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Warm Cider

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My mom has a recipe for a warm cider that she used to make during the holidays. I love that stuff – it is warm and spicy.

I was thinking of the cider when I made this card. The focal accent is done using stamps/dies from Papertrey. The stick is meant to be a peppermint stick (at least that is what it is sold as), but I thought it could easily be a cinnamon stick (an ingredient in the cider).

The cinnamon stick was cut from Cajun Craze card stock and I used a bit of striped Cajun DSP too. The off stripes in the paper reminded me of Melon Berry (one of my favorite PTI colors). I wrapped it all up with Chocolate Chip.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Warm Wishes
Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas, Tiny Tags, Inside-Out: Birthday (PTI);
Colors: Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze (SU); Melon Berry, Soft Stone, White (PTI);
Other: twine (PTI); border punch (SU); tag die, cup & stick dies (PTI);

Celebrate

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Earlier today I was going through my blog reader posts and came across a great card by Agnieszka (the card).

I really liked the text background and the large focal images. I pinned the card thinking I’d get around to CASEing it one day. But since my mojo is wanning, I went ahead and created a card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fillable Frames 6 (text in background), Communique Curves Sentiments, Star Prints, It’s a Celebration (little stars in background);
Colors: Hibiscus, Raspberry, White, Lemon Tart; Daffodil (SU);
Other: star dies; rhinestone brad (MM);

Rockin’ Collage

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I created this card for Papertrey’s Make-It-Monday Challenge (mim39). The challenge was to make your own background paper.

I love doing this technique, so I wanted to find a set I hadn’t already done before.

I started my paper with the layout in mind, so I made sure I had a guitar oriented the correct way and would be near where the sentiment strip would end. I worked from there filling in with a star and music notes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Boy Basics: Rock On, Everyday Classics;
Colors: Raspberry Fizz, Black, White (PTI); Going Grey, Daffodil Delight (SU);
Other: pinking shears; Black rhinestones (Kaiser);

Birthday Cards

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My step-mother is quite the bridge player – traveling for tournaments and such. Her birthday was a couple weeks ago. I created this card to celebrate her day.

The playing cards were created using different PTI stamp sets: School Time (the frame), Simple Little Things (ornament), and Trajan Monogram (letters).

The card base is embossed with PTI’s Giga Guidelines Impression Plate. I had to piece together the sentiment using different sets, but I’ve forgotten which. I did use an alphabet set to spell “slam” (that set was CTMH Sans Alpha, which is just a bit larger than PTI’s Simple Alpha – see).

Once I adhered the cards to the base, I decide to add the white border with a gel pen. I didn’t think it out too well or I would have placed the sentiment before drawing so that I could “leave space” in the line as I did for the card. They both needed to be treated the same – either gap-ed or solid. Next time 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Slam
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: School Time, Simple Little Things, Trajan Mono Alpha, Fillable Frames 4 (from Additions); Game Night (mft); Sans Alpha (CTMH);
Colors: Going Grey, Baja Breeze (SU); White, Black, Poppy (PTI);
Other: Giga Guidelines impression plate, Fillable Frames 4 die; white gel pen(?);

Acorns & Patterns

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It is the 25th of the month and that means PTI Blog Hop! This month I completely forgot – but thanks to my trusty blog reader I saw the post and had time to whip up a card (thankfully they allow submissions until 11:30pm ET, lol).

The inspiration photo for this month’s hop is quite adorable. What caught my eye were all the different patterns and textures so that is where I started.

While I was flipping through my pattern paper I realized that one of the recent PTI packs had a pattern very similiar to what is in the photo (the “floor” piece). I added more patterns using the Woodgrain impression plate to my card base, and Houndstooth stamping to my Mat Stack. I do want to say that lining up the Houndstooth was much easier than other background images – I think that extra space they added to the acrylic around the image definitely helps.

As for texture, the inspiration showed felt leaves and acorns…and that is what I used too. I had to use Chartreuse for the green because they haven’t introduced the Avocado felt yet 🙁 I do hope now that ink is settled (other than getting in the rest of the colors) that PTI finishes issuing felt (I really want some of those older colors!).

