Six for me & one for Sage

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Sage & I played along with the PTI Stamp-A-Faire Challenges yesterday & here's what we made.....

Every card that we made was for the Breakfast Bake & Take, where we were challenged to choose one sketch and one colour combo.

I also wanted to try my hand at the Tea Staining Technique, so for my first card, I dyed some unbleached cotton with some tea Friday night. In the morning, I wrung it out and tossed it in the dryer. Then I diecut it using my Beautiful Blooms II #1 dies and stamped on it with my BB:Text Style I.

I used this colour combo...

 And this sketch...

Here's my card...

I also used my Embroidered Blooms stamp set to stamp the leaves and Think Big Favourites #12 for the sentiment. I layered onto some flowers cut from Terracotta felt and some summer sunrise buttons. The twine was dyed with Betsy's kool aid staining technique.

I had fun with Betsy's technique to stain with kool aid and ended up staining some felt, twine, water colour paper and unbleached cotton. The next four cards use items that I stained with kool aid.

For my second card, I used this colour combo...

And this sketch....

For the stripes on the side of the card, I decided to use some banners,  two of which are cut from my kool-aid dyed watercolour paper (the berry sorbet and melon berry colours. ) The third is some harvest gold cardstock. I used my LL:oval dies & a sentiment from Communique Sentiments for my tag. The flowers were diecut using my Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals dies and the kool aid dyed cotton fabric. The leaves are some ocean tides felt. The little pearls I added are Doodlebug.

For my third card, I used this colour combo (but I switched out the simply chartreuse for new leaf, since that's the colour I achieved when I dyed my felt)....

And here's the sketch I used (which I rotated 90˚ to the left)....

I used some Crate Paper for my background. I added some flowers (diecut using a Beautiful Blooms II #2 die, a Lovely Layers die and a Turning a New Leaf die and my kool aid dyed felt). The twine was also dyed in kool aid (I love this!) The sentiment is from Embroidered Blooms. Some buttons & stitching finish it off.

For my fourth card, I used this colour combo...

And this sketch...

I used some Crate Paper patterned paper and slide frame. I diecut some of my kool aid dyed watercolour paper with my double-ended banner die and stamped a sentiment from Bountiful Banners. The feather is from Happy Trails. I stamped it in versamark and heat embossed it with two colours of Zing! embossing powder.

For my fifth card, I used this colour combo (again!)...

And this sketch...

I used some Crate Paper for my background. I stamped my sentiment (from Beautiful Blessings) onto a Half & Half diecut and added some diecut flowers from my kool aid dyed cotton, some ocean tides felt, some kool aid dyed twine & some My Mind's Eye enamel dots.

And the sixth card that I made was with this colour combo (again!)...

And this sketch...

I used a strip of Crate Paper patterned paper left over from my fourth card. I stitched it in place and then instead of a circle, I added a Memory Box diecut speech bubble. On this I stamped using my Scent-imentals stamp set and made it a scratch & sniff card for the Whipping Up Scent-sational Cards Challenge.

And saving the best for last, here's Sage's card. She used this colour combo...

And this sketch...

She was inspired by the inspiration photo (her words -- so cute!) to create a woodgrain striped background. She paper-pieced her new little squirrel and loves how he turned out-- we think he looks like he's dressed up for Halloween!

Isn't her card adorable? I love it! We're linking it up to the Simon Says Stamp Kids' Summer Vacation Challenge, too. 

Thanks for looking!

PTI August Blog Hop

Once again, I'm participating in the monthly Papertrey Ink blog hop. This month's challenge is a fast one -- a Fast Food challenge, where Nichole supplied us with colour combos and sketches to use for our projects.

I couldn't resist creating a card for each one.

I also couldn't resist using my new Scent-imentals stamp set and making scratch & sniff cards for five of them, so I'm also linking them up for the Whipping Up Scent-sational Cards SAF Challenge.

Here's the first sketch & colour combo:

And here's my card. I rotated the sketch 180˚ & I traded out the lemon tart for some rustic white. Otherwise, everything I used here is according to the colour scheme and is PTI. I wove my strips of kraft cardstock to mimic the pie crust. I stamped my cherries and cut them out by hand. I heat embossed them with some sugar-free cherry jello powder mixed with clear embossing powder.

