Mr. & Mrs.

This card was for a young couple at church who eloped. It was so romantic! They're so young! I feel so old, LOL! :-D I drew the colors from their invitation to the reception and was happy that the Linen Closet papers were a perfect match. (You can't tell, but the flowered paper is glittery IRL.) I finally got to use a lovely organza flower I won as blog candy from Michelle Philippi awhile back because it was just the right color. Simple, but I love it.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI--Big & Bold Wishes & Fancy Flourishes (on envelope); Verve--Thankful Accents
Paper: PTI--Fine Linen, Aqua Mist & Hawaiian Shores; DCWV--Linen Closet
Ink: Watermark; Embossing Powder--Filigree Gold
Ribbon: Offray
Flower: Handmade Flowers (etsy)

Make It Monday Challenge #4

This week's Make It Monday challenge for Papertrey Ink is to use fun foam on your project for stamping and/or embellishments. (Details here.) I was wowed when I watched Heather Nichols' video on using fun foam--it was an "a-ha" moment when I saw how easily it cuts with even intricate dies and realized that you can stamp on it too! Ooh, the possibilities! So, I thought of what I considered a clever idea using Wise Owl. I sat down tonight to execute it and . . . I struggled. I mean I really, really struggled. Nothing came out how I pictured, and I was hampered by the fact that I only had fun foam in one color--white--which I had *just* purchased to make buttons with PTI's new button dies. I scrapped my first idea and went with #2. That was just as bad, although I did keep the die cuts to use on something else later. I really wanted to both stamp with and use fun foam die cuts on the card, so finally, I threw my hands up and did something simple, not-so-creative, and boring. Ta da! LOL! But I got something done, darn it, and if a great new idea pops into my head tomorrow at work, I'm ignoring it! ;-D

Supplies
Stamps: PTI--Fillable Frames #5 & 6
Paper: PTI--Kraft
Ink: PTI--Plum Pudding & Fresh Snow; Versafine--Onyx Black
Dies: PTI--Fillable Frames #6, Buttoned Up #1, and Beautiful Blooms II #3
Misc.: Fun Foam; Twine--Lilac, The Twinery

Wishing You Well

I'm popping in quickly to post a get well card for a sick friend (pneumonia!). She is actually feeling pretty good, but gets out of breath quickly when she tries to do anything--she is so bored! I used PTI's Vintage Picnic stamps and DCWV's Linen Closet papers. I was thrilled to find that the Linen Closet collection coordinates beautifully with PTI's Aqua Mist and Fine Linen colors! (And kraft, and Rustic White, and even Hawaiian Shores for some patterns) This was my first time using Fine Linen, and I really liked it as an addition to PTI's rainbow of colors. I paper pieced the picnic basket, did some stitching around the edge of the "quilted-looking" paper, and added some lace and a die cut flower with a fuzzy brad for the center. You can't tell in the pic, but the stamped flowers are colored white with some sparkly Smooch.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI--Vintage Picnic
Paper: PTI--Rustic White, Fine Linen, Aqua Mist; DCWV--Linen Closet
Ink: StazOn--Timber Brown; Versafine--Vintage Sepia; Ranger--Antique Linen Distress Ink
Dies: PTI--Mat Stack #1; Spellbinders--Scrap-Mart custom; MFT--Flower Trio
Misc.: Lace--Hero Arts; Copics--W0, YR15, G21, G24; Brad--Doodlebug Design; Smooch--Moonlight; Sewing Machine

Make It Monday Challenge #3 & JUGS #72

I can't believe that I have this week's MIM card done, photographed, and uploaded already! Yay! :-D This week's challenge is to use a glitter strip (or 3 or 10) on your project. (Here's a link to the challenge here.) I drew the color inspiration from this week's Just Us Girls challenge (here). I loved the combo of aqua, melon, and kraft, and I wanted to give PTI's Melon Berry color some love, LOL! So, this is just a really simple card that I made by combining scraps, basically. I punched a little, stamped a little, and used elements that were just sitting there on my craft desk to make something a bit different for me. The vellum Mat Stack 4 was one I cut for the first MIM challenge and didn't end up using. It looks a lot better here, I think! :-) You can't tell in the picture, but I used a crystalline embossing powder on the sentiment to echo the glitter strip.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI--Signature Greetings & Background Basics: Diamonds
Paper: PTI--Kraft, Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, & S.S. White; vellum--stash
Ink: Versafine--Onyx Black; PTI--Fresh Snow; Embossing Powder--Stampendous Crystal
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Misc.: 1/4" Scor-Tape; Pearls--Recollections; Corner Chomper; Ultrafine Prisma glitter; Die--PTI Mat Stack 4; Butterfly--Petaloo

