Celebrate - It's Your Birthday (CAS #24)

I'm using one of my favorite color combinations for this card - Aqua Mist and Melon Berry.

I stamped the stars randomly on white cardstock in both inks and the sentiment in black ink.  I rounded the corners and placed it on a Melon Berry cardstock card base.  

This was certainly a quick card to make!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wet Paint III
• Paper:  PTI Melon Berry, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Melon Berry; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Hello

I'm still enjoying the watercolor craze!  And my Wet Paint stamp set!!

I wet my watercolor paper with water and dabbed on this pretty teal paint color with a brush.  I just used a cheap set of watercolor paints I bought at AC Moore.  After it dried, I rounded the corners and splattered some black ink on it. 

Using the inside part of Tag Sale #8, I stamped hello in black ink and placed a silver brad on the end.  The sentiment is on foam tape and the panel adhered to a Tropical Teal cardstock card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wet Paint
• Paper:  PTI Tropical Teal, White Stampers Select; Tim Holtz Watercolor
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Tag Sale #8 Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Watercolor Paint; Brad
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

Stencils continue to be the trend right now....need to use them before they're "out".

I placed a chevron stencil on white cardstock and using a dauber, colored it with Pear Tart ink, leaving the center open for the sentiment, stamped in black ink.

Using Button Stacks dies, I cut them in Raspberry Fizz and Simply Chartreuse felts, tying them with white twine.  The panel is adhered to a Raspberry Fizz cardstock card base.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites #12
• Paper:  PTI Raspberry Fizz, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Pear Tart, Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Button Stacks, Button Stacks II
• Other:  PTI Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse Felt; Memory Box Chic Chevron Stencil; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thanks (CAS #23)

I was looking through my paper and found a few pads I bought, oh, maybe ten years ago.  Think it's time to use it?  lol

The pattern paper is double sided, so I used the pattern for the background, placing it on a True Black cardstock card base.  I die-cut the diagonal piece in Vintage Cream and added "thanks", die-cut from the other side of the pattern paper so it would coordinate perfectly.

And, um....done!  Can't get any faster than this.

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, True Black; ATD Story Of Us
• Tools:  PTI Wet Paint Cuts Die; Lil Inker Designs On The Diagonal
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Sending You Get Well Wishes

I saw this card on Heather Nichol's blog and loved it!  I needed to make a quick card for someone and basically copied Heather's idea, changing it slightly.

Using the Phase Play #6 die, I ran it through the Cuttlebug die-cut with several colors of cardstock to embed into the die.  Kraft is the base of the die - I added Hawaiian Shores, white and Pure Poppy cardstock to get the look I wanted.  

I stamped the sentiment in black ink and placed that piece on thin foam tape for a little dimension.  Drake's name was made using my new Alphabet Soup die - this is a perfect letter size for adding names on cards!!  The panel was placed on a white stitched rectangle onto a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base.  I really, really like this Phase Play die!  So many possibilities!!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Phrase Play #6 
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Kraft, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Phrase Play #6 Die; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles; Memory Box Alphabet Soup Die
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Summer Birthdays

This is another flower set that just makes me happy.  I don't know why, they just do.

I stamped the images on white cardstock, using black for the outline and Melon Berry and Pure Poppy inks for the flowers.  The stems are in Spring Moss ink, the sentiment in black ink.  For the flower centers, I cut the circles in black cardstock to give the card a little texture.

I rounded the corners and placed the panel on a Berry Sorbet cardstock card base.  Simple enough?

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Oopsie Daisy, Birthday Classics: June
• Paper:  PTI Berry Sorbet, White Stampers Select, True Black
• Ink:  PTI Melon Berry, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Stampin' Up 2 Step Owl Punch; Corner Rounder
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Hello There

For this card, I used the cardstock and leftover paint from my post of 7/25/14.

I applied the green and blue distress paints to the embossing folder, spritzed it with water and placed watercolor paper on top, lightly pressing it into the paint.  Once it was dry, I die-cut it with a large scalloped banner.  The banner is on New Leaf cardstock that was embossed with woodgrain.  

I die-cut a stitched circle, stamped the sentiment in black ink and placed it on foam tape.  Notice the New Leaf paper is on a white cardstock card base, but slightly to the left of the card for a different look.  

To complete the card, I added a butterfly and sequins.

