Patterned Papered Dreams

Happy Summer!

Hello there! Today I am playing along with the Shaping Up Challenge organized by the amazing Gallery Idol 2012 girls. I wanted to participate with all my heart but I don't have one of those electric wonder machines that cut any shape you can imagine (saving up for a Cameo, maybe this Christmas...). Soooo... what to do? And suddenly, the cartoonish lightbulb appeared :D

A nautical beach towel!!! It's a shaped card, right? And it coordinates perfectly with JJ's cute tote bag, ha!

 

I used PTI's Distressed Stripes for the towel, and the sentiment is a mix and match (happy from Enjoy the Ride, summer from Wreath for all Seasons). The die cut flip flops were stamped with Polka Dots Basics II but it doesn't show in the pic. Oh, and I used one of the banners from Banner Builder to stamp a pattern on the little hearts. The fringe border die is a must have from Memory Box.

I am also entering this summer babe in the Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson, Coredinations; Stamps: PTI; Ink: (Sugar, Red Currant) Fresh by Impress, (Nautical blue) Memento, (white) PTI, Versamark; Embossing powder: (white) Ranger; Dies: (flip flops) PTI, (fringed border) Memory Box.

CFC63: A lovely color combo!

Hello friends! Welcome to a brand new CAS-ual Fridays challenge! The theme for this week is this pretty and fresh color combination:

 

And I made this card.

 

My background strip was made with PTI's Background Basics: Tin Types stamped in two shades of blue. I wanted to incorporate the green in the background too, so I used a green marker to trace the dotted lines previously stamped in navy blue.

 

Our sponsor for this week

is giving away a fantastic gift certificate, so go ahead and join us with a Clean and Simple project where you use this beautiful color combo.

Check the challenge blog to see all the awesome inspiration the rest of the Girl Fridays have for you there, and don't forget to visit our Facebook page for yet more daily gorgeous creations!

Thanks so much for visiting, have a lovely weekend :)

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: Memento, PTI, Fresh by Impress; Die: (Mat Stack label) PTI. Pen: Stabilo.

Stamp-a-faire (takes 5, 6 & 7)

Hello! Here I come again with my last 3 Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-Faire projects. This time I tried Tie-Dye Techniques, the Card Set and the Homemade Embellishments challenges.

 

 

Here's my card using the marbleized technique with the last of my husband's shaving cream and Block Alphabet dies. Someone is going to get a bit mad when he find's out he can't shave today ;)

 

　

　

 Next comes the Card Set challegne, inspired by Danielle Flanders use of the Half & Half dies to make mini cards. My color combo is Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy and Summer Sunrise + a pop of grey. I used Modern Wood Mats to stamp the lower portion of the card and the big "you" and companion sentiments from All About You. The tiny hearts were cut from the Tiny Tags die and then I used one of the images from the Happy Hexagons mini set to stamp a polka dot pattern on them.

 

I also made a coordinating wrap with stamps and ribbon.

 

This is the back of the wrap, with some die cut and stamped hearts (these are Memory Box).

　And finally, the Homemade Embellishments challenge. In this case I worked with Jess Witty's design. I love everything this woman does :)

 

Again, the transparency was stamped with an outline hexagon from Happy Hexagons stamped to build a modern pattern. The sentiment is from one of the Think Big Favorites sets.

Wow!! That was some stuff! I used lots of products for these projects so instead of including a neverending supply list, please feel free to email me if you have questions about any of the products used. The main ones are linked anyway.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week!

Stamp-a-faire (takes 2, 3 & 4)

Good morning and hello again! Back with some more Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-faire things I created between last night and this morning.

First there is this card for the Limited Supplies challenge. Hawaiian Shores + Harvest Gold ink, the oldie but goodie Garden of Life and some Palette glitter.

 

And now, the Ribbon Techniques challenge. I wanted to try more than one, so I made two tags following Erin Lincoln and Betsy Veldman's tutorials.

 

For the first one I used the positive of the die cut instead of the negative. The balloon is from Up, up & Away, the sentiment (I partially inked one of the bigger sentiments than included the word sunshine) and sun rays are from Hello Sunshine.

In the second one I started by die cutting and debossing the tag. The leaves are from All About You and the sentiment is from Lovely leaves and was stamped on a strip cut from one of the Movers&Shakers Spinner dies.

So three challenges down and still a few to go. Back to the crafty cave! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp-a-faire (take 1)

Hello there! Just catching up with the Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire event :) It's always nice to play along with fellow crafters, even if I'm on the other side of the world! I'm not sure if I'll be able to post more cards today because I'm already running out of natural light here, but I'll post the rest tomorrow.

 

This is the first of today's make and takes, based on a design by Nichole Heady. I made some changes and also addapted it to the supplies I have. First I masked a rectangle and stamped the blooms from Beautiful Blooms II (layered and stamped in gradient pinks) and a leaves cluster from Turning a New Leaf. The sentiment is from Modern Wood Mats. I adhered the vellum strip on it's sides and then layered a die cut rectangle frame on top.

