OCC Waterclolring week 1

This past 2 weeks I was happily up to my elbows in paint~ watercolor paints! I enrolled in the Online Card Class and an proud to showcase my first week of watercolor card entries.

 Day 1

 Day 2

 
 Day 3 

Day 4

Day 5

 Day 6

This was an amazing online class! Thank You to Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, and Jennifer Rzasa I learned so much I plan to have fun practicing over the summer!
Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!    Angie

Make It Monday #163: Envelope Wraps

Danielle Flanders shows how to create amazing envelope wraps with your stamps and dies.

Supplies: PTI Wine Bottle Die, Mini Blooms, PTI inks.

Thanks so much for stopping be and leaving a message, I love hearing from you.

Have a blessed day!                     Angie

Make It Monday #162: Paper Scrap Pie Charts

Scarps! We all have them and we all keep them afraid to throw that last little bit of paper away. If we do throw away that last remaining bit of paper it could of been the defining centerpiece of our latest card creation. Well, Papertrey Ink design team member Melissa Phillips showcases an awesome solution to using up scrap bits and die cuts all in one card. This week's Make It Monday uses paper scraps to create a "pie chart". This is a super fun solution to one of the crafting worlds biggest questions.
Anyway, below is my take on this week's Make It Monday challenge.

Supplies: PTI Journal Card 2 die, Limitless Layers: Heart die, Letterpress Luxe IP, Foliage die for flower, Doodlie do stamp sentiment, various paper scraps, Ripe Avocado CS and Memento Luxe ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed weekend.           
                                  ~Angie~

April 2014 Blog Hop Challenge

the challenge

 If you take a look around, you can find inspiration in nearly anything!  This month we challenge you to look at embroidered patterns in a whole new light!  Look through your clothes, Pinterest, home decor catalogs or even the inspiration I have provided above and find an embroidered pattern that speaks to you.  Using the colors and design of the embroidery, build your own stamped version using your favorite floral stamps or other images.  

My inspiration comes from a cross stitch sampler I made over 25 years ago. It is still one of my favorite stitchery's. I love the variegated colors used for this sampler and hope my card does it justice. 

Supplies:Papertrey Ink Headline Alpha Stamp set, Stitched Sentiment, Teach and Inspire.

      cardstock: Ripe Avocado, Stamper Select, Royal Velvet and Linen Vellum, Half & Half die.

        INK: Tim Holtz Barn Door, Fired Brick, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord,Shaded Lilac

                 PTI Scarlet Jewel, Plum Pudding, Winter Wisteria, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply

                        Chartreuse, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain    

         Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day and enjoy the PTI Blog Hop!

Make It Monday #161: Watercolor Splats

Watercoloring is all the rage, but this fun twist lets you use droplets of water to do all the work for you when paired with our dye inks! Nicole Heady shows how to have a blast sing this fun, easy watercoloring technique.

Supplies: PTI Stamper's Select Paper, Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Ocean Tides and Aqua Mist inks, Wonderful Words "Thank you" and Thanks stamp set.
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

Online Card Class: WATERCOLOR

My first card for the online Card Class: 

watercolor

Can't wait for this latest Online Card Class to begin a few weeks!

The goods: {PTI} Pedal Pusher, Think Big Favorites, Faber Castell Gelatos, TH stencil and distress inks

Thank You so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing for each and every one of you. Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #160: Heat Embossing Tips for Die Cuts and Two Step Stamps

Heat embossing on die cuts and using two step stamps can be tricky. Papertrey Ink Design team member Erin Lincoln demonstrates for a successful endeavor it's all about "working backwards".

Here is my entry for this week's MIM~ a perfect time to make my Mom a birthday card for her upcoming birthday.

 

Supplies~All PTI unless listed
               Letterpress Luxe IP, gold tape, Delightful Dahlia and Additions, Keep It Simple: Birthday, My Mother, My Friend stamp sets. Gold Filigree Embossing Powder, Ink Berry Sorbet and CS and Simply Chartreuse Reinkers- Summer Sunrise and Berry Sorbet.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. Have a blessed Easter weekend!

Make It Monday #159 : No-Sew Quilted Cards

I have always loved to quilt and this week's Make It Monday is a perfect blend of stamping and quilting without needle and thread! PTI design team member Dawn McVey has a simply delightful, vintage themed technique that will have you wanting to use your impression plates all day long.
This is a fun technique to try and while I was looking for a fun quilt design to copy I saw some beautiful quilts done on black backgrounds.

