PTI November Blog Hop

PTI has a beautiful Christmas inspiration photo for their challenge this month, found here. 

I chose to go with the colour scheme of red, white, and a touch of green and light blue. I used the new Bold Borders: Snowflake and die cut a sheet of homemade glitter paper. (I used some sparkle acrylic paint to paint a sheet of thin cardstock.) I added the "Joy" sentiment, which comes with the coverplate. I heat embossed it with a red glitter embossing powder, as well as the bow from Corner Adorners. The bells were embossed with clear powder on blue cardstock, and it's done. I like how this turned out, and may make more like this.

Here's a closer look at the sparkle. Unfortunately, it's really difficult in photos to see the white sparkle on the coverplate. It's so pretty, yet subtle, in real life.

Thanks for looking, and enjoy your hopping!

OCC Day 5 - Embossing

One more card, using embossing resist. I stamped the sentiment, then used my watercolour paints to paint the tree shape. A quick card to make!

OCC Day 4 - Glimmer and Glam

I had a few alcohol ink backgrounds done, and used this opportunity to make them into cards. I die cut the SSS star from mirror cardstock, and embossed a sentiment with coordinating embossing powder. I made 7 of these cards, altogether.
Again, this design idea is from Jennifer McGuire.

OCC Day 3 - Colouring

One more quick card, using Prismacolour pencil crayons to colour in the image (PTI). I used Perfect Pearls and Stickles to embellish the berries.

OCC Day 5-- Embossing

I wanted to try Kristina's emboss resist, with ombre inking, so used this SSS stamp. I heat embossed with silver and inked with two shades of blue/teal ink. I wanted to add some rough embossing around the perimeter, as well, and liked the organic, framed look it added.

And here is a closer look at the shine.

OCC Day 5-- Embossing

Here is a quick card made with a lot of embossing.

I fist stamped the tree with green ink, then restamped with Versamark and embossed with White Pearl embossing powder. The star on top and the "glow" around the tree were embossed with gold glitter embossing powder. (Excuse the poor lighting--it was starting to get dark outside!)

I embossed the lights on the tree with silver, but it was too pale, so went over it with red stickles. The base of the tree was embossed with copper powder.

OCC Day 4, Part 3

My last 2 cards were done with transluscent embossing paste, and Dawn was my inspiration. I die cut my snowflake (PTI) out of acetate and used the negative on one card, and sponged the paste around the positive for the other card.  I used some smaller snowflakes (WPlus9 and WMS) to embellish the large flake, with a jewel in the center.

The die cut sentiment is cut from homemade glitter paper, and the whole card was sprayed with Shimmer spritz.

My second card was made by using the positive snowflake and sponging the translucent embossing paste around it. Again, I embellished with a couple small snowflakes and a jewel. The sentiment (PTI) is heat embossed with white powder.

If you made it through all 3 posts, congratulations! I have never posted so many cards all at once!

OCC Day 4, Part 2

I also used some gold embossing paste, and stencils to create the following 2 cards. The first one is using dies from SSS. I created a stencil from a piece of DuraLar, and spread the paste into the star, on top of an alcohol ink background. The sentiment is cut out of a gold adhesive sheet, backed with vellum. Jennifer MCGuire did a similar card awhile back, and that was my inspiration for this card. (Thanks, Jennifer!)

My second card uses the same gold embossing paste, and a Tim Holtz stencil. The sentiment (Penny Black) and the mat layer were done with gold embossing powder.

OCC Holiday, Day 4: Glitter and Glam

In spite of not having any foil or a laminator, I was still inspired by all the Glitz and Glammer of day 4, as I made a bunch of cards! Yay! I'll divide them into 3 posts, as there are some different techniques.
The first batch were all made using a PTI snowflake coverplate. Since I wanted some sparkle, and don't have much glitter paper, I made some using some acrylic paint. I just painted it on a couple of pieces of white cardstock. Here is a photo of the paper. I know it doesn't photograph very well, but I was hoping you'd see the sparkle, especially if you enlarge it.

