Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #145: 2013 A la Carte

I enjoy learning new techniques and there has been some fabulous ones featured during Make It Monday's on Papertrey Ink. At the end of the year they compile all of the posts in one and you can pick your favorite technique, this year I combined two, Make It Monday #113: Perfect Pearls and Make It Monday #144: Heat Embossing on Vellum.

Cardstock-Bazzill Cardshoppe. Vellum-Making Memories, Stamp Set-Papertrey Ink, 

Medium-Perfect Pearls, Ranger. Adhesive-Invisi-Dots for Vellum, Glue Dots International.

I stamped the medallions using watermark ink onto turquoise vellum and liberally added perfect pearls in turquoise, berry twist and forever purple then embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder. Unfortunately when I stitched it to the base if rubbed some of the pearls off the edges but it's not too noticeable.

What about the picture quality, huh? it's a big improvement on my usual offering. I was a lucky girl and Santa bought me some lights to go along with the little light cube I got a couple of years ago, I know I have quite a way to go but I was relieved that I am able to show almost true to life colours in my pictures at last :)

Thanks for stopping by, 

Ang :)

Make It Monday #128: Stamping Random Background Patterns

This week's PTI Make It Monday challenge is to stamp random background patterns.

I used the Birds and Blooms Anniversary set, particularly the 2 step wreath blooms to stamp the background and then filled in some of the spaces with the single flower images. I finished it with some gems and seam binding ribbon, the frame is from 2012 anniversary set Pretty Peonies and the sentiment is from Cutting Garden.

It looks wonky in this picture but I promise it's not!

It's nearly Friday :)

Ang

Make it Monday Part 2

So, I could not resist making a second entry for Make it Monday #100, I had just the idea in mind :)

 

My friend has just given birth to an adorable baby boy and I know that she will love this card. I used the Hanging Out dies and stamps to decorate the card and glassine bag, adding a little bit of twine, some washi and the picket fence dies.

Thanks for looking!
Ang x

Make it Monday #100 Part 1

It is Papertrey Ink's one hundreth Make it Monday and in honour of this they are giving away a $100 gift certificate to the winner, that will buy quite a few stamps! This week it is how to package cards with oversized embellishments. I recently made a Mother's Day card for my lovely Mum (Mother's Day in the UK is on Sunday the 10th of March) and I used a number of foam pads to add depth to my card and had trouble fitting it in a normal envelope, so I created this pretty pouch.

 

I sewed pink felt and vellum together to make the pouch, stamped the front using a dot from PTI Daydreamer set using PTI Fresh Snow Ink, always make sure to heat set pigment ink on vellum as it takes forever to dry. I then embellished it with a pink vellum doily using the Parisian Doily Die, felt leaves die cut using one of the dies from Turning a New Leaf topped with some In Bloom flowers coloured with Promarkers.

 

 

 

I'll be back again with another take on MIM, Thanks for looking!

Ang x

Make It Monday #99 Repeats & Rainbows

I am finding that entering challenges are really helping me kickstart my creativity for 2013. Here is my entry for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #99 Repeats and Rainbows

I used a newly purchased set from a lovely lady on the sale/trade board, Scattered Showers which I have longed for for quite a while, coupled with Up, Up and Away Sentiment. I decided to mount it all on black cardstock to make the colours pop, the handle and sentiment are embossed in white and each umbrella is mounted on increasing layers of foam tape, unfortunately it doesn't show up so well in this photo!

Thanks for looking!
Ang x

Make it Monday #98 - Take 2

As I said in my previous post, I really enjoy the chalkboard technique featured as this week's Papertrey Ink Make it Monday, I just had to make another..

 

The flowers came out as I envisioned, but something is a little 'off', I think it's because it does not have as much detail in the blank space as my previous card and the 'chalk' smudges aren't quite right. I used Year of Flowers Larkspurs for the main image and Movers and Shakers Sentiments for the sentiment and coloured it in with my faithful Derwent Watercolour Pencils, faithful, because I have had them since I started secondary school and they are now *cough* over 20 years old and still in perfect condition!

 

Thank you so much for all the kind comments on my previous card, they really made my day!

 

Happy Saturday, Ang x

Make it Monday #98 - Last card of 2012

I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown and now we are just hours away from 2013. I decided to whip up a card to enter in Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday - Chalkboard Technique.

 

I am constantly in awe of the creative genius that is Betsy Veldman and I have used the techniques she demonstrated to make this card, I love this technique and style so much, I can see me making a  few more!

I used the fabulous 'Thank You' set that was issued last year, Vintage Labels for the scroll work and Strawberry Patch for the little curlicues. I traced round Spellbinders Labels 18 and added some extra lines then added some shading using a yellow pencil. I then mounted it with foam tape on to some pretty yellow damask paper from My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Pad, all finished off with some ribbon and pins from my Etsy store.

Wishing you all health, wealth and happiness for 2013 - Ang x

Make It Monday - Creating Large Frames...

from smaller stamps is the challenge over on the Papertrey Ink blog this week. I took Tag It's 5 masked off a circle with paper and stamped around the edge to create a scalloped frame for my sentiment.

Supplies used:
Stamps:Tag-It's 5 - Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper - Doodlebug, My Minds Eye
Felt - Dainty Paperie
Button - Papertrey Ink
Dies - Papertrey Ink
Ink - Papertrey Ink, Memento

I stamped the background using the same stamp set, layered some pretty co-ordinating patterned paper, created the felt embellishment and mounted it all with foam tape to add dimension. I like the 'It's your day' sentiment as it can be used for a number of occasions.

Happy Thursday :)

Make It Monday - Glittered Buttons

Just popping in quickly to share my Papertrey Ink Make It Monday card. The challenge was to use glittered buttons. Hang on, glitter? buttons? how could I not enter as I just adore both :)

Supplies used:
Stamps: Mega Mehndi Medallions, Mehndi Medallions, Button Boutique, Tiny Tags and Tiny Tags 2 - PTI
Die: Button Boutique - PTI
Buttons - PTI
Embellishments: Flowers and Lace - Dainty Paperie, Seam Binding - Hug Snug, Gems - Papermania
Other - Stickles and Distress Stickles - Ranger, Prisma Glitter - Hero Arts, Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee, Doily - Wilton, Ink - PTI, Tsukineko.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!