Repeating The Greeting (MIM #330)...

Another week has gone by and it's now 59 days until the first day of Fall, as I continue my countdown to cooler weather. 👍 For this week's challenge, Make It Monday #330: Repeating The Greeting, Lizzie Jones shows us how easy it is to use the same sentiment several times on a card for a different look. 

I started with a piece of white cardstock and used a stitched edge on it. I stamped the sentiment 3 times in Mint Julep ink and once in black ink, adding a second sentiment underneath.

I feel like I cheated and used a ready made die-cut from Don't Forget To Write, but I was looking at the kit and saw the Mint Julep in the leaves and thought it would be a good match. I adhered it with foam tape and placed the panel on a Mint Julep cardstock card base.

And that was it, the card was done! Simple to do and I really like the look of the repeated greeting!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Sentiment Staples: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Mint Julep, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Mint Julep; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Don't Forget To Write Make It Market Kit; MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangles
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Papertrey July 2018 Blog Hop...

I'm still suffering from the hot weather and that means my lack of ambition continues😒. This month's Blog Hop photo didn't do much for me so I struggled to come up with an idea. I only have one set of fish stamps, and of course I'm now wishing I bought the flora and fauna stamp sets PTI released last month! Oh well, I'll get them later.

Looking at the inspiration photo made me think of a fish traffic jam! lol All those fish trying to get somewhere and bumping into each other, just like cars on the road. I came up with this quick, clean and simple card.

I started with a piece of Spring Rain cardstock and added a section of white cardstock for the sand at the bottom. I stamped a few leafy thingies and starfish along with the sentiment.

Lots of blue in the photo so I stamped the fish in Enchanted Evening and Blueberry Sky, adding a few in Fresh Snow and Berry Sorbet inks. The bubbles are stamped in Spring Rain ink.

I'm not crazy about this card but at least I made something to enter the contest! Oh, it's just 5 months until Christmas! Think cold weather and snow. 👍

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Keep Swimming, Day At The Beach, Lilies Of The Field
• Paper:  PTI Spring Rain, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet, Fresh Snow
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

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⭐⭐ Wow, I was a winner of a $25 Gift Certificate! Thank you PTI!! ⭐⭐

7/26/18 - From the Papertrey Ink Blog:

Creating Stencils From Die Cuts (MIM #329)...

Well, we are halfway through July which is good news because it's getting closer to Fall. I can't stand this constant hot and humid weather we've been having - I don't feel like doing a thing! So I forced myself to go into the craft room and make a card to participate in this week's challenge → Make It Monday #329: Creating Stencils From Die Cuts hosted by Melissa Phillips. Melissa shows us another way to use dies by using the negative as a stencil.

I started by using the die-cut from Cover Plate: Twist and stenciled it on white cardstock with Hibiscus Burst ink. I die-cut the stenciled panel with one of the dies from Mix & Mat: Snowflakes and placed it on fun foam, onto a white cardstock card base covered with a piece of Hawaiian Shores bitty dots pattern paper.

The flowers and leaves are die-cut from Gran's Garden and stamped in Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores and Green Parakeet inks. The flower centers are stamped in black ink. I placed the main flower on foam tape for dimension.

The banner is stamped in black ink - I decided to go crazy (must be the heat getting to me 😎) and placed it on an angle instead of straight. My final step was tying crochet thread around the top.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Gran's Garden, Keep It Simple: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dots
• Ink:  PTI Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet; Versafine Onyx Black
• Dies:  PTI Gran's Garden, Mix & Mat: Snowflakes
• Other:  Foam Tape, Fun Foam, Crochet Thread
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Enjoy Summer...

I thought I better post this card before the summer is over (which can't happen fast enough for me)! I can't take credit for this design, Lizzie Jones one of PTI's Design Team members made this several years ago when this stamp set was first released. While looking at Popsicle cards on Pinterest, this card came up so I thought I'd make one of my own.

I started with a piece of New Leaf cardstock and stamped the watermelon stripes in Pinefeather ink. Doesn't it make it look like watermelon! I die-cut the Popsicles in white cardstock and stamped the top portion, masking off areas so I could stamp the red and green areas. The sticks are stamped with Kraft ink and the seeds with black ink.

The speech bubble is die-cut in white cardstock, stamped with black ink and placed on foam tape for dimension.

I don't like summer at all, but I do like watermelon!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Summer Sweetness, Watercolor Wonder
• Paper:  PTI New Leaf, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Pinefeather, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Kraft; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Summer Sweetness, Bubble Talk
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Creating Shadow Backgrounds (MIM #328)...

It's time for another challenge! This week Laurie Schmidlin shows us how to create a shadow effect on cards by using outline stamps and light colored ink. You can see her informative video here → Make It Monday #328: Creating Shadow Backgrounds. Every time I need to use an outline stamp, it reminds me I don't have that many outline images! I looked through my stamps and decided to use the car from Enjoy The Ride.

I started by stamping the car outline in Soft Stone ink on white cardstock. I die-cut the car in white cardstock, stamped the outline in black and the solid portion in Tropical Teal ink. I added some additional coloring with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment (birthday boy) on the main license plate and also on the background cars.

The car is popped up on foam tape. I placed the panel on a Tropical Teal cardstock card base with three edges showing. This is for a friend who complains about his awful commute....doesn't it look like a car in the middle of a lot of traffic?😎

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Enjoy The Ride
• Paper:  PTI Tropical Teal, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Tropical Teal, Soft Stone; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  T1, 100
• Dies:  PTI Enjoy The Ride
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MFT Summer School Day 5: Symmetry...

