Make It Monday #196: Colorful Card Corners

I am so pleased to be sharing my card for this week's PTI MIM Challenge, Colorful Card Corners.
You can find the link to the video here:
Make It Monday #196: Colorful Card Corners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDkaYCjf-FY&feature=player_embedded

I enjoyed this challenge because I tend to be a big fan of symmetry and most of my cards draw the eye towards the center of the card.  I played around with a few different ideas and finally decided that I would stamp some pink flowers with green leaves in the lower corner of my card.  I stamped flowers and leaves from the Songbirds stamp set onto watercolor paper.  Next, I stamped a background using Background Basics:  Bontanicals.  I used a paintbrush and water to bend the ink colors on the flowers and leaves.  Then, I used ink and water to watercolor around the edge of my flowers and leaves to fill in the blank space.  After allowing the paper to dry, I stamped the sentiment and adhered it to a chocolate brown piece of cardstock.  Finally, I added a few rinestones for a bit of sparkle.  Thanks for looking!

Just Us Girls #273 Photo Week

This is my first time participating in the JUGS card making challenge.  I just happened to stumble upon it as I was looking at entries from another card making challenge.

The soft, pretty gray and pink palette inspired me to create this wintery card.  I have been obsessed with the PTI songbird stamps and dies lately and decided to use them here along with the rectangle shaker die and the peace word die.  I added some snowflake embossing and white glitter paper for a bit of sparkle. I hope you like it.  Thanks for taking a moment to stop by.

My Supplies:  

                       PTI Songbirds dies, Peace die, Rectangle shaker die

                       Paper Studio Snowflake embossing folder

                       PTI cardstock in white and sweet blush

                       Paper Studio cardstock in pink and gray

                       Doodlebug Design white glitter cardstock

PTI Make It Monday #195: 2014 A la Carte

There were so many options for this week's Make It Monday Challenge; I had a difficult time choosing just one!  I decided to go with challenge #151:  Drop Shadow Die-cuts.  

Here is the link to the original video from the papertrey ink site.
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2014/02/make-it-monday-151-shadowed-die-cuts.html

After browsing through my dies, I selected the telephone die from Heart-2-Heart #4 and the hello word die.  I cut six of each die in the following colors:  melon burst, berry sorbet, lemon tart, harvest gold, aqua mist, and hawaiian shores.  I stamped the telephone using versamark because I did not want bold ink colors to dominate the card.  I really wanted the focus to be on the shadowing of the dies.  After stamping, I positioned each of the die cuts with the darker color behind the lighter color and adhered them using scortape and a glue pen.  I'm really pleased with the look of the shawdow die-cuts.

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