Happy 4th of July...

I keep looking at all the pattern paper I have and need to start using it - it's helpful when making CAS cards and doesn't require a lot of thinking!

I cut the striped pattern paper and placed it on a white cardstock card base. I stamped the sentiment in blue ink and placed it on fun foam for dimension.

Each star is die-cut three times and stacked - I used Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening and white cardstock for them. This is about as easy as it gets!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Vintage Picnic
• Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, White Stampers Select; DCWV
• Ink:  Memento Blue Danube
• Dies:  PTI Building Blocks; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Stars
• Other:  Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday...

Okay, so maybe I'm stuck in a little bit of a color rut right now....I do seem to be using the same colors over and over lately lol. Let's see if I can step out of my "color rut" for a few days....(this one's for you Susi! haha)

On Fresh Snow linen cardstock, I stamped the flowers in black ink and added the layers in Pure Poppy and Berry Sorbet inks. The leaves are stamped in Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse inks.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink and placed it on fun foam for dimension. The panel is on a Berry Sorbet cardstock card base leaving a bit of border on the right hand side.  

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Altenew Painted Flowers, Label Love
• Paper:  PTI Fresh Snow Linen, Berry Sorbet 
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse; Versafine Onyx Black
• Other: Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday...

I can't believe that it's the last day of June! This month sure went by fast!

This watercolored panel is from Make It Monday #250. When I masked around the the bottom of my card and removed the tape, it was a bit crooked. I didn't want to throw the panel away and made it into this card.

The panel is blended with Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold and Green Parakeet inks and splattered with a bit of water. After it was completely dry, I stamped the sentiment in black ink, cut the panel down and rounded the corners.

The panel is adhered on a white cardstock card base and on fun foam for dimension.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Script Swirls: Birthday
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select 
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Green Parakeet; Versafine Onyx Black
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Stenciling With Texture Paste (MIM #254)...

It's the last week of the month already and time for another MIM! This week's Make It Monday #254: Stenciling With Texture Paste is hosted by Ashley Cannon Newell. Ashley shows us how to work with texture paste and how to easily add colors to it.

I have to admit when I was coloring my embossing paste, it looked like one big, old sloppy mess. And there I was, cursing the Design Team, not just Ashley....all of them....because they always make things look so easy and effortless! lol But when I removed my stencil I was very happy with the results!

I used a mesh stencil and spread the embossing paste over it on white cardstock. Next, I applied Aqua Mist, Spring Moss and Hawaiian Shores reinkers with a paintbrush, watering down the ink as needed. I set it aside to dry.

Celebrate is die-cut three times in True Black cardstock and stacked together. I applied Versamark to it, sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat set it. I repeated the process once more because it didn't look shiny enough the first time. The panel is trimmed to 3.75" x 5.0", placed on fun foam and adhered to a regular A2 size white cardstock card base.

Card Details:

• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, True Black
• Ink:  PTI Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores; Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Good Times
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Memory Box Mesh Stencil; Embossing Paste; Zing Embossing Powder; Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.0"

Thank You...

Each month I look forward to the new Splits design and really like the look of this one!

On white cardstock I stenciled the background with Lemon Tart ink. I didn't want to fill in the entire background so the stenciling is a bit random.

The Split is die-cut in white cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Using a blending tool, I rubbed Green Parakeet and Lemon Tart inks on it. The sentiment is stamped in black ink.

Instead of foam tape, I die-cut the Split three times and stacked it together. The panel is adhered to a Green Parakeet cardstock card base with a bit of the left hand side showing.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Splits: Thank You
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Green Parakeet
• Ink:  PTI Green Parakeet, Lemon Tart; Versafine Onyx Black; Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Splits: Thank You
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing White Embossing Powder
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Papertrey June 2016 Blog Hop Challenge...

It's the 25th again and time for another Blog Hop Challenge! Don't you think this month's inspiration photo has a lot of PTI colors in it? And that's what I centered my card on, the colors, not so much the design.

On a piece of stitched white cardstock using a blending tool, I rubbed circles of Hawaiian Shores and Raspberry Fizz to create my background. I watered down some Scarlet Jewel ink and flicked splatters on the background with a paintbrush.

The flower is die-cut in white cardstock and stamped with Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet and Scarlet Jewel inks, with the stem stamped in Simply Chartreuse and Ripe Avocado inks. The little white dots on the flower are embossed with white embossing powder. The flower and extra leaf is die-cut three times and stacked.

Sending is die-cut in Hawaiian Shores cardstock and stacked with 3 layers, with the additional sentiment stamped in black ink. I stamped a few extra flowers in Tropical Teal ink.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Painted Petals
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Hawaiian Shores
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet, Scarlet Jewel, Tropical Teal, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado; Versafine Onyx Black; Versamark
• Dies:  PTI Painted Petals, Don't Forget To Write; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  Zing Embossing Powder; Paintbrush
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Father's Day...

This is another card I made a while ago for SAS4K since they were asking for Father's Day cards.