Supplies: PTI Bead Die paper, Card Stock~Melon Berry, Hibiscus Burst, True Black, Twist IP, Hero Arts White embossing powder and Everyday Photo Finishers stamp set.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #158 Post 2

 Watercolor stamping is all the trend right now. Heather Nichols shows how to make a few fun easy watercolor stamped cards with Gelatos in this Youtube video.

Here is my second contribution to this week's MIM. Originally, I had stamped all my flowers on one card. But, I wasn't pleased with the composition of that card. So I took my card apart and cut the stamped images apart and made two cards I am Super pleased with.

I used Heather's second technique for my cards. I colored the image and then spritz it with water before stamping.

Supplies: PTI Daydreamer, Birthday Basics, Birds and Blooms, Larger than Life, Hawaiian Shores CS, New Leaf PP, Luxe KIT #110 CS, Faber Castell Gelatos and patterned Kraft CS.

The #110 CS in the Luxe Kit is great because it doesn't warp like other Card Stock paper.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love to hear from you all.  Have a blessed weekend!

Angie

Make It Monday #158: Stamping With Watercolor Mediums

 Watercolor stamping is all the trend right now. Heather Nichols shows how to make a few fun easy watercolor stamped cards with Gelatos in this Youtube video.

Here is my contribution to this week's MIM

Supplies: PTI Wet Paint, Larger than Life, Winter Wisteria PP, Luxe KIT #110 CS, Faber Castell Gelatos and patterned Kraft CS. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love to hear from you all.

Have a blessed weekend!

Angie

Make It Monday #157: DYI Cover Plates

 

Papertrey Ink Design Team member Betsy Veldman used this week's Make It Monday as a jumping off point for this week's tutorial. She's got tips to share when it comes to using your dies to create the look of our Cover Plate Dies on your next project.

When I first saw Betsy's release card for March showcasing this die as a cover plate I knew I just had to try it. So glad Betsy did a MIM turtoral on this particular technique.

My supplies~ PTI March Journal Die, Wonderful words die, Ribbon Tails stamp set,Canyon Clay PP, Orange Zest, Winter  Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Terracotta Tile, Simply Chartreuse and CS ,Ripe Avocado.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, I always enjoy hearing from you all. Have a blessed day!

March Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

This month's Papertrey Ink challenge is to incorporate anything high gloss into a paper crafting project!  Think clear heat embossing, Glossy Accents, layers of Clear Cardstock, die-cut vinyl, glossy paper, shiny embellishments, glossy spray paint or anything else you find in your stash!

I LOVE this new Gatsby Glamour!! This is my second entry for today's Glossy Accents Blog Challenge. For this card I used PTI black CS covered with Glossy Accents, MS black embossing powder and Shimmers all mounted on Select White CS. So elegant! 

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Enjoy today's PTI Blog Hop and have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop

The Challenge

This month's Papertrey Ink challenge is to incorporate anything high gloss into a paper crafting project!  Think clear heat embossing, Glossy Accents, layers of Clear Cardstock, die-cut vinyl, glossy paper, shiny embellishments, glossy spray paint or anything else you find in your stash!

I loved Nicole's Wet Paint sample from this month's release and just had to CAS the card.

 

Supplies: PTI Hibiscus Burst PP and CS, Garden Grace stamp set, Wet Paint stamp set,Glossy Accents, Ink~Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse and True Black.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. I love hearing from you. Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #156: 3D Stamp Paint Techniques

 Time to try an out-of-the-box challenge by adding 3D paint techniques to your stamping project.

This week's Make It Monday is all about using 3D paint with Papertrey Ink products. 

I unfortunately did not have any  3D paint so I used a liberal amount of Ranger's Adirondack Paint Daubers Copper Paint with my Cane Impression Plate.

I also used my new Great Gatsby stamp set for the sentiment with MS embossing powder.

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

Make It Monday #155: Create Your Own Confetti with Papertrey Ink Dies

Hip Hip Hurray! Throw the confetti! YEA!!!

This week on Papertrey Ink Make It Monday the challenge is to use your dies and make some confetti!

Today is my daughter's 20th birthday, so I made so circle confetti to go along with the birthday banner I had made yesterday.  Of course, we had already enjoyed some of her tasty cake before I took my picture.

Supplies~ Circle CP, By the Numbers, Happy banner dies. Raspberry Fizz reinkers.

