Birthday Pumpkins

 

Greetings, crafty friends!

My Greetery order arrived in record time, and I 

couldn't wait to play! My friend, Lisa Elton picked the colors apricot and

teal for the latest  Just Us Girls challenge. Lisa is one of 

the designers on the Jugs team so I thought I'd play along!

The Greetery's latest release has a stencil set, Fall Folk, and thought it'd

be fun to use the challenge colors on grey for my background. 

You're allowed to use neutrals as well as the challenge colors. I thing grey's

a neutral, right?

It was almost a shame to cover the background but the Plump Pumpkins looked 

so good with the folksy stenciled background, my card became  a fall 

birthday  card.

Check out the Just Us Girls Challenge here:

Just Us Girls #695 ~ Color Week

Thanks for the visit, and hope you're having  a great weekend!

A Birthday card for Carson

 

23 years ago today, my eldest daughter gave birth to our grandson.

Masculine cards can be challenging, and especially so for this card

maker that loves frills, layers and bright colors.

I think I got it whipped with The Greetery's new Urban Jungle.

Masculine colors, the fabulous large leaves collection and my

favorite, the Woven Cane die! 

And what's better than one tear strip tag? 2, of course!

All leaves watercolored, and the stencil strip was from an idea

from Betsy during the release. I love the layers! 

Can't wait to play with more from this fabulous release!

Enjoy the day! Craft!

Hollyhocks Birthday Card

 

I've been completely in love with the new Impressionism paintings, by artists

such as Erin Hanson, and even our own Dawn McVey. Capturing the bright 

colors and contemporary shapes was the goal with this card. Contrast and bright

happy movement. 

The Greetery's Hollyhocks die was cut and assembled using bright reds and pinks

and added to a bright blue background. Even The Greetery's birthday die emits a 

freeform feeling.

The new impressionist painters are fearless in their color combinations, often

using bright colors for ordinary objects.

I recently attended Beyond Van Gogh, and vowed to take up painting again. 

Have you seen it? 

Here's a sample of experiencing Van Gogh's art come to life!

Beyond Van Gogh is an experience, not just a gallery of paintings. The walls come alive

with movement, reflected on the floor. His brushstrokes are so emotional you almost

feel him attacking his canvas!

Our card making craft allows us to draw from all sorts of techniques and styles.

Hope you enjoyed my 'impression' of impressionism! 

The Card Concept: Cozy Cabin

 

Hello, friends! Welcome to the a challenge at The Card Concept.

Our inspiration photo is clean and simple, and full of pattern.

I took my inspiration from the colors.

Plenty of pattern on my Clean and Layered card, with the inspiration colors as my 

muse, and a birthday theme.

The tiny envelope holds a birthday greeting, and is removable.

The red clothespin holds it in place.

One more birthday card for the stash, always like to have plenty on hand!

Hope you are inspired to pick a style and join the fun! See you in the lineup!

Cottage Cuts

The Greetery

PTI June Blog Hop '18

Hello everybody! It's the 25th and that means time for a blog hop.

PapertreyInk's Blog Hop, where our inspiration was this photo of

riotous color!

Now when I see an inspiration photo, sometimes I go for mood or 

certain items, sometimes a color scheme or style, but today I went literal... 

those colorful popsicles!

The only way to come close to those wow colors was Lindy's Magicals. My

friend Marcia Hill (Marcia's Stamping Pad) introduced them to me, 

and it's been love ever since!

In each little powder filled jar, there's a bit of mica flakes. I wish you could 

really see the shine! Magical!

Play along all day on the PTI blog. Besides the fun of creating, playing and

commenting, you're sure to be amazed at the scope of fabulous posts. So 

much fun to see how we were all inspired!

See you at the hop!

My supplies used are listed below. If you click on what you like

it'll take you to the PTI item in the store.

Papertrey Ink - Summer Sweetness Die

Papertrey Ink - Bold Borders: Shine Die

Perfect Match Blueberry Sky - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Pure Poppy - Inkpad

Perfect Match Classic Kraft - Inkpad

note: The stampset, Summer Sweetness is no longer available in the PTI store.

(Hopefully it's in your stash!)

Lindy's Magicals (Amazon) Mad Hatter collection

Graffiti Word Art with Lexi Daly

Lexi Daly has a tutorial on the PapertreyInk blog this week, creating 

Graffiti Word Art

My PTI word dies didn't come close to being 'graffiti-esque', but I came closest with

the happy from Paper Clippings: Birthday. 

