Papertrey Ink: MAKE IT MONDAY #251: GRADIENT WATERCOLOR DIE CUTS

Hello good friends

I sure hope everyone has had a wonderful 3 day weekend in remembrance for all those who have served our country. We enjoyed a quiet weekend and today went to our son's for a B-B-Q with our 4 children, their families and our grandchildren. Two of our children were in the military and one of our son-in-laws. Thankfully they are all home now and safe. It is always nice to have outdoor events, as it is a busy place when we all get together now with so many grand kids (9 and one on the way)-love them all dearly!

When I returned home, I immediately went to the computer to see what this week's MIM challenge was on Papertrey's "Capture the Moment" Blog. Today, Dawn McVey is showing a great video on how to create a  "Gradient Watercolor" technique. You can check it out here.

I love this technique for two reasons-
       1. It is relaxing to create using this technique
       2. It's fast and easy!

Here is my card, using the "Butterfly" Cover Plate. This is easily one of my favorite cover plates from Papertrey.

I used PTI inks:

Sweet Blush

Lovely Lady

Hibiscus Burst

Berry Sorbet

Summer Sunrise

Harvest Gold

Lemon Tart

Limeade Ice

Vintage Jadeite

Aqua Mist

The sentiment is from "A Little Inspiration," also from PTI. I am giving this card to a co-worker. She and I have to constantly remind one another that our jobs are new to the organization, and at times a little disorganized and frustrating. We have a slogan to help us "Remember," it will get better! Our slogan has been "We are flying the plane as it is being built!" I keep adding "I think we might have put the wings on upside down and backwards!" HAHA......

PTI has a great little saying in this set that was perfect for our journey in this new job position and I thought it would make her chuckle! 

This was a great technique and a fun card to put together! 

See you soon-

Heidi

Papertrey Ink-MIM #250-- "Masked Backgrounds"

Hi There Friends

I put together a very quick card this afternoon to enter in Papertrey Ink's "Make-It-Monday" weekly challenge. This week Laurie Wilson has shown how to mask around the edges of your card making a quick technique to make a border around your card. It is a very simple idea, and yet one that provides a nice frame for the card background. If you are not familiar with this technique, check out her video here. 

 After masking off my card edges, I used Papertrey's Premium Ink colors of Mint Julep, Vintage Jadeite, and Green Parakeet. The flower is made with Berry Sorbet and Hibiscus Burst felt, and I used Simply Chartreuse for the leaves. The flower die I used is,  Beautiful Blooms 2 Die Set, and Lovely Layers. For the wording, "Be Fearless," I used the stamp and die from the Be set.


This was a relaxing and fun card to make. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Have a great Memorial Weekend
Heidi

REVERSE CONFETTI-SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (#36-MAY 2016)

Hello Friends and Family

Ha-----It has been a busy last couple of months for me, both at home and at work, so, I have not had much time leftover for card making or scrapping. I took a much needed vacation and I finally had a chance this month to get a couple of cards made.

Reverse Confetti, is one of my favorite stamp companies, and I love finding time to create a card or two for their monthly challenge. This month, I made sure to use this challenge to my advantage and get ahead of the game personally to get a baby card made for my daughter-in-law (not due until late summer)-so a HUGE smile on my face, I actually made a card before it is needed. That doesn't happen often for me!

The design for the Reverse Confetti challenge: 

My take on the design:

I used the "Lift Me Up" stamp set. This set is absolutely adorable and I think the cutest baby or child stamp set I own! I colored the giraffe, bird and presents with Copic markers (sorry I didn't write down the colors used). I also used: "Top O' the Tag" Confetti Cuts Die to mount my little giraffe on and some fun papers from my stash!

A fun little sketch this month, and I am happy that I now feel so ahead of the game with getting this card done so far in advance!

See ya soon-

Heidi

EDIT: I'm bummed-I posted this 1 hour too late to enter challenge! Oh-well, such is my life-(late)-HA!

Mt. Shasta

Hi Friends-

I recently returned from a trip to Mt. Shasta. I am fortunate it is only a short trip up the road, only 1 hour and I not only can enjoy the beautiful scenery, but much cooler weather. Here in Redding Ca., we are blessed with the beauty of the mountain on a daily basis, but as you get ever near the mountain, you realize what a true beauty it is! So Lucky to be able to see it from my backyard, but not as up close and personal as I saw this past week.

We had a couple of mornings of sun, but mostly rain off and on and some hail. After one of the rainstorms, we were treated with a beautiful rainbow. I think I should have driven just another block up the road, and I would have surely found that pot of gold-it was looming close! 

We enjoyed our visit with one another, as well as, spent the entire week making cards and I actually was able to finally finish my youngest grandson's baby album that I started 9 months ago! Ahhh.....it turned out so cute. I will post some pics soon!

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful spring weather-(at least here in N. Ca.)

See you soon-

Heidi