Make It Monday #154: Color and Texture Tips for One Layer Cards

This week's Make It Monday challenge was to make a single layer card but use some texture and color.
Tomorrow is my dear daughter's birthday so I made this single layer card for her special day.

supplies~PTI Patterned Paper and CS Raspberry Fizz, Headline Alphabet, confetti star die, Hello die, Thinking Big Favorites, Scarlet Jewel Ink and Tim Holtz resist paper.
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day.

Make It Monday #153: Watercolored Backgrounds With Heat Embossed Sentiments

Dawn McVey shares a few tips and tricks for creating simple watercolored backgrounds with heat embossed sentiments that really shine!

Supplies~Papertrey Ink Mega Vases, Garden Grace(sentiment), The Sweet Life diecuts and Ms paper clay leaves. 

I have to say of the two techniques Dawn showed for MIM I like this second technique of dabbing the paint onto a wet paper and then stamping the sentiment.

  Take 2

  Supplies~PTI Garden Grace and inks. 

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

Make It Monday #153: Watercolored Backgrounds With Heat Embossed Sentiments

Dawn Mcvey shares a few tips and tricks for creating simple watercolored backgrounds with heat embossed sentiments that really shine. For this card I first embossed the sentiment and then colored the paper with watercolors. I used watercolor paper, the white spots are where I used masking fluid and then removed after I had painted.

Supplies~Watercolor paper, Micheal's Crafts watercolor paints, Think Big Favorite Stamp,TH distress inks.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day.

February 2014 Blog Hop Challenge

  Papertrey Ink Blog Challenge

  Warm sun, green grass, colorful spring blooms and everything else that comes along with it!  Your challenge this month is to create a spring themed project! 

Supplies~ PTI Limitless Layers Squares, Limitless Layers Labels, Washi Tape, Quilling, Royal Velvet CS and ink,

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, have a blessed day.

Make It Monday #152: Layering Dye & Pigment Inks

Well, the fun and excitement from last week's Papertrey Anniversary countdown are only a memory and a expectant waiting on the UPS or mailman to deliver a certain package. But thanks to Heather Nichols while we wait she has a fun Make It Monday technique that's sure to have us all reaching for our favorite stamps and inks.

Supplies: Rosie Posie, Quilled Sentiment,Fancy Flouishes,Sweet Blush CS and ink, Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst and True Black ink. Memento Luxe Angel Pink pigment ink. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing for all of you. Have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink Building Block Challenge

Today's PTI challenge was to visit each designers blog and roll a die or use a random number generator to select which item number you will need to work with from their list.  Collect nine item selections total, one from each team member, and get to work creating your masterpiece!

 My build a card challenge included Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, ribbons, buttons and water coloring.  Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. I love hearing from you and have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Day 7

Stripes are the trend for today!!

Here is my stripe card for today's challenge.

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Vertical Zig Zag CP, Zing Embossing Powder, Embossing Paste, Limitless Layers 1.75 circles, Birthday Tags 2012, Canyon Clay PP, Winter Wisteria and Limeade Ice Ink.

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

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Day 6

Today's Anniversary challenge was all about using a  word die, alphabet dies or alphabet stamps and make a project that has a *word* for the focal point. I used the "hello" word die from this past year. My background was created using a stencil and embossing paste from the Stenciled Online class last month.

Supplies~ Wonderful words "hello", HB and HG patterened paper, Melon Berry CS, Bitty Blocks and PP ink.
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment I so enjoy hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Day 5

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Papertrey Ink!!! Happy Birthday to YOU!
Today is all about sending Birthday wishes to Papertrey Ink and their AMAZING warehouse support staff.

My birthday card is stamped with the Doodlie-Do stamp set and colored with Faber-Castell water color pencils. I love these pencils because it is so much fun to color your design and then using a damp brush blend the colors and make the pencil lines disappear. This card includes Tim Holtz Stormy Sky around the edges, Heidi Swapp Mustard Color Shine spray, Ranger black enamel paint and enamel dots in the flower centers .
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I always enjoy hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

PTI 7th Anniversary Day 4

My second "flat" 3 x 4 inch card for today's Anniversary Challenge.

Have a blessed day!

Make It Monday #151: Drop Shadow Die Cuts and anniversay Day 4

Today's Papertrey Ink challenge was to make a 3 x 4 inch flat card, similar to what is used in all the latest scrap booking. Here is one of my first flat cards. I have been wanting to try quilling since Betsy Veldman showcased the technique on a Friday newsletter. I an also submitting this for the shawdow

supplies: PTI Polka Dot Parade #12, Fancy Flourishes PTI ink.

