Passle of cards

Antother long week gone by, and I am posting up a big lot of cards, with many more photots still on my camera! I have been creating, just not so much blogging.....too busy drooling at all the sneak peaks over a Papertrey Ink for the June release........................WHICH I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR!!

I am going on a fantastic summer holiday, and am leaving on the 12 of June, just in time to miss the festivities at PTI, HOWEVER I will be returning July 12, and will be in just time for NEXT MONTHS !!

Here are a few cards I had up my sleeve.

First up is a congratulations/graduationey type card, I realized I didn't have much of those on hand. Cardstock is Hibiscus burst that just looks fantastic with Black (and black pp from PTI)

I saw a similar concept at a store on some pillows, and a shirt I just bought. I wish I had a sewing machine to create the same look, however I used some score tape and Martha Stewart glitter and I think it looks great ! Hibiscus Burst saddle stitch, flower, word window and scalloped circle punch, and some Karen Fosters paper floss finish it off. I even decorated the inside !

Next up is a card inspired by my Impress Newsletter I got yesterday, creating little paper lanterns. I used PTI's Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Summer sunrise for the sentiment, and PS blossom pink. Used the background basics retro for the pattern, backed them onto Dark Chocolate, tied my paper floss and some PTI button twine as a clothesline. Sentiment stamp is from stampingbella. Background paper is from Crate.

Last up is a little card inspired by Niki Estes, who used the Maya Road clear flower and some score tape and created a gorgeous glitter flower. I used the same technique. Glitter is Martha, PP is Basic Grey, ribbon is some random Micheal's ribbon, prima on top of the glitter flower and random flower brad. The sentiment inside is from Star prints, and some Martha glitter as well.

ONE more card, I finnaly used my scor tape double sided adhesive sheets to create a gorgeous glittered flowed. I used the Cuttlebug flower dies to cut out 4 flowers, and the layered them while completely glitterafying them. I LOVE the way it looks, wish I used more colours to show off the different sizes. Backed it on a flower punch, double layered. Leaf is Maya Road flowed coloured with a Copic, i think next time I'll stick to ink and sponge dauber.......

Victorian Inspired Card

Hello All. I am new to this whole stamping world, but I already have a very distinct style-clean and simple. All the way. I see cards with glittered embellishments over ribbon over pp over stamps over- blech! I actually call these barf cards- as in it looks like my embellishment drawer barfed all over it.

SO......it would only be logical for me to create one! As a challenge to myself...I decided to make a very victorian inspired card....and THIS is embelishment overboard for me !!







I used PTI's Kraft, aqua mist and green tea leaves PP for this card. I was inpired by Nichole Heady's recent post on make your own embelishments, so I made these little flowers to go along my "vine" (PTI leaf ribbon)

I punched some flowers out of Aqua cardstock on my Mcgill flowers punch (my CS is still stuck in it !!) and inked the edges (tead dye duo)
I then dipped some black rhinestones in glue, gold leaf, and then scracthed them up with some scissors to age them.










I used an antique peice of tulle I had off a hat I bought in my high school vintage craze....but I was a little scared of the delicacy, and found I could duplicate the look very easy using the tea dye duo..I just didn't feel like sewing the tulle into rosette's. So I went ahead and used the old peice.....must makes ome tulle rossettes soon. I made a mask with the EK success damask border punch....and antiqued the edges of the whole card.








And here is the inside of the card. Leaves from PTI's beyond basic borders, and sentiment from year round puns. Bracket stamp is Paper-source- my other online addiction.

This is probable more what I normally do for the OUTSIDE of my cards !!!!


SO, here is my foray into victorian/vintage (barf!) cards. Not too sure what I think, would love to hear what you do !!!

PTI BLOG HOP

Tonight is the Blog Hop over at Papertreyink, and the challenge this month was to use the colour yellow......seemed easy enough..and I had the perfect inspiration photo . Plus it is my first time participating and I'm pretty excited.



A few weeks a go I went to a bachelorette for my now sister in law. We wore those cheesy looking Mardi gras type necklaces, and had tons of fun. When I got home and took off my sweater, this is what I saw..........



Instead of being upset at my potentionaly ruined sweater, I immediately thought "Oh, how nice Lemon Tart and Berry Sorbet" And the inspiration for this card was born.




Realizing I had no patterned paper I really liked, I brought out Chocolate Remix, which is actually one of the very first PTI products I ever purchased . I coloured it in with my copics, and then went over random butterflies with my Atyou Spica glitter pen....MY FAVOURITE new purchase apart from my PTI goodies which should be here any day now. I coloured in one random butterfly in a berry sorbet-ish colour.
Not actually owning the butterfly kisses set yet, i created the cutout with the sheer flower that PTI carries, traced them on the backside of the paper.


Not liking to waste anything, I used the cut-out butterfly on the inside of the card


AND the finishing touch, a bit of ribbon sewing I first saw on Claire Brennan's blog...she is the QUEEN of ribbon, and does the most creative things with it I have ever seen. Check out her blog on my links (waltzing mouse) and her NEW AND AMAZING stamp line she just launched.


That's all, hope this posts properly, and hope everyone enjoys Blog Hop. See you in the forum.

