Make It Monday #146: Angled Backgrounds

One more Make It Monday for 2013! Ashley Cannon Newell demonstrates how to make an amazing angled background card to end this year's fun times with Papertrey Ink products.
 Here's my last entry for this year.

supplies: Various Papertrey Ink card stock  and patterned papers, Frilly Flowers stamp and die, Ruby Rose Reprise and die, Stylish Sentiment stamp set, Heart Notched die, PTI ink and gems.

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Happy New Year!!!

December Blog Hop Challenge

Now it's your turn to tie up your next paper crafting project with string.  Tie on a tag, maybe a button or two.  Wrap your card front with several strands in different hues.  Pair string with washi tape to create a banner in all of your favorite colors.  Add knots, braids or twists with string and manipulate it in unique ways.  Let your creativity take the lead!  We look forward to seeing all of your creations tied up!

My entry in this month's Blog Challenge with string was to knit up a little swap for a fun encouraging card. Knitting with toothpicks was a new challenge to conquer. 

Supplies:Bakers twine. Knit Bits, Purls of Wisdom, Pure Poppy  and Scarlet Jewel ink, toothpicks.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, I do love hearing from you! Have a blessed day.

Make It Monday #145: 2013 A la Carte

  #143: Modern Whimsy Style

Papertrey Ink design team member Danielle Flanders has a style all her own. On this week's Make It Monday she's gave tips and guidelines so anyone can create in the modern whimsy style.
 I can't say I love this whimsical style but after making a card or two it is growing on me.
My card includes many different papers and dies as well as inks.

 Supplies: Rustic Wreath stamp & die, First Place die, Confetti Garland die, Spiral Notebook die, Rustic Burlap IP,  Boutique Borders stamp set, Hello Foxy stamp set, Linen Vellum, New Leaf and Hibiscus Burst ink, Zing Grapefruit embossing powder, Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and embroidery floss.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #144: Heat Embossing Vellum

Supplies- PTI Vellum, Year of the Flower~ Poinsettia, gold embossing powder.

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Make It Monday #143: Modern Whimsy Style

Papertrey Ink design team member Danielle Flanders has a style all her own. On this week's Make It Monday she's giving  tips and guidelines so anyone can create in the modern whimsy style.
 I can't say I love this whimsical style but after making a card or two it is growing on me.
My card includes many different papers and dies as well as inks.

Supplies: Rustic Wreath stamp & die, First Place die, Confetti Garland die, Boutique Borders stamp set, New Leaf and Hibiscus Burst ink, Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and embroidery floss.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #142: Decorated Kraft Bags

           Imagine what loveliness you can create by stamping on plain kraft bags.  It might inspire people to not want to open up the gift to see what's inside, because the outside is a gift!
          This is a fun, quick gift packaging idea showcased by Melissa Phillips. I love how beautiful and "one of a kind" each bag can be.

Supplies:
PTI Background Basic Needlepoint, Rustic Wreath, Polka Dot Parade #9, Love Lives Here Holiday, Fancy Flakes Die, PTI Button and red/white bakers twine
INK~Pure Poppy, Pine Feather, White

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Have a blessed day:)

PTI November Blog Hop

 photo credits:  :::1:::  :::2:::  :::3:::  :::4:::  :::5::

This month's Papertry Ink Blog Hop challenge is to use the house template provided and create a fun whatever you desire with it. I must admit I struggled with this challenge and did not even finish until after nine last night.

I finally decided to make my house into a little snow scene to sit on my wall unit. I used Winter Hills to create a snowy background scene. To the house I added icicles make from Ranger white enamel.The little tree in front of the house is two cozy coffee tree dies cut in the middle so I could make a 3-D tree. To the door and windows of my house I decorated with Love Lives Here Holiday inked in pine feather with tiny red jewel accents. I cut windows into the house and added PTI vellum colored with Harvest Gold ink. I ran the house through my GC using the Aida IP and the Cane IP for the roof top.
 
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. Enjoy the rest of the PTI Blog Hop and have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #141: Adding Glitter with Heat and Stick Embossing Powder

 Papertrey Ink's awesome Design Team member, Heather Nichols shows everyone in this week's Make It Monday how to make a beautiful card with heat and stick embossing powder and glitter.
For this card I used Tim Holtz sticky embossing powder instead of heat and stick embossing. I started out putting the sticky embossing powder and glitter on just the floral burst but loved the look of the extra glitter on the rest of the card that I went back and embossed and glittered the entire card.
The background I did first with distress inks on my craft sheet with water and swiped my paper through the inks to create this fun autumn colors. After I heat set the background inks I stamped the images onto it using the same background colors.
This was such a fun technique I am sure I will making many more cards using glitter and sticky embossing powder.

