June Birthdays Are The Best

Sneaking this "June" card in on the last day of the month....doesn't June seem like it went by fast??

You can probably tell I like this color combination - grey and blue - it just screams "masculine" to me!  I used my "Traffic" embossing folder for this...not sure why it's called Traffic.  lol  I applied Tim Holtz Weathered Wood and Faded Jeans distress paints to the folder and spritzed it with water.  I placed a piece of watercolor paper on top and pressed the paint into the paper.  This is what it looked like when I lifted it! 

Using watercolor paper again, I cut the stitched circle and stamped it with dark blue ink.  I placed the circle on foam tape for dimension and adhered the panel to an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base.  I have a lot of grey twine and added the color Stone to the spine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Birthday Classics: June, Birthday Classics: April
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening; Watercolor 140#
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening
• Tools:  Lil Inker Designs Stitched Circles; Cuttlebug Traffic Embossing Folder
• Other:  Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans Distress Paint; Foam Tape; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Make It Monday #169 - Vellum Overlays

It's been a while since I participated in Papertrey's Make It Monday (click here)...and this one looked easy to do.  And I have a lot of vellum that I don't seem to use very much.  Why....since it looks so nice on cards!

I started with a white cardstock card base and added a layer of Raspberry Fizz large polka dot pattern paper.  I wanted a bright and festive looking color to use!  

I die-cut Tag Sale #9 in white cardstock and in vellum - this is a 2 piece die, the one tag is smaller than the other.  On the white, using Mini Blooms, I stamped a variety of flowers in Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist and Cantaloupe inks, adding small leaves in Pear Tart ink.  On the vellum, I stamped the happy birthday from Gracious Vases in black Staz On ink.  I layered the two tags, slightly tilted them and tied pink twine in a bow through the hole at the top.

I am so in love with Circle Scribbles that I wanted to use them on this card and die-cut them in Aqua Mist cardstock.  I adhered them on the card and placed the tag on top on foam tape for dimension.  My last step was rounding the bottom corners.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Mini Blooms, Gracious Vases
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Raspberry Fizz Polka Dot
• Ink:  PTI Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist; Memento Cantaloupe, Pear Tart; Staz On Jet Black
• Tools:  PTI Tag Sale #9 Dies, Circle Scribble Dies; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Foam Tape; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

On Your Special Day

After taking online watercolor classes, I wanted to try to make a card that looked like it was hand painted.  To achieve the look, you ink up your stamp and stamp it on paper - I used 90# watercolor paper.  After it's stamped you take a brush with water and run it over the stamped image to help spread the ink a bit.  Hard to explain - it's much easier to watch a video!

I started with the vase first, stamped it in a very light brown ink because I didn't really want the outline to show.  I kept adding watered down ink to it until I achieved the right shading.  I placed light grey ink underneath the vase to make it appear as if it's sitting on a table.

I stamped the flowers and leaves and applied water to them to get the watercolor effect I wanted.  I'm not too happy with the way the flowers look in the vase...the next time I do this I'll definitely add a little up and down height instead of making them look so perfect!

The sentiment is stamped on a strip of watercolor paper.  I tied seam binding around the spine to finish the card. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores; Watercolor 90#
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Inks Antique Linen, Peacock Feathers, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Pumice Stone; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Other:  Paint Brush; Water; Seam Binding
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thinking Of You Today & Always

This is another stamp set I haven't used in quite a while - Iconic Images.  And I also pulled out Sew Simple Borders, which I don't think I used at all!

On white cardstock, I stamped the pitcher in Tangelo ink, the flowers in Morocco ink and the stems in Pear Tart ink.  To help fill in the card, I stamped stitched lines at the top and bottom.  The sentiment is stamped in black ink.

