Make It Monday Challenge - Let Your Dreams Take Flight

I made a quick card this afternoon using the embossing technique with dies featured in this week's Make It Monday challenge. I cut some Hawaiian Shores cardstock with Mat Stack die, then embossed with the back of a Fillable Frame and finally ran it through my Big Shot again in polka dotted embossing folder. What a great idea - use the flip side of a die to emboss. The butterfly was a gift from from my crafty sister. When I saw it with the music notes on it, I knew it would be perfect since this card is for my daughter. She's traveling with her amazing college choir to sing all over Europe for the month of May. Thought I could sneak this card into her carry on bag - maybe she'll find it on the airplane?



I put this saying on the inside because I knew that it would make her smile!


Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday Challenge - Sympathy card

I finally had time to participate in a Make It Monday challenge again. The challenge this week to was heat emboss. I love the look of embossing but don't use it nearly enough, so it was fun to fire up the old heat gun & play with the embossing powder. I first used Versamark ink with the Backgrounds Basics text stamp & embossed the text using clear embossing powder. The butterfly was stamped with Chai ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder. PTI's silk ribbon was sprayed with glitter mist to give it a little color & shimmer. Love that ribbon! I used the same glimmer mist to spray the whole card when it was completed. It was hard to photograph, but the card has a pretty shimmer to it in real life. Thanks for looking!



Supplies (all PTI unless indicated):
Stamps: Background Basics: Text Style, Communique Sentiments, Antique Engravings (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: Rustic Cream
Other: silk ribbon, Spellbinders Labels 8

Make It Monday Challenge - Spring

I have been craving spring for months (since sometime in October!) so coming up with a color scheme for this week's Make It Monday challenge was easy. The challenge was using my Big Shot to emboss a partial piece of cardstock. It was super simple, but one of those light bulb moments - why didn't I think of that?



I ran the CS through the Big Shot first with my Edger Die to cut the bottom edge, then ran it through again using the In Bloom embossing plate, taping the plate first to the Big Shot platform, then using post-it notes to hold the CS in place on the embossing plate so only the bottom portion of the card was embossed. Worked like a charm! The butterfly on the card was an image from my sister from my pre-Copic days. I was determined that I was NOT going to like Copics or buy any Copics so I borrowed her Copics to prove to myself that I did not need markers. Spent a whole afternoon happily coloring butterfly after butterfly! That was a mistake - I've been hooked on Copics ever since!





Happy Spring!

Supplies (all PTI unless indicated):

Stamps - Round & Round, Fillable Frames #4, Spring Jar Fillers
Dies - Edgers #1, Fillable Frames #4, Doily Details
Paper - Hibiscus Burst, Spring Rain, Spring Moss
Other - In Bloom embossing plate, Hibiscus Burst twill, bakers twine (a gift)

Make It Monday card

I'm loving creating these Make it Monday cards! Today's challenge was to use distressing on my card. I distressed both the spiral notebook page and the edge of the card using my scissors. I hadn't played with my new doily dies yet, so decided to layer channeling Dawn McVey's amazing style. I'm not usually very good at layering, more of a clean & simple sort of person, but this went together pretty easily. Thanks for looking!






Supplies:
Stamps: Round & Round, Fillable Frames #10, Up Up & Away
Dies: Doily Details, Spiral Notebook, Fillable Frame #10, Limitless Layers
Paper: Library Ledger PP, Aqua Mist, Kraft, Vintage cream
Other: Dark chocolate ribbon

Make it Monday card

Today's challenge on PTI was to use fun foam on a card. Shockingly (since my kids are in high school & college), I did have a piece of fun foam around - bright blue. I knew right away it would look great with a green so paired it with Simply Chartreuse. Foam cuts like butter with the PTI dies & made amazing flowers. I found that that fun foam also makes good buttons using the new button die. Hmmmm... might have to track down a few more colors of foam because the foam buttons don't add much thickness to the card, so wouldn't have to add extra postage. These challenges are so much fun!





Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Signature Greetings
Paper: Vintage cream, Simply Chartreuse, music paper from dh's old textbooks
Other: Simply Chartreuse twill, Fillable Frames #4 die, Beautiful Blooms dies, Memento black ink

Make It Monday Card

So excited to get to play along with Make It Monday today on PTI. Info is HERE. The challenge was to make a glitter strip using Scor-Tape. I love sparkly glitter, so this was fun. Also dyed some white wrinkle ribbon with Spring Rain ink refill by putting some ribbon in a plastic bag with a few drops of water & a few drops of the ink. Smooshed it around & then dried it with my heat gun. I was happy with the results and how easy it was.

Supplies: (all PTI unless indicated)
Stamps - All Booked Up, Round and Round, Communique Sentiments
Ink - Spring Rain, SU Close to Cocoa
Other - Sheet Music Impression plate, doily, Hug Snug ribbon, Scor-Tape, Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter

PTI Color Challenge

For my last card, I used Melissa Phillips color combo of Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, Ripe Avocado, and Spring Moss. This Little Bitty Bird stamp is probably my favorite stamp set right now!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Little Bitty Bird
Paper: Sweet Blush, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Happy Spots
Ink: Memento brown
Dies: Spiral notebook
Other: Hibiscus Burst ribbon, Copics

PTI Color Challenge

For this card, I used Betsy Veldman's color combo of Scarlett Jewel, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, and Rustic Cream. It came together pretty effortlessly (for me anyway - I usually struggle!). Love how it turned out!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Life, Take Three: Summer
Paper: Harvest Gold, Rustic Cream
Ink: Scarlett, Jewel, Hibiscus Burst, a generic yellow that I've had forever
Dies: Spellbinders nestabilities
Other: Harvest Gold ribbon, Hero Arts text stamp

PTI Color Challenge

I'm joining in on PTI's Color Challenge with a couple of cards. For this one, I used Jessica Witty's color combo of Soft Stone, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz. I haven't done a color challenge in ages (if ever!) and didn't realize how fun it is! I had a blast putting together these cards.

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Cupcake Collection, All Booked Up
Paper: Soft Stone, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz
Ink: Aqua Mist, Memento black
Dies: Banner Borders, Cupcake dies, Mat Stack 3
Other: Summer Sunrise ribbon, Sizzix embossing folder

Make It Monday challenge

My favorite stamping site, PTI, is having their 4th Anniversary Celebration this month. Today's Make It Monday challenge was to make a card that uses a common sentiment stamped multiple times, somewhat like a collage effect. Sounded fun so I decided to play along. So, after dusting off the old blog and blowing the cobwebs out of the corners, here's the card that I came up with. This is definitely a technique that I will be using again because the card came together easily & it feels good to use all of those stamp sets! The awesome flower was a gift from my sweet sister.



Supplies:
Stamps - Butterfly Dreams, Up Up & Away, Delightful Dahlia, Fillable Frames #4, Cupcake Collection, Giga Guidelines, Mat Stack 1 Collection, Communique Sentiments
Paper - Sweet Blush, Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening, In Bloom (all PTI)
Ink - Enchanted Evening
Ribbon - Sweet Blush twill
Dies - Banner Borders