More Shapes by Design

Hello blog friends!  I have the last of the Shapes by Design cards for you today.  I worked on these a few weeks ago but just recently got around to editing the photos.
 
This first card has the circles over lapped just as they were on the teal/green card I shared a few days ago.  However this time I took my white gel pen and outlined the circles so they stand out more.  On the sentiment where the grey looks a bit messy I outlined it in a twinkle pen, in real life it just looks sparkly, in the picture it just looks uneven.  The colors used here are Winter Wisteria and Spring Rain.

 
On this second card I used the same color scheme.  I used the rectangle stamps and I masked the circle for the sentiment.  I used stickles in blue and purple over each of the boxes.  It is so sparkly in real life, not so much in the picture.   Anyway just a few more things you can do with the PTI shapes by design set.  A lot of possibilities with that one- especially if you like clean and/or graphic designs.

Shapes By Design 3

Hello there friends! Thank you for all your comments over the last two days. I freely admit to begging people to come to my blog on the PTI message board! I am pathetic! Actually I was just really excited about rediscovering this set. When I went back into the archives to see other things I had made with it I had just barely scratched the surface. Sometimes I get so into shopping and the next big thing I forget about those things I already have. That was my long winded way of saying Thank You!
 
Here is today's card.  Again using Shapes by Design for both the graphic and the sentiment.  The circles (its one big stamp) were stamped in smokey shadow.  Next I took the small companion circle and filled in the circles with three different inks, golden harvest, new leaf, and hawaiian shores.  The sentiment is also in Smokey Shadow.  I mounted the whole thing on Smokey Shadow cardstock.

I have quite a few more of these Shapes By Design cards as well as some new stuff from PTI.  I had planned on photographing everything yesterday but then I got lazy and spent half the day reading.  Hopefully today I will get up off my butt and be more productive!  Thanks for stopping in!

Shapes By Design Day 2

Hello Friends! I have been having so much fun with old Shapes By Design set.  I looked it up and it was indeed designed by Ali Miles for PTI.  I believe it came out in 2008.  I got it out the other day because I was thinking of selling it (lets be honest I have way too many stamps).  I thought I should give it one more shot before I listed it and now I don't think it will be leaving the house.  I have made 8 cards since I got it out!


To make this card I used two of the circle stamps.  I drew a one inch grid on my paper using a T square (seriously best tool ever).  Then I took to stamping with the outline circle.  After stamping that outline I went back and erased the gridlines.  Next I filled in with the solid circle using two colors of ink (new leaf and hawaiian shores).   Those little strips are the ends I cut off when cut the front down to mat it.
 
The sentiment and frame are from Framed Out two.  I thought they fit the design pretty well.  Everything is matted on a New Leaf base.   I still have four or five more shapes by design cards so come back tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping in!

Shapes by Design

Good Morning friends!  I hope you are all well this Thursday morning.  I have a couple of cards I made on Tuesday.  I pulled out a really old set from PTI, Shapes by Design.  I think it was designed by Alli Miles.
 
My first card uses a craft base and a color scheme of dark chocolate, summer sunrise, and orange zest.  Its a little too 70's for me but it was a lot of stamping so I will give it out for the next guy birthday we celebrate.  If I were to do it again I would change the colors.
 
I like this next one a lot better.  Color scheme of New Leaf, Viridian Green, Dark Chocolate,Golden Harvest and Summer Sunrise.  Shapes by Design stamp set. 

I notice I am getting a lot of crafting done now that its summer.  I am also not working this summer for the first time in 5 years.  I miss my little summer jobs- but there wasn't anything to be had this summer.  However more time for relaxing and crafting.  We spent a very enjoyable day yesterday at my daughter's promotion from 6th grade.  One of her friend's parents invited us over for an impromptu BBQ.  It was really fun and its always nice to get to know the parents of her friends. As for today I am off to spin class in a few minutes.  I am completely rusty but its a great workout- for the body and the mind too.  Its good when your muscles are nice and sore.  (Or so I tell myself!)  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!