PTI MIM #320: Spot Color Word Diecuts

This week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday was presented by Betsy, and it was something very new to me. Spot color word dies, you say? Not only does one have to find a word die with weight to it, but also a stamp with lots of outline images or a background. Hard to believe with all the stamps I have, that in itself was challenging. First time inking up my SAF 2017 stamp set so thank you, Betsy. This colorful birthday card is what I created, besides learning something different. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Bright Buttercup and Berry Sorbet

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Ever So Much (SAF 2017)

Dies: Pretty Peonies and Wonderful Words: Birthday

Other: Zigs, Perfect Pearl Mist and Foam Tape

 

PTI MIM #278: Window Chipboard Sentiments

Stephanie is sharing her very first Papertrey Make It Monday Video for this week's challenge. The first challenge I saw was what word die to use that would allow the card to open and close properly without tearing the paper. My choice of "happy" from Pretty Peonies wasn't the best decision but I went with it anyway. I really like my card but the little pieces won't withstand opening and closing too many times. Without further ado, here's my card. I'll show it open as well as the inside. If you look closely or enlarge the photo, you can see I also added some splatters. Thanks, Heather, for the reminder!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Black, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst and SU Going Gray

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals and Painted Petals

Dies: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals, Fancy Foliage Details, Pretty Peonies and Nestabilities Classic Ovals: Large

Other: White Embossing Powder and Foam Tape

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 Create Along With Us Challenge: July 2016

When PTI's release week coincides with Make It Monday, we get to choose a designer's project that inspires us. Details for the challenge can be found on Nichole's blog. There are always so many fabulous creations it's challenging to decide which one I want to recreate. This month my inspiration is this one by Betsy Veldman. Not only do I like the layout, but the bold colors speak to me.

Of course, Betsy used newly-released products, which I don't have, but I came up with dies and stamps that I thought would work improvising. Without further ado, here's my version. 

Ink blended a "happy" die-cut from Pretty Peonies using Summer Sunrise and Orange Zest inks on a piece of acetate, water and paintbrush. Definitely think reinkers would be the answer to get brighter colors. The bottom portion of my Mat Stack #3 die is Tropical Teal blended ink. The watercoloring behind the focal image is Tropical Teal, Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise and Orange Zest over white heat-embossed stars from Scene It: Celebration. Added Enchanted Evening sponged stars, white stars edged & colored with Gelly Roll Stardust Pen - all die-cut from Scene It: Celebration. The white crochet thread took the place of Betsy's Paper Clippings swirls. "Birthday!" from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday was stamped with Enchanted Evening. Some SU Dimensionals gave the added dimension necessary. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments! Off to pick blueberries so I'll be viewing blogs and commenting later today. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Hawaiian Shores

Ink: Tropical Teal, Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest and VersaMark

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Birthday and Scene It: Celebration

Dies: Mat Stack #3, Pretty Peonies and Scene It: Celebration

Other: Canson Mixed Media Paper, Paintbrush, Blending Tools, SU Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, White Crochet Thread and Gelly Roll Stardust Clear Pen

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

This month's challenge here is to play around with the popular color combination of Aqua and Melon as shown from this gorgeous inspiration:

photo credits- roses:::maile's ikat cards:::bowls:::floral print:::tulips

Even though I've had several days to think about these colors, I still had no idea what I was going to design until I managed to actual create today. Here's what I came up with for my niece's birthday!

My white card base was covered with a layer of SU Soft Sky DSP before adding the Hexagon Cover Plate in SU Groovy Guava. I added a few hexagons to add some dimension. "Happy" was die cut from glittered paper, and "birthday" was stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I either need to get VersaMark reinker or new embossing powder because I was disappointed with the results. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist and SU Groovy Guava

Ink: VersaMark

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Birthday

Dies: Pretty Peonies, Bountiful Banners, Mat Stack #4 and Hexagon Cover Plate

Other: Sizzix Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Soft Sky DSP, Melon Glittered Paper (Joann's), Clear Embossing Powder (Joann's), White Crochet Thread (Michael's) and SU Dimensionals

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's 7th Anniversary ~ Day 3 (Timer Challenge)

Our challenge today in celebration of Papertrey Ink's 7th Anniversary is to gather 7 supplies (including ink, paper and stamps) in 7 minutes and create a quick card in 17 minutes or less. WOW, that is moving quickly for this gal who typically creates without a sketch, design or colors in mind. After making seven cards late last night, it was a push to get crafting again today so three is my limit. I'm multitasking now as I type this while watching the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics ~ Go USA!

Have seen several cards in blogland using paint chips and most recently, my online friend Joyce posted one on her blog. I've been saving several different color schemes for quite sometime so decided to use one tonight thinking it would be a time-saver.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Stamper's Select White card stock
2. Paint chip from Home Depot
3. Boutique Borders: Congrats stamp set
4. Boutique Borders: Birthday stamp set
5. Linen/Canvas Impression Plate
6. SU Rose Red ink
7. Rhinestones - 3 (from my stash)

 Finished in 14 minutes, 58 seconds.


Thought I'd make another birthday card because February is a birthday-filled month for me with seven relatives and friends celebrating from the 9th through the 28th (all females but one). I so wanted to put sequins or buttons down the front to make it look like a dress but had to stick to my goal of 7 items.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Raspberry Fizz card stock
2. Basic Black card stock (Joann's)
3. Stamper's Select White card stock
4. Pretty Peonies die
5. Wonderful Words: Birthday die
6. White doily (stash)
7. Black/white Twinery Twine

Finished in 12 minutes, 4 seconds. 

Since I ran out of steam last night, Erin's printable was the only one I didn't get to complete. Once all the others were used, I could see that my Mat Stack #4 die would work perfectly to capture the entire print. Because I don't have the larger mat stacks for layering, I created by own by die-cutting two from black card stock and cutting one in half vertically and the other horizontally. This was time-consuming as was the fussy cutting of the two little hearts I added to fill the corner and give it some more dimension.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Erin Lincoln's printable
2. Basic Black card stock (Joann's)
3. SU Real Red card stock
4. White card stock (Georgia Pacific) ~ feeds just fine through my printer
5. Mat Stack #4
6. Boutique Borders: Valentine
7. SU Real Red ink

Finished with 4 seconds to spare: 16 minutes, 56 seconds

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 #138: Inlaid Die-Cuts (Take 3) Happy Birthday & SSS: Anything Goes

Here's one more attempt at Betsy's inlaid die-cuts technique as demonstrated in a video on Nichole Heady's blog for PTI's Make It Monday challenge. This birthday card was done without using any stamps ~ just die-cuts. And let me just add, that it was very time-consuming finding and adhering those little tiny pieces that matched the background patterned paper. It's my own fault though because I dumped them in my trash because I forgot I needed to keep them. Don't think I'll make that mistake again. Both "Happy" and "Birthday" are inlaid dies in case it's not easy to see in the photo.

I'm also entering this birthday card in the Simon Says Monday Challenge: Anything Goes. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, White & SU retired DSP

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Pretty Peonies, Wonderful Words: Birthday & Heart Border

Other: Hawaiian Shores button, Twinery Twine & rhinestones