Have a blessed day!

PTI 7th Anniversary Day 3: Timed Challenge

                        Today's challenge is to make a card in 17 minutes of less with only 7 supplies.

Supplies: 1) Neehah CS
               2) Mini Bloom stamp
               3) Think Big #12
               4) PTI Dark Chocolate Ink
               5) Memento Marker Bamboo Leaves
               6) Memento Marker Rose Bud
               7) Memento Marker Grape Jelly
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, I love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 2

Today's Papertrey Ink Challenge is to make a card with this printable download from its 2014 Stamp Designers. I choose the image from Heather Nichols.

Supplies~ PTI download, Spiral Notebook Die, PTI rustic twine and Scarlet Jewel button and CS, on a Mind's Eye background paper.

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

Make It Monday #150: Window Screen Cards

Melissa Phillips shows how to make "Window screen cards", with a  frame dies, a cover plate or two,  and presto! You've got this lovely piece of inspiration today for this week's Make It Monday.
 I am also entering this card in the Stenciled Online Card Class.

Supplies~ PTI Rosie Posie stamp set, Bitty Blocks 2, Limitless Layers Heart die, Twist CP, Love die, DIY stencil from Love die, Bakers twine, Raspberry Fizz button, INK Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Memento Luxe Dandelion,Angel Pink.

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

January 2014 Blog Hop

January blog Hop and Stenciled Online Class

I have one more card today for the PTI Blog Hop and to submit in the Stenciled Online Card Class I am currently taking with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner.

supplies: PTI Hands of Time, TH Clockworks Stencil, PTI tag sale # 5, Zing Blush, Ranger Pickled Raspberry and Spun Sugar ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. I hope you have a blessed day! 

January 2014 Blog Hop Challenge

With Valentine's Day rapidly approaching, it is the perfect time to pull out all of your favorite pink supplies and put them to good use!  Your challenge this month is to create a card only using the color pink with the option to use neutrals (such as white, cream, gray, black or kraft).  With all of the different shades of pink to work with, there are all kinds of creative possibilities!  Keep in mind that your project can be for any occasion, as long as you use pink! 

Supplies: Frilly Florals dies, Background Basics Needlepoint, Rosie Posie leaves, Kraft Ink, Happy Trails, Ranger Karft butterfly, gelatos, Rhinestones.TH paper, PTI Sweet Blush base, Mama Elephant ink, PTI Hibiscus Burst.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog hop.

Make It Monday #149: Glitter Embellishments

Glitter goes hand in hand with Valentine's Day. The more bling the better! 

 I cut out accent areas on this Rosie Posie flower like the additions stamp set and 

used two different pink glitters. The center heart in the word Love is distress glitter.

Supplies: PTI Rosie Posie dies and stamps, Quilled Elegance,  Love die, glitter and distress marker around the edges.

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

Make It Monday #148: Generation Stamping with Line Images & Multiple Colors

Dawn McVey demostrates a great alternative to coloring your lined images with this simple, but effective use of generational stamping.

Supplies~ PTI Friends til the End, Strawberry Patch, Kraft CS, Rustic Cream CS, misc pearls.
       PTI Ink~ Summer Sunrise/Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse/Ripe Avocado, Melon Berry/Pure Poppy

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

Make it Monday #147: Multi-layer Images from a Single Stamp Take 2

Papertry Ink design team member Betsy Veldman created multi-layered images for her Make-It-Monday video.She brings all the tricks and tips to share this week.

Here is my second take on this fun new (for me) technique. I made a mini star card with kraft paper star base. The Mandarin perfect pearls gives this mini card a lovely 

Supplies~ PTI 2012 Birthday Tags, Lawn Fawn stamp set, Perfect Pearls,PTI inks, Star Gazer stamp set and Lawn Fawn star die cut.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, I look forward to hearing from you!
Have a blessed day.

Make it Monday #147: Multi-layer Images from a Single Stamp

Design team member Betsy Veldman created multi-layered images tags for the new year and shares all the tricks and tips she learned in this week's Make It Monday.

My first attempt at this technique uses~ PTI 2012 Birthday Tags, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Limitless Layers Ovals, Tag Sale #8.

Thanks you so much for stopping by, please leave a comment. I do love hearing from you. Have a blessed day!