Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge

All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted:

Cardstock:  Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, white

Stamps:  Star Prints, Mat Stack 2 Collection, Signature Greetings, Year of Flowers:  Mums, For the Graduate, Masculine Motifs

Ink:  Inkadinkadoo (Black), Ranger Distress Ink (Spiced Marmalade)

Tools:  Fiskars (star punch)

Accessories:  Aqua Mist button, DMC floss

Please scroll down or click here to see my ColourQ Challenge post!

Hi folks!  I'm back with post #2 for today.  I just had to take the opportunity to play along with the Make it Monday Challenge at PTI.  Erin Lincoln demonstrated a fun and easy way to make a card using a group of related sentiments.  After rummaging through my collection, I decided to make a Congratulations card that would work for a graduation or a number of other occasions.

I love the simple design and fun colors of this card.  I stamped all but one of the sentiments onto white cardstock with black ink, singling out one to stamp in orange.  I added a few stars from Star Prints and an Aqua Mist button to balance out the empty corners.

In a happy accident, I originally planned to center the sentiment  panel on the Orange Zest mat, but as I was laying it out it shifted, and I decided I liked the off-center look.  I think it adds more interest to an otherwise simple design.  The panel is mounted on foam adhesive onto a Hawaiian Shores card base.

So glad you could stop by again today!  Thanks again for all of your comments!

ColourQ #71

Hello there, friends!  It's another snowy day here, and I'm beginning to think winter will never end!  But Arielle has helped to warm things up with a lovey-dovey, sweet color combo for this week's ColourQ challenge.

I loved the faux embossing technique I used on this card so much that I decided to do it again.  I punched the little hearts and glued them onto the same color cardstock, arranged in a gradient on the kraft card base.

For the focal image, I layered a die cut frame over a Martha Stewart doily and embellished it with a punched heart, heat-embossed sentiment and flourish, and a button.  To finish off the card, I added some uneven stitching at the top and bottom.

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette), Bazzill (kraft), Papertrey Ink (white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Fillable Frames #10, Fancy Flourishes, Mega Mixed Messages)

Ink:  Clearsnap (Frost White)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Fillable Frames #10 die), Marvy Uchida (large heart punch), Martha Stewart (heart confetti punch)

Accessories:  Martha Stewart (doily tag), Stampendous (white embossing powder), button, DMC floss, thread

There are more lovely projects over at the ColourQ blog today, so be sure to stop by to be inspired, then link up your creation using the challenge colors.

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  I'm off to tend to my sick kids and (maybe) get a little stamping done while they rest.  Enjoy your Tuesday!

Stamps for sale

Hi friends!

Just popping in to list a few stamp sets that I have for sale.  If you are interested, please post a comment indicating which set(s) you want.  Each set will go to the first commenter, and I will update the list as they are sold.  I prefer payment by PayPal, but I will contact you by email to make arrangements.

I will ship anywhere in the U.S. for $2.50.  If you purchase more than one set, I'll waive the shipping on additional sets.

These stamps are used but in excellent condition, as described below. 

Papertrey Ink--Life (mounted in CD case, some images stained)    $10    SOLD

Papertrey Ink--Just for You (mounted in CD case, some images stained)    $18

Lawn Fawn--Bake Me a Cake (in original packaging, used once)    $10

Practicing Creativity--Fall Fest  (in original packaging, some images stained)    $8

Waltzingmouse Stamps--Teeny Trees (in original packaging, some images stained)   $18   SOLD

Waltzingmouse Stamps--Very Vintage Labels 3 (in original packaging, some images stained)    $18

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Act 68

Welcome back, friends!  How's your weekend going so far?  I hope to brighten it up a bit by sharing this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge!  Check out these sweet colors:

You can almost smell spring in those flowers, can't you?  *sigh*

I wanted to do something floral, so I inked up a new set from Stampin' Up! called Baby Blossoms.  The mini roses are stamped in two steps, so I had to reacquaint myself with my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  I had to cheat a little by using Regal Rose ink to stamp the first flower layer onto Pink Pirouette cardstock, then I stamped the second layer with Melon Mambo.  I cut out the flowers and leaves (yes, I'm crazy like that) and added some Glossy Accents for shine and stability.

The flowers are layered on a stamped label, also from Baby Blossoms, which is stamped with a sentiment from PTI's Fillable Frames #10. 

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette), Papertrey Ink (white)

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! (Baby Blossoms), Papertrey Ink (Fillable Frames #10, Background Basics:  Tin Type)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi), Clearsnap (Frost White)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Diamonds impression plate)

Accessories:  Prairie Bird Boutique (seam binding), thread

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you leave some love for:

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life



...and be sure to stop by and give a warm welcome to our wonderfully talented February Guest Designer, Laurie Willison.  So excited to have you on the team this month, Laurie!

Thanks for dropping in today!  Have a fabulous Sunday!

Favorite Papertrey Ink project

Good morning, friends!  If you haven't seen the news over at Nichole's blog, Papertrey Ink is having a HUGE contest to win the ultimate card kit.  One way that you can enter is by posting your favorite project from the past year that uses at least one PTI product.  

