Fall Themed Wedding Card

We have a wedding go to this weekend!  Since it was kind of a last-minute thing – our invitation didn’t make it through 2 change of addresses, I was pressed for time but still wanting to make a lovely fall themed card.  Summer Sunrise is one of my favorite colors that PTI has, and it’s just perfect for a fall themed card!  So here is a quick and easy fall card.  But this stamp set isn’t just for fall – imagine lovely bright spring greens or deep green for a spring of summer card!  Love this stamp set!  This set makes quick and easy look so elegant!  It’s one of my favorite all time sets!  All the details are below!

·      Stamp set(s):    PTI – Text & Texture: Leaves; Make It Market Mini: Garden Gild (inside sentiment); Verve – Scripture Medley 3 (back)

·      Ink(s):  PTI – Summer Sunrise; Nuvo Glitter Marker - Copper

·      Paper: PTI – Summer Sunrise

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  Heffy Doodle – Imperial Stitched Rectangle Dies

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Ranger – Glossy Accents

That’s it for now.  Busy week but I just had to get this lovely card out there for you to see! I love the look of this card!

Many Blessings,

Donna

Gourd-eous Fall Birthday!

Fall has finally arrived here in SC – at last! A family birthday is happening tomorrow so this fall themed birthday card from stamp sets from PTI’s fall release last year seemed just perfect!  I loved these gourds then, and still think they’re gourd-eous!  Hahaha!!!

·      Stamp set(s):    PTI – Simply Gourd-eous SS, Seasonal Borders: Autumn SS, & Never Enough Birthday SS

·      Ink(s):  PTI – Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss, Olive Twist, Pure Poppy, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate

·      Paper:  PTI – Classic Kraft

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Simply Gourd-eous Dies & Seasonal Borders: Autumn Dies 

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  PTI – Gold Filigree Detail Embossing Powder; Paper Sweeties – Sequins

This is now my second card in a row that I’ve put here on my blog made with Kraft cardstock!  Might be a trend for me!  But seriously, Kraft cardstock does give a fall vibe to the card.  I kept it fairly simple design wise so that these two stamp sets would be the focus.  I love them together, too!  That’s it for now!

Love the sparkle of the embossing powder!

Many Blessings,

Donna

Blissful Fall Duo

I have two cards for you today!  I know it’s been a while since I posted here.  We are in our forever home here in Greer, SC at last. We still have some boxes to unpack but most of it is done.  I’ve told my girls that I will not be moving again.  This is it!  I’m staying put and if I need to move, they will have to do it!  We are now close to family and love being near the mountains!  We can see them from here.

Both cards feature ink blended backgrounds using my newly acquired Taylored Expressions blender brushes!  I love these things.  The handles are so colorful and they lend themselves to keeping the ink colors into families just by using the handles as a guide.  How clever is that?!?!  Not to mentions that they blend the inks just like warm butter on hot pancakes!

My first card features the Greetery’s Botanicuts Sunflower dies and a new to me stencil company – A Colorful Life Designs that I picked up at Technique Junkies’ booth at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour (SSAT) here in Greenville, SC this past weekend!  All the info for this card is below!

·      Stamp set(s):    PTI – Never Enough Birthday (inside) & Garden of Faith Stamp (back) Sets 

·      Ink(s):  Gina K Designs – Kraft & Warm Cocoa

·      Paper:  PTI – Classic Kraft, Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  The Greetery – Sunflower Botanicuts Dies; MFT – Happy Birthday Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  A Colorful Life Designs – Splatted Grid Stencil; Nuvo Crystal Drops – Ebony Black and Crystal Glaze; Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes

My second card is also fall themed and features an ink blended background and a sweet set from Papertrey Ink, a stencil from Taylored Expressions and those awesome blender brushes!  Here are all the details!

