Pretty in Pink and another bordered sentiments attempt

I've got another card for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, Pretty in Pink.  Why don't you play along too?  You could win a $20 gift certificate here:

I do not usually gravitate towards pink but this is a fun way for me to stretch my creative muscles ... that is, if I have any! :)

My mom gave me some paint chips from Sherwin Williams that she got and I took a bunch of the pink ones to use for this challenge.  I used my Happy Trails die to cut out the butterflies.  I popped them up on foam dots and then stamped the Fillable Frames sentiment in Jenni Bowlin fountain pen ink.  Super simple.

 

My next card combined the Make it Monday challenge (Bordered Sentiments) from Papertrey Ink and some pink shades for CAS-ual Fridays.

I stamped BB: Newsprint in Versamagic Pixie Dust and then layered Embellishments' swirls in Jenni Bowlin chewing gum over top.

I used Sassafras Stitchery for some faux stitching as my border and Hero Arts Made with Love for the sentiment.  I love these sentiments because they're nice and big, just like PTI's Think Big series.

Supplies:

Paper: PTI Vintage White, Sherwin Williams paint chips

Ink:  Jenni Bowlin fountain pen

Stamps: PTI Fillable Frames

Misc: foam dots, PTI Happy Trails die (butterfly) 

Paper: PTI Vintage White

Inks: Fresh Inks slate, Versamagic Pixie Dust, Jenni Bowlin chewing gum

Stamps: PTI BB: Newsprint, Embellishments; Hero Arts Made with Love

; Sassafras Stitchery

Misc: Eclipse masking paper

 

 

Papertrey Make it Monday #71 - Bordered Sentiments

This week, the talented Betsy showed us how to make bordered sentiments.  It's a fun and easy masking technique:

I decided to use the colour combination from Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger a while back as the jumping off point of my first card:

I used some Fresh inks and imperfectly inked them to give a more rugged feel to the card.

I used my beloved but not used lately BB: Vines stamp to do the background and then used Faux Ribbon as my line ... You see, I'm not so good at drawing my own lines, even with a ruler! :)  I then selectively inked the Think Big sentiment with two different colours used on the vines as well. 

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream
Stamps: PTI BB: Vines, Think Big sentiments, Faux Ribbon
Ink: Fresh navy, slate, maroon
Misc: Eclipse masking paper

Make it Monday #68 - Pocket cards: Happy Father's Day

This week at Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday it's all about pocket cards. 

For my second card, I busted out a Father's Day sentiment and made a card for my dad for the upcoming holiday.

I stamped a bunch of chevron strips in tuscan olive, navy and slate ink from Fresh.  I thought the colour scheme was suitably masculine. :P

 Then, I stamped the double line with Faux Ribbon for a faux stitched line and adhered the two sides with thin strips of Sookwang tape and got to work on the Enchanted Evening inner panel.

I stamped the grid pattern from Background Basics: Geometrics with tuxedo black ink.  I used an old dryer cloth to ensure that the surface was ready to heat emboss.  I stamped the Father's Day sentiment from one of the Fillable Frames in Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Zing Brown Sugar embossing powder.  This is a great match to the fine linen card stock.

I used the linen impression plate to impress the pattern into the card panel and pocket.  Hope Dad likes it! 

Supplies:
Paper: PTI Fine Linen, Enchanted Evening
Stamps: PTI BB: Geometrics and Chevron Strips, Faux Ribbon, Fillable Frames (sentiment)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Fresh chocolate, navy, tuscan olive, slate; Versamark
Misc: PTI Linen impression plate, Sookwang tape, Zing Brown Sugar embossing powder

Papertrey Make it Monday #65 - Background Patterns from Patterned Paper Scraps - shaped card

This week's Make it Monday from Papertrey Ink is a great way to use up your patterned paper scraps. The fabulous Dawn McVey made a great video talking about proportion and pattern ... great stuff!!

I keep my pp scraps in with each of the pads so they're easy to find and often make use of them.  I even keep slivers of scraps as they can be useful for grounding other background patterns.  I dove into my Basic Grey patterned papers and came up with this card:

It's a shaped card cut with Mega Mat Stack 4 and then used my two sizes of Mat Stack 4 dies for the focal point with a Beautiful Blooms flower in the centre.  The background is impressed with my new Chevron Impression plate from Wplus9.  I waited and waited for PTI to come out with one but became impatient so I am using, gasp, a product from another company! ;-) 

Even the BB die cuts used up some patterned scraps!  So altogether I used 7 patterns.  Since they are quite monochromatic I think it ends up not being too overwhelming ... that's what I'm hoping for at least! :)

This is for a friend going through a tough time so I send a card at least a few times a month so she knows she's in my thoughts.   Hopefully she likes it ... she enjoys this sort of a colour scheme rather than bright ...

Supplies:
Paper:  PTI Kraft, Gina K chocolate; Basic Grey Manila and Kraft Basics 6x6 pads
Stamps: Mat Stack 4 (sentiments broken up in two parts and selectively inked)
Ink: Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar, PTI Vintage Tea Dye duo (inked up edges of flower)
Misc: PTI dies (Mat Stack 4, Mega Mat Stack 4, Layerz Mat Stack 4; Beautiful Blooms); Wplus9 Chevron IP; foam dots, PTI button and button twine

Papertrey Make it Monday #64 - Colour Inspiration of brights

Bright colours like these are not my usual - I love this combination, I just don't usually reach for these colours.  But I decided this was my chance to give it a go.  I pulled some coloured cardstock I had from the cs sampler at PTI (the old 2009 one since the new one was just recently available.  I also grabbed all the inks I could that would match these colours.

My first card was almost one layer but not quite.  I stamped using a variety of Fresh and Versamagic chalk inks.  The flowers on either end are stamped off Fresh navy ink. 

I popped up the sentiment die cut with PTI's angled labels with some foam dots. 

 

Also, the vase was stamped onto Raspberry Fizz card stock and well coated with Rock Candy stickles.  Love the bling it adds ... hard to capture on camera but it's there, promise! 

 

I fussy cut it and popped it up with foam dots with the inked side flipped over.  

Ok, see the yellow flowers?  I stamped them in Versamagic Thatched Straw ink. I wanted to add a little more oomph, so used some Liquid Pearls in daffodil.  I actually bought this Liquid Pearls wanna be bottle at the dollar store - score, right?!  So I made little dots for each of the flower bits but it ended up looking all globby since some of the flower parts are larger than others.  I thought I had completely ruined the card when I remembered that I have painted with Liquid Pearls before.  So I took my aqua pen (you could use a paintbrush instead) and removed most of the dots and then painted it within the lines of the stamped flowers.  Much better and no card had to go in the garbage.  And in person, the pearlescence is a nice addition!!

Okay, next one but this one is super subtle:

This one was WAY harder to capture on camera.  Chalk and pigment inks don't show up as well on film when stamped on kraft unless they are darker colours.

I stamped Raspberry Fizz die cuts with the red, navy and grey inks and popped them up with foam dots.  The top one is popped up even more.

Hard to see but the sentiment looks gorgeous in person with the Slate Fresh ink stamped on Kraft cardstock.

Supplies:
Gracious Mother
Paper: Staples 110lb white, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Stamps: PTI Gracious Vases, Rosie Posie (hexagons), Pretty Peonies (sentiments selectively inked)
Ink: Fresh navy, slate, red currant, provincial grey; Versamagic thatched straw
Misc: PTI Angled labels die, Stickles rock candy, Dollar Store daffodil liquid pearls, aqua pen, foam dots

Rosie Posie Anniversary
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Kraft
Stamps: PTI Rosie Posie, BB Circles, Beautiful Butterflies (sentiments)
Ink: Fresh navy, slate, red currant, provincial grey; Versamagic thatched straw
Misc: PTI Rosie Posie dies, corner rounder, foam dots

Papertrey Make it Monday - coloured kissing - attempt #5

Another attempt of coloured kissing for Papertrey's Make it Monday challenge.

Whoo baby, is that ever a dark photo! :(  Sorry about that!  I took white ink and inked up the By the Numbers impression plate and impressed a piece of chocolate cardstock and then layered a pink eyelet border die cut behind the main image.

I stamped Life's image and then colour kissed Text Style over top.  A Happy Days sentiment over that (all Fresh Inks) and then impressed the vintage cream block with the Woodgrain impression plate.  I matted the pink behind and then popped it up with foam dots.

