Papertrey Ink June 2018 Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog today! 
















I'm joining in with fans of Papertey Ink for the monthly Blog Hop and I'm glad you've come to visit. 

The inspiration photo was luscious and loaded with rich tones in rainbow colors, cascading sweet treats and fruity goodness. Just makes my mouth water!

For my interpretation I focused on the regal color palette, stripes (see them on the frozen pops?) and a cascading floral containing blueberries. 

I stamped directly on the card front and added a card stock panel adhered to foam to raise it higher than the stamping, a technique called set in stamping. I colored the images from the Fresh Bouquet stamps and used the dies to cut out the panel. Choosing Copic markers, I kept the coloring fairly simple and the colors bold. I added a green strip and black twine for that pop of contrast.

Hope your week is off to a great start! Thanks for stopping by.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Papertrey Tuesday: Harvest Gold

Hello, I am glad to be back to posting. How's your week going?

I didn't stamp for almost a week. That's OK, I was having a fabulous time with my friend, Susan and her husband who visited us in NC from Chicago. We enjoyed good meals, exploring the area and our lake together, and long conversations! It was wonderful to talk and to spend time talking STAMPING in my craft studio, in the car, over breakfast.  Well, you get the idea! 

Whenever I've not stamped for a few days, I find limiting my choice of supplies helps to re-start my mojo. I only knew I wanted to make a card using the BOLD striped pattern of the Harvest Gold Bitty Big DSP. I adore yellow and this color rocks it! Happens that I had a few scraps on my desk from last week's card and voila! Here's my new card. 

I used the stamps and dies from Stitch In Time Borders and Fresh Bouquet. 

The Penned Elegance sentiments are my newest go-to and here's a tip for making it easier to use them. 

First and most important, I DID NOT SEPARATE the dies. I die cut all the sentiments at once, then created a template to use for stamping the images. I tuck the die cut into place and use the MISTI to line up the stamp, then ink it and stamp. 

Here's what the template looks like, with the wonderful friend sentiment tucked in.  In ten minutes I had all the sentiments die cut and stamped, ready to use. The template will help me identify the words and hold the die cut in place for stamping. 

I'll be back tomorrow. For now, here's a cheer for stamping friends! Hugs to you all. 

Susan and me on my back porch

Papertrey Tuesday: Fresh Bouquet

Good morning!

I hope your day is off to a good beginning. 
I'm glad that you came by to see what I'm sharing today for the Make It Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink using the Fresh Bouquet Stamp set. 

The challenge Stephanie gave us was to use outline images with a splash of color behind them. 

I loved the airy feeling of her card and wanted to give it a try. Fresh Bouquet is one of three sets I have from PTI with line art so that choice was pretty easy. Stamping the bouquet in black ink was too stark, so I used blue and yellow inks for a softer version. 

I combined sets so that the outlined images and the background pops of color were similar but not matching.
I love this sentiment! I embossed it on a strip and layered it diagonally across the card design. I've listed the supplies below. 

Thanks so much for coming by! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: PTI - Fresh Bouquet, Floral Sketches, Happy for You Mini Stamp Set

Paper: Neenah Solar White, SU - Tempting Turquoise

INK: PTI - Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, SU - Tempting Turquoise, Versamark

Accessories:  Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder, twine, sequins

A Sketch to Celebrate with PTI

Hello everyone!
Here I am again finding myself in the middle of a week having done no crafting. How does that happen, I wonder?

Today I was given a boost to celebrate along with PTI and their fun Sketch Challenge in honor of their 11th Anniversary. 

I love a good sketch and got right to work, choosing this one from one of Melissa's cards. 

I used the same die and arranged the florals from the Fresh Bouquet stamp set and coordinating dies. This set has some really good sentiments and I used two of them on the banner. There is some light sponging on the white layer at the top left. 

It's rainy and cold today, but I have spring in my mind as you can see by the colors! It was hard to get a good photo, the Peach card stock layer is much brighter IRL. 

I'll list the main supplies below. Thanks for coming by to visit and for your delightful comments! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used are from Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise

Stamps: Fresh Bouquet Stamps and Dies

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Peekaboo Peach (Stampin' Up!) 

Ink:  Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Jadeite; From WPlus9 - Old Gold

Accessories: Mix & Mat Flourish dies, white embossing powder, white gel pen, sequins