Two-fer Card Challenge: Leaves

It's time again for a Two-fer Challenge: Leaves!

Honestly, what's better than one card for a challenge? 2, of course!

Love playing along with Darnell and the talented crew at the Two-fer blog!

2 cards, 2 different occasions, 1 image used 2 ways.

Concord and 9th's Thankful Leaves dies provided the window for my shaker.

Lindy's Stamp Gang Autumn Mix powders

Thankful Leaves Turnabout: Sentiment (C9)

That's copper embossing powder embossed onto heat resistant acetate.

And my 2nd card is a birthday card.

The 2nd card also used the leaf die from C9, but this time with the veins in place.

Glittered by adding packing tape to the back of the die and pressing glitter onto the top of 

the die. 

The pattern paper was a leftover piece made with C9's Turnabout, with some added

copic coloring. I embossed the tips of the leaves, and the stamped panel with 

copper embossing powder. Also copper embossed the sentiment (PTI's Initial Thoughts)

You have until Sept. 24 to play along, and there's lots on inspiration

from the team.

Have a wonderful week of crafty goodness!

Twofer Card Challenge #9

So Very Thankful

Greetings C9 fans! 

Playing along with their latest challenge:

A Color Challenge!

I had so much fun playing with C9's new set Thankful Leaves Turnabout.

Are you familiar with their turnabout stamps? Using a misti or other stamping device, you

stamp the aligned image and turning the stamped cardstock, stamp again, and 

again, achieving an all over pattern.

My first stamping was with versa mark and bronze embossing powder.

Next came Catherine Pooler's Sauna Ink, followed by the Ton's Peach Blossom.

Finally the 4th stamping was with PTI's Melon Berry.

The leaf, (Thankful Leaves dies) was cut with it's skeleton image in place, embossed 

several times with colors from Lindy's Stamp Gang,

Mermaid Seashells Set, and finally on the stem with bronze ep.

(Lindy's Midnight Copper)

I cut the leaf again, minus the veins, with vellum, and sponge inked the back, then,

clear embossed it.

The sentiment and several others come with the Turnabout set.

Play along on the challenge blog, Where Creativity Meets C9, here:

Challenge #25 – Color Inspiration

Thanks for the visit, and Happy Crafting!

Transformation Tuesday: Ever So Grateful

For this week's Transformation Tuesday, at PTI, Lizzie Jones shows us an older card

which disappointed her, and then her freshened up version with an updated

twist.

Looking through my stash of cards, I found a never sent card, probably because it

didn't please for several reasons.

The Super Succulents set I used for my old card came with matching dp, and I love all the patterns.

But my card looks dated, not to mention the sentiment is hard to read.

Let's re-do!

Super Succulents has some timeless stamps and dies, and succulents are so 'in vogue'

right now. They're right at home here in my valley, and do well with our hot

summers.

I snapped a picture recently of a cactus I have that is so happy, it bloomed!

Did you know all cacti are succulents? 

Honestly, I think the colors are endless, and they are super simple to propagate.

Anyway, back to the card.

Much easier to read the sentiment (Glorious Globes: August)

And the framing gives the elements more importance. 

Hope you enjoyed my card's transformation. 

Play along on PTI's blog post: Transformation Tuesday.

Hello You

Hi! Betsy Veldman shows us a fun technique for our PTI cards

she calls, Pop-Up Sliders.

My card uses the set given away at during SAF '18,  called Community Garden.

So many lovely images, among them the garden pail I used for my 'pull-up'.

Lots of fussy cutting, will be glad to get the matching dies.

Trouble was, then I had to find words skinny enough to go underneath.

Such a fun concept for interactive cards. Just a little extra effort, to pull on the 

garden gloves, and the pail pops up with a greeting underneath!

Watch Betsy's video on the PTI blog for MIM, for complete instructions. 

Have a great day!

Sorry to say, Community Garden was only available during SAF.

My sentiment: Hello You from Four Square, no longer available. (Maybe you have it?)

Ranger Oxide Inks 

Papertrey Ink - Scallop Stackers: Small Die

Card Concept: Oh Happy Day

Hi Card Concept Fans! We're back from a summer break to bring you this

inspiration:

September 5 {Colorful Basics}

Now I don't know about you, but I see a rainbow of stripes, clean and graphic style, and

a few little details with a shot of clean white drapes with a red stripe in the mirror.

How about a birthday cake (C9) with a rainbow of layers? Graphic with clean layers.

Hope I see you in the lineup. I love seeing how you're inspired by our photo.

Happy Crafting!

12 Kits of Occasions August '18

Hi there! Welcome to August's 12 Kits post.

Our hostess this month is my dear friend, Birgit Norton from Crafting While I Wait,

and she blessed us all with fairies and mermaids and gnomes and...

well, just have a look

I have to lead with my favorite, already in the hands of a granddaughter, who 

didn't judge a hill while scootering down a bit too fast. 

