A Dream Come True

This morning when I woke up I had a dream come true!  Nichole Heady, the owner of Papertrey Ink, whose stamps I LOVE and have been using constantly, featured my card on her blog!  Wow!  What an honor!  I'm elated!  You can see my card on her blog here.

When I made that card, I stamped half a sheet of the Guide Lines II in these same colors (and pattern) so that I could cut it up and use it to make several cards. This past week I made a second card using this same sheet and I have enough paper left to make one more. I love using the Guide Lines II stamp set! So many possibilities!  

I love the aqua mist color!  It's gorgeous!  When I put this together I wanted a sentiment that fit the softness of the card.  I don't like to make sympathy cards so I never have any on hand when I need them.  So, for this particular card, I pulled out the "So sorry for your loss" sentiment from "Vintage Picnic Sentiments" and added it to the bottom. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!  I appreciate each of you who take the time to visit and also for those of you who comment!  I hope you have a great day!

Supplies
Stamps:  PTI Guide Lines II, Vintage Picnic Sentiments
Paper:  Ultrasmooth White, PTI Aqua Mist & Guide Lines II Cardstock
Ink: Giverny Green Palette, Turquoise Gem VersaMagic, PTI Aqua Mist Hybrid
Other:  Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch

Hawaiian Shores Meet Asian Fusion

I got the newest ink and buttons from PTI today called Hawaiian Shores (hope to get the paper in the mail tomorrow).  I LOVE, LOVE this new color!  It is my favorite color yet!  Way to go PTI!

I made a simple card using Hawaiian Shores ink & buttons and PTI's stamp set "Asian Fusion".

What did I tell you?  Pretty color huh!  I wanted this card to just have a simplicity to it.  A calmness.  And, I think I accomplished that.  Instead of ribbon, I used buttons to accent the image...only 3 buttons on each side and then the image is popped up over the top of the largest buttons with pop dots.

The centers of the flowers are colored in with a white gel pen and I really like that look.  I also stamped one of the border images under the buttons but it is so light you can barely see it popping up above the buttons.  If I made this card again, I'd just leave that stamped strip off.  I also wanted to define the edges of the image panel and so I used one of the tea duo inks around the outside of it.  That added a little more depth to the card.  Can I say again how much I LOVE this color???? 

Thank you so much for stopping by!  It means a lot to me that you take the time to visit and also to comment!  I just love sharing this hobby with all of you!

Supplies

Stamps:  PTI Asian Fusion

Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores Pigment, Palette Noir, Brilliance Moonlight White, PTI Tea Duo Dye Inks

Paper:  PTI Kraft

Other:  Hawaiian Shore PTI Buttons, Pop Dots

 

Way to Go!

Here's a fun card that I made last week.  A friend came over to my house and we each made a card, based on a sketch.  She used traditional red, white & blue colors and I went with a softer color scheme. 

Here's my card:

I told my friend that it almost looks like a baby card with all the pastels.  The bow looks kind of funky in this picture but it looks good in real life.  I think I just got a weird angle on it when I took the photo.  I used PTI's "Tin Type" background set on the Spring Rain cardstock.  I love that background set so much!  The sentiment and star are from the "Star Prints" set and the flourish is from "Fanciful Flourishes".  This was the first time I used the new Plum Pudding pigment ink. I LOVE it!!  It is such a soft, pretty purple (and that is saying a lot for a KU Jayhawk fan)!

I used one of the Tea Dye Inks around the Spring Moss cardstock and I just really like the look that it gives the cardstock.

Here's the sketch from the Card Patterns blog that this card is based off of:

Thanks you so much for visiting my blog!  I hope you have a very good day!

Supplies

Stamps:  PTI Tin Type Background, Star Prints, Fanciful Flourishes

Paper:  PTI Plum Pudding, Spring Moss, Spring Rain

Ink:  Plum Pudding, Spring Rain

Other:  Spring Rain Button, Scrappers Floss, Fiskars Star Punch, Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch, Pop Dots, PTI Plum Pudding Ribbon

One Layer Cards

A couple of weeks ago I challenged myself to make a few one-layer cards.  Two of the three of them turned out pretty well (or I think they did anyway).  The third, well you can't see that one.  Not so good! :)

This card uses an ususual color scheme of Hibiscus Burst, Giverny Green & Summer Sunrise.  I love that vine image from PTI's Beyond Basic Borders set!  It's perfect for this one layer card.  I added the sentiment and 2 gold beads to finish it off.  This would take no time at all to mass reproduce!

This next card is a little bit more involved and has such a soft feel to it.  I used Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush & Vintage Cream, along with a little Burnt Umber for this color scheme.  I cut the card a little smaller than a normal A2 card and then added the apron lace border along the bottom in Ivory.  I also inked the edges with the Burnt Umber ink.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'd love to hear what you think!

Supplies

Vines Card

Stamps:  PTI Beyond Basic Borders & Vintage Picnic Sentiments

Paper:  Kraft

Ink:  Palette Burnt Umber & Giverny Green, PTI Hibiscus Burst, & Summer Sunrise

Other: Silver Beads

This Year Card

Stamps:  PTI Guide Lines II, Signature Greetings

Ink:  Palette Burnt Umber, PTI Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush & Vintage Cream

Paper: Kraft & Ivory

Other:  Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch