The Queen's Scene: February 2016

Saturday, February 27, 2016

With Deepest Sympathy

Hello! Happy Saturday! The card I'm sharing today is a sympathy card for a gentleman my husband knew through his work. From what my husband told me, this gentleman was a man who had a strong belief in God and enjoyed gardening so I hope this card is fitting.

I am so happy that Papertrey Ink released a bird stamp set with a series for the different seasons! I love birds, I own birds, we feed the wild birds outside our home and I enjoy watching them so I knew I needed the PTI Winter Woods and Spring Woods stamp sets.

For my card today, I started out with a white card base, then cut a panel of aqua mist card stock 5 1/4" x 4" and sponged on some peacock feathers distress ink along the outer edges especially at the bottom and adhered that to my card base. Next I die cut the coordinating Winter Woods cover plate from brown card stock and the bird and branches from the Spring Woods set from white card stock. I stamped my bird in tropical teal, black and (close to cocoa ink SU) and the branches in (chocolate chip SU), new leaf and hawaiian shores. After stamping my flowers, I went back and added some shading with Copic markers and added a white dot to the center of each flower using a gel pen. I stamped my sympathy sentiment onto a white banner using black ink and arranged all of my pieces together (cutting some of the branches) onto my sponged panel, popping up the bird with foam adhesive.

I think while I have the supplies all out on my desk I will create a few more of these cards in this style, sympathy cards are always the hardest to make when you actually need one.
Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, February 25, 2016

So Glad We're Friends - PTI February Blog Hop

Hi there! Today is the Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop. The inspiration piece for this month's hop is the picture below with it's pretty pinks and shades of green.

For my card, I used some fun new PTI products that just came in the mail yesterday evening. I used the new Spring Woods set along with the coordinating dies and the Color Pop Kit with it's cool new stencils and stamps.

I started out my card with a white card base, then cut a smaller panel of white card stock and stenciled the flowers and leaves from the Color Pop Kit sponging on Lovely Lady and Simply Chartreuse ink. Once that was done, I used the flowers from the kit and stamped over my stenciling for added detail (love this kit!). After adhering my stenciled panel to my card front, I added a piece of vellum over top to soften my stenciled flowers (a little tip is to cut your vellum 1/4" longer and score it at 5 1/2" and adhere it along the top back portion of your card base). Next I die cut a circle and scallop mat and stamped my sentiment in black ink onto the circle. I added some blended Lovely Lady ink into the center of the circle and adhered it to the scalloped mat. After that, I die cut and stamped my branch and bird from the Spring Woods set and adhered them with foam tape and once that was assembled I added to the front of my card.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Some Bunny Loves You - (CTD381)

Hi there! It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge! Our hostess for this week is Wanda who chose our pretty color palette.

For my card, I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Polka Dot Parade #1 to create a card with Easter in mind. I kept my card fairly simple with the main focus on the die cut circle with bunny and my sentiment. I also used the PTI sets Mini Blooms for the cluster of flowers on the lower edge of the circle and Just Smile for the stamped flowers behind my bunny.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lynn Put

Kay Miller - February Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Hello There

Hi friends! Just as we had a nice tease of warmer weather the other day, tomorrow we're going to get hit with a winter storm. I guess we can't complain since we've had a mild winter as far as Michigan winters go. Hopefully this will be the last of it.
Well today I'm sharing the final card in my collection of watercolored butterfly cards. It was so fun playing with an assortment of watercolors last week and seeing what color combinations I liked and didn't like. I encourage you to give it a try. I had a question on my blog last week asking what type of watercolor paper I use. I use Master's Touch which I purchased at my local Hobby Lobby (I'm lucky that I have a Hobby Lobby, Micheal's and a JoAnn's all on my corner, not so sure my husband feels that way, lol), you can purchase this paper in larger pads but I usually buy a 6"x8" pad for $2.99 and use a coupon. Super cheap!

For today's card, I used the same supplies as the past few days which were the Papertrey Ink Beautiful Butterflies die and the Scripted stamp set and coordinating dies. I used some wild honey and shaded lilac distress ink to watercolor my background and some shaded lilac and royal velvet blended onto my die cut sentiment and butterfly.