One broken wrist later, and a trip to ER, she

has to wear a cast for 6 weeks! She's only 9, poor thing.

Birgit's sweet kit came in handy for 'mermaid kisses' from grandma.

PTI Reef Builders and Text & Texture: Ocean, Salt Air: Fauna

Wish you could see the sparkle on this winsome fairy. This also went to my little Noelle,

along with a Fairy cookbook. We love to bake when she comes for a visit.

Lots's of Lindy's Starburst Spray

Isn't she a hoot? A fairy struttin' her stuff! And a cupcake too!

Adore these MFT Magical Dragons, and gave them a royal setting.

I put one of the tiny fairies from the kit in the pumpkin coach, and renamed her 'Cinderella'. 

PTI: Bold Borders: Foliage frame

Closeup of her sparkling coach and cast off glass slipper.

A big Thank You Birgit, for a magical kit! Loved every bit, and boy did it come in

handy for a granddaughter with a wounded limb... and saved some 

to play with later! Hooray!

Don't dare miss the other designers, and Birgit brought in a guest too,

our friend Kara Lynn from Bright Hope Creations. Truly, Kara's coloring skills are 

magical! Can't wait to see what she did with the kit. And all my teammies too!

Grateful for You

Hi and welcome to one more post for Concord and 9th's challenge, Anything Goes.

You know how you visit one friend who leads you to another, and another...

Well that happened to me and I ended up finding a friend hop where there are prizes 

being given for comments, and I ran across a favorite, Jessica Frost Ballas.

(By the way, there are many favorites on the list!)

Just had to try a series of techniques I learned while visiting Jessica's blog.

The spray of fall florals is a stamp called Grateful For Everything, (C9).

Sentiment is from their Grateful Dies set.

Here's a short version of Jessica's steps: (she explains in detail)

smoosh colors on watercolor cardstock.

I used Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Candied Apple, Ripe Persimmon

Using my Misti, stamped the image in Hero Arts' Wet Cement, for a no line

watercolor look.

Then I colored the image loosely with copics.

Back into the Misti, which still had the image in place, and stamped with Versamark.

Like Jessica, I sprinkled on Gold Embossing Tinsel. 

I added some Stickles and my die cut sentiment, and mounted onto a 

black card base.

I LOVE this technique, and can't wait to do more with it.

Check out Jessica's blog here:

Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

By the way, you might find some new friends going down the hop list!

Challenge #24 – Anything Goes

Thankful for You

It's time for another MIM at PTI, and I don't know how she did it,

but after a smashing Stamp-A-Faire, Lexi came up with a technique

with some bling for all of us who love to play along!

Thank you Lexi, always enjoy your tips!

Lexi calls it 'Glitter Inlays'. Loved playing with my Martha Stewart glitters. Way back

when I started card making, Michaels had the set of multiple colors half off. Couldn't 

resist that! The color I used for my Leaf Silhouette dies is Copper.

Background stamped with Text & Texture: Leaves

Frame: Double Up: Rectangles

Give Thanks

Good Monday Morning, hope your week is off to a crafty start.

Playing along with Color Throwdown, and these colors.

Decided to give them a leafy look like the photo, and chose PTI's 

Bold Borders: Foliage as a starting point.

I sponge inked a few Catherine Pooler inks onto watercolor paper, spritzed it with water and ran my brush through the colors to blend a bit before cutting out my image.

Also cut my image 4 times with aqua mist to build it up more like a frame.

Sentiment: New Every Morning (PTI)

PTI Stamp-A-Faire '18 Planting Your Garden

Dawn McVey shows us some stenciling and layering as we

'Plant Our Garden'

I first stenciled some leaves made from Turning a New Leaf, (made a stencil with

vellum), and a few berries from Color Pop Autumn.

Die cuts stamped with Farmer's Market Florals, and sentiment

from Color Pop Autumn.

It's been fun watching the live videos. Looks like everyone's had a 

good time!

PTI SAF '18 Watering Our Flowers

It's Stamp-A-Faire time at PapertreyInk, and I've set aside the day to

watch live videos and play along at home.

1st card done, is with Betsy Veldman, and Watering my Flowers.

Of course that's a nod to watercoloring, and Betsy  is a master at 

technique. Watch her video on PTI's blog for insight and instruction.

Playing with PTI stamps I already have. This one's the poppy from Stemmed

Statements. Single flower was first stamped, then masked, and stamped 

twice again. I've used my own pan watercolors, purchased years ago, most are

Windsor Newton. 

Sentiment: You Made My Day

One down, several to go! Check back often if you'd like to see more.

SAF is throughout the day, and you have until the 30th to complete projects.

Happy Crafting!

Birthday Wreath

Hi there, I'm playing along with Concord and 9th, where 'Anything Goes'.

Challenge #24 – Anything Goes

I just love C9, and their new release was wonderful. This is one of their new sets,

So Happy For You, that I paired with Floral Hoop Dies.

Play along for a few more days (it ends the 26th).