Supplies:
Paper: Gina K chocolate, PTI vintage cream and pink
Stamps: PTI Life, Happy Days, Text Style
Ink: Fresh fresh lilac, pear, slate
Misc: PTI Impression plates - By the Numbers, Woodgrain; foam dots

Papertrey Make it Monday - coloured kissing - attempt #4

 Another Make it Monday attempt of coloured kissing!  I took a Spring Moss card base and impressed it with Mehndi Medallion's impression plate.  I then layered a vintage cream Happy Days die cut and stamped it with the Wonderful Words sentiments (selectively inked).  Then some coloured kissing with Life images and Text Style newsprint.  All stamped with Impress Rubber Stamps' Fresh Inks.  I edged the die cut with Chai from PTI's Vintage Tea Dye duo.  

Supplies all Papertrey unless noted:
Paper: Vintage Cream, Spring Moss
Stamps: Wonderful Words, Life, Text Style
Ink: Fresh Inks, Vintage Tea Dye Duo (chai)
Misc: Happy Days die, Mehndi Medallion impression plate, foam dots

Papertrey Make it Monday - coloured kissing - attempt #3

Another example of the coloured kissing technique!

Rosie Posie's less used and under loved flower with Newsprint and then Mat Stack 4's sentiment.  I used the Vine stamp set with some glossy accents for a little shine

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110lb white
Stamps: PTI Rosie Posie, Vines, BB Newsprint, Mat Stack 4 (sentiment selectively inked)
Ink: Fresh Ink slate, navy, pear
Misc: Glossy Accents

Papertrey Make it Monday - coloured kissing - attempt #2

Another attempt to do the fabulous coloured kissing technique featured over on PTI's blog for their Make it Monday.

I used my Rosie Posie set + Chevron strips and then Harvest Berries + Newsprint set.  Those Fresh Inks give great coverage and I'm loving the colours.  I combined them with Jenni Bowlin's Brown Sugar for kissing.

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110lb white
Stamps: PTI Rosie Posie, Chevron Strips, Harvest Berries, Newsprint, Think Big
Ink: Fresh Ink - red currant, steel blue, slate; Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar

Papertrey Make it Monday - coloured kissing - attempt #1

I love this technique so was super excited when I saw it posted as an MIM video.

I stamped the Modern Basics solid stamp with Fresh ink and then used a background stamp in Memento tuxedo black ink.

I used Glossy Accents over top of the kissed images for some dimension.

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110lb white
Stamps: PTI Text Style, Geometrics, Everyday Button Bits (sentiment); Hero Arts envelope pattern
Ink: Fresh Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black
Misc: Glossy Accents

Papertrey Make it Monday - Layered mats and frames - Just a note

I had a really tough time taking a picture of this one but I tried my hardest! :)  This card had a lot of steps so let me get started!

I layered a vintage book page cut in Mat Stack 4 with an angled label die cut.  I then used my Beautiful Blooms die to cut out a flower in the top layer.  I stamped Text Style's background text image on the turquoise die cut and then the angled label outline.  I used a brush pen to make the flower shape more obvious.

On the white layer, I stamped the sentiment from the Signature Series dress form.  Love the combined fonts!  I used a dark chocolate card stock that I impressed with an impression plate.  Foam dots were placed behind the turquoise layer to pop it up from the white layer and then I just put the dark chocolate cardstock onto the white card base.  Done! :)

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110 lb white, dark chocolate, turquoise, vintage book print
Stamps: PTI Text Style, Angled Labels, Signature Series dress form (sentiment)
Ink: Jenni Bowlin Speckled Egg, Spiced Tin
Misc: PTI Impression Plate, Beautiful Blooms die, Mat Stack 4 die, Angled Label die, brush pen from my stash

Papertrey Make it Monday - layered mats and frames - Noel

I liked this week's technique spotlight on layered mats as frames.  I took my 2.5" Limitless Layers from Papertrey and cut it twice in Ocean Tides and Kraft stock using the sun shape.  I then cut out a circle from the same set so that I was just left with a frame of the Kraft cardstock.

I had previously used the Book Print Impression plate to give the Kraft layer a bit more dimension.  I stamped Speckled Egg (Jenni Bowlin ink) snowflakes from my Mod Squad set on the white card base and on the ocean tides layer.  I then stamped the Think Big Favorites sentiment 'Noel' in Spiced Tin Jenni Bowlin ink and then once it was all dry, I used the Frosted Lace Stickles to add a little bling spread about with my finger.

