PTI Make It Monday #59: Computer Generated Sentiments on Die Cuts

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Erin. She has shown us how to create our own sentiments and personalized messages for our paper crafting projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I loved Erin's idea of creating bookplates for someone special. What a great idea for our special teachers!! I went right to work experimenting with getting my text in the right space and sizing.

Here's where craft supply-hoarding comes in handy ... before going out to buy printable sticker sheets, I decided to check the spot (in my mess) where, IF I had some, it's where they'd be. I honestly don't remember buying them, but there they were - a brand spanking new pack of printable sticker sheets! :)

I printed out my personalized sentiments:

Then stamped them with Mat Stack 3, and images from Tag-Its #6:

Then, I die cut them out using Erin's method - so easy!

I really like how they turned out. When I decide on a single color scheme, I plan to make up a set to gift to the kids teachers. So fun! I hope they like them!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Mat Stack 3, Tag-Its #6

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Fine Linen, Basic Grey (SU)

Dies: Mat Stack 3, Limitless Layers 1 3/4

Other: Label Paper (Avery #48165)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI March Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

I am over-the-moon about this challenge as I absolutely LOVE a beautiful, bright, cheerful yellow! It's my all-time favorite color and has been since I was a kid. I LOVE it!

I could not help myself. When I saw the inspiration photo, with those delicious huge aqua satin bows, I knew I had to make a card with one. I HAD too! Isn't it so soft and feminine? I LOVE it!

The background is "letterpressed" in white ink. The bow (I am so bow-challenged) only took about 30 minutes of arranging and fluffing. Then, I glued that baby down! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Polka Dot Basics II

Ink: Fresh Snow, Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist

Dies: Picnic Plaid impression plate, Tiny Tags

Card Stock: Lemon Tart, Stampers Select White, Aqua Mist

Other: Aqua ribbon (Offray), Artists Safety Pin (Oriental Trading)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI March Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

I am over-the-moon about this challenge as I absolutely LOVE a beautiful, bright, cheerful yellow! It's my all-time favorite color and has been since I was a kid. I LOVE it!

For this challenge I decided to include some aqua color. I had previously made a zipper tag (here), and decided to make a modified version of it to include some cash for my niece's birthday gift.

I covered a portion of my sentiment with tape so that I could stamp one word over the other. This is one of my favorite stamping tricks - except - when I forget to pull the tape off before stamping! Nothing like a pretty stamped word with a colorful inky blob right next to it. :) So, instead of scrapping the whole thing, I decided to stamp on a die cut and hide the evidence!

To make space for the cash, I was careful to place the scor-tape around the perimeter of the tag and made sure I left it open where the "zipper" portion zips off.

Her birthday celebration is today, so hopefully the theory behind the design plays well with reality! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Polka Dot Basics II, Think Big Favorites #12, Button Boutique, Movers & Shakers Sentiments

Ink: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Dandelion (Memento)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Movers & Shakers Zippers, Happy Day

Card Stock: Stampers Select White

Other: Stickles (Ranger), Scor-Tape

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI March Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

I am over-the-moon about this challenge as I absolutely LOVE a beautiful, bright, cheerful yellow! It's my all-time favorite color and has been since I was a kid. I LOVE it!

I had previously made a card for the PTI January Blog Hop (here). When I saw the inspiration photo for this month's blog hop, I knew I wanted to make a modified version of it in bright & cheery yellow.

So they say 3rd times a charm ... I'm not so sure. Each time I've made this card design, I've tweaked it just a bit to make it better. Just when I think I've got it, I look at the final result, and there's always a little something I'd like to do differently. Maybe if I keep trying, I'll end up with a pretty rainbow-spectrum of cards I can gift to someone special. :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Rosie Posie

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Lemon Whip (Amuse), Lucky Limeade (SU), Peeled Paint distress (Ranger)

Dies: Rosie Posie, Rick Rack border, Edgers #3

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise

Other: Lemondrop bakers twine (The Twinery)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI March Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

I am over-the-moon about this challenge as I absolutely LOVE a beautiful, bright, cheerful yellow! It's my all-time favorite color and has been since I was a kid. I LOVE it!

I had previously made a card for a PTI Make-It-Monday challenge using the Colored Kissing technique. When I saw the inspiration photo for this month's blog hop, I knew I wanted to make a version of it in bright & cheery yellow.

I really liked the blue version (here), but I love this sun-shiny yellow version!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Friendship Jar, Daydreamer, Polka Dot Basics

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Dandelion (Momento), Old Olive (SU)

Dies: Jar Label, Medium Scallop Border, Picnic Plaid impression plate

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Harvest Gold

Other: Copic markers, Lemondrop bakers twine (The Twinery)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI March Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop challenge is to gleam inspiration from the above photo and use it to create a project!

