Thanks For Everything (CAS #15)

Here's another quick card using watercolor.....I'm so in love with watercolor techniques!!!!  I hope I get to make lots of watercolor cards before the trend goes out of style.  haha

Using Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves distress ink, I tapped the ink onto my craft sheet and added water to it.  I loaded up my brush with the ink and just swiped it back and forth quickly onto watercolor paper.  

After it completely dried, I stamped the sentiment in black ink and matted the image on a True Black cardstock card base.  That's it!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wet Paint
• Paper:  PTI True Black; Watercolor
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves Distress Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Other:  Brush
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

True Love

The other day at crafts we were discussing gelatos and my friend pulled out her collection of Stampin' Up watercolor crayons which seem to be very similar.  She has a fabulous assortment of colors!

To make the background for this card, I selected Barely Banana, Only Orange and Rose Rouge crayons and scribbled them onto my craft sheet.  I wet my watercolor paper first with a bit of water and then mixed the crayons with more water, transferring the crayon to the watercolor paper.  I just kept playing around with it until I got the desired look.  I wanted something soft and spring like.

I rounded the corners of the background and adhered it to a white cardstock card base.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink onto a white rectangle.  To personalize the card, I added the number of years my friends have been married.  That's metallic thread I bunched together and placed behind the sentiment, which is on foam tape.  I keep seeing cards with thread on them and wanted to try it out.  Must be a new trend.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Inside & Out:  Love
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; Watercolor
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe
• Tools:  Standard Rectangle Nestabilities; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Stampin' Up Watercolor Crayons; Foam Tape; Metallic Thread
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Congrats On Your New Home

I haven't made a new home card in quite a while and was looking through a paper pack and saw this cute patterned paper with the houses on it.  Perfect for a new home card, plus I haven't used this stamp set yet.

On a white cardstock card base, I placed a piece of the house paper on the top of the card and used a coordinating yellow polka dot paper on the bottom.  Don't you just love paper packs that have papers that match so you don't have to do any thinking?

To cover up where the two papers met, I die-cut a banner in Hawaiian Shores cardstock to help bring out the blue in the houses.  I stamped the sentiment in two inks, black and yellow and placed it on a Pure Poppy scalloped oval, on foam tape of course! 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Polka Dot Parade #10
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, White Stampers Select; Doodlebug Design Day To Day
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Mango Madness
• Tools:  PTI Be Happy Die, Limitless Labels: Oval Dies
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I'm So Grateful For You

I saw this color combination on Betsy Veldman's blog a couple of years ago and it was stuck in my head all this time so I thought I would use it for a Mother's Day card.

These are the flowers from Natural Beauties, I just love this stamp set!  For the orange flowers I stamped them twice, once with the solid image and again with the detailed stamp.  For the aqua flowers, I only stamped them with the solid stamp.  I added the Hibiscus Burst flowers and the leaves in green ink.  There are 11 different colors of ink on this card and I love the way it turned out.

I die-cut the center using the Celebrations frame.  I die-cut the frame again in Aqua Mist cardstock and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  I ran the frame through the Cuttlebug using the Linen Impression Plate to give it a little texture.  The frame is adhered to the card on foam tape and the entire image placed on a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base.

Each of the flower centers has a pearl made with Pearl Pen.  I added Cantaloupe twine around the spine and placed a heart stick pin through the bow.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Natural Beauties, Signature Greetings
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers Select, Aqua Mist
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening, Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel; Memento Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Morocco, Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Turquoise Gem, Tea Leaves
• Tools:  PTI Celebrations Frame Die, Linen & Canvas Impression Plate Die
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape; White Ice Pearl Pen; Heart Stick Pin
• Card Size:  5.0" x 7.0"

A Good Life (CAS #14)

Posting lots of CAS cards this week!  I was looking through my stamps and wanted to use this sentiment and thought it would make an appropriate birthday card.

The striped paper is layered on a white cardstock card base.  I die-cut the circle in white cardstock using a stitched circle die and with a dauber, rubbed two different blue distress inks on it.  I stamped the sentiment right on top in black ink.

I placed the circle on foam tape and the card was done!  A good card for a man.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Happiness In Bloom
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; Blueberry Stripes Pattern
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
• Tools:  Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Circle Die
• Other:  Foam Tape; Dauber
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

It's May - Time To Celebrate Your Birthday

This is the May birthday stamp set from Papertrey - I can't wait to collect all twelve of these!

For this card, I used the same technique from Make It Monday #159, "No-Sew Quilted Cards" (posted April 9, 2014).  I had a bunch of scraps from Raspberry Fizz that I cut into 1.5" squares and adhered to a white card base.  I ran the sheet through the Cuttlebug using my Twist Impression plate to give it the quilted look, and backed it with a piece of black cardstock onto a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink on white cardstock and layered it onto Raspberry Fizz.  I adhered the sentiment on foam tape.  To complete the card, I added white ribbon around the spine tied in a bow.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Birthday Classics: May
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Raspberry Fizz Mix
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Twist Impression Plate Die
• Other:  Ribbon; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.75" x 6.0"

Happy Anniversary

There are a lot of uses for this heart impression plate....not just Valentine's Day....it makes a nice addition for an anniversary card.

