you've been on my mind...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a card that I made using this week's ColourQ combo and this week's Make it Monday technique:  stamping with neutrals.  When I saw Dawn's video I was interested in giving it a try and was excited when I saw that the ColourQ combo would be perfect for the MIM technique.  When I try a MIM technique I try not to use PTI products similar to what was used by whoever is presenting the technique, but in this instance I used the same set that Dawn used.. Friendly Flowers.  The contemporary look to Friendly Flowers lends itself to stamping with unusual color combos.   Today I got some happy mail in the form of the newest Make It Market kit Notable Notions.  After I finished die cutting and stamping all the pieces for the card and arranging how I wanted them on my cardstock panel I decided to add the large corner image from the Notable Notions stamp set to the panel before adhering all the pieces.  You don't see much of it, but I think it adds that finishing touch to the card.  Even though this is a color combo that I don't think I would ever put together myself, I do think that I was able to combine all of them rather well and I love how the card turned out.   I am also adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge:  for the love of plants.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps and dies:  PaperTrey Ink; Inks:  Stampin Up! So Saffron, Hello Honey and Pool Party; Hero Arts Latte chalk ink; Crystal Stickles

happy birthday...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card for a couple of challenges:  ColourQ and PTI's Make It Monday #200 Layering Cover Plate die cut.  I have a few cover plate dies and the technique looked so fun and easy that I had to give it a try.   I have a couple of friends who have birthdays next week and so this card will be going to one of them. 

I used the circles cover plate die and cut it from SU!'s Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink.  I then layered the Pretty in Pink die cut behind the Melon Mambo creating the shadow effect.  The rest of the card was made using Oopsie Daisy and Friendly Flowers.  I die cut the flowers from Oopsie Daisy and then stamped the large outline flower from the set using Real Red.  The petals were added using Pumpkin Pie.  The reverse was done on the smaller flower.  The two were layered and a black enamel dot added.  The cover plate die cut was adhered to the card base, a strip of white cardstock stamped with the sentiment was added along with the flower.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Melon Mambo & Pretty in Pink; Stamps and dies:  PaperTrey Ink; Ink:  Stampin Up! and Memento; black enamel dot

thanks for everything..

Hello friends!!  Popping in on this wet, foggy and chilly day with a card that I made for the current Make It Monday challenge:  Colorful Corners.  When I saw this challenge I knew I had to play along.  Finally got the time this weekend.

Danielle's challenge is all about stamping and one of my favorite things to do is just stamp.  More specifically I like to collage stamp.  And when I collage stamp I often end up stamping in the corner of my cardstock piece.  So for my colorful corner I did some collage stamping using two PTI sets Polka Dot Basics II and Friendly Flowers (a set I have never used!!).  I used one of the filler images for my flower... love that starburst like look to the flowers!   I used three inks from Close to My Heart (Twilight, Outdoor Denim and New England Ivy) and did some generational stamping.   Finished things off with some clear sequins and the sentiment stamped in black ink (Memento Tuxedo Black.   Super happy with how this turned out.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SSS fog; Stamps:  PTI, Inks:  Close to My Heart; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh
 

life is sweet...

Hello friends!!  Happy new year!!!  Popping in with a card that I made for the current Make It Monday - A la Carte, as well as AAA Cards challenge - A Touch of Gold.  For the Make It Monday challenge I decided to go with Dawn's glitter frames technique.  I had wanted to try it when she originally posted the technique, but wasn't able to find the time before the challenge ended.

I decided to use my Sweet Life stamps and matching dies.  My layout is basically a copy of Dawn's.  Instead of creating the frame using gold glitter I opted to use a pretty glitter from Art Glittering Systems called Ultra Fine Blue Rain.  I stamped the roses using two shades of pink and then added the final layer of the rose using Delicate Golden Glitz ink.  I have included a close up shot because the gold is a little difficult seeing otherwise.  It looks very pretty in real life.