·      Stamp set(s):  PTI – Enclosed Leaf Mini SS  

·      Ink(s):  Gina K Designs – Red Velvet, Wild Dandelion, Tangerine Twist; Versamark Pad

·      Paper:  Gina K Designs – Red Velvet; PTI – Classic Kraft

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Enclosed Leaf Die & Skinny Mini Banner Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Taylored Expressions – Feathered Stencil & Blender Brushes; Nuvo – Crystal Glaze; PTI – Gold Filigree Embossing Powder; The Paper Studio – Hemp Twine   

I have really enjoyed using my new #TEblenderbrushes!  I highly recommend that you go their website and place an order.  They are on back order due to the high demand for them but they are worth the wait!  And once your name comes up, they ship them really fast!  Great customer service!  And you’re supporting a woman owned small business too!  

I had a lot of fun back here in my restored – from moving twice in 3 months – craft room playing with all of these lovely things.  It was also nice to put away some of my stash of  – well let’s face it, hoarded 12 x 12 papers.  I made some cards for a realtor friend at our new church here with some of these classic papers.  I have no idea how old they were but I still loved them as much as when I first bought them! This is it for now.  Be on the look-out for the announcement that my daughter and I have launched our own Etsy shop later this fall where I’ll be selling some of my creations!

Many Blessings,

Donna

Just Mason Around with an Oopsie Daisy

          I’ve got two cards today using new products released in July from the Greetery.  These are such timeless sets that I had to have in my stash of stamps and dies!  I could kick myself with the card with the Mason Jar.  I forgot to use an embossing folder.  Sometimes I get so involved in the layout and arranging of the images that I just leave out an element or two.  I did it again with the bouquet of daisy card so I took a pen and added random dots all over the card front.  Sometimes I just really wonder about myself!!!  Here is my list of things I used for these two cards.  I’ll also be submitting these for everyone to see for the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge that’s still going on!  I did get inky fingers though which always makes me happy! 

·      Stamp set(s):  The Greetery – Just Mason Around SS & Oopsie Daisy SS   

·      Ink(s):  PTI/ITP – Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen

·      Paper:  Gina K Designs - #120 Heavy Weight White; PTI/ITP – Classic Kraft, Classic Kraft Gingham, Harvest Gold Gingham

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  The Greetery – Just Mason Around & Oopsie Daisy Dies; MFT – Stitched Edges Basic Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Pretty Pink Posh – 6mm Lemon Meringue, Espresso Sequins & 4mm Metallic Gold Sequins; Wink of Stella – Clear; Pentel – Sunburst Metallic Gold Pen 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my thoughts about these two cards even though there are some changes I’d make if I hadn’t already glued down the images.  We all make mistakes and overlook things – just aren’t perfect!

Many Blessings,

Donna

Inspiration from the Greetery!

       
             I am loving the first release from The Greetery! As usual, Betsy Veldman has done it again with turning her water colored blooms and scenes into stamps and stencils to help us all look like artists!  I am blown away by this release.  I’ll be featuring two cards on this post made with the stamps, dies and stencils from this brand new company!

My first card features The Greetery’s Fleur Impressions Stamps & Dies.  Aren’t they lovely?  I’m not good at water coloring – I need to practice more but even then, I don’t think I have the talent that Betsy does.  She’s simply amazing with a brush and water colors.  I’m so glad that she shares her talent with us!  I wanted to really showcase these lovely blooms but I wanted texture so I turned to this Garden Gild die.  It has a floral theme to it and I think it works perfectly with the Fleur Impressions’ florals.  Once I figured out how to line up the stamps for layering, everything went smoothly and these blooms just blew me away!  I had a fun afternoon inking up my stamps and experimenting with ink colors to layer away! But these were my favorite even though I didn’t get to the blues and blue-greens in my ink stash.  I debated about sequins to give my flowers some sparkle and went with some small 4mm sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh! Just a few scattered around seemed to enhance these gorgeous blooms.  

I’m entering this card over on the Papertrey Ink Blog for Laurie’s Fabulous Favorites.  This week’s favorites were to use your favorite card layout and create a card. I choose florals and a simple tone on tone background.  I did flip the placement of the flowers from the top left to lower right to let the intricacy of the Garden Gild cover plate shine thru.  It is so gorgeous don’t you think?  It perfectly sets of those lovely blooms!  I think it was the right choice!

