Bit of Irish Luck

Hi time for Challenge #82 at Tag You're It!  Its a fun theme and I was excited to use some Papertrey Ink stamps I bought last year and hadn't opened yet!

I used my MISTI Stamp Tool to stamp the shamrock with mint green then used a sponge dauber to add a darker green to the edges of the shamrock and stamped it again.  I stamped the shamrock a third time with embossing ink and embossed it with clear.

Thanks for coming by, I hope you join the challenge.

Pencil Crayons on Kraft

Hello!  Here today with a card made for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday.  The technique this week is coloring on kraft cardstock with pencil crayons.  I used my prisma colour pencils to colour the Papertrey Ink image that I embossed.  I got the pencil colour combinations to blend from Kit and Clowder's website.  I added a bit of sparkle after colouring using a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen.  

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Tag You're it #66

It's time for a new challenge at Tag You're It!  Our inspiration is a pretty cheerful floral tag by our featured artist, Maureen Merritt.  Spring seems to be here already, I planted some flower seeds in my garden.  I'm hoping the rabbit that ate my garden last year doesn't find the flowers I planted this year as tasty.  

I like it when a challenge gives me an opportunity to pull out and use a stamp set that I haven't used in a while.  For my Tag I used stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink (Mini Blooms).  I also added some black dots with Nuvo drops.

I hope you join us for challenge #66 at Tag You're It!  Please explain how the challenge inspired you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop

I made this card so I could participate in this months Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.  The artwork chosen as the inspiration for the June Blog Hop is beautiful (see it at the Papertrey Ink Blog).
To me the art looks other worldly and the images seem to be drifting and floating.  The inspiration piece reminded me of the butterfly's fluttering around my garden. I embossed the stamped images on water colored card stock and water  colored around them.  I spritzed my stamped panel with a shimmer spritz several times after the watercolors had dried.  I let it dry overnight under some heavy objects to flatten it out than die cut and stitched the sentiment.

Stamps : PTI Beautiful Butterflies,
Die: PTI Quick Stitch Sentiments Die

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Tag You're It! #50

Hello!  I am excited to be sharing may tag made for the Tag You're It! Challenge #50 inspiration.  I had a lot of fun making this tag.  The technique I used was shared by Jennifer McGuire a few months a go.  

1.  Emboss stamped image in white on a die cut tag. (I used a fairly smooth water color card stock for my tag).

2.  Cover tag with Distress Ink by rubbing the ink pad directly on the card stock.

3.  When Distress Ink is dry use a slightly wet paintbrush to remove ink from embossed image.

I also used small pieces of paper towel to dab away some of the ink after wetting it.

4.  Paint the areas that ink was lightened/ removed with Distress Ink or leave it (I did not add more color to the flower petals).

I added some Wink of Stella to the image at the end to add some sparkle, just be careful to dab it on it will activate the Distress Ink.

I hope you find this  inspiring and share your work at the Tag You're It! challenge.

I am also linking this up with the Simon Monday Challenge "Use Patterned Paper"

Thanks for stopping by.

June PTI Create Along With Us

Hello I'm here today with a card for the Papertrey Ink "Create Along With Us" challenge.  I was inspired by a pretty card that Nichole Heady recently made for the PTI new product release using the new "Woodblock Prints" stamps.  

I stamped the background with PTI's set "Lovely Layers".  The sentiment die and stamp I usedcame from PTI's'"One Big Happy".  I added glitter around the "Happy"  by tracing around it with my glitter Jelly Roll Pen.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Tag You're It #48

Hello!  Welcome to challenge #48 at Tag You're It!.  The inspiration is a striking CAS tag by Bobby Hagan.  I was inspired by the crisp colors she used and the stars around the flags.  

I used a stencil and embossing paste I tinted with distress ink to create the stars in the back ground.  The star stamps are from a stamp set I received in a Papertrey Ink grab bag.  My red ink pad is supper juicy and I was having troubles stamping the star with the sentiment, the red ink kept filling in the "t".  To remove some ink from the sentiment I used the tip of a pin.

  Thanks for coming by, I'm looking forward to seeing what you create in the Tag You're It! link up.

Pastel Easter Card

Hello, today I wanted to play along the Inspired By All the Little Things Challenge.  The inspiration photo is very pretty.  I love butterflies, cookies and tea but what inspired me were the colors and flowers.

Heather Telford has been sharing a cool technique on her blog for alcohol inks that I wanted to give a try.  I dropped alcohol inks on Yupo paper for the background.  When the inks were dry I used my Misti to stamp.  I still made a mistake so I added some glitter covered butterflies to hide an ink smudge and I like the sparkle they add.

Some of the Supplies I used:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart

Glitter: Ranger Distress Glitter "Clear Rock Candy"

Alcohol Inks: Andirondak

Thanks for coming by for a look.

February Create Along With Us challenge

Hi!  I made this card to join in the Papertrey Ink Create Along With Us challenge.  I was inspired by Dawn McVey's pretty card using the butterflies from the new stamp set "What the Doodle".

I white embossed on watercolor cardstock butterflies and a flower from the PTI stamp set "Quilled Elegance".  I added color using Peerless watercolors.

I would also like to join the Fusion Challenge.  I Cased Dawn McVey's card design but I feel my card also uses a similar layout to the current Fusion challenge sketch.  

Thanks for coming by for a look.

