PTI Make it Monday #26/CQC#96 - Iconic Images

Good evening, or at least it's evening where I am.  It looks like it's going to be a stormy night tonight, already we have sever thunderstorm warning for our area.

The card I have for today is a CAS (clean & simple) card that I created using the Papertrey Ink Make-it-Monday technique Decreasing Apertures and the Colour Queen Color Challenge colors for this week.  I've never actually created a card using the decreasing apertures technique so I was eager to try it out and I must say I think it's a very cool look, one I would definitely recommend trying.  I used the PTI stamp set Iconic Images for my card along with the wood grain impressions plate, Sending You die, circle Nestie dies, ribbon and button.  Once I using the Sending You die on the turquoise piece of cardstock I embossed it with the wood grain plate and added foam tape for some dimension.  On the kiwi kiss strip of cardstock I lightly marked the center with pencil and stamped off the medallion from the Iconic Images three times, then stamped my sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by!

Friendship Jar - Cone Flowers

Hope your week is starting out well!  The card that I have for today was created for a special friend of mine and since she's already received it I thought I would share it here.  I used the PTI stamp sets Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fillers, Little Labels and Bitty Background Blocks.  I started out by stamping the jar and flower images and colored them using my Copic markers, then stamped the water inside the jar.  For the label on the front of the jar I die cut two labels using the coordinating Little Labels die, one from pink passion card stock and another in white.  I stamped the outline and Thinking of You sentiment on the white label and used an image from the Bitty Background Blocks (stamping off first) to stamp over it so there would be less white space and to give it some texture.  Then I trimmed down the white label and adhered it to the pink passion mat.

Photo credit via Pinterest

SSSC128/Tuesday Trigger: Squares to Cherish

Hi there!  This last week was super busy, but then again this whole month has seem to fly by, can you believe tomorrow is August first already?  I can't! 

Today is the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #128.  I used Karen's fabulous sketch along with the Tuesday Trigger: Squares to Cherish Challenge (inspiration photo below) to create my card.  Seeing the inspiration photo for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge brought a flood of ideas to my mind and also made me think of the crochet blankets I've received from two very special women.  The first person was my grandmother who was always busy crocheting or doing crafts and the second my mother-in-law who gave me the most beautiful crochet blanket as a wedding shower gift.  These blankets truly are Squares to Cherish.  Every time I use one of these precious blankets I think of all the time and love that went into making them, the remarkable women that created them and how much I miss both my grandma and mother-in-law and wish they were here with us.

Supplies: Think Big Favorites #3, Bitty Background Blocks, Button Boutique die, Flower die, White felt, Button, Ribbon, Nestie Scallop Square, Sending You die (for leaves), Foam Tape.  Colors: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Mellow Moss, Certainly Celery, White.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse is sitting out this week but stop by her blog to give her some love.
Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

As I'm finishing this post I just realized after looking at the sketch again that my panel is tilted the wrong way...darn those tilted panels! Lol

July Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hello friends!  Today is the Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop, the challenge this month was to create a card or project using the photo below as our inspiration.  I ended up creating two cards this last Saturday while stamping with friends, one with more detail and the other more clean and simple.

For my first card I used the PTI stamp set Daydreamer and stamped out the sentiment, grass and three of the flowers.  Two of the flowers I stamped separately and popped them up using foam tape for some added dimension.  I used a PTI die cut butterfly with some linen thread, some My Mind's Eye designer paper and three rhinestones in the bottom right corner.

For my second card I used the PTI butterfly die again and die cut six butterflies in three different colors and layered them together with green rhinestones down the centers.  I adhered the butterflies to a panel that I had stamped with a sentiment from the Signature Greetings set and embossed using the wood grain impressions plate.   The base of the card was randomly stamped using the Mehndi Medallion stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the hop!