Make It Monday #58 Part 2 - Hanging Out

Hello again!

  

My attempts to make several cards while home has fallen through the roof and I've only managed to make another one for Make It Monday and one for the Blog Hop tomorrow!

Here's something with my new Hanging Out set. I've used the graduated background with Copics, to add a bit of background colours to this little scene here.

 

I've also distressed the edges of the mat with my scissors a wee bit.

  

    

A close up view here. Sorry, I used scrap patterned paper and I'm a bit too lazy to search their names and brands.

   

  

 Sorry it's a very quick post. I've got some packing to do before heading back down south! See you back with the Blog Hop!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Hanging Out

INK: [PTI] Dark Chocolate; [SU!] Old Olive

PAPER: [PTI] Ocean Tides, Rustic Cream; various patterned paper scraps
OTHER: [PTI] Hanging Out die collection; [Copic] Sketch Marker (0, BG11, BG13, BG15, G20, G21, G24)

Make It Monday #58 & Bundle of Love

Hello everyone! I am back!

I had one busy busy week and have just finished my run. I've been super stressed with my presentation (which I had to present to a single audience... <_<) and my oral assessment today. Now that it is out of the way, and I'm back home for another few days, I have time to get crafty again!

I spent Monday night till early hours of morning in birthing suite helping delivering babies. I managed to be present for 2 so now I have the job of making some baby girl cards to thank the new parents for letting me be at their special moment :)

 And while I was at it, I thought I may as well tackle the new Make It Monday. Really, because I am flat out on ideas on how to use my newly purchased baby sets (someone decided to sell them on our local auction site for cheaper than what it's worth and brand new too!!!). I am also happy to announce that I now have Houndstooth too hahaha.

 

 

So here's my tackle on the graduated background using Copic Sketch Markers, and my new Bundle of Love set. I really don't have any fresh ideas to use this set -_-;;

But the torn edges go rather nicely don't you think?

Anyway that's one card down, one more to go.

Thanks for poppin' by! See you back soon with more cards :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Bundle of Love

INK: [PTI] Dark Chocolate Berry Sorbet; [Memento] Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Berry Sorbet, Rustic Cream

OTHER: [Copic] Sketch Markers (0, T1, R20, R21, R22, R24, Y32, Y35, Y38)

Make It Monday #52 - Part 2

Hi everyone! Back again as promised! Here's the second card I made last night for this week's MIM :)

 It's rather weird having an umbrella that's folded and getting blown away. Steph tells me it might be suitable for Melbourne. I think I might send this to a friend in Wellington, our capital city. It's famous for being windy (my friend says it's a city where traffic lights sway from side to side in the wind haha).

Sorry about the shocking quality yet again. It's Aqua Mist base with my last little piece of white cardstock T_T

 

Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks for coming by!

 

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Scattered Showers, Tiny Tags I, Tiny Tags II

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist; [SU!] Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze
PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist

OTHER: [PTI] Scattered Showers die collection, Mat Stack #4 die, Tiny Tags die collection, Edgers #3 die, Diamonds impression plate; baker's twine (blue); glitter; foam tape

Make It Monday #52

Hello everyone.

 

I couldn't participate in the PTI 5th Anniversary Day 2 challenge due to lack of a printer, so I went and played along with the new Make It Monday!

 It was quite a challenge as it was difficult to find a die cut that would work with the technique of stamping both sides. But then, I thought, why bother stamping with matching stamp set? So I went and did something slightly different.

I did make 2 cards today but I will only share 1 for now, because bed is calling out my name!!!
 

Anyway, I made a die cut of Turning a New Leaf and then folded half of it and then stamped on either side with Text Style I background set.

Ok, past midnight and I should be in bed! Thanks for coming by! I'll share the otherone tomorrow when I get back from GirlGuiding! :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Thank You, Background Basics: Text Style
INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow; [SU!] Early Espresso
PAPER: [PTI] Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Kraft
OTHER: [PTI] Polka Dot Ribbon (Melon Berry), Mat Stack #5 die, Turning a New Leaf die collection, Woodgrain Impression Plate

Make It Monday #47 Part 2 - Glitterama

Hello everyone! I've got one more card to share with you today. I thought I'd go along with this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #47, because of the diversity you can play along with!