 

 

 

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Supplies: Cardstock:  PTI white; Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps:  The Sweet Life; Dies:  The Sweet Life; Inks:  Stampin Up! Pretty in Pink, Rose Pink, Pear Pizzazz; Delicata Golden Glitz, Memento Tuxedo Black; Scor-Tape; Art Glittering System Ultra Fine glitter

 

sharing a couple of cards...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a couple of cards to share for a several challenges.   First up is a card for the current CASology challenge:  Light.   CASology is such a fun challenge with cue words that are always so clever.   I can tell you that when I was on the CASology design team there were times when I was completely stumped by the cue word!   I spent some time thinking about the current cue word and finally came up with this little card.

 

I used the Simon Says Stamp set Bring the Sunshine as well as the matching dies.  I die cut the sun and then stamped it with Memento Dandelion ink.  The sun was stamped again in black and then the center sentiment punched out and adhered over the yellow sunshine.   I die cut the cloud patterned paper (from BasicGrey) using the pinked edge rectangle die from the same die set and adhered that to the white cardstock.   A little banner was die cut, stamped with a sentiment from Bring the Sunshine, adhered it and then added the sunshine sentiment.

The second card is for the current Colour Me...! challenge and PTI's Make It Monday.  I pulled out Harvest Berries and got to work making this super simple take on the MIM technique.   Think I will pop this one into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  Anything Goes

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white;  SU! Always Artichoke; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp and PTI; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  Stampin Up!; VersaFine, Memento; Circle punch

Merry Christmas...

Hello friends!!  Popping in to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and to post a card for a couple of challenges:  Make it Monday (stamped borders) and ColourQ.

 

 

Keeping this short and sweet.  I used the MIM technique and the PTI little mini set Ruby Reprise (I think it was a freebie back in February).  After doing all my stamping I used the PTI Boutique Borders set Sympathy and the matching die for my center sentiment. 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Poppy Parade; Inks:  Stampin Up! Old Olive, Calypso Coral, So Saffron; Memento Ladybug, Tuxedo Black; Stamps and dies:  PTI Boutique Borders Sympathy

a couple of cards to share...

Hello friends!!  Everyone ready for Christmas??  I think I'm pretty much ready.  Just a few more cards to send out and a few presents to wrap and I'm done!  Have a couple of cards to share today for a couple of different challenges:  PTI Make It Monday:  Camouflaging Die Cuts, CASology:  Snow and Freshly Made Sketches.

First up is my card for CASology and Make It Monday.  Instead of inking up my cardstock the way Laura did in the video I did some stamping using images from the PTI set Winter Swirls and inks from Close to My Heart (Grey Wool, Twilight and Outdoor Denim).  The snow die and sentiment are from the PTI Wonderful Words: Snow set.    The grey cardstock is Simon Says Stamp Fog.

The second card uses the Freshly Made Sketches layout, stamps from Simon Says stamp and patterned paper from the Teresa Collins Studio Gold 6x6 pad.  The circle image from the SSS set Sparkle & Shine was stamped using Delicate Golden Glitz ink.  At first I just trimmed out the entire circle, but as I started layout things out I decided to trim out the center, as well.  I like how it looks.  The sentiment was stamped using SU!'s Baja Breeze ink.  Some gold baker's twine from SU! and a few gold sequins finished things off.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SSS fog; PP:  Teresa Collins; Stamps:  PTI and SSS; Inks:  Delicate Golden Glitz, Stampin' Up!; Close to My Heart; Baker's Twine:  Stampin Up!; Sequins:  SSS; Dies:  PTI

one die... two cards

Hello friends!!   Hope your week has gone well.  Can't believe October is almost over.  We are experiencing our usual drippy wet weather for Halloween!  Oh well... that is how it goes in Western Washington!  The current Make it Monday technique is a really fun (and super simple... my kind of technique, lol!) one courtesy of Laurie Willison... partially stamped die cuts.  After viewing her video I just had to make something and in the end I made two cards!  The colors are based on the current Color Throwdown combo.

