Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #127 Double Backgrounds

Yipee!  I got to craft, make a card for a friend who is under the weather and participate in challenges at the same time!  Got to love that!  Let's see I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday 256 
oops...missed the deadline for this challenge..Aug 2nd!




Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #127 Double Backgrounds

Color Throwdown #253




I used my Scalloped Card file for a majority of the card.  Some of the  stamps I used were from Papertrey Ink.  The bee and sentiment is from the Honey Bee set and the flourish is from Happy Day set.  You can't tell in the photo but I added some sparkle to the bee with Spica Copic glitter makers. The background stamps were Paintable Grid by Prima and then overlaid that with Stampin' Ups Itty Bitty backgrounds for the double background technique.

I have sad news.  My store is closing but I will be moving my files to another store in the future.  I will let you know more info at a later date.  Anyway....I decided to have a blowout sale and offer all my files at 70% off for the entire month of Aug.  I will be added new files so please check back throughout the month.  Click here to go shopping. 

If you would like to purchase the file I used for my card.  You can do so by clicking the preview below.  It is a great deal..only 99cents!

Thanks for stopping by!  I am having tons of fun participating in these challenges so I hope to do more in the next couple days.  It's soo stress relieving to craft.  I don't know how I could live without it!

Have a good week and please come back again!

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PTI MIM #49: Ghost Masking and a few other cards

Hello,

When I saw this MIM video demoing a technique called Ghost masking..my eyes were glued to the screen.  I had never seen this done before and I loved how it added dimension to a flat card.  This would be perfect for Operation Write Home cards.  You can see the video here if you missed it.   I will say this technique works better with larger stamps I think.  Unfortunately, I do not have large stamps in my PTI collection.  So I made due by creatiing a flowering vine.  Overall I think it did turn out pretty cool.  I will definitely be trying this technique again in the near future.

I tried to leave this card alone as is after stamping but it just seemed to flat to me...I'm a sucker for embellishments!  Sooo I added one of my 3-D butterflies to fill in that empty space in the left hand corner.   I cut the butterfly out of white and used the same ink I used for the stamping to color the butterfly. 

Papertrey Ink stamps used:
Paper Tray (sentiment)
Mat stack 2 (frame)
Turning a New Leaf
Honey Bees (flowers)

Other supplies:
Momento Ink
3-D Butterflies by Shelly's Art

If you would like to purchase my butterfly file...please click on the preview below:

Next up we have a lovely card by creative design team member Johanne Larouche. She used my Birds of Feather file. I just love how she added the pennants to her sentiments.

Here is what Johanne had to say about her great card: "This card uses Shelly's Art cutting file Bird of a Feather - SS00075 and Aussie Caz Card Template 29. The paper is from Momenta (from Walmart). I used crystal stickle on the bird and mounted it on thick square to give it a 3D effect. The flowers were colored with copic and finished with distress ink. I added a bit of crystal stickle to give it a bit of sparkle."

If you would like to purchase my birds of a feather file please click on the preview below:

Lastly,  I have a card I made using my Scalloped card file.  I gave this to a wonderful friend who is definitely a cat lover so that is why I chose to substitute the items provided in the file with a digital stamp by Motivet.

For the background I used a PTI: MIM video technique coloring embossed images with Copics. I used Versamark ink but I should have used white so I could see better what I was stamping. I do like this technique though and the color options it gives since I don't have that many inks. I also colored the digi stamp with Copics. I added flocking to the flower and colored fluff to the dirt. The card is based on a sketch from Aussie Caz for my monthly card sketch challenges on Paperthreads. I added silver spacer beads and small brown rhinestones for an accent. I also stitched a little with yellow floss.

If you would like to purchase my Scalloped Card file please click on the preview below:

Thanks sooo much for stopping by! I hope you are making the most of the last few hours of this weekend! It snowed here so the kids were thrilled to play in it. I'll share some photos later in the week. Oh and please stop by on Monday for the next installment in my Mission Organizational series.

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New files, humdinger of a card, and aquarium photos

Howdy,
I do apologize for not blogging lately.  It has been on my mind to do so but I honestly don't know where time goes any more!  I did use some of my time to get some new files into my store.  These files were previously only available in my membership.  Now you can purchase them individually if you desire.

Above you'll see one of my most favorite files.  It was inspired by a project from former CDT member Shelly M.  She suggested it would be cute to do a card and box set and thus this file was born.  The card actually fits inside the box.  In fact you can fit more than one of these cards in the box.  So that means you could cut several of these mixing and matching the flowers and leaves to make a complete gift set.  The banner is designed so you can make blank banners that can be stamped or written with the pen tool.  So you could do several banners with different sentiments for the recipient to attach when he/she needs one.  If you would like to purchase the set just click on the photo above. It is on sale for the entire month of September.  These are available individually also.  Click on the highlighted words to be taken directly to them scalloped box and scalloped card. 

Speaking of sales I also have my Hummingbird Card on sale the whole month of September also.  CDT member Johanne created a humdinger of a card using that file (sorry...sometimes I just have to be corny..can't help it)!  I can't wait to show it to you!

Isn't that just too cool!  The coloring on the hummingbird is just mesmerizing!  I love the dew drops also!  Here is what Johanne has to say about her stunning card.

Cutting file:

                 Hummingbird Card from Shelly's Art

                Tree Branch with leaves from Wanda's Craft

Dew from  Kylee  in color Pesto

Paper:  Gardening from Memento

Crystal Clear Stickle

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in brushed corduroy

If you would like to purchase my Hummingbird Card please click on the preview below. 

I was planning on sharing with you first day of school photos for both my kids but I am having problems getting the photos transferred to my computer.  I have tried card readers but I have an older camera that still uses the compact flash and the pins keep bending when inserting the card into the reader.   My USB cord stopped working many years ago.  So I'm hoping I can find a new USB cord or better card reader.   Do you guys have any suggestions as what to buy?

I did promise to share some aquarium photos though so here goes.....

I always enjoy going to aquariums and part of the fun is I love looking and scrappin' the photos later.  Tyler on the other hand hated the aquarium.  He thought it was boring.  He doesn't like zoos much either.  He likes interactive exhibits and the aquarium didn't have many of them.  I do think he found the jellyfish interesting.  He is a big fan of SpongeBob and of course SB often talks about jelly fishing.  So seeing them in real life versus the cartoon was quite eye opening for him.

Adoree's favorite color 95% off the time is pink!  So she really gravitated to these pink anemone.

There is something magically about how these sting rays move through the water.  They actually had an open area where you could touch them but the kids didn't want to.

These eels were creepy yet cool at the same time!

I should have taken a far away shot of the aquarium but this is all I got.  See the aquarium is a tunnel and the fish (yes that is a shark) swim to the left, right and overhead.  It is very cool to see the under bellies of some of these amazing creatures!

I hope you enjoyed my stroll (swim) down aquatic memory lane!  I will try and blog a little more often...promise!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll come back again soon!  Oh and I will be converting all my files to MTC format to get ready for the release of the new Zing machine.  I will also be offering 10 free files if you purchase the Zing and mention my special coupon code (coming soon)!

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