Framed Flowers

Hello and Happy Saturday.  I made this card for the PTI Make It Monday challenge and posted it on Instagram, a few days back.  Unfortunately I am just now getting a chance to post this on my blog.  I used an assortment of frame dies as well as stamps from Gran's Garden as well as Farmer's Market Florals from Papertrey Ink.  

I wish I had more time in my day to craft and post, but that never seems to happen.  I stay connected to the stamping community through Instagram and post regularly there.  If you'd like, you can follow me there.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Build A Wreath

Happy Sunday!  I am popping in quick to share the card I made for Make it Monday at PTI.  This week Melissa is challenging us to build a wreath.

I used a few PTI stamp sets to get this look.  Graceful Greetings, Tag its 2, Background Basics: Text Style, and Sending You.  I like how this turned out.  I followed Melissa's advice on building the leaves behind the die cut wreath.  Ink colors used: Honey Nut, Pale Peony, Simply Chartreuse, Melon Berry, Classic Kraft, and Fine Linen.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Make it Monday

Hey there!  Told ya I had several cards to share.  This one was created for PTI's Make it Monday.  I have to admit, this didn't turn out like I had hoped.  Something I realized after making this is, that I do better with less restrictions on my creativity.  I like my cards best when I am creating for myself, or for an occasion, not a sketch or specific challenge.  When you are new to cardmaking you need these challenges to help you create.  It is the trial and error process that makes you learn your style and likes.  For me, I like the elements of this card separately and individually, but not how this ended up when put together.  

For the first time I tried the shadow effect for my sentiment.  I now see that it would have been better if I had not only moved it down, but over slightly as well.  The sweet butterfly background was stamped alternating each solid and open butterfly group pattern.  I stamped this background several months ago and it had been sitting in my basket, awaiting to be used.  I have to say that hands down, butterflies and flowers are my favorite and go to for stamps.

I am also not happy with the lighting for the photo of my card.  I did spend the money and buy a light tent, but it was absolutely not what I had hoped for.  Unfortunately I let it sit in my craft room closet too long to return it to Amazon.  I'm totally kicking myself in the butt!!  It looks much better IRL.  I may try and add a thin Melon Berry frame around the circle window.  I think that it needs it to ground the middle of the card.  Heck, I am way too hard on myself!  Story of my life.  Haha

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Hello there!  My sweet blog friend Lisa and I have decided to do the Make it Monday challenge together.  I have been seeing this bokeh look popping up all over blog land.  I saw a card a while back that Betsy from the PTI design team had done showing how to do this effect on a card.  I loved it so much I had to give it a try.  I used the different sized solid circles in Beautiful Blooms II to stamp my background.

Let me just tell you how much of a pain in the butt these butterflies were.  I die cut these things about 4 to 5 times trying different looks until I settled on these.  I die cut the butterflies, embossed with white embossing powder and then added another layered butterfly in vellum.  I originally embossed on the vellum, but that didn't work out so well.  When I tried to slightly curve the wings, the embossing broke into pieces and looked awful.  I am now wondering if they would have looked better if I embossed them in black instead of white.  Sigh

Cardstock: PTI Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist

Ink: Tim Holtz Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar

I played along in a couple challenges:  

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge 222

The Friday Mashup challenge this week is POLKA DOTS

Make sure to stop by and see what Lisa Henke has created.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Make it Monday 127

Happy Monday everyone.  I hope you all have had a great start to your week.  The weather is unseasonably cool here in Iowa, I have been enjoying having the windows open the last several days.  Today is a little overcast so I decided to head to my craft room and participate in the Make it Monday challenge at PTI to stamp a double background.

As you see, especially if you click on the close up photo. I stamped Background Basics Text Style backgrounds and Polka Dot basics II.  The pretty flower blossoms come from Daydreamer, a set that now has coordinating dies, I got mine when they didn't have the dies. The seed pack stamp and die are from Garden Variety and the paper die cut leaves are the Turning a New Leaf dies.  The cardstock colors used are Orange Zest and Melon Berry.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

happy BIRTHDAY TO YOU

I finally had some time to make something just for fun.  It has been quite some time since that has happened.    I decided to make a card for this weeks Make It Monday.
The challenge is:

Make It Monday #55: Creating Large Frames 

With Smaller Frame Stamps

What I did was stamp the frame 2x's overlapping each other using the new Anniversary set Pretty Peonies.  I then colored and fussy cut the open image flower and leaves.  In the video Dawn completely covered up the line between the frames, but I like the overlapping part to show a little.

Side view so you can see that I raised the image with some pop dots.

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI/ Rustic White, Kraft
Patterned Paper: Girls' Paperie,
Stamps: PTI/Pretty Peonies
Ink: Memento/ Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black
Copics: RV32, RV34, G21, G24
Dies: PTI Banner Border Dies
Ribbon: PTI/Autumn Rose satin

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather