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Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge

My card today was inspired by Nichole 

Heady's photo shared at capture the moment

for the July Blog Hop Challenge.

                                       This mid-century room had so many wonderful elements

                                       with which to work. I chose to focus on the pillow, making

                                       a stitched square and resting it on a textured blue panel

                                       inspired by the chair and rug.

Card Recipe:  

PTI Stamps: One Big Happy, Painted Petals (sentiment), 

PTI Dies: Noted: Scalloped Square, Tag Sale: Quilted

Hero Arts Shadow Inks: Pool, Soft Canteloupe, Soft Pool, Stone Wash

Paper: Caslon water color, PTI Aqua Mist & Soft Stone

Misc.: Lifestyle Crafts Chain embossing folder, Recollections enamel dot

  

PTI SAF Friday Night Gallery Reception

                       I selected this card from a set of cards that I made September 2015 

               to send several of my Canadian friends for their October 1 Thanksgiving. 

               I smooshed several orange and red distress inks onto watercolor paper

               and let it dry before die cutting with several PTI leaf dies. It was fun

               assembling the group of cards with various backgrounds and sentiments. 

               This is my entry for Friday Night Gallery

                                   

Here is the collection.

thanks

Create Along with Us July 2016

Several of the Papertrey Ink design team inspired my card making this week. Maile Belles new Tropics stamp set and especially her cards on release day four inspired today's card.

 First Maile's graphic design card:

Here's my take:

Card Menu:

PTI Stamps: Ruby Rose reprise, Swoosh

Linking this to:  Create Along with Us

congratulations....

Papertrey June Blog Hop Challenge

Nichole selected a print from artist  Yellena James for this month's inspiration.

Isn't this beautiful?
I floated a few floral shapes over a stenciled background.

Card Menu:

Papertrey Ink Stamps: Circle Scribbles, Cutting Garden, Meadow Greens, Spruce & Sprigs, Swoosh

Inks: a variety of Distress inks; Hero Arts Pool, Soft Pool, Soft Purple shadow inks

Paper: Water color 110 lb and mint green Paper Source

Stencil background: Woodblock Prints stencil

Linking this to : PTI June Blog Hop

There is Sunshine

Make It Monday #253

Reverse Stenciling

Today's card was made with my new Make It Market
Mini Kit: Sunshine & Rainbows from Papertrey Ink.

If you view Betsy's video, you'll see how to do this technique.

As you can see from my photo, we have a sunny June day!

The word "sunshine" was die cut out of the stenciled panel, 

backed with bright yellow card stock before mounting the 

panel on a light orange card base.

Happy for you

Create Along with Us June 2016

I really enjoyed this month's release at Papertrey Ink especially the Woodblock Prints collection.
When I saw Amy Sheffer's "Thanks" card I immediately thought of the Irresistibly Ikat set.

Amy used stencils to create her background but mine was stamped. 

Card Menu:

Stamps: PTI Irresistibly Ikat, One Big Happy

Dies: PTI Tag Sale: Quilted, Tipped Tops; PTI Linen Impression Plate

Ink: Hero Arts Lime Green & Pool, Versafine Onyx Black

Misc: Silver DMC thread, Clear Wink of Stella, fun foam for mounting the quilted die

Linking to : Create Along with Us

Enjoy This Special Day

This was a fun card to make after viewing Dawn McVey's video on making Gradient Watercolor Die Cuts. Using three Distress Inks, I watercolored a piece of watercolor paper. Next die cut a medium size feather and inlaid it on a woodgrain paper bookmark which was adhered to a chartreuse card with foam mounting tape. The sentiment was stamped directly on the feather and a vellum banner die cut. The bookmark was completed with a baker's twine bow. All products except for the twine and woodgrain paper are from Papertrey Ink.

Card Menu:

Stamps: PTI What the Doodle: Butterfly

Dies: PTI Basic Bookmark #2, Feather Finery, Tag Sale: Quilted 

Inks: Ranger Archival Black, Distress peacock feathers, tumbled glass, twisted citron

Linked to: 

Make It Monday: Gradient Watercolor Die Cuts


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