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Make It Monday #164
Cluster Stamped Sentiment

                  Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #15, Irresistibly Ikat
                  Stencil: Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow
                  Inks: Hero Arts - Butter Bar, Pale Tomato, Pool, Soft Cantaloupe, Soft Pool
                           Distress Ink -  Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean
                           Versamark
                  Misc. : Staples 110 lb white cardstock, Shimmer Mist, Sequins, Foam Tape
                              white embossing powder
                       

                  Details to this technique are covered on Nichole's blog:  Capture the Moment

Love

OCC Watercolor for Card Makers

Day 3 & 4 

Watercolor Stamping

                            I used Distress Inks on PTI Meadow Greens stamps, misted with water, 

                           and stamped on watercolor paper. I wet a small round brush & gently 

                           washed over pink blossoms to blur slightly. PTI Wonderful Words: Love 

                           was stamped in Momento London Fog. This panel was adhered to a pink

                           card stock dry embossed with large dots Lifestyle Crafts folder and then 

                           mounted on a white A2 card with rounded corners on all layers. 

                           Inside stamped PTI Bold Bouquet phrase - "You're simply the best" 

                           to make this a Mother's Day card for my 95 year old M-In-Law.

Happy Birthday

PTI Make It Monday #161: Watercolor Splats

I daubed 4 different Distress Inks on a 4.25 x 5.5 white card stock panel

blending each color like Heather showed us. Used a small round brush to

create the water splats and adhered the panel to a top-folding white A2 card. 

I die cut the new PTI Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt Die and mounted it on top

of the colored panel with dimension tape. The sentiment from PTI Boutique

Borders: Birthday was stamped with Hero Arts Navy Mid-tone Shadow ink and 

fastened to die cut with a blue staple. Distress Inks used: Chipped Sapphire, 

Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, and Mowed Lawn.

Friend

Virginia's View Challenge #2 - Stencil

                                          Stencil: Heidi Swapp diagonal (pack of 3)

                                          Die: Lawn Fawn LF#491 

                                          Paper: My Mind's Eye, Ooh La La

                                          Stamps: PTI Ruby Rose Reprise, Irresistibly Ikat,
                                                        Bold Bouquet (inside)

                                          Ink: Hero Arts-Soft Cantaloupe, Pale Tomato
                                                 Momento-London Fog

Check out all the fun cards @     Virginia's View Challenge Stencil

Praying for You

Make It Monday #158: 

Stamping with Watercolor Mediums

Papertrey Ink Monday Challenge inspired by Heather Nichols.

                                 Stamps: PTI Cutting Garden, Boutique Borders: Sympathy

                                 Distress Inks - Festive Berries, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet,

                                                         Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles 

                                                         and Versafine Black Onyx

                                  Lifestyle Crafts Chain embossing folder, Scott Foam Tape, water pen

                         Stamped Distress Inks on an acrylic block and used water pen to color stamps.

lots of love

Make It Monday #146 Angled Backgrounds

The first of my Valentine cards! 

     I cut a piece of white cardstock, 4"x 5.25" and covered it with red & white washi

     tapes laid at an angle. Die cut 3 hearts from panel and attached it to a top folding

     A2 card. Using the same 3 heart dies on silver cardstock, placed them inside

     washi tape panel negative spaces and added 3 silver sequins. The sentiment

     strip was stamped, the heart colored with a crimson Berol Prisma color pencil,

     and mounted with foam dimension tape

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      Stamps: PTI Framed Out #11

      Paper: Recollections Silver, Staples #110 White Cardstock

      Dies: Spellbinders Nestabillities Classic Hearts

      Ink: Fresh Ink Pigment Ink - Slate

      Washi Tapes 

May Your Days be Merry & Bright

Make It Monday #140

Ink Pad Designs

Ashley showed two cards using the uniquely shaped PTI ink pads to color 

the cardstock on her cards. I used little cat eye ink pads, using a mask to keep

it inside the circle. The die cut wreath was stamped with violet ink, leaves

colored with a silver Sharpie and purple/violet Sharpies for the berries. Then a spray

coat of the Shimmer Spritz to make it shiny. I added the ribbon to make it more like

a Christmas ornament mounting it on a silver A2 card.

PTI Rustic Wreath stamp set & Die

Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz, White Embossing Powder, Scotch Layering Tape

Ink: ColorBox Dusty Plum & Violet; Color Box Chalk Warm Violet & Blue Iris

Silver Metallic Sharpie, Violet Sharpie, Recollections Silver Glitter Tape, Ribbon

Cardstock: Staples White 110 lb, Silver Recollections