PaperFections

Damask Trimmed Tree

I had a chance to play with this beautiful new Tree Trimming Trio stamp set from Papertrey Ink over the long holiday weekend and came up with this card.  I created the background paper on their white Guidelines II Grid Sheet with Dawn McVey's Damask Designs set (utterly gorgeous!), using the new pigment Sweet Blush and Spring Moss inks -- they yield such a pretty, soft, suedey color!  I used a tiny holly leaf stamp from Borders & Corners {Oval} set with Spring Moss ink, stamped in between the damask patterns.

The tree was stamped onto Stamper's Select White cardstock and then die cut with Spellbinders Petite Oval Nestabilities die (largest in the large set).  I inked the die with the Spring Moss pigment ink before die cutting, so the die would transfer the ink color around the embossed edge of the die cut.  Then I used a Two-Way Glue pen around the oval edge and glittered it.  The largest swirl on the tree was also glittered, as was the tree-top star.  I love this non-traditional color combo!

Sweet Blush buttons & satin ribbon finish off this card -- another for my Christmas stash!  I hope you all had a lovely long weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with a fun challenge between the Taylored Expressions Baker's Dozen designers (Hint: some more holiday card inspiration for you)!!

All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Tree Trimming Trio, Damask Designs, Borders & Corners {Oval}
Paper: Grid Lines II Grid Sheets, Stamper's Select White, Spring Moss cardstock
Ink: Spring Moss & Sweet Blush pigment ink
Accessories: Spellbinders Petite Oval Nestabilities dies (large set), Sweet Blush buttons & satin ribbon, white embroidery thread, Two-Way Glue, Prisma Glitter, Bow Easy, Taylored Expressions foam tape.

Autumn Abundance

I needed a few "general" cards for my stash ... I never seem to have any on hand when I need them for a quick note, how about you?  I was in the mood to color these beautiful Papertrey Ink Autumn Abundance Fall images, since it's STILL raining out ... I think my area has accumulated about 5 inches over the past 2-3 days and it doesn't appear to be letting up until later in the week!

The images were colored with Copic markers that Papertrey Ink says matches their cardstock & ink colors ... very helpful when trying to color coordinate your project!  You can find their Copic color selections HERE, if you are not already familiar with them.

I used Gold Copic Spica glitter pen on the leaves and acorn image -- hopefully you can see that pretty sparkle in the closeup photo above (click on it for a larger view).  The focal images are popped up on foam tape ... other than that, I think everything is pretty self explanatory, with all supplies listed below.  I hope you have a lovely Fall week ahead!

Leaves card supplies:

Stamps: Autumn Abundance

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate & Kraft cardstock; Green Tea Leaves patterned paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Tea Dye Duo, Copic markers (PTI color matches in parenthesis)-E55 & E57 (Dark Chocolate), Y38 (Summer Sunrise), Y21 (Lemon Tart), YG93 & YG95 (Spring Moss/Ripe Avocado), W1

Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Square, Scalloped Square Nestabilities & Tags Trio dies.  Fiskars Threading Water edge punch, PTI Summer Sunrise Satin ribbon & Rustic Cream Button Twine, foam tape 

Zinnia card supplies:

Stamps: Autumn Abundance

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening & Kraft cardstock; In Bloom patterned paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Tea Dye Duo, PTI Scarlet Jewel Perfect Match ink, Copic markers (PTI color matches in parenthesis)-YG91, YG93 & YG95 (Spring Moss/Ripe Avocado), R85 & R89 (Scarlet Jewel), Y21 (Lemon Tart), B95, B97 & B99 (Echanted Evening), W1 

Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, Labels 3 & Tags Trio dies.  Fiskars Threading Water edge punch, PTI Scarlet Jewel button & Saddle Stitch ribbon, PTI Rustic Cream Button Twine, foam tape  

September Calendar

In all the hub-ub of the first of the month, the holiday, and still getting acclimated to school day routines, I totally forgot to share my September calendar!  Actually, I thought I had already made it but when I flipped my calendar stand over to the next month, I discovered I had made TWO October calendars and had nothing for September!  YOU never do anything like that, do you?!!  :D  So here's what I came up with:

I thought Papertrey's new Autumn Abundance set would work great for this month, and since the sunflowers have been in full bloom around here lately, I thought this beautiful image would be perfect!  This image was SO much fun to color!  I stamped the vase of sunflowers with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Papertrey's Vintage Cream cardstock and colored with these Copic markers & Spica glitter pens (gold, olive & chocolate):

I really hope you can see all the sparkle in the photo -- it really brings these beautiful flowers to life!

I printed my calendar (download available from my Download Page) in green and brown, to match the papers and colored stamp image.  I used Sally Lynn's Copic Digital Color Chart to choose the green to print the "September" font in the digital match to Copic YG93 -- how cool is that?!! 

Papers are some of my favorites from Papertrey's Green Tea Leaves & In Bloom 8-inch paper packs.  I machine stitched around the edges of the 6-inch page.  I hope you are enjoying your mid-September ... it's been raining here constantly for the past 3 days and has cooled off to really start feeling like Fall (yay)!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Papertrey Ink Autumn Abundance
• Paper: Papertrey Ink Green Tea Leaves & In Bloom patterned papers, PTI Vintage Cream & Ripe Avocado cardstock
• Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic markers (shown above)
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels One Nestabilities, Classic & Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities dies. EK Success Scallop Diamond edger punch, buttons, foam tape, computer-generated calendar

WSC95: Groovy Friend

Time for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge again.  You can find the sketch and Beate's sample on her blog today, and log in your creation there once you're done.

You can see more samples of this sketch today by visiting the blogs of these fabulous ladies: Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Lori.

Here's what I came up with.  It seems those 1970's mushrooms are making a comeback -- both in this groovy new mushroom paper from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love Mini Deck AND Lockhart Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Mushroom stamp.  I thought combining the two would be the perfect match!

And with these muted 70's colors, I couldn't help but sing "Feelin' Groovy" the whole time I was making this card!  <== Go ahead and click on that link and you'll be singing this song the rest of the day, too!

I stamped the mushrooms onto an Inchie Arts White Inchie Square and colored them to match the patterned paper, with these Copic markers (darkest brown Copic is E57 and the clear capped Spica glitter pen is chocolate, then orange, gold and melon.  YR31 is my custom lighter Copic):

 

The Inchie was layered onto a Nestabilities Labels 3 die cut from Prism Birchtone Dark cardstock -- it was a good match to the darker colors in the mushroom paper.  For the sentiment, I thought this groovy "friend" font from Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms stamp set would be a good compliment.

Some machine stitching and huge rick-rack from one of Jody's ribbon shares finishes off this card.  I hope you have a groovy weekend and play along with this sketch!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Lockhart Itty Bitty Mushrooms (#3054), Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms
• Paper: Cosmo Cricket Earth Love Mini Deck, Prism Birchtone Dark
• Ink: Ranger Adirondack Espresso, Copic markers
• Accessories: Inchie Arts White Inchie Square, Spellbinders Labels 3 Nestabilities dies, May Arts Wide grosgrain rick-rack, corner rounder, Papertrey Ink button & twine, sewing machine