Make It Monday- Frostd Imags

This weeks Make it Monday at Papertrey Ink looked like fun!

Lisa Johnson showed everyone how to make a frosted image.

I decided on a fall theme since the temperatures are getting cooler and the leaves are changing.

I used Autumn Acorns for the first time!

To frost the images I used dark chocolate on the bottom and terra cotta ink as the top layer.

I love the contrast and how it appears frosted!

So fun.  I will definitely use this technique again. 

Enjoy!

Make it Mondays- Sympathy

This weeks Make it Monday challenge from Papertrey Ink  was to make a sympathy card. 

I decided to keep mine simple with muted colors.  Enjoy!

All products are Papertrey Ink unless stated:

Ink: Plum pudding, simply chartreuse, chai

Paper: moss, dark avocado, rustic white

Stamps: Life, Think Big

Other: Tim Holtz distressing tool

Make it Mondays

This weeks Make it Monday Challenge at Papertrey Ink was to emboss using dies.  This is not something that I do on a regular basis.  I am not sure how much I like my card since this was my first try but here it goes....

I used the largest new turning leaf die to emboss simply chartreuse paper.  I added a patterned paper butterfly, a sentiment from Fillable Frames Additions and two orange zest buttons.  Enjoy!

Anna

Make it Mondays

This weeks Make it Mondays was masking with dies. 

This was a fun challenge for me because while I use my dies frequently, I have not used this technique. 

I opted to use my Flower Fusion # die and masked with aqua mist, orange zest and hibiscus. 

I added a hibiscus center using a dot from Dot Spots. 

The background on the flowers was made by using Tin Types in hibiscus. 

I used the Flower Fusion #1 stem in simply chartreuse and the sentiment as well (it is in the top right corner, it did not show up well in the picture!) 

I distressed the edges and added a ribbon in ripe avocado before adding a strip of patterned paper on my spring rain card base. 

 I am really please with how this card turned out.  Enjoy!

Make It Monday

We are back from Chicago after enjoying a couple of days in the windy city.  It is always great to see family and to spend some time in such a great city!  We walked more steps than ever before but boy did we have a great time!

This week's Make it Monday Challenge was to heat emboss.  This is something that I enjoying doing but just don't always make the time to do it.  I needed to a thank you card, so this is what I came up with.  Enjoy!

Make It Monday

The Make it Monday challenge this week was to blend inks to give your card a different look.   Well I have to admit I couldn't decide if I really wanted to post this card because I had never used this technique before and I am not exactly thrilled with the results but the goal is to challenge yourself!  I will admit I did get the hang of it once I got going but I certainly have some work to do!  Enjoy!

Make it Mondays

It is time for Make it Mondays at Papertrey Ink.

This week the challenge is to use an impression plate on only part of your paper.  While I have a couple of them and I love the texture it gives a card, I don't always remember that I have them!  This was a great way to get me to use what I have!

In my card I used the Background Basics: Diamond Impression Plate on aqua mist card stock.  It is really hard to tell in the picture.  I then layer that over distressed dots and Kraft card stock.  I added a rustic cream border along with scarlet jewel ribbon and button on the part that I did not use my IP on.  My sentiment is from Flower Fusion #1 and so is the flower.  I love that the card has all this texture and weight to it.  Enjoy!

Make It Mondays- #5

This weeks Make it Monday at Papertrey Ink  is to use distressed edges.  This challenge was right up my alley  I love to distress edges with my Tim Holtz distresser. 

 So for my card, I choose to make the grass distressed for my cute flower.  I used Simply Chartreuse paper along with rustic cream and Kraft.  I added my flower using the new Flower Fusion #1 set is chartreuse, dark chocolate and raspberry fizz.  I added a button with some twine, some inking along the edges and some stitching on the sewing machine.  Simply a happy card!  Enjoy!

Here is a close up of the distressed edge.

Make It Mondays

This weeks challenge was to use use scor tape and glitter. I heart scor tape!  I have been such a fan for such along time and use it frequently, however, I have never used it with glitter...how fun!  I made a birthday card using Wreath for all Seasons and the saying from Tea for Two Additions.  I love the color combination and how well the glitter looks.  This has been such a fun challenge and it has been great to view all every ones creative ideas with scor tape and glitter!  Enjoy!

Make it Mondays by PTI

The fun continues at Papertrey Ink this week with lots of 4th anniversary contests!  PTI has started Make it Mondays Challenges.  I am so excited about this.  Not only does it give me the opportunity to pull out my PTI supplies but I get to blog hop and see so many great projects! 

The fun starts this week with the challenge of a Go-To-Sentiment Card.  Erin Lincoln and Nicole Heady both provided great examples to get every ones juices flowing.  Here is my card.  Enjoy!

All products are from Papertrey Ink, unless stated

Paper: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Distressed Dots

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Chai

Stamps: many different sets: all PTI

Other: Jute twine, copic markers, button