The first card up is done in a purple scheme. All the cards have the same layout. I did vary the pictures. Two have birthday cakes, two have cupcakes. Most of the stamps are from TT Birthday but some are from fillable frames and some from Its a Celebration.
This peach card is my favorite, which is funny because I have never really liked that melon berry paper. But something about this card has me really liking it.
This card is my second favorite and the first one I made. I love that mat stack stamp.
Hey look, its not a bird! LOL! I had a friend over a few weekends ago and I was introducing her to the great art of stamping. We did a bit of Valentine's day stamping and played with a lot of stamps that had matching punches or die cuts. I ended up making this. I left the sentiment for the inside of the card. Its a pretty simple card. I used PTI backgrounds Hearts, Heart Prints, Simple Valentine, ribbon, cardstock and scalloped die.
Good morning! Are you enjoying your Sunday? I have a horrible cold, but other than that things are going well. Today's card features the Bitty Bird and the Vintage Picnic stamp sets from PTI. The background is from bitty bird, as is the sentiment, and the little birds. The basket and flowers are from Vintage Picnic. Those super cute buttons are from doodlebug.
Good Morning Blog Friends! Its a great day! I am totally happy because I got my issue of PC magazine with my FIRST published creation! Its a little box in Stamp It Techniques. Its in the paper piecing section. That totally made my week. LOL Anyway, today I have some yummy Waltzingmouse goodness and a matching envie because I was just feeling all kinds of crafty the other day. Ive got stamps from the basket set and also little buddies. Both fabulous sets, my favorite are the fonts. Claire has a way with fonts. I colored everything up with my copics. Layered some Hawaiian shores, Aqua Mist and Kraft paper and tied on a pretty bow. Thanks for stopping by!
Good Morning my bloggy friends! Today I have a card that uses all three PTI bird sets. The egg and nest are from birds of a feather, the birds and branch are from Little Bitty Bird, and the sentiment is from Bird Watching. The text in the background is from PTI Background Basics: Hearts. A little copic coloring and a little chai tea inking and you are all done. Thanks for coming by today!
My sister in law is expecting her first baby this May. We are all so excited for her. I was happy to make the invitations for her shower in April. Thankfully they are almost all done, because I have never been one for mass production. I used Spring rain and lemon tart cardstock with doodlebug dotted paper. The teddy bear is from PTI's baby button bits.
The information is all computer generated. I am way to lazy to hand write it. I used PTI's gingham ribbon and buttons. The blue squiggly is from bitty bird and the little ducky from bitty baby.
On this first card I mixed my bird houses and bitty birds with one of my fillable frames sets. I colored everything using my copics. Let me offer you a little tip here, if you are coloring on PTI's vintage cream the copics are going to spread more than normal. So stay back away from the line. Give the color somewhere to move to. Also the darker the color the more it bleeds so when using dark brown or dark red be really careful.
This card I took the same basic stamping "picture" and trimmed it closer. Colors and "picture" are basically the same, however I added two more hearts to make the picture more vertical for my vertical card. Its colored almost identical to the first one. I added a fillable frame that I matted on some red bitty dot paper. I paper pieced two of the hearts and then colored the bird to match. I also used my white gel pen to add a little border to the longer picture.
Next is the details... now I dont always do these things. Sometimes I am too tired or too hurried. But its the details that really make a project stand out. Take the back of the envelope for instance- here I added a little bird and the word hello. What a nice little surprise for the recipient. Thats not something you find at hallmark.
Here I lined the envie with bitty dot paper. If you have the PTI envie die this is a simple and easy step. Sure the envelope might get tossed. Who cares? Look at the impact this has. This makes people stop and say Wow!
And finally we have the front of the envie. The fillable frames make the perfect address frames. So quick and easy to do. If you have a little extra time add one of the stamps you used on the card or a coordinating stamp. Here I have two little birds and the heart. I generally dont color on envies because of the whole bleeding thing but if you wanted to you could. Just slip a little scrap of card inside to soak up the ink. Easy peasy and really worth the extra effort to make something stand out.
Hi there! This stamp set is a new one for me. I got it from the lovely Joan aka Dear Paperlicious. Its a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things. I was totally unfamiliar with this line, but look how cute! Uh oh.... Anyway I colored her with my copics and mounted her on some smokey shadow cardstock. I tied on a hawaiian shores polka dot ribbon. I usually dont "do" people stamps but I think this one is too cute. Thanks for stopping in today. I am trying to get back on a regular posting schedule. This is my last day of vacay and I have a zillion things to do before work tomorrow. I am up early today to get my kiddos back to school and let me tell you the alarm was an unwelcome sound this morning. Who knew 2 weeks off could mess me up so much?