Happy Thanksgiving
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Gobble Gobble (sentiment), Background Basics: Houndstooth;
Paper: Kraft, Rustic White, Fall Prints & Patterns DSP;
Ink: Pumpkin (SU); Dark Chocolate (Palette);
Other: Chartreuse, Fine Linen, Chocolate felt, Mat Stack 3 die, Autumn Acorns die, Woodgrain Impression plate;

Life is a Highway

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I wish I could get better photos of Aqua Mist. It is such a wonderful color, but I just can’t seem to get a good photo. Anyway, this card was created last month for my father-in-law’s birthday. He’s traveled a lot and his philosophy really is to enjoy the ride.

I was inspired by a card Heather (pinefeather) did during the countdown for this set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Life is a Highway
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Road Trip, Enjoy the Ride;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Kraft, Ocean Tides, White, Black;
Other: Road Trip DSP;

Shiny Happy Flower

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I actually created this card over a month ago for PTI’s Make It Monday Colored Pencil challenge mim30).

I like how this turned out, but I’ll admit, I find it easier to blend with Copics. I was surprised though just how bright I got the color – normally when I do pencils it is too pale.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hello Friend
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Friends til the End;
Colors: Spring Rain, White, Black;
Other: Picnic Plaid Impression Plate; Colored Pencils (Prismacolor);

Autumn Birthday

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I created this card for a friend’s birthday this week. I used a sketch from SCS (cas138).

I recently received the Autumn Abundance set (won it during a countdown). It isn’t a set I thought I would want, but I love it. It is sorta small for coloring (at least for me), but I gave it a go 🙂

To do the sentiment, I started by stamping a line from Faux Ribbon. Then I inked up the top part of the sentiment, stamped it; cleaned the stamp and stamped the bottom part.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Celebrate
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Autumn Abundance, Faux Ribbon;
Colors: Spring Moss, White; Suede (SU);
Other: Wood Grain impression plate, twine; markers (Copics);

PTI Blog Hop

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It is the 25th of the month – which means a PTI Blog Hop! I love this inspiration photo – which should be obvious seeing as I haven’t managed to stamp for a blog hop in months…but this one I couldn’t pass up!

I started by deciding how I would lay out the lines. I liked the intersecting lines in the photo, so I decided I would use 4 colors and stamp them in the corners offset from the center point. Next, when I chose the colors, I started with a PTI color combo I liked and then tried to find some ink that would match as best as I could.

Finally I needed to add a sentiment. I knew I would be covering up the center point so I wanted something that could ‘compete’ with all the lines. I think I read once that, in design, lines love curves, so I thought this Fillable Frame would be a great compliment to the linear feel of the base. I chose a melon color for the die cut, again to stand out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Faux Ribbon, Fillable Frames #1, Fillable Frames #5;
Colors: White, Black; Cool Carribean, Groovy Guava, Daffodil Delight, Morning Marigold (SU);
Other: Fillable Frames #5 die;

For the Newlyweds

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A co-worker of my husband’s (from our time in Hawaii) recently got married. We weren’t able to go to the wedding, so I sent this card (and a little gift) along afterwards.

I took my cue’s for designing from her invitation which was quite elegant. The invitation had a clear embossed border as well as a black border. I used those as starting points.

I chose a script for the clear embossed background. Thankfully the Mat Stack 1 Collection had a perfect label to use. The Mat Stack mat is not the new Layerz – that was just too wide for my taste. What I did was lay the die down on black paper and use a thick-leaded pencil (i.e., not mechanical) to trace the die; when I cut it out, I kept to the outside of the pencil line – between the extra space around the die and the think lead line, it was a perfect finish.

I wanted a pop to my card, so I decided a red rose would be perfect. I had so much fun coloring this image! I think I’m finally getting the hang of my Copics! I ended up using 4 different colors of red – 1 very dark shade, 2 medium shades, and 1 very light. I almost didn’t want to give it away, lol!

I forgot to take a photo of the inside, but I used Background Basics: Diamonds to create top and bottom borders in grey on the inside and finished it with a black stripe to partition it from the writing space.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Congrats
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mat Stack 1 Collection, Communique Curves Sentiments, Year of Flowers Collection; French Script background (SU);
Colors: White, Black; Going Grey (SU);
Other: Black Satin ribbon, Mat Stack 1 die; Markers (Copic); Clear Embossing Powder (SU);