Happy Easter, Happy Spring

I'm finally using my new stamp sets Egg Hunt and Background Basics: Tin Types.  I won these stamp sets from Papertrey's anniversary celebration in February.  It took a few weeks for them to get here and then it took me a while to open them and ink them up.  They are both such great sets.  I can see using the Tin Types on so many different cards.

I thought I'd add some fun texture to the card so I cut a piece of olive felt from Hobby Lobby with my scalloped long rectangles nestabilities.  I trimmed it to fit the card base then wrapped it with some white fibers from CTMH and green fibers I picked up ages ago.  I think the rest of the card speaks for itself :)




All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise

Stamps:  Egg Hunt, Background Basics: Tin Types
Paper:  stampers select white
Ink:  Sunflower (CTMH), Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores 
Accessories:  long rect nesties (spellbinders), white fibers (CTMH), green fibers (unknown), egg die

Wedding Day

I made this card for a very special couple who are getting married today!  They are so in love and it's delightful to witness their joy.  Their wedding colors are olive and lilac so I incorporated those colors into this card. 

I cut the layers using my Labels 1 Nestabilities.  On my white layer I stamped the leaf from Beautiful Blooms in Spring Moss and then shaded the edges of the leaves with my one and only Copic marker (C1 cool gray).  I love the subtle shadow effect it creates.   I stamped the verse from SU in Plum Pudding and then inked the edges with the inkpad.  Looped some satin Spring Moss ribbon underneath and added three  Moss rhinestones to finish it off.

Stamps:  Beautiful Blooms (PTI), Elegant Inspirations (SU)
Paper:  Plum Pudding, White (PTI), olive scrap
Ink:  Plum Pudding, Spring Moss (PTI)
Accessories:  satin Spring Moss ribbon (PTI), kaiser rhinestones, copic C1, pop dots, glue dots, Labels 1 Nesties

Wired

This blog hop is all about using buttons on your creations.  I created a funky birthday card using Shapes by Design, Lavender Moon buttons and wire.

I told you it was funky.  I don't love it, but it will be fun for a child's birthday.  I stamped the open circles from Shapes by Design five times across the white cs in the new Hawaiian Shores ink.  Then I stamped the three large open circles in black.  I threaded wire through my buttons so that they fit into the large black circles. 

The buttons needed something else so I sparkled them up by adding glue to the rims and sprinkling with glitter. Then I decided I wanted to add more wire so I wrapped wire around a Sharpie pen then flattened it out and adhered it to the top of the image panel.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise

Stamps:  Shapes by Design
Paper:  Hawaiian Shores, white, black
Ink:  Hawaiian Shores, Tuxedo Black (memento)
Accessories:  lavender moon buttons, wire, mono multi glue, glitter (martha stewart), corner rounder

Violet Thanks

I just love the new Year of Flowers: Violets set from Papertrey.  Not much to say on this card. It's pretty straightforward. 

I was inspired by this card from Debbie Olson.  I inked the blossoms in Vineyard Berry (CTMH) and the leaves in Ripe Avocado.  I colored the centers with a gold gelly roll glitter pen and adhered a few gold half pearls to the centers.





All Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise

Stamps:  year of flowers: violets
Paper:  scarlet jewel, stampers select white, true black
Ink:  vineyard berry (CTMH), black (memento), ripe avocado
Accessories:  gold gelly roll pen, gold half pearls, paper piercer

Luck of the Irish

 

Here's a quick card using Papertrey's new Luck of the Irish stamp set and this week's Fall-to Layout from the clean&simple blog.  I chose to use various shades of green from PTI.  The shamrocks were punched out with my 1 1/4" circle punch.  I added a little detail to the card base by scoring a few lines with my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is embossed in white.




All Papertrey Ink except accessories

Stamps:  Luck of the Irish
Paper:  True Black, white
Ink:  Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, New Leaf, versamark (tsukineko)
Accessories:  1 1/4' circle punch, white EP, Scor-Pal

Compose a Card 6

Here's my card for Becky's latest Compose a Card challenge.  I didn't have any Soft Stone so I improvised with a light gray cardstock I had in my stash.  I decided to keep it very simple using In Bloom. 