This time, I'm going back to MIM #3 where you create glitter strips using double sided tape. It's a neat trick for making clean glitter strips, and double sided tape holds glitter pretty well. Unfortunately, I used the Prisma Glitter and ended up with glittered pair of black pants afterwards yet again lol

Sorry about the bad photo quality. It doesn't do justice for all the glitter that went into the card!!!

I thought I'd try using the glittered strips as the background, rather than just have a single strip for a bit of decoration. I finally brought out the Block Alphabet dies and decorated the rest. It took a while to get all the foam tapes cut up and stick the alphabets individually. It's a simple card, but the glitter certainly works. 

Another thing you could do is to use different sized double sided tapes to add a bit more variation into the stripes :)

 That's it for today. Thanks for coming by again!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores
OTHER: [PTI] Block Alphabet die collection; [Palette] Prisma Glitter; [Sellotape] double-sided tape; foam tape

Make It Monday #47

Hello everyone. I'm joining in on the latest Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. This one's just looking back at 2011 and all the different MIMs we've done and going back to what we may have missed or doing over again!

So today I made a card using Edgers die pockets from Make It Monday #23: Pockets with Edger Dies. I only started my blog a few months ago as well as participating in challenges online recently, so I missed a lot of previous MIMs. So this is a good chance for me to see what I've missed out or couldn't do at the time due to not having enough things to improvise with!

Apologies for poor photo qualities. I will be getting a DSLR once I've paid my brother off for my recent car purchase!

I made pockets with Berry Sorbet cardstock using Edgers #3 die. I chucked in a Spiral Notebook Page die cut with sentiment from Modern Wood Mats. It's a fairly simple card all in all.

I'm horrendously tired today and I'm supposed to be in ED (aka A&E) all day tomorrow (all day and all night more like), so I may hit the haystack early tonight. Thank you for coming by! :)
   

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Modern Wood Mats, Background Basics: Text Style

INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow, Spring Moss; [SU!] Early Espresso

PAPER: [PTI] Vintage Cream, Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry
OTHER: [PTI] Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon (Melon Berry), Spiral Notebook Page die, Edgers #3 die, Diamonds Impression Plate

Make It Monday #46

Hello hello!

  

It's another day in Christchurch and Mother Nature is still rock'n rollin'. Not too bad today though. Nothing 'major' since the 5.1 magnitude wake up call at 6:30am. There's still the odd little shakes, but nothing we're not used to ;)

  

Today, I was out seeing an old friend at the park. Malls were surprisingly not so packed - I suspect yesterday's shake ups have freaked a few shoppers out.

  

Anyway, I've tackled the Make It Monday at last! I really don't do well with tags, but I gave it a crack.

So this week's challenge was to turn any die into a folded tag. It's more or less the same theory as the Shape Up series dies.

  

I went back to using my Front & Center die. I really don't use that die enough and I just find it a little big for my head to get around. I don't do so well with large spaces - hence I've held off scrapbooking.

 

I've kept this one very simple. And I cut the Front & Center die cuts smaller so I didn't have a large area to decorate. I just stamped it with Polka Dot Basic II and added a tag. Simple as.

  

   

And you might be surprised that this simple thing took me forever to do.

 

Thanks for coming by.

 

Merry Christmas to you all, and hope that you get a well deserved break and family time :)

 

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Polka Dot Basics II, Everyday Button Bits
INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow; [Memento] Tuxedo Black; [SU!] Calypso Coral
PAPER: [PTI] Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Vintage Cream
OTHER: [PTI] Front & Center die, Limitless Layers 1.75" Circles die collection; button; [Celebrate!] satin ribbon (cream); baker's twine (orange); [American Crafts] ribbon; [Copic] Sketch Marker (Y38)

Make It Monday #45

Hello again everyone!