Card Details:

• Stamps: PTI Mini Blooms
• Paper:  PTI New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores,Watercolor 90#
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Notched Hearts Banner Die; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Circles; Memory Box Pippi Butterfly Die; Tim Holtz Woodgrain Embossing Folder; Darice Swirl Embossing Folder
• Other:  Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean Distress Paints; Foam Tape; Sequins
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday

It's funny how these scribbles make me happy.  Such a simple concept.

I pulled out some scraps of Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores and Lemon Tart, die-cut them with the scribbles dies and adhered them to white cardstock.  Adhering them takes a little time...I guess I could use spray adhesive but sometimes that's messy.

The sentiment is stamped in black ink on an Aqua Mist banner and placed on foam tape.  The card base is Hawaiian Shores cardstock.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Keep It Simple: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Circle Scribbles Dies, Sketched Shapes Die
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank You

I wasn't real crazy about this stamp set when I first saw it, but then the PTI Design Team worked their magic and it jumped into my shopping cart.

Using a honeycomb stencil, I placed it over white cardstock and using a dauber, randomly colored in the stencil with Lemon Tart ink.  I stamped the dotted image and thank you in Kraft ink.

I die-cut the topiary in white cardstock, stamping the pot in Kraft ink.  I die-cut the top portion again in Spring Moss cardstock and layered it over the white.  The topiary is on the card on foam tape.

The panel is attached to a Kraft cardstock card base with Flax twine around the bottom.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Topiary Trio, Vintage Labels
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, White Stampers Select, Spring Moss
• Ink:  PTI Kraft, Lemon Tart
• Tools:  PTI Topiary Trio Dies
• Other:  Tim Holtz Honeycomb Stencil; Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday Olivia

This set is just too darn cute for a little girl!  Yep, there's Olivia turning 5 already, seems like she was just born.

I used white cardstock for the card base, edging around it in purple ink.  I die-cut the scalloped top in a piece of scrap paper.  I die-cut the ballerina, once in white and once in the purple pattern paper for her outfit.  I colored her with Copics, placing her on foam tape on a stitched oval.  Before I attached her, I pleated some white glitter tulle around the skirt.  To help tone down the white background, I stamped stars on it.

The "5" is die-cut in Plum Pudding cardstock with a coaster backing and on foam tape for additional dimension.  Olivia's name is stamped in purple ink, using Football Frenzy Additions and also on foam tape.  I stamped Happy Birthday in black ink, tied ribbon around the top and added a clear gem to her hair bow to complete the card.  Yes, purple is her favorite color!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Ballerina Beauty, Football Frenzy Additions
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Plum Pudding, Egg Hunt
• Ink:  Memento Sweet Plum, Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  E33, E35, E50, R81, V95
• Tools:  PTI Ballerina Beauty Die, By The Numbers Die, Card Edgers #4 Die; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Ovals; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Glitter Tulle; Gem; Coaster
• Card Size:  5.5" x 5.5"

Enjoy Your Day

Yes, that's the Wet Paint stamp again - hey, at least I'm using it!  haha

This effect uses paint - two of my favorite "male" colors - Faded Jeans and Weathered Wood - rubbed on my Traffic Embossing folder and sprayed with water.  I laid the white cardstock on top of the paint and lightly pressed it into the paint.  This is so easy to do and looks much harder than it is!

After it dried, I rounded the corners and stamped the sentiment in blue ink.  It's adhered to an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base with Stone twine tied around the bottom.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wet Paint
• Paper:  PTI Enchanted Evening, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening; Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood
• Tools: Corner Rounder; Cuttlebug Traffic Embossing Folder
• Other:  Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thinking Of You

Yikes!  It's August already!!  Did July go by even faster than June?

This is a technique I learned in my Online Watercolor Class - stamping images and making them look like watercolor by using a brush and water to spread the ink.  I used 90# watercolor paper and distress inks -  distress inks work really well with water.

I stamped the vase in a light brown ink and used a brush with water to spread the ink until it was very light, adding more ink inside the vase for shading.  I stamped the flowers and kept adding enough water until I was happy with the way it looked.  I added a little light grey ink for the vase to sit on and flowers to appear as if they fell off the flowers in the vase.

The sentiment is stamped on another piece of watercolor paper just for a little texture.  I adhered the image to a Terracota Tile cardstock card base and tied white chalk seam binding around the spine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals, Milk & Cookies
• Paper:  PTI Terracotta Tile; Watercolor 90#
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Pumice Stone, Antique Linen, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Shaded Lilac, Shabby Shutters; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Other:  Seam Binding
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"