O Christmas Tree

I don't often make cards without some sort of sentiment on the front but I think this card doesn't need one.  I used Ripe Avocado for the card base and layered it with Stampin' Up paper, cutting the center out with the Tag Sale 5 die.  The tree is in 3 pieces, backed by coaster for support.  I added gold Stickles to each layer and the star.  I wanted to bring out the gold on the card so wrapped the spine with thin, gold cording.  I didn't want that center cut out to go to waste and made a matching gift tag!

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel; Stampin' Up
• Tools:  PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday Die Collection, Tag Sale 5
• Other:  PTI Coasters, Stickles, Gold Cording
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

I'm using Harvest Berries again and so happy I'm getting so much use out of this stamp set!  I used Orange Zest for the card base and then created my own patterned paper using  leaves, flowers and berries.  I added another strip of orange for the sentiment, the twine, tag (edged in green) and pearl pen on the flower centers.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Harvest Berries, Flower Fusion #7, Gracious Vases, Tiny Tags
• Paper:  PTI Orange Zest
• Tools:  Tiny Tags Die
• Other:  Twine, Pearl Pen
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank Heaven For....

This is another PTI stamp set that I'm finally getting around to using.  This card is for my goddaughter who just had a baby girl a couple weeks ago.  And since I was making a girl card I thought - why not make a boy card too! 

Girl card:  I used Sweet Blush for the card base and stamped the clothesline, clothespins and clouds onto Vintage Cream paper.  I edged around the Cream paper in pink ink to soften the edges a bit.  I used the Hanging Out dies to cut the little outfits from some pink scrap papers; I also cut  the dies with coasters to reinforce the outfits.  I put them on pop up dots and "hung" them on the line.  The grass was made with a Martha Stewart border punch.  I added the pockets and pearls onto the outfits - don't they look adorable?  Final steps were adding the sentiment and butterflies.

Boy card:  Basically the same as the girl's card.  I used Spring Rain for the card base, bits of blue scrap blue paper for the outfits and edged around the Cream paper with blue to soften the edges.  I used different outfits for the boy - the stamp set has such a nice collection of cute little outfits to choose from!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Hanging Out, Up, Up & Away
• Paper:  PTI Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, Vintage Cream
• Tools:  PTI Hanging Out Dies, Martha Stewart Grass Border Punch, Martha Stewart Pop Up Butterflies Edge Punch
• Other:  PTI Coasters, Pearls, Stars, Pop Up Dots
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Thanksgiving

This is a favorite PaperTrey stamp, I just love all the details on this.  I used white for the card base and topped it with a layer of brown and a layer of orange/yellow pattern paper.  I stamped the vase and leaves and colored them with Copics.  I used Postage nestabilities to create a frame of Orange Zest around the image.  My final steps were adding a bit of glitter to the acorns, stamping the sentiment and adding the twine.  Happy Thanksgiving - may your home be blessed this holiday season!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Autumn Abundance, Tag-Its #7
• Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Orange Zest; Debbie Mumm Harvest & Holiday
• Tools:  Postage Nestabilities, Tiny Tags Die
• Other:  Twine, Martha Stewart Glitter, Copics
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thanksgiving Tag

I always see cards that have tags on them so thought it was time I make one too (Tim Holtz  would be proud lol).  I used white for the card base and topped it with a layer of light orange and a patterned brown paper.  I stamped the tag with the 3 leaves and edged around it with distress ink.  Next I sprayed the tag with glimmer mist.  I cut the banner, stamped the sentiment on it and placed it on pop up dots over the tag.  My final steps were adding the two jewels and the ribbon at the top of the tag.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Take Three Fall
• Paper:  Debbie Mumm Harvest & Holiday
• Tools:  PTI Double Ended Banners, Corner Rounder
• Other:  Glimmer Mist, Studio G Jewels, Ribbon, Tag
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Autumn Blessings

It's hard to believe Thanksgiving is this week - the time has gone by so quickly this year.  This card is similar to the one I made for autumn.  I used white for the card base, layered with medium brown and a polka dot pattern paper.  I stamped the wreath on Vintage Cream and added the berries in cantaloupe and tangelo inks.  The flowers are stamped in rhubarb and have pearl pen in the middles.  I added the sentiment and the ribbon to complete the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wreath For All Seasons, Autumn Abundance
• Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Bazzill, Provocraft
• Tools:  PTI Mat Stack 5
• Other:  Pearl Pen, Ribbon 
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Just A Little Something

This is another card using the Harvest Berries stamp set.  I used Hibiscus Burst for the card base and topped it with a patterned background I created by stamping leaves, flowers and berries, adding Pearl Pen to the centers of the flowers.  The triangles and sentiment are from Tranquility Trilogy; the final step was the tied ribbon.  A nice card to have on hand for any type of gift.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Harvest Berries, Tranquility Trilogy
• Paper:  PTI Hibiscus Burst
• Tools:  PTI Two Triangles Die Collection, Corner Rounder
• Other:  Pearl Pen, Ribbon
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Sending You Heartfelt Sympathy

I borrowed my friend's Sending You stamp set and made this card.  I used white for the card base and topped it with a layer of Summer Sunrise, that I ran through an embossing folder.  I cut the center out with the die that compliments the set, and stamped the leaves, flowers and sentiment.  I added the paper rose and a few crystals to complete the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Sending You, Tag-Its #5, Mat Stack 3 Collection
• Paper:  PTI Summer Sunrise
• Tools:  PTI Sending You Die
• Other:  Mosaic Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Crystals, Recollections Paper Rose
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Big Birthday Wishes

