Runway Inspired Challenge # 10

Another fun card challenge this week.  I'm definitely going to try to do more of these.

This week over at the Runway Inspired Challenge, this Nanette Lepore look was the inspiration.  Not sure how I feel about it as an outfit, but the color and design were fun and interesting.

courtesy of style.com

Here's my take:

Supplies:

Cardstock:  White, Smoky Shadow - Papertrey Ink; Silver, Gold - Recollections; Tangelo - Bazzill

Stamps: Flower - Hero Arts/Basic Grey; Sentiment - Mega Mixed Messages - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Ginger, Slate - Fresh Ink (Impress Rubber Stamps)

Border Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts

 

Make It Monday #61 - What could it be?!?

I'm trying my hand at a challenge today.  The Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge this week was to make flowers from a non flower die.
I looked through my (far too large) collection and thought I was going to use one of the Papertrey Ink Fruit Fusion dies.  After looking a bit more, I stumbled upon another die and had to give it a try.

Can you goes what the flower petals are?  

Frog feet!!  From the Papertrey Ink Boy Basics: Frog Hop set.  

Supplies:  

Cardstock:  Kraft - Papertrey Ink

Decorative Paper - Unknown

Die - Boy Basics: Frog Hop

Punches:  Scalloped Circle, Button - Martha Stewart Crafts

Stamp - Woodgrain - Impress Rubber Stamps, Hello - Savvy Stamps

Ink - Brilliance Pearlescent Beige, Pearlescent Crimson

Twine - Cappuccino - The Twinery

Other - Yarn - from Lawn Fawn packaging

Limes

Not sure where I've been for the last few months, but it clearly wasn't here!  I need to regain my focus and get myself back together.  I've been trying (albeit unsuccessfully) to work on submissions for publication.  I think I'm going to do one more round for the holidays, then take a break for a while.  I've really enjoyed the work part and stretching myself, but the heartbreak of rejection has taken a bit of the fun out of it.

Here's a fun card.

After seeing some "letterpressed" backgrounds lately, I thought I would give it a try.  This was my first attempt at using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and dye ink together.  It came out a bit messy, but I liked the effect and decided to use it anyway.  I'm definitely going to do more experimenting with this technique!

The sentiment made me smile, hopefully the recipient will like it too!

Cardstock - White, Chartreuse - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Chartreuse - PTI, Rich Cocoa - Tsukineko

Stamps - Margarita and sentiment - Unity Stamp Co

Embossing Folder - Provo

Colored Pencil - Faber Castell

Peonies? Poppies? Some sort of hybrid?

I bought this stamp from Impress ages ago and have always loved it.  I decided to play with some Copic Markers and my favorite - PolyShrink.

Since I didn't have a pinky marker, I used a poppy-ish color and turned my peonies into poppies!

Supplies:

Cardstock - White - PTI

Stamps - Peony - Impress, Sentiment - Sophie's Sentiment - Lawn Fawn

PolyShrink - White - Lucky Squirrel

Ink - Graphite Black Brilliance - Tsukineko

Markers -Salmon Red, Yellow Green & Light Walnut - Copic

Ribbon - Impress Rubber Stamping

The Swing of Things

After a long holiday trip, I'm struggling to get back into the swing of things.  I've made a few things for a publication call and finished a couple of baby gifts, but haven't gotten around to making anything for fun.


I got a lot of great stamps and dies for Christmas, so today I made a card with some of those.  I was looking to make something to brighten my mood.

The alignment on the pencils needs some work, but overall, I love it!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Khaki (PaperSource), Colors (The Paper Studio)
Stamps & Dies - Happy Trails set (Papertrey Ink)
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black - Tsukineko

Happy Anniversary to me (a little late)

I've been busy, then under the weather for the last several days so my post is a bit out of date.  My 13th wedding anniversary was Monday.  I made a cute card for my husband with some new stamps I just received from Papertrey Ink.

It was such a sweet sentiment - (inside it says 'is my favorite thing to do'.)  I thought it was perfect for my sweet husband!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Khaki (PaperSource), White - (Recollections)
Stamps - Chair-ished set (Papertrey Ink)
Twine - Mandarin, Lemondrop & Cappucino (The Twinery)
Ink - Ginger (FreshInk), Distress Antique Linen & Tea Dye (Ranger), Brown (TPC)
Marker - Copic Light Walnut 

Thinking summer (a little anyway)

I've been experimenting with some different materials for my cards lately.  My favorite so far is shrink plastic (Yes, like Shrinky Dinks of our youth!).

I bought a package of it a couple of years ago at a local craft store's going out of business sale, but never got around to trying it out.  There are still some kinks to work out, but we're getting there!

For this card, I die cut and stamped the PolyShrink plastic and used it along with some of the same images die cut and stamped on white card stock.

I tried a few different inks with varied results (I think I'll do a post on that soon.)  The best (but still not perfect) was Fresh Ink from Impress Rubber Stamps.  The impressions definitely work out better if the ink pad is a little drier.

Supplies:
Cardstock - Ripe Avocado (PTI), White & Kraft (Recollections)
Shrink Plastic - PolyShrink (Lucky Squirrel)
Stamps & Dies - Simple Sunflower (PTI)
Ink - Mango, Honey, Fig (Fresh Ink), Colorbox Espresso (Clearsnap)
Punch - EK Success

After looking at the photo, I think it needs a little something more.  I'll have to work on that later!

Cute little Christmas tree!

I've got a little problem right now - I am addicted to Lil' Inker dies and stamps!

I used the Christmas tree die and sentiment from the Holly Jolly set.  The perforations on the tree and trunk are really sweet and add a lot of detail with very little effort!  For the ribbon, I used washi tape and folded it over onto itself to make the bow.  I think I love it!
I'll post a few more cards with the dies and stamps over the next few days when I have a little more time to experiment!

Supply List: 
Paper - Strawberry 4 bar card  & Clover cover stock (PaperSource), Gold card stock (Recollections);
Die & Stamp - Holly Jolly set (Lil' Inker);
Ink - Brown & Espresso (ColorBox), Versafine Black (Tsukineko); 
Washi tape - mt 1P drop green - Kamoi Kakoshi.