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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Building Wreaths with Small Images

This week's Make-it-Monday let me get out a couple of newer stamp sets that I have really enjoyed using, PTI's Ivy & Bloom as well as the stamp set from the PTI Bloom & Grow Make-it-Market Kit. I also pulled out an older stamp set for my background, PTI Background Basics: Text Style. I had die cut some sentiments in white card stock and wanted to use them on a card, so my card has bit of a twist. Instead of drawing a pencil line for my wreath to follow, I cut out a circle from a piece of white card stock so I could let the dark card base show through. I thought this would give my die cut sentiment a nice contrast and add a spot of color to the card. I stamped by background text first then added the flower wreath around the circle. Last I attached my die cut sentiment to the card so it could overlap just a bit with the wreath.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Watercolor Wash Backgrounds

This week's PTI Make-it-Monday challenge got me motivated to get some cards done. I have admired many beautiful cards with watercolor backgrounds and just haven't got myself into the swing of things. So, thank you Laurie for an excellent video and tons of inspiration. Here are my cards. This first card I used the PTI Peonies on Parade stamp set (goodness I had purchased this stamp set and not made a single card until today). It was the perfect flower design for this technique.

This second card was inspired by a sample Betsy Veldman created a while back. I saved an image of her card thinking to myself that I need to try something like that. So here is my PTI What the Doodle: Paisley card.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

Bright colors and lots of flowers, what is there not to love about this month's Papertrey Blog Hop inspiration. Here is the photo that inspired me. Pretty blues and both bright and soft pinks, these are the colors I gravitate to naturally.

I wanted to create a "happy" card because looking at these colors makes me feel joyful. I used the Gathered Garden PTI stamp set which I am finding so versatile it is amazing. My sentiment uses one stamped word from PTI Phrase Play #8 set and a die cut from the Wet Paint Holiday Die set. I added a nice botanical embossing to my background blue paper. Here is my card of encouragement.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

This month's Papertrey Ink blog hop inspiration is full of rich colors and touches of gold. It is an elegant look that is quite lovely. It took me a while to decide on a design even though I loved the colors and the whole idea of making a somewhat elegant card.

My card was really quite simple as I took out my Make-it-Market: Garden Gild template and went for a layered look. I die cut my leaves from gold metallic paper then used the Inspired: love die and stamp set to add my sentiment.

Monday, December 26, 2016

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

After getting my recent order from Papertrey Ink I had to try a card with the Swan'sational stamp set and dies (I just love swans). I decided to use the color palette from the pretty inspiration photo for this month's card Challenge. First here is the inspiration photo.

I inked blended my background with the greens, yellow and pinks. Then simply added the "Into the Woods" cover plate and the lovely swans. A few bright pink paper dots to suggest flowers in the trees and a Happy Birthday sentiment finish my card.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Fall is my favorite time of year and the inspiration photo for this month's blog hop is right up my alley. I found the colors and texture in the photo a beautiful jumping off point.

The washed wood background was such a perfect foil for the autumn colors that I tried to create that effect in my card. I started with white card stock and ink blended some pale blue (PTI Spring Rain), Mustard and Orange (Stampabilities) across the card base. I then got out my PTI Background Basics: Woodgrain Stamp Set and filled the entire background with woodgrain images stamped in grey. I then cut a corner from the scalloped Note Card die from the PTI Make-it-Market: Don't Forget to Write kit and added it to the side of my card. I then embellished the card with die cut shapes and a Bountiful sentiment all from the Make-it-Market: Color Pop Autumn kit. Last I tucked a few sprigs from the PTI Fancy Foliage Details Die.

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Die Cut Stencil Shapes

I have been so busy I have missed participating in the Make-It-Monday challenges. However, I just love the cards Melissa Phillips created with her die cut stencil backgrounds so I made time to give this challenge a try. Truly one of my favorite techniques is ink blending so combining this with stencil die cuts I knew was going to be fun. On this first card I cut out the leaves from the PTI Songbirds die. I ink blended some mustard and orange ink in the background and then sponged some red lightly around the leaves. I then die cut a small scalloped square and embellished it with a few shapes from the PTI Make-it-Market: Color Pop Autumn kit. Last I added my sentiment from the PTI Stylized Autumn stamp set. I still needed something, so I added some texture with watercolor splatter. I covered up my white shape with a bit a Press & Seal to keep it from getting any splatter and it worked great.

Since Melissa had done such a lovely card using the PTI snowflake and had to give that a try as well. I used two shades of blue in my background working around the snowflake die cut. I added just a few small stamped snowflakes with grey ink. I used the PTI What the Doodle: Snowflakes Stamp Set for the larger snowflakes. The sentiment if from the PTI Inspired:Hope Stamp Set.

Although you cannot see it in the image above, I did add some sparkle to the large snowflakes by using a Gelly Roll Clear Star pen by Sakura. It gave the card a bit of shine that I liked. The picture below shows that additional a little better.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

SAF 2016: Masterpiece Inspirations

Such great works of art to choose from with this challenge. I decided to try a card based of this painting.

I really was drawn to the blue background that made the flowers stand out. So I decided to keep my card pretty simple and make use of some rich blue paper to support a group of flowers.

I tried to add some depth to the stems by added shading with Copic Markers but that did not show up very well in the photo of my card.

SAF 2016: Gilded in Gold

This challenge with Daniel Flanders was a whole new experience for me. I had never heard of the Plaid Liquid Leaf product before but it was easy to use and produced amazing results. I did a fancy birthday card for my project. I chose to gild the Garden Garland Die cut and then add some vellum layered flowers. A little pearl pen for the center dots in the flowers and sequins finished off the card.