I thought about using one of the word dies I have, but as I flipped through my way too huge collection of PTI dies (any one with me on that one, lol???!!) I spotted the Phrase Play #2 die that I had not used yet and decided to go with that.  I stamped flower flowers from the PTI mini set Ruby Reprise using yellow, orange and bright blue inks along one side of white cardstock and then die cut the piece with the Phrase Play die.  The main piece was used to create the first card and then I used the left over pieces for the second.  I did die cut two more of the word "always" from scraps and then adhered them to the stamped to give the word more depth.   Both cards were finished with some orange, yellow and blue sequins.  

Of the two I think the second is my favorite.  I really like the simplicity of it and the fact that you can really see the word "always" so clearly.  I think on the first one I should have used a colored cardstock for the back piece instead of white... live and learn!  Think I will post this second card to the current Addicted to Stamps challenge:  CAS.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate; Stamps and dies:  PTI; Inks:  Stampin Up! (So Saffron & Pumpkin Pie) and Memento (Danube Blue & Tuxedo Black); Sequins:  Ellen Hutson

my blessings...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a very simple card that I made a few days ago.  The last few weeks have been a bit rough for me, physically, and that means paper crafting falls mostly to the wayside.  Things have slowly gotten better and should improve more as I will be starting physical therapy on Monday.  As a general rule I don't like to talk about things that are getting me down here on my blog because this is a blog about paper crafting, but these last few weeks have been hard and blogging about it (just a little) is another form of therapy.  I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who left me lovely comments on my "cover girl" post.  Each and everyone of them brought a smile to my face and lifted my spirits!  So this card is for you...


Playing along with the current MIM challenge, Gold Dipped Die Cuts, as well as the current Freshly Made Sketch.  My first attempt at gold dipped die cuts was a complete disaster, but my little butterfly turned out fairly well.  I paired it with two flourish images and a the sentiment from the PTI set Fall Elegance.  The patterned paper is from Autumn Abundance.  Cardstock is PTI Lemon Tart and Rustic White.  I finished the card off with some sequins on the butterfly and a bit of burlap twine.

Thanks for stopping by...  :)

Supplies:  Cardstock and patterned paper:  PTI; Stamps and dies:  PTI; Ink:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn; burlap twine

love...

Hello!  Hope your week is going well.  I'm popping in with a card that I made for this week's PTI Make it Monday:  dry embossing over heat embossing.   Every week I check out the new MIM video and every week I think to myself that I will try to make something and then it never happens.  So I decided to make sure that this week I did get a project made!  I'm also posting this to the current Less is More challenge since the colors I used are decidedly autumnal.

I pulled out my Beautiful Brushstrokes set and stamped the largest flower using SU!'s So Saffron for the base layer and Pumpkin Pie for the next.  The final layer of the image was stamped using VersaMark watermark ink, gold embossing powder applied and then heat set.  I followed the same steps for the leaves and stems.  The sentiment was also stamped in VersaMark, black embossing powder applied and heat set.  Once everything was heat embossed I ran the entire piece through my Big Shot using the PTI quatrefoil cover plate.  The piece was adhered to the card base and a few of the rain drops from the Beautiful Brushstrokes kit were adhered.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft and white; Stamps and dies:  PTI; Inks:  Stampin Up!, VersaMark; Embossing powders:  Ranger gold and Filigree black; rain drops

watercoloring...

Hello!!   Well... the rain has returned to Western Washington and for once that is a good thing!  And to go along with all the water falling from the sky I decided to do some watercoloring for the current Make It Monday:  No Outline Watercoloring.  Most of the time I don't even get one card made for a MIM challenge, but this week I actually got two done!  Both card use the sunflower image from Botanical Blocks.

The first one I watercolored the previous day and actually threw away after it was done.  I used some Ranger Distress Makers and Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink.  I wasn't super happy with it which is why it got thrown away.  But this morning I decided to give this technique another try using reinkers.  But before I started I decided to get my rejected efforts out of the recycle basket and give them another look.  I decided that my first effort wasn't so bad and made it into a card.   I used the Counting My Blessings mini set and one of the word dies.  The card base was embossed with a piece of burlap.

