Faith Tag

Today I was inspired by Laurie over at Papertrey Ink to create a tag using a Cover plate and a Tag die.  I have been hoarding lots of Papertrey Ink products because they are so pretty - always not having time to play with them.  Finally... a chance to use some of the supplies for the first time!

I used the In The Woods Cover Plate die, Faith die and Tag Sale #3 to create this tag.  The sentiment is from the Faith Mini Stamp Set.

A pretty simple tag.  I die cut the Faith die twice, once on patterned paper and another on a piece of foam just to give it a bit of dimension.

This was so fun!  Feeling Happy...

See you!

Simply Jane

Breaking out my Simply Jane set today, and just having some fun with the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.  I embossed a piece of white cardstock with PTI Mehndi Impression plate.  Then the polka dots (using Polka Dots Basic II) were stamped using Distress Ink Mustard Seed and Memento Dandelion for two tones of yellow.  And I mimic the same for the silhouette with Copic Markers Y08 and Y13.  The frame from the set Simply Jane was stamped with Jenni Bowlin ink Speckled Egg.

My card was based on this Inspirational photo at Nichole's blog.

Have a great week!
Kary

Multi-stamp Backgrounds

Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is going well.  Do you own stamps that have not seen ink before?  Lots of them?  Frankly I do, and my mission this month is to ink up as many as I can.

Today's projects use the various Papertrey Ink stamps in my stash.  I'm a big fan of Papertrey Ink but for some reason I've not used them as much as I ought to.  To help me along, I've decided to play along with this  week's Make It Monday which is all about Multi-stamp backgrounds.

On this card, I used stamps from the Mehndi Medallion & Delightful Doilies sets, and stamped them using various Memento inks.  The sentiment stamps are from Tag-Its #1 set.

My second card is using the floral stamps from Daydreamer Set. 

 Here are some close-up photos, and hopefully you can see the scoring on the left and bottom corners of the card.  I made one score and then flip the card and scored from the bottom of the card and then again from the right side up, for some interest and variation (so there's 2 debossed score lines and 1 embossed score line)

That's it today.  Be back tomorrow for an Inspired Stamps sneak peek!!  

(Don't forget to comment this week to win a prize - check out my Giveaway post found here.)

Have a great day!

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Mehndi Medallion, Delightful Doilies, Tag-Its #1, Daydreamer

Paper : PTI Autumn Rose cardstock, Green & Lilac cardstock

Inks : Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Cantaloupe, New Sprout, Lulu Lavender, Angel Pink, Versafine Toffee & Onyx Black

Other : White gel pen, The Twinery Baker's twines

Friends Forever

Hi Friends!  The weather is getting warmer here in Auckland, and it feels Spring is about to arrive.  It's always exciting when the seasons change.  Today I have another project using one of my favourite stamp sets, A Year of Borders by Melanie Muenchinger.

Despite the changing seasons of life, some things stay constant, like the love of dear friends.  I've always been blessed with great friends, and this card is dedicated to them.  You have indeed touched my life!

The cardbase was embossed with a woodgrain impression plate.  The stamped image was coloured with copic markers (YG11, YG13, YG17 (leaves) YR02, YR04, YR07, Colourless blender 0 (flowers)) and adhered to the card using pop dots.  The word "friends" was stamped onto the patterned paper.  For the blue strip, first I adhered the left piece on the card, then the longer strip was adhered with pop dots for some dimension.  The word "forever" was die cut from a woodgrain paper and adhered with Glossy Accents to the blue strip.  To add a little balance, I cut a small section of the floral image and attached it to the bottom of the card.  The patterned papers are from Echo Park & Jillibean Soup.

Have a blessed weekend!

Stamps : Gina K "A Year of Borders", PTI "Wonderful Words Additions"

Papers : Echo Park Paper Dots & Stripes Candy Shoppe & Summer Days, Jillibean Soup Apple Cheddar Soup

Ink : Versacolor Pinecone

Other : PTI Wonderful Words Die Collection, Zva Creative pearl

A Thousand Miracles

Somedays I think my life is so ordinary and boring.  I'm typically a person who loves exciting adventures and learning new things, and not very good at being still.  When I came across this sentiment "In every ordinary day there are a thousand miracles" it was a good time to pause and reflect.  So true, isn't it?  I wrote about my dad before, that his memory is fast deteriorating.  These days he takes a longer time to remember my name :-(.  I feel so afraid to face the day when he no longer remembers who I am.  Now that I'm away from home, I know he looks forward to my calls and it's amazing that he recognises my voice.  We chat about the little things, and about God and faith too.  Small miracles, right?

Today's tag is also a response to the challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ.  I don't often make tags, I'm not sure why.  Perhaps I find it hard to work with a smaller area.  I decided on a CAS tag with no other embellishments except stamp images and some colour.  I hope you like the result.

