Make It Monday #73

I can't tell you the last time I played in a Make It Monday...but this one was quite easy...and the Farm set still sitting on my desk needed some love. I created this card:

The challenge was to stamp on patterned paper. The yellow paper is from PTI. The other two patterned papers are from a My Mind's Eye paper pack. I stamped the animals and "100% homegrown" on the yellow and stamped the chicken wire on the gingham patterned paper (where it says "Herd It's Your Birthday!")

The twine is from Lawn Fawn.

I have a couple of birthdays this month, and this is a more masculine card, it may go to my Father in Law, or my Uncle. We'll see :)

Make It Monday #71: Bordered Sentiments

I got my PTI order in RECORD time! I reviewed all the release items but decided that I actually wanted the flip flops and some other things from last release instead, so I ordered at about 4pm on the 15th...I could not believe when the mailman delivered the box today! So of course I wanted to play with my new goodies! Here is the card I created using today's Make It Monday:

I'm running out of natural light and can't seem to get a great pic tonight :( But I wanted to go ahead and share anyway. The water punch is from Fiskars, the twine from the Twinery, the cloud dies from My Favorite Things, and everything else is PTI. I created the "sand" using two Copics and making a bunch of dots.

  

The Mercy Me is from the Glory Be set, everything else from the Flip Flop set. I didn't think I wanted it last month, but I've seen what everyone's been doing with it and I've been SO jealous! This card is for my friend Gerry who came over to stamp with me today. She is such a kind friend and I'm SO lucky to have her :)

Make It Monday #69

Sketches are my favorite kind of challenge, so when I saw that PTI's Make It Monday had sketches for the week, I wanted to give it a shot. I had grand plans of creating all 6, but at least I got to one!

Here is the sketch:

So I changed it up a bit. I used one large image with 3 parts (umbrella, straw, lime) instead of the 3 images. Then instead of a bold word and smaller sentiment, I used just one sentiment and then the twine in place of the smaller sentiment.

The paper is from...you guessed it, Lillybee designs! I have 3 of their pads now and they are sitting out on my desk...have been getting a lot of use lately ;) The images are all from either the Friendship Jar or Friendship Jar Summer Fillers sets. The sentiment is from an old Amuse stamp.

The twine is from the Twinery and the die is PTI's Double Ended Banner die.

I made this card with my new friend Hope in mind. When we were camping last weekend, they had a margarita maker! (Who would have thought...a margarita maker while camping!) She made us margaritas the first night while we were playing games. I think she'll like it.

Make It Monday #67

This week's Make It Monday from Papertrey Ink was Mixing Patterned Papers. I haven't played with a MIM in a really long time, but this one was simple, and I wanted to get inky with my new stamps, too! Here's what I created with On the Farm:

The patterned papers are from a DCWV Spring Fling pack, and also PTI's paper pack. I even decided to cut the cow out of gingham...talk about mixing up the patterned papers ;)

The mini clothespin is from my local stamp store, and the gingham ribbon and eyelet border punch are from SU. Everything else on the card is PTI.

Phillip stayed home from work today with a cold, and guess what I came home with?? A sore throat, of course! I'm about to go take some Nyquil and settle down for a deep sleep. I want to be 100% by this weekend for our Memorial Day camping trip with one of my good stamping friends, Gerry and her husband Harold. There will even be a detour to a local stamp store...now THAT's what I call camping ;)

Make It Monday #59

This week's Make it Monday challenge was to use Computer Generated Sentiments on Diecuts. You should definitely watch the video, I don't know why I never thought of Erin's technique using the negative from the die for perfect cutting placement! I'll definitely be going back to that in the future. Here is the Easter card I created:

And the computer generated sentiment on the jar label die:

So I used Mega Mat Stack #3 and Layerz Mat Stack #3. I used Aqua Mist Gingham paper, Spring Moss, and Harvest Gold paper (and saddle stitched ribbon).

The jar is from the Friendship Jar set and the bunny is from the Spring Fillers set. The grass punch is from Martha Stewart and the pinking border die is from PTI.

Make it Monday #57: Colored Kissing

I have a friend who had some absolutely fabulous news yesterday, so I wanted to make her a card to let her know how happy I am for her! I used PTI's Make It Monday to create this card for her:

I used PTI's Signature Series Dress Form, Mat Stack #1, Glory Be, the Fillagree border die, In Bloom patterned paper, Smokey Shadow ribbon and cardstock, and Melon Berry cardstock.

The kissing technique was pretty fun to do. I used the BB Tin Types to "kiss." It's a really cool technique and you should all give it a shot!

Make It Monday #55

This week's Make It Monday is creating large frames with smaller frame stamps. I can't believe that I never thought of this...its so easy! Thanks for coming up with something so creative, Dawn :) Here is the funky card I created for today's challenge:

The cute coffee cups are from the new PTI Heart 2 Heart #1 set. The frame is from Fillable Frames #11, the sentiment is from Signature Greetings.

The ribbon is Aqua Mist grosgrain ribbon and the twine is from The Twinery. The polka dot paper is from the new Aqua Mist patterned paper pack. The cardstock is PTI Raspberry Fizz.

I will definitely be going back to this technique again in the future :) Hope your Monday was a great start to your week! Thanks for stopping by :)

MIM #54 & Freshly Made Sketches #23

I haven't played along with a PTI Make It Monday in awhile, but I thought this Glitter Button technique was pretty cool, so I gave it a shot...and plus I got my release package today, so you KNOW I had to play with it :) So here is a card I created for Phillip's cousin who is getting married next month:

And here's the sketch I used from this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge:

I used the new PTI Beautiful Butterflies set that came in today, and oh do I love it! All the different butterflies, and the gorgeous sentiments, too. It was a lot of fun using it, and I only used one die and 3 butterflies...many more to play with later! And at the bottom you notice my glittered buttons. It was a neat and easy technique. You'll also notice the new Aqua Mist patterned paper that came in my package, too.

Everything on this card is PTI except the pearls and the ink (SU). It was hard for me to leave that "blank" space on the right side, but I'm trying so hard to stick to the sketch. I think it turned out to be a very nice wedding card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make It Monday #47 A La Carte

I haven't done a Make It Monday in forever! But when I saw the choice to try one that I missed out on, I jumped at the chance. I tried #28, Glitter Die Borders and created this card:

I decided that if I try this again, I will use a thicker glue around the border since mine came out so thin and hard to see. I just used a Quickie Glue Pen..maybe Tombo would work better next time. Anyway, you can just barely see it sparkling in this picture.

The flower and hexagon background come from the new Rosie Posey set that PTI came out with last month. I loved the Smokey Shadow/Canyon Clay color combo that Nichole used on one of the release cards, so I wanted to incorporate that here. The button in the middle is a Stampin' Up corduroy button in Chocolate Chip.

The hexagons were stamped with Encore silver ink to have an embossed look without the extra work ;)

The sentiment is from PTI's Signature Greetings, the ribbon in Canyon Clay ribbon. The die cut is Mega Mat Stack #3. The ink for the flower is SU Pumpkin Pie and Mellow Moss for the stem. The glitter is also SU Dazzling Diamonds. Hopefully with the new year I'll be able to get back on track with PTI's Make It Mondays, because I sure do enjoy them :)