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

PTI MIM #261: Using Florals On A Masculine Project

Whose idea was this anyone? It's not as easy as Betsy made it look, but I had to take the challenge anyway. How can I not when there's a sweet gift certificate at stake? Anyway, you can see her video and challenge details on Nichole's blog here. Here's what I came up with just in time for some Fall masculine birthdays.

Can't wait to see what others came up with so I can CASE some masculine cards. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Kraft and Simply Chartreuse

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Painted Petals, Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie II, Spruce & Sprigs and Keep It Simple: Birthday

Dies: Painted Petals, Rosie Posie, Spruce & Sprigs and SU Top Note 

Other: Woodgrain Impression Plate, Sponge Dauber and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #183: Dry Embossing Over Heat Embossing

Because I've been vacationing a week at a time the last three months, I really haven't been crafting or visiting a whole lot of blogs. However, I managed to follow Nichole's blog to keep up with the sneak peeks and now I'm back home for Release Week. So, why not rush once again to meet another deadline for the latest Make It Monday? Dawn is showing us the technique of dry embossing over heat embossing. (By the way, if you've never been to Mackinac Island, I highly recommend it.) Without further delay, here's my card.

It's difficult to see here but I used another idea of Dawn's on this card. The top piece of Rustic Cream card stock stamped & embossed using Leaf Prints was dry embossed using PTI's Woodgrain Impression Plate before adhering with SU dimensionals. Before adhering to the Rustic Cream piece with the stamped sentiment, I glued on a thin strip of SU Baroque Burgundy card stock. Think this fits the bill for a masculine birthday card? I do…and that's all that really matters, right. 

Edited to add: Since the theme at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is O, I'm including this card because of the orange leaves. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Rustic Cream, SU Always Artichoke and SU Baroque Burgundy

Ink: SU Always Artichoke, SU Baroque Burgundy and SU Pumpkin Pie

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Birthday and Leaf Prints

Other: Woodgrain Impression Plate, SU Dimensionals and Clear Embossing Powder (Joann's)

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 September 2013 Blog Hop ~ 2nd Card

Here's my second card for PTI's Blog Hop where the challenge was to create a wreath on a festive card front. Before running my Vintage Cream cardstock through my Big Shot, I inked the woodgrain impression plate using PTI's kraft ink and cut the piece in fourths. These were attached using foam tape to add dimension, and so was my wreath. This was created using one of the Limitless Layers 1-3/4" Circle dies, and the circle die from Hello Sunshine Collection for the wreath's center.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Vintage Cream & SU Really Rust

Ink: Kraft

Dies: Limitless Layers 1-3/4" Circles, Hello Sunshine & Woodgrain Impression Plate

Other: Gold cord for bow, glitter & foam tape

PTI Make It Monday #127: Double Backgrounds

It's only Friday, and I'm posting my latest creation for this week's Make It Monday.  Dawn McVey inspired us to create a really fun and interesting double background using two different stamps. This was certainly a different challenge out of my comfort zone, but it's healthy to attempt those once in a while. Here's my "wishing you a very happy birthday" card using Crackled and Background Basics: Chevron Stripes for my double background:

Also entering this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes and Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, SU Baroque Burgundy & SU Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Kraft, SU Baroque Burgundy & SU Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Wonderful Words: Birthday, Cracked & Background Basics: Chevron Stripes

Dies: Wonderful Words: Birthday & Birthday Style

Other: Woodgrain Impression Plate & SU Dimensionals

75th Masculine Birthday

Needed more birthday cards for this month so created this for my BIL. Going to enter it in two challenges at Simon Says ~ Stamp & Show: April 1 Very Strict and Simon Says: Happy Birthday.

Supplies: 

Cardstock: PTI Kraft, SU Really Rust & SU retired DSP

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

Stamps: PTI Birthday Style

Dies: PTI By The Number & Woodgrain Impression Plate

Other: Sponge Dauber & SU Dimensionals