Congratulations!

Friends of mine are expecting a baby at the end of the year.  They know it's a little boy, so I thought I might as well get a head start on the card.

I love PTI's 'Hanging Out' stamp set but couldn't justify buying it as I have a couple of similar sets. Here's my take on the washing line using the string from Banner Builder, posts and grass cut with my cricut and images from a Quickutz die set.  The 'pegs' (clothes pins) are the ends of little brown brads:

Supplies

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

Birthday girl

I haven't used PTI's 'Enjoy the Ride' set for a while so thought it was about time I pulled it out again. I made a couple of cards - here's the one with 'girly' colours:

Supplies
Paper - PTI aqua mist, hibiscus burst, spring moss patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Enjoy the Ride
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento rose bud, PTI vintage tea dye duuo
Accessories -Enjoy the Ride die, Cuttlebug  embossing folder, doily & banner svg files, hibiscus burst ribbon, crystal effects, foam tape

Birthday boy

There's another challenge over at the Embellish Magazine blog to use the colours below (and to create a masculine project). I thought it was about time to pull out my 'Enjoy the Ride' set and this is what I came up with:

Supplies
Paper - PTI spring moss, smokey shadow, spring rain patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Enjoy the Ride
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento lady bug, vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - Sunshine impression plate, Enjoy the Ride die, banner & sunburst svg files, crystal effects, glass brads, white gel pen, foam tape