·      Stamp set(s):  PTI – The Skinny Stamp Set; The Greetery – Fleur Impressions Stamp Set   

·      Ink(s):  PTI – Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, New Leaf

·      Paper:  PTI – Stamper’s Select White

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Make It Market Mini: Garden Gild Die; The Greetery – Fleur Impressions Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Pretty Pink Posh – 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins  

My second card features the Fir & Foliage #1 suite of products!  They are awesome.  I first stenciled the Cobblestone Path using Stormy Sea ink to give it the look of a flag stone walk way.  The two-step stencil was easy to use and it comes with a mask to ink blend around it to make a scene with the walk way going off into the distance.  Love this!  I stamped the trees from the stamp set  and cut them out placing them so that they give depth to my scene and used the Comforting Commands stamp and die set to give my scene a peaceful and thoughtful tone. Love the matching dies to each of the four big sentiments.  I finished off my card front with some floral sequins in the grassy areas to add a touch of whimsy!  Besides there are often flowers popping up in grassy areas, right?

·      Stamp set(s):  The Greetery – Fir & Foliage #1 & Comforting Commands Stamp Sets 

·      Ink(s):  Papertrey Ink – Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Cocoa Bean, Stormy Sea, Spring Rain

·      Paper:  PTI – Stamper’s Select White, Fresh Snow Linen (base) & New Leaf (sentiment stack)

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  Heffy Doodle – Imperial Stitched Rectangle Die; The Greetery – Fir & Foliage #1 Die & Comforting Commands Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Picket Fence Studio – Life Changing Brushes; The Greetery – Cobblestone Path Stencil; Pretty Pink Posh – Summer Flowers Sequin Mix

That’s all for this time!  I’m looking forward to the next release from the Greetery. With Fir & Foliage #1, I’ve got to assume that there is going to be more in the series along with designs from Betsy’s daughter who did that cute panda this time.  Next order, that Panda will be mine.  

That’s all for now!  Thanks for stopping by to see me and my inklings about my projects!

Many Blessings,

Donna

I “Heart” You Unicorn

          On Friday, (April 26^th) I had the opportunity to take a class with Gina K from Gina K Designs of Wisconsin.  We made 3 cards using her groundbreaking Wreath Builder Stencils and had a blast!  She is a great demonstrator of technique and had everything for us on an overhead projector. The two-hour class just flew by. Time for a shout out to the fabulous ladies of the Paper/Crafting Studio on Randleman Road in Greensboro, NC for getting Gina K to come to us in North Carolina for some fun and laughter.  At the end of the class, everyone was given a brand new release stamp set – the one I used here – the Heart Stamp Set with matching die!  What a treat

         All this to say, that I’m using this card for an entry into Papertrey Ink’s Win It Wednesday with Laurie’s Fabulous Favorites.  This week was to make a shaped card using your favorite shape.  To be truthful, I don’t make very many shaped cards, but I do have this precious little granddaughter who just happens to love unicorns so when this die set was released, it was a must have!  These Potbellies are designed by Betsy Veldman who has since left PTI and has started her own company called The Greetery!  Go check her out!  Her first release happened this past Friday, and it was a huge success!

·      Stamp set(s):  Gina K Designs – Heart Stamp Set  

·      Ink(s):  PTI – Harvest Gold

·      Paper:  PTI – Stamper’s Select White, Harvest Gold, Harvest Gold Gingham, True Black, Saffron Spice, Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Potbellies Unicorn Die; Gina K Designs – Heart Die

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Stash – Glitter; Paper Studio – Black Gemstones; Pretty Pink Posh – 6mm Lemon Meringue Sequins; Wink of Stella - clear

For the card, I cut out the pieces to make my unicorn, assembled it,  and then glued it to a Harvest Gold die cut as the card base using the unicorn die.  I added some glitter to her hoofs and some Wink of Stella elsewhere to make her glow.  I die cut the Heart word die from the Gina K set three times to stack it for some dimension to my little unicorn.  Such a cute little thing, don’t you think?  While Malin can’t read her cards I send her, when she’s older she will be able to look back and see that her Nanny was thinking about her a lot from the cards I’ve made and sent her way!  I just love her so much!  I love being her Nanny!

That’s it for now!  I thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today!  I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit and have gotten some inspiration from my inklings about this project.  Check back with me soon to see what else I’m up to before the move to SC!

Many Blessings,

Donna