Sketch Challenge - A Passion for Papertrey

Hi there!

Today I am sharing a card which I made for the Sketch Challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey.

Feels good to be back in paper crafting - very calming after a very busy day at work!

A Passion for Papertrey have a sketch challenge - you can play a long too, go check it out here :)

The sketch I am using is this one:

and my card ended up like this:

Maybe it needs something more ... but I forced myself to stop putting more stuff on the card.

Usually my boyfriend tells me I put too much "stuff" on a card - what do you like: lots of stuff or less stuff?

This card was kind of simple to make - because I had a lot of paper scraps, and I wanted to use them. I used Perfect Perls "Forever red" for the flowers, I like that powder thingy - makes the flowers a bit more shiny than ordinary ink - unfortunately you cannot see that on the photo.

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI rustic cream, PTI melon berry, PTI Spring moss

Ink:Versamark Waterstamp (for the flowers with Perfect Perls), Versa Color 69 Bamboo (LOVE THIS COLOR!!!) and Versafine Onyx Black

Stamp: PTI Turning a new leaf, PTI Boxes, Bags & Tags (Flower) and PTI Sentiment from Everyday Button Bits

I'm BACK! Happy Mother's day!

Wow - time flies so fast!! I can't believe it is May 8 already - it feels like spring passed by without even saying hello to me.

I haven't had time to create anything in paper for such a long time and I lost my mojo as well, which makes it double so hard to create anything when time is little.

Anyway - now I am back (HURRAAH) and my desk is full of crafting papers and tags. I always make tags as the first thing after having had a period of no crafting because it makes it possible to get back into the habit and trying something new without making a big effort. Do you know what I mean?

Today is Mother's day and to get started on the card making I decided to make it easy and took inspiration from a card I have seen on the Hero Arts gallery (look here). Once I had colored the flowers I thought they looked so sweet so I skipped the cutting part of making an extra layer.


So with these two cards I am back on the blog! 
Let me know what you think about the cards :) And have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI rustic cream, PTI melon berry

Ink: Distress Ink Old Paper, crushed olive, spun sugar, fired brick and Versafine Onyx Black

Stamp: Hero Arts Poppy Background, sentiment from PTI Fillable Frame #4

Other: clear embossing powder

KORTMESTER Udfordring #3

Hi!

Today I am updating my blog with my third contribution to the Danish challenge "KORTMESTER".

The challenge this week required usage of:

- something round

- something black

- something crumpled

- some glitter

- at least 3 layers.

When I read that the card needed to have something crumpled I immediately knew I wanted to make a card using the Faux Silk technique. I tried putting some stickles on the outside of the silk paper, was not sure if it would be a good result, but I think it worked out well. So I ended up with this card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI Sweet Blish, PTI Vintage Cream

Stamps: PTI Life

Ink: VersaFine Onxy Black, VersaColor Bamboo 69, VersaColor AshRose 152, VersaColor 154 Bark, PTI Chai

Other: PTI Vintage Cream buttons, Stickles.

KORTMESTER Udfordring #2

This is my second contribution to the Danish card challenge "Kortmester 2011".

Using this card as inspiration the challenge is to create a card using yellow and a bow!

I was stuck on the squares (die cutting square after square!!) until I got the idea as using the squares as a window. I have the PTI stamp set Through Trees and I never really use it - so here was a great opportunity.

I created the "Sky-Scenery" using Distress ink - my sun is yellow and orange and the bow is there!

So that ended up being my contribution - and I had fun making it - I will play more with the stamp set. It was really fun to use!

Let me know what you think of the card! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI Spring moss, PTI White

Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Sand, Distress Ink Old Paper, Aged Mahogany, Crushed Olive, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed

Stamp: PTI Damask Design, Through Trees + leafs from Out on a limb

Other: Soft-Olive ribbon

KORTMESTER Udfordring #1

Today I am sharing a card I made for a Danish challenge at a forum called "Scrapsisters".

It is a challenge running over the next 4 weeks, and I have chosen the challenge where the card should use minimum 2 stamps and should incorporate coloring / drawing. Since I haven't ventured into Copics yet I just decided to color my butterflies by hand using normal ink. The butterflies have several layers of Clear embossing powder - a tip I got from Kara (KandRdesigns).

Here is my card:

 

Supplies:

Cardstock:  PTI Rustic Cream, PTI Hibiscus Burst

Ink: PTI Scarlet Red, PTI Hibiscus Burst, VersaColor 69 Bamboo, 131 Narcissus

Stamps: PTI Turning a new leaf, PTI Boxes, Bags & Tags (flowers), PTI Butterfly Dreams, PTI Damask Design (sentiment), PTI fillable frame #4

Other: PTI Butterfly die, perls

Make it Monday!

Ta daaaaa - here is my submission for PTI's Make It Monday challenges.

Well - who would have thought making a card with a sentiment strip in Vellum would be sooooo darn hard to make??? I think I cut up half a sheet of Vellum to produce this card. And I am not too happy with the result and the picture is bad (the glitter on the butterflies is really sweet if you see it in daylight) - but I have to submit it, because I am leaving for the UK this afternoon, and wont be back until monday late evening. 

Tell me what you think about it?!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI sweet blush and white + Vellum (no-name)

Ink: Distress Ink Spun Sugar, Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: PTI Life + Sentiment from Round and Round, Background stamp from Hero Arts Antique Writings

Other: Martha Stewart Punch + Greyish perls

PTI January 2011 Blog Hop

Hi! This post is for PTI's January 2011 Blog Hop - and it is the first time for me to participate.

The challenge is:

This month's blog hop challenge involves you challenging yourself to use a Papertrey stamp set that has yet to see ink or even one that might be collecting a little dust!  Go through your stash and see what little used treasure it might hold. 

 I am sharing 3 note pads I made using my brand new PTI Life stamp set. I got it for Christmas - and since I don't own so many PTI Stamp sets none collects dust so far :)

These note pads are my first work with the Life set. Can't wait to use it more! :)
Sorry for the photo - it is dark out side :) No daylight to help my photographer skills on the way.

Thanks for looking!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI sweet blush, Aqua Mist, Melon Berry

Ink: Versacolor bamboo, sky blue and ash rose, Distress Ink old paper, Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, tumbled glass, PTI tea dye duo

Stamps: PTI Life, Places please, Fillable Frame #1, Hero Arts Antique Writings

Other: Clear embossing powder, Ranger Stickles