PTI MIM #273: Spinner Cards

Lizzie Jones was the star of the show this week with her Make It Monday video for Papertrey Ink. She shared her tips on making an interactive spinner card. I haven't really been much into interactive cards, but I just had to try this after watching Lizzie create her sweet Valentine. Because I spent the day reorganizing stamps and dies, I barely had time to play. After two phone calls from friends and then watching the Tom Brokaw special on NBC, I just had to prove to myself that I could do this technique. Without further ado, here's my blue anniversary card with a spin.

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

Also entering: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes,  Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes and Darnell's NBUS #10 Challenge (first time using Gemstone EF)

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

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

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: Pretty Peonies

Dies: Tipped Tops and Button Stacks

Other: Stampin' Up Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, Thread, Ink Blending Tool, Next Level We R Memories Gemstone Embossing Folder, and Studio G Gems

PTI MIM #158: Stamping With Watercolor Mediums

Back from a much-needed vacation in sunny California and dealing with lots of personal matters following the death of my BIL, I was eager to get back in my stamping room. After watching Heather perform her magic using Gelatos and water brushing or misting her stamp, I decided I'd attempt this technique. Guess I'm so out of practice because my first one went in the trash. I'm still not thrilled with the second one, but I'm entering it anyway in this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. Should have pulled out my watercolors because my pastel SU Watercolor Wonder Crayons didn't show up very well, but here it is anyway.

Below is a close-up of my watercolor experience using the misting technique. 

Also entering in this Wednesday's Simon Says Stamp challenge, because Simon Says Happy Birthday. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White, SU Certainly Celery and Lavender Lace

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and SU Watercolor Wonder Crayons (pastels)

Stamps: Pretty Peonies and Big Birthday Wishes

Dies: Pretty Peonies and Linen/Canvas Impression Plate

Other: We R Corner Chomper, White Crochet Thread (Joann's) and SU Dimensionals

PTI 7th Anniverary ~ Day 7 (Stripes)

In honor of Papertrey Ink's 7th Anniversary, today's challenge on Nichole's blog is to incorporate stripes in our projects. Think she wants us to realize how much easier it would be with the new Cover Plates introduced today. They look really cool and easy to use for vertical, horizontal or diagonal stripes. For my three cards below, colored stripes were adhered to a piece of white cardstock almost the width of my cards before cutting down the heighth.

"Happy Birthday" from Botanical Silhouettes is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink twice, once on the white card base and again on the stripes.

For this one, I used a Rustic Cream card base, scoring two lines on the top and one on the bottom. HAPPY is from Tipped Tops Dies and cut from SU Basic Gray card stock. Since I never confessed to be perfect, I will admit the word "birthday" from Pretty Peonies stamped on SU Really Rust and punched using SU's Word Window punch covers up an error. Lesson Learned: It's not easy stamping a small sentiment over paper seams. Both sentiments were popped up using foam mounting tape.

The two narrow strips were adhered to a Harvest Gold card base. Birthday Wishes stamped with SU Really Rust ink and a Tipped Tops Dies star cut from Hawaiian Shores finish this series.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, SU Really Rust, Rustic Cream, SU Basic Gray

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Basic Gray and SU Really Rust

Stamps: Botanical Silhouettes, Pretty Peonies and Think Big Favorites #7

Dies: Tipped Tops Dies

Other: SU Word Window Punch and Foam Mounting Tape

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 July 2013 Blog Hop (Card #2)

My second attempt is based on another of Nichole's Fruits of Summer Color Inspiration for July's Blog Hop.

This one is a fun birthday card that I'm also entering in the Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Rustic Cream, SU Baroque Burgundy, SU Real Red, SU Summer Sun, Aqua Mist & New Leaf

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Wonderful Words: Hello & Pretty Peonies

Dies: Block Alphabet

Other: Star Punch

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.

PTI March 2013 Blog Hop: Sequins

Our challenge this month was to use sequins.

Yes, I really do know someone celebrating her 91st birthday this month. Started with a Rose Red card base, rounded one corner and added a strip of paper from LilyBee Designs. Added sequins that are very close in color to PTI's Hawaiian Shores. The "happy" die cut from Aqua Mist is stamped using Hawaiian Shores and backed with a second die cut from SU Going Gray to create a shadow. After die cutting the "91" from By The Numbers and "st" from the Block Alphabet Dies using SU Pretty in Pink cardstock, I ran them through my BigShot using a Sizzix Swiss Dots embossing folder and sponged some ink on them. I popped these up using SU's dimensionals. To finish it off with some added bling, I misted the card with Shimmer Sparkle.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted): 
Stamp Sets: Pretty Peonies
Dies: By The Numbers Dies and Block Alphabet Dies
Cardstock: Aqua Mist, SU Rose Red, SU Pretty in Pink and Lily Bee Designs Head Over Heels
Ink: Hawaiian Shores
Other: Sequins from JoAnn's, Sizzix Swiss Dots EF, Shimmer Sparkle & Sponge Daubers, Corner Rounder