Hello! For my second post this evening I am participating in this week's Merry Monday. I found them the other night and thought it was so cool to do a Christmas card every week. By the end of the year you have lots of Christmas cards with different themes. With that said, this week's theme is transportation. I was excited because I just bought Papertrey Ink's City Scene stamp set and the Christmas sentiments that go with it. 

This is a very simple card without many layers or embellishments. I wanted to create the Christmas feel with the stamps. I started out with a white card base. I cut a piece of black card stock and a  piece of white card stock slightly smaller than the card base. Next, I did all my stamping and adhered the stamped piece of card stock to the black card stock. Before I adhered the layers to the front of the card I tied a black ribbon trimmed in silver around it. I loved making this card. Thanks for stopping by!

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI City Scenes, PTI City Scene Christmas Sentiments

Paper: Recollections 110 lb white card stock, Recollections black card stock

Ink: PTI True Black, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Pinefeather; 

Memento Dew Drops Dandelion, Rich Cocoa, Gray Flannel

Make It Monday #179: Emboss Resist Using Diecuts

Hi there! I decided to try something new today. A couple of weeks ago I had bought some clear embossing powder, but I hadn't tried using it yet. When I saw this week's MIM I thought I have some clear embossing powder and my husband has a heat gun so why not give it a go. I probably need to get my own heat tool though as my husband's made my paper curl. 

I started out with a white card base and white piece of card stock to do my emboss resisting on. I actually made my own die cut sheet with the medium size flower from Ruby Rose because I don't have any of PTI's Impression Plates yet. I used my Silhouette Cameo to die cut the word thanks and die cut flowers and leaves from Ruby Rose. I embossed my background and used Spring Rain and Blueberry Sky inks to color around the flowers. I then adhered everything to the background and adhered it to my card front. I really like this technique and I can't wait to build my collection of embossing powders and experiment more! Thanks for coming by!

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Ruby Rose

Dies: PTI Ruby Rose

Paper: Recollections 110 lb white card stock, PTI Blueberry Sky, PTI Spring Rain, PTI New Leaf

Ink: PTI Blueberry Sky, PTI Spring Rain, PTI New Leaf

Mojo Monday 361-Contest

Hi! After a long, busy week I am finally able to post my card for this week's Mojo Monday Contest. I love this card sketch and I am definitely going to keep it as a reference for future cards. 

Here is this week's card sketch:

Here is my card:

I started out with a cream card base and added a light brown piece of card stock for the background. On the left I added a piece of dark red card stock that I embossed with an autumn leaf embossing folder. I love the new stamp set Autumn Adornments by Papertrey Ink and I used to stamp a background on a piece of cream card stock that I layered on the right side. For the circle embellishment, I stamped a sentiment and decorated it with the Autumn Adornments stamp set. I found red and orange gingham ribbon in my stash and I thought it went perfectly with the colors I used. I thoroughly enjoyed making this card. Thank you for coming by! 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Autumn Adornments, PTI Fall Elegance

Dies: Sizzix scalloped circles

Paper: Recollections cream card stock; Paper Studio dark red, light brown, dark orange circle embossed card stock

Ink: PTI Summer Sunrise; Memento Dew Drops: Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand, Potter's Clay, Rhubarb Stalk

Make It Monday #178: Back to School Easel Card

Hello there! This week I am participating in Papertrey Ink's MIM #178: Back to School Easel Card. I think this idea is so creative and fun. It was my first time die cutting both the front and back of a card. I got it a little off center but in an effort to not waste my better card stock I decided to not worry about it.

I started out with chocolate brown card stock for my card base and ran it through my Big Shot twice to get the cuts for the easel. I then cut a square out of dark grey card stock for the chalk board. I ran a white pigment ink pad around each side and smoothed it out with my finger. 

For the center of the chalkboard I die cut a small circle and stamped lines and my sentiment. Above that I adhered a larger circle with an alphabet border. For the apple I used the same ink I used around the chalkboard. To get it the way I wanted it I stamped it twice on a spare sheet of card stock before stamping it on the chalkboard. I tied a piece of red and white twine around the card to finish it off. 

Thank you for coming by! I had so much fun with this week's MIM!

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Tag-Its #6

Dies: Sizzix circle dies, Sizzix frame die

Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Smokey Shadow

Ink: Color Box White Pigment Ink, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI True Black