Summer card camp 2011 week 1

I'm taking part in the summer card camp hosted by Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner.  Actually, winter card camp would be more accurate for those of us down under.  This week winter has finally hit and it's cold - especially the mornings when I run at 6am! But here's a colour combination guaranteed to warm anyone up.  I think you might need your sunnies for this one:

And here's what I came up with:

Supplies
Paper - PTI kraft, Webster's Pages Yacht Club patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments, Vintage Ornament Additions
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI fresh snow
Accessories - PTI ribbon, clear rhinestones, copic marker

Vintage flowers

Yet another card from a vintage card workshop I recently attended. I came away thinking I must use more tulle on my cards - love the effect:

Supplies
Paper - Bazzill basics cardstock, DCWV glitter sheet
Accessories -ribbon scraps, tulle, sewing machine, brads, foam tape

Make it Monday #20

I haven't made too many of these challenges (the week  always seems too short) but this week's challenge (reverse masking) inspired me.

I decided to make a card for my godson, Jonathan, who lives in London and has just passed his Common Entrance Exam.  He's very sporty but has to work for academic results, so I'm doubly proud of him.  For the card I ended up doing both reverse masking and ordinary masking to get the checkerboard pattern and then the red surrounds on the car. Really pleased with how this one turned out:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, kraft
Stamps - PTI Enjoy the Ride, Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge
Ink - Versafine onyx black,  Memento lady bug, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - PTI Enjoy the Ride die, glass brads, copy paper, removable adhesive, foam tape

PTI June blog hop challenge

It's time for another PTI blog hop. Welcome and thanks for visiting.

The challenge this month was to use the photo at the bottom of the post for inspiration. I loved the gradient of colours so wanted to create a similar effect on my card:

The bikes are all digital images I printed using Photoshop.  To make my gradient strip, I inked up the back of one of the Polka Dot Basics stamps with stripes of different coloured inks.

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white
Stamps - PTI Enjoy the Ride (sentiment), Polka Dot Basics II
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento new sprout, lady bug, rhubarb stalk, SU groovy guava, PTI aqua mist
Accessories - Bicycle png images, scor-tape, prisma glitter

Sweetest day

Sweet paper from Pink Paislee in today's card - it's a sheet from the Sweetness collection (6x6 pad).  I fussy cut the flowersand popped them up to add a bit of dimension.  The tulle was recycled from some gift packaging:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, SU pink pirouette, Pink Paislee Sweetness patterned paper

Ink - PTI vintage touch tea dye duo
Accessories -tulle, crochet lace, foam dimensionals

For you

I recently attended another vintage cardmaking workshop at my LSS. Here's one of the cards I made which features a background panel made up of ribbon scraps:

Supplies
Paper - Bazzill basics cardstock, DCWV glitter sheet, mariposa stack
Accessories -ribbon scraps, sewing machine, eylets, crop-a-dile, letter stickers

Birthday grunge

Here is another grungy birthday card which uses Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge. I love the look of versamark on dark cardstock like this grey:

Supplies
Paper - PTI smokey shadow,  SU sahara sand
Stamps - Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge, PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black, versamark
Accessories -foam tape

Vintage birthday

Here is a shabby birthday card which features patterned paper from Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection.  The envelope is an svg file I cut with my cricut - the mini letter comes out so I can write a message on it underneath the sentiment.

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, melon berry, berry sorbet, Pink Paislee Sweetness patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Round and Round (sentiment)
Ink - Memento cantaloupe, rich cocoa, bamboo leave, dandelion
Accessories - SU lace, PTI buttons, envelope svg file, MemrieMare wrinkled ribbon, foam tape, sewing machine

Embellish background stamping color trends challenge

It's time for another challenge over at the Embellish Blog. You can check out the details here.  I thought these were gorgeous colours - guaranteed to brighten anyone's day!

And here's what I came up with.  I'm a Jane Austen fan, as is a good friend.  So I thought I might pop this card in the post for her:

Supplies
Paper - PTI kraft, terracotta tile, hawaiian shores
Stamps - PTI Garden variety, YOF Collection (sentiment), background script stamp
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Versamark, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories -  frame svg, Jane Austen silhoutte, PTI hawaiian shores and new leaf satin ribbon, scor-tape, foam tape, rhinestones, WR Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

HB2U

Or happy birthday to you if you prefer. Here's a grungy masculine style birthday card I might just send to my brother. The stamps are from Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge set:

Supplies
Paper - PTI smokey shadow, blueberry sky
Stamps - Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge, PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black, versamark
Accessories -foam tape

Vintage butterflies

Here is another card featuring patterned paper from Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection.  The butterfly image is from SU's Bliss set, one of this year's sale-a-bration sets:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, Pink Paislee Sweetness patterned paper
Stamps - SU  Bliss, Tim Holtz Postcards
Ink - Memento cantaloupe, rich cocoa, bamboo leave, dandelion
Accessories - SU lace, foam tape

Vintage Easter

This is the final card from the vintage card class.  This one features a paper serviette layered onto gold cardstock with mod podge - gives that gorgeous metallic layer underneath the focal image. So simple and yet so effective:

Supplies
Paper - Bazzill cardstock,paper serviette, metallic cardstock
Accessories -Kathleen green collage sheet, ribbon, embrodery thread, gold beads, sewing machine, gold brads

Birthday wishes

This card features a lot  of scraps - things lying around on the table and left over from previous projects.  I love the soft colours from Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime Collection.  The background papers  are from a free vintage digital paper download:

Supplies
Paper - PTI vintage cream, Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime patterned paper, digital  patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories -PTI aqua mist ribbon, vintage lace, paper doily, scallop scissors, sewing machine, PTI butterfly die, PTI felt, Kaisercraft pearls