Supplies: PTI Meadow Greens stamp set, Terracotta Tile CS, Him Holtz distress Ink, TM rock candy glitter,TH Ranger Sticky embossing powder,Versamark ink.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment I love hearing form you. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #140: Ink Pad Designs

This week's MIM challenge was to use your ink pads as stamps. I pulled out my old PTI ink pads that have a nice oval shape and made this card.

 Additional supplies:
PTI Hawaiian Shores ink pad, Rosie Posie & additions including die cuts, HShores patterned paper, Aqua Mist CS and ink, Enchanted Evening CS and ink, Giga Guidelines stamp set and true black ink.

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Have a blessed day.

Make It Monday #139: Stamped Square Frames Take 2

 This is my second entry for this week's Make It Monday.  Papertrey Ink DT member Dawn McVey shows you how to take decorative border-style stamps and turn them into focal point frames. It's an addicting and simple way to create an entirely new look with your border stamps.

Supplies: PTI Birthday boutique border, Beautiful Butterflies stamp and die(leftover from MIM #136 Textured Stamping), Copic colored pearls, EE ink, Classic Kraft ink and Aqua Mist ink.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I do love hearing from you! 

Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #139: Stamped Square Frames

Thanks to Dawn McVey this week's Make It Monday shows you how to take decorative border-style stamps and turn them into focal point frames. It's a great way to get the maximum creativity out of your supplies.

 Supplies: PTI Meadow Greens stamps and dies, FRAME straw from Friendship Jars Summer,
               Inks~ Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest,True Black, Tea Dye Duo.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I do love hearing from you! 

Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #138: Inlaid Die-cuts

This week's Make It Monday features design team member Besty Veldman with a fun twist on die cutting by learning how to inlay your die cuts back into the cardsotck you cut them out of originally. It's a great way to add style, but not a lot of dimension to your cards in the even that you've got to pop them in the mail.

My card for this wonderful challenge features stamps and dies from PTI Apple Prints.

Supplies~ PTI Apple Prints stamp set and dies, Edgers #2, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado and True Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I do love hearing from you! 

Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #137: Dimensional Leaf Wreath

Papertrey Ink's Melissa Phillips show how to make an adorable fall wreath card  kissed with glittery early morning frost.

 

Here is my take on this week's Make It Monday card challenge

Supplies:

PTI Mighty Oaks, ink~Scarlet Jewel, Berry Sorbet,Simply Chartreuse, Hero Arts background Stamp, distress ink~Peeled Paint.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I do love hearing from you!

 

October 2013 Blog Hop Challenge

photo credits:  greenery ::: joy ::: black&kraft ::: red berry wreath ::: jingle bells ::: clay heart
Before you know it, all of the gift giving that goes hand-in-hand with the upcoming holidays will be here.  This month we thought we would challenge you to get a head start and create a quick set of five gift tags.  We look forward to seeing your creations and we hope to see you back here on the 25th!

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a blessed day. I hope you get a chance to enjoy all the entries in PTI's October Blog Hop.

Make It Monday #136: Textured Stamping

Papertrey Ink Design Team member Ashley cannon Newell demonstrates how to add subtle texture to your solid surfaced stamps.  A little something that really allows you to make your stamp collection more versatile!

 

Supplies:

PTI Beautiful Butterflies, Meadow Greens, Plum Pudding, Classic Kraft and Blueberry Sky ink, Winter Wisteria PP and clear dots.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #135: Layered Emboss Resist

This week's PTI design team member Heather Nichols shows us how add depth and style to any project with layered emboss resist technique.

 

  For this week's project I also used a piece of phone book paper in the background. It was described in PAPERCRAFTS magazine Creative Card Challenges. I stamped over the paper with PTI Background Basic Stitching stamp in Ripe Avocado. The sentiment is from Birds and Blooms stamped in Versamark, the clear embossed butterflies are from Beautiful Butterflies with Enchanted Evening ink. The card base is Enchanted Evening CS with a hand dyed strip of ribbon.

  I'd love to know what you think, so please feel free to share! Thanks and have a blessed day.

Tim Holtz Creative Chemisty 2 Online Class

Tomorrow starts Tim Holtz Creative Chemisty Online Class 2. Here is a little project I've been working on this weekend getting ready for another exciting Tim Holtz class.

