Big birthday wishes

Time for another card using washi tape. This is an easy to mail birthday card.  Need a few more like this for my stash.   I coloured a clear rhinestone to match. That's what I love abbout copics!

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Tartan happy birthday

Well, Japanese tartan really. It's the washi tape clan. A good masculine birthday card which is easy to mail. Och aye!

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HB2U

Here's a grungy birthday card  and bookmark combo I made for my Godson.The stamp set is Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge which has lots of fabulous grungy images.

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My new favourite ink

Up until now, I've been a strictly dye ink kind of gal. I've just had so many bad experiences with pigment ink - too goopy, takes too long to dry, patchy coverage, smudging. You name it.

But all that changed this week when I took delivery of some A*Muse Studio pigment inks, thanks to Kristie from the PTI forum. Thanks Kristie!  And all my bad experiences just melted away. Can I just say I LOVE this ink, absolutely love it. It's pigment, but not as I've ever experienced before. Not goopy, gives great coverage, dries as fast as a dye ink. A-ma-zing!

So if, like me, you're a die-hard dye ink fan, a pigment-a-phobic, you should definitely try this ink. Check out A*Muse Studio here.

So here's a birthday card I made to test out the ink.  Rather limited colour choices for now, but all that's going to change pretty soon :)

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A little whimsy

This is a card I cased from Danielle Flanders' blog. You can see the original here (scroll down a bit). After seeing her card, I just had to have that adorable Jenni Bowlin stamp - what a cutie!  I recycled some of the stamp packaging to make the border:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white,  polka dot from Jenni Bowlin packaging
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments, Jenni Bowlin Whimsy Silhouette
Ink -  Tsukineko Brilliance graphite black 
Accessories - stapler, cricut, bakers twine, foam tape

Masculine cards

I need a few more masculine cards for my stash.  Here is a simple birthday card which uses Crate Paper's Toy Box collection:

And this one uses stamps from Steampunk by Tim Holtz. I cased one of Jen's card for this card. You can see her card here:

Happy birthday supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, SU baja breeze, Crate Paper Toy Box patterned paper, elements and stickers
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - Cuttlebug diamond plate embbossing folder, stapler

Just because supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, vellum, SU basic grey patterned paper, riding hood red
Stamps -  Tim Holtz Steampunk, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Versamagic black (for vellum)
Accessories - Distressing tool, foam tape

Webster's pages vintage

I love several of Webster's Pages collections and the petite pages are perfect for card making. Here's one example -  a birthday card.  The ledger paper is repurposed from a Jenni Bowlin stamp packet - I just aged it with some ink:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white, melon berry, Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue/Wonderfall Petite Pages paper & journaling notes
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash sentiment,  Jenni Bowlin ruler
Ink - Versafine onyx black,  SU  groovy guava, PTI vintage tea dye duo
Accessories - sewing machine, PTI melon berry and ripe avocado buttons

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:

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

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:

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

Big birthday wishes

Here is a simple birthday card I made using cardstock elements from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 collection:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories -Cosmo Cricket chipboard, Pink Paislee artisan tape

Take 2 - vintage labels

When I find a sketch or colour combo that I like, I've started making 2 cards - 2 takes on the same layout or element. Here are a couple of cards I made recently which use Very Vintage Labels 5 from Waltzingmouse stamps.

The rosette flower was made by gathering ribbon (using a running stich close to one edge) and layering it on a circle die cut.  I adhered mine using scor tape but you could use fabric glue:

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Paper - PTI raspberry fizz, hibiscus burst, SU bella rose DSP, pink pirouette
Stamps - PTI background basics: retro, Waltzingmouse very vintage labels 5
Ink - Versafine onyx black, memento rose red dye ink
Accessories -PTI raspberry fizz, hibiscus burst satin ribbon, hibiscus burst button, scor tape, sewing machine, clear embossing powder, kaisercraft clear rhinestones

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

It's time for another Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World blog. This week's photo is this gorgeous flower cushion.  I was inspired by the colours to create these 3D roses:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white, terracotta tile, plum pudding, SU taken with teal
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - black pen, rose svg cut file, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, glue dots

PTI Make it Mondays challenge #1

Papertrey Ink have started a new weekly challenge called 'Make it Mondays'. The first challenge which you'll find here is to create a go-to sentiment card. I've had a crazy week at work, so many things I had to get done -including making several sympathy cards :( - but I've finally got time to make and post my card.  Here's what I came up with:

I decided to use a sentiment 'block' (not sure what else to call it) as the focal point. I arranged all  the sentiments on my card, then picked them up with an acrylic block so I could stamp them at once. One didn't fit so I stamped it separately using red ink:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white,pure poppy, SU 6 x6 paper pack
Stamps - PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments, Mega Mixed Messages, Asian Fusion
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento lady bug
Accessories -red rhinestones, foam tape, sewing machine

Birthday card & bookmark

After my notebook frenzy, I've discovered bookmarks.  Papertrey Ink's bookmark die makes it super easy to crank them out (literally!)  Here's a set I made for my Godson's sister Sophie (shhh don't tell her). 

I often cut letters or sentiments with my cricut but for this bookmark I wanted to stamp a monogram instead.  Since I don't have any alphabet stamps I improvised and inked up the 's' in the 'notes' stamp from PTI's Take Note. Maybe I don't need alphabet stamps after all?  Here's what I came up with:

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Paper - PTI stamper's select white, SU Cutie Pie DSP
Stamps - PTI birthday  bash sentiments, take note (tag circle & monogram)
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - SU so saffron grosgrain ribbon, circut die cuts, foam dimensionals, PTI vintage cream button twine