Just a quick post. I have to make this quick so that I can get back to work! I have lots to get done in the next 24 hours for school so I really shouldn't have even attempted this week's MIM, but I just bought Copics a couple of weeks ago (finally!) and had to put it to use ;)

So, this week's MIM is basically heat embossing in white and then colouring with a Copic marker over the embossed image. Simple huh?

 

So here's my card for this week's challenge. I admit it's not my usual style, but I'm quite happy with it.

 

     

I did notice that the tips of my Copic markers went white with the white emboss. Not sure if this will have long term effects on my marker, but it seems to be ok for now.

Anyway, off to do my project. Thanks for coming :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Simple Sunflower, Inside & Out: Birthday

INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Kraft, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate

OTHER: [SU!] Stampin' Embossing Powder (white); Copic Sketch Markers (Y35, Y38, E13, E25)

Make It Monday #42

  Hi everyone! I'm joining in this week's PTI Make It Monday challenge!

 This week, we are making backgrounds using our sentiment stamps. You can give a 'layered' look by stamping on scratch paper different number of times before onto your cardstock - this makes your images lighter in shade and when you overlap each other, they start to look more layered.

 

So here's the card I made. I did use my scratch paper to lighten the ink to different 'dilutions' you might call it, but I purposefully didn't overlap each sentiment. I've always loved this sort of sentiment backgrounds where sentiments/words/letters face all directions randomly ;)

 

 

Big Birthday Wishes is a great set for making this sort of backgrounds, because it contains fonts of varying sizes. I only used the SU! Old Olive ink pad to make this background. I really enjoyed fitting bits together, and love the way it turned out. I will have to use it more often :)

 

I topped off with a ribbon and the By the Numbers die cut.

 

Thanks for coming around :)

 

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
STAMP: [PTI] Big Birthday Wishes

INK: [SU!] Old Olive

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse

OTHER: [PTI] Edgers #3 die collection, By the Numbers die collection; [Celebrate] satin ribbon; foam squares

MIM & CAS-Friday Challenges Part 2

Ok, a dual post it is to cover both the Make-It-Monday & CAS-Friday Challenge!

 

 

First, the second CAS-Friday challenge card. I went a little polka dot-happy with this card. I just didn't know what to do after I cut out the Mat Stack #4 die cut. Somehow it worked out ok. I do love my polka dots ;)

 

 And the second Make-It-Monday card. It's actually the first one. I just didn't post it first :P

  This one was more experimental than anything - again using windows and PTI stamp set packaging box plastic. Just remember that Prisma Glitter will stick to the plastic with all that static!!! I thought I'd be clever and use my heat tool to blow the excess off. Well, think again. It only warped the plastic. Now I have a wrinkly card. And I managed to miscalculate and had double sided tape stick out onto card base, so had to chop off at the sides (hence there is no blue bits to the left or right) :'(

 

 

 A close-up view of the windows. I used the In the Meadow set. I'm quite happy how the glitter and stamped glue went together. I'm just not happy with the warped card! lol.

 

 

 

Did I mention I got my Take Three die at last? I forgot to order last time and had to buy off Denise. Now I really want those sets too.

 

Anyhow, enough rambling from me! Thanks for popping around again! :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Mat Stack Tag Card}

STAMP: [PTI] Polka Dot Basics II, Tremendous Treats: Christmas; Think Big Favorites #8

INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow, Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo; [SU!] Early Espresso; Versamark; The Essential Glue Pad

PAPER: [PTI] Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #4 die; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua); [Kaisercraft] rhinestones; [Celebrate] satin ribbon; [American Crafts] ribbon

{Glittered Windows Card}

STAMP: [PTI] Think Big Favorites #8, In the Meadow

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist; The Essential Glue Pad

PAPER: [PTI] Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] stamp set packaging box, Tin Types impression plate, Take Three die; [Palette] Prisma Glitter; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua)

Make It Monday #41: Christmas Ornament Card

Hello! I'm in the mood for playing along for challenges! So here's something for Papertrey Ink's latest Make It Monday!

 This week, we have to bring out Essential Glue Pad out and stamp and image with it, and finish off with something fine and... in my case, SPARKLY!

