PTI Make It Monday #63: Glitter Die Cuts - Take 2

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us a really simple way to add glitter and sparkle to your die cuts. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I didn't have much time to spare this week, but I did have two birthday cards to make, one for each of my girls for parties they were invited to over the weekend.  To make things as quick as possible, I modified a card design we'd made before to fit this week's challenge.

I had previously made a zipper tag (here), and decided to make a modified version of it to include some cash for the birthday gift.  If you'd like details on how to do that, you can see it in this post.

Both of my daughters reported that the birthday girls liked their cards/gift.  One birthday girl kept flapping the butterfly's wings and the other was in wonder at how we got the money inside.  So much fun!  :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

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

Ink: Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Movers & Shakers Zippers

Card Stock: Stampers Select White

Other: Glitter, Scor-Tape

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PTI Make It Monday #63: Glitter Die Cuts

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Heather. She has shown us a really simple way to add glitter and sparkle to your die cuts. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.


I didn't have much time to spare this week, but I did have two birthday cards to make, one for each of my girls for parties they were invited to over the weekend.  To make things as quick as possible, I modified a card design we'd made before to fit this week's challenge.


I had previously made a zipper tag (here), and decided to make a modified version of it to include some cash for the birthday gift.

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.







Both of my daughters reported that the birthday girls liked their cards/gift.  One birthday girl kept flapping the butterfly's wings and the other was in wonder at how we got the money inside.  So much fun!  :)



Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Background Basics: Houndstooth, Think Big Favorites #12, Button Boutique, Movers & Shakers Sentiments
Ink: Winter Wisteria, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Hibiscus Burst, Blushing Bride (SU), Grape Jelly (Momento)
Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Movers & Shakers Zippers
Card Stock: Stampers Select White
Other: Glitter, Scor-Tape



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PTI April Blog Hop - Take 3

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

The various patterns of fabric inspired me to use a patchwork of sorts on this card:

Supplies (All PTI unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Tiny Tags, Thanks Bee to Thee (The Craft's Meow)

Dies: Rosie Posie, Tiny Tags

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Old Olive (SU), Blushing Bride (SU)

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White

Other: baker's twine (The Twinery), artist safety pin (Oriental Trading), seam binding, markers (Copic)

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PTI April Blog Hop - Take 2

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

Looking at the combination of blues and pinks in the inspiration photo, I knew I had to make a sweet card with the new Strawberry Patch stamp set!
Supplies (All PTI unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Strawberry Patch

Ink: Spring Rain, Spring Moss, New Leaf, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Berry Sorbet, Cranberry (A*Muse)

Dies: Strawberry Patch, Picnic Plaid impression plate

Card Stock: Stampers Select White

Other: black pen (Sakura)

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PTI April Blog Hop

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

My eye was first drawn to the white fabric with bright pink polka dots.  I found inspiration for the design of this card from Sarah Ortega's Quick and Easy Homemade Cards post that you can find here.


Supplies (All PTI unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Framed Out #1

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Parisian Lace Doily

Card Stock: Raspberry Fizz, white card base (Recollections)

Other: embossing powders (Ranger)

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PTI Make It Monday #62: Step It Up: Layering

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Betsy. She has shown us how to take a simple one-layer card design and step-it-up by adding layering, dimension, and embellishments. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

Since teacher appreciation week as well as the end of the year is coming up, I thought it would be good to pull double-duty and make a card for the occasion. I also needed to make a thank you card for our upcoming MOPS speaker, so I decided to make a general thank you card as well.

Here is my simple 1-layer card:

I used some melon berry ink on a Q-Tip to color the pencil eraser and some summer sunrise ink to color the pencil shaft. I made the pencil lead darker with a fine-tipped black marker. I added the star after moving on the the "stepped-up" card, and am happy with the addition.

I made my "stepped-up" card with a few layers, a touch of heat embossing, and utilized the rule of three's and triangulation theory that Betsy spoke of.

I tried to triangulate my arrangement of stars as well as the use of the red (berry sorbet) ink.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Background Basics: Postmarks, Happy Trails, Library Card, Tag-Its #6, Star Quality (The Craft's Meow)

Ink: Classic Kraft, Fine Linen, Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Tea Dye Duo, eucalyptus (A*Muse), Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Button Card, Happy Trails, Star (Quickutz)

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Poppy (SEI)

Other: markers (Copic), clear embossing powder (Superior), black marker (Zig)

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PTI Make It Monday #61: Creating Flowers With Leaf Dies - Take 2

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Dawn. She has shown us how to put our dies to double duty by creating flowers with them. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I decided to use PTI's Leafy Vine border die for this challenge. I was able to cut one die cut right down the middle, roll, glue, and make 2 flower blooms from it. I made a total of 5 blooms for this card.

I just got my hot little hands on some Mister Huey's color mists Friday night, so I was anxious to try them out. It certainly was fun & I can't wait to experiment with them some more very soon!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted otherwise):

Stamps: Simply Jane, Turning a New Leaf, Sew Lovely (The Craft's Meow)

Inks: Versamark (Tsukineko), Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow, Cherry (Amuse)

Dies: Simply Jane, Turning a New Leaf, Leafy Vine Border, Edger's #1 (corners rounded by hand)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow, Spring Moss, AB Lotus Tea Box (K&Co), vintage book page

Other: clear embossing powder (Superior), Mister Huey's color mists in Real Red & Leaf Green (American Crafts)

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PTI Make It Monday #61: Creating Flowers With Leaf Dies

This week Papertrey Ink has a tutorial and challenge hosted by Dawn. She has shown us how to put our dies to double duty by creating flowers with them. If you would like to check it out for yourself, you can find all the info here.

I perused my die collection to look for a non-flower die to use to make a flower. I spied my grape die from the Fruit Fusion collection and decided to try and make them look like lilacs.

At first I used a small dot stamp from the Mat Stack 4 collection to add color to my lilacs, but my hubby said they looked like grapes. So, I pulled out the smallest stamp from Mehndi Medallion and stamped that on top. The extra stamping took away some of the dimension, but I'm hoping they no longer look like grapes.

I decided to make it a Mother's Day card. Since my Mother-In-Law loves the softer shades of purple, I thought it'd be the perfect card for her. She's a sewing quilter/crafter and is one of the few people in my life who appreciate the effort that goes into my card-making. :)

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Stamps: Happy Day, Mat Stack 4, Fruit Fusion: Grapes, Mehndi Medallion, Turning a New Leaf

Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Spring Moss, Tea Dye Duo, Heather (Amuse), Blackberry (Amuse), Lulu Lavender (Momento), Sweet Plum (Momento), Lilac Posies (Momento), Grape Jelly (Momento)

Dies: Turning a new Leaf, Fruit Fusion: Grapes, Linen & Canvas impression plate

Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Lavender Moon

Other: Scallop punch (SU!), green ribbon (Michaels), bakers twine (The Twinery)

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