Holiday Lights

Here's another Christmas card for my stash using PTI Holiday Lights and 

Love Lives Here: Holiday.

I started by stamping the main light string with black ink and then adding the 'holiday lights' with Versamark, so that I could used red and yellow embossing powder. Once this was finished, I decided to add a 'glow' to each light by sponging the areas with yellow ink. Finally, I stamped the pine boughs from Love Lives Here: Holiday along the light strings to create a garland effect. The sentiment was added with black ink. The white front panel was then attached to a Pure Poppy card base.

The inside of the card uses another sentiment from Holiday Lights and the pine bough and dotted images from Love Lives Here: Holiday/

Card Details:

Stamps:  Holiday Lights, Love Lives Here: Holiday

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  CTMH: Sweet Leaf, Holiday Red, Sunny Yellow;  Versamark

Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White

Other Supplies: Martha Stewart Embossing Powders: Lady Bug, Daffodil

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Baby Boy Welcome

The owner of my local scrap booking store had a little baby boy at the end of October. PTI's Hanging Out was the perfect choice for a baby card.

I stamped the grass and clothesline on white card stock and then added the die cuts for the clothes. The bib and socks were cut from white card stock and then stamped with SU's Bashful Blue ink. The onsie was die cut from a gingham paper and then outlined with faux stitching using a black marker. The tiny clothespins were stamped in Moonstruck (deep blue) and then hand cut and attached to the clothes. The same ink was used to stamp the sentiment. The edge of the white card stock and the 'sky' was sponged with more of the lighter blue ink.

I felt that the card needed some colour, so I used the smallest dot from Polka Dot Basics and added little dots amongst the grass with blue, yellow and rust coloured inks. The bottom left side was still looking empty, so I stamped, coloured and hand cut the dog from Tiny Treats: Valentine. It was just the right finishing detail.  The focal panel was mounted onto a blue mat and a dotted blue patterned paper and then layered onto the blue card base.

Card Interior

I used another sentiment from the Hanging Out set and a small square image from Quilter's Sampler Addition to accent the inside of the card. After sponging the edges with more of the blue ink, I added some polka dots (in two sizes) to all of the corners.

Card Details:

Stamps:  PTI Hanging Out,  Polka Dot Basics,  Tiny Treats: Valentine; Quilter's Sampler Additions
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black; CTMH: Sweet Leaf, Goldrush, Sunny Yellow, Moonstruck;   SU: Bashful Blue

Papers:  ColorMates: Light Ocean Blue;  Making Memories: Denim Splash, Denim Gingham;  
PTI: Stamper's Select White;

Dies:  PTI: Hanging Up  Die collection

Other Supplies:  Copic markers; black marker. 

Thanks for visiting today. Have a great week-end!

Karen C.

Mattie's 3rd Birthday

I've been slowly working on Christmas cards, but I thought I would take a break to finish a birthday card for my grand neice who will turn 3 this week.  This card is on its way to New Zealand along with a little parcel - hope she gets it in time for her big day!

I used this little girl image (September Sugar)  from C.C. Designs and a co-ordinating wooden bench. These images were coloured with copic markers and then fussy cut so that I could mount them on the background papers from My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue collection. A yellow daisy chain was positioned between the upper and lower papers at the bench to divide the 'sky' paper from the 'grass'.  Another daisy was added to Sugar's hair with a yellow rhinestone.  PTI Harvest Gold card stock was used to create the 5" x 5"  card base.

 The main focal panel was cut with the largest Nestibilities Label #11 die and the three side panels were cut from the smallest die in that collection.

Before adding the sentiments and the flower, I stamped each with the small polka dot panel from Bitty Backgrounds using SU Pool Party and then sponged some PTI Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo to all of the edges.


Two different sentiments from Butterfly Dreams were added to the small panels using Rich Cocoa ink. The center panel was accented with a punched flower using one of the coordinating papers.  I actually punched 4 layers of card stock and glued them all together to create a thicker flower and added dimension. A yellow rhinestone was added to the center.

Big Birthday Wishes and the '3' from By the Numbers die collection were used on the interior of the card. Mattie loves owls, so I used the little owl  from Tiny Treats:Valentine to create the 3 images  (stamped, cololured with copics, hand cut and glued) .

  I made a little tag to attach to the gift using the owl image from Tiny Treats: Valentine. The circle frame was stamped with one of the Label Basics stamps and then punched out with a 1 3/4" punch. It was added to a patterned paper cut from Mat Stack #2  and a Pool Party mat using Layerz Mat Stack #2. Two small Stamping Bella Dots were added for a little 'bling'!!

Card Details:

Stamps: C.C. Designs: September Sugar & Wood Bench;  PTI: Butterfly Dreams, Bitty Backgrounds, Tiny Treats:Valentine, Big Birthday Wishes

Inks: SU Pool Party;  Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

Papers: PTI Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White; My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue 6 x 6 paper pad

Dies:  Nestabilities Label #11;   PTI: By the Numbers

Other Details: Copic markers; EK Success Daisy Chain border punch, flower punch;  My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue Bling;  Yellow Stickles;  

Tag:
Stamps:  Tiny Treats: Valentine;  Label Basics
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Pool Party
Papers: PTI Stamper's Select White; SU Pool Party; My Mind's Eye Fine and dandy True Blue paper pad
Dies: Mat Stack #2; Layerz Mat Stack #2
Other Supplies: Copic markers; Stamping brown Bella Dots; EK Success 1 3/4" punch

Thanks for visiting.

