Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Today's the day... an all new blog hop over on the Papertrey Ink blog. I love the challenge photo for this month, very spring like and has me wishing for sunshine. However, I'm in Oregon and all I continue to see in our forecast is more rain.

Here is our inspiration piece...

Here is the card that I came up with...

When I sat down to start making my card and looked at the inspiration photo above I just happened to have the first set of the Flower Mandala Dies in front of me. I decided to go with it and pulled out cardstock in the coordinating colors and as the saying goes the rest was history!

After I had all of my flowers adhered to my panel I split it to create a strip for my sentiment and few sparkly items.




Thanks for stopping by today. I'm off to check out what the rest of you made!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
  Cardstock- Sweet Blush, Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Vintage Cream
  Dies- Flower Mandala Set I
  Stamps: Tropics

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Good morning! I fell in love with the image for this month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink and couldn't wait to us it for some inspiration. I'll admit this card ended up in a completely different direction than I had originally intended for it to go, but as most of you know, sometimes that happens.
I thought about starting all over, but just did not have time for that. Instead, I chose to just go with it.

Here is the inspiration photo...

Here is the card that I came up with...

I started this by blending pink and red Distress Inks onto a piece of white cardstock. Then I heat embossed the hearts from Happy Hearts with clear embossing powder over the top. After I die cut the large scalloped heart out I went over the entire thing with black Distress Ink. I really loved the way the colorful hearts popped off of what was now a black background.

Here's a close up of embossed hearts.

For the sentiment I simply layered three 'love' die cuts together and topped it with glitter.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Stamps: Happy Hearts, Wonderful Words: Love, Shakers & Sprinkles
Dies: Four Square, Inspired Love

MFT Color Challenge #61

It's been really quiet around here...haven't been using the old blog and have just been posting to Instagram instead. Thought I would blow the dust off here and get back to the blog.

Today I have a card to share with you that I used for the latest color challenge over on the My Favorite Things blog. This one was a great color scheme: some blues, oranges, and greys.

I started this one by heat embossing the stars, from the Stars Above stamp set, onto a panel of watercolor paper. 

 

After the embossing was all done I pulled out my ZIG Clean Color pens and went to town coloring in the images. Once the paper was dry I stamped my sentiment and added that little strip of glitter underneath to make it stand out a bit more.

  

To embellish the large star in the center I simply used my Wink of Stella pen. It kind of exploded on me and there was this huge drop of glittery goodness that plopped down right on the edge of the star. So I just used my finger and spread that all around including off of the edges all the way around. Looks great in person! Lastly, I topped it off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to head over the MFT blog to check out the other pretty projects made for this challenge...just click HERE

My Favorite Things Color Challenge

It's October which means the latest color challenge over on the My Favorite Things blog is all about everything orange, purple, and green. I opted to go with a floral card using this color scheme that would not normally be a go to combo for me.

 

I started this one by die cutting the flowers and leaves out of white cardstock using the Flashy Florals die set. Then I misted all of the pieces with water and sprinkled them with Brusho Watercolor Pigment Powders. After all of the pieces were dry I then stamped on all of the flowers with the detail stamps from the Flashy Florals stamp set.

 

I arranged all of the flowers and leaves in a pretty little cluster above the dry embossing on my card front. Finished it all off with some enamel dots, crystals, and a simple little banner.

Thanks for taking a peek today!

Tonya

My Favorite Things Sketch #301

I found some time this last weekend to join in on the latest sketch challenge over at My Favorite Things...

I pulled out my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and my Flashy Florals stamp set and went to work.

  

I heat embossed the solid flowers and leaves onto watercolor paper using white embossing powder. Then I took yellow, brown, blue and teal Zig markers and colored (very messily might I add) over the top of the embossing. After I was done scribbling (literally) I sprayed the entire paper with water and just let the colors blend together as it dried.




Then I die cut a circle out of the panel and turned it into a shaker card. Once that was assembled I added a stamped flower and some gold glitter leaves...topped off with a simple banner sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Tonya

Happy Birthday

Dusting off the cobwebs in this blog. Had a little bit of spare time on my hands last week and decided to join in on the new challenge over on the wherecreativtymeetsc9 blog. The theme for their first challenge is 'celebrate'.

I pulled out my Happy Day stamp set and chose to work with the main cake image.


  

I began with heat embossing the image using white embossing powder onto a panel of watercolor paper. The color was applied by using the 'smooshing' technique with Distress Inks. After that dried I went in and applied more concentrated color onto the flowers and leaves.


