Happy Spring

PTI February Blog Hop

 This month's photo shows

a pretty Easter table setting 

inspiring me to create a

 soft nest for colorful eggs.

                                                          

PTI stamps & dies

Stamps: Bunny Basket

Dies: Basic Bookmark 3, Bunny Basket, Circle Scribbles, 

Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, Tag Sale: Quilted

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Going to miss my fella as he's away for a month in 
Cambodia & Vietnam, bird watching with his pals.

                                            

lots of love & you're a real gem

Make it Monday #312: Framing Sentiments & Images

Laurie Schmidlin shared several ideas for framing a 

sentiment or image on this week's MIM Challenge.

She makes the prettiest cards!!


My first card uses the Framed Out #11 heart, stamped in
Hero Arts Pale Tomato, clear embossed and fussy cut.

PTI Stamps: Framed Out #11
PTI Dies: Mix & Mat: Postal, Noted: Scalloped

The second card highlights an embossed gem 

on a red circle framed by a scalloped gold frame.

PTI Stamps: Be Mine, Valentine

PTI Dies: Noted: Scalloped Square, Tinsel & Tags

Paper: PTI Bitty Big Dark Indigo, red & gold paper from stash

Versamark Ink, Ranger gold embossing powder, fun foam 

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A view of me & the bird man, Jim in San Diego 2/2/18

Two weeks ago today on Coronado Beach

This morning at home in southern Oregon

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happy day...happy birthday

PTI Create Along with Us
January 2018

My favorite monthly challenge is PTI's 

As soon as I saw the card below by Wanda Guess during PTI's release week, 

I knew exactly what my project would be this month! 

The drama of color against a dark background along with the beautifully colored 

blossoms captured my eye and desire to try this technique. But, I was also in love

with the darling birds featured in the January release and choose birds instead of 

flowers for the focus. It turned out so pretty! IMHO

PTI Products:

Stamps & Dies: Songbirds, Ways to Say: Happy Birthday, Noted: A2

Paper: Smoky Shadow

Colored Pencils over Hero Arts Unicorn White pigment ink

Be sure to look at Create Along with Us where more entries are posted!

Thank you for the visit today~

Also linking to Simon Says: Birds of a Feather

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thanks

PTI Products unless noted:

Paper: Bitty Big Orange Zest stripes & dots

Stamps: Bitty Bouquet, Layered Banner

Dies: Bitty Bouquet, Layered Banner, Mix & Mat: Postal, SSS Stitched Rectangles

Linked to: 

Time Out Challenge #100: Thankful
Simon Says: Use Patterned Paper






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You are a blessing

Make It Monday #309:
Heat Embossed Stencil Backgrounds

 Melissa  is featured on the Make It Monday challenge this week
with tips on creating unique backgrounds using stencils. 

Melissa's inspiration

It was fun choosing a stencil but it actually took two
 attempts to complete today's card. I'm trying to use a
variety of my stamps and dies and achieved my goal!

PTI Products:

Stamps: Infinity Frames Sentiments, Stemmed Statements

Dies: Cover Plate: Horizontal Stripes, Stemmed Statements

Stencil: Woodblock Prints

Misc.: Copics, Hero Arts Grape Juice ink, Versamark ink, 

sequins, white & clear embossing powders

Thank you for stopping by to see the latest creation!

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thinking of you...winter blues

Today's card was created for Simon Says: Winter Blues #sssmchallenge

I needed several sympathy cards this week and remembered an older wood Memory Box stamp of bare tree trunks. After stamping it with VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark inks I embossed it with clear embossing powder. Distress Inks were smooshed on an acrylic block and I water colored the sunset scene behind the tree trunks with a water brush. It turned out super cool. (IMHO) The tree square was finished with a PTI Noted square die and a PTI Twig Wreath sentiment stamped in navy. The square was set on a blue strip before attaching it off center on a cream A2 card distressed with the PTI linen impression plate.

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Love You

Make It Monday #308 
2017 A La Carte

It's a new year and the opportunity to look at last year's Make It Monday 

challenges and choose one for the Make It Monday A La Carte 2018. 

The purpose is to make something from a week that we didn't enter in 2017 

but I opted to repeat Lexi Daly's Pantone Chip inspired cards challenge. 

Card #1- PTI stamps & dies

In June I used bright yellow but with Valentines Day coming up I chose 

Lovely Lady, a soft pink shade. Since Valentines often includes roses, 

Rosie Posie's smaller bloom dies were used and popped up on foam 

 adhesive tape over stamped small leaves on the pink chip. My first card

 shows the pink square on a Soft Stone striped Center Style: Feminine  

die cut adhered to a light taupe side-folding card. 

Card #2 - PTI stamps & dies

This card has another Lovely Lady pink chip with a Rosie Posie bloom but on a cream 

Mix & Mat: Postal Die with the stitched line and popped on a vivid Hibiscus Burst card.

Both cards used a phrase from the Infinity Frames Sentiments stamp set.
I'm sorry about the poor quality of color as I took these after sunset.

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