raspberry suite color challenge #19

Well I got my new papertrey ink stamps from the release last weekend in the mail today and I could hardly wait to get them inky! I don't think I have been so excited about a release since... er... um...last month! :) I know I definitely have a slight problem. So anyway I got right on the new raspberry suite color challenge #18 over at Dawn's blog. I am in LOVE with these colors! I can't stop using them... luscious! So from this....

I turned it into this.....

 

I don't think I have had a card come together this fast in a long time. I usually play around with everything before I actually put the card together, but this one just practically fell together. I used the largest leaf image in the new turning a new leaf set. When I first saw this set in the peaks I literally jumped for joy. I really wanted a new leafy vine image and this set just called my name. And of course Dawn's new signature greetings set is perfect. Since I was in my tissue flower making mood and the dark pink matched raspberry fizz perfectly it was only natural that I use one. I also used the new diamonds backgrounds set on the brown cardstock... it's a little hard to see in the pics... you know my photography skills are not the greatest ;) I used my spellbinders labels 8 die for the spring moss piece and punched out lavender moon butterflies from my martha stewart punch. Put it all on an aqua mist card, add some bling and you are done!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

 all supplies from papertrey ink unless otherwise noted

stamps: turning a new leaf, signature greetings, background basics: diamonds

ink: dark chocolate, spring moss

cardstock: dark chocolate, spring moss, aqua mist, lavender moon

rhinestones: hero arts

spellbinders: labels eight & flower dies

tissue paper

apron lace punch from fiskars

Tuesday trigger

I haven't really blog hopped for awhile so a couple of days ago I took the time out to check out a few blogs and I stumbled on to a fairly new challenge on the Moxie Fab Blog called the Tuesday Trigger. This was the trigger for this week ....

and this is my take....

I basically decided to embraced the white space and used my sentiment in smokey shadow as the monogram. I was going to do a pumpkin but to tell you the truth I am all pumpkin-ed out! I have been in the mood for flowers.... tissue paper flowers to be exact and pink at that! I used my spellbinders flower die and cut out layers of three at a time to give some dimension. I used my favorite apron lace punch for the bottom and the leaf die from stampin up for the foilage. The sentiments are from the vintage picnic sentiments set from papertrey ink. The flower centers are from stampin up.
 I'm off to get a few other things finished....... Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Lisa

another holiday card

Just a quick post to show off another holiday card I made using the pti holiday tree set and the awesome paper that Debbie did a tutorial on here. I used the same ingredients from my last card but I added the flourish from the vintage labels set to the bottom. I also used a sentiment from the awesome vintage ornaments set stamped with fresh snow ink on the kraft cardstock. Let me interject here how much I am in love with the fresh snow ink! I held off buying it because I already had a white from SU but I finally bought it in my last pti order mainly to match all my other ink pads as I have made a new organizer for my pads, markers & re-inkers. Well I decided to use it on the last few projects that I made and I am so impressed! It is a little mooshy at first but I love the way it sticks out on the paper. It also has some resist properties when you stamp over it with another color like I did for my tree. I stamped the solid tree in spring moss and stamped over it with one of the flourishes in the fancy flourishes set in fresh snow. When it dried I stamped the leaf portion of the tree over it in dark chocolate and the effect is really cool! I have heard that the fresh snow did this but until I tried it myself I didn't really get it. All supplies are papertrey ink except for the pink rhinestones (hero arts) and I used a cuttlebug die for the snowflakes and a spellbinders petite oval for the sentiment.

thanks for looking and have a great day!

Lisa

card patterns sketch #40

I have been a busy little bee lately trying to get my holiday things done, my house organized and keeping Mr. T happy. I finally had a few minutes to just do whatever I wanted so I decided to play with the card patterns sketch this week. I haven't played for a couple of months but this sketch was just calling my name. I have been obsessed with this new stamp set from papertrey ink called holiday tree. Oh the possibilities!!  That lovely patterned paper on the bottom of the card is actually stamped. Debbie did a tutorial here so I thought I'd give it a try and WOWZER I had a blast! It is the most beautiful paper. If you have the giga guidelines and the guidelines II you should try it- it is totally addicting! I used the color combo that she used mainly because those three colors are my very fav and I was wanting to do these colors for my holiday cards this year... totally out of the norm.  I will post the deets below to save time.
Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: holiday tree, fancy flourishes (papertrey ink)

