Monthly Archives: March 2009

Fish Wishes

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This card is for the PTI Forum mid-week challenge (CMWC48), which was a sketch. The colors came from the OCCC blog. When I do a PTI challenge I like to use PTI stamps, but I challenged myself even more by doing a card I could send out this week for a male birthday coming up. Lots of restrictions!

I really only have one set that is sorta masculine – Pond Life. So I browsed the gallery until I found this card by Julie Cameron – I immediately knew the fish scene would be perfect! I like how this card turned out, though I didn’t follow the sketch strictly. I love using white as a mat to lighten up the darker colors.

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I even did the inside (it has been a few cards since I did an inside, hee hee).

Birthday Fishes
Stamps: Pond Life & Pond Life Sentiments (PTI);
Ink: More Mustard & Not Quite Navy (SU);
Paper: White (PTI), More Mustard, Mustard Patterns, NQN Patterns, Bashful Blue (SU);
Other: word window punch (SU), brads (Pink Hedgehog);

Hoot of a Day

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There are a few birthdays coming up for which I need masculine cards. When I saw the new color combo over on Dawn’s blog, I knew it would work perfectly.

I’m not sure I’m all that happy with the final product, but I really couldn’t think of anything else to do that didn’t make it go overboard.

Hoot of a Day
Stamps: Wise Owl & Bellies (PTI), Out on a Limb (PTI);
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), Certainly Celery (SU), Taken with Teal (SU);
Paper: Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Celery Prints, Choco Chip (SU); White, Chocolate Remix DSP (PTI);
Other: spiral punch (SU), circle cutter (Coluzzle);

Fabulous Friend

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This week’s Weekend Sketch (WSC74) was designed by Charmaine. It is a perfect sketch to highlight those big sentiments (which I don’t have, lol) and pattern paper. I have a ton of pattern paper, but I had a color scheme in mind that I couldn’t let go of 🙂 The colors come from an outfit I bought my kiddo recently. I’m sure I’ll do another card for it as there are plenty of things about the fabric from which to be inspired.

I used all the colors to make the floral panel. Knowing that I was going to put some Summer Sunrise accent in the top left, I made sure I used all the pink inks in that corner. The sentiment panel was fun to put together. I ended up using a few different sets to get all the pieces on there – I like how it turned out!

Fabulous Frind
Stamps: Flower Factory (SU), Friends til the End & Border-Rectangle (PTI), Flourishes (Tech Tues);
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss (all PTI);
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, White (all PTI);
Other: Sunrise ribbon (PTI), brads, Oval Nesties (Spellbinders), tiny flower (Prima);

Scavenger RESQ

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Denise (resqbarbie at SCS) has started a new Blog for challenges. The first one (resq01) was posted a couple days ago. The challenge is like a scavenger hunt – very cool! I chose this card in Michelle’s (eliotstamps) gallery for the colors; then this card in Denise’s (resqbarbie) gallery for the layout; this card by JoAnn (sarahzoe) for the image; and finally this card by Jean (naturecoastcrafter) for the background paper treatment.

I love how my card turned out – I doubt it is something I would have pulled together otherwise. Very fun challenge Denise and crew – thank you!

Wonderful
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Warm Words;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, White, Baja Patterns;
Other: Kiwi ribbon, white grosgrain, flowers (Prima), brads, label die (Spellbinders);

Bee-utiful Background

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Today is PTI’s monthly blog hop. I’m sure I’m coming late to the party, but, I loved the challenge and needed to get this idea on paper! To view more of the blog hop entries, stop by the PTI forum. This month’s hop challenge is to create backgrounds – either using stamps made for creating backgrounds, or re-purposing other stamps.

I chose to use the Honey Bees set from PTI for my card. I used the honeycomb stamp to create my flower background. It isn’t much of a stretch, but I like how this turned out. I used a Mojo sketch (mojo78) for the layout.

Bee Happy
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Honey Bees;
Ink: Lavendar Moon, Lemon Twist, Melon Berry, Spring Moss;
Paper: Plum Pudding, White, Lemon Twist, Guidelines pattern;
Other: Lavendar twill ribbon, dimensionals;

Birthday Cones

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I apologize for not posting more frequently – this is spring break time. The girls use my computer, which is also at my stamp table, so I’m left with books…which if you know me, means sucking my undivided attention until I’m done 🙂 I just finished Atlas Shrugged (you can read my reviews on my Book Review page).

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I’ve had this card in the works for a week. It started with the PTI Forum challenge to use your stamps in a different way (cmwc47) and when I saw Dawn’s color challenge (rscc1), I knew it would be perfect for what I wanted to do.

