PTI MIM #317: Using Outline Images

It's a bright, sunny Friday afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest, and I've been spending a little time in my stamping room. Stephanie is the host for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. She showed us how to use outline images as an accent. Stephanie makes it look so easy, but it was quite challenging for me as I don't have many outline stamps. At first I misunderstood the task and struggled, but ended up with three cards all in the same color palette. Without further ado, here's what I created. 

Card #1

Card #2

The first two cards above included Floral Sketches and Penned Elegance stamp sets. Card #2 was cut down with a strip of Hibiscus Burst card stock adhered to the top and bottom of the design. 

Card #3

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Amethyst Allure and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest and Amethyst Allure

Stamps: Color Pop: Florals, Sketched Shapes and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: 1/4" Circle Punch and Orange Hemp Twine

PTI Create Along With Us: June 2017

Oh my, another great release by Papertrey Ink and so much inspiration again this month! Our challenge the week of release time is to select a project that inspires us to create something similar in design, technique and/or color scheme using older products we already own. It's challenging in itself to decide on an inspiration piece because they are all glorious. This month I chose one by Wanda that you can see here.




She used the new Textile Impressions, but the only set I own with something similar is Sketched Shapes. Since I had no idea what design to use for a 60th wedding anniversary, I went with this. Isn't that something worth celebrating?

On the same day we celebrate a milestone anniversary, we have a Celebration of Life to attend. Another friend lost his battle to cancer. Anyway, based on Dawn's card below, I went with a similar design and a different color scheme.

Here's my sympathy card. I'm patiently waiting for this month's release order to get To The Point Edger Dies in my hot little hands. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and New Leaf Bitty Dots

Ink: Bright Buttercup, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Sketched Shapes (arrows), Birthday Cheer (Happy), Wet Paint (Anniversary), Big Birthday Wishes (th) and Studio Calico Napa Valley (numbers)

Dies: Monthly Moments: Spiral Notebook

Other: Foam Tape, Baker's Twine and Adhesive Gem

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Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Amethyst Allure, Enchanted Evening and New Leaf Bitty Dots

Ink: New Leaf, Amethyst Allure, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: Graden Grace and Inspired Prayer

Dies: Garden Grace and Edgers #3

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

Happy Birthday Butterfly

Just finishing in time for the approaching deadline of Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Splash It On. Anyway one can incorporate water into a project qualifies for this challenge. I did some brown and white watercolored splatters on my yellow card base. I think this one qualifies for a masculine birthday card, which can be a bit more difficult than the usual floral creations. The brown rectangle, popped up using foam tape, is woodgrain embossed with an oval cut out of the center. A vellum butterfly adorns the corner of the frame, to which I added four yellow Nuvo drops to hide my foam tape. Here's my card.

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Dark Chocolate and Vellum

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Sketched Shapes

Dies: Woodgrain Impression Plate and Oval Nestabilities

Other: Paintbrush, Watercolors, Foam Tape and Nuvo Crystal Drops

Papertrey November 2015 Blog Hop Challenge

How did we get to the 25th of November already? Anyway, Nichole challenged us to create a project for this month's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop using nontraditional colors for holiday, or non-holiday. This is such a gorgeous image ~ love the colors!

 

photo source: Centsational Girl 

To create my card, I started with a Simply Chartreuse card base and a cut from Tipped Tops Dies for my image. I die cut the tree from In The Meadow and used the negative to blend some Simply Chartreuse ink for the tree shape. To decorate the tree, I die cut several circles (2 sizes) for ornaments from Sketched Shapes and stamped them using Delicata Silvery Shimmer. My star was cut from Holly Holiday using Silver Glitter Paper. A silver line was drawn around the edges before adhering it to the card base tied with a piece of silver twine. The Merry Christmas sentiment says it all, die cut from Silver Glitter Paper. 