The only thing fine I have is Prisma Glitter, so I had little choice, but I did have this great idea to make a Christmas ornament/bauble. And those of you who know me, know I love to make windows too. So I grabbed out the plastic container PTI stamps come wrapped up in ;)

 

I used Fancy Flourishes to decorate the 'ornament'. I'm sure I've seen an ornament that looked just like this in real life. I just wish I had gold glitter. It would have been perfect.

This is what the card overlay was looking like halfway through. I stamped with the glue pad on the plastic and applied glitter. Now, Prisma glitter sticks to the plastic due to static, so once the glue had dried off, I had to go and run my finger across to try and remove as much excess off as possible. I also double layered up the glitter so that I didn't have glitter falling behind either.

 Hope you liked the card! I've got another MIM card and CAS-Friday cards to share later to check back again! Thank you for coming :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Background Basics: Sheet Music, Fancy Flourishes, Think Big Favorites #8

INK: Versamark, The Essential Glue Pad, [SU!] Early Espresso

PAPER: [PTI] Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse
OTHER: [PTI] stamp set packaging container; [DMC] Precious Metal Effects embroidery floss (E677); [Palette] Prisma Glitter; [Spellbinders] Nestabilities: Standard Circles Large; [American Crafts] ribbon

Make It Monday #40 Part 3

Hi! Back for more Make It Monday fun! I know I posted a few hours ago, but I just made a card and I just had to share it... now lol

I got the idea of using the Damask Snowflakes dies from Baseret's post here. It's very clever and I just had to use it to make some more Christmas cards! And why not chuck in some patterned paper in the back to play with MIM again? Hehe. I love my break lol

I'm really feeling the blues at the moment. I have phased off the Melon Berry and moved onto Aqua Mist & Hawaiian Shores. Haha.

I'm really thrilled how this card turned out! And I decided to go back to my less-pretty glitter for less mess (lol). And tremendous treats is just a charm. I stamped the bird on a white cardstock, coloured it in and cut around it. And on it goes on top of the patterned paper!

A close up view on the glitter & birdie :)

Now, I'm really done blogging for the day (haha). Will get ready to go see my friend ;)

And before I forget, can I please do a big shoutout that I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the lovely comments I always get. I have a hard time flicking through to everyone's blogs but I appreciate them :) Thank you <3

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Background Basics: Sheet Music, Tremendous Treats: Christmas

INK: [SU!] Early Espresso; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores; [American Crafts] Blue Skies

OTHER: [PTI] Damask Snowflakes die collection, Limitless Layers 1.75" Circles Collection; [DMC] Pearlescent Effects embroidery floss (E747); foam tape; [Faber-Castell] Watercolour Pencils; glitter

Make It Monday #40 Part 2

Hello everyone! I've got more Christmas cards to share with you all today! I can now stamp happy in peace now that I don't have to worry about that exam *phew* (in case anyone missed, I passed! YAY! - Facebook page was going absolutely crazy yesterday with all my classmates posting they passed too ahahaha). Thank you all for putting up with a miserable(?) youngster like me complaining about exams for the last few weeks when you are all out there doing much more amazing things like raising up kids, running a household and working etc etc!

 

Now I'm beginning to lose track of what I've posted and what I haven't. I think I still have a couple of cards from before exams that needs posting somewhere. Oh, I'll figure them out later!

 

Here's my second entry for this week's Make It Monday!

This time, I reverse appliqued with the Damask Snowflakes die. And OMG those Prisma Glitter are just a disaster waiting to happen without a glitter tray! This time I turned my shorts glittery!

 

 And another couple of cards I made the other day. I sort of bought the Sheet Music background set on impulse, but I'm so glad I got it now. I think it's just perfect for Christmas cards! And distressed edges are a new thing for me and I love it, other than it makes me sneeze!

 Something a little more cheery ;) Really like how great it looks in Spring Moss!

