Thank You For The Gift

Love, love, love all things Fair Isle! I like it so much I just bought a "Fair Isle" throw from Kohls that is so pretty!

For this card, I started with white cardstock and stamped the 3 rows of design in Aqua Mist and Pure Poppy inks. The sentiment is stamped in black ink.

I placed the panel on an Aqua Mist cardstock card base and tied red Fun Fur around the spine. Simple!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Fair Isle Borders, Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Aqua Mist
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Other:  Fun Fur
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Merry Christmas (Tag #4)

You know how much I like Warmest Wishes....so here's another tag using this fun stamp set!

I used Tag Sale #5, cut in white cardstock and layered with a striped, light grey pattern paper. The trees were die-cut and colored with Evergreen Bough distress ink and highlighted with Copics. 

The fox is die-cut in white cardstock and colored with Copics. His scarf is cut in Tropical Teal cardstock. I added flock to his tail and placed him on Fun Foam for dimension.

The banner is die-cut in Kraft cardstock and the sentiment stamped in Tropical Teal ink. I added glitter to the trees and the fox's scarf and a few clear sequins. Cappuccino twine was used for the gift tag tie. He looks so happy standing there all dressed up in his pretty scarf! lol

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Warmest Wishes, Snow Globe Sentiments
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Kraft, Tropical Teal; DCWV Christmas & Winter
• Ink:  PTI Tropical Teal; Tim Holtz Distress Ink Evergreen Bough
• Copics:  E42, E44, BG75
• Dies:  PTI Warmest Wishes, Uncorked, Tag Sale #5
• Other:  Sequins; Glitter; Fun Foam; Twine; Flock
• Size:  2.0" x 3.75"

'Tis The Season (MIM #234 Embellishing With Felt)

I have lots and lots of felt....and I hardly ever use it. Seeing this week's Make It Monday #234 - Embellishing With Felt made me want to pull it out and use it. And as much as I really didn't want to make another Christmas card, somehow holly leaves and red berries popped into my head.

On white cardstock, I stamped the holly leaves twice with New Leaf ink, the first time fully inked and the second time with the ink stamped off once, and stamped with the image slightly off so it gives a shadow like effect.

I added a thin strip of Holiday Plaid at the bottom. I have mentioned how much I like this pattern pack...and yes, I'm stingy about using it! lol The colors in this strip are New Leaf, white and Pure Poppy, so of course, it coordinates with my card colors perfectly!

I looked for a die that would cut the berries and couldn't find anything. Then I realized Tag Sale #6 has that extra piece to reinforce the tag hole and was the perfect size for my berries! I cut a bunch of them in Pure Poppy felt and arranged them on the card. Once I was happy with the way they looked, I glued them to the card.

The sentiment (Dawn McVey's beautiful handwriting!) is stamped in black ink. For some sparkle, I added glitter to the leaves. The felt really adds a nice touch. Thank you Ashley!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Mistletoe & Holly, Signature Christmas
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, White Stampers Select, Holiday Plaid
• Ink:  PTI New Leaf; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Tag Sale #6
• Other:  PTI Pure Poppy Felt; Glitter
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Merry Christmas

Two years ago I bought Background Basics: Evergreens and I think only used it once. It must not have been a big seller because it's already in PTI's "Vault" (stamps no longer carried in regular inventory). Well, I decided to pull it out and use it on this card. I like this stamp set - it really makes a nice border....I have to remember to use it more often!

On Rustic White cardstock, I stamped the rows of trees in Ripe Avocado ink, leaving space for the sentiment. The sentiment is actually heat embossed in gold - too hard to see with this picture.

I rounded the corners on the panel and placed it on a Ripe Avocado cardstock card base. After seeing PTI's Make It Monday #233 about splattering, I decided to splatter some Mr. Huey's Gold Mist on the card. It added a nice touch! To add even more gold, I tied gold ribbon around the spine. The picture is a little dark - the card looks much better in person!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Background Basics: Evergreens, Keep It Simple: Christmas
• Paper:  PTI Ripe Avocado, Rustic White
• Ink:  PTI Ripe Avocado; Versamark
• Tools:  Corner Rounder; Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Mr. Huey's Gold Mist; Ribbon
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Let It Snow (Tag #3)

Every year I make a selection of gift tags - I made 10 this year. The first two I made are the folded tags I made for PTI's October Blog Hop Challenge, posted here.

For this tag, I used Tag Sale #2, cut in white cardstock. I added a layer of snowflake pattern paper and stamped the sentiment in Pure Poppy ink.

The bear is die-cut in white cardstock and colored with Copics. I placed the bear on fun foam for dimension. I added the die-cut silver snowflakes and fun fur for the tag string.

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Warmest Wishes
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; DCWV Christmas & Winter; Silver Foil
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy
• Copics:  BG15, E25, R27
• Dies:  PTI Tag Sale #2, Warmest Wishes; EK Success Star Punch
• Other:  Fun Fur; Fun Foam
• Size:  2.25" x 3.75"

Happy Hanukkah

Ok, yesterday was an easy card, today a little more complex. A shaker card - I like making them but they take me a little longer to do. I still have to carefully think about how to do it step by step each time. I'd like to take credit for this card idea, but I saw it on Heather Nichols blog - she made this style a few years ago.

I die-cut the menorah in Blueberry Sky cardstock. On the back of the cardstock, I placed a piece of acetate over the menorah opening. Next, I placed foam tape all around it and put diamond dust and silver tinsel glitter in the middle. I sealed the shaker with a piece of cardstock, making sure there were no openings. I don't want someone to shake this and have tinsel fly all over the place!  lol

To add some dimension, I layered fun foam on the back of cardstock and adhered it to an Enchanted Evening cardstock card base. Happy Hanukkah is heat embossed in silver embossing powder on a strip of Enchanted Evening cardstock.

