PTI SAF 2015: Bridal Challenge

I'm enjoying playing along with the Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire Challenges today.

So far, though, I've only made two cards.... 

but I have big plans to make more this afternoon!

The cards that I made are for the Bridal Challenge, 

where we were challenged to make a wedding card using only white

(& a neutral for the sentiment).

Now, my first idea (which I decided on last night) was to use

the Garden Gild cover plate.

But, then I saw that Betsy Veldman made a very similar card,

so I decided to use my Songbirds die instead.

I diecut the leaves from vellum and adhered them to my card.

I stamped the sentiment (from Garden Gild) in my new Wplus9 Warm Wool ink.

A few rainstones finish it off.

Then, I decided to make a card using my original idea...

I diecut the Garden Gild coverplate from vellum and adhered it to my card.

The sentiments and ink are the same as on my first card.

I love how they both turned out!

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Last weekend was our town's annual Corn & Apple Festival.
I took Jonah & Sage to it on Friday, because the forecast wasn't good for the rest of the weekend.
I got some fun photos:

On Saturday, we went to the parade in the morning.

This is first time we've been able to watch the parade -- for the past

several years, we've walked with our taekwondo club.

I took this photo before it started (& before Austin joined us).

We managed to watch about a third of the parade before it started pouring!

2. Lucy came to stay with us again last week --

she'll be with us until mid-September.

3. I've been busy painting this week again at our middle school.

I got the doorframe and stairwells painted in both the Grade 7 & Grade 8 wings.

I actually finished everything yesterday, but they'd like me to paint

some doors in the high school now....

4. Sage & I are looking forward to participating in Papertrey's Stamp-a-faire tomorrow. 

We've got all of the supplies we need (except we forgot to get popsicle sticks --

and I don't think we can buy those anywhere in town...)

The first challenge was to decorate a white t-shirt.

At first, we were both going to each decorate one, 

but we ended up making her tee a team effort.

Sage came up with the idea of making a diamond using the Brushed Off stamp set.
I helped pick the colours and suggested the sentiment we could use.
 

In the end, I stamped the shirt, using some washi tape to make the outline

of the diamond shape.

The sentiments are from Wet Paint & Wet Paint II.

5. And lastly, I have a card to share for Kara's Pure Colour Challenge at Wplus9:

I combined some stamps to make my card: PTI's Twig Leaf, 

Wplus9's Watercoloured Anemones & SSS's Big Scripty Sentiments.

I thought the watercolour anemones would be lovely on a twig wreath.

To finish it off, I added a couple of PTI buttons and some button twine.

Since I used my MISTI to stamp it, I decided to make a second card right away, 

but I changed up the sentiment so I could give it to my church's visitation committee.

This sentiment is also SSS -- it's their Blessed stamp set.

I'm also linking this card up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #138

Thanks so much to Bazzill Basics for sponsoring this post!
I was provided with products, but all opinions are my own.

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #138 designed by Chrissy Larson:

Isn't it super fun?
Here's my card:

To make my card, I used some post-it notes to mask off of rectangle 

on my Bazzill Basics Smoothies: Coconut Swirl cardstock. 

I used a Tim Holtz stencil and blending tool to apply ink to the unmasked area.

I stamped the cat (from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos stamp set) in versafine onyx black ink 

over the woodgrain rectangle, as well as on another piece of Coconut Swirl cardstock. 

I heat embossed the cat in clear embossing powder. 

To colour him in, I pressed some of the same ink onto an acrylic block, 

added a little water and painted the wet ink onto my cat with a paintbrush. 

Then, I repeated the process with a dark grey ink, as well as with Delicata Silver ink. 

I cut the painted cat out by hand and then adhered him to my card. 

I added a banner diecut from some Bazzill Basics Monochromatic: Smoky cardstock using 

Papertrey Ink's double-ended banner die and and stamped with KIS: Birthday.

I matted the card with this cardstock as well.

I'm also linking this card up to this week's 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, September 3rd to link up your card.

Oh, and before you go, I'm also up on the Bazzill Basics Blog today
with this card, as well as with a coordinating tag.
Click here to check them out.

Thanks for looking!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Today, I have a fun card to share that I made using some Reverse Confetti  products.