Here's the second sketch and colour combo:

For this one, I rotated the sketch 90˚ to the right. I was a little stumped on the colour combo, until I found this sheet of Echo Park patterned paper in my stash. I stamped my Scent-imentals image and sentiment onto dark chocolate cardstock (I trimmed the end with my Tag Sale #5 die) and heat embossed them in white. I did the same with the flourish from Modern Wood Mats (I masked off the little flowers on the ends) and I added the "steam" with a Pedal Pushes stamp-- it's the one with the little cans, I just masked them off. I stamped the coffee in the cup in Versamark and then heat embossed it with brown embossing powder mixed with coffee grounds. I added some twine and a canyon clay button.

Here's the third colour combo and sketch:

I used some strips of Crate Paper patterned paper layered over some vintage cream cardstock to create my background. I stamped my sentiment on some patterned paper (the same that I used for my card base), that I'd diecut with my edger's #3 diecut. I stamped the peace in harvest gold and summer sunrise ink-- I was pleased how it turned out! Some buttons and twine finish it off.

Here's the fourth colour combo and sketch:

This was the only card I didn't use the Scent-imentals set on. I really liked the little flowers in the sketch, so I used my Iconic Images stamp set and Turning a New Leaf for the leaves. I impressed the plum pudding card stock with my woodgrain impression plate and stamped my sentiment (from Boutique Borders: Birthday) in plum pudding ink.

Here's the fifth colour combo and sketch:

For this card, I raided my patterned paper scraps. I found some that matched the colours in the sketch (I did go with ocean tides instead of aqua mist, though) and cut them into 1/2" strips. I stitched them onto my cardstock and stamped my sentiment in Spring Rain ink. I stamped my cherry leaves onto the background in ocean tides. I stamped my cherries onto another piece of vintage cream cardstock with both hibiscus burst & lavender moon. Then I stamped the cherries again in Versamark & heat embossed them with some sugar-free cherry jello powder mixed with clear embossing powder. Some ocean tides buttons finish it off.

And here's the sixth colour combo and sketch:

For this one, I deviated a little from the sketch. I rotated it 180˚, but then moved the tag into the centre. I was totally inspired by the sweet take out box. I used some Crate Paper patterned paper for the background, layered over kraft cardstock. I diecut my true black cardstock with my Mat Stack 4 die cut and stamped my Scent-imentals image and sentiment and heat embossed them in white. Since the brown ink didn't show up in the cut when I tried it, I decided to stamp it in Versamark and then heat emboss it with brown Zing! embossing powder mixed with coffee grounds. Some rustic twine finishes it off.

Thanks for looking!

SAF Meet & Greet

Well, it's Friday evening and Sage & I are eagerly anticipating participating in Papertrey Ink's Stamp-A-Faire tomorrow!

I shared earlier this month that Sage & I had decided to split a SAF Basic Kit and we were inspired to make some extra aprons for Sage & her doll, using the totes from the kit.

We spent the morning cleaning our basement, in preparation for SAF and for a weekend visitor-- we're pet sitting Lucy this weekend. :)

Because it's our town's annual Corn & Apple Festival this weekend, it didn't work for friends to come and join us, so it will just be Sage & I stamping together, which will still be lots of fun!

Thanks for looking!

We deserve a party

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today's card pairs together two new sets that were just released last month:  Everyday Expressions and Sublime Citrus.

I used some Teresa Collins patterned paper for the background and made a "table" using a strip of Authentique patterned paper. Using the same technique as I did on this card, I created some vellum glasses and pitcher that I "filled" with pink lemonade.

I stamped an Everyday Expressions sentiment on a banner layered over a second pink banner. Just looking at this card has me longing for a glass of pink lemonade! Mmmm!

I'm linking this up to the Fusion #16 Challenge:

Thanks for looking!

2 cards, 2 challenges, 2 crafters

Sage & I each have a card to post today... I'll let her share first. :)

Sage has two penpals. One she just got this summer & the other she made last summer on our trip to Nanaimo. She's my twin brother's niece and Sage made her this card for the Simon Says Stamp Kids' Summer Vacation Challenge, where the optional theme is ice.

She used some Fresh Squeezed stamps to stamp her jug & glasses, which she paper-pieced with some American Crafts patterned paper. The sentiment is from a Think Big Favourites set.

My card is for the Clearly Besotted Challenge #3, where we were challenged to use the following colour combination:

Stephanie's instructions say that we could use some or all of the colours, so I opted for some. ;) I didn't use the purple at all and I traded the green for aqua mist.

I layered some Teresa Collins patterned paper over some soft stone cardstock. I stamped my feather onto vellum and heat embossed with two colours. I diecut another piece of vellum with my Get a Handle on It die and stamped my sentiment onto it. A button, twine and stitching finishes everything off.

Thanks for looking!