Color Recipe Challenge

We have been enjoying some beautiful weather here and it feels like spring is coming.  After spending an afternoon doing some yard work I was inspired to make a spring card.  I used colors shared by Ashley Cannon Newell for the Papertrey Ink Color Recipe Challenge.

Some of the Supplies I used:

Stamps : PTI "Springtime Hills"

Cardstock: PTI, Arches and Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: PTI Stampafaire 2015

Watercolors: Gansai Tambai

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

The monthly blog hop photo for Papertrey Ink is vibrant and inspiring.  It made me think of the "Black Magic" technique Kelly Latevola shared in one of her Caseing Genius posts.

I stamped the flowers and leaves on black card stock using white pigment ink.  I than colored with Prismacolor pencil crayons starting with light layers on the white stamped images.  I blended with white pencil in between layers and for the last layer I applied heavy pressure with the lightest color.  I die cut the "happy" from fun foam but found it too large and it was stealing too much of the show from the background.  I used a technique learned from Jennifer McGuire to shrink fun foam with my heat gun.

Some of my supplies used:

Stamps and Die: Papertrey Ink "One Big Happy"

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up

Others: Sequins Pretty Pink Posh, Pencils Prismacolor

Thanks for looking.

Last few challenges for Stamp-A-Faire

Hello, dropping by to share a few last pictures for Paper Trey Ink's Stamp-A-Faire.



For the unconventional materials challenge we are supposed to purchase something from a hardware store or use an item from the garage that costs less than $10.00.  I used a small scrap of chicken wire we had in the garage.

I planned to apply embossing paste to cardstock than press the chicken wire into it and make an imprint or pattern in the embossing paste.  This did not work, maybe if I used more embossing paste.  I used some pliers to curl under the pokey ends of the wire than stapled it to my cardstock piece once the embossing paste had dried.

When I went to assemble the card I made for the bridal challenge I put the foam adhesive on the front of the diecut piece, it tore when I tried to remove it.  I cut off the damaged part and made another smaller shaker out of it.  The hello die cut was sitting in a bowl of leftover pieces from other projects, my daughter was poking around in it and found it for me.  I added some Wink of Stella to the Hello sentiment to pretty it up a bit.

For the final challenge I'm sharing my favorite card that I made for Stamp-A-Faire.  I had fun painting the stripes on this card.

Lots of inspiration at Stamp-A-Faire, still more projects I would like to try.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stamp-A-Faire 2015 Projects

Hello,  I had some time this weekend to make some projects from this years Stamp-a-faire put on by Paper Trey Ink.

The first card I made was for the Bridal Challenge.

I made a shaker card and added white, iridescent and clear elements to my shaker using sequins, glitter and tiny marbles.  I die cut the celebrate sentiment four times, stacked it together and added clear jelly roll glitter gel pen and glossy accents.

For the Patterns Challenge I used the pattern shared by Betsy Veldman.

For my card I masked of stripes on watercolor paper and painted on the stripes.

I made a card for the mix and match challenge choosing patterened paper from the selection that came in the Stamp-A-Faire kit.

The last project I have done so far I used the stitched stamp set from the Stamp-A -Faire kit and used some inspiration from Heather Nichols video.

Lots of inspiration provided by Paper Trey Ink's design team this weekend!  I hope to try some more ideas from Stamp - A -Faire soon.

Adding Color to a Coverplate

Happy Fourth of July!  I would like to share a card I made for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge.  Laura Bassen shared some techniques in her video of how to add color to cover plates. For my added color I did a water color wash on my cover plate diecut.

Some of the products I used:  

Paper Trey Ink Coverplate:  Twist Die

Stamp: Beautiful Butterflies

Patterned Paper: Studio Calico

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Wine Bottle Tag

We often bring a bottle of wine for a host gift and I like to add a tag to it.  I made this tag with inspiration from two different challenges.  The technique I used is from this weeks Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. The Make It Monday instructional video shares how to make the look of condensation using the rock and roll technique and adding dots of glossy accents.  I added "condensation" to the bottle of wine and the wine glasses.  Also to add some dimension I die cut the bottle and wine glasses three times each than glued the die cuts together (easier than trying to adhere foam tape to these small die cuts).  The colors and layout are inspired by the Tag You're It! challenge.

The tags in the inspiration photo have a very clean and crisp look.  I was inspired by the colors, flag bottom of the tag and the sentiment.

All stamps and dies used for my tag are from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by.

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

I wanted to join in this months Paper Trey Ink Blog Hop.  The inspiration is this colorful photo.  

I first embossed the butterflies on a piece of watercolor paper before adding water and watercolor paints.  Once the piece was dry I wiped off the embossed images to remove paint than left it under a heavy box for several hours to flatten.  I used the fussy cutting technique shared in Make It Monday #212 for cutting out the embossed sentiment.

All of the stamps I used are from Paper Trey Inks Beautiful Butterflies set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Father's Day Tag

Sharing a tag I made today for Father's day with inspiration from the Tag You're It! challenge.  

I was inspired by the colors and layout in this weeks designers work.  I didn't have a suitable border bunch or die so I die cut tiny triangles and glued them along the bottom edge of my tag.  I added some Glossy Accents to the TV screen and washi tape along the bottom for some added some embellishment.

Stamps:  Paper Trey Ink

Card stock: Stampin' Up and Paper Trey Ink

Dies: Mama Elephant, Paper Trey Ink

Thanks for stopping by.