Here's a shot of all four cards from the last few days, each using different color combinations. I think my favorites are the top two cards with the lighter colors of watercolor, I guess now I know for any future cards.

That's it for my today, I'll be back again tomorrow with my Color Throwdown card.

Monday, February 22, 2016

Just because

Hello! Today I'm sharing the third card in a collection of watercolor butterfly cards that I've created using some Papertrey Ink supplies and distress ink.

Just as the last two cards I've shared from yesterday and Saturday, I used the PTI Beautiful Butterflies die and the Scripted stamp set and coordinating dies. For this card I started out by watercoloring my main panel of watercolor paper using tumbled glass distress ink, royal velvet & enchanted evening PTI ink. Once that set up and started to dry, I loaded my paint brush and added some flecks of color and water spots and set my panel off to the side to dry. Next I die cut my butterflies from lovely lilac and brocade blue (SU) cardstock and added some shading to the top butterfly using some ink. After that I die cut my sentiment from white cardstock and sponged on some blended ink along the bottom of the using tumbled glass and enchanted evening. Once my watercolor panel was dry, I stamped my sentiment in black palette ink and adhered my die cut pieces along with a few sequins.

Have a great day!

Sunday, February 21, 2016

So happy

Hi there! I'm back to share the second card in a collection of watercolored cards that I created (you can see yesterday's card here or scroll down to the post below this). This time I used the same supplies but switched up my colors and sentiment.

I'm entering my card for today into the Fusion {Pretty in Pink} Challenge. For my card, I used the Papertrey Ink Beautiful Butterflies die along with the Scripted stamp set and coordinating die. For my watercoloring, I used some pti enchanted evening ink along with some spun sugar distress ink. I die cut two of the butterflies, one solid one not from some bordering blue cardstock (SU) and after blending a little enchanted evening ink onto them adhered them together and added a touch of iridescent glitter at the tips of the wings (which doesn't photograph well, it looks much better irl). Once my watercolor panel was dry, I made a nest with some white sewing thread onto the center of my card and adhered my butterfly. Next I die cut my So happy sentiment and blended along the bottom edge of it with some spun sugar distress ink and glued that along the bottom of my card. And lastly I heat embossed the remainder of my sentiment in white embossing powder on to a banner of enchanted evening cardstock and added it under my die cut sentiment and added a few iridescent sequins.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Many Blessings

Happy Saturday! I hope you're having a good day! The sun is out and it's close to 60 degrees today where I live which gives me hope that spring is right around the corner.

Today I'm sharing the first in a collection of watercolored cards that I created the other day using distress inks and some Papertrey Ink supplies.

For the card that I have today, I used crushed olive and tumbled glass distress inks to do some watercoloring on a panel of watercolor paper. Once that was dry, I added some flecks of ink using my paintbrush and set it aside. Next I die cut two PTI Beautiful Butterflies from some hawaiian shores and aqua mist cardstock and the Scripted sentiment and some stems from white cardstock. I added a bit of blended ink onto all of these die cut pieces to give them some definition especially onto the top hawaiian shores layer of my butterfly. Going back to my watercolored panel, I stamped my birthday sentiment in black ink and adhered all of my die cut pieces adding a few iridescent sequins as a final touch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Friend - (CTD380)

Hi there! It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge #380. Our hostess for this week is Vickie who chose this pretty color palette and inspiration photo.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Rosie Posie with coordinating dies and Bitty Bouquets for my sentiment. I started out with a white card base, then added a panel of charcoal gray card stock. On top of that I added a strip of pure poppy designer paper and a panel of watercolor paper that I had watercolored gray stripes on to using ink. Then I die cut my PTI Mat Stacks, one from white card stock one from gray and stamped my sentiment, adhered them together and trimmed the edge. The roses were die cut and stamped in ruby red and pure poppy and the leaves in going gray and basic gray. I added a few silver sequins to finish off my card.