I diecut the scoops and cone from some Heidi Swapp patterned papers using

the dies from Love & Ice Cream Confetti Cuts.

Then, on the cone, and on my background, I stamped the sentiment in dark chocolate:

"sweet" is from Fancy Words & the "birthday wishes" is from Circle Sentiments.

 

I'm also linking this card up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

A huge thank you to everyone who left comments for Sage

over the past few days while she guest-blogged for me!

She is over-the-moon encouraged by your support!

And thanks again, Sage, for being such a wonderful guest blogger!

You're the best!

From the comments received, it looks like you'd be quite welcome

to guest blog for me anytime... :)

It's the 25th of the month, which means that I'm playing along

with the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, where this month's challenge is this photo:

I love these pinks, oranges and golds together!

I decided to use the colour scheme (orange zest, autumn rose,

scarlet jewel, sweet blush & gold), along with my new Brushed Off stamp set

to make a couple of cards.

My first card uses my new Leaf Silhouette dies.

I masked off my card and stamped the Brushed Off stamp repeatedly

across my card.

I stamped the sentiment (from Wet Paint) in onyx black.

I added a strip of Bazzill Basics Gold Foil.

I also diecut the leaves (one using the Leaf Silhouette die

and the second one from the Phrase Play #7 die.

On my second card, I stamped the same Brushed Off stamp

in the same colours. 

This time, I stamped the sentiment from Choose Joy

and added a strip of true black cardstock.

I diecut the leaves from vellum using the Songbirds die

and adhered it over the Brushed Off stripes.

Thanks for looking!

Guest Blogger -- Day 3

Hi there, Sage here.

(My mom took this picture on the Ferris Wheel at the Corn & Apple Festival

this past weekend. I had a great time!)

Today as guest blogger, I'm sharing the card that I made for
Bella, a friend I made at camp this summer.

Here's my card:

I used some of my mom's watercolour paper

and stamped the dog & sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Simon stamp set.

Then, I stamped the bandana on another piece of paper.

Then, I coloured in the bandana using the Zig Markers

and used a water brush to give it a watercolour effect.

I used the Zig Markers to colour in the dog.

For the grass, I drew a bunch of lines with a green Zig marker

and took the water brush and made more lines going down.

Near the bottom, I just swirled it.

For the sky, I coloured around the sentiment and then I took the water brush

and brushed the colour around.

I'm linking this card up to Simon Says Stamp's 

Kid Vacation Summer Challenge.

Thanks for all your kind comments as

my mom's guest blogger!

See ya next time!

Guest Blogger -- Day 2

Hi there, Sage here.

(This weekend is the Corn & Apple Festival in our town.
My mom took this photo of me on Friday at the Midway.)

Today as guest blogger, I'm sharing the card that I made for my mom's birthday,

which I made using my mom's new Zig Clear Colour Brush Markers.

I love colouring with these markers!

Here's my card:

I used some of my mom's watercolour paper

and stamped the flowers & sentiment from PTI's Vintage Linens.

I used the Zig Markers and coloured them in.

Then, I used a water brush to give a watercolour effect.

For the leaves, I drew the darker green lines and mixed the watercolour

brush with the colour and put it around to make the leaf.

I'm linking this card up to Simon Says Stamp's 

Kid Vacation Summer Challenge.

Come back tomorrow to see that card that I made for

a friend I made at camp!

See ya next time!

Guest Blogger -- Day 1

Hi there, Sage here.

(This is a picture my mom took of me in Montreal.
It was in front of a shop that sold Japanese papers.)

As she explained in this post yesterday,

my mom took a job painting this week.

So, she asked me if I'd like to be a guest blogger for the next few days.

Of course, I said yes!

Today, I'm sharing the card that I made for Jonah's birthday,

which I made using some Reverse Confetti stamps

and my mom's new Zig Clear Colour Brush Markers.

I love these markers!
They're so fun!

Here's my card:

I used some of my mom's watercolour paper

and stamped the alligator, cake & sentiment from Later Alligator

using my mom's MISTI.

I really enjoy using the MISTI.

It makes sure things are straight.

I used the Zig Markers and coloured them in.