I layered the flower panel on a piece of Orange Zest cardstock and adhered it to a Spring Moss cardstock card base.  To finish the card, I added a little bit of glitter to the flowers and tied Cantaloupe twine around the bottom.  My final step was rounding the bottom right hand corner.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Iconic Images, Sew Simple Borders
• Paper:  PTI Spring Moss, Orange Zest, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tangelo, Morocco, Pear Tart, Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine; Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

This is another watercolor card using the acetate technique.  I used watercolor markers and scribbled the blue and brown inks onto a piece of acetate, generously spritzing it water.  I laid the white cardstock on top of the acetate and gently pressed the cardstock into the wet ink.  When I lifted it, I had this look that I was very happy with.  What I like about doing this is you never get the same exact look twice!

Once dry, I stamped the birds, ferns and sentiment in Dark Chocolate ink.  I rounded the corners and placed it on an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base.  Since it was a masculine looking card, I added the jute around the spine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Masculine Motifs; Stampin' Up Wetlands
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Dark Chocolate
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Acetate; Watercolor Markers; Jute
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Birthday Wishes (CAS #18)

Washi tape is always good for a quick card!

I used washi tape (purchased from Target) and placed the strips of tape on white cardstock, cutting the bottoms at an angle.  I adhered the panel to a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base.

Using Framed Out #8, I die-cut the frame in Hawaiian Shores and white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment from 2012 Birthday Tags in black ink and placed the frame on foam tape.  Done!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  2012 Birthday Tags
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Framed Out #8
• Other:  Washi Tape; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Congrats On Your New Little Bundle

Finally, I needed to make a boy card!  And it gave me a chance to use this new, cute set from PTI called Rattled.  The stamp set is only $5....PTI has some of the nicest little sets for $5!

I die-cut three rattles in white cardstock, stamping one of them in Spring Rain, Lemon Tart and Enchanted Evening inks.  I centered the stamped rattle and placed it on foam tape.  The white rattles are flat on the card.

I stamped the sentiment in Enchanted Evening ink, rounded the corners and adhered the image to a Blueberry Sky cardstock card base.  To finish the card, I tied Shore twine around the bottom.  Simple, but cute!

And we all know that a girl is going to come along....so I made the same card in girlie colors.  The rattle is stamped in Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart and Berry Sorbet inks and placed on a Sweet Blush cardstock card base. 

The sentiment is stamped in Berry Sorbet ink and the twine is Strawberry.

Baby Boy

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Rattled, Signature Greetings
• Paper:  PTI Blueberry Sky, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Lemon Tart
• Tools:  PTI Rattled Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Baby Girl

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Rattled, Signature Greetings
• Paper:  PTI Sweet Blush, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Lemon Tart, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet
• Tools:  PTI Rattled Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

And once again I'm using one of my favorite color combos - Aqua Mist and Melon Berry.  Who'd think I'd like these two colors so much!

This is a new stamp set from PTI called Oopsie Daisy.  It's a lot of fun to use!  For this card I stamped the flowers on white cardstock in Aqua and Melon inks and the stems in Spring Moss ink.  For the flowers centers, I cut the circles (using my SU owl punch!) in coordinating cardstock to give the card a little texture.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink, rounded the corners and adhered the panel to an Aqua Mist cardstock card base.  For a little shimmer, I added glitter to the flowers.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Oopsie Daisy, Keep It Simple: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Aqua Mist, Melon Berry, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Melon Berry, Spring Moss; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Stampin' Up Two Step Owl Punch; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

This is the second card I made from the paint/embossing folder effect (posted 6/15/14).  Originally I was going to make my father's day card 5x7 but decided to make it square, and cut 2 inches off the bottom.  I didn't want it to go to waste and used it on this card.

I layered the watercolor image on a strip of Enchanted Evening cardstock and adhered it to a Rustic White cardstock card base.  I stamped the sentiment in coordinating ink, added the stitching underneath stamped in gray ink, and rounded the right hand bottom corner.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites #12, Sew Simple Borders
• Paper:  PTI Rustic White, Enchanted Evening; Watercolor 140#
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening; Versafine Smokey Gray; Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood Distress Paint
• Tools:  Corner Rounder; Darice Plaid Embossing Folder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Summer Birthdays Are The Most Fun!

