I also tried a couple of other fun products on this card. First the Tag Sale #6 die. I love that the decorative tag hole reinforcer is a separate piece and you can cut it with a different color or pattern paper. I used a coffee cup stain background stamp (from Inkadinkado) on the kraft cardstock, which I stamped with PTI kraft ink (see the faint rings and splotches?). I then used two different sprays to give the kraft panel some more "oomph." I sprayed some Goosebumps texture spray a few times. Have you heard of it? It's by Tsukineko and it's clear and gives a raised water drop-like effect when dry. I've heard they've come out with a few more kinds of this spray, one of which is a shimmer. Cool! I also tried out my Mister Huey's color mist in Clay. From the name you would think it would be almost a terracotta color, but no, it's more of a dark grayish brown. I figured I'd give it a shot. It turned out really cool and gave the paper the effect of drips of coffee on it!
Much better. More colorful, more fun patterned paper. I'm happy with Take Two.
I loved the yellow stripes and aqua ribbon in the inspiration photo and wanted to incorporate those elements into my card. The striped paper is from Michaels and I scored it for $.19 on sale!
The blue tones I chose to work with reminded me of water, and I remembered the cute fish image in the Tremendous Treats Valentine set, so I decided to make an underwater scene. I left the heart air bubbles uninked when I stamped the fish, stamped it three times on scrap paper, colored them in with yellow Copics, then trimmed them out by hand. I found the perfect companion sentiment in my rubber stamp drawer and the itty bitty rhinestones as air bubbles finished the card off perfectly.
The colors seem a bit off in the photo, the background isn't that dark in real life. Again, I went with a water theme on this one. Seems especially appropriate given all the rain we've been getting here over the last few weeks. I'm ready for some spring and sunshine!
I initiated the popular Poppy Stamps window and window box dies that I've had in my stash for quite awhile. They cut beautifully and I can see myself using them for all sorts of occasions. Little Bitty Bird makes a special appearance at the top of the window and chirps "You're tweet!" to my friend.
It is sunny right now in Seattle, though the forecast today does include some snow! It's definitely cold out, but I'm not seeing any clouds that look like they are going to bring us snow. I hope not, I'm ready for spring!
And here is the interactive part where the recipient can pull out the gift card:
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Here is the card I made inspired by the sketch. It doesn't follow the design exactly, but that's the fun part of sketch challenges. They offer a good starting point and then you can change things up as you like.
This is a super simple graphic card. I just used a 7/8" square punch to cut out four squares each from Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky and Hawaiian Shores card stock and layered them on a Soft Stone card base. I left off the fourth Hawaiian Shores square and stamped "Miss You" from the Communique Curves Sentiments set. Easy Peasy.
I've been drawn to pinks lately, so her color combination was right up my alley!
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The tag aside, I was definitely tapping my "Dawn muse" for this card. Bold colors, lots of layers, damask background. Super fun card, I think it's one of my all time favorites!
I created my own background using images from the Postmarks set stamped with Smokey Shadow ink. The Hawaiian Shores mat was punched with a Fiskars postage edge border punch. I layered a couple of buttons together and tied them around the Raspberry Fizz knot at the top to finish off the card.
I'm so glad PaperTrey is part of the crafting industry. The products are incomparable and I find myself reaching for my PTI stamps, paper, ribbon, etc. far more than my other crafting supplies. Nichole and the design team are the best sources of inspiration and have helped me take my crafting to a whole new level. Thank you! Here's to many, many more anniversaries PTI!!
And here is my new take card on the card:
I went with a Valentine theme choosing shades of pink and swapping out the straight glitter border on the first card for the heart glitter border on this new one. I also embellished the butterfly with a tiny heart from the Love Lives Here die collection and added Glossy Accents to it to make it shine. Since my sister adores butterflies and pink, this card is for her.
Common elements between the tray and canvas are the Signature Series dress form die, some collage stickers and button and the color scheme of cream, brown and light blue. Since I couldn't find the right sentiment in my stamp collection, I opted to write out "l'amour" (love) on a strip of blue paper and tuck it into the memo pin.
