Monthly Moments Trading Cards -- Feminine

I have two little 3x4 cards to share with you today (see next post for masculine card).  Papertrey is introducing a new line called Monthly Moments for scrapbooking products.  Our challenge was to create a 3x4 trading card that could be used in a pocket page or placed onto a card.  I decided to make one feminine and one masculine scripture card.

I have only used my Delightful Dahlia additions set once since I bought it so I had to break it out.  I just love the effect of the triple stamping.  Once I recalled how to line each layer up it turned out beautifully:)

I really enjoyed how quick and easy these were to make.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!





  
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Feminine Card --
Stamps:   Delightful Dahlia additions, Beautiful Blessings
Paper:  Black, White
Ink:  Buttercup (CTMH), Dandelion (Memento), Summer Sunrise, Haystack (palette), Limeade Ice, Black
Other:  gold pearls

Dahlias and Chevrons

I just couldn't resist playing along with the great challenge at Fusion.  I loved the simple sketch and the photo so I pulled out my new Papertrey goodies and went to work.  The dahlias were die cut then the outline was stamped in berry sorbet using the original Delightful Dahlia stamp set.  Afterwards I used the new Additions set to add shading with sweet blush, lavender moon and berry sorbet.  The leaves were done in the same manner using shades of green.

I trimmed a piece of sweet blush card stock to just under 3" wide and cut it out with my Chevron cover plate.  I left all the pieces in the plate and ran adhesive across the back so they would stay as one panel.  I decided to hand cut a little banner for the sentiment and then trimmed the panels in gold using a gold paint pen.  I also added gold to the flower centers.  It's hard to see in the photo, but it looks so pretty and shimmery in real life.

I'm also submitting this into the Moxie Fab birthday card challenge and Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.






 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Delightful Dahlia, Delightful Dahlia Additions
Paper:   White, Sweet Blush
Ink:   Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Lavender Moon, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Certainly Celery (SU!)
Other:  Chevron Vertical cover plate. Delightful Dahlia dies, gold paint pen

Five Mother's Day Cards

Happy Mother's Day!  I thought I would share a few cards that I made for a co-worker of my husband.  She needed a few Mother's Day cards and I was happy to help her out.

I used patterned paper from KaiserCraft's Lush Collection for each card.  There are some great die cut tags and labels in the pack.  At the CHA show in Chicago two years ago the people at the KaiserCraft booth were so generous with their goodies.  I received several 6x6 paper pads, glue sticks, embellishments and more.  It's sad that I hadn't even touched this paper pack in two years!  Shame, shame.

It felt good to finally use some of these gorgeous papers.  It was so easy to make a few quick cards combining the papers with a variety of small embellishments.

Here are the cards:

The layout for the last one was CASE'd from Natasha Trupp's card HERE.


Have a great week,



 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps: Pretty Peonies, Delightful Dahlia
Paper:  Vintage Cream, Lush collection pp (KaiserCraft)
Ink:  Black (memento), Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado
Other:  circle nesties, bird & swirls cb folder, ribbon, orange pearls

Mother's Day Leaf

Here's a simple card using the negative of my Sizzix leaf die cut from this card.  When I knew I wanted a leaf for that thank you card, I couldn't bring myself to cut into a brand new sheet of New Leaf paper (silly, I know).  I made a card base and cut it this way, knowing I would turn it into a card.

I adhered a piece of patterned paper from the Guide Lines collection to the inside of the card front, stamped the sentiment and wrapped some pretty ribbons around it.  I also decided to add a few stacked silk flowers and a Lavender Moon button.




All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps:  Delightful Dahlia
Paper:  New Leaf, Guide Lines pp
Ink:  black (memento)
Other:  lavender moon ribbon, lavender moon button, silk flowers (Michael's), black & pearl ribbon (Hobby Lobby), Sizzix Branch w/leaves die, corner rounder

Card Aisle Inspiration + PPD #35

My online friend and fellow Paper Doll Laurie is hosting a great challenge on her blog.  It's all about finding inspiration for our card creations from store bought cards.  Perfect timing for this challenge because I actually set aside one of my birthday cards for this very purpose.  Of course, who knows how long it would have taken me to actually make a card from it if Laurie hadn't issued this challenge.

Here is the store bought card from one of my best friends:

And here is my take on the above card.  Truthfully, I like the store bought one better.

I had a lot of fun figuring out what kind of flower I wanted to use on this card.  I finally decided to use my Spellbinders Blossom Two Nestabilities dies (largest and second smallest dies).  I grabbed some Royal Velvet scraps and went to work.  Here are some pics of the steps I did to make the flowers.  Click on the photos to enlarge.



1.  Die cut flowers



2.  Scored from petal tip to opposite petal tip



3.  Cut between each scored petal



4.  Folded each petal inward after cutting


I decided to flip the little flower over when layering it on the bigger flower.  I liked the dimension that it gave the blossom.  Since the flowers and the leaves were all cut from scraps I had in my scrap box, this fits Katie's Papertrey Paper Dolls challenge this week too!!  You can check it out HERE.  I could probably submit just about every card I make for Katie's challenge.  I'm so frugal that I make sure to use every last scrap I can before cutting into a new sheet of paper.

That's it from me.  Whew, it felt good to be crafty today.  Hope you all have a great weekend!






All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Delightful Dahlia
Paper:  Spring Moss, Royal Velvet
Ink:  Spring Moss, Vintage Cream, Rainbow (memories)
Other:  spellbinders blossom two nesties, delightful dahlia dies, brad from Target $1 spot

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

It's Blog Hop time again for Papertrey!!!  This month's theme is felt.  I love PTI's new line of felt.  I chose to use some of their Hawaiian Shores felt for this card.  I also used felt from Hobby Lobby that I already had on hand.  No stamping on this card.  YIKES!

Quick explanation:

• SU's Top Note die for the large black felt piece
• Cuttlebug flower die for all blossoms except biggest HS piece
• Blossom Two nestie for largest flower
• Delightful Dahlia dies for leaves
• Green Boutique patterned paper on black cs layer
• rub-on for sentiment
• rhinestones colored with Copic marker
• black brad for flower center

Mother's Day Dahlia

This is the card I brought to my stamp gathering for everyone to make.  I cased this from the talented Jackie Pedro.  You can find her card here.  I like Jackie's card much better, but I wanted to recreate it using what I had. 

The CB embossing folder is called Floral Screen.  I stamped the dahlia and leaves from some patterned paper in the Everyday Blessings collection and used pop dots behind them for added dimension.  I colored the center of the dahlia with a gold gelly roll pen.  I chose to stamp my "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment inside.

Thanks for stopping by!  I really appreciate all your comments and encouragement.




Stamps: Delightful Dahlia (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Stampers Select White, True Black, Everyday Blessings pp (PTI)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Floral Screen cuttlebug embossing folder, EKSuccess embossed curves punch, aqua ribbon (unknown), pop dots, gelly roll pen, copic marker, corner rounder, Delightful Dahlia dies