ink: sweet blush, aqua mist, spring moss, dark chocolate (pti)

cardstock: sweet blush, spring moss, kraft, guideline grid#2 (pti)

rhinestones: heroarts

snowflakes: cuttlebug die

indian summer

I bought this lovely pad of basic grey indian summer paper a couple of weeks ago and I can't stop using it. The colors are so rich. I had stamped a bunch of the branches when I was working on the Japan pti challenge a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would try a fallish one.... and it was perfect for this weeks mojo sketch. I inked the leaves with first summer sunrise, more mustard, hibiscus & scarlet jewel .... in that order. When you get to the darker colors just pat a little around the edges ... kind of like the rock n roll technique but make some of the leaves a little darker. I absolutely loved the way it turned out. I wish my picture looked better.... I don't know why when you upload to blogger the picture really losses it's quality...

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: out on a limb, autumn abundance (sentiment)papertrey ink
ink: dark chocolate, summersunrise, hibiscus, scarlet jewel (pti), more mustard (su)
cardstock: vintage cream, dark chocolate (pti)
patterned paper: basic grey indian summer 6x6 paper pack
ribbon: dark chocolate (pti)
button & twine from pti

short and sweet

I know I've been M.I.A. the last couple of weeks... life just throws you curve balls sometimes... hope you all understand!! I did manage to make a couple of cards the other day and have been trying to get them uploaded for three days now!! Time just flies!! So here is the one I made for the cps sketch this week..... i used the indian summer line from basic grey. I LOVE this line. The colors are so awesome.... I embossed the vintage cream cardstock with a cuttlebug embossing folder to match the leaves and used one of the felt stickers as the focal point. The sentiment is from papertrey ink's autumn abundance set. I'll post the deets below......

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: sentiment from papertrey ink autumn abundance
ink: dark chocolate
cardstock: vintage cream, dark chocolate
patterned paper: basic grey indian summer 6x6 paper pad
felt embellishment: basic grey indian summer
other: leaves cuttlebug embossing folder, twine from papertrey ink

paper trey ink Challenge#1 Japan

Hi all!! Just wanted to pop in and post my challenge card for the papertrey ink world cardmaking day challenge #1 Japan that Nicole posted on her blog. When I think of Japan I always think of blossoms and so it was a no brainer for me to do cherry blossoms. I used the pti set out on a limb. I stamped the branch in dark chocolate on vintage cream cardstock. For the cherry blossoms I used my water color crayons from stampin up to give ita softer watercolor feel. The bird is from a memory box set that I have had for awhile but I don't know what it is called...... I stamped the bird in aqua mist. I wanted to use one of the birds from the birds of a feather set but it was too big for the look I wanted .... but I did use a sentiment from that set. I used a stamp from my collection for the background with some Japanese writing. To keep in tune with the soft look I was trying to achieve, I stamped the writing with champagne versamark dazzle just on the left side of the card and on the left side of the image. Wow I really like the subtle effect! After I assembled my card I stitched a couple of lines with my sewing machine... and yes I intended them to be crooked!!! I am happy the way it turned out!

Have a great day and thanks for looking!!

happy world card making day!!!

Hi all! Just wanted to pop in a little early for world card making day!! I have been SWAMPED and have barely had time to even sit down. I haven't even had time to play with all my new stamps from the last papertrey ink release but I do plan on doing that tomorrow!! I mean it IS world card making day and what else are you supposed to do?? har har!!... I did this card in a snap using the new petite papers by websters pages. I love love love these papers!!! I followed this sketch from unscripted sketches .. I love sketches...sure makes it easy!! I stamped the background a little sporatically using background basics text style from papertrey ink with vintage cream ink. The sentiment is from the new Signature Christmas set. I did manage to ink up a few from this set up for all my sentiments. The rest of the card is all papers from the petite pack called the holiday collection pack. I got mine over at Ellen's store and she is having a sale this weekend so pop on over ...... the code is on the front page.

Hope you all have a great world card making day ....

Lisa