Happy Birthday to You

I had just enough time to make a quick card today--using some scraps from this card and my newest favorite birthday sets.  I will enter this card into the Birthday Challenge at Simon Says Stamps.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Wonderful Words Birthday, Birthday Style
Paper:  Rustic Cream, Simple Stories Awesome
Ink:  Ripe Avocado, Canyon Clay, Scarlet Jewel, Fine Linen, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Birthday Die, Birthday Style Dies, Ranger Black Enamel Accents

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Clean & Simple Card Making (2) Day 6 and A Blog Named Hero #19

Today's homework was all about working from a sketch.  I had time to use two of the sketches to make 2 fairly quick cards.  They also showed us some inking techniques...let's just say that I spent way more time on that, and the results are in my trash bin.  Well, it happens, right?


It looks like I am unable to post the sketches that these cards are based on.  You can take my word for it.  Kristina used an Impression Obsession Cover a Card, which reminded me how quick and easy they are to work with, and that I had a bunch of them.  This one is called 'Crackle'.

My next card uses another sketch from today's lesson, and is also for this week's A Blog Named Hero Challenge #19:  Snip N Stick. 

This is the last day of the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge, and I am entering both of these cards into that challenge.


Supplies Used:
Celebrate
Stamps:  IO Crackle, Paper Smooches Pretty Phrases
Paper:  PTI Kraft, Dark Chocolate, patterned scraps
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  Clear & White Embossing Powder, PTI Make a Wish Die, Pinking Shears

Thinking of You
Stamps:  Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms, Everyday Sayings
Paper:  PTI Sweet Blush Card Stock and Patterned, White, Spring Moss
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black 
Other:  Pinking Shears

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Make it Monday #71

This week, for Make it Monday #71, Betsy Veldman showed us how to use masking to make bordered sentiments.  This is such a great and easy technique.  My card came together so quickly because I followed Betsy's card design, and grabbed the first piece of patterned paper at the top of my scrap pile.  How's that for efficient crafting?  I didn't have the right color pen, so I used score lines instead of a drawn line around my sentiment. 

I lined the inside of the card, because I used a Royal Velvet card base.  Here is a peek:

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Harvest Berries Birthday Bash Sentiments
Paper:  Royal Velvet, Rustic Cream, Pacific Vineyard
Ink:  Royal Velvet, Ripe Avocado
Other:  Pinking Die

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Make it Monday Pocket Cards

I have a quick post this morning with a card for Make it Monday #68:  Pocket Cards.  I made a birthday card for my father-in-law, and this card will be dropped in the mail immediately.

I've been mulling over buying Guidelines and/or Guidelines Two, but realized that there were some images in Iconic Images that I had never played with, that could tide me over until I made my decision.  This is what the card looks like all assembled.

Here is the pull out card.  I recently bought Birthday Bash Sentiments from someone on the PTI forum, and I just had to add that little 'to YOU' that he will see when he pulls the card out of the pocket.

I hope I have some free time later this week.  I've got lots of ideas for more pocket cards using some of my new goodies I bought from the May release.

If you have an opinion on Guidelines or Guidelines Two, I'd love to hear it.  Also, links to sample creations would be great.

Don't forget, to come back later to see the surprise for our May "The Twelve Kits of Christmas" post.

Supplies Used (PTI):

Stamps:  Iconic Images, Think Big, Framed Out, Birthday Bash Sentiments

Paper:  Kraft, Ripe Avocado

Other:  Framed Out Die, Rustic Jute twine

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Make it Monday: It's Your Day

This week's Make it Monday #65 is a really great tutorial by Dawn about combining and mixing patterned papers.  As I love to buy and collect patterned paper, I especially appreciated this lesson on how to use it all.

I have a box with all my PTI patterned paper scraps, that I plan to organize one day.  For this card, I just pulled out papers and started arranging them until I felt I had a mix that looked right and adhered to some of the principles Dawn mentioned about scale and busyness.   I also wanted to use my new Framed Out set.  I ended up with a card that I think will work well as either a Father's Day card or a masculine birthday card, depending on what I stamp on the inside.

It was really fun working with all these patterns.  If time allows, I will try this technique again, next time aiming for a different look.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Framed Out #3
Paper:  Rustic White, Chocolate Remis, Fall prints, Distressed Dots, Argyle Socks, Pacific Vineyard
Other:  Framed out die

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