I stamped the Enchanted Evening base with a leaf image using Versmark Dazzle frost ink.  I found this cute odd-shaped button in my Enchanted Evening button jar.  Don't you love it?  Everything else is pretty straightforward.  I'm just glad we actually had some sunshine so I could take the picture outside.



Stamps:  In Bloom (PTI)
Paper:  Enchanted Evening (PTI), light gray unknown
Ink:  Indian Corn Blue (CTMH), versamark, versamark dazzle frost
Accessories:  white EP, ribbon from Michael's, vintage button (PTI), corner rounder

Remember Revisited

I've received several comments about the stamp set called Remember since I posted the Yellow Poppies card in the post below.  Many people were not too familiar with the set.  It was designed by Lisa Johnson and released by Papertrey Ink in August 2008.  I thought I'd post a few of the cards I've created using this set.  They are all in my Splitcoast Stampers Gallery.  Click on the title links for more information.

First up:  Red Hot Poppies

Next is Black Magic Poppies.  This one uses the chalkboard technique.

Lastly, Pure Poppy, a quick CAS card using a classic color combo.

For even more inspiration visit Lisa Johnson's blog to see all her countdown posts for Remember.  You'll be blown away.

Now, if you don't already own this set head over to Papertrey Ink and put it into your shopping cart!


Happy Stamping,





click on the title names of each card to see supplies used

Yellow Poppies

Lisa Johnson started a new challenge series on her blog.  You can find this week's challenge here.  As you can see she gave us three "seeds" to use on our cards:

1. Crystals
2. A flower stamp
3. Light Yellow

This was such a fun challenge!  I used one of my very favorite stamp sets from Papertrey -- Remember.  This is a must have set.  I LOVE the poppy images Lisa included.  I also used FTL #80 from the clean & simple blog for my layout.

The solid part of the flowers are stamped with Buttercup ink (CTMH).  The outlines are stamped in Orange Zest.  I used Ripe Avocado for the stems and leaf outlines and Spring Moss for the solid leaves.  This sheet of patterned paper from Polka Dot Parade coordinated perfectly with my stamped image.  I finished it off with Orange Zest twill tape ribbon and rhinestones.




All products Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise

Stamps:  Remember
Paper:  ripe avocado, white, lemon tart, polka dot parade pp
Ink:  Buttercup (CTMH), orange zest, ripe avocado, spring moss
Accessories: orange zest twill tape, rhinestones (paper studio), apron lace punch (fiskars), corner rounder

My First Blog Hop

Our challenge was to go through the Design Team gallery or any of the Design Team Members' blogs and find a project that inspires us.  Of course there are so many projects to choose from so I went with one I had bookmarked last October from Dawn McVey's blog.

The photo to the left was my inspiration.  How gorgeous is this card?

As soon as I saw Dawn's card where she heat embossed on Vintage Cream cardstock I knew I wanted to give that a try.  It creates such an elegant look!

I'm not sure I would have thought to use clear EP on Vintage Cream.  I always think of doing it with darker cardstock instead. 

Here's my card:

I stamped an image from Giga Guidelines and one from Damask Designs in Versamark on the cardstock, then heat embossed with clear EP.  I kept the layout of Dawn's card and even added the glitter strip with a piece of 1/4" scor-tape and glitter.  The little tag is a Martha Stewart punch stamped with a tiny greeting from Mixed Messages.




All products Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise

Stamps:  giga guidelines, damask designs, mixed messages
Paper:  Lavender Moon, Vintage Cream
Ink:  Lavender Moon, versamark (tsukineko)
Accessories:  clear EP, Fiskars All A-fleur border punch, scor-tape, glitter, vintage cream satin ribbon, Martha Stewart tag punch, pop-dots

Compose a Card Week 4

I'm finally getting a chance to play along with Becky Oehlers wonderful Compose a Card challenges.  You can find the challenge (week 4) here.  This is the recipe we were to follow:

Here's what I came up with:

I used my long neglected Inque Boutique Bella Flora stamp set.  I rarely reach for anything but Papertrey Ink stamps, so I forget what other options I have.  The sentiment is from Papertrey's Damask Designs.  Don't you just love the font?