 

I will admit that the second card is my favorite of the two.  I think I did a better job with the technique and actually got some shading and more depth to the colors.  Kept things simple for this card.  Roughed up the edges, added the sentiment and some hemp twine and then matted it with some yellow cardstock.

ETA:  Since I did emboss the card base I'm going to pop this into the current Simon Say's Stamp Wednesday challenge:  embossing.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Ranger Watercolor paper; Strathmore watercolor paper; PTI white; SU! Crumb Cake; CTMH yellow; Stamps:  PTI Botanical Block, Counting My Blessings; Inks:  Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa & Tuxedo Black inks; Reinkers:  SU! Old Olive, River Rock, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard & So Saffron; Distress Markers:  Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, & Tea Dye; white hemp cord; Dies:  PTI Counting My Blessings; burlap

happy birthday...

Hey there!!  Feels like ages since I made a card... well it has been a few days!  My little guy turned 8 on 14th of June and I had to spend most of my time getting ready for the party.  He had a great time with his best buddies and cousins so the lack of crafting time was all worth it!  But I did get a chance to make something for several challenges this morning:  PTI's Make It Monday and Color Throwdown

When I saw Ashley's MIM technique "baby wipe stamping" I really wanted to give it a try.  Combining it with Color Throwdown gave me that chance.  I used one of my favorite PTI sets Turning a New Leaf (thanks, Greta, for the idea to use it!), as well as Bigger Blooms.  I split up the colors and created one pad using Coastal Cabana and Kiwi Kiss reinkers; the other pad using Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette reinkers and then stamped away.  I really like the soft effect you get from using a baby wipe and the reinkers... makes me thankful that I made the decision to get reinkers when I buy my SU! ink pads!!  I'm not super happy with all the white space I left on the card... it makes things a bit unbalanced, but overall I do really like the card.

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Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI white; Stamps:  PTI; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento

make a wish...

Hey there!!  Friday here in my part of the world and it looks like it will be a nice day, too... YAY!  Last night a large portion of the area where I live lost power for about 2 hours.  It was rather interesting because my boys had to figure out how to entertain themselves WITHOUT something electronic involved!  And they did... I spotted my little guy outside rolling round.. yes just rolling around... in the grass and having a great time!  Have to admit that I was having a bit of a tough time, but I sat down and did some good old book reading!   Anywhoo... I do have a card to share, lol!  Made it for this week's Make It Monday challenge and ColourQ.  Since I used a die cut on it I will be popping it into this week's Less is More challenge (haven't played with them in I think a year!!).  The layout is based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

I used PTI Polka Dot Parade #12.  It is the only Polka Dot Parade set I own, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should pick up a few more.  I stamped the candles using the ColourQ colors and then used the corresponding die to deboss around three of the candles.  Thought about doing all of them, but decided to just be lazy and do only three, lol!  Finished things off by stamping the word "WISH" on a die cut fishtail banner, tied on the baker's twine in matching colors and then added the "Make a" portion.   The debossing is kinda hard to see so I have included a detail shot that hopefully shows it up better.

Thanks for stopping by... can't believe this, but as of this post I have only one more post to go and I will have posted 1,000 times!!  That is crazy, lol!!

Supplies:   Cardstock: PTI white; Stamps:  PTI; Dies:  PTI & MFT; Inks:  Hero Arts, Stampin Up! and Memento; Baker's twine:  the Twinery

some colorful cards...

Hello, hello!!   We have been having some absolutely GORGEOUS weather here in the Puget Sound area!  Just a taste of hopefully what is to come this summer!  Have a couple of cards to share that I made for several challenges.   One card uses a technique that Julie Ebersole demonstrated on day four of the Online Card Class Watercolor for Card Makers.

 

First up is my card for ColourQ and the current Make It Monday challenge.  I used one of the large words from the PTI Wet Paint set and two circular designs from the PTI Bits & Buttons set.   Following Heather's instructions I stamped the word in VersaMark, applied the clear embossing powder and heat set it.   Then I stamped away using the brown, turquoise and aqua colors.  Once I finished stamping those colors I stamped a few circles using Delicata Golden Glitz ink and then carefully wiped the ink of the sentiment.  I added a few sequins in turquoise, aqua and clear before mounting the card on the turquoise card base.

