Make It Monday #214: Stamping with neutrals

I thought I'd play along this week over at Papertrey Ink. Dawn had some great tips when stamping with neutrals. A bit out of my comfort zone I'd say, not sure why, but I did seem a bit puzzled at
what I was doing. I got a little inky and had a chance to use a new stamp set by My Favorite Things
and also the Fossilized Amber Distress Stain Spray. Fun, fun, fun!! Here it is:

Supplies: PTI Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate Ink, Stitches and Swirls Stamp Set.

Other Supplies: Distress Ink in Tea Dye, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo, White

prisma pencil, Versamark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder. MFT Written in Water-

color.

That's all for now, Thanks for stopping and thank you for your comments!!

Make It Monday #213: Cool Condensation Effects

This week Betsy shows use how to get condensation effects for this weeks' Make It Monday.

I was just dying to make this card as I thought about it all week long but too busy to get it done.

Now, it's not exactly as I pictured it but this'll have to do!

 I used an old Imaginisce line called A Shore Thing with some very cute popsicles but I did not have a popsicle stamp so I made one out of two PTI Tag Sale Dies(8 & 11).   So here it is:

I just wrote out the sentiment by hand. For the popsicle, I first watercolored it and added
a little pearl for the frosty effect and then added my glossy accents which you can see a little better
in the next picture here:

Anyway, it sure was fun, Thanks Betsy!

Have a great day!!

Make It Monday #210: Using Vellum to Soften Patterns

I needed to get going on my Mother's Day card so I sat down to play with some Palette ink and a daisy stamp set called Hello Sunshine from Hero Arts.  After I got going, I thought it would look much better if I added some vellum as to soften it a bit and this Make It Monday Mother's Day card
was born. My MISTI assisted me of course! Here she is:

Lizzie has some great tips and I think I need to get some 3m

 vellum tape since you can spot the adhesive !

Overall, I was quite happy with the outcome.

Supplies: PTI: Tucked In: Mother, Royal Velvet CS

Palette Hybrid Ink: Belle Rose, L'Amore Red, Claret, Bordeaux, & Lavender Sachet.

Hero Arts: Hello Sunshine, clear embossing Powder

Avery Elle Pigment ink in Sugar Plum

Vellum and Simon Says Stamp:Stitched Rectangles

Have a Fabulous Day and Thanks for stopping!!

Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

I think I will just sneak in for the Blog Hop today found here.


                                                 Here is the inspiration photo:

                                                     
                                                       and here is my card:

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

Make It Monday #209:: White on White Die Cuts with a Pop of Color
SSS: Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Clean And Simple

Supplies: SSS: Wishing Die and banner stamp. PTI: Hibiscus Burst ink, SS white CS,
Sentiment from Mat Stack 5(I think 5), Misc. heart pearls. Navy CS.

Thanks for stopping!!

Layered Ombre Stamped April Birthday Card

Today I decided to play along with the Make It Monday over at Papertrey Ink. Laurie shows
us how to do Ombre Stamping. Here is my take on this technique.

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Supplies: Papertrey Ink: Kraft and Spring Rain CS, Spring Rain and Blueberry Sky Inks,

Limitless Squares Dies and Birthday Classics:April Stamps

Lawn Fawn: Deep Sea Ink, Spring Showers Dies

Misc card stock scraps.

I am also playing along over at Virginia's View Challenge #14:

Layers and Dimensions

Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge

A is for... (April Birthday for me today)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

April Showers and/or Spring Flowers

Have a great day and Thanks

 for all your sweet comments!!

Make It Monday # 207 Double Partial Die Cutting

Thanks for joining me today as I discover how we can stretch our dies even more, thanks to
Laura and this weeks Make It Monday.  Why not check it out and join in on the fun!

I ended up using one of the Phrase Play Dies(the one with Enjoy, # 4 I think),

Tipped Tops Happy Die and then on the bottom section I used the Slide Frame 

Die so I'd have a window of sorts. I also used Petite Pots and Dies and Birthday 

Classics: April, for the "Easter" stamp.  Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores and White CS.

Hawaiian Shores, Lavender Moon, New Leaf and a variety of distress Inks for my BG.

Any questions? Please ask away and I love to read your comments!

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

       

      AAA Cards: #36               Monday Challenge: Pastels                    VV Challenge # 14

Thanks for stopping by today!

Stretch Your Dies-Day 7 Alphabet Dies

So here we are at the end of this Online Card Class, Stretch Your Dies. It's been great, I just wish it wasn't over yet! :(

I loved every single video and card from day 7 but I loved the simplicity of Jennifer's Celebrate card so I decided to recreate one like that. I used an old Quickutz Alphabet that I had. I alsocut apart a Papertrey Ink Banner Sentiment Stamp and that was about it. I also added a little silver embossed heart too for the dot in the i.

                            Hope everyone had as much fun as I had, see you in class!