Happy Halloween

This is another card I cased from one of the PTI Design Team, Heather Nichols.

I used Orange Zest for the card base and added a layer of green starred pattern paper.  I borrowed the stamp set from a friend (thanks Linda!), stamped the images on white cardstock and colored them with Copics.  I put glitter on the streamers coming out of the jar for a little sparkle.

Using Scallop Edgeabilities, I cut the scalloped shape from black polka dot paper and placed it on the right side.  I added an orange button threaded with Halloween twine and a die-cut ticket stamped with the sentiment and two green brads.  The ticket is on foam tape.

I needed to add Sarah's name and cut it in Winter Wisteria cardstock with my Bounce Sizzlet alphabet.  Yes, this is the 3rd alphabet set I wanted to sell....again, it's a good thing I didn't because I can now see I'll get plenty of use out of it!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, Friendship Jar, Just The Ticket
• Paper:  PTI Orange Zest, White Stampers Select, Winter Wisteria, Bitty Dots; Debbie Mumm
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  BV02, BV11, E13, E15, E25, E30, E31, E59, YG13, YR15, YR16
• Tools:  PTI Just The Ticket Die; Classic Scallop Edgeabilities; Bounce Sizzlet Alphabet
• Other:  Brads; Foam Tape; Twine; Glitter; PTI Orange Zest Button
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday (CAS #40)

I needed to make a quick, last minute card for a guy's birthday......

I used Kraft cardstock for the card base and added a layer of Vintage Cream cardstock that I embossed with stitched mats.  I stamped the feathers, added the sentiment, and tied Flax twine around the center.

Easy!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Amuse Make A Wish
• Paper:  PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream
• Ink:  Brilliance Pearlescent Beige; Memento Danube Blue
• Tools:  Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles
• Other:  Twine
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Halloween Doo-dad

Well, thanks again to Pinterest I was able to create these really fun looking hands!

I bought latex free gloves at AC Moore and placed Smarties in the fingers and assorted candy at the top of the glove.

For the tag, I cut scalloped circles in black and layered them with a white circle, stamping "trick or treat" on it.  The tag is tied on with Halloween twine and orange fun fur.  Of course I had to add the spider ring to the hand too!  These were a big hit with everyone who received them!

Project Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Tag-its #7
• Paper:  PTI True Black, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tangelo
• Tools:  1-1/4" Scalloped Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch
• Other:  Latex Free Gloves; Twine; Martha Stewart Orange Topaz Glitter Eyelash, Spider Rings
• Size:  4.5" x 8.5"

Happy Birthday To You (Scraps)

I was cutting paper I'm using for my Christmas cards and had a bunch of 1/2 inch blue strips left over.  I didn't want to throw them out so I've been creating cards with them.

For this card I started with a white card base and added the Spring Rain strips diagonally across the card, spacing them evenly. 

I die-cut "birthday" in a scrap of dark blue polka dot pattern paper and also in coaster for a bit of support and placed it on foam tape for a little dimension.  I stamped the "happy" and "to you" on either side of birthday and added Enchanted Evening twine around the spine.  Love how this turned out!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI Spring Rain, White Stampers Select, Bitty Dots
• Ink:  Memento Nautical Blue
• Tools:  PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday Die
• Other:  PTI Coaster, Twine; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Boo!

After seeing Nichole make this card, I knew I had to get this set and also mimic the card she made with it!

I used True Black cardstock for the card base and added a layer of orange cardstock.  The ghosts are stamped on white cardstock in black ink, with their bow ties stamped in light green ink.  I used a light grey Copic marker to outline the ghosts for a shadow effect.

I wanted to put the sentiment in a "conversation bubble".  I die-cut the bubble in Soft Stone cardstock, stamped it with orange ink and added "boo" in black ink.  The bubble and the ghost who's "talking" are both on foam tape.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Polka Dot Parade #7, Bubble Talk
• Paper:  PTI True Black, White Stampers Select, Soft Stone; DCWV
• Ink:  Memento True Black, Tangelo, Pear Tart
• Copics:  C1
• Tools:  PTI Polka Dot Parade #7 Die, Bubble Talk Die
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Make A Wish

I was staring at this Wishes Come True stamp set on my table and thought I should use it again before putting it away.

I used white cardstock for the card base.  I cut a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock and ran it through the Cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots embossing folder, adhering it to the card base. 

I die-cut another piece of white using a stitched rectangle die.  I stamped the candles and sentiment, tied Caribbean twine around it and placed it on the blue cardstock with foam tape.  Notice both layers are on an angle instead of straight?  It gives an entirely different look to the card!

To add some sparkle, I placed glitter on the candle flames and the stripes on the two outer candles.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Wishes Come True
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Hawaiian Shores
• Ink:  Memento Sweet Plum, Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Turquoise Gem
• Tools:  Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Rectangle Mats; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape; Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Have A Spooktacular Halloween

This idea came from Pinterest.  Seriously, who needs to think anymore?  haha

I used Canyon Clay cardstock for my card base and added a layer of True Black cardstock.  I ripped strips of white paper to create the mummy wrappings....and edged them with Tea Dye ink.  I also swabbed the ink across the white strips.  When I assembled the strips, I left room to add googly eyes to make it appear as if ghosts are looking through the mummy.

I stamped the sentiment at the bottom.  I needed to add the little boy's name, "Will" and did that by cutting the letters using my Graffiti Sizzlet alphabet.  Thank goodness I didn't sell this set either!