It's the first day of summer and I'd like to say "happy summer", but this isn't really my favorite season of year.  I don't mind it as long as it doesn't get too hot, but it seems like they get hotter and hotter each year.

This is another die I bought a while ago and haven't used until now...these cute little flip flops!  I don't have the matching stamp set, so just cut the flip flops in pattern paper and in coaster for support.  I cut the flowers in Plum Pudding cardstock and the straps in True Black.  

I placed them on a stitched circle, adding a gem to the flower centers.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and scored a line above and below it since it looked like there was too much space at the bottom of the card.  I rounded the bottom corners to finish the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Birthday Classics: June
• Paper:  PTI Plum Pudding, Dotty Biscotti, White Stampers Select, True Black
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Flipping Out Dies; Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Circles Die; Corner Rounder; Scor-Pal
• Other:  Gem; PTI Coaster; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

Can you take another card with the Be Happy stamp set?  It is one of my favorites!

On white cardstock, I stamped the square in the middle with beige ink.  I stamped the butterfly in turquoise ink, adding the antenna in black.  I die-cut the butterfly center, stamped it with Mango Madness ink and placed it on foam tape.

The sentiments are stamped in black ink.  There was a lot of space left on the card so I added the strip at the top and bottom in Rosebud ink.  To help bring out the butterfly center, I added the two flowers with a gem center.

I rounded the bottom corners and adhered it to a Kraft cardstock card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Be Happy, Keep It Simple: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Rosebud, Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Mango Madness, Turquoise Gem; Brilliance Pearlescent Beige
• Tools:  PTI Be Happy Dies; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Gems; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank You

You know that acetate clear stamps come on?  Don't throw it away...it's perfect to use for this watercolor technique!

For these cards, I used watercolor markers I got from QVC many, many years ago.  I scribbled 3 different colors of ink onto the acetate and spritzed it with water.  I laid the cardstock on top of it and rubbed the paper on the acetate.  This is the result --- pretty darn easy and impressive looking!

I stamped the sentiment in black ink and adhered it to a Spring Moss and Harvest Gold cardstock card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites #5
• Paper:  PTI Spring Moss, Harvest Gold, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Watercolor Markers; Acetate
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Graduation Day

It's that time of year again...graduation time!  My friend asked me to make a card and sent me the college crest to use, which I printed on the computer.  I wasn't sure if these were the school colors or not, but used the colors in it for the card.

I took a piece of Enchanted Evening cardstock and ran it through the Cuttlebug with my stripes embossing folder.  I attached it to a white cardstock card base.  I cut the crest using an oval nestability, layered it on a Spring Moss cardstock oval and adhered it with foam tape.

I die-cut the letters in Pure Poppy cardstock and placed them on a strip of white cardstock.  To make them fit, I slightly overlapped the two and zero.  I placed the zero and four on foam tape for added dimension.

The stars border is also cut in Spring Moss cardstock.  I added one star on foam tape in the center of the zero.  To finish the card, I placed the cap on the two and zero - I think the cap just completes the card!

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, White Stampers Select
• Tools:  PTI By The Numbers Dies, Superstar Border; Lil' Inker Designs Starry Border; Darice Stripes Embossing Folder; Standard Oval Nestabilities
• Other:  Jolee Sticker; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  5.0" x 7.0"

Happy Birthday

I have to admit, masculine cards seem to come to me rather easily now...so I guess they're not so hard to make.  Maybe I just have the right stamps?

I started with a piece of Kraft cardstock and stamped the feather in dark brown ink.  Next, I stamped the center part (what is that called?) in VersaMark ink, sprinkled it with gold embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool.