  

To finish off the card I used a Wink of Stella glitter pen and colored over the flowers and leaves to make them sparkle and went in with my paintbrush and some grey paint to add the shadows. Topped it all of with a few sequins.


  

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Supplies:

Stamps: Concord and 9th- Happy Day
Inks: Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet

My Favorite Things Weekly Sketch

Time for another weekly sketch challenge with My Favorite Stamps...

I received these adorable little piggies just a couple of days ago and decided to put them to use for this one.

  

I started with a Pierced Square die cut and went around the edges with a light pink Copic, then I stamped and colored the three little pigs. I fussy cut the flying piggy so that  I could pop him up with some foam tape (he needs to be in the air since he is flying, right?) I then die cut a sun using the Radiant Sun die and die cut some clouds. 

I heat embossed the sentiment onto a piece of vellum which I then layered over a strip of cardstock that is the same color as the sun. The tiny little hearts were die cut using on of the pieces from the Blueprints Tag Builder 5 set.

Lastly, I took a clear Wink of Stella pen and went over the wing, the sun, and the heart.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

                                                              Tonya

My Favorite Things Color Challenge #49

Whoop! I received my recent order of new stamps from My Favorite Things and decided to participate in their current color challenge.

I pulled out my Brusho pigment powders and the stamps/dies from the Celebrate with Cake set.



I embellished each layer of the cake with some iridescent glitter and some white liquid pearls.
Then added some flowers with some jewels centers.



For my sentiment I heat embossed a red banner strip in white and then added some smaller banners on each side in contrasting colors.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

Tonya

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Good morning everyone! After seeing the photo prompt for this month's PTI blog hop I was super excited to join in on the fun. This photo is so artsy and I think it will be super interesting to see what everyone comes up with! This is the photo...a piece of artwork by the artist Yellena James.

I knew right away that I wanted to use my Color Burst pigment powders. So I started layering and then taking away some color. I focused mostly on the colors and those anemone or flower like looking things. 

The anemone/flower like things were made by using big droplets of water that I let dry and then I stamped the flower inside and drew in the lines. Super fun to do as this was a look that would never have come out of my brain without the inspiration photo!

Products:

Stamps: Make It Market - Color Pop Florals

Bloomin' Cute

Dies: Bloomin' Cute Sentiments

Thanks for stopping by today and taking a look see!

Tonya

Color Throwdown

Wow, it's been a while...a little dusty here! I've had some spare time lately and thought I would use that time to join in on some fun challenges is the card making world.

First up is a card that I made for the latest Color Throwdown challenge, challenge #398. Here is the latest color scheme and inspiration photo.

I had some "leftovers" sitting on my desk from a previous card that I had made, so I put those to use and just added a little bit of that lime green. Here is the card I came up with...

I used the One Big Happy stamp and die set from Papertrey Ink for this. The background panel was made by using all of the images in the stamp set and some yellow ink. The frame was one of the pieces from the Pretty Frame Die, also from PTI. The rest of the flowers and the sentiment were all just die cut and stamped and then layered together. Lastly, I embellished with some sequins and a little green gem in the middle of the heart.

Thought I would also share with you the card that I first made (the one that the leftovers came from).

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Tonya

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #29

It's May 1st which means that it is time for the new challenge over on the Sparkle & Shine challenge blog. Today's inspiration is all about spring time flowers.

                  

I started this by using three different floral stamp sets from Altenew and stamped, masked, and heat embossed to create the flower arrangement. Then I watercolored in the images with my Peerless watercolors.

                    

The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set and I heat embossed that with gold and finished the rest of the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Here is the inspiration photo for this challenge...

Click HERE to come and join us over at Sparkle & Shine. One lucky winner will receive a gift certificate to the Create A Smile stamp shop!

Products:

Stamps: Golden Garden, Wild Hibiscus, Beautiful Day (Altenew) 

Keep It Simple Mother (Papertrey Ink) 

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #28

Hey all, it's time for another challenge over on the Sparkle & Shine challenge blog. Here is our inspirational photo for this time around...

 

For my card I pulled out my Color Burst pigment powders. I started with a blank panel of watercolor paper and sprinkled pigment powders onto the surface of the dry paper. Then I saturated the paper with water using a Mini Mister. 