Make It Mondays: Week of 2/14

Yay, I actually made a card for PTI's new Make It Monday Challenge! I needed a card for a friend who had surgery this week, and I thought it would be the perfect one to use this week's element on: a vellum sentiment strip. I have tons of vellum in my stash from when I was scrapbooking regularly since I liked to journal on vellum almost exclusively. Well, since I fell in love with making cards, I haven't been scrapbooking too often, ahem, and so I was excited to play with it again for this challenge!

First I colored PTI's Year of Flowers: Gladiolus in purples and then I paired the cut out image with Plum Pudding cardstock and patterned paper from Guidelines. I punched the vellum strip with a border punch on both long edges, and then stamped the "Happy Healing" sentiment on it and placed it partly behind the flowers. I added some pearls to the strip and Perfect Pearls to the centers of the gladiolus flowers and rounded two corners of the card. To finish, I inked the edges with Chai from the Tea Dye duo. Ta da! :-)

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI--YOF: Gladiolus & Healing Touch Sentiments
Paper: PTI--Plum Pudding & Guidelines; vellum--stash
Ink: Versafine--Onyx Black; PTI--Chai
Misc.: Border Punch--Martha Stewart; Embossing Powder--Ultra Fine Detail--Clear; Pearls--Recollections; Perfect Pearls--Opal White; Copics--Darn it, I put them away before I wrote down the colors--so sorry!

Valentine's 2011 Goodies

Wacky picture, eh? I just couldn't get these little Valentine's goodies to look "styled," i.e. "good." Could have had to do with the fact that I procrastinated taking a picture until about 2 minutes before leaving the house with them, LOL! These were just little "sweet friend" gifties for my peeps at church. I tried to channel Michelle Phillipi and toss some cute stickers 'n stuff on a die cut from Simple Valentine paper. Fun! And the peeps loved 'em. The heart shaped jelly beans are by a company called Gimbals, and are flavored with honey--so good! They also have cherry-flavored ones that are more appropriate colors for Valentine's Day, but the store was out, so I tried these and like them better. Oh, I got them at Fresh & Easy (love that store!).

Supplies
Paper: PTI--Simple Valentine
Stickers: EK Success; Michael's; Recollections
Bags: Michaels
Die: PTI--Fillable Frames #10
Ribbon: Offray
Rhinestones: Michaels
Other: Tim Holtz--Tiny Attacher

PTI Blog Hop?

Ah, well, better late than never? :-D I made this card for PTI's January blog hop--where you were supposed to use a stamp set that had never seen ink, or hadn't seen it in a long while--and then completely forgot about it! So, I'm going through photos tonight and . . . there it was. Sigh. Hopefully, I'll be more on the ball in February! :-)

I chose the stamp set "All About You." I bought it when it was released and had yet to use it. I've used the "Additions" companion set, but just not this one. The choice wasn't easy as I had, ahem, quite a few uninked sets to choose from. :-) I'm not wild about the card, but I do like the colors, and I'm sure it will come in handy to perk up someone's day.

Supplies
Stamps: PTI--All About You
Paper: PTI--SS White; Chatterbox; stash
Ink: Versafine--Onyx Black; Versacolor--Narcissus & Camellia; Ranger--Tattered Rose & Crushed Olive Distress Inks
Embossing Powder: Ranger--Super Fine Detail
Buttons: PTI--Sweet Blush; stash
Trim: Michaels
Die: Spellbinders--ScrapMart exclusive
Misc.: Tim Holtz--Tiny Attacher; Fiskars--Corner Chomper