I chose to add a splash of color with some Berry Sorbet satin ribbon.  I also stamped a few individual flowers in Berry Sorbet ink.  I decided to heat emboss the small flourish in the corners of my black card base to dress it up.  I love clear embossing on black! 

I decorated the corner of the envelope to match the card.  It's one of those things I always intend to do, but never actually get done.  It's so much easier to do while you have all your stamps and inks right out in front of you.  I need to remember to take a few extra moments and make the effort.



Stamps:  Bella Flora (inque boutique), Damask Designs (PTI)
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, berry sorbet & ripe avocado (PTI), versamark
Paper:  true black, ripe avocado, white (PTI)
Accessories:  berry sorbet satin ribbon, PTI vintage button, clear EP, pop dots

Just Because

A quick CAS card using one of my favorite Papertrey sets Giga Guidelines.  I love the larger sentiments in this set.  Orange has never been one of my favorite colors, but I'm trying to use Orange Zest more and I think the color is growing on me.  I stamped the medallion in versamark along the base of the card, then wrapped some yummy Ripe Avocado twill tape ribbon around the center.  I do love PTI's twill tape ribbon!

All PTI products unless stated otherwise

Stamps: Giga Guidelines
Ink:  ripe avocado, orange zest, versmark (tsukineko)
Paper:  orange zest, white
Accessories:  ripe avocado twill tape, Top Note die (SU), pop dots

Origami Bookmark

I decided to use the Papertrey challenge today, which was to make an origami project, to make my girls a simple Valentine's bookmark.  This was so quick and easy.  I followed this tutorial from the Origami Club website.

This uses half a sheet of the 8 x 8 patterned paper.  I chose to use a sheet from Raspberry Fizz Mix.  I stamped the "love" from Mixed Messages and the "you" from First Fruits on the heart then inked the edges with raspberry fizz ink.  I then added the swirls from Remember in black ink. 

I wanted to keep the bookmark flat so they could actually use it in their books.  I resisted the urge to add a cute bow with some yummy PTI ribbon.  Instead I punched the bottom of the bookmark with a scalloped border punch to dress it up a bit.  I love how the point of the heart can hook over the edge of the page to mark your place in the book.





Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz mix paper
Stamps:  Mixed Messages, Remember, First Fruits (all PTI)
Ink:  black, raspberry fizz (PTI)
Accessories:  gelly roll pens, Fiskars threading water punch

Happily Ever After

Hurray for another snow day!  It gave me a chance to play along with today's PTI color challenge.  I chose Lisa Johnson's color favorites.

I used the sketch for CPS 153 that is sponsored by Papertrey.  I needed to make a card for a friend's bridal shower this weekend.  Here's what I came up with:

I combined the large flourished vine from With Sympathy with a sentiment from the anniversary set Everyday Classics.  I dressed it up a bit by placing tiny rhinestones in the center of each flower.  I popped the stamped panel up on thick pop dots for added dimension.





All Papertrey Ink unless stated otherwise
Stamps:  With Sympathy, Everyday Classics
Paper:  kraft, true black, vintage cream, spring moss
Ink:  spring moss, black (memento)
Accessories:  black organza ribbon, rhinestones, ribbon tags trio (spellbinders)

Paint By Numbers

The Papertrey celebration continues!  Nichole issued a paint by number sketch challenge on her blog today.  Here was the color combo I had to use since my username is hiinaz:

I almost didn't play along because today was a crazy day and I just couldn't see how to get those colors to work on a card.  Fortunately, she gave us a wonderful sketch to follow so that helped.  I decided to keep it clean and simple.

I used a base of Terracotta Tile and layered it with white.  Then I added the smaller panel of Orange Zest.  I kept the Ripe Avocado and Raspberry Fizz limited to the branch, flower centers and sentiment.  Finish it off with some lovely Terracotta satin ribbon and call it done!  I'm happy with how it turned out.  What do you think?

All products PTI unless noted

Stamps: Floral Fusion (CHA exclusive)
Ink: Orange Zest, Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado

Paper: terracotta tile, white, orange zest
Accessories: terracotta tile satin ribbon, Fiskars apron lace punch, pop dots