I am over-the-moon about this challenge as I absolutely LOVE a beautiful, bright, cheerful yellow! It's my all-time favorite color and has been since I was a kid. I LOVE it!

I found inspiration for the design of this project from Sarah Ortega's Quick and Easy Homemade Cards post that you can see here.

The large polka dot background is embossed in white, while the frame is coated with paper glaze for some added interest. I love the sentiment, "just thinking of you & wishing you well". All-in-all, I'm really happy with how this card turned out and can totally see making a rainbow-spectrum gift set for someone really special!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Polka Dot Basics II, Framed Out #1

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Parisian Lace Doily, Frame-It

Card Stock: Harvest Gold, Stampers Select White

Other: Filigree embossing powder (Ranger)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #58- Graduated Backgrounds

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Nichole. She has shown us two different ways to create a color wash for use in our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I started out using the re-inker graduated background technique. I'll admit, I had to pull out some good 'ole watercolor paints to help complete the color spectrum I was going for.

I started out trying to make a card to replicate a watercolor painting my 10 year old created while at art camp last summer. (Please excuse the vertical line of glass glare).

I didn't quite get the same effect. Go figure. :) The result did remind me of Batik fabric ... so I stamped over the top and shaded with some Copics to achieve this look:

I spritzed and impressed the card base, then added some hand-dyed scrunchy seam binding and a little bling for added visual interest.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Giga Guide Lines, Think Big Favorites #4

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Bermuda (Amuse)

Dies: Quatrefoil Coverplate, Edgers #1

Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Enchanted Evening

Other: Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Copic markers, Seam Binding (Hug Snug), Bling (Michaels)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #57: Colored Kissing - Take 4

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us how to "kiss with color" on our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

My 9 year old wanted to get involved in this week's challenge, so I helped her a little bit to create a fun birthday bag tag. The idea is to use it for the "card" on a birthday party gift bag, so her recipient can have a little fun finding out who her present is from.

For the tag, we die cut one of the zipper dies and then cut a 2.75" x 4" piece of card stock (for the back). Stamped both pieces with the Background Basics Gingham stamp set so that both the front and back of the tag would look pretty. We die cut one of the Beautiful Butterfly dies, stamped it with Spring Rain ink, then my daughter chose to "kiss" the butterfly stamp with one of the Giga Guideline medallions with Enchanted Evening ink. She covered the "kissed" part with stickles to give the butterfly a little sparkle too.

Inside the zipper we've included a hand-written message to let the gift recipient know who the present is from. Isn't that fun? Here's a photo of the parts before we assembled them.

We used just the lines of the 25cent border stamp from Button Boutique to help draw emphasis to the PULL HERE message as well as to her name on the inside.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Background Basics Gingham, Think Big Favorites #12, Button Boutique, Movers & Shakers Sentiments, Giga Guidelines

Ink: Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening, Cottage Ivy (Memento)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Movers & Shakers Zippers

Card Stock: Stampers Select White

Other: Stickles (Ranger), Gelly Roll pen (Sakura)

I know my daughter would LOVE to hear comments about her project. Thanks for any kind words you leave for her!!

PTI Make It Monday #57: Colored Kissing - Take 3

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us how to "kiss with color" on our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I was totally inspired by this card made by Danielle Flanders:

I knew the minute I saw it that I wanted to make some paper just like it for this week's challenge! I made one card in a black print on vintage cream card stock using the Background Basics Newsprint stamp set. I was so very inspired that I wanted to create a second card! This card uses dark chocolate print on vintage cream card stock using the Background Basics Text Style stamp set. For this card, I stamped the largest of the Polka Dot Basics dots in Fine Linen ink and then "Kissed" the polka dot stamp using the script text style stamp. I trimmed a little bit off of my Doily Details die cut this time around as well.

I made the rolled flowers using a Die-Namics die. For the smaller sized flowers, I found I could simply paper punch a smaller sized circle and place that on top of my die, resulting in a smaller, but still very rollable spiral.

I thought about cutting some smaller spirals out by hand, but history proves I don't do so well with that, so I was very pleased to find I could just use the same die for all my flowers.

I placed a circle of scrap fabric on top of the Doily. I made my own stick pin by gluing a couple of pearls onto a ball pin that I had in my sewing supplies. I love the look of stick pins, but can't seem to bring myself to pay the premium for the good ones. :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Background Basics Text Style, Polka Dot Basics, Polka Dot Basics II, Tea for Two Additions

Ink: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Touch Duo

Card Stock: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Dark Chocolate

Dies: Limitless Layers 1 3/4", Doily Details, Rolled Flower (Die-Namics)

Other: Fabric (Hobby Lobby), pearls & stick pin (from eons ago)

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #57: Colored Kissing - Take 2

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us how to "kiss with color" on our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I was totally inspired by this card made by Danielle Flanders:

I knew the minute I saw it that I wanted to make some paper just like it for this week's challenge!

I used my Background Basics Newsprint stamp to "kiss" my largest Polka Dot Basics stamp to make my background. I really love how it turned out and plan to use this technique more in the (near) future!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Background Basics Newsprint, Polka Dot Basics, Tiny Tags

Ink: Noir, Aqua Mist, Vintage Touch, Charcoal (ColorBox Chalk)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Black, Aqua Mist, book print (vintage book)

Dies: Doily Details, Tiny Tags, Retro Rolled Flower & Fringed Perennial (Die-namics)

Other: Seam Binding (inked with Charcoal ink), felt (Amuse), ball pin, glass beads (Hobby Lobby)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #57: Colored Kissing

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us how to "kiss with color" on our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I decided to finally break out my new-to-me friendship jar set for this challenge. I stamped the jar filler in Spring Rain ink and then "kissed" the filler stamp again with my Polka Dot Basics stamp, sporting Enchanted Evening ink. I'm really not sure what exactly I was expecting to get, but the pattern does remind me of marbles (which is fitting for a jar, I suppose).

I do so enjoy coloring with Copics, but me thinks I would benefit from taking a class! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Friendship Jar, Daydreamer, Polka Dot Basics

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Old Olive (SU)

Dies: Jar Label, Medium Scallop Border, Picnic Plaid impression plate

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Enchanted Evening

Other: Copic markers, Enchanted Evening bakers twine

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #56: Die Cutting Partial Images

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Betsy. She has shown us a way to only partially cut out die cut images for use in our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I found this challenge to be a bit of a ... well, a challenge. I racked by brain and sifted through my dies before finally ditching the idea and beginning to make a card inspired by a photo I saw on Betsy Veldman's blog. Betsy found it on pinterest, and I found it calling me to make a card.

It's it just so yummy?

After starting to design my card, I found I was able to incorporate this week's challenge after all!

I die cut 1/2 of the Mat Stack 4 die out of Hawaiian Shores card stock:

I am quite pleased with the results and hope you enjoy it too!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Background Basics: Sheet Music, Background Basics: Text Style, Signature Greetings

Dies: Rosie Posie, Mat Stack 4, Heart Border, Linen & Canvas impression plate

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse, Fine Linen, Old Olive (SU), Slate (Amuse), Smokey Shadow, Tea Dye Duo

Card Stock: Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, Stampers Select White

Other: Copic markers, Glimmer Mist

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #55: Creating Large Frames With Smaller Frame Stamps - Take 4

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Dawn. She has shown us a way to stretch our supplies by using our smaller frame stamps to create larger frames for our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

While working with my DDs on their MIM card submissions, I went ahead and started another card myself. Of course, I ended up having to wait until after they went to bed to finish mine. :) Here it is:

While I was stamping my floral card front, I was stamping off on what I thought was a scrap piece of paper ... it was actually my card back. Whoops! My 9 yr-old DD couldn't stop laughing. You'd have thought she was watching the 3 Stooges of the crafting world or something. It was fun to hear her laugh so hard!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Flower Fusion #'s 3, 4, & 7, Fillable Frames #5, Signature Greetings

Ink: Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Dandelion (Momento), Orange Zest

Paper: Stampers Select White

Dies: Tin Types impression plate

Other: Pure Poppy bakers twine

Thanks ever so much for stopping by today!

PTI Make It Monday #55: Creating Large Frames With Smaller Frame Stamps - Take 3

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Dawn. She has shown us a way to stretch our supplies by using our smaller frame stamps to create larger frames for our projects. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

My daughters have been wanting to make a card with me to enter into the MIM contests, so my 9 yr old (with just a little help from mom), designed and made this card:

So what do you think? I thought that she did such a great job, especially for a first-time PTI stamper!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Mega Mehndi Medallion, Mehndi Medallion, Fillable Frames #5, Think Big Favorites #2

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, So Saffron (SU)

Dies: Mehndi Medallion impression plate

Paper: Stampers Select White

Other: swiss dot ribbon from eons ago, rhinestones (Michaels)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!