The second card was made using the Julie Ebersole watercolor technique from the Online Card Class and the colors from the current Color Throwdown challenge, lime and bright pink.  For my card I used Ranger Distress inks in Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint.  Both colors were applied to my craft mat and spritzed with water.  The dots were stamped using a clean pencil eraser.  Because I was only stamping with two colors I didn't put down as many dots as I might have.  After the dots were stamped I die cut the piece with a TE butterfly and then added the silver sequins.  Mounted everything on a white cardstock base.  I'm also popping this one into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  die crazy since I used a die to cut my butterfly.

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Supplies:  Card #1:  Cardstock: PTI white; SU! Tempting Turquoise & Pool Party; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  Stampin Up!, Delicata & VersaMark; Embossing Powder Ranger UltraFine clear; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn & Pretty Pink Posh
Card #2:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Prescious Remembrance Shop New Day; Ink:  Ranger and Memento; Die:  Taylored Expressions; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn

every moment...

Hello friends!!  After a trip to our local zoo today with my boys (they are on spring break), my sister and her girls I got a chance to make a card for this week's PTI Make It Monday challenge.  I combined it with the current Dynamic Duos challenge (Gumball Green and your choice) and came up with this:

 

After finally finding a PTI stamp set that I could use for the MIM challenge (Botantical Silhouettes) I got out my Gelatos and got to work.  I used Gelatos in two different shades of orange unfortunately after spritzing the stamp with water and then stamping you can't really tell I used two.  The stems were stamped using SU!'s Gumball Green.  I rubbed some green Gelato onto on of my acrylic blocks, spritzed it with water and then stamped it at the bottom to ground the flowers.  Some New Leaf double stitched ribbon and the sentiment finished things off.  The card base is SU!'s Smoky Slate.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Smoky Slate; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  SU! and Memento; Farber Castell Gelatos (orange, blood orange & green); PTI double stitched ribbon

you are my ...

Hello friends!!  Back with a second card for this month's PTI blog hop.  I used the current MIM technique and so I will be popping it into that line up, as well.

Version #1

 

Version #2

When I placed my order this last release I was able to get the new Phrase Play #1 stamp and die set and I used it for this card.  Yesterday I did some quilling and decided to combine some quilled flowers with the Phrase Play sets.  I used two of my SU! reinkers (So Saffron and Marina Mist) to watercolor some watercolor paper.  I placed my die cut Phrase Play on the piece where I wanted it and then stamped the sentiment "sunshine" with watermark ink.  I removed the diecut, applied white embossing powder and heat set.  The hardest part of this card was placing the quilled flowers.   When I took the first set of photos I realized that I had left the "o" completely open.  I like the look, but decided to glue the little bits that go inside to see if I liked that look better... and surprise I like both versions!   Let me know what you think!

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic White; watercolor paper; Inks:  Watermark ink; SU! reinkers; Stamps & Dies:  PTI Phrase Play #1; Quilling Papers:  3 Birds

so grateful...

Hello friends!!   Spent part of my New Years Eve making a little card for the current PTI Make It Monday:  Angled Backgrounds.   I don't think I have made a card quite as busy or bright as this one in a very long time and it made me a bit nervous putting it together.  However, once it was done I was really pleased with how it turned out.

After I decided on what patterned paper to use (Webster's Pages Family Traditions line... LOVE!!) I had to figure out what stamps to use and finally settled on my very neglected PTI Lovely Layers set.  I had inked up one of the stamps, but I don't think I have ever made anything with the set!   I die cut all the images and then stamped them using Hero Arts chalk inks (Poppy, Punch. Splash and Latte) and Memento inks (Pear Tart).   I cut strips of the patterned papers and then adhered them to a cardstock base.  As a base for my floral image I die cut some white cardstock using the PTI notebook die.  After arranging all the pieces, but not adhering them, I stamped the sentiment in black ink.  Once that was done I adhered all the pieces into place and then added the finished piece to the patterned paper piece.   My angled background is a bit hap hazard, but I like it!