I had a lot of fun looking over my old posts and seeing how much I have grown in the last year.  I decided to share this card that I originally posted here in December.  It uses my absolute favorite Woodgrain impression plate.

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream), Stampin' Up! (Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1 Collection, Background Basics:  Text Style)

Ink:  Papertrey Ink (Dark Chocolate)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (butterfly dies, Mat Stack 1 die, Woodgrain impression plate, Diamonds, impression plate), Martha Stewart (butterfly punch)

Accessories:  Michaels (pearls)

Thanks so much to Nichole and the rest of the PTI team for a fabulous year of releases and inspiration!  I can't wait to see everyone else's favorites!

The Color Dare #95

Hello, and happy Friday!  I must say I am looking forward to the weekend, although we are supposed to get more snow tomorrow.  My daughter's school has already been canceled for Monday and Tuesday so they can clear snow off of the roofs, for fear of them collapsing under the weight.  So my crafty time over the next 4 days may be of the more kid-friendly variety, as they are getting cabin fever!

So, today's card seems totally appropriate under the circumstances!  This week's challenge at The Color Dare is to use Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, and Basic Black.  I decided to create my own sunshine with a fun button from my stash, punched circles, and a homemade stamp.  Yep, I said homemade stamp!  It's nothing fancy, but I needed a way to stamp the sun's rays, so I cut a triangle out of craft foam and attached it to an acrylic block with double-stick tape.  Worked like a charm!

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight), Papertrey Ink (True Black, white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Signature Series:  Flower)

Ink:  Clearsnap (Canary), Inkadinkadoo (Black)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (cloud dies), EK Success (1.25" circle punch), Martha Stewart (1" circle punch)

Accessories:  The Twinery (Lemondrop baker's twine), button

Aren't those clouds super cute?  My buddy Andrea at Work in Progress used a faux embossing technique recently that I just had to try.  I die cut the clouds from Marina Mist cardstock and adhered them to a Marina Mist panel.  Love the way that turned out!  The perfect finishing touch was a sentiment from PTI's Signature Series:  Flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by tonight, and for all of your encouragement.  The last couple of weeks have been a little rough, and most days it's been nearly impossible to come up with a decent idea for a card.  But your wonderful comments and emails never fail to pick me up, and your blogs are a constant source of inspiration.  Thank you for that.  You are all appreciated more than you know!

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

CR84FN13

Good morning, friends!  I know it has been a little quiet here on the blog lately, but I've been giving my mojo a little break.  I was starting to feel a little stressed about meeting deadlines and entering challenges, so I decided to take a few days off.  But I felt inspired yesterday to break open some brand new stamps from Stampin' Up!, a lovely botanical set called Nature Walk.  I have to thank my friend Nance at Canopy Crafts for inspiring me to order this set with her beautiful creations over the last few weeks.  The illustrations are gorgeous!

I opted to use this week's colors at CR84FN.  This is a definite favorite of mine!

I guess I was going for a clean but somewhat vintage look on this card.  The images definitely lend themselves to a shabby, vintage style, but I usually fail miserably when I try to create a vintage card!  So I took some inspiration from my friend Jean at Stampin' Scrapper, who creates some incredibly gorgeous vintage cards.  She uses a lot of beautiful glittered frames and seam binding, so I knew I wanted to incorporate those onto my card.

You can scroll to the end of this post to see step by step instructions for this card, something I've neglected to add to my posts recently.  I will just point out that the frame was die cut with PTI's Mat Stack 1 and Fillable Frames #10, then covered with Paper Glaze and glitter.  The background is stamped with Background Basics:  Sheet Music, and the stems, "no. 147", and bird image are from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Rustic Cream)

Patterned paper:  7 Gypsies

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! (Nature Walk), Papertrey Ink (Background Basics:  Sheet Music)

Ink:  Papertrey Ink (Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores), Clearsnap (Frost White)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1, Fillable Frames #10, Victorian Lace border dies), We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)

Accessories:  Martha Stewart (seam binding), Recollections (flowers), Jo-Ann (clear glitter), Aleene's (Paper Glaze)

I was happy to find this chocolate seam binding on clearance at Michaels.  I wrinkled it a little before adding it to my card, layering it over a Victorian Lace die cut border.  I added two paper roses to fill the empty space left between the bow and frame.

To make this card:

1.  Make 4 1/2 inch card base from Hawaiian Shores cardstock.  Round bottom corners.  Stamp with music score background and ink edges.
2.  Cut a 2 inch strip of patterned paper, round bottom corners, and adhere to bottom of card.
3.  Die cut Victorian Lace border and adhere.  Wrap seam binding around card front and tie a double bow.
4.  Die cut a frame from Pure Poppy cardstock.  Cover with Paper Glaze and glitter and allow to dry.
5.  Stamp floral image on Rustic Cream cardstock and cut to fit inside frame.  Sponge edges with Hawaiian Shores ink.  Adhere to frame, then attach to card base with foam adhesive.
5.  Stamp bird image and color with inks and aqua brush.  Cut out and attach to card with foam adhesive.  Adhere paper rose between bow and frame.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you are all staying warm and safe in the terrible weather we've been having in many parts of the world.  Have a great Thursday!