Christmas Tags

It's that time of year again--The 25 Days of Christmas Tags on Tracey's Blog.  Lots of inspiration & wonderful prizes to be won!  I don't use a lot of tags, but always need a few.  Plus, they can always be added to cards.  One of the first tags to catch my eye was made by Anita on Day 1.  I love the traditional red & green, but unexpected leaves instead of trees.  Instead of stamping, I used MFT Layered Leaves die cuts. 

The solid leaves were colored with 3 green Zigs & the top layer was die cut from gold paper.  I used red textured cardstock for the noel from SSS Joyeux Noel.  The tag is made with Poppystamps Tunnel Tags & the twine has been in my stash forever.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday & CAS-ual Fridays.

I was also drawn to Svitlana's tag on Day 5 with the beautiful natural look of kraft with brown & white.  I have several evergreen branch stamps, but decided to use the mistletoe image & sentiment from Hero Art's Happy Holly Days. 

The tag is die cut from MFT Fishtail Flags & I used HA Cup O' Joe ink along with white pigment ink.  The splatters were done with white paint & I thought the white grosgrain ribbon tied with twine fit the natural look.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday & HLS Christmas Challenge.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

PTI & SSS

PTI Designer, Dawn McVey, is recovering from a small intestine transplant.  There's a special blog hop, We Love Dawn, to offer support & send her some joy.  It's suggested to use one of Dawn's sets & I thought that was a great idea.  I love Spruce & Sprigs, but decided to use Friendly Flowers for my get well card. 

The panel die cut with Mix & Mat Flourishes was on my table & I stitched it with red embroidery thread.  The blooms were cut from white felt & the leaves from dark brown felt.  I loved making French Knots when I did cross stitch many years ago.  So fun to make them for my flower centers!  Tiny Tags stamp & die was used for the sentiment with Hero Arts Cup O' Joe ink.  The panel was mounted with fun foam to a card covered in dark brown cardstock.  Very simple, but hopefully Dawn will like it.  I'm entering Word Art Wednesday.

My friend, Betty, gave me several C&9th Watercolor cards a long time ago.  Finally got the courage to use one & die cut it with SSS Birch Tree Window. 

I sprayed it heavily with gold Perfect Pearls & mounted it to a kraft card.  SSS Painted Thanks was die cut from kraft, stacked 3 high & clear embossed.  Finished off with sequins & love how it turned out.  I'm entering SSS Flickr #83 & Die Cut Divas.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Penny Black and PTI

Time for Penny Black Saturday Challenge and we currently have a DT call.  This month our theme is Thank You.  I pulled out the 2008 PB stamp called footnote to make an elegant card that could be sent to a man or woman. 

I used my old fashioned stamp positioner to stamp the image twice on a cream panel.  The heat embossing was done with a very old satin bronze embossing powder.  The sentiment from the PB set called dahlias was stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black.  I added tiny dots of Nuvo Black Onyx (using a pointed toothpick) & cut the frame with Lil' Inker Stitched Rectangles.  I'm entering Die Cut Divas & Word Art Wednesday.  

Next is my entry for this week's PTI MIM challenge: twine & ribbon wraps.

I die cut the PTI Twig Wreath from dark brown felt & wrapped it with a beautiful cream/brown metallic twine. I stamped the sentiment from PTI Meadow Greens in Hero Arts Cup O' Joe on a Vintage Cream panel & then embossed it with the linen/canvas impression plate.  I wrapped Vintage Cream ribbon around the panel & tied it with a piece of the twine.  The panel was mounted with fun foam to a Vintage Cream card & I added 3 brown, metallic sequins.  Glad to have one of my needed Fall Birthday cards ready to mail.  I'm also entering DRU & Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Halloween and Thanksgiving

I'm not a big fan of Halloween, but I'll take any excuse to make a card--haha! 