I popped up the framed kraft layer on foam dots and set it off a bit so you could see the tips of the Ocean Tides layer behind.

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110lb, PTI Ocean Tides, Kraft
Stamps: Think Big Favorites Holiday Collection, Mod Squad
Ink: Jenni Bowlin Speckled Egg, Spiced Tin
Misc: Book Print Impression Plate, Stickles frosted lace, foam dots, PTI Limitless Layers (2.5")

Make it Monday - Stamping with Acrylic Paint

I was so inspired by the fabulous video this week from Papertrey on stamping with paint.  I went through my stash and found some gold paint and grabbed a makeup sponge.  My new set Harvest Berries was perfect for this.  I love the combination of Ocean Tides and gold.  Yum!

 I used the Harvest Berries die for some dark chocolate and gold texture and overlaid a Fillable Frames #4 die cut with some foam dots.  I found the perfect sentiment from Modern Wood Mats and made sure to edge the frame and ocean tides cardstock cover with the gold as well.

I think somehow the colour combination reminds me of Tiffany with the gold and turquoise, although it's usually lighter.  Canada used to have a gorgeous home decor store that was an offshoot of Club Monaco called Caban that always used the turquoise and chocolate brown combo .. love it!

 

I think this shot might show the amazing shine better.  Hard to capture on camera, especially at 10:30 at night! :)  Ah, well ... you get the idea!

Supplies all PTI unless noted:
Paper: Ocean Tides, Chocolate, white card base
Stamps: Harvest Berries, Modern Wood Mats' sentiment
Ink: gold paint (Plaid)
Misc: Harvest Berries and Fillable Frames #4 dies, foam dots

Make it Monday - edger pocket

Dawn McVey did a fabulous video on how to use edger dies to make pockets for cards and so I was inspired to do one of my own.  Here's what I did:

I stamped the background with Wonderful Words additions and then made a pocket with the edgers die.  I used the cane print impression plate inked with versamark.  I cut out 'lucky' with the Wonderful Words die and tucked a tag inside:

I stamped Text Style II as the background with Versamark and used a Jenni Bowlin green ink that I embossed.  I used some twine and was done.

I love the Wonderful Words dies!  So fun!!

Supplies:
Paper: Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides
Stamps: Wonderful Words, Text Style II
Ink: Versamark, Jenni Bowlin seed packet, Colorbox Frost White
Misc: Cane Impression Plate, Wonderful Words die, oyster twine

PTI Make it Monday - selective inking

This week's video technique was selective inking.  I do this often to create the exact sentiment that I want.  All you do is ink the portion of the stamp you want - with clear stamps and raised ink pads, this is very easy.  Here are some of my creations:

I did this one with lots of layers.  A layer of Ocean Tides impressed with the text impression plate.  Then a layer of Basic Grey Basics manila paper, a Melon Berry Mat Stack 4 stamped with Background Basics: Retro, and then the numbers with the Outline Alphabet and the sentiments selectively stamped from Mega Mixed Messages.  I edged with some Colorbox Frost White and mounted the die cut on foam dots.

This red one was a square 5x5 card of Scarlet Jewel.  I cut out a Delightful Doily in vellum, then stamped it with the tree image from Little Bitty Bird.  I also die cut the bird to put on top with foam dots.  I was able to adhere this vellum layer to the card with a glue dot behind the bird.  I stamped a label image from Mat Stack 4 in Colorbox Frost White on Kraft and cut it out.  I then selectively stamped the sentiments from Little Bitty Bird as well as the hearts.

The inside sentiment is also selectively stamped with two different sentiments from Little Bitty Bird.  It is a bit hard to see but click the pic for a larger view.

Supplies:

Grad Card
Paper: Staples Cream 110lb card base, Basic Grey manila basics 8x8 pad, PTI Ocean Tides and Melon Berry
Stamps: PTI Outline Alphabet, Mega Mixed Messages, Background Basics Retro
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Frost White
Misc: PTI Text Style impression plate, Mat Stack 4 die,  foam dots

Little Bitty Bird
Paper: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Kraft, vellum
Stamps: PTI Little Bitty Bird, Mat Stack 4 collection 
Ink: Brilliance Coffee Bean, Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Frost White
Misc: PTI Delightful Doily die (large), glue dot, foam dot