PTI November Blog Hop!

I'm joining in on the Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop! This is the first time I'm participating, and excited! :)

    

     

 So this is the photo that we were given for inspiration...

  

        

I just didn't know what to do with it at first, but I wanted to use the hand rail along the stairwells and make lots of pressies underneath. So I cut out little rectangles to make the bars (after sketching it), then went over with the Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo for a bit more vintage look.

 

A bit of In the Meadow tree with a stump with Dark Chocolate cardstock in the background added a nice touch. I used various stamp sets from PTI to make the presents.

   

    

I hope you liked my take on the challenge! :) Thanks for coming around!
  
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop! 
  

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] In the Meadow, Background Basics: Sheet Music, Polka Dot Basics II, Fancy Flourishes
INK: [PTI] Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo, Fresh Snow; [SU!] Early Espresso, Real Red, Old Olive
PAPER: [PTI] Vintage Cream, Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Woodgrain impression plate, In the Meadow Silhouettes die collection; foam tape

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

CAS-Friday 29 & Damask Designs

Hi everyone! Another quick post. I've been trying to do some more challenges now, but class has started and I'm just trying to sort out my time a bit. I did manage to make a card for this week's CAS-Friday challenge I've been meaning to make.

  

This week's challenge was a sketch challenge. I have to admit this is the first time I'm making a card based on a sketch. And you'll see one of my fav techniques of blending ink into the YOF: Carnations set. I had to stamp the outlines over twice because the blending smudged it. It was a little tricky to line them up given it's quite a detailed image.

 

  

 The next card is just an extra. I was experimenting with my new Damask Designs set.

  

 

 I'm off to the gym now. Thanks for coming around :)

 

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Celebrate Today}

STAMP: [PTI] Year of Flowers: Carnations, Fancy Flourishes, A Little Argyle, Cupcakes Collection

INK: [PTI] Spring Moss; [SU!] Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso
PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Spring Moss

OTHER: [Tim Holtz] Inkssentials Blending Tool; foam tape; [We R Memory Keepers] Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (aqua)

 

{Happy Birthday to You}

STAMP: [PTI] Damask Designs

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist; [SU!] Melon Mambo
PAPER : [PTI] Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #4 die; [Celebrate] satin ribbon

Get Well Card + CASE

It's time I blogged the unblogged cards ;) I've lost track of them, so I'll have to flick through and figure out. 

 

I've also started my classes again today, so I'll have less time to get crafty now. Starting in Paediatrics with 2 weeks in paeds oncology and 2 weeks in paeds surgery. Not exactly the combo I was hoping for (I was hoping for some neonatology somewhere but I missed out on the spot).

Anyway, back to cards. This card, I just sent out to my friend last week. I found out that she'd been in hospital and had to get some surgery done. And she'd always wanted one of my cards, so I went and made her one. She's going to get lots of cards from me in the next few weeks. This, birthday and Christmas cards ;)

Her favourite colour is blue, so I had to grab out my blues. It's really royal blue she likes, but I really don't do well making cards with deeper blue shades. But anyway, a bit more on YOF: Carnations embossed in white with some blending goodness ;) And I gave my Mat Stack #3 some love it needed.

I used some cotton buds/swabs to add a bit more shading effect/depth on the carnation image over the Mat Stack die cut. It works rather well. This is how I do colouring without Copics (FYI - Steph is out buying me Copics this very moment!!! So excited!!!).

 

The next card is a CASE of Dawn McVey's card. I found some nice saddle stitch ribbons at the mall the other day! It was from a horrendously expensive Swedish (or somewhere thereabouts) stationery shop called kikki.k. A roll was $5 for 3m. Bit of an overkill, but can't find anything nicer around here locally, so I went and got the blue & red ones.

This card utilises the little wee stamp in the Vintage Labels set really well. I would never have thought to use it as a background. I initially thought it was from Damask Designs set.

 

Anyway, I'm needing some break. My timetable looks as confusing as ever and I just came back from 3hrs of GirlGuiding in the rain. I came home with my shoes and socks all wet and was desperate to have a hot shower - only to find my brother jumping in for his as I dropped my gear down. I had to wait agonising 15 minutes till he was done lol

Thanks again for popping around! :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Feel Better Soon}

STAMP: [PTI] Year of Flowers: Carnations, Mat Stack #3

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist; [SU!] Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #3 die; [SU!] Stampin' Embossing Powder (white); foam tape; cotton swab; [Tim Holtz] Inkessentials Blending Tool

{Wish Big}

STAMP: [PTI] Vintage Labels, Star Prints

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist, Fresh Snow; [SU!] Melon Mambo; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Kraft, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist; Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Scalloped Border die (medium); [Kaisercraft] rhinestone; foam tape; [kikki.k] saddle stitch ribbon

Graduation Cards

Hi everyone! I'm back again! Graduation is probably far from your minds given semesters start in September in America, but for med students here, graduation is early December! Some of my friends have done their 6 years of study (good on them!) and are graduating very soon! In fact, they are starting their work as doctors next week! And to think that I'm going to be the the same this time next year!!! Eeeek!

I bought For the Graduate set from Cecelia not so long ago and it just arrived a couple of days ago (and I'm also happy to tell you that the ATG gun from Sherrie's come too!!!). So I felt obliged to make some graduation cards :)

I actually made three. But I forgot about blogging and had already sealed one into an envelope to be never seen again lol So you will just have to put up with two. I think I should make one for my cousin too. She just finished high school (and she topped the school and was announced Dux! As if being a Head Girl wasn't enough for her!).

Anyway, time to show the cards! A Little Argyle set goes SO well with this set! I was really surprised! This card is Summer Sunrise on Enchanted Evening. Why the weird colour combo (yellow & blue)? Well, it's the colour for my university (Otago) ;)

The next card is a CASE of Maile Belles' lovely card. I changed the colours around slightly and added in the sentiment at the bottom. I really like this CAS look <3

This card also reminded me how much I hate my StazOn black ink pad. It stinks! I've remembered to put the black ink pad into my cart for my next order ;)

Anyway, I've got to rush now. Need to go pop on by the hospital and pick up my intro pack and ID card for Monday. I can't believe my holiday is pretty much over :'( I'll have to make more cards though. That ATG is going to take a wee while to get used to. And people were right when they said it was a beast of a thing! It's MASSIVE! lol

Thanks for popping by!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Otago Colours Graduation Card}

STAMP: [PTI] For the Graduate, A Little Argyle

INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow; [SU!] Real Red, Not Quite Navy

PAPER: [PTI] Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #1 die, Limitless Layers 1.75" Circles Collection; foam tape

{Graduation Cap in the Air Card}

STAMP: [PTI] For the Graduate

INK: [SU!] Real Red; [Tsukineko] StazOn Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [PTI] Mat Stack #1 die, Limiteless Layers 1.75" Circles Collection; foam tape