All done for today. I'm off to catch up with my friend later tonight. She has warned me that she'll be buying 20 of my cards (which means I should get busy cardmaking!) D:

Thanks for coming by!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Merry Christmas}

STAMP: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday

INK: [Staz-On] Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores; [American Crafts] Blue Skies

OTHER: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday die collection, Damask Snowflakes die collection, Holly Jolly die collection, Tin Types impression plate, Prisma Glitter; foam tape; [Kaisercraft] rhinestones; polka dot vellum

{Merry & Bright}

STAMP: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday, Background Basics: Sheet Music

INK: [SU!] Early Espresso, Real Red; [PTI] Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo

PAPER: [PTI] Kraft, Dark Chocolate; [unknown brand] satin white cardstock

OTHER: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday die collection, Damask Snowflakes die collection, Scalloped Border die (medium); [Celebrate] cream satin ribbon; foam tape

{Spring Moss Merry Christmas}

STAMP: [PTI] Tremendous Treats: Christmas, Vintage Labels, Background Basics: Sheet Music

INK: [SU!] Early Espresso, Real Red; [PTI] Spring Moss

PAPER: [PTI] Spring Moss, Vintage Cream

OTHER: [Spellbinders] Nestabilities: Labels One; [Faber-Castell] Watercolour Pencils; [Celebrate] cream satin ribbon; [PTI] Scalloped Border die (medium)

Make It Monday #40

Hi everyone! A quick post before I dash off to the gym :)

Thought I'd play along with this week's Make It Monday challenge. This is a card I made last night. And I finally grabbed out my patterned paper lot. I hardly use them these days since I have stamps to play with! But I do have a fair bit so I should probably start using them...

I kept it simple and I am just loving Melon Berry this week. My hand just keeps reaching out for that pack!

Sorry, we have rainy/cloudy days forecasted all week so I haven't got very good daylight for great photos :(

I'm loving the October release goodies from PTI. Can you tell? I'll make a few more cards later and make another few for MIM, but a quick coffee and I'm off to the gym. And today's my Spring cleaning day. My wardrobe could really use one haha

Thanks for comin' by!

PS - the patterned paper I used for the reverse applique is from My Mind's Eye, and it's my fav patterened paper <3

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday
INK: [SU!] Early Espresso
PAPER: [PTI] Vintage Cream, Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse; [My Mind's Eye] Lost & Found Christmas "Tinsel" Glittered Paper

OTHER: [PTI] Wonderful Words: Holiday die collection, Holly Jolly die collection, Pure Poppy button; foam tape; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua)

Make It Monday #37

I didn't exactly make this card specifically for this week's Make It Monday, but somehow... it sort of fit into it. So I thought why not link it in?

I've enjoyed seeing some amazing work by others here and there. Mine's not so much of a fancy frame (because I just didn't get around to it), but nevertheless... it's still a frame (I guess!).

This was my attempt at using my new Polka Dot Basics II set I bought from Jada. It's a small card, and a certainly unconventional colour scheme when it comes to Christmas cards, but hey, it's cute! ;) I can't wait to see the Tremendous Treats set arrive in the next couple of weeks - then I'd be all set to mass-producing Christmas cards! Hopefully, no more getting stuck at Customs *fingers crossed*

Okay, study break over! See you all laters! ;)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
STAMP: PTI Polka Dot Basic II, Tiny Treats: Christmas, Christmas Labels, Tag Its #8
INK: Versamark, SU! Pool Party, Not Quite Navy, Calypso Coral, Real Red
PAPER: PTI Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: PTI Limitless Layers 1 3/4" die set, Filigree Heat Embossing Powder (Clear), American Crafts Ribbon, Corner Chomper (Aqua), Faber Castell Watercolour Pencil

Make It Monday #35 (Part 2)

I had such an amazing experience today.

 

I'm currently doing paediatrics run at the moment, and I've always loved children.

 

Now, we had a wee girl come in a few days back. She was looking so miserable when she did, but I went back and saw her on Monday, she seemed a tad better. I went and saw her again yesterday, and she only put on a smile for me, but wouldn't say a word. But today, my, she was so happy! She was just chatting away and gave me a big big hug! Totally made my day! I just thought I'd share that.

Anyway... so yes... back to cards. after seeing Nichole's post, I had to go out and get a wider double sided tape. And I did after 2 attempts at it!

