Another CASE

When I saw this beautiful card pop up in my reader I couldn't resist shamelessly CASEing it. This is my result:

I didn't change much at all when making my version, just moved the flag up and the clouds down a bit. I wish had the papers that Debby had, they were stunning. This paper (an old retired Stampin' Up from my stash) were my most cloud appropriate patterns, and I decided to keep the colour scheme in blue tones.

Sentiment stamp was from PTI ('Up, Up and Away') as was the white cardstock and the cloud dies. Ink was sky grey from VersaColor.

 

Grey skies congratulations

I'm going to start this post with a disclaimer- I ended up really not liking this card! My aim was to replicate this card by LateBlossom, which was simply beautiful. My version fell flat though!

I first cut a window in some PTI white (my skills with the craft knife need some help!) and then stamped and copic colored behind the window with a vase from'Autumn Aubundance' also by PTI.

I stamped the sentiment from 'Congrats All Ways' in Going Grey ink by Stampin Up and added some bling from my stash. My intention was to mount it on a white base, popped up but I felt like it needed some more grey to help the balance so I mounted it on some PTI Smokey Shadow instead. I think the main thing that bother me here is that the colours all kind of don't match.

The greys a all different degres of wariness. I might try this again with some different colours, maybe shades of blue, or green?

Copic colours used were: RV25, RV29, R29, Y19, G82, C3, C5.

Quick and Simple

I've made a resolution to blog more often, so I should be sharing more cards than usual in the coming weeks.

To start off my new run of posting, I have a very clean and simple card to share.

Just some florals stamped with a sentiment over in charcoal. The stems are green in real life, but the afternoon light is playing havoc and my limited photography skills aren't up to it!

All the stamps are again from PTI and the inks are VersaColor in Split Pea, Cinnamon and Charcoal. I love the coverage that you get on photopolymer stamps with the versacolor ink. I think I 'need' more colours!

It'd be super fast and easy to produce a bunch of this style for a gift set, and who doesn't always need more birthday cards? If you're reading this, let me know what you think!

More Make it Monday #58

Yep, so I am addicted to Copics so I made another gradient card!

This one is far more sunset and silhouettes. Here it is:

The copics I used on the background were: Y32, Y35, YR04, YR07, RV29, R29.

I then stamped some Botanical Silhouettes (PTI) in Versamark then embossed in some Zing black glitter. The sentiment is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black from Big Birthday Basics (PTI as well). Finished it off with some Copic coloured jewels and voila, done!

Make It Monday #58

On a roll with blog updates, here's something I made when I got home from work for PTI's Make It Monday.

The theme of the challenge this week is gradient backgrounds with either copics or ink refills. I chose copics (I might be an addict) and came up with this.

I wanted a kind of rough rainbow look, but I think what I actually got was a sunsetty look with some blue and green snuck in.  I really like it anyway.  I then heat embossed the sentiment on some vellum and layered it over the copic coloured cardstock. A very simple card but packs a big impact. Also very easy to mail!

And the copics I used are:

Other supplies:
White card stock, vellum, white embossing powder, Versamark and Big Birthday Wishes (PTI)

Finally another card!

This card is a celebration for three reasons, one because I've finally updated my blog again, two because it's a lovely colleague's birthday on the weekend and three because an amazingly generous person (Jen from the PTI forums) sent me a 2010 PTI anniversary set! I am still waiting on mine from PTI so I was very excited to pick this up from the post office today!

Now for the card:

I wanted to create a pannelled look, with some bright colours. I used Stampin' Up! Craft inks in olive, daffodil and melon and Memento Tuxedo Black. Stamps are PTI (Happy Trails and Botanical Silhouettes).  Excuse the iPhone photo, I don't have a better camera at the moment!

PTI Make it Monday #45

A quick post on my very neglected blog for PTI's Make it Monday.  I was making a christmas card to give last night at a special Christmas dinner that was being cooked for me, and was inspired by Make it Monday to try some Copic magic. I really like how it turned out, especially with the Vellum over it. (Excuse the dodgey iPhone photo with Christmas wrapping strewn around!)

