Hi there! Today I made a card for this week's PTI Make It Monday. Danielle showed us how to create two-toned stamped sentiments. Her cards are awesome so I couldn't wait to give this technique a try!

I die cut a piece of black card stock using a diagonal cover plate, decided where I wanted my sentiment to go, and stamped it in versamark ink. I heat embossed with white embossing powder and then stamped the sentiment in black on a piece of white card stock. I die cut and stamped the flowers and leaves. I adhered all the layers and popped up the rest of the sentiment with foam tape. I love how this turned out and I will definitely be using this technique again!

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Wet Paint, PTI Brushed Blooms

Dies: PTI Brushed Blooms, PTI Stripes Diagonal Cover Plate

Ink: Versamark, PTI True Black, PTI Spring Moss, PTI Hawaiian Shores, PTI Tropical Teal

Paper: PTI True Black, PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for stopping by! 

Having Some Fun With NBUS

Hi there! Today I am super excited because I am participating in Darnell's NBUS Challenge #5!

For this challenge I used Papertrey Ink's Fashion Sense stamp set. It is from this year's Stamp-a-faire and I love it, but hadn't used it yet. 

I went with yellow for my design because I wanted the color to be subtle and let the quote stand out. I cut three layers of card stock, each layer slightly smaller then the one above it. The top layer I also die cut the bottom of to give some interest. 

Thank you, Darnell, for this challenge! It gave me an excuse to use this set and I had so much fun making my card!

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Fashion Sense

Dies: PTI Edgers #1

Ink: PTI Lemon Tart

Paper: PTI Lemon Tart, PTI Sheer Basics Vellum Patterned Paper, PTI Stamper's Select White

Thank you for stopping by! I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!

Hello Southwestern Style

Hello there! I love this week's sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch. So simple, but fun!

I love having cards on hand to send to friends, whatever the occasion may be, or just to say hello. I kept this card really simple and got out PTI's Southwestern Style stamp set. I stamped three of the long designs in different colors and then stamped my sentiment above them. 

My Supplies: 

Stamps: PTI Southwestern Style

Ink: PTI True Black, PTI Lavender Moon, PTI Plum Pudding, PTI Winter Wisteria

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White

Thanks so much for coming by!

MAKE IT MONDAY #223: CAMOUFLAGED POCKET INSERTS

Hi there! After watching Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday video this week I was inspired to make my own card with a camouflaged pocked insert. I though it was such a fun idea! I skipped right over autumn with this card and jumped into Christmas. I thought Painted Poinsettias would be awesome to use for this technique and the season is quickly sneaking up on me. 

To start off I die cut all of the pieces and then stamped the poinsettias and their leaves. I dry embossed a background panel to adhere the pocket to. I wasn't able to pop the pocket up with foam tape because I didn't have enough room on the sides so I used 1/8 inch scor-tape. I was afraid it would be difficult to get the tag in and out of the pocket but I didn't have any trouble with it. 

After I decided the placement of the flowers and leaves, I stamped the sentiment on the tag and adhered the flowers and leaves. The smaller leaf is adhered to the pocket itself because I wanted to give dimension to the flowers and not the leaves. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Painted Poinsettias

Dies: PTI Painted Poinsettias, PTI Basic Bookmark 1, Sizzix Squares

Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Sweet Blush, PTI Scarlet Jewel, PTI Spring Moss, PTI Ripe Avocado, PTI Pinefeather

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Sweet Blush

Thank you so much for coming by! I hope you had a great weekend!