Simple Stitched Stems with Michelle Leone

This week's MIM at PapertreyInk features Michelle Leone, and her very first

video tutorial, Simple Stitched Stems.

Michelle's addition of a bit of handwork gives a personal touch to a card.

Some of you know I lost my mom in February. I know many other special moms, including 

daughters, daughters In Law, aunts and friend-moms to give a MD card to.

My stitched stems were made easy with a PTI die set called Stitching Lines.

Bigger Blooms supplied my flowers and Shape Shifters: Oval provided the frame and leaves for 

my posies.

I loved doing a bit of sewing on my card, and did one more while the stamps and dies

were handy.

For these leaves, I used my copics. I made the dots with Viva Glass Effect Gel in Blackberry.

Make it Monday #318: Simple Stitched Stems

PapertreyInk cardstock, stamps and dies 

If you like any of these items, just click from the list and it will take you

directly to the PTI product.

Bigger Blooms Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Bigger Blooms Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Oval 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Tag Sale: Quilted Die

Butterfly Blooms Stamp Set

Paper Basics - Kraft Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Bitty Big: Scarlet Jewel Color Collection (24 sheets)

Perfect Match Pure Poppy - Inkpad

Perfect Match Summer Sunrise - Inkpad

Perfect Match Raspberry Fizz - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Cube

Perfect Match Royal Velvet - Inkpad

Mother

Made a card for my mom, following the tutorial at Papertrey's MIM,

with Laurie Schmidlin, and her very first video.

Laurie did a fabulous job showing us

 2 ways to do a watercolor background for our cards.

Confession time, I've done watercolors for years, even

taught watercolors to elementary students, so this is not

new to me, but always learn something playing along with MIM.

Loved doing this card, as it's for a very special mom!

Starting with Ranger Watercolor Cardstock, I taped down my card,

then applied a wash of clear water. Using the Kuretake Pan colors, I

mixed blues, yellows and greens to get the color wash I wanted.

The trick to watercolors, as Laurie said, is to apply lights first,

then layer after or during drying.

I cut the die cover plate from Make It Market: Garden Gild,

and held it over the watercolor card to determine where color should be.

The word, 'Mother' is from an old PTI set, Mother, and sorry to say

it's now in the vault.

Flowers and leaves from Delightful Dahlia Additions.

PTI Inks:

Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet.

I colored the rhinestones with copic YG23.

I haven't used rhinestones in so long, lately using sequins, which mail better,

but this card will be hand delivered.

Play along on Nichole's blog, here:

Make It Monday #283: Watercolor Wash Backgrounds

Fusion Card Challenge

Playing along with Fusion,

where the challenge is to use the photo or sketch or both,

which I did.

Oh those colors!

Came as close as I could with what I had, 

but not satisfied, even with embossing powder.

Looks like a good excuse to visit my favorite stamp stores! 

Cut a watercolor panel, and stamped spritzed flowers, 

and added watercolors for more intensity.

Waltzingmouse: Funky Flowers Stamps and dies

PTI: Cardstocks, vellum

Distrissed Inks: Seedless Preserves & Picked Raspberries

Zing Embossing Powder: Lavender,

Veneer Superior Embossing Powder: White

Recollections Embossing Powder: Aubergine

SSS: 'Mom' die

DP: Marion Smith: Junque Gypsy 'Nota Bene'

Play along with Fusion's Card Challenge here:

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