Ingredients:
White embossing powder, heat gun, Mega Mixed Messages (PTI), Mehndi Medallion (PTI), Versamark, Vellum, Mehndi Medallion Impression Plate (PTI), Poppy Parade Ink (Stampin Up!) and Copics (RV25, R29, YR07, Y38, YG05, YG07, B05, V09)

Another card camp card!

Another card featuring the colour scheme for the card camp I'm doing (see today's earlier post).

I like this card much better than my first attempt with the zig zags. I coloured in the background with these copic markers, blending them roughly at the joins.



I then embossed the Thankyou in white embossing powder on an acetate sheet. Final touch was simply to pop a strip of vellum on the background underneath where the sentiment goes.

I think this card would look great with a bunch of different colour schemes, or even some coloured embossing powder. I haven't used much acetate in the past, but lately I've gotten into it, and I can't believe what I've been missing out on! Try it out for yourself. :)

Here's another view of the card so you can clearly see the acetate and background and how they connect.



Ingredients:
Stamps: Think Big Favourites (PTI)
Cardstock: PTI white
Ink: Versacolor 81 Sky Grey (to emboss over, i had it out already so just grabbed it!)
Extras: Clearly Creative Cardstock acetate sheets (PTI), Copics (pictured), White embossing powder (Stampin' Up!)

PTI Make it Monday #21

I've finally been able to participate in a Make it Monday! And, as I had the card class colours on my mind, I've done a bit of killing-two-birds-with-one-stone. Gruesome saying that one.

Here's my 2-step masking card, made using the technique in this week's Make it Monday video over at Papertrey Ink.
I used a fillable frames die (#7) to cut the window in the mask, and like my zig zag card (linked above) I used repositional adhesive and some computer paper to make it out of. This card is completely one layer, which I love, easy to post and produces a 'how did you do that' look in whoever receives it!

I'm really liking PTI's Grunge Me at the moment, the elements in it are just beautiful. This card is for some close friends who are moving across the country to Queensland next week. She is really into pink and girly things, so I am hoping she likes the bright colour scheme.

The background is watercoloured using some watercolour pencils. It's been pouring with rain here today, the flooding gutters must have inspired me to create those vertical lines!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Grunge Me (PTI) Fillable Frames #7 (PTI)
Cardstock: PTI white
Ink: Lavender from a Colour Box Chalk Queue and Versacolor 101 Camelia and 81 Sky Grey
Extras: Computer paper, Zag 2 way glue pen, Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils

Never as much time as I like...

I never have as much time as I like to make cards. Well that's what I always say, but truthfully I think it's that I don't make enough time to make cards! So I decided to sign up for 'Summer Card Camp 2011', even though it's not summer in Australia right now. In fact, beautiful sunny Perth has been dismal rainy Perth for the past few weeks. Anyway.

So far (three days in) it's been great, i've really enjoyed seeing everyone else's cards and watching the technique videos and things. It really had be itching to make something, so I quickly made this card when I got home from work. This is the colour combo everyone is working with this week:
Love those colours together, i've been really liking orange lately.

So after about 30 minutes of playing around this is what I had.
I think it was a great idea in theory... but didn't turn out like I wanted in practice. I don't know what it is that bothers me, but I suspect it has something to do with how patchy the ink looks and the complete lack of white space.

The way i achieved the chevron pattern was to cut a piece of computer paper the same size as the card, then put repositionable adhesive all over the back. I then cut a series of zig zags in the sheet and used them to mask off the sections as I stamped in the different colours. The scary thing about this technique is that you don't know what the card looks like til you're done stamping and peel off all the paper!

I also didn't have a stamp for the 'so so much' next to the thanks, so just wrote that in with a marker.

What do you think? Would you suggest any changes?

Ingredients:
Stamps: Grunge Me, Background Basics: Text Style I & II & Polka Dot Basics II (All PTI)
Cardstock: PTI White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Pink Passion and Orchid Opulence (always laugh when I use this colour due to LateBlossom's name for it: fairy vomit) (All Stampin' Up)
Ribbon: Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!)
Extras: Computer paper, Zag 2 way glue pen (for the repositionable adhesive), orange marker