Thanks for visiting me, and I so appreciate your comments & support. {smiles}  I hope your day is filled with many wonderful miracles.

Stamps : GKD "A Year of Borders", PTI "Beautiful Blessings"

Paper : Hero Arts Layering paper Punch, BasicGrey Basics Manila

Copic Markers : E00, E02, E31, E35

Papertrey Ink - Make It Monday "Reverse Masking"

I really like the reverse masking technique that Erin shared on Monday.  I thought it was a fun technique to try, and so, here's my card.  I masked the violets so that I could stamp it twice with different Polka Dot background stamps. And I used the same ink to fill the masked stamped sections, and some stickles to the flower centre.  I think the flower looks almost paper pieced!

Right, I'm going to check out what everyone else has done.  I'm sure they will be awesome and inspiring ;-) 

Stamp : PTI Year of Flowers Violets, Polka Dot Basics II, Simple Sentiments

Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa (sentiment & flower outline), Rose Bud (outer petals), Dandelion

Other : Copic marker Y21 (flower centre), Stickles (orange), Baker's Twines (Lemondrop, Pink Sorbet, Blossom)

Papertrey Ink - Make It Monday

I find the hardest thing about making sympathy cards is finding the appropriate image and sentiment.  It's one of the hardest cards to write as well, for often I struggle to find the right words to say.  So, it was very helpful that Dawn McVey's video gave tips and pointers on creating sympathy cards. 

Here's my attempt for a simple sympathy card:

I decided to use soft colours and a really simple design for the card.  I used a combination of 2 stamp sets, Year of Flowers, Violet and Carnations for the card.  The violet was coloured using copic markers (Y11, Y15, RV00, RV02, RV04) and its leaves (YG03, YG11, YG91, YG93, YG95).  I did some white faux stitches to frame the border and then added a score line just below the faux stitches with Scor-buddy.

I'd love to hear what you think of the card. Thanks!

Take care.

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Year of Flower : Violet & Carnations

Paper : PTI Kraft cardstock, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness

Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic Markers

Papertrey Ink - Make It Monday

Sometimes I get lazy and skip all the techniques which require some effort, so it's nice to participate in the Make It Monday with Papertrey Ink and make my own spray mist.

Here's what I did:

My spray mist formula was made with Tsukineko's All Purpose Ink (Vegas Gold), Adirondak Denim Color Wash and rubbing alcohol.  There's quite a bit of gold shimmer in the mist.  I sprayed it onto calligraphy paper, and heat set it.  Then stamped the hot air balloons.  The photo doesn't really show the lovely shimmer, but IRL it's pretty awesome.

I'm pretty motivated now to make more colours!  Maybe a pink mist with some perfect pearls added as well.

Have a great day!

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Up, Up and Away

Paper : October Afternoon

Ink : Versafine Satin Red, Vintage Sepia, Deep Lagoon, Olympia Green

Other : Spellbinders Scalloped Oval, Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5 Sepia, PTI jute twine

Miss You

It's the weekend again, and I hope you have something enjoyable planned.  I'm going to be meeting up with some friends to catch up and just have a good time.  Plus, I hope to be making some cards as well.

Today, I have a really simple card to share, inspired by Papertrey Ink's Make It Mondays #14 Selective Inking.

I used the Simple Sentiments set and stamped part of the sentiment in a row.  The focal image is from All Booked Up which is a set I really love.

That's it!! ;-) I hope you'll have a marvellous time this weekend.

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Simple Sentiments, All Booked Up

Ink : Versafine Satin Red & Onyx Black, Versamagic Pink Petunia

Paper : Lilybee Design 6x6 Picket Fence, PTI Kraft cardstock

Others : Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 4 die, buttons & twine.

Thanks for Everything

Today's card is an inspiration from the Papertrey Make it Monday using the Impression plates.  I used the Alphabets Impression plate with the Banner dies to create the background, then did a little stamping on the banner section.  The carnation was stamped twice on patterned paper and the flower centre was raised with pop dots & used copic markers to colour the petals.  It's a really fast & easy card to make.

I've had a wonderful week in Hanoi, and survived the treacherous hike in Sapa (close to the China border) - it was so wet and muddy.  But the views are worth it, the fields are so beautiful and the people so friendly.  Most of all, I had a really wonderful time with my friends.  I haven't sorted out my pictures, but here's a few to share.

A Black Hmong lady posing for me

A beautiful gift, made from the ferns along the hillside

The Black Hmong village, Lao Cai

AiYin, Kary, Carrie

Enjoy the week.. :-)

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Four of a Kind (leaves), Year of Flowers Carnations & Violet (sentiment), Banner Builder
Paper : Cream & Cranberry cardstock, Pink Paislee 6x6 Butterfly Garden
Ink : Versafine Vintage Sepia & Satin Red, Versamagic Key Lime & Aspen Mist, Copic markers
Other : Twine, PTI Impression Plate Book Print, Banner Builder die

Make It Monday Challenge

Today, I'm playing along with Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge - Line Frame 101.  I adore Papertrey Ink products but I have not used them enough. Guess it's time bring out the supplies and ink them up ;-)  The challenge requires a line frame on the project - I love the idea!

