Bokeh inspired stamping

I was totally inspired by  Betsy Veldman's blog post on Bokeh inspired stamping, that I felt I had to give it a try for myself. I loved how she used the camera from Shutterfly Special and decided to CASE her card.

I used the Colour Crush Challenge on the Pink Paislee Blog, as well as  this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Collage Elements.

Now, I have to say that when I CASE someone, I tend to just go by memory, so it does turn out a little differently than the original. For my Pink Paislee product, I used a piece of their patterned paper from their Portfolio line as my mat. I inked the edges of my stamper's select white cardstock with Hawaiian Shores ink and my blending tool. I stamped the camera from PTI's Shutterfly Special in Versafine. Then I took one of my stamps from Embroidered Blooms, flipped it over and used the backside of it to stamp my circles, using the Colour Crush Palette (Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores and Summer Sunrise). I added the sentiment three times (in Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores & Versafine.)

I'm also linking this card up for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Anything Goes.

Then, I thought that this might be a cool technique to incorporate into a layout, so I found a photo of Sage to scrapbook.

Once again, I inked the edges of white cardstock (American Crafts -- the back side) with Hawaiian Shores ink and my blending tool. I stamped the camera from PTI's Shutterfly Special in Versafine on the coordinating diecut. I matted Sage's photo on white and layered it over some Pink Paislee patterned paper and diecut another strip with the PTI Heart Border die. I stamped my title using PTI's Wonderful Words Additions and added some Pink Paislee chipboard letters for "laugh". I stamped the "LOL! & "ha!ha!" using CTMH stamps. I used the same stamp from Embroidered Blooms to stamp my circles, again using the Colour Crush Palette (Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores and Lemon Tart).

For the Make It Monday challenge, I added a sentiment using a Teresa Collins stamp that is just perfect for Sage, stamped in Sweet Blush. I inked three Pink Paislee chipboard stars (in Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores and Lemon Tart) and added them to my layout as well.

And I stamped the same sentiment again in Versafine on the pull out part of the camera.

Thanks for looking!

2 cards for 3 challenges

Yesterday, I made a few more cards using the Colour Crush Challenge on the Pink Paislee Blog. The challenge is to use the colours in the following photo on a project:

I also used this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Collage Elements and will be linking these up  this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Happy Birthday.

For my first card, I layered a piece of Pink Paislee patterned paper over some PTI Hawaiian Shores cardstock. I diecut a piece of PTI's Stamper's Select White cardstock with my Layerz Mat Stack 4 die. On this, I stamped my sentiment (from Stylish Sentiments: birthday) in Versafine ink and then I stamped a collage using PTI's Friends Til the End (in Sweet Blush), Stylish Sentiments: birthday (in Berry Sorbet) and Birthday Style (stamped in Lemon Tart). I added some twine and PTI buttons (in Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores and Summer Sunrise).

For my next card, I stamped my sentiment (from Stylish Sentiments: birthday) in Versafine ink and then I stamped a collage using PTI's Birthday Style (stamped in Lemon Tart, Sweet Blush, Hawaiian Shores, Winter Wisteria & Summer Sunrise). I layered this over a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock and added some stitching. I diecut a piece of Pink Paislee patterned paper using my Birthday Style dies adhered it to the card using dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

Spring colours

While hopping around online yesterday, I noticed that there was a Colour Crush Challenge on the Pink Paislee Blog. The challenge is to use the colours in the following photo on a project:

I decided to make a card and a layout using these spring colours. I also used this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Collage Elements on both of my projects.

For my card, I stamped a collage using PTI's Text Style I (in Winter Wisteria, stamped off once), Turning a New Leaf (in Summer Sunrise) and Birthday Style (stamped in Sweet Blush). I added my sentiment (from Stylish Sentiments: birthday) in Versafine ink. I adhered this to a Hawaiian Shores mat and added stitching. I diecut a Papertrey Ink Tag Sale #7 from a sheet of Pink Paislee patterned paper, added some twine from my LSS. The chipboard butterfly is Pink Paislee. With my blending tool, I added some Sweet Blush ink to it before adhering it to my card.

I am also linking up this card for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Happy Birthday.

For my layout, I used Inspired Blueprints Sketch 88:

I was thinking that for my layout I might need to use some black & white photos in order to make this colour combo work, but I came across these photos from last June which worked perfectly (sigh... how I cannot wait for summer to arrive! Actually, at this point, I'd settle for spring! LOL!)

The background patterned paper is Pink Paislee, as is the strip of coral pink. The yellow patterned paper is My Mind's Eye.

Here's a close up of my stamped collage, using PTI's Text Style I (in Hawaiian Shores) and Birthday Style (stamped in n Winter Wisteria once and then stamped off once). Again, the chipboard butterfly is Pink Paislee which I inked with Sweet Blush ink.

The journaling is a tag that I made using some Pink Paislee patterned paper (from their Portfolio line) and a PTI Tag Sale #7 die. I used two more Pink Paislee butterflies, inked in Winter Wisteria and Hawaiian Shores (& some Spring Rain to create a different coloured striped pattern).

For my title, I used Lily Bee Design letter stickers (yellow) and PTI Modern Alphabet uppercase dies. These were diecut from Hawaiian Shores cardstock and then stamped with Hawaiian Shores ink using BB:Herringbone.

Thanks for looking!