Make it Monday Happy Birthday

I have one card to share today--I finally received my March PTI order and used Script Swirls Birthday to make this quick card using the technique shared in Make it Monday #243.

After white heat embossing my sentiment, I blended and sponged Squeezed Lemon and Picked Raspberry Distress ink.

I also stamped some of the smaller splatter images from the set in the same colors of Distress ink.  I prefer to stamp splatters, as it gives me much more control.

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Weekend Recap

Hello and happy Sunday.  I had the craftiest weekend ever, and have 7 cards to post for a variety of challenges.

First up is a card using this week's technique from Make it Monday #241: Ombre Stencilled background.

I used the new PTI anniversary stamps and dies, Painted Petal to create my card, as well as a new MFT stencil.  I am entering this card at Darnell's NBUS #6 Challenge, as it has 3 NBUSES on it

Next up is another card using Painted Petals--a little more towards my CAS style.

I am entering this card at Just Us Girls #333: Flowers.

How about another floral card with lots of white space?

Inspiration for this card comes from the Poppystamps Challenge #18: Spring Fling.  I used two Poppystamps dies on this card..Grand Flower Box and Groovy Flower.

I had to perform a little bit of surgery on my die cuts to allow the flowers to be a different color from the leaves--kind of like grafting a plant.

I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #59 where the challenge is embossing.  I used Lil Inker Diamond Lace impression plate for my background embossing.  I am also entering this card at Less is More where the challenge is Citrus colors--I've got Orange, Lemon and Lime covered.

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #226 to make a thank you card for my daughter's soccer team manager.

I used PTI Go for the Goal.   My daughter's school colors are brown and yellow.  I am not kidding. They have had to switch their uniforms to yellow and grey, as they could not even find brown uniforms any more.  My camera has done terrible things to the yellow on this card, which is actually quite bright and pretty IRL.

For my next card, I combined the sketch at Retro Rubber #33 with the Geometric challenge at Inkspirational #103.

The sentiment stamp on this card is probably about 3 years old, as is the SSS Diamond Parade die.

I die cut once from black and again from white, using Copics to color all the different sections in a rainbow of colors.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

Still with me?  Early this morning, I saw this card over at Stephanie Lanzalotto's blog, and it reminded me that I have 2 daughters who will probably be getting their drivers licenses before long, and I'd better be prepared with suitable congratulations cards.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday where the challenge is Texture.

And, a slightly different version of the card, this time using the car image (PTI Enjoy the Ride) as a subtle background print.

I am entering this card at Simon Says Monday where the challenge is New Beginnings.  For my daughter as well as me, the freedom to drive (and the freedom FROM driving) will represent a new stage of life for both of us.

Well, that's all for me today.  Thanks for sticking with it for such a long and crafty post.

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PTI Feb 2016 Blog Hop Plus a Birthday Card

A quick post today to share two cards.  My first card takes inspiration from this pretty photo for this month's Papertrey February 2016 Blog Hop.

I was inspired by the pink flower on the right and the green ferns in the center of the photo.

I stamped a random background of flowers from Cutting Garden in Sweet Blush, and then softened them with a piece of vellum.  I adhered two stamped die cut fern leaves from Meadow Greens and added a sentiment from Wet Paint.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

Next up is a card using this week's technique from Make it Monday #240: Watercolor Resist.  I was lucky enough to receive a little pot of masking fluid from Nancy as part of the kit I will reveal here in a few days, so I was able to participate in this week's technique.

I used colors suggested by Just us Girls #331: Teal, Aqua and Navy Ziggie markers and then cut my water colored piece with the Heart to Heart Balloon die.  

I am also entering this card at Paper Players #283: Up Up and Away and Addicted to Stamps and More #182: Make Your Mark.

Enjoy the rest of the PTI blog hop.  I am eager to see what everyone else did.

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Joyful Holiday Greetings

I am popping in quickly to share two cards I made this week for Make it Monday #226:  Creating with Stripes.  I die cut and stamped a bunch of the penguins, polar bears and birds in Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy from the Holiday Folk kit and then played around with the colors until I had something I liked.  Because I am indecisive, I ended up making two cards.

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Happy Birthday to You

Hello everyone.  I had a bit of time earlier in the week to make something for this week's Make it Monday #224, and if you have not had a chance to watch it, I really encourage you to check it out. It's such a fun look and not that hard to do.

I made my first version of this card using the Center Stage Cover plate, but it was not a good fit with the sentiment I chose--too busy, so it went into the trash.  I ended up just using a solid piece of black card stock and slicing it into 1/2 inch pieces.  I used Luxe Gold paper for my Sketched Stars.

I was left with every other strip of black card stock, so made another card that is the exact mirror image of the first.  I embellished this card with Beautiful Blooms II flowers in Summer Sunrise, Berry Sorbet and Hawaiian Shores--some of my very favorite PTI colors.  I am entering this card at Just Add Ink #281:  Add Your Three Favorite Colors.

I am also entering these cards at Simon Says Monday Stamptember:  Use a Stamp and Simon Says Wednesday: No Designer Paper.

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