Easter Cards

 

Easter cards are some of my favorite cards to make. Full of Spring and colorful florals,

and of course faith. 

This latest release of the Greetery's goodies were full of joy... spring, florals and 

Easter symbols and sentiments!

This past weekend I spent some time creating with the Greetery's Print Shop: Florals

Frames and the sentiment Empty Grave. 

The 3 cards are more or less experiments with the stamp set, playing with Betsy's enclosed

stencils and dies.

 A one layer card with blues and greens, and a little marigold for berries. You can't miss

with the stencil layering, so easy, and the center is perfect for your greeting.

2nd card was done with the die that cuts the floral frame, and I stamped some 

enclosed berries in strategic places around and under the leaves and flowers. I added some 

Nuvo drops, (wish I hadn't),  and lifted the die cut with foam.

3rd card is a mix of stenciling and stamping first on the card base, upside down, then

attaching the foam lifted top right side up onto the card. The idea wasn't mine, I 

found inspiration from the Greetery's 'Lookbook'. I masked off the center sentiment,

and added a few splatters.

The sentiment is gold embossed, and I'd love to share a shade of gold I found, new

to me, from Ranger, called Princess Gold. It's the best gold I've used yet! I found mine

at Hobby Lobby. 

Have a wonderful week, hope your Easter season is full of God's Grace!

Be Still and Know

Another scripture card made with Betsy's new stamps and dies. I'm completely in love with

the Greetery's Fleur Impressions. The 3 step stamps + stamens = the look of an Impressionist 

painting . Tucked into the terrrarium with verse was a joy to create.

I stamped the background before adding the solid terrarium die cut. Then built the scene

within the terrarium. 

All Altenew Inks. Talk about vibrant! Love the many colors and how glorious they

stamp!

Hope you have a wonderful week. Plan to spend time planting some

much needed color in some pots outside. Hope you don't mind if I

post some pictures when they're done...

The Greetery

Fleur Impressions

Comforting Commands

Terrarium Dies

Altenew Inks

Magenta, Fuchsia, Baby Pink, 

 Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Marigold, Snapdragon,Sunray,

Lime, Fresh Leaf, Iceberg.

His Promises are Forever

Wednesdays are becoming my favorite day of the week. Papertrey's

new lineup of contests are so much fun and offer a bevy of prizes 

for playing along.

Laurie wants us to choose one of our favorite dies to create with,

and I love her comparison to trying to choose a favorite child. But, like 

I said before, it is possible to narrow it down to a few hundred. (Maybe!)

If you'll pardon a little life story, I'm in the northern part of my state (CA), caring for 

grandchildren (3) while daughter and Son-in-Law are on a cruise. With me are the 

bare minimum crafting supplies I knew I would need for the next 3 weeks. And among

them is one of my PTI 'Plates' binders'. (Notice I said, 'one of my plates binders').

Coverplate: Marquee was among those plates. It is a frame I can't use enough

to encircle sentiments, florals, and just about any special image.

The frame comes with die cuts that hi light the swirls and 

the center piece. I added foam to the frame itself, as well as the 

swirls and little piece, which really makes your image a standout.

Below is a list of the the products I used, the links take you to the PTI

store. And I think everything is still on sale.

Garden of Faith Stamp Set

Botanical Bounty II Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Cover Plate: Marquee Die

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)

MIM #309 with Melissa

Hello! Enjoying some create time today. We've had 2 days of much needed rain here in 

the Central Valley, and it's a perfect excuse to stay home and make cards.

Melissa Phillips is up this week at PTI, and has a wonderful tutorial for us, 

Heat Embossed Stencil Backgrounds.

You can see her video and gorgeous creations using this technique on PTI's blog.

I made 2 cards, the first, have to admit, wasn't a favorite, so came up with one I 

liked better. Sometimes, if you have the time, it's better to keep going until it pleases.

So here's the first.

I created my own stencil using Coverplate: Gemstone Die & vellum, and embossed it with silver

on an Amethyst Allure cardstock.

Beautiful Butterflies & Beautiful Butterflies Additions, with a hint of Wink of Stella.

Sentiment: New Every Morning.

The antenna are wires I shaped and curled at the ends.

But, like I said, wanted to try this technique again, so brought out the Market Street kit,

and did my bg with one of PTI's stencils: Wood Block Prints

Heat embossed in Zing's Rose, with a little inking (Spring Rain & Blueberry Sky.)

Like this better, maybe because the message can be extended.

I love interactive cards right now. Sliders, and hidden messages and pop up boxes. All such fun

for the recipient! Not to mention fun for me who makes them!

Happy crafting everyone!

And want to thank all who sent prayers my way on behalf of my mom.

Quick note on her condition, my sister and I were advised to bring in hospice care at this time, and they've been wonderful! So thankful for their caring kindness!

She continues to hang in there, with so many issues. 

One of the reasons I love you all is our sharing and caring, and especially prayers!

Just wanted to say, 'thanks'.

PTI 10th Anniversary Celebration: 2014

Feather Finery is one the 5 featured Stamp Sets at PTI today.

I've used the lovely feathers so many times over the past years,

in so many ways, with so many techniques. 

Time for a fresh look? 

With fresh Spring colors, and a beautiful Bible verse, I think 

it feels brand new!

1st the feather stamped onto Bookmark Die #2, with Aqua Mist & Vintage Jadeite.

Feather dots: Lilac Grace

Then, the Beautiful verse from New Every Morning in Amethyst Allure.

Next, the sweet flower bouquet included in New Every Morning.

And the bird popped up stamped with Aqua Mist and Amethyst Allure.

I splattered a bit of Aqua Mist ink on the tag, and attached it to 

my card, cut with Noted A2 Scallop and stitched dies.

For more ideas with Feather Finery, visit Nichole's blog, here:

Celebrating the Past, Present and Future: 2014

Are you playing along?

There are prizes for creating cards, and for commenting.

Hope your weekend is bright and sunny.

We got a break in the rain, and the sky is incredibly blue!

A reason to smile for sure!

PTI's 10th Anniversary Celebration 2013

2013 was an outstanding year for PTI.

So many unforgettable stamps and dies.

Among them, Hands of Time.

This set takes on a life of it's own every time I use it.

Stamped, embossed, or die cut with Clock Face, anything works.

A real favorite in 2013, and now, combined with the newer

Hope die, and Inspired: Hope Stamp set, again a favorite.

Do you have a favorite from 2013?

So many PTI greats to choose from!

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