Bright Flowers with Gray and White

For this week's Papertrey Ink "make it Monday" challenge to use a color isolation technique, I stamped a soft neutral background and accented it with a bright bouquet.  Thank you, Ashley, for your tutorial and inspiration!

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white, soft stone (light gray), and ocean tides (muted teal).
• Dies are PTI bigger blooms and XL rickrack (for the scalloped edge).
• The sentiment "thinking of you" is from PTI keep it simple: thinking of you, stamped with PTI ocean tides ink cube. 
• Flowers are stamped with PTI mini blooms in soft stone ink and bigger blooms in new leaf (green), raspberry fizz (pink) and summer sunrise (yellow) inks.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Stars on Aqua, Yellow, and Orange Background

Papertrey Ink's cover plate: stars works beautifully with a multicolored background.  This card has a dark blue cover plate, layered over a bright background of lightning-burst zigzag patterned paper. 

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) enchanted evening (dark blue) and a print from Echo Park "all about a boy" 6x6" pad.  The sentiment and tiny stars are cut from the orange area of the print. 
• Dies are PTI cover plate: stars, PTI super star border (tiny cutouts from open star border), and Elizabeth Craft thank you.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Orange Prints with Copper and White Shimmer

Shimmery copper and white card stock makes a handsome card with the orange print panels.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) dark chocolate (dark brown), copper and white shimmer, and two orange prints from Echo Park "all about a boy" 6x6" pad.
• Dies are Elizabeth Craft thanks and the inner cutout stars from My Favorite Things western star border (retired).

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Red Hello on Teal with Gingham

Strong colors and contrasts.  I like all the graphic elements of stripes, chevrons, and plaid with the scripty "hello" trailing over the circle edges.  This card started with a scrap (the embossed turquoise) and I enjoyed designing it.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) pure poppy (red), Hawaiian shores (medium turquoise), tropical teal, and the gingham print from PTI smokey shadow (dark gray) pattern pack.
• Embossing folder is The Paper Studio chevron.
• Dies are PTI limitless layers: 1-3/4" circles and Savvy Stamps hello.
• Ribbon is 1/4" woven stripe.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Turquoise Hello with Dotted Brown

Lots of energy in this card's colors and textures.  The short strip of eyelets works well with the dotted print and the embossed circles pattern.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) harvest gold and Hawaiian shores (turquoise) with a dotted brown print from Simple Stories so rad 6x6" paper pad.
• Embossing folder is Sizzix retro cirque.
• Dies are PTI wonderful words: hello and eyelet lace.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Butterfly Branch - Aqua with Green

A simple note card with soft colors.  The plaid and stripes make a nice contrast with the curves of the branch, butterflies, and bow.

Card details:

• Card stock is My Favorite Things sour apple (light green), Paper Source pool (aqua),  Papertrey Ink (PTI) new leaf (deep green), tropical teal, and a green print from PTI ombre stripes A2 patterned paper. 
• Embossing folder is Darice plaid.
• Die is PTI branching out.
• Punches are Martha Stewart bow and EK Success small butterfly.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Scored Kraft with Stars

Red, white, and blue with kraft and yellow.  The card base is scored, thanks to Papertrey Ink's "make it Monday" challenge to use score lines.  Thank you to Laurie and PTI for the tutorial and examples!  I was aiming for CAS with this card, and it's maybe "too CAS."  I may adjust it as I make a few more, but I'll be sure to use the scoring ideas again. 

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) classic kraft, pure poppy (red), and stamper's select white. 
• Dies are PTI seeing stars, PTI limitless layers: 1-3/4" circles, and Elizabeth Craft thanks.
• The star and circle images are from from PTI military stars, stamped with PTI bright buttercup (yellow) and enchanted evening (dark blue) ink cube. 
• I added a center dot with Sanford Uni-Ball red gel impact pen.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Flowery Branch on Gold Ledger Paper

Another family birthday card.  I love the graceful branch and sentiment with the square lines of the gold ledger paper.  Early in my career, I worked with this type of accounting paper (though typically it was pale green or cream) so it's fun now to use it as art.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) pure poppy (red), berry sorbet (pink), lemon tart (yellow), smokey shadow (dark gray), Hawaiian shores (turquoise), and ledger patterned paper from Pink Paislee portfolio 6x6" pack.
• Die is PTI branching out.
• Punches are EK success small butterfly, flower, and 3/16" circle.
• The sentiment "birthday wishes" is from PTI winter woods, stamped with PTI pure poppy ink cube.

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Cork Print with Orange

The cork print included a corner with a squiggly arrow and multicolored stars.  Perfect to accent a die cut "happy birthday."  I added an orange base and a line of stitching holes (backed with teal for contrast), along with some tiny gold stars.  For a family birthday.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) orange zest, tropical teal, sun shimmer (gold), and a print from the Simple Stories "so rad" 6x6" pad.
• Dies are PTI tipped tops (happy), wonderful words: birthday, and stitching lines.
• The gold stars are punched with Fiskars 1/4" hand punch.
• Corners are rounded with Crop-a-Dile 1/2" corner chomper.