Karen C.

A Snowy Greeting

Sometimes I start a card with one idea and end up with a totally different look.  This is one of those happy accidents!! Originally this card was a  4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card, but after several adjustments, the final version is a 4 1/4" square card.

The front white card stock panel was stamped multiple times with the snowflake images from Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers. They were then coloured with copic markers and accented with a Sakura glitter pen. The sentiment, from Amy R Stamps: Winter Greetings was stamped with black ink. A turquoise ribbon was attached to the upper portion of the card and then 2 snowflakes, punched from white card stock,  were added along with a turquoise button. The card panel was mounted onto a card base of SU's Tempting Turquoise.

I used another sentiment from Winter Greetings on the inside turquoise card base and then added a snowflake image (PTI: Peace Be Still) with Versamark and Iridescent Ice embossing powder for a finishing touch.

Card Details:

Stamps:   Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers; Peace be Still;  Amy R: Winter Greetings

Inks:   Memento Tuxedo Black;  Studio g turquoise;  Versamark

Papers:   PTI Stamper's Select White; SU Tempting Turquoise

Other Supplies:  Copic markers;  EK Success snowflakes punches; Sakura clear glitter pen; turquoise ribbon;  SU Iridescent Ice embossing powder; SU Fresh Favorites I button; embroidery floss; 

Thanks for visiting today! I appreciate your comments.

Karen C.

Leftovers

I hate throwing any of my leftover papers out and seem to be collecting lots of little pieces of card stock and accents that I can't bear to get rid of.  Here's a little (3 3/4" x 2 3/4") card that could be used for a gift enclosure or a gift card holder. 

Pure Poppy card stock was embossed with a SU embossing folder called Petals a Plenty and then attached to a white card stock base. The circle image from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Tags 2010 was stamped twice - once with Close to My Heart Cranberry Ink and once with Memento Cottage Ivy (green). The center of the red tag was punched out using a 7/8" punch so that the green sentiment and holly image could show through. Three red rhinstones created the sparkly holly berries. 

Inside the card I stamped two sentiments from Amy R. Stamps: Winter Greetings.

What do you do with all of your leftover papers and accessories?

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Through the Trees Birthday

I love combining PTI's Through the Trees stamp set and the Woodgrain Impression Plate for masculine cards. I made this one for my husband's birthday.

I started by stamping the tree trunk and leaves onto Kraft cardstock.  The Woodgrain Impression Plate was used on the Kraft panel as well as the Confetti White card base. Some of the Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo was sponged around the edges of the card base. The sentiment was stamped onto a strip and added to the bottom of the front panel with brown buttons and Rustic Jute twine. The two little birds were stamped and fussy cut and  glued to the front of the card.

On the inside of the card I stamped the small tree from the set, using green ink. I then used a thin brown marker and coloured over the trunk and branches to create some contrast. The sentiment is from my favourite set Big Birthday Wishes.

Card Details:

Stamps:   PTI  Through the Trees; Big Birthday Wishes

Inks:   Memento Cottage Ivy, Rich Cocoa;  CTMH Cranberry; PTI Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo

Papers:  SU Confetti White; Recollections Kraft

Dies:   PTI Double-ended Banner die

Other Supplies:  Favorite Findings Brown Button; PTI Rustic Jute; PTI Wood Impression Plate 

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Hallowe'en Witch, Pumpkin & Spider!

Greeting Card Kids from Stampin'Up has several images of little children that are appropriate for various occasions throughout the year. Pumpkins, witches, brooms and spiders mean Hallowe'en to me!!

I started by stamping the main image onto Bella card stock so that I could colour it with copic markers. I didn't want a black outfit for the little witch, so I chose a variety of blue-violet and green copic markers for her outfit. The image was cut with a circle die, edges were sponged with Lovely Lilac ink and adhered to Tag Sale #4 cut from Royal Velvet card stock.

The spider and dotted line were stamped onto the main focal panel with Versamark and embossed with black embossing powder. The spider web was stamped onto a separate piece of card stock and also embossed, before cutting it out and adding a foam dimensional.  A green bow helps to add a bit more colour to the overall tag design.  The light lavender card base was repeatedly stamped with two stamps from the Tag-Its #7 set to create a background for the tag and image panel.

The inside of the card uses the same spider and the full size spider web, stamped in black ink and outlined with a Sakura glitter pen.

The sentiment was made by selectively inking two different stamps from 
 Mega Mixed Messages (ENJOY from "ENJOY the moment" and TODAY from "celebrate TODAY")

Card Details

Stamps: SU Greeting Card Kids; PTI: Tag-it;s #7; Mega Mixed Messages; Inkadinkado: Spider & Web

Inks: SU Lovely Lilac; Memento Tuzedo Black

Papers: PTI Royal Velvet; Bella White; light lavender from my stash

Dies: Tag Sale #4;  2 1/2" circle die

Other Details: copic markers; Stampendous Black Detail Embossing powder; Sakura clear Glitter pen; 
Celebrate It! green ribbon

Thanks for visiting today!

Karen C.