I know the party-hat-as-ice-cream-cone isn’t a new idea, but I hadn’t done it myself. It is a fun result!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: It’s a Celebration (PTI);
Ink: Pink Passion (SU), Pumpkin Pie (SU), Lemon Tart (PTI), Choco Chip (SU);
Paper: Pumpkin Pie Textured (SU), White (PTI);
Other: pink ribbons, dimensionals;

Simple Joys

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Whew, I’m done! And only a week late, lol. This card was hard – my normal format is A2 size cards, so doing a long/tall card was a challenge. Since this was a challenge from the PTI forum, I wanted to use a PTI set – but I challenged myself to use one I haven’t used in a long time. Finally, I took umpteen pictures – I can’t seem to find the right place/angle/lighting in the new house. My pictures keep coming out dark. I am using the same sort of setup, so I’m not sure what is different. Maybe it is time to get a light box 😉

OK, enough whining. I do like this card, it actually ended up much better than I thought it would (I’ve had it half done for a few days). PTI doesn’t have a lot of multi-color pattern paper (I *hope* they start coming up with designs that incorporate more of their colors), so I pulled out a Basic Grey pack that I’ve had for awhile and decided to use that. My colors ended up being all over the map – some retired SU, some current SU, and a PTI color; but that was all in the attempt to match the pattern paper.

Simple Joys
Stamps: Green Thumb (PTI);
Ink: Pomegranate (SU), Celery (SU), Teal (SU), Pretty in Pink (SU), Eggplant Envy (SU);
Paper: Pomegranate (SU), Plum Pudding (PTI), White (PTI), Euphoria (Basic Grey);
Other: Plum ribbon (PTI), Oval Nesties (Spellbinders);

Bright Buggy

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I made this card for Beate’s Weekend Sketch (WSC72) – which, this week, was provided by Jenn Balcer. Such a fun sketch!

To make the background I used my Curved Rectangle Nesties and used ribbon to cover where they overlapped – this was the first time I’ve done that but I doubt it will be my last! Somewhere I remember reading a challenge for using bugs, but I think it was a limited challenge, which I’m sure I blew LOL; nevertheless, that is why I chose to use the ladybug set 🙂 I wanted a bright card, so I dug into my pattern paper and pulled out this cheery pack. A few primas and brads and I was done!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Squiggle Ladybugs (TAC);
Ink: Pumpkin Pie (SU), Noir (Palette);
Paper: Pumpkin Pie (SU), white (PTI), Washington Apple DSP (SU);
Other: saffron twill, primas, brads (Pink Hedgehog), Curved Rectangle Nesties (Spellbinders), dimensionals;

Inky Impressions 1st Design Team Call

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Inky Impressions is putting together their first Design Team (details here). There are already so many awesome applicants! I love to color, so I am going to try too! Below are my cards for consideration.

First up is a new card, so I’ll give some details. The fairy set is one I got before I moved – from Inkadinkadoo. My girls love fairies and I couldn’t pass this one up – too cute! I watercolored with ink – my normal medium.

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Since this is a fairy, I had to add some glitz! I used Twinkling H2Os on the wings for shimmer, and a little glitter here and there for sparkle. The pearl in her hair complements the pearl brad I used in the ribbon. Here is a close-up of the glitz – you can also click both images for larger views. The layout for the card is for Karen Giron’s sweet Sunday sketch (SSSC09). I love how bright and cheery this turned out!

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My other card is one I posted a couple weeks ago (here). I chose this card because it is different in style and color from the above card.

I have other examples of coloring posted here on my blog, and in my gallery at Splitcoast.

Thank you for your consideration!

Make a Wish
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Beautiful Fairies (Inkadinkadoo), So Many Sayings;
Ink: Noir (Palette), Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Taken with Teal, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom;
Paper: Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Petals & Paisley DSP, white (PTI);
Other: Rose ribbon, pearl (K&Co), brad (Target), dimensionals, Twink H2Os, stickles (Ranger);

Watercolored Bloom

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This card turned out soooo much better than I thought it would! The challenge areas for this months’ PTI Guest Star Stamper were limited to scrapbook or project, use of Friends ‘Til the End, and use of a previous set. I didn’t bring any of my scrapping stuff with me to Hawaii (I figured space would be limited and I hadn’t scrapped in two years already, so what is another two) and projects are hard for me – I enjoy doing them, but I never have a reason to make them and I like making stuff for a purpose. I’ve already made a couple cards that I entered with previous stamp sets. That just left Friends ‘Til the End. Thankfully I ordered that one 😉

I know lots of people use this image (just like SU’s Fifth Avenue) to make those uber cool mod cards, and while I do want to try that myself, I wanted to watercolor this baby. I really love watercoloring. Have you ever watercolored with Palette inks before? It is hard! They dry on whatever surface you use (I normally squish my cube onto a plastic plate that I use) and they don’t take to water too well. But I’ve found if I work fast and try hard, I can do it.

The layout of this card is from Karen Giron’s sketch (SSSC08). I’ve been wanting to participate in her challenges, but this is the first one I’ve managed…and not I’m not really sure it “qualifies” as I didn’t do the layering in the background. I hope that I can go back and do her others too.

I didn’t take a picture of the inside, but I did stamp the same flower image with white pigment ink.

Glad We’re Friends
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Friends ‘Til the End, Faux Ribbon;
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado, Chocolate Chip (SU), White (SU);
Paper: Kraft, Berry Sorbet, White;
Other: Berry ribbon, dimensionals;