Today is the final day! The topic for today is Symmetry, which means positioning your elements mirrored across an imaginary line that divides your project into even segments. Okay, here's my attempt! 

I started with a piece of white smooth cardstock and added the polka dot strips down the sides. I die-cut three mugs, stamped the image in black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I added a snowflake image to them in blue ink. The mugs are on foam tape, centered about one third from the top of the card.

The sentiment is stamped in coordinating blue ink, about one third from the bottom of the panel. I added a little bit of Wink of Stella to the marshmallows for a touch of sparkle.

I completed all 5 days of the challenge! Thanks MFT - it was fun attending Summer School and creating during this heat wave!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  MFT Merry Christmoose; PTI Holiday Treats
• Paper:  MFT White Smooth; PTI Blueberry Sky Bitty Dots
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  B41, B45, E50, E74, R29
• Dies:  MFT Merry Christmoose
• Other:  Foam Tape; Wink of Stella
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MFT Summer School Day 4: Complementary Colors...

Can you believe we're on day 4 already! Today's challenge is to use Complementary Colors - those that are opposite each other on the color wheel, i.e. red/green, yellow/purple or orange/blue. I thought making a Christmas card would make me think it was colder outside (ha, like that worked!) so I chose red/green for my colors.

I started by stamping the sentiment (don't you just love the font in Hand Lettered Holiday?) in black ink on a piece of smooth white cardstock. Next, I die-cut the holly in two shades of green and the berries in red and placed them on the panel. I added a strip of green striped paper at the bottom. The panel is adhered to a piece of cherry red cardstock.

The good news is I now have one Christmas card done!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  MFT Hand Lettered Holiday
• Paper:  MFT Smooth White, Wild Cherry; PTI Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss Stripes
• Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
• Dies:  PTI Holly Jolly
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MFT Summer School Day 3: Repetition...

Today is all about Repetition and something easy to do! The hardest thing was picking out which image I wanted to use. I haven't used my Kitschy Kitchen set in a while and that bowl was calling my name.

I die-cut five bowls in white cardstock and stamped them in a variety of colors. I took a piece of white cardstock and using a stencil, created the subway tile background. I stacked the bowls and added the sentiment.

The panel is on a Gumdrop Green cardstock card base. This color really does remind me of green gumdrops!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  MFT Kitschy Kitchen
• Paper:  MFT Gumdrop Green; PTI White Stampers Select
• Ink:  MFT Ripe Raspberry, Daffodil, Gumdrop Green, Summer Splash, Orange Fizz; Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Soft Stone
• Dies:  MFT Kitschy Kitchen
• Tools:  MFT English Brick Wall Stencil
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MFT Summer School Day 2: Primary Colors

Today is about Primary Colors. I knew I was in trouble with this challenge because we had to use  blue, red and yellow only. Yellow is my least favorite color! So I used a slight variation of yellow to make my card.

I started with a piece of white cardstock and stenciled the mini clouds in the background with blue ink. I die-cut the bear and bucket in white cardstock, stamped the images and colored them with Copic markers. The sentiment is stamped in black ink.

After I put the card together I thought the sky needed something else and added the stitched clouds on foam tape.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  MFT Polar Bear Pals
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  BG05, R29, Y35, W1
• Dies:  MFT Polar Bear Pals, Stitched Clouds
• Tools:  MFT Mini Clouds Stencil
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Ombre Watercolor Backgrounds (MIM #327)...

Betsy Veldman is our host for this week's challenge, Make It Monday #327: Ombre Watercolor Backgrounds, where she shows us how to make "easy" watercolored backgrounds with ink. Hmmm. Betsy does make it look very easy, but I struggled a little with this challenge, I think maybe because of the watercolor paper. I tried Hobby Lobby, Tim Holtz and Bristol paper and actually had the best luck with the Hobby Lobby paper. I wonder, does the DT ever have to redo their projects or do they hit it out of the ballpark on their first try?😳

I selected Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist inks for my background colors, rubbing them on the watercolor paper, dark to lightest colors. I used a brush and water to create downward strokes to blend the inks. Next, I used the leaves from the Harvest Berries stamp set and stamped them along the edges, again, darkest to lightest colors. I added additional leaves in lighter colors to for depth. The panel is adhered to a white cardstock card base. 

The sentiment, from Painted Petals is stamped in black ink. I decided to add some berries and stamped them in each of the three blue colors. This was fun to do and I'll definitely try it again!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Harvest Berries, Painted Petals
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; Master's Touch Watercolor
• Ink:  PTI Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Other:  Brush; Water
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

MFT Summer School Day 1: White Space...

MFT is having a contest on their blog for a few days and I thought I'd participate. It "forces" me to make a card and take my mind off this HOT weather we're having!

The first day is White Space - creating a card using a lot of white space. Well, I don't like seeing a lot of white on a card, so this was a bit of a challenge for me. 

I die-cut the cat and flower from Meow Mix and colored them with Copic markers. Next, I die-cut a speech bubble and stamped the sentiment in black ink. I took a white panel of cardstock and used Wonky Stitched Rectangles on it and adhered it to a white cardstock card base.

The three items on the card are stacked 3 times for dimension. This sure is a lot of white....I really wanted to add something else but stopped. lol

Card Details:

• Stamps:  MFT Meow Mix
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  BG13, BG23, E30, E33, R83, Y02, YG23
• Dies:  MFT Meow Mix, Wonky Stitched Rectangles, Speech Bubbles
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"