PTI MIM #258: Cover Plate Tags

Playing along with this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink. This week it was Laurie's turn to share something new with us by using cover plates to create tags.  My options are pretty limited with only one tag die and one cover plate, but I made it work like she showed us. The trick was to line up the cover plate over the tag so it looked good, and then die-cut it using the tag die. Her video here shows how to accomplish this. Because the tags are so small and the cover plate full card size, I made two different ones.

 Below are individual photos of each tag. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Black and Pure Poppy 

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Hexagon Cover Plate, Tag Sale #9, Swoosh and Bubble Talk (heart)

Other: Perfect Pearls Mist: Perfect Pearl, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Rhinestone, Red Ribbon and SU Dimensionals

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White and Hawaiian Shores

Ink: Autumn Rose

Stamps: None

Dies: Hexagon 

Cover Plate

, Tag Sale #9 and Fancy Flakes

Other: Nuvo Crystal Drops Glossy White, Ink Blending Tool, Twine and SU Dimensionals

PTI Create Along With Us Challenge: August 2016

What a fabulous August release at Papertrey Ink! You can see all the details and inspiration on Nichole's blog. This month we are challenged to select one of the design team member's card or project as our inspiration. Oh, how does one decide when there are so many awesome ones? I took the liberty to rotate one of Danielle's Thanksgiving Inspiration cards and turn it into a sympathy card. Here's her beauty below!

This is what I came up with for my sympathy card based on Danielle's inspiration. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy and Lovely Lady

Ink: Smokey Shadow and VersaMark

Stamps: Boutique Borders: Congrats

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

Other: Colorbok Carnival Paper Pad, Ink Blending Tool, Paintbrush, Black Watercolor, White Embossing Powder and Black Rhinestones

PTI MIM #257: Sentiment Strip Grounding

Lexi Daly showed us several ways to ground our images with sentiment strips in this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink. My biggest challenge was finding images to use because I don't own a lot of non-floral sets. My other weakness though is sentiments. Guess I better rework my wish list once again now that we're in the midst of a new release. I'm in need of masculine cards for the next couple of months so that was on my radar. Here's what I came up with to satisfy the challenge.

Since I don't own the stamps yet for Feather Finery, I added some white paint splatters to my die-cuts.          Before adding my colored strips and feathers, I added score lines (thanks, Laurie, for the inspiration) to my white card base.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, SU Basic Gray and Black

Ink: VersaMark

Stamps: Keep It Simple: Birthday

Dies: Feathery Finery

Other: Paintbrush, White Watercolor, White Embossing Powder and SU Dimensionals

SAF Remix

The challenge this week for Papertrey Ink instead of a Make It Monday was based off the Stamp-A-Faire event held on July 23. Nichole challenged us to recreate one of the projects we completed for SAF, or we could complete one we didn't have time to tackle. Since I finished all of them, I decided to redo my Master Color Recipes card. Based off the bright and bold "Date In The Park" by Leonid Efremov, I used the recipe below substituting Canyon Clay for Terracotta Tile.

Here is my remake from SAF:

Not really sure which one I like better except I wasn't happy with how my trees turned out in my first card below. I'll let you be the judge. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. Have an awesome week and hope you enjoy the Olympics as much as I do!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and New Leaf

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Canyon Clay, Tropical Teal, New Leaf and Summer Sunrise

Stamps: Through The Trees and Keep It Simple: Thinking of You

Dies: None

Other: Paintbrush, Painter's Tape, Black/White Twine, Corner Chomper and SU Dimensionals

Stamp-A-Faire 2016 Farewell

WOW, what a whirlwind of a weekend it was! With several interruptions, it took me the two bonus days to complete all nine challenges that started on July 23. This was a first-class event sponsored by Papertrey Ink. From Friday night's opener to Saturday night's farewell, I was impressed with all the time, energy and talents of Nichole and her fabulous Design Team. After following them for several years, they still amaze me with all their new tips, tricks and techniques and are the best designers in the industry. Thanks, PTI, for encouraging me to get out of my comfort zone!

Here's one last photo of all the cards I created this weekend. Sorry for the poor photo. I missed the sunshine today as I was in my stamping studio finishing all challenges.

All details are on my previous posts for this year's Papertrey Ink Stamp-A-Faire. 

SAF 2016: Color Blocking With Lexi

Last but certainly not least is Lexi Daly sharing how she can create in Andy Warhol fashion. Loved the masking concept and definitely the results so I forced myself to find a stamp that I could use to try this technique. That was challenging enough in itself, but I conquered…even though not Master material. Stamp-A-Faire at Papertrey Ink comes to an end with this challenge. Now the waiting begins till I see my name announced as one of the random winners of a PTI Gift Certificate. (A gal can hope so I remain optimistic.)

Here's my card. It's Christmas in July!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Kraft, New Leaf, Autumn Rose, Pure Poppy and Hawaiian Shores

Stamps: Jolly Holiday and Stylish Sentiments: Holidays

Dies: None

Other: Rhinestones and SU Dimensionals

SAF 2016: Watercolor Like A Master With Kay

Kay Miller truly is the master of watercoloring in my world. Her fabulous, watercolored cards with an artistic flair surely convinced Nichole that she was the perfect one to share her tricks and tips with the stamping world. I enjoyed her video and accent so much I watched it several times, and each time it was a real treat. She is very talented and her creations look flawless.


Here's my card:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Simply Chartreuse

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Mum's The Word

Dies: None

Other: Canson Mixed Media Paper, Paintbrushes and White Foam (Amazon)