What I didn't remember was that you can't tear off standard double sided tape as you would with Scor-Tape *sigh* So I just had to do with a pair of scissors.

Anyway, I did make another card (because I could!). 

I do think I went a bit overboard with the rhinestones on the Fillable Frames die cut. And I had such a trouble trying to ink in the edges of the die cut too! FF#5 is quite hard to distress the edges of (with non-distress inks).

My card stash is getting fuller and fuller. It's a good sign but I also don't know what to do with them all! I've started putting some up for sale on TradeMe (New Zealand auction site) but nothing yet.

Anyway, this was just a quick post for the day.

Thanks for coming!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: PTI A Little Argyle, Half & Half, Fillable Frames #5

INK: SU! Pool Party, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue

PAPER: PTI Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: Sellotape Double-Sided Tape (18mm wide), White Tissue Paper, PTI Fillable Frames #5 die, KaiserCraft Rhinestones (Island Lagoon)

Make It Monday #35

If this wasn't a Make It Monday post... I'd have titled this post "Oops I Did It Again (procrastinate)." But, when the new Papertrey Ink MIM video tells you how to make your own washi tapes, how on earth do you resist??? Short answer is, you don't lol

I never used washi tapes before. In fact, I'd never even heard of one until about 2 months back. I have been sorely tempted to buy some, but international shipping and currency conversion is always a bit of a wallet-saver for me (doesn't stop me from buying stamping goodies in the end though - just slows me down a bit).

Anyway, I went ahead and thought I'd join the party with the washi-goodness.

 

 

I basically went sort of crazy with this. I used the same technique that was shown on Nichole's blog, except that I used a random double-sided tape I've had for about 15 years. If you're bored reading this, you can try and figure out all the different stamps that went into making those tapes!

  

I only made a few and sadly didn't have any wide double-sided tapes either :( I sliced a few of them down to different widths and stuck them onto the edge of the card to make it look like striped-patterened paper. Being pedantic, I really didn't like the way it was looking by this stage (my first tape was not placed straight! lol). I sort of cut them all with scissors roughly so the don't exactly have a straight edge to them haha. However, the magic worked somewhere eventually :)

 

I added a strip of white cardstock to hide the top edge of tapes down the middle and glittered over it for extra kicks ;)

  

And boy, am I glad to have merged three ink colours into the sentiment. I think it was the best decision I made all day! Totally goes with the washi tapes. I am so going to have to do it more often.

However, next time, I might scratch the washi tape and just use paper. I like the way this looks but I spent more time peeling off the backing of the double-sided tape lol

Anyhow, thanks for coming by again, and I'm off to write a report on my 1.5hr kindergarten visit from today! I got to play with kids! Oh, I love paediatrics <3

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: PTI Iconic Images, Half & Half, Beyond Basic Borders, Cupcakes Collection (sentiment)

INK: SU! Calypso Coral, Certainly Celery, Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight
PAPER: PTI Stamper's Select White

OTHER: Double-sided tape, glitter, tissue paper

Make It Monday #34 (Part 2)

I did promise you another MIM card yesterday so here it is!

It's another one with By the Numbers chipboard. I made the die-cut and then stamped it over with *drum rolls* PTI Half & Half stamp set! I love how it turned out with the SU! Calypso Coral ink pad! It just looks so summery! In fact, it reminded me of those bikinis they used to sell at the shops here last summer! lol

 

Someone was also selling PTI Star Prints on our auction site here in NZ last week, so I went and snatched it before anyone else did (how could I not???)! I thought it might look nice with the numbers as an extra accent on the card.

I must admit that the new SU! In Color is great. I only got these two colours in my recent SU! order but I love how the Calypso Coral and Pool Party are going together (very happy with my choice)! They make a very summery and fun match.

I also Mod Podged my numbers and stars just to add a bit of gloss to them. The numbers were looking a bit dull (actually the photo's making the colours brighter than they actually are) and I didn't want to ruin the colours with glitter. So I grabbed out the (Gloss) Mod Podge hiding in my room.

