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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


Seize the birthday Anything Goes

time to celebrate

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

Time for another Blog Hop using Papertrey Ink products and inspired by this summery poster:

  

My card has a flower stamped in various colors from 

Heather Nichols' Be stamp set and the sentiment 

added in two different fonts from Wet Paint III.
The panel is mounted flat on a top-folding green card base.

  

So many graduations this spring and mostly girls!

Linking this card to capture the moment
Off to see what everyone is creating for the hop!!

It's a Good Day

Make It Monday #248:

This week, Lizzie showed her tips for ink blending using our own die cut masks! 

Here is her lovely example:

I chose Papertrey Ink's Cover Plate: Blue Skies Rays and Zappy Birthday dies. I used Distress Inks hickory smoke and black soot for the Zappy birthday city scape and squeezed lemonade for the sun rays, tumbled glass for the blue sky with a bit of ripe persimmon near the skyline. Grounded the scene with a washi tape road and added a Mama Elephant - Up Up and Away sentiment. That good lady Stella winked a bit of sparkle on the sun rays too.The masked panel is layered on foam over a charcoal woodgrain pattern paper.

Linking to Make It Monday  and Seize the Birthday

hello friend

Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

Wow! the inspiration photo below was a true C.H.A.L.L.E.N.G.E!!

I was motivated by the colors and circles to make my card this month.

Click on over to the capture the moment  site to see more cards~

Card Recipe:
Papertrey Ink Stamps: Circle Scribbles, Oopsie Daisy
Inks: PTI Soft Stone, Distress abandoned coral, candied apple, festive berries, aged mahogany
PTI Soft Stone bitty dots paper, PTI Linen impression plate