Papertrey Peeps Challenge #11

Nichole, one of our Papertrey Peeps challenged us a couple of weeks ago to do something outside of our comfort zone. I decided to try the blackboard technique with Prismacolor pencils. You learn more about this technique on Jennifer Ellefson's blog here and here.

I chose PTI's Year of Flowers:Lily of the Valley.

I stamped the image using Fresh Snow Pigment Ink and heat set it before I began coloring the image. I also added some Fresh Snow to the edges. I sprayed the image with Krylon's Workable Fixatif. This keeps the image from fading and it also makes the colors a little more vibrant.
Here's a second card using this technique.

For the second card, I used my trusty deckled rectangle die and stamped the image while the paper was still in the die. Remember you can wipe the ink off the die. I left a little more of the white showing through the leaves on this one. The image is mounted on a panel of white stamped with Tin Types in black.
Thanks Nichole for this challenge. I now have a new technique that I will be using again.
 The blackboard takes me back to those many years of using a chalkboard when teaching before white boards and smart boards came along. Yes, I am old enough that when I first started teaching students got the privilege of beating the erasers on the sidewalk and we diagrammed sentences on the chalkboard.
Have great weekend!

Supplies:
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Lily of the Valley,  Background Basics:Tin Types, Mega Mixed Messages(PTI)
Ink: Fresh Snow(PTI)
Paper: True Black, New Leaf (PTI)
Other: Button(Paper Studio), ribbon (Hobby Lobby), deckled rectangle Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils

Birthday Wishes

Hey peeps and bleeps! It's another triple H day--hot, hazy, humid!  A day to stay cool inside and do some cleaning, some reading, some crafting; well, maybe two of those three :) 
The lastest challenge on the Cards blog is to use pinwheels on your cards. I wish there was a breeze here to move a pinwheel. Anyway....
I chose to make a fun little pinwheel flower.

Fly a Kite papers from October Afternoon are perfect for this fun card.  The stem and leaves or (body and arms-I just had to personalize this little flower) are made with PTI's rickrack die.   Notice how one leaf (arm) points to the sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages.
Happy papers, happy pinwheel flower, happy card, happy me.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Ink: Ripe Avocado(PTI)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Summer Sunrise(PTI); Fly a Kite (October Afternoon)
Other: rickrack die, Aqua Mist Vintage Buttons (PTI), Tags Trio die(Spellbinders)

Felty Flowers, FTTC75

Hi peeps! This card is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge where host Betty Wright's challenge is to use felt.

A couple of felt flowers to go with this sentiment which I just love.
Gotta get going--I've got a long to-do-list today.
 As always thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Poppy Patch, From the Garden, Vintage Wallpaper(Flourishes); Avignon(7 Gypsies)
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Raspberry Fizz(PTI);Versacraft Cherry Pink;Vintage Sepia(Versafine), Rich Cocoa(Memento), Antique Linen Distress(Ranger)
Paper: kraft, rustic cream (PTI) 
Other: Labels 8 Nestabilities; tag, ribbon, buttons (Hobby Lobby), Raspberry Fizz felt(PTI), flower dies (Cuttlebug)

Pecan-Peach Cobbler, Flourishes' What's Cooking Challenge

Flourishes' sneak peeks have begun, and they are indeed "berry sweet"!   Be sure to check them out here.To celebrate the July release, they are sponsoring "The What's Cooking Challenge" with a challenge of sharing a recipe in  a stamped creation with chance to win all three stamps in the Flourishes' July release.
Currently I own Flourishes'  fantastic Cherries and Peaches set and Strawberries set, so I went with a fruity recipe. Peaches are in now here in Tennessee, and I remembered a recipe in the June issue of Southern Living magazine.

                             

For the front of the card with the list of ingredients, I added the peach imaged, stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I added a scalloped gingham and rickrack border.
I kept the card flat (no fancy embellishments) so that it would fit in my recipe notebook.
For the back of the card with the steps, the image is stamped in Summer Sunrise.

I'll leave you with a photo of this cobbler from the magazine. Trust me, when I make this cobbler, it will not look like this.

Yummmm!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cherries and Peaches(Flourishes)
Ink: Summer Sunrise(PTI), Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise (PTI); gingham (Paper Studio)
Other: Prismacolor pencils, oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities, scalloped border punch(Fiskars) rickrack die (PTI)

Tradition with a Twist, FTTC74

Happy Saturday morning everyone! Do you have a busy rush-around weekend or a quiet relaxing weekend planned, or are you like me and don't have any plans just yet?

Maki Jones is the challenge host this week for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  Maki is getting us all in gear with a theme challenge. We are celebrating Christmas in July! And to add to the celebration, Flourishes Christmas stamps are currently on sale!
I use several glass pine cone ornaments on my Christmas tree, so I went with this traditional Christmas image but in a non traditional color.

I started with a card base in ripe avocado and stamped the sentiment from in Versamark and heat set with clear embossing powder. To the base I added some Raspberry Fizz stamped with a diamond shape in Versamark. The pinecone was stamped on cream with London Fog ink and colored with these Copics: RV10,RV14,RV19, C1,C5. After I cut out the pinecone, I added Glossy Accents and glitter for dimension and sparkle. I punch the center of the ornament hanger with punch. I used a Martha Stewart branch punch to cut several pieces for the branch. I cut a small piece of one to put through the ornament hanger. I attached the branch and ornament to  a cream deckled rectangle stamped with an elegant script in London Fog ink and aged with Antique Linen ink and then mounted on Smokey Shadow cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day,
 

Supplies:
Stamps: All that Glitters, Christmas Wreath (Flourishes); A Little Argyle(PTI); Notary(Prima)
Ink:: Versamark; Antique Linen(Ranger); London Fog(Memento)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow, Vintage Cream(PTI)
Other: Glossy Accents; branch punch, glitter(Martha Stewart), deckled rectangle die(Spellbinders),Clear Filligree Embossing Powder

Cherish Today,FTTC73

Here I am posting my card for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge near the deadline. Last Tuesday when the challenge was posted I was happy to see that Cindy Coutt's challenge was fruit inspired. I have had an image from Flourishes Peaches and Cherries colored for a couple of months and hadn't used it, so I knew I had to participate in this challenge.

I colored the image with Copics and mounted it on a Labels 4 die cut that I  embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss dot embossing folder and cut into two pieces. After I colored and cut out the small cherry images, I added some Glossy Accents to the cherries and leaves. Keeping with a summery theme, I used some plaid paper and used a kraft card base.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great stampy week!

Supplies:
Stamps: Peaches and Cherries(Flourishes)
Ink: Black Tuxedo(Memento)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Kraft (PTI), Plaid(from Joanne's)
Other: Copics, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Labels 4 and Labels 1, Glossy Accents

Happy 4th

Hi-ya, peeps! Just a quick post with some cards I made this week and got in the mail in the nick of time for friends and family to receive before tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July to everyone in the states!

Everyone, have a fun and safe weekend.

Cammie

Supplies:
Stamps: Vintage Picnic, Limitless Labels,Vintage Labels(PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento),Pure Poppy(PTI)
Paper: Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, Bitty Dot Basics(PTI); Farmer's Market(Shabby Green Door);
gingham (Paper Studio)
Other: Copics;Buttons, Rickrack die(PTI); star punch(EK Success); twine(Martha Stewart)