PTI Make It Monday #187 - Partial Die Cuts

For this week's challenge, I decided to follow Melissa's lead and make a Christmas themed tag.  I own only a small number of PTI holiday dies, so my choices were limited.  After playing around with several different ideas, I settled on a heart shaped shaker tag using my heart die from the Shakers & Sprinkles kit and one of the scenery dies from this year's Tinsel & Tags kit.  I hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by to check it out.

My Supplies:  Paper Studio printed snowflake paper
                       Paper Studio white cardstock
                       PTI heart die from Shakers & Sprinkles kit
                       PTI white crystal sprinkles from Shakers & Sprinkles kit mixed with white glitter
                       PTI house scene die from Tinsel & Tags kit
                       Red and white baker's twine
                       Red button

                     

Merry Monday#133 - Rustic Christmas

Here is my rustic little Christmas card for this week's challenge.  It reminds me of snowy forests, wood stacked next to the fireplace, and singing Christmas carols.

My Supplies:  PTI kraft cardstock

                       PTI dies - Christmas tree, Banner die from Tinsel & Tags kit, Oval Shaker die from

                       Sprinkles & Shakers kit

                       My Mind's Eye patterned paper

                       Mementos Dew Drop ink in rich cocoa

                       Paper Studio embossing folder

Merry Monday - Snowflakes, Dry Embossing, Neutral Colors

I made a second card for Merry Monday this week because I realized that although my first card was monocromatic, it didn't really meet the requirement for neutral colors.  Plus, I just love making more cards!  So, here is my second Merry Monday card in neutral grays and white.  The card base is a pale gray with a slightly darker gray rectangle attached.  Then I dry embossed snowflakes on a different gray paper and add white hills of snow.  I die cut the trees, house, snowman and deer, stamping the snowman, deer, and house.  I used foam behind the house to make it stand out more.  I added a banner with my sentiment stamped in gray and finally attached punched snowflakes with rinestones.

CASology Challenge - Ghost

This is a simple little ghost card that I put together rather quickly for this week's challenge.  I dry embossed the background with a  vertical stripe and punched a circle 2/3 of the way up the card.  I then punched a larger orange circle and stamped it with silver stars for the "window."  Next, I die cut my little ghost and added rinestone gems for his eyes and mouth.  I cut a small fancy rectangle and stamped my sentiment in orange.  Lastly, I added orange and white baker's twine for the finishing touch.

My Supplies:
Paper Studio - black and orange cardstock, rinetones
PTI Happy, Spooky Halloween - ghost die, star stamps, sentiment
Sizzix - fancy rectangle die
Mementos Dew Drops - orange ink
Baker's twine

Merry Monday and Make It Monday

This week I was able to create one card to satisfy the criteria for both the Merry Monday Challenge and the Make It Monday Challenge.  For Merry Monday, dry embossed snowflakes were in order.  This was easily accomplished with my snowflake embossing folder and Texture Boutique.  For Make It Monday, partial die stamping was required.  I die cut two trees and stamped them with snowflakes, leaving lots of white space.  I combined the embossed snowflake background with the die cut trees to create this card.

Supply list:  Papertrey Ink cardstock in aqua mist and diagonal stripe (from Tinsel & Tags kit)
                    PTI Tree Trimming Trio stamps and die
                    PTI Tinsel & Tags stamps and large banner die
                    PTI Ink in aqua mist and ocean tides
                    Paper Studio snowflake embossing folder

Merry Monday #129: Neon Colors

My husband and I were out of town last wee, so unfortunately, I was unable to upload and post my card prior to the deadline.  However, I decided that it would still be fun to make a card anyway.  Now, neon is not what I typically think of when my thoughts turn toward Christmas.  I am more of a traditionalist who chooses red, green, and gold.  This challenge forced me to step outside my comfort zone and think beyond those usual Christmas colors.  I began looking through some of my brighter patterned papers and decided to use one from the PTI Sprinkles and Shakers kit.  The paper inspired the hot pink and teal stamped trees and the orange "Merry & Bright" banner.  It also led me to create a shaker card.  I decided to cut a card a bit longer than my usual A-2 cards.  I added hot pink, teal, and orange sequins and sparkles.  I used the oval shaker dies and choose orange for the stitched oval and white for the scalloped oval.  I had a little trouble with some of my sequins sticking to the top of my shaker, but that stuff is so sticky, that there was no turning back.  I can be somewhat of a perfectionist, but I certainly wasn't going to ditch the card and start over because a few sequins were out of place.  I kind of like the bright colors and think the shaker gives it a festive look.

Cute Covers for Post-it Notes

I have been wanting to make some cute little covers for Post-it notes for quite a while now and I've finally found the time and inspiration to make a few.  These are so simple to make and can be created to suit anyone's taste.  I loved how they turned out.

My Supplies:  Paper Studio Cardstock from Hobby Lobby
                       Patterned paper from PTI, My Mind's Eye, and others
                       PTI stamps from Filled with Joy and Shakers & Sprinkles
                       PTI Butterfly Dreams die
                       Mementos Dew Drops ink