Then, I used a water brush to give a watercolour effect.

And on the cake, I mixed a few of the colours.

It turned out nicely & Jonah loved it!

I'm linking this card up to Simon Says Stamp's 

Kid Vacation Summer Challenge.

Come back tomorrow to see that card that I made for my mom's birthday!

See ya next time!

Five for Friday

1. Thanks so much for the birthday wishes!

 I had a great day/weekend!

My friend, Susan, took me out for lunch and my family

took me out for supper.

Sage & Jonah got me a wonderful pillow for my living room

-- it has feathers on it and matches everything perfectly!

Austin put some money towards getting a Marni Luhu custom necklace --

I will definitely share photos when it's done!

And, my best friend, Val, took me to Winnipeg for the day on Saturday.

We went for brunch at Cora's

and spent the rest of the day shopping.

It was wonderful!

2. So, most of you probably know that I'm a substitute teacher

during the school year and that I love having my summers off with my kids.

Well, this week, I kind of got a job....

It was unexpected, to say the least!

My husband paints for our school division in the summertime

and he called on Monday to tell me that a painter walked off the job

and did I want to paint.

I said yes, thinking it would just be for a day.

Well, it's until the job is done....

The extra money will be nice, I'm sure,

but I'm quite sad that my summer has been cut short. 

I'm hoping to get it done by the middle/end of next week, but we'll see...

3. I had worked very hard to make sure that I still had projects

to post on my blog while we were away in Montreal two weeks ago.

However, I haven't been as productive as I should be

(I blame Netflix!)

so I don't have very many projects waiting to be blogged.

With this new job popping up,

I haven't had a lot of time to craft.

So, I've decided to get a guest blogger!

She's agreed to do three posts for me, starting tomorrow.

Any guesses to who it could be?

4. I'm very excited about this:

I was so thrilled and honoured to be asked to be a contributor

for Erin Taylor's Card Essentials 101 class for Gossamer Blue!

It's been one of my crafty dreams to contribute to an online class!

It promises to be a wonderful class 

(where I have a couple of videos to share!)

and the kit Card Essentials 101 Card kit is fabulous!

Click here for more details.

5. And lastly, I have a card to share that I made for Muse Challenge #129,
where we're being inspired by this card:

I love the stencilling on this card and I was inspired by that,

the colours Anita used and the design.

Here's my card:

I stamped my sentiment (using PTI's Gracious Greetings stamp set),

which I masked with a post-it note that I diecut using the coordinating die,

for this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Masking Sentiments.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for my background, inking it with aqua mist and hawaiian shores ink.

I stamped the flowers (also from Gracious Greetings) in Golden Glitz Delicata ink
and added some leaves stamped in hawaiian shores.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #137

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #137 designed by N@ Ali:

Here's my card:

I started with some Studio Calico patterned paper as my background.

I stamped the raccoon from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos stamp set in versafine onyx black ink 

onto some watercolour paper and coloured him in with some Zig Clear Colour Brush markers.
I stamped the little cake (from Reverse Confetti's Later Alligator stamp set)
and coloured it in as well.
Then, I used my kraft knife and a ruler to cut the angles and trimmed out the raccoon by hand.

I blended some ocean tides ink onto another piece of the watercolour paper
and diecut it with the Simon Says Stamp word die.
I stamped the "birthday wishes" from PTI's KIS: Belated Birthday
in versamark and heat embossed it on true black cardstock.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, August 27th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Freshly Made Sketches 200th Sketch Celebration

Freshly Made Sketches is celebrating their 200th sketch

and Reverse Confetti is very excited to be sponsoring this wonderful event.

The sketch seemed quite open for interpretation, 

so I decided to use my Arrow Confetti Cut with my favourite sentiment set (Lots to Say)

to make a masculine card.

I used some Basic Grey patterned paper to create my background.

The Arrow was diecut from white cardstock and from a coaster to give it some dimension.

I stamped the sentiment from Lots to Say in three different colours of ink

to create some interest.

  

Be sure to head on over to Freshly Made Sketches

to see what the rest of the Reverse Confetti DT made with the sketch

and to play along, if you'd like.

Thanks for looking!