Autumn Thanks

                                           

   A last minute entry to this week's Make It Monday #222 challenge: 

  Die Cut Kissing where Betsy Veldman showed us a set of gorgeous 

  cards made with her "kissing" technique. Her video gives all the details 
  on Nichole Heady's blog  capture the moment   My card is much too 
  busy for my taste. The die cut rays should have been left off and I 
  would like it better.

                     Papertrey Ink Stamps: Layered Banner Banter, Leaf Prints,
                                                         Quilted: Autumn
                     PTI Dies: Keep It Simple, Quilted: Autumn, Scene It: Skyscapes
                     Hero Arts Inks: Unicorn White, Buttercup, Cup 'O Joe
                     Kraft cardstock, PTI vellum, misc. pattern paper

Happy Anniversary

PTI Make It Monday #221

Together is a Beautiful Place to Be 

This week Ashley Newell demonstrated a masking technique for sentiments. You can see several of her ideas and talent here - Make It Monday challenge

I made a stencil with the Papertrey Ink Modern Cross cover plate and directly applied a Hero Arts Butter to Orange Ombre inkpad over the stencil with a white 4.25 x 5.5" panel underneath. Before the stencil was removed I sprayed Heidi Swapp Gold Shine over the orange ink (not easily seen here but trust me it shines). Removing my sentiment mask I stamped a sentiment from PTI Quilted: Spring in Distress Ink Hickory Smoke. The panel was adhered directly to a white A2 card with some gold colored polka dot strips on each side to frame the panel. But it needed something more...aha! Since it was going to be an anniversary card (#42) using two birds would be perfect for my bird-watching hubby. I die cut the smallest bird dies from PTI Songbirds from a gold metallic paper. Perfecto (at least in MHO)  Such fun - hope he likes it too!

Maybe you can see the golden gleam better on this shot!

Merry & Bright

Trying out a sketch at
CAS(E) this Sketch #135

I'm adding to my Christmas card pile hoping to be ready this December and not be under so much pressure. Dreamed up this poinsettia from the Lovely Layers set and it turned out pretty good! I made several dots of yellow Stickles on the center but didn't like them so squished them flat to add some glittery shine to the card. To keep my cards flat for mailing did not pop up the die cuts.  To mass produce this design, I will modify by die cutting out of green & red papers and eliminate one step of stamping.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Lovely Layers & Rustic Wreath (sentiment)

Die: PTI Lovely Layers

Inks: Hero Arts - Meadow Greens, Pale Tomato, Royal Red mid-tone shadow

Washi tape and yellow Stickles 

You Are My Sunshine

CAS(E) this Sketch #134

I seem to be needing more encouragement cards lately and thought to try a NBUS die from Papertrey Ink Scene It: Skyscapes Die Collection. I cut one each from two different yellow card stocks and adhered them to a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die cut from my pattern paper stash. Stamped an old Hero Arts sentiment on clear vellum and using vellum adhesive anchored it to the panel. Glued panel on another striped paper piece which was placed on a basic white A2 card. I'm linking this to Cas(e) this Sketch! and their current challenge.

Love Is the Tie that Binds

      MAKE IT MONDAY #217
      Creating Your Own Custom Borders

Laurie showed us today on the Capture the Moment blog how to use our stamps and dies to make a custom border. I had already assembled the quilt block so tricked it out with a sunburst stamped die border. Added a bit of sparkle to the sunburst with a clear Wink of Stella pen. I have not used a border in a long time. Her second card on the video reminded me to quit hoarding my wood paper. Like Laurie I mounted my wood panel on fun foam to give it a solid base and lift it off the A2 card.  

Hope you'll drop by the blog to check out Laurie's video and the other cards.  Click on the link to  capture the moment  

Papertrey Ink Stamps/Dies: Quilted: Spring and Snowflake Flurries
Inks: Hero Arts Pool, Ranger Tumbled Glass, Fossilized Amber
Pebbles "Garden Party" pattern paper, cherrrywood veneer paper, fun foam

Happy Birthday

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop Challenge

My attempt to capture the image inspiration!

PTI Stamps: Boutique Borders: Sympathy, Polka Dots, Ruby Rose, Trendy Tree Tops
PTI Dies: Boutique Borders: Sympathy, Ruby Rose,  Basic Bookmark 3
Ink: Versafine Black Ink & Hero Arts Soft Grey Shadow

This was a 15 minute card cuz I forgot about the blog hop until 7:30 PDT tonight.
It must be my old age as I just got my first Social Security check this month! LOL

Check out all of the fabulous cards at Nichole's blog.    PTI June 2015 Blog Hop

Friends Forever

Make It Monday #214

Stamping with Neutrals

In this week's Make It Monday challenge, Dawn spotlighted the use of neutral colors in stamping a background. Check out her video here:   Dawn's tips on Stamping with Neutrals

I inked Distress Inks on an acrylic block, misted with water and smooshed the water color paper on the block. After it was dry I stamped various Irresistibly Ikat stamps with a soft grey ink finishing the card with the sentiments in darker colors. The water color panel was adhered to a raspberry color A2 card and some shiny pearls added.

Stamps: PTI Irresistibly Ikat, Wet Paint III

Inks: Distress Inks - picked raspberry, shaded lilac, squeezed lemondade; Hero Arts Soft Grey Shadow; Momento Black; Versamark  

PTI cardstock, water color paper, silver pearls, white embossing powder