Hopefully, I'll find time to hop and comment in the next few days. Thanks for visiting. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Simply Chartreuse, Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores and Tropical Teal

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Delicata Silvery Shimmer and Memento London Fog

Stamps: Sketched Shapes

Dies: Tipped Tops, Jolly Holiday, Sketched Shapes, In The Meadow and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Blended Tool, Sponge, Silver Glittered Card Stock (Joann), Silver Twine and Silver Bic Marker

PTI SAF 2015: Pattern, Runway Inspiration and Unconventional Materials Challenges

WOW, I have been one busy gal today but only got six cards made. Didn't want to create too late and not get them posted in time for the challenges for PTI's Stamp-A-Faire so thought I better stop, upload and add them to my blog. For my final card, I chose Laurie's Go-To Pattern #6 and Ashley's Runway Inspiration as shown below.

One more challenge I just had to incorporate some way. Even though I don't have my receipt, I did buy these at Home Depot for less than $5 (image below my card). Can you guess what they are by looking at my card? Just might give this one to my DH for our anniversary in October. After 31 years, he's finally getting hardware on his card. (wink, wink)

Well, if you guessed black Magnetic Vent Covers holding up my banners from Sketched Shapes, you are right. Here's a picture of them. 

(bought at Home Depot for $4.77 + tax)

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Pure Poppy

Ink: Sweet Blush, New Leaf, VersaFine Onyx Black and Melon Berry

Stamps: Sketched Shapes and With All My Heart

Dies: Sketched Shapes and Jolly Holiday

Other: Studio 112 Red Heart Adhesive Gems, SU Dimensionals and Magnetic Vent Covers (Home Depot)

Papertrey Ink's 8th Anniversary Gift Tag (Day 3)

Today's challenge on Nichole's blog in honor of PTI's 8th Anniversary was to create a handmade tag for a matching gift bag. It's not very often I make tags because even if I use a gift bag, I usually include a homemade card. However, my Tag Sale #9 dies were staring me in the face wanting to be used. Here's my tag (both layers) as I was creating it.

Tag before I tied it together with twine.

Tag attached to gift bag.

Edited to Add: Entering this in Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, H is for Heart

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Classic Kraft and Scarlet Jewel

Ink: Scarlet Jewel and Pure Poppy

Stamps: Grunge Me, Sketched Shapes and 2012 Birthday Tags

Dies: Tag Sale #9 and Bubble Talk

Other: Twinery Twine

PTI MIM #188: Stamping Ombre Backgrounds

Well, today is Wednesday, and I've not only watched Laura's fabulous video here for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday challenge, but I've also created a card with an ombre background. My ink color choices are very limited because I recently sold all my SU inks and haven't yet added to my supply of PTI inks. I will definitely try this challenge again when I have more ink options. Since I need to pop a wedding card in the mail tomorrow, I ran to my stamp room before we lose power again. Lost it twice yesterday and wind gusts are still unstoppable here. Better hurry ~ here's my card.

My ombre background was created with a Stamper's Select White die cut from Tipped Tops dies and stamping repeatedly (overlapping somewhat) the striped flag banner from Sketched Shapes. Ink colors were stamped in this order (bottom to top): Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, and repeated Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Simply Chartreuse and New Leaf. Using Sweet Blush card stock, I die cut again from Tipped Tops and foam mounted that on my Soft Stone card base as a frame for the ombre background. "Love" from Wet Paint Dies from Berry Sorbet card stock was cut three times and glued together for added dimension. 

In the above photo, you can get a better look at the Vellum hearts and initials of the bride & groom that I popped up with foam tape and added glitter glue to make them sparkle. The Block Alphabet dies even include the Ampersand so I lucked out. Three lime satin sequins finished it off. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Sweet Blush, Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet and Vellum

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores

Stamps: Sketched Shapes

Dies: Tipped Tops, Wet Paint and Block Alphabet

Other: Foam tape, SU Heart Punch, Lime Satin Sequins (stash), Foam Tape and Glitter Glue