Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #263 Background Building with Frames

For Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #263, Amy Sheffer shows us how to create a background with frames.  This was a fun technique to try.  Love these MIM's to try things I wouldn't usually think to do!

I created a coffee themed card using the coffee mug from Candy Cane Christmas that I recently purchased. I still don't have any coffee themed phrases so I created my own using the Thanks from Bloomin Cute and some letters from an older alphabet set from Prima. The frame comes from Tag Sale #10. The leaves are from Stylized Autumn.

Here's a card I didn't get a chance to post in time for the last Create Along With Us Challenge. I was inspired by Betsy Veldman's Card using the new Christmas Faith Set. I used Wee Folk, Mini Blooms and Bigger Blooms. And then I pretty much just copied Betsy's layout and colors!

One more card to post that isn't for any challenge. This was inspired by the look of Autumn Hills stamp set, but I used Winter Village for the house and a frame from Noted; Scalloped A1 Die collection. That's Saffron Spice on the bottom hill... love that color!

Thanks for taking a look!

Judi

Make it Monday Ombre Cluster Stamping

Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge #259 is Ombre Cluster Stamping with Dawn McVey.  I've created a card using Leaf Prints stamp set. The colors I used are Scarlet Jewel, Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet and Pale Peony.

My next card has nothing to do with Ombre stamping but I thought I'd post it anyway.  I've been playing with Kay's new Stylized Autumn set and here's what I've created.  Love this set! Those leaves are fabulous and I think I will get a lot of use out of them!

Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Judi

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #258 Cover Plate Tags

I'm playing along with Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #258 Cover Plate Tags. Laurie Willison showed us how to make tags using our cover plate dies. What a great idea that I hadn't thought of doing before!

Instead of a tag, I first made a card using this concept and the new Scallops Cover Plate.  I love how these came out when I cut them with the scalloped Monthly Moments Journal Card 2 die. 

I used the reverse of the cut out to make a Christmas tag along with Instant Photo Holidays and Snowflake Flurries stamp sets. I purchased these sets right before they went into the Vault this year. I'm going to love having them to use for Christmas tags!

I made another tag using the Parisian Doily die which isn't exactly a cover plate, but I was inspired to cut it down and use it on a tag, too!  I also used Tremendous Treats: Christmas for this one.

Then I made some Halloween tags using the Modern Cross Quilt Cover Plate along with Tremendous Treats: Halloween.

I loved this Make It Monday!  Thanks Laurie, for a great way to expand the uses for our dies!

Thanks for coming by!

Judi

Papertrey Ink August 2016 Blog Hop

The inspiration for PTI's August Blog Hop is this fun photo:

I love the colors! Here are the cards that I've created:

On this first one I watercolored a background and then embossed some images from Woodblock Prints in gold.

 

On my second card I used the reverse stenciling technique with a stencil from Woodblock prints.  I embossed 'birthday' in gold and painted a banner in gold leaf paint to put under the Just A Number die cut.

Thanks for coming by to take a look!
Judi

Papertrey Ink Create Along With Us August 2016

Hello there! I'm participating in Papertrey Ink's  Create Along with Us Challenge August 2016. The card I've chosen as my inspiration is this one by Betsy Veldman:

And here's my card:

I've retaken and updated all these photos in better light so please ignore this next photo. (I think I can't remove it because then the link would go away?)

I loved how Betsy stamped her sentiment on the striped banner! For the background I used the reverse stenciling technique from a previous Make It Monday.  I had lots of fun playing with this technique!

Speaking of Make It Monday, here's a few cards a made for MIM #257 Sentiment Strip grounding and didn't get posted in time.  I've been feeling really lazy about doing blog posts lately.

Thanks for coming by!

Judi

PTI Stamp Affaire - Color Blocking

My final card for PTI's Stamp Affaire is for Color Blocking with Lexi Daly.  I didn't get very creative with this one, changed the colors a bit, but just basically copied Lexi. Another fun technique!

This is my last post for Stamp Affaire.  It's the first year that I've participated and I'm amazed with all the great inspiration the PTI team gives us!  I've so appreciated all the work they put into this event!

Thanks PTI!

Judi 

PTI Stamp Affaire - Watercolor like a Master

Here's my project for Watercolor like a Master with Kay Miller.  This was a great technique that I'll definitely use again. I needed a New Home card so I used an old magnetic alphabet set from Making Memories for the "your new home" phrase. It took longer to get those letters straight than it did to make the card lol.  I think I need a small clear acrylic alphabet set that I can use with my Misti.  That would definitely be faster.

One more project to post...

Judi