Twas The Day Before....

Hello -

Weekend is here! I'm sharing a few cards I made last night before the madness of Papertrey's StampAFaire tomorrow. So excited for all the inspiration and fun PTI has planned.

First card is using this week's PTI Make It Monday technique Spritzed Stamps. I inked and spritzed the tree image from PTI Through The Trees in one corner of the watercolor paper panel. Sentiment is from KIS:Thinking of You. I added a tilted piece of Spring Moss underneath the stamped panel before adhering to Simply Chartreuse card base.

 I love how the water creates variations in color even though I only used Simply Chartreuse for the leaves.

Second card is inspired by the gorgeous color palette at ColourQ this week - Love the deep colors paired with gold. 

I masked off different sections along the frame and ink blended the challenge colors. Colors so vibrant in real life. Die cut THANKS from MFT. 

My last card was inspired by this week's fun sketch challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch:

I stamped the "arrow" image (don't know what else to call it) from PTI Teach & Inspire in Stormy Sea, Tropical Teal, Mint Julep, and Aqua Mist. I used my MISTI to stamp each color several times so each arrow's color was bold. Instead of a double ended banner like in the sketch, I used one of the Happy One-Liner dies in Stormy Sea on top of the row of arrows. I double mounted the stamped panel to highlight the gorgeous color palette. I contemplated stamping or heat embossing the word 'birthday' under the banner on top of the teal arrow but wasn't sure how it would stand out enough. Will probably add the 'birthday' before I send it out. 

That's all for now. Hope to be back tomorrow with more cards. Thanks for popping in! 

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Happy Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! School finished up yesterday so we're jumping into summer feet first, quite literally into the pool!

Before we head out, I wanted to share two cards I made last night while finishing up season 2 of Orange is the New Black.  Anyone watch that show? Wow, right? 

I'm working on replenishing my thank you card stash which was depleted last week with teacher/staff gifts. I stamped the thank you sentiment (from PTI Thank You Kindly) repeatedly on a angle in the ColourQ challenge colors this week. Then I thought more rows in a different direction would give the card a different twist. It looked a little bare in the center so I added a sentiment banner popped up with foam adhesive. 

For my second card I was inspired by this week's CASology cue word WOOD so I used the PTI Through The Trees stamp which has been sitting neglected for a while now. I stamped the tree block in the middle and used chalk to create the sunset colors in the background. Haven't used chalk in a long while but thanks to a recent PTI Make It Monday video, I've rediscovered how easy they are to use. 

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your day.