I placed a piece of pattern paper on a white cardstock card base. I used my Center Style: Masculine die as the focal point of the card, stamping the design at the top in Kraft ink. I added the banner across of the top, stamping dad in Dark Chocolate ink and the outline in Enchanted Evening ink.

Happy Father's Day is stamped in Enchanted Evening and Kraft inks and the dotted line in Dark Chocolate ink. I added the little heart stamped in Pure Poppy ink. I placed the entire die-cut on fun foam for dimension. It was nice to use this die again!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Keep It Simple: Father, Pencilgrams
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select; DCWV The Little Mister
• Ink:  PTI Enchanted Evening, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy
• Dies:  PTI Center Style: Masculine
• Other:  Fun Foam
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Reverse Stenciling (MIM #253)...

I'm always delighted when I see an easy technique to try, and this week's Make It Monday #253: Reverse Stenciling is very easy to do. Betsy Veldman shows us how to ink up stencils with a brayer and transfer the image to cardstock.

I selected one of my Modern Backgrounds stencils and applied Hawaiian Shores and Green Parakeet inks with a brayer. I spritzed it with a bit of water, flipped it over and rubbed it onto white cardstock, filling about 3/4 of the paper. It really does have a nice, watercolor effect!

The balloon is die-cut three times in Green Parakeet cardstock and stacked together. I did the same for the balloon string in white cardstock. Celebrate is stamped in black ink. I placed the panel on a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base, leaving a bit of the cardstock showing on the right.  A bunch of sequins finished the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Splits: Celebrate
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers Select, Green Parakeet
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet; Versafine Onyx Black
• Dies:  PTI Birthday Style, Balloon Strings
• Tools:  Brayer
• Other:  PTI Modern Backgrounds Stencil; Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Just A Note...

I finally pulled out my Don't Forget To Write kit to make something with it! I think this kit will be a lot of fun to play with.

On white cardstock, I stamped the stripes in Mint Julep ink using a stamp from Watercolor Wonder. I die-cut the flower cluster in white cardstock and stamped the flowers in Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise and Harvest Gold inks. The leaves were stamped in Mint Julep and Green Parakeet inks, with the tips in Hawaiian Shores ink. Stamped little black dots were added to the flower centers.

Note is die-cut in Berry Sorbet ink and placed on a frame die-cut from the kit. I stamped the top and bottom flourishes in Hawaiian Shores ink. The frame was placed on foam tape for dimension.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Don't Forget To Write Make It Market Kit, Watercolor Wonder, Reasons To Smile
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Berry Sorbet
• Ink:  PTI Mint Julep, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Don't Forget To Write Make It Market Kit
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Father's Day...

We all seem to struggle making masculine cards and for today's card, I couldn't decide on a stamp set to use. Originally I was going to use an airplane but decided to pull out Wetlands and use the goose.

I used a couple solid pattern papers that are male looking colors - dark brown and olive green - and layered them on top of a black cardstock card base. The goose is stamped in Dark Chocolate ink on Rustic Cream cardstock. I did a little masking so I could put the taller ferns behind the goose. I was going to color the goose with Copics but decided to leave it "as it". The image is layered on brown paper and matted on black cardstock and placed on fun foam for dimension.

I stamped the sentiment in Dark Chocolate ink on a small banner and layered it on a larger banner die-cut in brown paper. The banner is also on fun foam. To finish things off, I added 3 wood buttons and jute around the spine. Very masculine looking, don't you think?

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Keep It Simple: Father; Stampin' Up Wetlands
• Paper:  PTI True Black, Rustic Cream; The Paper Loft Hooked On Fishing
• Ink:  PTI Dark Chocolate
• Dies:  PTI Sketched Shapes
• Other:  PTI Wood Buttons; Fun Foam; Jute
• Size:  5.5" x 5.5"

Make A Wish...

This was a quick card to make since I started with pattern paper and didn't have to stamp the pretty background!

I wanted to use all the colors that were in the pattern paper and stamped the cake with Sweet Blush ink, Hibiscus Burst ink for the icing and Raspberry Fizz for the candles. The candles flames are stamped in Harvest Gold ink and the sentiment in Smokey Shadow ink.

I added glossy accents to the candles and glitter on the icing. This is such a nice, feminine looking birthday card!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Just Desserts
• Paper:  PTI Confetti Toss
• Ink:  PTI Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Smokey Shadow
• Other:  Glossy Accents; Glitter
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Happy Birthday...

Well, you can tell I'm enjoying Color Pop Florals because I use it all the time! And stenciling is so much fun and sometimes less stressful than stamping because it's really hard to make a mistake! I also like how I can control the depth of color by applying more or less ink.

For this card, I used Fresh Snow Linen paper and stenciled the flowers in Berry Sorbet/Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush/Berry Sorbet and Aqua Mist/Hawaiian Shores inks. The leaves are stenciled in Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse inks.

The sentiment is stamped in black ink on a stitched banner die and placed on foam tape for dimension.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Color Pop Florals, Birthday Basics
• Paper:  PTI Fresh Snow Linen, Hawaiian Shores
• Ink:  PTI Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  Lil Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"