After I put the card together, I tied Fun Fur around the top - I think it gives it a creepy addition!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Happy Haunting
• Paper:  PTI Canyon Clay, True Black, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tea Dye
• Tools:  Sizzlet Graffiti Alphabet Die
• Other:  Googly Eyes; Martha Stewart Onyx Glitter Eyelash
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Thank You For Being So Thoughtful (CAS #39)

Do you get bored seeing green leaves all the time?  I know I do and wanted to do something different for this card and decided to use grey for the leaves.  

On white cardstock, I die-cut the bottom using Card Edgers #1.  I stamped the flowers in light and dark purples, adding a black center.  The leaves are stamped in light grey with black for the vein.

I stamped the little clusters of flowers in light purple and added Frosted Lace Stickles to the centers.  The sentiment was stamped and the card was done!  Easy and looks like more work than it really was.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals; PTI Signature Greetings
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Lulu Lavender, Sweet Plum, Tuxedo Black; PTI Soft Stone
• Tools:  PTI Card Edgers #1 Die
• Other:  Stickles
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Wishing You Brighter Days

I saw this card on Amber's blog, Damask Love and thought it was so pretty and wanted to see if I could make one similar to it.

I used Berry Sorbet cardstock as the card base.  I die-cut a Quatrefoil Cover Plate in white and adhered it to the card base.  Next, I took a circle nestability, die-cutting a circle through the middle of both layers.  For the border around the sentiment, I placed two circle nestabilities that were slightly larger than each other and ran it through the Cuttlebug.  The result was a 1/4" outline of a circle which I placed around the cut circle in the middle of the card.  Does that make sense?  It's hard to explain in writing.

By cutting the two circles together, it also left a die-cut circle.  I used that as the inside sentiment for the card, stamping it with the sentiment and placing it directly inside the circle cut in the card base.  I placed it on foam tape so it pops up a bit.

I stamped the flowers and leaves on white cardstock, fussy cut them and adhered them to the card.  I tied white twine around the bottom of the card in a bow.

I took the picture with the card slightly open, hopefully so you can see how the sentiment circle is placed on the inside of the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Healing Touch Sentiments; WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals
• Paper:  PTI Berry Sorbet, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Bamboo Leaves
• Tools:  PTI Quatrefoil Cover Plate Die; Standard Circle Nestabilities
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Trick Or Treat Witch

I can't believe Halloween is next week...the month of October is going by so quickly!  

For this card I wanted to use this witch, I got it last year and didn't have a chance to use it.  I used True Black cardstock for the card base and added a layer of Halloween pattern paper.  I die-cut the strip of stars in a lighter orange paper using my Lil' Inkers star die and adhered it to the card.

I die-cut the witch and the "trick or treat" in black and placed them on the card; the witch is on foam tape for a little dimension.  The card needed some bling and I thought these sequins made a nice addition.

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI True Black; DCWV
• Tools:  PTI Spooky Sweets Die, Tricky Trio Die; Lil' Inker Designs Star Border
• Other:  Foam Tape; Sequins
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Anniversary

It's been a while since I made an anniversary card, and checking my stash, I'm running low on them.

For this card I used Aqua Mist cardstock for the card base, rounding the right hand corners.  On white cardstock, I stamped the leaves from Embroidered Blooms in Tea Leaves green and the flowers in Aquatic Splash ink. I didn't like the flower center in that set and used the flower center from Natural Beauties, stamped in Cantaloupe ink.

I thought black would be too harsh for the sentiment and used a medium grey ink - I think it helps soften the card.  I added a gem to each of the flower centers and tied white ribbon around the spine for the finishing touches.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Embroidered Blooms, Natural Beauties, Think Big Favorites #24
• Paper:  PTI Aqua Mist, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  VersaMagic Tea Leaves, Aquatic Splash; Memento Cantaloupe; Amuse Seattle
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Ribbon; Gems
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Boo To You

I needed to make a few Halloween cards quickly for someone and my creativity wasn't flowing very well, so I turned to the PTI Design Team for help.  This card was inspired by one made by Betsy Veldman.

I used Limeade Ice cardstock for the card base (I'm starting to really like this color!) and added a layer of Orange Zest cardstock, impressed with my star impression plate.  

I die-cut the frame in black and white polka dots, cutting a piece of white cardstock to fit the inside of the frame.  I stamped the ghosts and sentiment, adding die-cut bows for the boy ghosts and hair bows for the girl ghosts, all on foam tape.  I adhered the frame, backed with a die-cut coaster for added support, also on foam tape for dimension.

"Olivia" was cut in Limeade Ice using a Sizzlet alphabet.  The funny thing is I was going to sell my Sizzlet alphabets, but used them all in the last week.  Now I'm glad I still have them!  I added a die-cut girl ghost on the side of the frame on foam tape.  

To finish the card, I added a gem to the bow centers and Halloween twine, threaded with a bright orange button around the bottom.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Polka Dot Parade #7
• Paper:  PTI Limeade Ice, Orange Zest, White Stampers Select, Black & White Basics
• Ink:  Memento Pear Tart, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  PTI Fabulous Frames Die, Polka Dot Parade #7 Die, Star Spangled Impression Plate; Bounce Sizzlet Alphabet Die
• Other:  Twine; Foam Tape; Gems, PTI Coaster; Button
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"