And here are the cards I've made using this paint and snowflake coverplate.

A close up of the sparkle (I hope!)

And a couple more! The snowflakes on the first card were out of the same paper, as are the sentiments, but the larger snowflakes on the second card were coated with pearlescent embossing paste.

OCC Day 3, Colouring

For this colouring challenge, I chose to watercolour a background for this nativity die (Penny Black). I also watercoloured the die itself, although using my Copics would have been easier! The sentiment is from PTI.

OCC Day2--Diecutting

Today's focus is on diecutting. I combined a couple of the suggestions into the following. I diecut snowflakes from several layers of white cardstock and glued them together. The top layer is glitter cardstock, which I made using pearlescent paint. Both cards were put overtop watercoloured backgrounds, and a shimmer spritz on top, which you can't see in the photos.

This snowflake was embossed, then painted over top. Next time I will emboss last, as it was difficult to remove the paint from the snowflake without taking paint off the background.

OCC - Day 1

Laurie Willison used some stripes on the background of her card, and I wanted to try that. I used 1 inch blue painter's tape to mask off some stripes, then painted my card with some metallic acrylic paint. I'd like to try this again with more narrow stips, as these seem a little too wide for my card. I used Altenew stamps for the poinsettia and pine, and Sunny Studio for the pine cones. WPlus9 was used for the sentiment, and the background diecut is from Papertrey Ink. (It's so nice to combine products from various companies, don't you think?).

Transformation Tues. Oct.

Here is a card I made for Thanksgiving. I'm happy with it, generally, but wasn't sure I liked the border made with Spring Moss design paper.

So I made another one, using the same products, just changing out the colours of the frame, and adding more sponged colours to the first layer of the background stamp, "Text and Texture: Leaves". I like how you notice the background more than the frame, with this colour scheme.

PTI Blog Hop, Oct. 2018

It's time for Papertrey Ink's monthly Blog Hop.  The inspiration photo is fall/pumpkin oriented. 

I still don't have any pumpkin stamps, so just went with the colours and fall theme. My card is similar to one I've already made, but more "pumpkin-coloured", to go with the photo.

And a bonus card!

All products are PTI. Thanks for looking!

PTI Make it Monday #339

Ashley, over at Papertrey Ink, has challenged us this week to stamp a pattern on our frame dies. I  chose the "Bold Borders: Foliage" frame die, and stamped "Text and Texture: Leaves" onto it. I started with Spring Moss card stock, and stamped the first layer of the leaves in Spring Moss ink. The second layer was stamped with Delicata's Copper ink. For the sentiment, I used "Big Hugs" stamp and die set, and coated the diecut with copper embossing powder. I added a few leaves, also embossed, from the "Nesting" coverplate.



Thanks so much for looking, and for your uplifting comments. Have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink Transformation Tues.-Oct 2, 2018

I thought I would give Lizzie's challenge a try, over at Papertrey Ink. I've never participated in this challenge before, but it's not because of a lack of cards that need a makeover!
Here is one card that I've never liked, mainly due to the colours I chose. I stenciled a background behind the panel, but it hardly shows.

Since I used Botanical Blocks II for the first card, I chose to make a Christmas card with Botanical Blocks IV for my second card, along with the general layout. Instead of a stenciled background, I used some patterned paper for my second card. I used the same Pinefeather green as a mat and for the tag. Instead of painting the image, like my first one, I dug out my Prismacolour pencils to colour the second one. I had forgotten how much time that takes!! No wonder I prefer painting--I'm an impatient person! A little Stickles and Perfect Pearls were used to embellish. The sentiment is from "Keep it Simple:Christmas".

 

And here's a close up of the colouring. I don't think anyone will be mistaking me for Yana, or Sandy Allnock...

Thanks for looking!