ED Ingredients !
All paper PTI, Dark Chocolate cardstock, Berry Sorbet cardstock distressed and edged with Dark Chocolate ink, Lemon Tart Cardstock distressed and inked with Berry Sorbet, And Chocolate remix PP. Lemont Tart twill, Sentiment from Pond Life Additions.
Copics and yellow Spica pen.

Wedding Cards

Hello Everyone. My brother in law got marreid on the weekend and we had a grand ol time...BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING !! I made a few cards for them...here they are.....

The first one uses and adorable bride stamp from Stamping Bella. I stamped it on some embossed Martha paper, and paper pieced it. All the shiny paper is Bazzil bling cardstock.I cut out some flourishes on my cuttle bug, added a prima, and some gorgeous garter ribbon also from Stamping Bella. I actually wasn't sure what to write, so Iput the sentiment on AFTER I took the pic !!

The next card is one using guidelines from PTI, on some of their beautiful vellum. I stamped it in memento and platinum brilliance ink. I highlighted the centres with stickles and black rinestones. I Used the insides of of the flourish from the above card, and stamped a sentiment from Wishing you (pti) on vellum.

Girly birthday cards

I needed to make a couple of lttle girl birthday cards, and I REALLY wanted to tray a scalloped circle card, even though it was on the smallish side....

I used the Sweet Pea Dress up plate from pink cat studios for this gorgeous card, I'm really happy how it turned out. All paper is PTI (lemon tart, black PP and white) Ink is Memento and PTI, used my scalloped circle nestabilites to cut the card and frame, PTI lemon tart ribbon, and I used bit's and pieces of different sentiments from PTI stamp sets to stamp the ribbon.
I SHOULD HAVE used palette noir to stamp the sentiment, I'm sure it would not have bleed so bad….but it's currently on loan so I'll need to re-stamp that sentiment….2 flower brads from my stash, frosted lace stickles and yellow dew drops embellish this card nicely……..

Here is a deceptively simple card I made usind Scenic Routes Charlotte Eastern Ave Floral AquaPaper. I LOVE this paper, ordered it in the cream version as well and I wanted it to be the main attraction. I stamped out the pink flower from PTI beautiful blooms, and coloured it in with my pebbles chalks- first time I’ve used them and I kind of like the soft variegated effect…hope you can see it in big format. Then I covered it in dimensional glaze, and topped the middle with an aqua mist button, tied with pink Martha Stewart bakers twine. A strip of vintage cream, and some sentiments from beautiful blooms finish it off. Oh, and behind the flower I used a flower punch with the reverse side to this paper....isn't it adorable !!

Male Cards

Why oh why do we always have trouble with Male Cards ??? We are scared to offend, intimidate, or overwhelm with prettiness...........male cards are always a challenge. This one is no different. In my effort to de-feminize male cards, I think I may have gone a bit "overboard" he he.








Now this can be a male card, or a congratulations for getting into the Navy. You decide.......




(ribbon sentiment taggy thing inspired by Nichole Heady)







Paper- PP is Men of Life from PTI, PTI Carstock in Pure Poppy, Spring Rain and Ripe Avocado
Martha Stewart Anchor Punch (which actually cut through my PTI cardstock like buttah....go figure)
Ink is clourbox ink Olive, Ribbon is PTI pure poppy saddle stitch, brads are can't even remember.....

Some More Mothers Day Cards

Hello, here are a bunch of mothers day cards I made. I had my husband take my box of cards to his work on Friday (the woman who got me into card making sells her cards at my work, I would never feel right selling my cards there) and I sold 5 Cards !! A very eventful week for me, first blog, first sales.....and a happy mothers day that included a PTI gift certificate !!!!

Enjoy

I used PTI Berry Sorbet, White Stampers Select and Lemon Tart Cardstock. The stamps are from PTI Pond life and wishing you, Stamped with Cognac Pallette ink, Melon Berry and Ocean Tides perfect match ink. I used the sweet blush buttons as flowers, even managed to find a couple of more orangy pink ones in the mix!As a finishing touch I stamped the dragonflies in versamark dazzle, and used some glaze on the pond.

For this card I used white and aqua mist cardstock, and the stamp are from PTI beautiful blooms and pond life for the sentiment. The aqua velvet ric rac is from frantic stamper, the white flower is Maya Road and the snap is paper source. Some white grosgain from michaels- hate how grosgain always looks so technicolour inpictures !!! I stamped the flower with some aqua hero arts ink and polkadot basics from PTI. I tried to get a good picture of it...even if its upside down !!

LOVE THIS CARD !! I coloured in PTI's black and white basics patterned paper with some copics. It actually took forever, not sure if I'll venture into this again for a while !!!! Embossed some Raspberry Fizz PTI cardstock for the top in my cuttlebug, and used some true black and raspberry fizz ribbon from PTI. Circles are stamped on PTI sweet blush with cat's eye rasberry ink, and PTI stamps Fresh Alphabet and simply stationary. Then cut them out with my EK success 1 inch punch (I couldn't cut out a circle to save my life !!)

Last but not least, a sweet pink card. Patterned paper is Martha Stewart (3.99 at Michaels for a whole pack of embossed papers that will look great with PTI's quilters sampler, you'll definitely be seeing more of those papers on here) Coloured with copics, sentiment and imager is from PTI's quilters sampler stamp set, and recollections brad.

Hope everyone enjoyed their mothers day. Today my little munchin was more hyper than I have ever seen him........but I still wouldn't want to be any one else's mama but his !!