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Patterned Paper:  Webster's Pages; Inks: Hero Arts & Memento; Stamps:  PTI; Dies:  PTI

pti december blog hop...

Hello friends!!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  I know my boys did and mine wasn't too bad, either.  Playing along with the PTI December blog hop, as well as the current PTI Make It Monday... ala carte.    There were so many fun MIM challenges to choose from, but I decided to have a go at creating a flocked look with dimensional paste, MIM #113.    Working with the dimensional paste was fun, but a bit frustrating... don't even want to say how much cardstock I ruined before I got a piece worth using, lol!

 

I die cut some Rustic White cardstock  using the largest Tipped Top die and then a second one from SU!'s Smoky Slate cardstock.  I created a stencil using the Circles cover plate and a piece of  solid chipboard.  Once that was done I used a small offset spatula to apply the fiber paste.  I removed the stencil and let the piece dry.  The large leaf image from the Harvest Berries set was stamped using Smoky Slate ink and then the berries were added using SU!'s Melon Mambo ink.  The sentiment is from the Boutique Borders:  Thank You set.  I cut three lengths of PTI's cream button twine and tied it round the piece.  The Smoky Slate piece was adhered to the kraft card base and then the Rustic White piece was adhered using foam dimensionals.   Pretty pleased with how this turned out.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & rustic white; SU! smoky slate; Stamps: PTI Harvest Berries & Boutique Borders:  Thank You; Inks:  SU! Smoky Slate & Melon Mambo, Memento Tuxedo Black; Golden Fiber Paste; PTI Rustic Cream button twine; PTI Tipped Top die, Circles cover plate

every moment...

Hello friends!!  Here with a card that I made for this week's Make It Monday to create your own square frame.  I also used the colors from the new Dynamics Duo challenge:  Crumb Cake and Always Artichoke. 

I only a few PTI sets that would work for the challenge and all of them are from Dawn McVey's Boutique Borders line.  So I pulled all of them out to see which one I might use.  I created a square using Boutique Borders Thanks and stopped right there as I really liked what I saw.  Then I decided to pair that set up with Simply Jane to create my very simple and kinda old school card.  The square was stamped using Crumb Cake ink and the silhouette with Always Artichoke.  After adhering the die cut silhouette I added some pearls in a kraft color for a bit of bling.  The sentiment was stamped in black and the entire piece matted with an artichoke colored cardstock and mounted on a kraft card base.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic White and kraft, Bazzill artichoke green; Ink:  SU! Crumb Cake & Always Artichoke; Memento Tuxedo Black; Stamps:  PTI; Pearls Kaiser Craft; Dies: PTI

love you forever...

Hello friends!!  Getting back into the swing of things and have another card to share.  This one I made for the MIM challenge to used inlaid die cuts as well as for the current Dynamic Duos challenge. 

When I started making my card I thought I would use PTI's Harvest Berries set, but then noticed that the die is made in such a way that it cuts to different images... I only wanted one of the images and so that idea wouldn't work.  Then I moved on to Holiday Button Bits and even got so far as to die cut my cardstock and stamp the image, but I just didn't like what I was seeing at all.  So on to Trendy Tree Tops and finally I had a winning combination!  I die cut the tree top first, stamped it with my chosen image and then put it back into place.  I arranged the tree trunk die on top of the tree top, taped it down (along with the little cloud) and ran the piece through my die cutter.  The tree trunk and cloud die cuts were then stamped.  I trimmed the white cardstock piece to the size I wanted and then adhered it to red cardstock.  The tree and cloud die cuts were then adhered in place, a second die cut cloud adhered and the sentiment stamped.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white and pure poppy; Stamps:  PTI Trendy Tree Tops and Bitty Background Blocks; Ink:  SU! Real Red & Hero Arts Splash, Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Trendy Tree Tops & clouds