Papertrey Make It Monday – Winter Watercolor

I made a card yesterday for Papertrey’s Make It Monday – Winter Watercolor challenge.  Fun technique and it’s been fun to see everyone’s take on the challenge.  All the pretty cards using Enchanted Forest stamp set has me convinced I need to add it to my collection.

I wasn’t sure what kind of watercolor background I was going to start with but started with a blue sky background then started adding fir trees to the background.  It was a learning experience since the wetter the paper, the shadowy the fir tree looked.  So I kept painting trees as the watercolor paper continued to dry.  Here’s what the watercolor image looked like before I did my stamping.

The snowflake images are from Snowflake Medley.  I added a sentiment from Winter Woods before I applied the chunky embossing powder to enhance the snowlike image. Supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

• Cardstock:
• Ink: Blueberry Sky (Papertrey); Tropical Teal (Papertrey); Onyx Black (Versafine)
• Stamps: Snowflake Medley (Papertrey); Winter Woods (Papertrey)
• Accessories: Chunky white embossing powder (Stampendous)

Papertrey Make It Monday – 2018 A La Carte Challenge

How about squeezing 2 more cards into 2018?  I am almost out of time before we hit midnight here on the west coast.  So I selected Papertrey’s Make It Monday #316 – Stenciled Edges for Papertrey’s A La Carte challenge.  I wanted to replenish my Christmas stash of cards so decided to make some Christmas themed cards.  I stenciled the corners with stencil paste rather than ink.  Hope 2018 was good to you and that your 2019 starts off well.  Card supplies are listed below.

Card Supplies:

• Cardstock:  Kraft (Papertrey); Pure Poppy (Papertrey); White (Recollections)
• Ink:  Real Red (Stampin Up); Tea Dye Duo (Papertrey)
• Stamps:  Think Big Favorites #9 (Papertrey)
• Dies:  One Liners Die Collection (Papertrey)
• Accessories:  sequins (Darice); Iridescent Thread; Moonshine Glimmer Paste (Nuvo); Frosted Snowflake Stencil (Echo Park)

Card Supplies:

• Cardstock:  Red (American Crafts)
• Ink:  Versamark
• Stamps:  Christmas Cheer (Papertrey)
• Dies:  Christmas Cheer die (Papertrey)
• Accessories:  Moonshine Glimmer Paste (Nuvo); Frosted Snowflake Stencil (Echo Park)

 

Papertrey’s Make It Monday: Deck Your Dies and Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes challenges

I made this card for Papertrey’s Make It Monday: Deck Your Dies and Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes challenges.  I was inspired by the pretty Recollections washi tape to make a pretty ornament die cut-out using Papertrey’s What the Doodle ornament die.  I opted to die-cut the image from a smokey shadow base and then attach it to a smokey slate card base so that the light grey peeked through the die cut-out.  I adorned the ornament with some rhinestones and a gold marker.  Supplies are listed below.  Happy crafting!

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Smokey Shadow (Papertrey); Smokey Slate (Stampin Up)
• Stamps: What the Doodle: Ornament (Papertrey); Winter Cheer Tag (Hero Arts)
• Ink: Versamark
• Dies:  What the Doodle: Ornament Die (Papertrey)
• Accessories:  Washi Tape (Recollections); Gold embossing powder (Ranger); Gold glitter pen; rhinestones (Recollections)

Papertrey’s Transformation Tuesday and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

I was really not very happy with how my card for Betsy’s Make It Monday Papertrey masking and sponging challenge turned out and decided to give it another go for this week’s Papertrey Transformation Tuesday Challenge.  I am also entering my new card for this week’s Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes.  Here’s last week’s card….yuck!

And here’s the transformed card with a similar layout but more layers and a wonderful alcohol ink background.  You never know how your alcohol ink panel is going to look but I like all the different colors of blues and aqua’s in this one.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White; turquoise (Bazzil); Vellum (Papertrey); yupo paper (Ranger)
• Ink:  Versamark
• Stamps: Banner Sentiments (Papertrey)
• Dies: Snowfall Style 1 die (Papertrey)
• Accessories: silver embossing powder; white fun foam (Darice); alcohol inks (Ranger)

Papertrey’s Make It Monday #305: Love of Layers and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

I made this card inspired by the use of layers for Papertrey’s Make It Monday #305 challenge: Love of Layers and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes.   This card has several layers including the stencil/paste card panel, the die cuts, and ribbon.