I think I'll be using the Half & Half stamp set more with my die cuts now... totally thrilled with the results :D Thanks for poppin' by again!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: PTI Half & Half, Star Prints

INK: SU! Calypso Coral, Pool Party

PAPER: PTI Stamper's Select White

OTHER: PTI Coasters, Glossy Mod Podge, PTI By the Numbers Die Collection, ScorBuddy

Make It Monday #34 (Part 1)

Hi everyone! I have yet again procrastinated (from study) and have made a card lol I thought I might tackle this week's Make It Monday!

Now, I don't have any chipboard at home, so I substituted it with PTI coasters (which I love). I had enough left over bits to cut out numbers using By the Numbers die set, which was great!
 

The card is somewhat similar to one of the cards I did earlier in August in style, but the thick chipboard certainly makes the numbers POP! I added in an extra pop-factor (lol) by glittering my numbers.

FYI - for those wondering why I always make cards with "24" on them - I never know what number to go for. But I figured I'm 23 now, so most of my friends would turn 24 next year, which means, 24 is the safest bet for actually using the cards I make now. So long story short, I'm being efficient and preparing for next year!

 

I do think I may have over-done the sentiments a little. Initially I had no "birthday" sentiment, then I realised I'd already stuck "-th" onto my numbers. Then it didn't make any sense (grammatically) and being pedantic as I am, I went and added the extra sentiment from Birthday Bash Sentiments in.
  

 

A close-up view to show you the chipboard - I layered 5 coaster layers to get the thickness that I did. 4 is also not too bad. By the way, I used Zig 2 Way Glue to put together my layers.

 

I also added a bit of background stamp with A Little Argyle. I thought I'd try using the dotted stamp image over from the same set and halfway through didn't really like it so stopped lol

Anyway, I have another MIM card coming. It's drying up Mod Podge in the sun atm. I'll post it tomorrow after my biochemistry test!

Thanks for coming!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: PTI Big Birthday Wishes, Birthday Bash Sentiments & A Little Argyle

INK: StazOn Tuxedo Black, Versamark, SU! Calypso Coral

 PAPER: PTI Stampers' Select White, Melon Berry

OTHER: PTI Coasters, By the Numbers Die Collection, Celebrate! Cream Satin Ribbon, Corner Chomper, Zig 2 Way Glue, Glitter

Make It Monday #30 - Colored Pencils

This is my first ever challenge card! I've never been able to the challenges on forums and PTI due to time restraint and not having enough gear (now I have vaguely enough to improvise things!).

I saw this week's Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge using colouring pencils and decided it was time I give it a go!

I have already been thinking of using colouring pencils for a long time now. Since I don't have any Copic markers yet, I was going to improvise with my good old Crayola Colored Pencils for my Tiny Treats sets which have yet to see ink.

However, I've fallen in love with Scattered Showers (as many of you have already figured out)!

I live by "keep it simple" rule and have always loved to keep my cards fairly simple looking. I can never hold too many things on my card - my imaginative capacity can't hold it all in!

I made a die cut using the PTI coasters - I think because of the thickness, it adds a tad more depth to the card. And the coasters have that sort of rustic cream colour to them so it goes really well with the Kraft cardstock.

I've coloured in the umbrella after stamping the outlines with the Scattered Showers set.
    

I also went and did a rough colouring of the background. It was just total random sketching with about 6 or 7 different shades of blue & green. Afterwards, I saw too many sharp pencil marks and didn't like the way it wasn't quite blended in, so got my eraser and went over it very very lightly to blend things (bad erasers are good for this sort of job). It also smudges it a little.
   

I think Jennifer used some baby oil for blending the colours, but I made this before watching the video. So if you haven't any baby oil, you have an alternative. Great thing about erasers is that you can rub off the colouring pencils entirely like I did over the sentiment.

This photo probably shows the texture of the background colouring (and the subtle texture of the coaster) a bit better. And I love my yellow umbrella. I think it reinforces the "sunshine" part of the sentiment <3

Thanks for coming by!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

 STAMPS: PTI Scattered Showers

INK: PTI Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo, SU! Early Espresso

PAPER: PTI Kraft cardstock

OTHER: PTI Coaster, Crayola Colored Pencils (48), Scor-Buddy