After that dried then I used the Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp set to stamp the images. Then I pulled out some bleach and painted in the images with the bleach to turn it all white. It was pretty amazing seeing the magic happen. Those flowers and leaves were all just as dark purple as the rest of the paper. I would recommend using a better quality watercolor paper for this though. I used a really cheap one and you can see where the bleach bled beyond the borders of the flowers in some spots. With a good quality paper the water will stay only where you put it.

We hope you come and join us in the challenge. One lucky random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Right at Home online store. Click HERE to be taken to the Sparkle & Shine blog.

Sparkle & Shine challenge #27

Today is April the first and no fooling' that means that it is time for another challenge over on the Sparkle & Shine challenge blog. The inspiration photo for this time around fits right in with the "April showers brings May flowers" saying...

However, we have been having the most gorgeous sunny and warm days here in Portland that I  couldn't bring myself to make a card that had anything to do with rain. I just know that it would jinx us and the rain and grey clouds would come back. So, I went with the happy bright colors...

I recently received the 6 new Caribbean colors in the Color Burst pigments and I used all six for this card. On the background panel I simply sprinkled some powder on a dry piece of watercolor paper and then sprayed it with some water from a spray bottle. Set it aside to dry completely and easy peasy...done!

 

I die cut the thanks out of a piece of watercolor paper that had been painted the same way as my background panel. I also cut two out of white cardstock and layered the three together to give it some added dimension.  Once I had that done I went to add the sequins and decided to join in on the Make It Monday this week at Papertrey Ink, so I dry embossed some lines leading down to each sequin. 

I know, I said I was avoiding the whole concept of rain, but then when I was done I thought those lines and sequins together looked an awful lot like rain drizzles and drops. 

We'd love for you to join us in the challenge over at Sparkle & Shine. Just click HERE to be taken to the challenge. Once you add your project to the link up then you will be eligible to win a $25 gift certificate to the Create a Smile store. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Products:

Stamps and Dies: Bloomin' Cute (Papertrey Ink)

Pigment Powders: Ken Oliver- Color Burst (Fuchsia, Tangerine, Chartreuse, Lime Green, Turquoise, Orchid)

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #26

Middle of the month means it's time for a new challenge on the Sparkle & Shine challenge blog. Since we are getting close to Easter the inspiration photo features a bunny and of course some orange and green.

For my card I opted to just use the color scheme since I don't have any cute little bunny stamps.

        

I'll be honest, this card didn't come together very easily for me, it was a comedy of errors. I started with a sheet of watercolor paper and heat embossed the 'happy' and 'to you'. This is a cheaper and thinner paper then what I normally use and when I painted in the letters the water and color spread past the heat embossing instead of being contained within it with other papers I have used. So, I had to find a way to try and cover that...thus the grey shadows. Then I wasn't happy with the plain white background. Enter the blending of the orange ink, which is suppose to have water splatters. However, when the splatters dried they were not even visible and since I used Distress inks, I'm blaming the paper again. Lastly, I had to blindly adhere my shaker panel to the front of the card and ended up leaving way too much white space at the top and this sucker was stuck down nice and tight to the card. So I pulled out some glitter tape and stuck a strip at the top. Oh well, crafting isn't always perfect!

       

I die cut the 'birthday' three times and adhered them together for some extra dimension and went over the top with a Wink of Stella pen.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Right at Home. Come and join in and you could be the lucky winner of a $15 gift card to their store. Just click HERE to be taken to the challenge.

Products:

Stamps and dies are both from Create a Smile 

stamps: Crystal Letters Upper

dies: Cool Cuts Birthday

Sparkle & Shine Challenge #25

Happy March everyone! It's the first of the month which means that it is time for another challenge over on the Sparkle & Shine challenge blog. This month we are inspired by green shamrocks and gold glitter. Here is our challenge photo...

Here is the card that I came up with. I didn't think that I would probably give a St. Patrick's themed card to anyone, so I chose to go with the colors as my inspiration.

I started with the Oriental Orchid stamp set from Altenew and watercolored in the images. After that was dry I added some shimmer to the orchids with a Wink of Stella pen. Lastly I ran the panel through an embossing folder to achieve that basket weave look.

   

Then to pull in the gold glitter I added a strip of glitter tape and heat embossed the sentiment in gold on a strip of watercolored paper.

We'd love to have you come and join us in the challenge. One lucky random winner will win a $25 gift certificate to the Create A Smile store.

Click HERE to be taken to the Sparkle & Shine challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tonya