PTI Sept 2018 Blog Hop

It't time for Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop, and we had this lovely fall photo as inspiration.

Since I don't own any pumpkin stamps (I know!!! I'll have to remedy that), I just went with the colours from the photo, the plaid tablecloth, and a general Thanksgiving theme.
A simple, retro-styled card, with an old, but much loved stamp.

All materials are PTI. Thanks for looking!!

Stamps:Sunflower Bouquet (and die)

Other: Sennelier watercolours, stickles for the flower centers, Chicken Scratch dp, Kraft and Chocolate inks.

PTI MIM # 336 Faux Gilded Leaves

Laurie S. showed us some beautiful cards made with embossing powders and Leaf Prints stamp and dies. I love that set, so decided to use the smaller of the "maple" leaves to create my card. I used the Pinked Edge Mat and 3 embossing powders: gold, platinum and copper. I used the copper powder to double emboss the veins on the leaves, as well as to apply powder around the edge of the matted layer of cardstock, to match the leaves and sentiment (Banner Sentiments). I sprinkled a little Heidi Swapp gold spray, but it kind of blobbed out, rather than a fine spray. Oh, well...

A close up of the embossing powders used.

A fun challenge! Thanks, Laurie!

July 2018 Blog Hop

It's time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, and here is our inspiration photo. They've just released a few ocean and underwater-themed stamp sets and dies, so I'm sure lots of people will be using them for this hop. I sure am!

And here's my effort, using the "Reef Builder" dies and the "Salt Air Sentiments".

I watercoloured my panel to imitate an underwater scene, and use the dies to create the coral, fish etc. Some Glossy Accents on the fish, as for some bubbles, adds some bling, as well as the Wink of Stella on some of the coral and fish.

I used some pop dots for some dimension, trying to create some depth.

Happy hopping, and as always, thanks for looking!

Make it Monday #329-Making Stencils from Die Cuts

I actually found time to make a card today! It's been awhile since I've participated in a MIM, but I'm happy to have another card made for my stash. I *finally* received the dies for the Farmer's Market Florals, so used that stamp set to create a card today. I also received a couple of the Mix and Mat dies, so used the Plaid Die to die cut a sheet of Dura-Lar for my stencil. I like using Dura-Lar because I can re-use the stencil and any ink that gets on it from sponging rubs off easily. Great challenge, courtesy of Melissa!

Here is the stencil, cut from the Dura-Lar, all nice and clean and ready for the next use!

Thanks so much for looking, and for your encouraging words.

May 2018 Blog Hop

It's time for Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop. I really liked the gingham tablecloths in their inspiration photo, and the flowers, so those are the things I concentrated on for my card.
I'm so late in posting this! (And it looks like supper is going to be late....again...because I've been busy in the garden, and now a little crafting at the last minute!)

Thanks for looking!

Make it Monday #318

It's been a long time since I had time to make a card for a Make it Monday, and I'm sad that I've missed quite a few good challenges. However, this week I had some time, and also stepped out of my comfort zone to do some stitching. Michelle has challenged us to stitch some stems, but I went a little further and put some French knots in the center of my flowers. That was a lot more difficult than the stems, as the knots wanted to pull the centers right out of the card stock! But I persevered, and put some Multi-Mat Medium on those knots so they won't come undone. I stamps I used are PTI's Flower Favourites and Keep it Simple:Mother. This will be going to my mother, who is 92. She likes bold colours, so I kept that in mind with the inks.

Thanks for looking!

Merry Monday #279 - Poinsettias

Well..... This is my first entry in the Merry Monday challenges, after meaning to do this for almost 2 years! Marcia has inspired me to participate, and here I am.
So one Christmas card down, about 30 to go :)

I used WPlus9's Woodland Wreath stamp set and dies to create this card, and PTI inks.

 I embellished with some gold Stickles and some Glossy Accents on the bows and poinsettias, in order to make them stand out a little more. I think I like the size of this smaller,  4 1/4" square card!