PTI Make It Monday 56 & March SFYTT

This card took FOREVER to make. I probably would have given up on the PTI's Make it Monday challenge of die cutting a partial image, but I had invested so much time that I was determined to finish it. I didn't choose the best die because I had to mask not only part of the umbrella I was using, but the entire other umbrella on the die.  And for some reason I couldn't get the sandwich quite right. (If you're having similar issues, save yourself some time and a whole lot of frustration and use this much simpler {and extremely effective} tutorial).  Thankfully the idea for the card came pretty quickly because I used Jen's March SFYTT.  Here's the sketch.  I tipped it over on it's side for my card.

This picture shows the depth of the card a bit better.  The other time consuming thing was drawing and hand cutting the clouds. I was kicking myself for not ordering a cloud die. I will be next time I make an order.  I'm glad I made them, though.  The clouds and the sun starting to peek out from behind are my favorite parts of the card.

Supplies

Stamps: Scattered Showers (PTI)

Ink: Baja Breeze (SU), Berry Sorbet (PTI), So Saffron (SU)

Paper: Berry Sorbet (PTI), Lemon Tart (PTI), Red Riding Hood (SU), Vintage Cream (PTI), Quite Contrary Jack & Jill Papers (My Mind's Eye) ( I also used cream and dark green card stock from my stash)

Other: Scattered Showers Die, 1 3/8" Circle Punch (SU), Dimensionals (SU & CTMH)

Pages with Papertrey #7

The challenge Leigh posted was to use a PTI sentiment stamp on your layout.  I used two: "You brighten my day!" from Lighten Up Sentiments and "cutie patootie" from Baby Button Bits.  I absolutely love these pictures of my mom and our little guy.  I took a bunch more that day, some of which are going on another page that I have not finished yet.  He was just a couple weeks old, so he wasn't very good at focusing on people's faces yet, but my mom made a bunch of silly faces at him that day and actually got him to look at her.  And I had to put "cutie patootie" on there because that actually is a nickname my mom uses for our little one.

 

Oh how I wish you could see how sparkly these glittered buttons are in real life!  I poured the glitter on last night but didn't shake off the excess glitter until this morning, and it the buttons turned out so pretty that I just sat there and stared at them for about a minute.

Supplies
Stamps: Lighten Up Sentiments, Fillable Frames #4, Baby Button Bits (all PTI)
Ink: Berry Sorbet (PTI), Certainly Celerly (SU), Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Paper: Berry Sorbet (PTI), Raspberry Fizz (PTI), Ocean Tides (PTI), Breeze (CTMH), Home Pink Glitter Book (My Mind's Eye), Chloe's Closet DP (Making Memories), Mosaic Memories Paper Stack (Recollections)
Other: Limitless Layers Oval Die Collection (PTI), Buttoned Up #1 Die (PTI), Scallop Edge Border Punch (SU), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU)
**This layout was inspired by one in Crystal Wilkerson's Ella E-book Template Collection.

PTI Make it Monday 55: Take 3

My friend is having twins - one boy, one girl.  So exciting.  I decided to make a card for her using PTI's Make it Monday Challenge to smaller frames into larger frames.  This time I stuck exactly to the challenge (unlike my unique interpretation on the last project).  The card is super sparkly in person, but not so much in the photos.  We've had snow several days in a row and the sky remains grey...not so good for pictures.

Here's a close up.  The sentiment reads "double the love", but the pink is hard to see in the pictures.  Oh, and my friend has already picked out names, which is why the sailboat has a "K" on it. 

Supplies
Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings, Mat Stack 1 Collection, Fancy Flourishes, Polka Dot Basics, Star Prints, Background Basics: Retro (all PTI)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette (all SU)
Paper: Spring Rain (PTI), Sweet Blush (PTI), White, Grey
Other: Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU), Dimensionals (SU)

Make It Monday 55: Take 2

Okay, so I was a little liberal with this take on the challenge.  When I was looking through my stamps to find frame images, I ran across PTI's On My Couch set.  I know couches and chairs are not frames, but at least they're all things you'd find in a living room. :) Anyway, when I looked at the couches and chairs, I started wondering what they would look like double stamped like Dawn had done in the MIM video.  My curiosity got the best of me, so I inked them up, and I loved the "frame" they created.  I figure I'm still applying the basic concepts of the challenge...making a larger frame out of a smaller image, hiding lines made by double stamping the image, and getting more mileage out of my stamps.  And really, I just thought it was too neat not to share. 
I work with teenage girls at church, so I made little tags with their names on them to go on a gift.  Although some of the tags have the same colors, each tag has a different background.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. :)

As you can see in the close up, I stamped the chairs in opposite directions with the feet touching.  It looks really neat when you use the filled in/patterned chair and couch pieces as well.  I'm working on a card that shows that, but for this project I needed to use the chair outline because the outlines have the feet at the bottom, and I needed the image just a bit longer, so I could fit the name labels.

Supplies

Stamps: On My Couch, Fresh Alphabet, Background Basics: Retro (all PTI)

Ink: Raspberry Fizz (PTI), Certainly Celery (SU), Cool Caribbean (SU), Orchid Opulence (SU), So Saffron (SU), VersaMark

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Plum Pudding, White (all PTI)

Others: Key Tag Punch (SU), Ticket Corner Punch (SU), Caribbean & Pink Sorbet Twine (Twinery), Purple Twine, White Emboss Powder (SU), Heat Embossing Tool

With Sympathy

I made this card a while back for a friend.  I don't really consider myself a pink kind of girl, but it seemed soft and delicate, which is what I was hoping to convey with this card.  I still think sympathy cards are the hardest to make. 
The next picture shows the colors most closely to what they look like on the actual card.

I added the rhinestone button to the center of the flower and cut a velvety flower in half that I had on a bunch of hydrangeas in our bedroom to make the leaves.  I was pretty happy with how it turned out.

Supplies

Stamp: Round & Round (PTI)

Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Chamomile Tea Dye Ink (PTI)

Paper: Cream, Mosaic Memories (Recollections)   [I love this paper pack!)

Other: Large Scallop Border Die (PTI), On the Edge Die (Tim Holtz), Prima Floral Embellishment, Pink Ribbon, Rhinestones, Cream Parcel Tag, Rhinestone Button