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).

Sending (Cool!) Hugs

Hello, Poppy fans! I'm bringing you a post today on the Poppy Stamps blog.

Sending Autumn Hugs by Nancy Penir

Stop on by and see how I made this 'cool' fall card. (Hopefully it will cool

you down after a long hot summer!)

Hugs everyone! And Happy Crafting!

New Every Morning

Hi everyone!

This week's Make it Monday is with Dawn McVey, who show's us how to layer 

images over patterns. Say the word, 'layer', and I love it! 

Dawn demonstrated her layering magic with 3 bg inks, which gives the image a 

different look each time.

Once your stamps are in place in the Misti, it really is easy to do 3 cards.

1st off is this one with snow ink and and Dawn's Cover Up: Hexagons stamp.

I used Dawn's Raspberry Suite sets, combining the floral sets with Cup of Cheer,

a Christmas set I gave a seasonless look to with Gran's Garden & Garden Party.

2nd card's Hexagon stamped with Cocoa Bean.

The tag and card bases were cut from Noted Pinked A2 Vertical Dies.

To give my cup and coffee pot some dimension, I edged them with copics,

G40 & G43, almost a perfect match to Vintage Jadeite.

And the 3rd card inked with a Versa Magic ink called Pumpkin Spice.

Have fun playing along on PTI's blog where you'll find Dawn's video.

All stamps used are from PapertreyInk and if you click on the ones you

like, it'll take you directly to the PTI store. 

Happy Crafting!

Cup of Cheer Stamp Set

Garden Party Stamp Set

Gran's Garden Stamp Set

Cover Up: Hexagons Stamp Set

New Every Morning Stamp Set

Farmer's Market Florals Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Simply Stitched A2 Vertical Die

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Pinked A2 Vertical Die

Perfect Match Vintage Jadeite Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Perfect Match Vintage Jadeite - Inkpad

Perfect Match Summer Sunrise - Inkpad

Perfect Match Prairie Grass - Inkpad

Perfect Match Olive Twist - Inkpad

Perfect Match Scarlet Jewel - Inkpad

Perfect Match Pale Peony - Inkpad

Perfect Match Berry Sorbet - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Sending Joy

Hi Poppy friends. I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a card

featuring some of our new stamps and dies.

Drop by and visit the blog and see how I made this card.

Sending Joy by Nancy Penir

The wonderful new frame die has it's own stencil included. 

Makes adding color to the leaves so quick and easy!

Thanks for the visit!

Happy Crafting!

Grateful

Hi! Glad you stopped by for a visit today. I recently ordered a new set by C9,

called, Grateful For Everything. Couldn't wait to play with it!

I'm playing along with Just Us Girls, where the challenge is Fast Watercolors.

I love all things watercolor, but this was a new one for me. We were directed on

the JUGs challenge to watch Jennifer McGuire's video on youtube. She made 

making your watercolor card quick and easy.

Lots of quick inking, spritzing, fussy cutting and some Lindy's Starburst: 

Marigold Yellow Orange spray.

Check out Jennifer's video here:  Jennifer McGuire's Fast Watercolors

Have a great day, hope it's full of crafting!

Happy Fall: Create Along With Us

This week at PTI we get to Create Along with their fabulous designers.

It's release week and the cards and projects are amazing! Full of rich new fall 

stamps and dies, and as usual, wonderful new ideas.

Michelle Leone's card caught my eye.

One of the newest dies to be released is this one Michelle featured called, 

Frame It Out Many Blessings.

Michelle did a few things on her card I cased. 

My card uses Shape Shifters Oval 1, and like Michelle, I fussy cut the design to create a 

window for my sentiment.

I absolutely love Stitched Florals, with the multi-stamping.

My flowers are from Mum's the Word, and so  is the fall sentiment.

For the added color of Harvest Gold, I water colored the die cut, let it dry, and

then stamp the mum in Honey Nut. That color combo is so Fall-esque!

I tried to keep the rest of Michelle's color scheme, with the exception of the leaves. 

Mine are Olive Twist.

Play along all week on the PTI blog. So much inspiration to see!

Happy Crafting!

Mum's the Word Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Mum's the Word Die Collection (set of 2)

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Oval 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Simply Stitched A2 Vertical Die

Perfect Match Olive Twist Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Paper Basics - Vintage Cream Linen Cardstock (40 sheets)

Perfect Match Harvest Gold - Inkpad

Perfect Match Olive Twist - Inkpad

Perfect Match Honey Nut - Inkpad

Merry and bright

Good Morning! 

So much to see on the Poppystamps blog. HolidayBlog Blitz just ended, 

and the design team outdid themselves with inspiration and

project ideas. Be sure to drop by for a visit!

More inspiration is up today with my card featuring 2085 Pinpoint Shaker ornament craft die 

and it's helper, 1276 Retro Ornaments craft die. I've also used the sentiment set:

CL465 Merry Everything clear stamp set.

The Poppystamp blog is full of holiday merriment. Go check it out! 

Crafty hugs everyone!