I started with an Aqua Mist cardstock card base and used just three rows of the hearts from the Hearts Cover Plate, cut in Rustic White cardstock.  I die-cut the flowers and leaves from Ruby Rose and stamped them in pink and green inks, placing one flower on foam tape.  I added black centers and a little glitter.

The banner is die-cut from Sketched Shapes and stamped with the sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies.  I added a thin, light pink ribbon to finish the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Ruby Reprise, Beautiful Butterflies, Reasons To Smile
• Paper:  PTI Aqua Mist, Rustic White
• Ink:  Memento Rose Bud, Pear Tart, Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Cover Plate: Hearts Die, Ruby Rose Dies, Sketched Shapes Die
• Other:  Ribbon; Foam Tape; Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank You (CAS #13)

I've been looking through my stamps trying to use those I haven't used for a while and came across this stamp set - Borders & Corners: Squares.  I don't remember the last time I used this one!

I cut a piece of white cardstock and stamped it with the squiggly square first and then the solid thank you square.  I repeated the process using different ink colors.  After I was done stamping, I ran the white cardstock through the Cuttlebug with my Linen & Canvas Impression Plate.

I rounded the corners and placed it on a Raspberry Fizz card base.  To complete the card I tied Marigold Twine around the spine. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Borders & Corners: Squares
• Paper:  PTI Raspberry Fizz, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist; Memento Pear Tart, Cantaloupe, Rosebud; VersaMagic Turquoise Gem
• Tools:  PTI Linen & Canvas Impression Plate Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday To You

This is another watercolor project I didn't like how it turned out, but instead of throwing it out, wanted to use a portion of it.

To create the watercolor background I used two different colors of Tim Holtz distress ink - Peacock Feathers and Shabby Shutters.  I tapped the ink onto my craft sheet, mixed it with water and brushed it over the watercolor paper.

For the sentiment I stamped it with Versamark ink, sprinkled it with white Zing embossing powder and heated it with a heat tool.  I found this scrap of black and white paper and placed it on a white card base, leaving a little of the white showing on the left and right sides.  I backed the teal square with a layer of black cardstock and adhered it to the pattern paper.  I really like this color combination!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Amuse Eat Cake
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; Recollections; Watercolor; Colorbok
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers, Shabby Shutters Distress Ink; Versamark
• Tools:  Standard Square Nestabilities; Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

It's A Boy/Girl (CAS #12)

These were very quick cards to make since I used pattern paper for the background.  

I started with a white card base and added a layer of Spring Rain cardstock and a layer of boy pattern paper.  Using my Boutique Borders die, I die-cut the frame and stamped it with light blue ink for the background and black ink for the sentiment.

The frame is on foam tape for a little dimension.  To finish the card, I added a button above the sentiment and light blue twine around the bottom. 

Of course I had to make one for a girl too!  Again, I started with a white card base, added a layer of Raspberry Fizz cardstock and the girl pattern paper.  The frame is stamped with pink and black ink and is on foam tape.  I added Pink Sorbet twine and rounded the bottom corners to make it a little more feminine. 

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Boutique Borders: Congrats
• Paper:  PTI Spring Rain, Raspberry Fizz, White Stampers Select; Hot Off The Press
• Ink:  Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue; Memento Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Boutique Borders: Congrats Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape; Button
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Gratitude

I'm still making thank you cards.  I guess you can never have too many on hand!

I started with a white cardstock card base.  I cut another slightly smaller piece of white cardstock and cut a circle in the middle.  I die-cut a slightly smaller circle in pattern paper and adhered it on foam tape to the center of the card.  The butterfly is punched in Aqua Mist cardstock and placed on the card with two gems in the center.

The banner was made with my Stitched Pinked Edge Label die, which I haven't had a chance to use until now.  I stamped the sentiment in a medium grey ink and adhered it with foam tape.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Beautiful Butterflies
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Aqua Mist; DCWV
• Ink:  Amuse Seattle
• Tools:  PTI Stitched Pink Edge Label Die; Standard Circle Nestabilities; Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch
• Other:  Foam Tape; Gems
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday To You

Happy May!  Can you believe it's May already??  I can't - the last 2 months seem like they flew by!  For this card, I'm using Be Happy stamps again....they seem to help cheer me up when I need it.

I get tired of using the same colors all the time and pulled out a piece of Berry Sorbet cardstock to use for the card base.  On white cardstock, I stamped the butterflies, squares and flowers to fill out most of the card, leaving space for the sentiment.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink, added a little Strawberry twine and rounded the bottom corners.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Be Happy
• Paper:  PTI Melon Berry, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Berry Sorbet; Memento Pear Tart, Cantaloupe, Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Turquoise Gem
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"