SAF 2016: Starry Night with Amy Sheffer

This challenge was so much fun. Amy's design was so beautiful I really just replicated her card as best I could. I actually made four of these cards and each sky looked different but I loved all of them. Here is my favorite.

For my background I actually used watercolor paints. That gave me the most color options and the closest colors to Amy's lovely example.

SAF:2016 Master Color Recipes

For this Master Color Recipe Challenge I chose the following inspiration piece for my card. I love all the blues and greens in this painting.

For my card I ink blended the background, added some paint splatter and then added the doodle feather colored with Copic Markers. I finished the card with a silver bow and a few sequins.

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Papertrey Ink June 2016 Blog Hop

This month's blog hop has a beautiful inspiration piece by Yellena James. I just love the colors in this picture so that was what inspired my cards.

I have one card where I ink blended the background and then added paint splatters on top. I wanted the look of light branches against the background so I cut up the "Into the Woods" cover plate to get that texture. To finish the card I added butterflies and clear sequins.

This second card is simple and I spent more time with the ink blended background than anything else. This time I wanted layers of color rather than texture. I love the "Don't Forget to Write" Make-it-Market kit and so it was an easy choice to build this card.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Gradient Watercolor Die Cuts

It was difficult to choose the colors I wanted to try out for this weeks Make-it-Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink but I finally settled on blending a golden yellow, to orange then red, pink and 2 shades of purple. It's been a while since I had my watercolors out so it was a good activity for me. I used Windsor Newton watercolor tube paints to create the background for this card.

Papertrey Ink: Quatrefoil Die

Papertrey Ink: Mini Blooms Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Branching Out Die

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Masked Backgrounds

I love ink blending so this week's Make-It-Monday at Papertrey ink was total joy for me. I created two cards using one of my newest dies, Garden Garland, that I purchased from PTI with this month's release. The first card has a 1/4 in masked border with 4 inks blended in the background. I have goldfinch regularly visit my backyard, so adding a little bird to this card was a must.

On this second card I did a little different masking. I cut out one of the shapes from the PTI Scene It: Skyscapes dies and used the sun rays to mask the background in the center of this card. I was pleased with the result and it was so easy to create.

Products Used:

Papertrey Ink: Garden Garland Die

Papertrey Ink: Scene It: Skyscapes Die

Papertrey Ink:Walk by Faith Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Inspired Praise Mini Stamp Set and Die

Papertrey Ink: Spring Woods Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Button Stacks II Die

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Simon Says:Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge

I have a card to share today for the Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge. I used a Stamp Set by Betsy Veldman at Papertrey Ink and colored this cute doodle apple image with Copic Markers. At bit of ink blending on the background and I had a sweet Thank you card. Betsy's cards are always a huge inspiration for me.

Products Used:

Papertey Ink: What the Doodle Apple Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Friendly Flowers (for the sentiment)

Copic Markers

Friday, March 25, 2016

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

This month's Papertrey blog hop challenge uses the very unique artwork of Izziyana Shuhaimi as our inspiration.

I love the stitching in this art but I lack any any real stitching stamps or dies. Therefore, I chose to go with a predominately grey background and add a pop of color. My butterfly is heat embossed and then ink blended.

Products Used:

Papertrey Ink: What the Doodle: Butterfly Stamp Set and Die

Papertrey Ink: One Big Happy Stamp Set and Die Collection

Papertrey Ink: Twig Wreath Stamp Set

Ink Blending Over Heat Embossing

This week's Make-it-Monday at Papertrey Ink had us blending ink over a heat embossed image. As I have gotten better at ink blending I am finding I really enjoy it. What was so nice about Danielle's sample card it that it used a die I own in a new way. I am always looking for new ways to use my templates and dies, so I was inspired by Danielle's use of the You've been Framed:Oval Die. As a result I had to give her card design a try.

I experimented a bit with my Fancy That stamp set to create the card below. With this card I got to do a lot more ink blending.

Products Used:

Papertrey Ink: You've Been Framed: Oval Die and Stamp set

Papertrey Ink: Bitty Bouquets Stamp Set and Dies

Papertrey Ink: Inspired Savior Die and Mini Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Counting by Blessings Die and Stamp Set

Hero Arts: Manuscript Stamp

Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins

Monday, March 7, 2016

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

I love texture on cards so as I created the card below I immediately thought it would be another good entry for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge. I really admire the design work of Kay Miller and the card below was inspired by her lovely work.

Products Used:

Paperytrey Ink Twig Wreath Stamp and Die Set

Papertrey Ink Scripted Dies

Sunday, March 6, 2016

CTS # 162 and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

I thought I would join in this week's Case this Sketch Challenge with Sketch #162. Here is the sketch.

My Card has some texture to background (dots embossing) and the top layer has a dry embossed rose design I applied by using a stencil from Tim Holtz in my Big Shot. I tried to emphasize the rose embossing by lightly brushing a bit of pink ink over the top. My rose flowers, leaves and sentiment are from Paypertrey Ink.

With my texture elements I thought this would also be a good card to share with the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Products Used:

Papertrey Ink Graceful Greetings Stamp Set & Die

Papertre Ink Rosie Posie Stamp Set & Dies

Tim Holtz Rose Stencil

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ombre Stenciled Backgrounds

I have so much fun with ink blending that this week's Make-It-Monday at Papertrey Ink was right up my alley. I have slowly been collecting stencils but have not yet purchased the new PTI stencil set, however they are on my wishlist. Therefore, I used a Hero Arts stencil for this card. I have used PTI Raspberry Fizz, PTI Berry Sorbet and Stampabilities Mustard ink for my blended background.

Products Used:

Papertrey Ink Keep It Simple Frames

Papertrey Ink: Little Labels Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Fab Flakes Stamp Set & dies

Papertrey Ink: Bold Blossoms Stamp Set & dies

Hero Arts Stencil

Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins

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