dimensionals

Holiday Cards Tied Up With String

PTI's December 2013 Blog Hop was all about tying up projects using string. Twine has taken a big leap in the crafting industry by being used in lieu of ribbon. Some of my holiday cards were finished off by wrapping twine around the edge. Here's one:

This card went together quickly using Echo Park's Winter Wonderland paper cut at an angle, stamping in black the sentiment from PTI's In The Meadow stamp set, adhering red sequins randomly and tying a bow of red/white twine around the front of the card base. This is a 4.25" square card.

Edited to Add: Also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge here using anything sparkly such as glitter, gems, stickles, glimmer sprays, paints, etc.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: SU Soft Sky & Echo Park's Winter Wonderland patterned paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: In The Meadow

Other: Red sequins (Joann's) and Twinery Twine

PTI Make It Monday #122: Polka Dot Texture with Copic Markers

Believe it or not, right after watching Heather Nichols do her magic using Copics for this week's Make It Monday I started this card but wasn't 100% happy with it. I was certainly hoping I'd find time to create another but realize today that isn't going to happen. Part of the issue is that I don't own any Copics and don't plan to indulge in them any time soon. So, my only other option was to try using my Stampin' Up markers but couldn't get the same results as Heather. Maybe I just need more practice. (wink) Anyway, I attempted to decorate the tree die-cut from PTI's In The Meadow and finished it off with a fussy-cut star from PTI's Star Prints.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Harvest Gold & SU Sage Shadow

Ink: SU Real Red

Stamps: Signature Christmas & Star Prints

Dies: In The Meadow

Other: Red sequins, SU Markers: Sage Shadow, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Summer Sun & Forest Foliage, SU Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

PTI Make It Monday #118: Photo Postcards

Well, here it is Sunday night again, and I'm just getting around to tackling Ashley Newell's technique of creating our own custom postcards by stamping on photo paper. Thinking this couldn't be too difficult because Ashley made it look so easy in her video tutorial, I procrastinated finding appropriate photos to print for PTI's MIM #118: Photo Postcards challenge. This postcard fits the category of cool (temperatare wise), so I'm a bit ahead of the season. Check this out:

Supplies:

Cardstock: White

Ink: SU Blissful Blue & Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: PTI In The Meadow & PTI Mat Stack #1 Collection

Other: Photo (Epson Glossy Photo Paper)