MAKE IT MONDAY #208: OMBRE STAMPING

Hi there dear friends!!  I have a fun card inspired by Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday.  Laurie Willison shared this week's Ombre Stamping challenge and you can find it here.  This card was also inspired by this card by Audrey Tokach who is one of my favorite card makers!! Thanks Audrey for your inspiration!!!
Here's my take on the challenge:

I used PTI's Baby Button Bits and Fly Away Stamp sets along with some PTI Cloud dies for this card.  For the Ombre Technique, I used Spring Rain, Blueberry Skies, and Enchanted Evening inks.  Love, love, love the ombre effect!!

The sunburst and stitched circles are Simon Says Stamp dies.  I layered the scene on top of Blueberry Sky patterned paper.  I love the more masculine card that will be perfect for a Man Shower my hubby has at work tomorrow.  My hubby was happy with the design and of course I was blessed with some much needed crafty time.  It's a win-win situation for us both!!

Thanks for stopping in and I wish you a very happy end of the week!!
Kristii

MIM #139 Stamped Square Frames

Hi there dear friends!!  I hope your weekend has been fabulous!! I've been busy making wedding invitations and baby shower goodies!!  There's nothing better than a creative kind of weekend, so I'm in heaven!!  This week's MIM challenge at Papertrey Ink was especially perfect for the Baby Shower Card I wanted to create!  I just love the sweet little frame that Dawn created and here's my take on the challenge:

I used Blush Zing Embossing Powder to create the frame, baby bunting, and baby sentiment and  I used Cricket Zing Embossing Powder to create the greenery Love, love, love the Zing Embossing Powder!! Such a pretty pink and green!!!!  The frame was created with Boutique Borders Birthday and the greenery and flowers were stamped with PTI's Birds and Blooms stamp set.  The sweet little baby bunting was stamped using PTI's Bundle of Love stap set. I just love making baby themed cards! Baby's are beautiful and bring so much joy and happiness into the world!!  

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!  I am looking forward to seeing what everyone has created this week!!
Kristii

....then comes Baby!!

Happy Friday dear friends!!!  I'm so excited to share Lisa Pace's new line of Antiquated stamps!!!  I just love Lisa's stamps they are so amazing and full of detail!!

The Antiquated Collection is a tribute to the era of ascots, parasols, fancy hats, patent leather shoes and all things charming and endearing.  ~Lisa Pace

This stamp is all that and more!!!  The sheer vintage goodness of it totally makes me smile!!  I can't tell you how much fun I had playing with it!!!

...then comes Baby stamps so beautifully and the detail is so fabulous!!

I stamped the image twice onto Vintage Cream Cardstock.

 and fussy cut one of the stamped images.  I colored the image with Copic Markers and inked the edges of the image with Tim Holtz's Tea Dye ink.  I curled the edges of the carriage to add depth and used pop dots to glue the image on top of the main stamped image.  I embellished the finished image with pearls to add to the Vintage Style!!!

Supplies Used:

Lisa Pace's Antiquated Stamps by Pink Persimmon:  ...then comes Baby

PTI Vintage Cream Cardstock

Pink Paislee London Market 6x6 Paper Pad

Copic Markers R20 Blush and R000 Cherry White

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a happy weekend!!

Kristii

PTI Sweet Baby Shower Invites

Good morning sweet friends!!  I've been having some fun making some baby shower templates for a sweet new mom in our school!  I just love PTI's Sweet Baby stamps and the giraffe in the set is my favorite stamp in the bunch!!

I used PTI's Card Base-ics Die for the base then I created the text on my computer.

 I stamped over the text with Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist and Berry Sorbet Inks.  The stars are from the Night, Night Moon set.

 Here's another version using Tiny Treats Birthday.

 and another version using seam binding ribbon.

 I had so much fun playing with these invitations and I'm looking forward to the shower later in the month.  I plan on making a banner to match the inviations!  Way fun!!

Supplies Used:

PTI Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White

PTI Patterned Paper: Aqua Mist

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Sidewalks

PTI Dies:  Card Base-ics

PTI Stamps:  Tiny Treats Birthday, Sweet Baby, Night, Night Moon

Thanks for stopping by!!

Kristii