Years ago I found the pumpkin, jack-o-lantern face & sentiment stamps by Memory Box at my favorite paper store--no longer in business.  Gotta admit, I did have fun using them with the polka dot paper from an old SSS prize pack.  The inks are PTI Orange Zest, Memento Marker Bamboo Leaves & Brilliance Graphite Black.  I used Score Tape on the edges of the panel to attach black glitter & the face is covered with Crystal Laquer. 

After trimming the sentiment strip into a flag I gently bent the ends with my fingers & added glue just to the center.  I'm entering Memory Box, SSS Wednesday & CropStop.
Oops--missed the MB deadline.

I find myself drawn to stripes, so really enjoyed this week's post for What Would Kelly Make on the SSS blog.  To celebrate the one year anniversary, we can link a card inspired by any of the posts.  Easy decision for me to use post #12. 

The stripes are done with PTI Watercolor Wonder using Brilliance inks Cosmic Copper, Galaxy Gold & Platinum Planet.  I stacked the Hero Arts Leaf from Autumn Icons 3 high.  The sentiment from PTI Take Three: Fall is stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black onto a scrap of vellum.  I'm also entering HLS Anything Goes with Dies, The Snippets Playground & Word Art Wednesday.  

Thought you might enjoy another Fall picture. 

This one is our street & shows the brilliant colors a little better.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

3 More Cards

Slowly getting back to normal after vacation.  I've made a few cards, so thought I'd put them together in one post.  
First is a happy accident using the negative gold water colored piece from this card's SSS sentiment.  I tried to use it as a stencil with Versamark ink, but silly me, I used repositionable adhesive.  Even though I left it in place to pour on the powders ( Zing Mustard, Apricot & Leaf), it ended up a mess. When I looked at the negative piece, though, it was kind of cool. 

I added it to a kraft panel embossed with my favorite leafy folder & added some little gold Pico Embellisher dots.  I'm entering Double D, Inkspirational & SSS Wednesday.

Next is a Christmas card using 4 dies from 4 companies--Lil' Inker, MFT, PTI and W&W.  Love how this turned out, so clearly I'm drawn to clean & fresh designs. 

The poinsettia is cut from white felt, the white strips are covered with Wink of Stella & the sentiment is gray cardstock stacked 3 high & clear embossed.  I'm entering Christmas Card Challenges, CropStop & SSS Wednesday.
Edited to add: Also entering Rudolph Days.

Finally is my entry for Where Creativity Meets C9.  I chickened out again & just used pieces of the C&9th Flourish stamp set.  At least I've now inked up some stems & berries which I white embossed on Bristol paper. 

Wish I'd used smooshing or ink blending instead of my Zigs, but no time to re-do it.  The sentiment from the same set is stamped in Memento Nautical Blue & I used the same ink for the splatters.  Can't see in the photo, but the panel is spritzed with Perfect Pearls for a beautiful shimmer.  Finished off with clear Nuvo drops & a black frame.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.  Still catching up on everyone's blogs--thanks for stopping by.
Edited to add: Also entering SSS Monday.

Papertrey Ink October 2017 Blog Hop

In all honesty, my first look at the PTI Blog Hop inspiration left me thinking Oh No!  Thankfully, I took a closer look & the middle row, second from the right, reminded me of an idea I had some time ago.  I stamped the trees from PTI Through the Trees on watercolor paper in Versafine Vintage Sepia & Smokey Gray using my stamp positioner.  I inked multiple times until I had the shade I wanted.  The beautiful PTI Mix & Mat Flourishes dies were just what I needed. 

The color was done with a wet brush & these PTI inks: Harvest Gold mixed with Summer Sunrise, Enchanted Evening & Amethyst Allure.  I covered the card front with a panel of brown cardstock embossed with the Canvas/Linen Impression Plate.  Vintage Photo DI was used for the splatters & I mounted the panel with fun foam.  The inside will have a Thanksgiving greeting.  In the end I came up with a card I love, so learned there's always something to be inspired by if you look hard enough.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday & Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.