I was going to put silver adhesive strips around the card but thought this silver fun fur would be a little different. Plus it sort of matches the silver tinsel in the shaker. The one thing I don't like about using the tinsel glitter is that it sticks to the acetate. I'm not sure if anything can be done to prevent that from happening.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Menorah Medley, Keep It Simple: Hanukkah
• Paper:  PTI Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening
• Ink:  Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Menorah Medley
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Acetate; Fun Fur; Diamond Dust; Sterling Tinsel Glitter; Fun Foam 
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Sending Best Wishes

And here's another easy card....

I used this pretty ornament pattern paper and placed it on a white cardstock card base.

I die-cut the stitched rectangle and stamped the sentiment in Pure Poppy ink. The sentiment is on fun foam for dimension. I really like how the foam gives a nice, solid base.

Oh, did I mention - that's it, the card is done!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Stylish Sentiments: Holiday
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; DCWV Christmas & Winter
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy
• Dies:  Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles
• Other:  Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Let It Snow

I love patterns with Fair Isle. And I have to make a slight confession here. I didn't realize it was a real pattern name. When I bought PTI's Fair Isle stamp sets, I thought Nichole cleverly named it Fair Isle. It wasn't until I was looking on Kohl's website and saw a blanket in a "Fair Isle" pattern that I realized the name "Fair Isle" wasn't something that just belonged to PTI. lol

I stamped the two rows of trees in Scarlet Jewel ink on white cardstock. Snow is die-cut in Scarlet Jewel cardstock, stamped with Versamark ink, sprinkled with silver tinsel embossing powder and heat set. I die-cut an additional two snow words and you guessed it, stacked and glued them together. I stamped "let it" above it also in Scarlet Jewel ink. I placed the panel on a Scarlet Jewel cardstock card base.

Okay, you know how I feel about snow and white fun fur - they are just made to go together so I wrapped some around the top of the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Fair Isle Borders, Wonderful Words: Snow
• Paper:  PTI Scarlet Jewel, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Scarlet Jewel; Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Wonderful Words: Snow
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Fun Fur
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

You Must Have Been Very Good This Year

When I was trying to clean up my craft area, I found a pack of paper I bought from PTI a few months ago - Ribbon Slider pattern paper. I don't remember what my plans were for this paper...so here's a card!

The ribbon paper looked like it had Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy in it, so that's the colors I used. On white cardstock I stamped the snowflakes in Pure Poppy ink. On the Ribbon Slider paper, I punched a hole in the top and bottom and threaded it with a red and silver ribbon. I place it on foam tape and mounted it to an Ocean Tides cardstock card base.

To help bring out the silver on the ribbon, I dotted all the snowflakes with silver Stickles. This was another quick and easy card!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Holiday Treats
• Paper:  PTI Ocean Tides, White Stampers Select, Ribbon Slider Tag Collection
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy
• Other:  Ribbon; Foam Tape; Stickles
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Baby Shower

It's been a while since I made a baby card. Again, for this card I was just fooling around with watercoloring. I need to get better at it since it seems like this trend is going to be around for a while yet.

On watercolor paper, I wet the paper and brushed on watered down Picked Rasperry ink. After it dried, I cut the circle with a stitched circle die. On white cardstock, I added a layer of Soft Stone stripes pattern paper. Baby is die-cut in Soft Stone cardstock three times, stacked and glued together. I rubbed glue on the top of the word and dipped it in glitter.

On a piece of black cardstock I stamped "shower", sprinked it with white embossing powder and heat set it. I really like the look of the white on black! I placed the word on foam tape for dimension. The card was really empty looking so I added the clear sequins.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wonderful Words: Baby
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Soft Stone, Soft Stone Stripes, True Black; Watercolor 140#
• Ink:  Versamark; Tim Holtz Distress Picked Raspberry
• Dies:  PTI Wonderful Words: Baby; Lil Inker Designs: Stitched Mats: Circles
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Embossing Powder; Glitter; Sequins; Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

A Merry Little Christmas (MIM #233)

I can't believe it's time for another Make It Monday, the weeks are flying by so fast! This week Danielle is showing us how she uses splatters on her projects with Make It Monday #233: Splattering. It looks easy to do so I was ready to give it a go.

On white cardstock, I placed a strip of Holiday Plaid paper on the left hand side. I like this paper so much that I really don't want to use whole sheets of it! I stamped the two star scribbles in Pure Poppy ink and added additional stars in Aqua Mist ink to match the colors in the pattern. I stamped the sentiment in Smokey Shadow ink.

Next, I took some Aqua Mist refill and mixed it with a little water. I loaded it onto a brush and flicked the splatters all over the card. I had to stop myself from overdoing it because I was having too much fun! lol

I placed the splattered panel on a Pure Poppy cardstock card base. To add something extra to the card, I used three enamel dots as an embellishment.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Star Scribbles, Jolly Holiday
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Holiday Plaid, Pure Poppy
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist Refill
• Other:  Enamel Dots; Brush
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

O' Christmas Tree

Happy December! Can you believe it's the last month of the year already?

Sometimes I want to just make a quick, no frills card. I often see challenges where people make a card in under 15 minutes....well, I think this card might have been made in under 5 minutes. Okay, maybe more than 5 but less than 10. lol

I layered this pretty tree pattern paper on an Ocean Tides cardstock card base. I die-cut the banner in Aqua Mist cardstock, stamped it with Versamark ink, sprinkled it with gold embossing powder and heat set it. I placed the banner on foam tape, and ta-da....it was done! It probably took me longer to type up this post!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Treetops Glisten
• Paper:  PTI Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist; DCWV Christmas & Winter
• Ink:  Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Sketched Shapes
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"