I affixed the Kraft paper to a Dark Chocolate card base, leaving space on either side of the image.  I die-cut the banner in Rustic Cream cardstock, stamped the sentiment and embossed it in gold.  The banner is on foam tape.  To finish my "guy" card, I put the usual jute around the spine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Feather Finery, Keep It Simple: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Rustic Cream
• Ink:  PTI Dark Chocolate; VersaMark
• Tools:  PTI Sketched Shapes Die
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Jute; Foam Tape; Heat Tool
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Wishing You Brighter Days

I wonder if I'll ever catch up using all the things I order?  Ha-ha

This stamp set is just a bunch of stripes but adds a nice background.  I'm really hooked on the Aqua Mist and Melon Berry color combination and can't seem to stop using it.  I inked up the stripes in both of these colors and applied it to the left side of the card.

I die-cut my new favorite Memory Box butterfly in the coordinating cardstock and placed them on the card.  I stamped the sentiment in smokey gray ink and rounded the bottom right hand corner. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Background Basics: Random Stripes, Healing Touch Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Melon Berry; Versafine Smokey Gray
• Tools:  Memory Box Pippi Butterfly Die; Corner Rounder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Father's Day

This is the second attempt for my Father's Day card.  The first one I wasn't crazy about, I kept looking at it and just wasn't happy with the way it looked.  Then I saw a this card on Pinterest which inspired me to make this one.

I applied distress paints - Faded Jeans and Weathered Wood - to an embossing folder and spritzed it with water.  I took a piece of watercolor paper, laid it on top and gently pressed it into the paint.  When I lifted it, I had this wonderful effect!  I really like this blue and grey together.

After it was dry, I adhered it to an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base, cut to a 5" x 5" square.  I stamped the sentiment in grey ink on a banner die-cut in watercolor paper, and scored it to make it dimensional.  I die-cut the letters in Enchanted Evening and Soft Stone cardstock and layered them to give a shadowed look.  They're on foam tape for additional dimension.

To complete the card, I tied Stone twine around the spine.  I am soooo much happier with this card!  And I had enough paint left over on the embossing folder that I was able to make 3 additional cards in different styles....I'll be posting them later.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Bountiful Banners
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Soft Stone; Watercolor 140#
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood Distress Paint; Versafine Smokey Gray
• Tools:  PTI Double Ended Banners Die, Block Alpha Upper Dies; Darice Plaid Embossing Folder
• Other:  Foam Tape; Twine
• Card Size:  5.0" x 5.0"

Happy Birthday

I made this card a few months ago.  It's actually a lot prettier in person than the picture.

This card uses the emboss resist technique.  On white cardstock, I stamped the flowers and leaves in VersaMark ink and added white Zing embossing powder, heating it with my heat tool.  Using a dauber, I rubbed purple and green inks over the embossed flowers and leaves.  I rubbed off the excess ink with a paper towel.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink and placed it on a Spring Moss card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI In Bloom, Botanical Silhouettes
• Paper:  PTI Spring Moss, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters; Brilliance Pearlescent Purple; Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Dauber; Heat Tool
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Dance & Twirl Birthday Girl

It's Friday the 13th, are you superstitious?  I love this little ballerina and hope PTI comes out with a whole collection of "people" stamps.

For this card, I die-cut the ballerina and colored her with Copic markers. Next, I took a white cardstock card base and added the scalloped Sweet Blush pattern paper to the top.  I placed the ballerina on foam tape to the right of the card.

I stamped the stars and edged around the card with Sweet Blush ink.  To give the illusion of the floor, I used the wavy stamp from Circle Scribbles, placed under her feet.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink, added glitter to her dress and a clear gem to the ribbon in her hair.  Is she the cutest thing or what?

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Ballerina Beauty, Circle Scribbles
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Sweet Blush Stripes
• Ink:  PTI Sweet Blush; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  E33, E35, E50, R20, R22
• Tools:  PTI Ballerina Beauty Die, Card Edgers #4 Dies
• Other:  Foam Tape; Gem; Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank You

Are you sick of watercolor yet? haha  I'm not.....still have so many ideas and techniques I want to try!

I used Stampin' Up reinkers for this effect.  I placed the reinker on my craft sheet and mixed each one with a little water and "painted" them onto a clear stamp block.  Once I had enough of the three inks on the block, I flipped the block over and pressed it into a piece of watercolor paper, holding it down for a few seconds so the ink would absorb into the paper.  I was impressed when I lifted the block off to see such vibrant colors!