I started with a few other dies, and worked Lexi's steps on them, but was happiest with 

the Paper Clippings die.

I really liked Lexi's word, 'fly'. The shape and font was perfect for the challenge. 

I'm afraid the words I had are a bit frilly to call them graffiti. 

But the technique works well with die and stamped word.

Love the little bit of sheen the clear embossing gives the word.

I GA'ed the candle flames and balloon.

If you like any of the products I used, you can find them below.

Just click on them and you'll be directed to the PTI product in the store.

Paper Clippings: Birthday Stamp SetMake it Monday #319: Graffiti Word Art

Papertrey Ink - Paper Clippings: Birthday Details Die

Perfect Match Orange Zest - Inkpad

Perfect Match Green Parakeet - Inkpad

Perfect Match Summer Sunrise - Inkpad

Perfect Match Aqua Mist - Inkpad

Perfect Match Hawaiian Shores - Inkpad

Perfect Match Raspberry Fizz - Inkpad

MIM: Stenciled Edges

Lizzie shows us how to 'stencil our edges' this week on MIM.

I stenciled the edges of my A2 card base with the awning striped stencil from 

the Market Street, Make it Market.

First inking the yellow vertically then turning the stencil horizontally and inking

it again with Mint Julep. 

(I can't remember which designer showed this technique during release, 

But I love it! Creates a big bold plaid!)

Maybe now as subtle as Lizzie's tutorial, think I got a bit heavy handed!

Then, as Lizzie did, I cut off close to 1/8" on all edges to soften.

When I cut the Shape Shifter Oval die out, I purposely glued down only the

center, so the top and bottom stood out slightly. 

It was the first time using Fresh Bouquet, and it's already a favorite.

Sentiment is from Penned Elegance.

All items below are a direct link to PTI product.

Thanks for visiting!

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Oval 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Penned Elegance Die

Fresh Bouquet Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Fresh Bouquet Die

Perfect Match Summer Sunrise - Inkpad

Perfect Match Mint Julep - Inkpad

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Paper Basics - Stamper's Select Vellum Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Perfect Match Mint Julep Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Make It Market Kit: Market Street

           Make It Monday #316: Stenciled Edges           

HLS August Watercolor Challenge

Happy August 1st, everybody!

It's time for a new watercolor challenge at Happy Little Stampers

It's an 'Anything Goes' challenge, and this time the twist is: Bloom!

Want some inspiration?

Going with the 'twist' this month, and die cut my blooms from 

Poppy Stamps just released die, Chinese Lanterns.

I let my colors blend on the die cut watercolor paper,

then adhered it to a die cut and loosely watercolored PTI: Mix & Mat Postal Die.

Popped it all up with foam, and watercolored bottom layer, for my birthday card

sentiment: HLS: Especially For You

Can't wait to see what you do with this challenge!

Coffee Lovers Spring Blog Hop #2

More hopping today at the Coffee Lovers Spring Blog Hop.

This is Card #2

Hen image from Art Impressions: Spring Chicken Set,

watercolors with Zigs.

Sentiments also from that set.

Leaf stitching from PTI's Stamped + Stitched.

Homegrown Echo Park paper pad.

Envelope for a handmade card.

In my previous post, I showed you a card for my aunt's birthday,

with a gift card inside.

We are challenged to complete our cards with some creative 

packaging, such as an envelope, all ready to mail.

I made an envelope from PTI's Pale Peony Designer Cardstock,

a Memory Keepers 1-2-3 Punchboard,

and stamps from Color Pop Florals, and a frame stamp

from Monthly Moments: Travel Plans.

Do you have people in your life that love your crafty card making?

My aunt, my dad's only sister, loves my cards. She keeps every one!

Whenever I visit, she takes me on a tour of my cards on display! 

And I can't think of a better reason to make her cards and yes, her 

envelopes extra special!

I stamped the back of the large dot Peony card stock, before using my envelope punch,

then folded and glued the flaps.

I love doing custom envelopes to match a card. A bit extra work,

but well worth the effort!

Guest Blogger: Lexi Daly

Tulips

Just Us Girls has a photo challenge this week,

These gorgeous tulips! 

Peeking through the snowdrifts, they remind Spring is coming!

Inspired? The tulips, red and bold against the snowy white. 

Also the shadow play of sunlight. 

PTI Tulip Time

Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Scarlett Jewel,

New Leaf, Pinefeather Inks: PTI

PTI: stencil

Pretty Pink Posh sequins

Wendy Vecchi Translucent embossing paste

Play along for a few more days here:

Just Us Girls #382 - Photo Week