PTI MIM #343: Masking & Ink Sponging

That Betsy Veldman is pretty amazing, isn't she? The latest challenge for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday uses Betsy's technique of combining masking with ink sponging/blending. All week I tried to come up with something other than snowflakes, but I failed. Also, I didn't have adhesive-backed vinyl so used Sizzix Adhesive Sheets. Big mistake! My saving grace was glitter because I could not get all the adhesive off of each image. Should have known permanent adhesive means permanent but I had a "duh" moment, I guess. This is it...there is no more!

Sorry, the glitter made it very difficult to photograph. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Amethyst Allure, Blueberry Sky and Aqua Mist

Stamps: None

Dies: Fancy Flakes and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Ink Blending Tools, Sizzix Adhesive Sheets and SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

PTI Create Along With Us: October 2018

It was just Release Week at Papertrey Ink so we get to create our own version from DT examples. The most challenging part of this is deciding on which project to use as my inspiration. There were so many awesome ones, and who doesn't love anything to do with the Christmas Season. 

This time I chose a card created by Heather that looks like this. 

Obviously, I couldn't CASE this because I don't have any of the new products she used, but I used similar colors and did my best with what I do have. Yay for another completed Christmas card! 

To make it look more realistic, I topped the white snowfall with glitter glue and stacked my "peace" die-cuts three high for more dimension. If you enlarge the image, you'll see my polka-dot bow has a tiny white pearl in the center. And there you have it. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White and Silver Glitter Paper (stash)

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel and VersaMark

Stamps: Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Confetti Toss

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Glitter Glue, White Embossing Powder, SU Pearl and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #302: Twine & Ribbon Wraps

This week's Make It Monday Challenge for Papertrey Ink is presented by Stephanie. She shared ways to use twine and/or ribbon in different ways other than just a knot or bow. Had to think on this for awhile but actually made two cards Friday night (no ink; no stamps), instead of rushing late Sunday night. Besides that, I'm so happy because I've got another Christmas card to add to my stash. Yay for challenges! Once I post this, I'm heading back to my craft room to get creating. Can you believe I haven't touched my Wonderland Kit yet other than to look at its beauty? I must hurry!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, Holiday Plaid, Luxe Gold Adhesive and Canson Mixed Media Watercolor Paper

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: In The Meadow, Wet Paint Holidays, Jolly Holiday and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: Gold Twine, Red Sequins and Zig Clean Color Real Brush

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And here's just another little "twist" on using twine!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Green Parakeet and SU Elegant Eggplant

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Jolly Holiday and Mix & Mat: Postal

Other: Twine, White Acrylic Paint, Paintbrush for Splatters and Double-Sided Tape

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

SAF 2016: Starry Night with Amy

Amy shared with us her tricks and tips for creating a starry night in an awesome video for an early morning session of Papertrey Ink's Stamp-A-Faire. Isn't her Faith card just stunning?

 

Love her card, and it was fun to try her techniques. My biggest challenge was the tree line, but I didn't have time to redo. Here's mine.

Too much to do, so little time.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Sweet Blush, Mint Julep, Aqua Mist, Blueberry Sky, Smokey Shadow, Winter Wisteria and Hawaiian Shores

Stamps: Through The Trees

Dies: Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Canson Mixed Media Paper, Platinum Embroidery Floss, Silver Glitter Paper, Star Punch, Sparkly Clear Sequins (PPP), Foam Tape, Black Watercolor, Watercolor Brush and White Acrylic Paint (all from stash)

 

PTI MIM #233: Splattering

Another week, another Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge here. This week we're honored to have Danielle Flanders share a couple ways of adding ink splatters to cards and tags. She makes it look so easy, but I found I didn't really have control of the splatters using a reinker and "flicking" the paintbrush. It definitely adds to the finished project though so I guess I'll keep practicing. Here's my card, and I'm happy to add another Christmas card to my pile.

I seem to have a problem putting away my new Spruce & Sprigs stamps and dies. They really are so versatile, especially for whipping out Christmas cards. I've got several cards to go to reach my goal so I'm cutting this short. Eager to find time to see what others have "splattered." 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Red Glittered (Joann)

Ink: Autumn Rose, New Leaf, Pinfeather and Memento London Fog

Stamps: Spruce & Sprigs

Dies: Spruce & Sprigs, Sketched Shapes, Wet Paint Holiday and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: Paintbrush, Blending Tool, SU Forest Foliage Reinker and SU Dimensionals

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 MIM #230: Cover Plate Watercoloring

I know, I know, I can't believe it either. Today is only Monday, and I watched Ashley's video on Nichole's blog for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. It was all about using a cover plate with watercolors. Well, that was pretty easy since I only own the Hexagon one, but what to do with it was the real challenge at hand. Without any further excuses, here's my card.

I taped my Hexagon Cover Plate mask down pretty well with painter's tape and held it in places while I watercolored some of the hexagons in two colors. Then I misted the card with the mask still in place using Perfect Pearls Mist. Die cut Spruce and Sprigs, stamped with Scarlet Jewel and Ripe Avocado inks, and Peace from Wet Paint Holiday three times for dimension. The white card base was covered with a layer of Spring Rain and the watercolored piece was popped up using foam tape. It's definitely not on the same level as Ashley's, but I completed the challenge the best I could with supplies I had. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, and Spring Rain

Ink: Scarlet Jewel and Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Spruce and Sprigs 

Dies: Spruce and Sprigs, Wet Paint Holiday and Hexagon Cover Plate

Other: Paintbrush, Watercolors & paper, Perfect Pearls Mist, Silver Glitter Paper (Joann), SU Reinkers Bliss Blue & Forest Foliage and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #228: Pearlized Blending

Can you believe I owned a package of Perfect Pearls but never opened them? To be honest, I hadn't checked to even see how to use them. Thanks, Lizzie, for sharing your talents with us for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. Now I know how to add pearlized ink blending to my cards, as you'll see on today's card.

Lizzie's video was so detailed telling us step-by-step what supplies to use and how to achieve results. My card base is Stamper's Select White, which was masked using a die cut from Fabulous Frames so I could work the magic of pearlized ink blending. After stamping Fancy Flourishes using VersaMark ink and clear embossing those flourishes, I blended Spring Rain and Blueberry Sky. Smooshing my sponge into my VersaMark ink pad, I then very thoroughly dapped it over my inked area still leaving my mask in place. Once done with that, I sprinkled that area with Confetti White Perfect Pearls and worked it around with a paint brush. Using a dry paper towel, I then wiped off the excess. That was pretty magical as you can see the shine above. 

I die cut Fabulous Frames again in Soft Stone and Sheer Basics Vellum polka dots. My Simply Chartreuse trees are from Jolly Holiday and stamped using Pinfeather ink. "Joy" from Wet Paint Holiday was cut from glittered paper from Joann Fabric. The frame was popped up using SU dimensional. Eager to see what others have created using this technique. Happy November!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone, Simply Chartreuse and Sheer Basics Vellum

Ink: Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Pinefeather and VersaMark

Stamps: Fancy Flourishes and Jolly Holiday

Dies: Jolly Holiday, Fabulous Frames and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Glittered Card Stock (Joann), Perfect Pearls Confetti White, Sponges, Clear Embossing Powder and SU Dimensionals