Papertrey August 2018 Create Along With Us...

Seeing all the Fall cards the week is making me happy, because I know it won't be long and Fall will be here! And that means cooler weather....yippee! I really like this card Heather Nichols made and it inspired me to make something similar.

I started with a piece of Rustic White cardstock and stamped the wreath twice in Cocoa Bean ink. I added sprigs around it, stamped in Kraft ink.

The pumpkins are die-cut in white cardstock and stamped with Ocean Tides, Kraft, Cocoa Bean and Morocco ink and placed on foam tape for dimension. The sentiment is also stamped in Cocoa Bean ink.

At the last minute I tied jute around the top of the card. Fun and quick to make!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Pumpkin Patch, Twig Wreath, Keep It Simple: Thanksgiving
• Paper:  PTI Rustic White, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Cocoa Bean, Kraft, Ocean Tides; Memento Morocco
• Dies:  PTI Pumpkin Patch
• Other:  Foam Tape; Jute
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Petite Pattern Play (MIM #332)...

It's time for another Make It Monday! This week Michelle Leone is the host and shows us how we can use some of those tiny stamps in our sets to create fun backgrounds. This was very easy to do and looks great - so it's something I want to use again in the future. You can watch her informative video here:  Make It Monday #332: Petite Pattern Play and try it out.

I die-cut a square from scrap paper to use as my template and stamped the snowflakes in Hawaiian Shores ink. I trimmed the panel, placed it on a piece of True Black cardstock and adhered both to a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base.

The adorable bear is die-cut in white cardstock and stamped with black ink. I added his Hawaiian Shores sweater, just stamping the image on it. He's on foam tape for dimension. The sentiment is also stamped in black ink. I added silver Stickles to the snowflake centers and eyelash glitter around the spine of the card.

Riddle me this: Does making a winter type card, when the heat index is close to 100°, make a person feel any cooler? The answer is a big fat NO.😁  "Only" forty five days until Fall now. 👏

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Warmest Wishes, What The Doodle: Snowflakes
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, True Black, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Warmest Wishes
• Other:  Foam Tape; Martha Stewart Eyelash Glitter
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Creating Mixed Background Texture (MIM #331)...

Stephanie Gold is the host for this week's challenge showing us how to combine die-cuts with stamping to add a mix of texture. You can watch her video here: Make It Monday #331: Creating Mixed Background Texture. It's a very simple technique and it does add a little more pizzazz to the card.

I started by die-cutting Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal in white cardstock, cutting off a little over an inch at the top. Before adhering it to the card base, I masked off the top portion and stamped the pineapple leaves in Green Parakeet and New Leaf inks.

In white cardstock, I die-cut the pineapple, flowers and leaves, stamped them in a variety of colors and arranged them on the card front, placing the pineapple and large flower on foam tape for dimension. I used one of the strips from the Cover Plate and stamped the sentiment in black ink. The sentiment is on fun foam for added dimension.

Confession time.😞 After the card was done, I decided to add more leaves in an open space and even though I masked the top of the Cover Plate die-cut, I made a booboo and ink got on the top of it. Instead of redoing the card, I added the strip of Hawaiian Shores cardstock to cover up the mistake. It does help bring out more of the Hawaiian Shores on the card. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Some Like It Hot, The Skinny
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Hawaiian Shores
• Ink:  PTI Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal; Versafine Onyx Black
• Dies:  PTI Some Like It Hot, Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal
• Other:  Foam Tape; Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"