I decided to go with a CAS card.  I stamped the images, then made two lined frames, a larger one around the outer edge and a smaller one to frame the sentiment.  I also added another line embossed frame using the Scor-buddy.  I'd love to hear what you think.

Enjoy today and thanks for stopping by.

Stamps : Papertrey Ink Four of a Kind & Mat Stack 3 Collection (sentiment)

Cardstock : PTI Spring Moss & Sweet Blush

Inks : Memento Pear Tart, Angel Pink & Rose Bud

Other : Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5 Sepia, Scor-buddy

Cute Chick

It looks like this will be a Birthday week - I've been busy making lots of Birthday cards.  I just received my Unity KOM too, so it was fun that I got to use some of the stamps.

This is for a friend:

I love that cute little chick from the April KOM, and when I saw the glasses images in the same KOM, I thought it would be super cute to use one of them with the chick.  I added glitter to the frame of the glasses.  The image was coloured with copic markers.

My latest craze on cards is to make an embossed frame using my Scor-Buddy, so here's the first card with that technique.  Over the next few posts, you see more cards with the same technique.  Sometimes I like the colour of the cardstock and I don't want to add any patterned paper on it but it looked rather plain, so this technique is a good way to add some interest to the cardbase.

Hope you like the card.  Have a great day!

Stamps : Unity KOM April 2011, Papertrey Ink Banner Builder & Big Birthday Wishes

Paper : GKD PLC Ocean Mist, October Afternoon 

Ink : Memento Tuxedo Black & Angel Pink, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Copic Markers

Other : Sakura White Gel pen, Sakura Pigma Micron 0.1 Sepia, Scor-Buddy, EK Sucess border punch

Hello, Cupcake

I've been quiet the past week, so busy with work.  So, I thought I'd post a birthday card I made recently, for a friend.  The card is still with me, I shall have to post it sometime tomorrow ;)

 And the inside of the card (sorry, it's a little blurry..) :

I shall be back later this week with some more cards, when things are not so hectic ;)

Have a happy week!

 




Stamps : MFT Hello Cupcake, PTI Big Birthday Wishes

Paper : PTI Cardstock, Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue petite pad

Ink : Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky & Pear Tart, Copics

Others : Memento Marker Rich Cocoa, Sakura White gel pen, stickles

Wedding Wishes

A little while ago, I mentioned that I really liked the Girls' Paperie paper, Cabbage Rose.  So, I couldn't resist making another card  with it.

Here's the card:

Since the roses looked so pretty, I didn't want to add much to the card.  Just a sentiment and some embellishment bits would suffice.  I would have liked to do some sewing (to sort of "ground" the paper to the cardbase) around the card, but the sewing machine is at home.  I ended up piercing around the patterned paper and running a marker over it to give the illusion of stitching.  The sentiment is from my current favourite set - Papertrey Ink's Simple Sentiments.  There are so many lovely sentiments in it. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Take care.

Stamps : PTI Simple Sentiments
Paper : The Girls' Paperie Paper Girl - Cabbage Rose, PTI cardstock
Ink : Memento
Other : PTI Ribbon Hibiscus Burst, Memento marker Rhubarb Stalk, Paper flowers, button & twine

Thank You Card

Looks like I'm really into Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers.  The 6x6 pad really goes a long, long way.  I've made so many cards with it but I've hardly used even half the pad.  Tell me, how does one actually finish using the papers? ;-)

Here's my card:

I love the tulle flower - found it in a bag.  I must have purchased it and forgotten all about it.  Scary!

Have a lovely day!

Stamps : PTI Simple Sentiments, Lawn Fawn Critters in the 'Burbs
Ink : Versamark, Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper : Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934, BasicGrey Basics
Other : Making Memories flowers, Fiskars Scallop Border punch, Stickles Glam Pink

A Fun Birthday Card

Hi, I hope your week is going great.  It's been nice & sunny where I am, but I've not been out much - bit snowed under with work.  But, I did find a bit of time to ink up some stamps purchased not too long ago.  Here's my quick and simple card:

I stamped the banners on white cardstock using red & yellow inks & cut them out.  Placed and adhered the banners on the top left hand corner of the card, and adhered the jute string with glossy accents.  Did some paper piecing for the cake and coloured the candles. Made some faux stitching around the cardbase. Stamped the sentiment & card is done!

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a great one!

Stamps : PTI Banner Builder, Unity/Bella Blvd Sweet Celebration Birthday 
Paper : BasicGrey Basics, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934, PTI Scarlet Jewel Cardstock
Inks : Memento Lady Bug & Cantaloupe & Rich Cocoa
Other : Jute string, White gel pen & Memento Markers