Can I give a big shout out on both of the products I used on this card?  I love the clean simplicity of a monochromatic background using stencil paste and a great stencil.  My other favorite is Papertrey’s Spruce and Sprigs.  Love the graphic nature of this card!  Supplies are listed below.  Happy crafting!

Supplies:

• Cardstock:  White (Papertrey); Ocean Tides (Papertrey)
• Ink:  Pure Poppy (Papertrey); Pinefeather (Papertrey);
• Stamps:  Spruce & Sprigs (Papertrey)
• Dies: Spruce & Sprigs dies (Papertrey);
• Accessories: Christmas Quarters Stencil (Kaisercraft); Red ribbon (Paper Source); Pearlescent embossing paste (Dreamweaver); Glossy accents (Ranger)

Papertrey’s Make It Monday#343: Masking and Ink Sponging Challenge

Well, some techniques/cards you attempt but don’t master.  This card falls into this category.  I made the card for this week’s Papertrey Make It Monday #343 challenge – masking and ink sponging.  The difficulty with this technique is to make sure the color layers are distinctly different so the masked areas show up.  Mine didn’t so I ended up stamping all the snowflakes in white so they would show up.  Oh, well.  It’s always good to try a new technique.  Supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White
• Ink:  Blueprint Sketch, Shaded Lilac, and Faded Jeans distress oxide inks (Ranger); Fresh Snow (Papertrey)
• Stamps: Fab Flakes (Papertrey); Peaceful Poinsettia (Papertrey)
• Dies: Fab Flakes dies (Papertrey)
• Accessories: embossing powder

Papertrey’s Create Along With Us Challenge

Papertrey is having their lead-up to their November 2018 release this week so the challenge for this week is to create a card inspired by one of the design teams creations.  I was immediately inspired by Michelle Leone’s card below to create a card using Papertrey supplies I had on hand.  Supplies are listed below.  Happy crafting!

Supplies:

• Cardstock:  White; Spring Moss, Limeade Ice, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Pinefeather (Papertrey); Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce (Stampin Up)
• Ink: Versamark
• Stamps:  Tree Trimming Trio (Papertrey)
• Dies:  Double-Ended Banner die (Papertrey); Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical die (Papertrey)
• Accessories:  Gold embossing powder (Ranger)

Papertrey’s Make It Monday Challenge – Pop Up Slider Card

I made a pop up slider card for this week’s Papertrey Make It Monday Pop Up Slider Card Challenge.  It’s ok but it’s hard to like it in comparison to Betsy’s when hers is so fabulous!  But it’s always good to stretch your crafting wings, right.  I kept it simple since I was stumped on what image to use to pop up.  Supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

• Cardstock:
• Ink:  Sparrow (Simon Says); Onyx Black (Versafine)
• Stamps:  Sweet Baby (Papertrey)
• Dies:   Onesie (Papertrey); Sweet Baby (Papertrey)
• Accessories:  Heart gem (Say It With Crystals)

Papertrey Make It Monday – Glitter Inlays

I finally had some time to make a card for this week’s Papertrey Make It Monday – Glitter Inlays challenge.  I ended up using my Mighty Oak cover plate die to make a pretty fall card.  It was nice to use up some small amount of the copious amounts of glitter I’ve purchased over the years.  Yikes I have a lot of glitter.  Hope you have a nice Labor Day weekend.  Supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Aqua Mist (Papertrey); Dark Chocolate (Papertrey)
• Stamps: Enclosed Leaf (Papertrey)
• Dies: Enclosed: Leaf die (Papertrey)
• Accessories: Glitter, Double-sided adhesive sheet

Papertrey’s Create Along With Us and Simon Says Monday Challenge: Splatters and Sparkles

This week’s Papertrey Make It Monday is a Create Along With Us challenge.  I also wanted to submit this card for Simon Says Monday Challenge: Splatters and Sparkles.  I was inspired by Betsy Veldman’s beautiful ombre card that had the pretty gold sentiment die-cut and deep red color.  Love the pop of gold and the deep rich red I was able to get with the dylusions spray.  Supplies are listed below.  Happy crafting!

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink); Gold Foil Cardstock (Tonic), Watercolor paper (Ranger)
• Dies: Enclosed: Leaf die Papertrey);
• Accessories: Crushed Grape, Postbox Red, Squeezed Orange Ink Spray (Dylusions), Fun Foam (Darice);