When the image was dry, I stamped the feather in Versamark ink, sprinkled it with white Zing embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink.

I layered the watercolor image on True Black cardstock and placed it on a Pure Poppy card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Feather Finery, Keep It Simple: Thank You
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, True Black; Watercolor 90#
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMark; Stampin' Up Red Rose, Summer Sun, Pretty In Pink
• Other:  Zing
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Birthday Wishes

This card is the same technique posted 4/26/14 using PTI's Make It Monday #161 - "Watercolor Splats".  I liked the technique so much I wanted to make another card.

I used three different colors of Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass to achieve this look.  I used a blending tool to apply the ink, hoping to get a nice ombre look - I think I succeeded!.  I sprinkled droplets of water on the image to get the "splats". 

I die-cut "birthday" from the center of the panel.  On a piece of black cardstock, I die-cut "birthday" again and inlaid it in the center of the card.  I stamped wishes underneath in black ink and adhered the panel to a white cardstock card base.  I really like how the black stands out with the blue background!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, True Black
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday Die
• Other:  Water
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Anniversary

I saw a card similar to this on Laurie Willison's (PTI Design Team) blog and really liked the design.  So this is my version.

First, I embossed a piece of Soft Stone cardstock with my Birds & Swirls embossing folder - I need to use this folder more often because it's so pretty!  Next, I took a piece of white cardstock, cut out the center using a rectangle die and layered it on top of the grey cardstock.  The sentiment is stamped on the bottom in light grey ink.

I had a couple of leftover heart dies, stamped them in red ink and placed them on foam tape.  I tied white and silver edged ribbon around the card as the final touch.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Inside & Out: Love
• Paper:  PTI Soft Stone, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy; Amuse Seattle
• Tools:  PTI Cover Plate: Hearts Die; Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles; Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder
• Other:  Ribbon; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday To You

This card is similar to one I posted a few weeks ago, just a different take on the design.

I started with an Aqua Mist cardstock card base and added a layer of white cardstock, embossed with my Cane Back embossing folder.  

Using square nestabilities, I die-cut a scalloped one in Hawaiian Shores cardstock and a standard one in white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, sprinkled it with Zing "Powder" embossing powder and heated it with a heat tool.

The squares are adhered to the card base on foam tape.  I tied Caribbean twine around the bottom to complete the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Amuse Eat Cake
• Paper:  PTI Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  VersaMark
• Tools:  Standard & Scalloped Square Nestabilities Dies; Cuttlebug Cane Back Embossing Folder
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape; Zing Embossing Powder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thanks

When I took the picture for this card, the lighting wasn't very good, but I needed to get the card in the mail.

The images in this stamp set are meant to be used as a two-step process.  On a piece of white cardstock, I stamped the leaves in dark green and the leave centers in a lighter green.  The flowers are stamped in a dark orange, and the inner part in a lighter orange.  I added black centers and stamped the berry images in a coordinating light green.

The sentiment is stamped in black ink.  To give the card texture, I impressed it with my Linen & Canvas Impression Plate.  The image is adhered onto an Orange Zest card base.  To finish off the card, I added glitter to the flowers for a little sparkle.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Embroidered Blooms, Harvest Berries
• Paper:  PTI Orange Zest, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Mango Madness
• Tools:  PTI Canvas & Linen Impression Plate Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

With Sympathy

It's been a while since I posted a sympathy card....

This card uses another watercolor technique - using acrylic paint and water.  I placed some of the paint on my craft sheet and mixed it with a little bit of water.  I loaded my brush with the paint and just dabbed it on a plain piece of white cardstock.  The paint I used is metallic and looks so pretty in person!