That's all! Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: (black) Archival, (Sugar, Pink Lemonade, Fuchsia) Fresh by Impress; (Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss) PTI; Dies: (rectangles) Spellbinders; Other: vellum.

CFC62: Back in Black

Hello there! It is Friday, and that means good news: Another CAS-ual Friday challenge is ready for you to give it a go :)

I loved making my card for this one: using a black background. Super trendy! You can use a black card base, but also a black tag, a black box... As long as it's a CAS papercrafted project that uses a black base, it's ok.

And look who is sponsoring us!

Lil'Inker Designs has some really cute stamps and dies, and you can win a $20 gift certificate from them!

I used some of their dies and that stuff is the cutest ever! I love the stitching details that you can find in a few of their designs, like this hearts or this clouds.

 

For my card I started with a black card base and used Lil' Inker's clouds and rainbows die to cut a rainbow from felt and a cloud from cardstock. Once everything was adhered I traced the frame with a white gel pen.

And now it's time to get inspired by the amazing black designs of the rest of the Girl Fridays and also by the gorgeous cards you'll find daily in the CAS-ual Fridays Facebook page.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a great weekend!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: Versafine; Dies: Lil' Inker; Pen: Uniball Signo; Rhinestones: Zva; Other: felt.

Stamp It! Cards Vol. 9

Hey there! One of my 3 cards published in Stamp It! Cards vol. 9 is being spotlighted today on the Paper Crafts Connection blog. Yay! So I thought I would share it here too. It is an amazing issue full of inky inspiration, and you can get your copy here.

 

 

Stamp It! Cards is not only a Paper Crafts special publication, but also a very, very, special publication for me, because this is where I published my very first cards a little more than one year ago. It was in the Stamp It! Cards vol. 8 and since that day I've submitted to each and every submission call from Paper Crafts and have had a lot of cards published. Those calls are addictive ;)

Also, this card has a great story behind it. Hello, Ana!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Getting inky

Good afternoon! This weekend I've had a bit of time to get inky and one of the things I wanted to do was playing along with this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World. How cool is this image?

I wanted to kind of replicate the solid stripes with darker lines inside so I used the two sides of a Hero Arts/Studio Calico border stamp. I first stamped all the solid lines using the back of the stamp (that is, the side that should be clinging to my acrylic block). Then, I used the "real" side of the stamp to add the darker wide stripes. The sentiment is also Hero Arts and the wood veneer birdie is Studio Calico. I painted it with Mr. Huey yellow mist and adhered a bit of patterned paper at the back.

Isn't he cute?

And as I used a graphic stamp, I'm also linking this to the gallery of the Stretch Your Stamps class I'm taking from Online Card Classes.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson, Bazzill; Stamps: All Hero Arts; Ink: assorted from PTI, Memento and Fresh by Impress; Wood veneer bird: Studio Calico; Patterned paper: Lawn fawn; Twine: May Arts; Banner die: PTI.

Stretch your stamps: Backgrounds

Hello! I'm taking the Stretch Your Stamps class from Online Card Classes and it is awesome! Lots of cool tips and techniques from fantastic designers. When the class started earlier this week I promised myself I would do my daily homework, but obviously with a full time job, a son, a husband and two dogs my good intentions remained just that, good intentions.

So far, I've managed to make a card for the Background Stamps lesson. Here it is.

The background was heat embossed in white and then colored with copics. Then I die cut a window and adhered a piece of acetate where I stamped and embossed my sentiment (also Hero Arts but I can't find a link to it). Pearls were colored with Copics to match the rest of the card.

Now, if acetate stuff was easier to photograph I would be totally happy! It is quite frustrating when you end up with a very cool card in real life but it doesn't look half good in pics. Shoot!

I'll try to be back soon with more inky homework. We'll see...

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Hero Arts; Ink: Versamark; Embossing powder: Ranger; Markers: Copic; Pearls; Basic Grey; Die: (label) PTI.

CFC61: Let's Strip

Hi there! It's Friday (thank God!) and that means it's time for another fun CAS-ual Fridays challenge!

And because it is hot, hot, hot out there... well, let's strip ;) -ok, bad bad joke I know, but I coulnd't help it-. Join us this week with a clean and simple project that incorporates some kind of strips. Paper, washi tape, masking tape, fabric strips... lots of fun ideas!

I went with a combination of patterned paper strips. This is a fantastic way to use your paper scraps! For my card, I cut a square from cardstock, covered it with adhesive tape, adhered the strips I had previously cut and trimmed the edges.

The sentiment is formed with die cut letters from a Lifestyle Crafts alphabet. I let the card base bare because I find the docal point is busy enough with all that different patterns :)

I hope you can play along with the challenge! There are a lot of awesome ideas from the rest of the Girl Fridays here and also a daily dose of inspiration on the CAS-ual Fridays Facebook place.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your Summer!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Patterned paper: assorted from Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye and S.E.I.; Die: (alphabet) Lifestyle Crafts.