Papertrey Ink Black, White & Watercolor all over.....

Those following along know that I am a little bit obsessed about the Papertrey Ink products and tutorials lately, and for good reason!. 

This week's Make it Monday #224 tutorial and challenge from Papertrey Ink is just as awesome as always and features a great technique video by Danielle Flanders you can find HERE.  I don't have the stripes cover plate, and made it without.  Danielle has simple instructions for both!

Here is the card I made to enter the challenge....and it has so much drama, I really love it.  And I got to use my Pretty Lady Fashion stamp from PTI again, bonus!  

To make the card I just stamped her out over some watercolor paper I had made with my Kuratake Zigs and fussy cut it.  I also made a matching background.  The rose is from the Bigger Blooms stamp set.  And the big Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Think Big Favories #12 stamp set.

Here is a close up, thanks for looking!

A Little Mermaid YNS

Your Next Stamp's Color & Sketch Challenge #122 has a very pretty color combo and Sketch, so I decided to use both.

The specifics are:

My card uses the YNS mermaid stamp set and I colored her with copics and added glitter. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. Of course all mermaids have pearls!

=Thanks for peeking! 

Pretty pastels from Papertrey Ink

The Create Along With Me Papertrey Ink challenge is to create something inspired by the September release.  I love lots of the dies in the new release, but I was very inspired by Nicole Heady's pretty pastel color scheme in this card:

To make my card, I used the Stamp a Faire pretty lady in a dress stamp that I paper pieced with newsletter.  I used a very pale pink to add the accent dots and I used Pear Tart green for the brush strokes stamps.  This was my first time playing around with these new stamps.  

Here is a close up of my card:

I will be entering this in Papertrey Ink September Create Along.

A Shaped Card

The September Flicker Challenge "Stamp with Me" over at Mama Elephant is to create a shaped card.  Right away I knew I wanted to use my Silhouette Cameo to make a city building shaped card to go with the ME Superhero stamps.  

I started by looking for the perfect shape for the building, which I found on a Silhouette file by Basic Grey.  

I knew I wanted to use the red building so I "ungrouped" the images in my Silhouette program and deleted all the buildings until I just had the one I wanted.  Then I created a mirror image of the building and "welded" it together.  I then cut the file on my Silhouette Cameo using brown card stock.  When it was done I added yellow card stock behind to look like light in the windows.  

Finally I used my Copics to color the adorable ME images and fussy cut them out before using pop dots to adhere them to the card.  

I will be entering this in the Flickr Mama Elephant "Stamp with Me" challenge for September and the 7 Kids Challenge #134.  Also Silhouette Challenge #29.Thanks for peeking!

Papertrey Ink - Pocket Insert

Good Morning! The Challenge at Papertrey Ink is to make "camouflaged pocket inserts".  You can find an awesome video tutorial at Make It Monday #223.  I like to do these challenges as they are technique based so they get you doing things outside your box!

I used the PTI stamp set called Fall Florals - fun fun fun to use!  Here is the card with the insert inside the pocket.  

Lawn Fawn - Textures with Reindeer

The Lawnscaping Challenge this week is all about TEXTURE!  I was challenged to use some of my corrugated cardboard and burlap.  The little deer is from Lawn Fawn's Party Animal.  The cardstock is from Lawn Fawn's Beachside paper pack.  

I colored this little deer with my Copics (E15, E25, E44, W2, W4) and am really practicing shading. I tend to make it too subtle by blending too much, so my goal is now to make the shading stand out a little more.  

After making this card I couldn't decide if I liked it with the Doodlebug Red Letters spelling out "Sam" or without! So I took picture of both! And still can't decide.....which do you like better?

I am also entering in 7 Kids Challenge #134, Anything Goes.  Thanks for peeking!

Avery Elle, Another Storybook Card

Good Morning! I made another card for the Challenge over at Avery Elle and it was really fun to make!  I decided to use Kraft cardstock as my non-white card base.

To make this car I used Avery Elle's Storybook images and Storybook die to cut the deer, then I colored with my Copics.  I was really happy with how the Copic coloring turned out.

The browns I used for the deer are E15, E25, E44, W4.

First I used an old toothbrush to flick liquid frisket (white mask) to the cardstock.  After it was dry I used Memento dye ink to blend the sky into a winter hill scene.  Then I inked my sentiment from Avery Elle and gave it a light cover with yellow Memento.   

I love this Avery Elle Storybook set!

I am also entering this card at 7 Kids Challenge Blogspot, Challenge #134. 

Thanks for peeking!