This is a perfect card for the "no frills" type of guy.  I used white for the card base and topped it with a chocolate brown/ivory woven pattern paper (I don't know the brand of the paper; I got it from a paper shop that was discontinuing a lot of their paper).  I rounded the right hand corners and added a Dark Chocolate border on the left side made with card edgers.  Then come the layers - all 5 of them - in Vintage Cream and Pure Poppy paper, the last one with the sentiment.  The regular squares are put on with pop dots to add dimension.  The final step was adding just a bit of twine so it wouldn't be too "frilly".  Happy Birthday Joe!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream
• Tools:  Standard and Scalloped Square Nestabilities, PTI Card Edgers #4, Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine, Pop Up Dots
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Multi Sentiments Birthday

I was looking at all my birthday stamps and wanted to make a multi-sentiments birthday card suitable for female or male.  Female:  I used Lavender Moon and Plum Pudding for the first card, stamping the sentiments randomly on the card.  On the "it's a celebration" stamp, I stamped it once in black and then again in lavender, slightly moving the stamp to give it a shadowed look.  I added the little prisma flowers with Pearl Pen middles.

Male:  the card is made with True Black and Chartreuse and I added Anita's Stickers to the right hand corners.  You can see how I double stamped the "it's a celebration"  much better in this picture.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments, Masculine Motifs, Simple Little Things, Around & About Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI Lavender Moon, Pure Poppy, True Black, Chartreuse
• Other:  Prisma Flowers, Pearl Pen, Anita's Stickers
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Dashing Through The Snow....

I think this has to be one of all time favorite Christmas stamp sets from PaperTrey!  This set just wows me!  Right now I only have the stamp set for this since the die set is out of stock....but my PTI Pal was nice enough to let me borrow it.  I made two different colors and can't decide which one I like better!

Black:  I used Pure Poppy for the card base and topped it with a layer of grey polka dot paper (which looks like it's snowing to me). I die cut the sleigh/horse in True Black and layered it on a coaster die cut to give it a little stability.  I mounted it onto white cardstock and stamped the sentiment. I put the black strip behind the image and added a little glitter to the "sky" and on the bottom of the sleigh and horse hooves to look like snow.  Both the sleigh/horse and white cardstock are on pop up dots to give it a little dimension.

Blue:  Basically the same as the black card except I used Enchanted Evening for the card base and topped it with a layer of snowflake pattern paper.  The white cardstock is mounted on a piece of Blueberry Sky.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI In The Meadow
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, True Black, Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky; DCWV
• Tools:  PTI In The Meadow Die Collection, Corner Rounder
• Other:  PTI Coasters, Martha Stewart Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank Heaven For Little Girls!

I really like this teddy bear from Taylored Expressions, it's just so sweet. I used white for the card base and topped it with a brown and pink/blue polka dot paper, partially trimmed with card edgers.  The bear was stamped and colored with Copics and mounted onto a pink, scalloped circle.  I added Pearl Pen pearls on the scallops and a pink ribbon.  The card looked a little too plain and white to me, so I softened the white edges of the card base with pink ink and thought it looked much better.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Hanging Out; Taylored Expressions Beary Special
• Paper:  Stampin' Up, Bazzill
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, PTI Card Edgers #3
• Other:  Ribbon, Pearl Pen, Copics
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thanks

I bought this cute little picket fence from PTI and couldn't wait to try it out.  I used white for the card base and layered it with a light blue, stamping a few white clouds (hard to see in the picture) on the top part of the paper.  The flowers are stamped on a scalloped, rectangle die cut.  The fence is lightly edged with tea bag ink and placed right on top of the stamped flower images. I put a strip of orange behind the image and cut two oval circles for the stamped sentiment.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Flower Fusion #5 and #7, Gracious Vases, Up, Up & Away
• Paper:  Stampin' Up, Colorbok
• Tools:  Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, Standard Oval Nestabilities, Corner Rounder, PTI Picket Fence Die
• Other:  Distress Ink, Adhesive Dots
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MIM #39: Multi-stamp Background Building

For this week's PaperTrey Make It Monday, Nichole showed us how easy it is to create your own custom background pattern paper using multiple stamps.  I've been doing this off and on for a while now and have to admit, it's a lot of fun, very satisfying and looks great!

I used Autumn Rose for the card base and topped it with a layer of Stamper's Select White. I stamped the mittens, and instead of coloring them with Copics, used rose, green and silver chalk, going out of the lines around the gloves and smudging it a bit. Next I stamped silver snowflakes and added silver Stickles to the mittens and snowflakes.  I stamped the "let it snow" and layered it on a scalloped, green circle.  The card still needed something else, so I added little pink snowflake swirls from Tag-its #8 and a little green and white twine.  My background was completed with 3 different stamps!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Tremendous Treats: Holiday, Holiday Treats, Tag-its #8
• Paper:  PTI Autumn Rose, Stamper's Select White
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities
• Other:  Stickles, Chalk, Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday To You!

I keep seeing cards using music as the background and thought I'd try making one.  I used white for the card base and added a layer of Spring Moss.  Next I stamped the music onto Hibiscus Burst and used a card edger on both ends.  I stamped the stems and sentiment onto an octagon nestability that I partially trimmed down.  I cut the Raspberry Fizz flowers with a die, and using scissors, cut slits in the flowers to form the petals, slightly bending them for dimension.  Final steps were adding the crystal flower centers and butterflies.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Flower Fusion #9, Basic Backgrounds: Sheet Music
• Paper:  PTI Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
• Tools:  Octagon Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, PTI Flower Fusion #9 Die, PTI Card Edgers #1
• Other:  Crystals, Pearl Pen
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"