Make It Monday #134: Repeat + Lift

A few months ago Nicole Heady created a project that used a technique she like to call Repeat + Lift.  The technique involved generation stamping (repeat) and then adhering the coordinating die cut on top of it with foam tape (lift).

Supplies~ PTI Orange Zest, Scarlet Jewel ink, Scarlet Jewel CS, Wonderful Words BIRTHDAY and die, sequins.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

September Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

 

The holidays are just around the corner and in any store you stumble into the aisles are decked out with new decor, including wreaths. Papertrey's August Blog Hop challenge is to dig out a favorite wreath stamp set, layer small die-cuts & punches or even use unconventional materials like buttons or rhinestones to create a wreath on the front of a festive card.  Make a fall-themed card, embrace the upcoming holidays or just something pretty to use for an everyday greeting.  Have fun experimenting with fun color combinations and layers of texture!  We look forward to seeing your creations!

My card for this month's challenge uses the Birds and Blooms anniversary set,Holiday Wonderful words "peace", vintage music paper, Tim Holtz glassine paper, Chevron horizontal CP and gold embossing.

Thanks for stopping by!   Enjoy Papertrey's September Blog Hop.  Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #133: Creating a Flocked Look with Dimensional Paste

Make It Monday welcomes Design Team memberDanielle  She's getting right down to business by showing you how to use your cover plates as a stencil for applying dimensional media. Once dry, it has a lovely flocked effect.

Supplies~ PTI Quartrefoil CP. Pink  Paislee star with geletos, Gesso with re-inkers(PureP,OZest, LTart, NLeaf &BSky) Star Gazer additions for sentiment with Versa Mark Black ink and Golden Harvest CS.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day.

Happy Fall

Wishing all a  Happy first day of fall!

Make It Monday #132: Layered Border Die Cuts

 This week Papertrey's Dawn McVey gives her die cut machine a work out to create layered and dimensional cards with the PTI collection of border dies.

Supplies : PTI medium scallop border die, Boutique Borders, Iconic Images, Hawaiian Shores CS and ink, Plum Pudding CS and ink, Autumn Rose CS

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #131: Striped Embossing

This week's MIM technique was to use multiple embossing powders on the same embossed stamp making a striped design.  I'm not sure this is one of my favorite techniques. I could not see the embossing after I stamped the image. This is definitely one of those techniques I will need to practice more and improve on. But it has been such a busy week at work that I'm glad to be getting this card submitted under the wire, and I need to be ready to order some PTI later this evening!

Supplies: PTI Autumn Pattern Prints, Wonderful Words BIRTHDAY, Birthday Bash, Embroidered Blooms. INK~ aqua mist, classic kraft, blueberry sky, hibiscus burst, hawaiian shores, Zing embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day.

Make It Monday #130: Using Heat N' Bond to Make Fabric Die Cuts

This week Papertrey Ink design team member Erin Lincoln show how using Heat N' Bond can open up a whole new category of projects.
I thought a cute little bag with a scene on it would make a wonderful gift for a friend.

Supplies:
PTI Dies~ In the Meadow, Polka Dot Parade #6, Cloud, Tremendous Tags and 2012 Birthday Tags for sentiment.
Linen bag and material is all from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

 

 Supplies: Kraft CS, 2012 Birthday Tags, 1.75 circle punch Fine Linen CS, Twine, My Favorite Things Jumbo Mod Borders, PTI  Classic Kraft, True Black, Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate Ink.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day! 

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

Supplies: Sketched Shapes, MS Glitter, Irresistibly Ikat, Ink listed above
 
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Closing Ceremony

This is the final entry for Stamp-a-Faire 2013. What an incredibly, awesome stamp filled day.  This is a fun card I made for the Limited Ingredient Challenge before I realized that no dies were allowed in the challenge. Nicole and PTI design team I think you are all STARS!

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

Supplies: PTI ink and CS listed above, My Mother My Friend stamp set,

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

August 2013 Blog Hop Challenge

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

                                                                                                                                                                  Supplies: PTI ink listed above, Fancy Folk Art Stamp and Die, Ruby Rose sentiment, Canyon Clay and Fine Linen CS.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day! 

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

 

 Supplies:  Neehah Desert Storm CS, Flower Fusion, Patterened Paper Pure Poppy and Melon Berry, Lemon Tart and Spring Moss CS.

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SAF "Sweet Sugar Coated Embellishments"

Ingredients:

PTI ~On the Farm, Wonderful words "Hello", Think Big Favorites, MS fine crystal glitter, 1/8 inch scor tape. Simply Chartreuse ink and enamel dots.

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