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Leafy Green on Cream

While I was working on this card posted earlier today, I stamped and embossed a second leafy panel. This one is stamped with green ink, then with Versamark, and heat embossed (clear).  It's a simple card design with some nice texture from the inlaid die cut and the twine.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) vintage cream, new leaf (deep green), and bitty dots print from PTI new leaf pattern pack.
• Twine is PTI rustic cream button twine.
• Die is PTI sketched shapes (long wide banner) and Elizabeth Craft thank you.
• The leaves are from PTI turning a new leaf, stamped with PTI vintage jadeite (medium green) ink cube.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Leafy Green with Teal

For this week's Papertrey Ink "make it Monday" challenge:  ink blending over heat embossing.  Just doing heat embossing is a stretch for me, and then adding ink blending?  Not in my comfort zone.  But I kept going with it.  I'm glad I finished the card, though I can't really say I enjoyed the process.  I'll try it again sometime though.  And I did put white embossing powder on my shopping list!

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) tropical teal (dark teal) and mint julep (light green). 
• The leafy panel is stamped in Versamark ink on mint julep card stock with PTI turning a new leaf stamps, then heat embossed (clear), and sponged/blended with PTI tropical teal, Hawaiian shores (medium turquoise), and new leaf (green) inks.
• Dies are PTI double ended banners and stitching lines.
• Corners are rounded with Crop-a-Dile 1/4" corner chomper. 
• The sentiment "thinking of you" is from PTI keep it simple: thinking of you, stamped with PTI tropical teal and new leaf ink cubes.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge: Gray with Bright Flowers and Embroidery Floss

This month's Papertrey Ink blog hop is inspired by the beautiful work of Izziyana Suhaimi, an artist who combines drawings and embroidery on paper.  The challenge photos show soft and smudgy gray backgrounds with gray figures and bright embroidered flowers.

For my card, I tried to create some of the feeling in the inspiration examples.  I used an uneven gray stenciled background, soft green vellum and shimmery silver leaves, bright flowers, and embroidery floss details.  

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) soft stone (light gray), harvest gold (yellow), summer sunrise (yellow-orange), tropical teal, berry sorbet (deep pink), melon berry (light orange), silver shimmer, and the bitty dot print from PTI sheer basics patterned vellum.  In real life, the berry sorbet and melon berry colors are more orangey.   
• I colored the vellum on the back with Copic marker G24 for a green tint.
• Stencil is from PTI modern background collection, airbrushed unevenly with Copic marker T3.
• Dies are PTI turning a new leaf (vellum leaves), branching out (silver leaves), star gazer (button flower centers), stitching lines, and pencil blooms.  I added an extra hole to the shorter stitching line to get an even number for my design.
• Embroidery floss is DMC #3818 (dark green), 954 (light green), 3705 (pink), 943 (teal), and 744 (yellow) using all six strands.  I left my tails on top and separated the threads.

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Chevron Print Thanks with Stripes

Just a simple thanks with two prints and some knotted twine. 

Card details:

• Card stock is My Favorite Things tropical teal, Stampin' Up soft sky, stripe print from Papertrey Ink (PTI) simply chartreuse (green) pattern pack, and chevron print from Echo Park "all about a boy" 6x6" pad.
• The chevron print is edged with Copic BG57 marker. 
• Die is MFT many thanks.
• Twine is orange zest stripe from PTI.  To hold my twine in place diagonally, I made small notches on each side with a McGill 1/8" hole punch. 

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Kraft Hello and Stars on Stenciled Background

The current Papertrey Ink (PTI) "create along with us" challenge is to make something inspired by one of the design team's creations for the PTI March release.  I chose Heather's March 11 balloon card (below).

I'm happy with my card.  It's very different for me, and it shows a lot of her card's influence - the colors (yes, that's really orange, not red, on my card!), the layout, the line of fiber, the kraft/wood die-cut words and stars, and especially the multicolored sketchy-looking panel behind the sentiment.  Thanks, Heather, for the inspiration and all your beautiful cards that you share with us!

Heather's card from Pine is Here blog

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) Hawaiian shores (turquoise), classic kraft, rustic white, and the stripes print from PTI new leaf (green) pattern pack. 
• Stencil is from PTI modern background set.
• Dies are PTI wonderful words: hello and super star border.
• On the stencil and the kraft die cuts, I sponged PTI inks in Hawaiian shores, new leaf, and orange zest.
• Twine is PTI rustic jute.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Bright Sunflowers on Green Stripes

A bright trio of sunflowers for this week's Papertrey Ink sponged stamping challenge on Make It Monday.   I love the depth and variation of color in this technique.  Since my sunflowers aren't just the traditional yellow, I gave them some nontraditional vines for their leaves.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) vintage cream, orange zest, and the stripes print from PTI simply chartreuse (medium green) pattern pack.
• The sentiment "hello" is from PTI communique sentiments, the flowers are from PTI simple sunflowers, and the leaves are from PTI turning a new leaf (small vine).  
• I sponged and stamped with PTI ink cubes in bright buttercup (yellow), pure poppy (red), orange zest, terra cotta tile (deep rusty orange), summer sunrise (yellow-orange), simply chartreuse, new leaf (deep green), classic kraft, and dark chocolate (brown) colors.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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