I die-cut the fern and adhered it to the dried paint image.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark, sprinkled it with white Zing embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool.  I rounded the bottom corners, layered it on an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base and tied the white twine around it.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Communique Curves Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  VersaMark
• Tools:  Memory Box Large Fern Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Plaid Metallic Blue Pearl Acrylic Paint; Zing Embossing Powder; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Hope Your Day Is Fabulous (CAS #17)

This is another set from PTI I haven't had the chance to use yet.  I have sooo many craft things and don't have enough time to use them all!

I started with a piece of Kraft cardstock and stamped the leaves on it in various shades of green and brown inks.  I rounded the bottom corners.

The frame is made from the Boutique Border Thank You die, stamped with the coordinating stamp and placed on foam tape.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Boutique Borders: Thank You
• Paper:  PTI Kraft
• Ink:  PTI Kraft; Memento Pistachio, Pear Tart, Northern Pine
• Tools:  PTI Boutique Borders: Thank You Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy New Baby

And the girl cards continue.....where are all the boy babies this year??

Using my Horizontal Stripes Cover Plate, I cut out a piece of Sweet Blush cardstock. I filled the stripes with white, Spring Moss and Berry Sorbet cardstock.  I cut a standard and scalloped circle and stamped the sentiment.

I die-cut the giraffe and elephant twice, once in polka dot pattern paper and once in coaster for support.  They're adhered to the card on foam tape.

To finish the card, I tied pink crinkle ribbon around the bottom and placed the sentiment on top of it.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Bitty Baby Blessings
• Paper:  PTI Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, White Stampers Select, Spring Moss, Polka Dot Parade
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Sweet Baby Dies, Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal; Standard & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities
• Other:  PTI Coaster; Ribbon; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Key To My Heart

This was an easy anniversary card to make because I had the perfect pattern paper to begin with.

I placed the "key" pattern paper onto a white cardstock card base.  I die-cut the hearts, one in black scallop and one in red and adhered them to the card.  The pattern paper pack had sentiments included with it and I cut this one out and placed it across the card on foam tape.

Luckily, I remembered I had "key" dies from PTI (that haven't been used yet) and die-cut one in red cardstock.  The key die-cut made a nice embellishment to the card.  I tied a little Maraschino twine around it, rounded the bottom corners and the card was done.

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, True Black, White Stampers Select; Authentique Lovely
• Tools:  PTI Limitless Layers: Heart Dies, Lock & Key Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Foam Tape; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Celebrate Today

Yes, more watercolor today!

I was playing around with my new pink gelatos when I made this card.  I rubbed the gelatos onto my kraft mat, added a bit of water to them and brushed them onto watercolor paper.  I didn't have a design in mind, I just dabbed the color wherever I wanted it.  I like how it turned out!

After it dried, I cut a piece of Hibiscus Burst using my LID diagonal die.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and sprinkled it with gold Zing embossing powder.  I used my heat tool to emboss it and adhered it to the card.

To add an embellishment, I die-cut a Mini Button Stack in white cardstock with a coordinating pink layer.  I added two gold star brads to hold it together and placed it on foam tape.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites #3
• Paper:  PTI Hibiscus Burst, White Stampers Select, Watercolor 140 lb.
• Ink:  Versamark
• Tools:  PTI Mini Button Stack Dies; Lil' Inker Designs On The Diagonal Die
• Other:  Brads; Gold Zing; Gelatos (Bubble Gum, Guava, Red Cherry); Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

Happy June!  Can you believe it's June already?  Getting closer and closer to the HOT weather.  Ugh.

This is another stamp set I kept seeing on Pinterest, and of course, had to have it!  It's by Stampin' Up and called "Happy Watercolor".  Love all things watercolor!  haha

I stamped the flowers in black ink onto white cardstock and colored them with Copics.  After they were colored, I stamped the "watercolor" image over the flowers in green and orange inks.  The sentiment is stamped in black.

I layered the image on black cardstock and adhered it to a Summer Sunrise cardstock card base. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Botanical Silhouettes; Stampin' Up Happy Watercolor
• Paper:  PTI Summer Sunrise, True Black, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Pear Tart, Cantaloupe, Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  Y35, Y38, YG93
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"