Bookmarks for Boys

I've made bookmarks for some young cousins as a Christmas gift for the last few years, so I was thrilled when Papertrey Ink came out with the bookmark dies.  These came together pretty quickly after I picked the colors.  I stamped the background with DotSpot, love that stamp.  The images are from a Kim Hughes set from CHF.  (I was pretty excited to see Kim Hughes is now doing clear stamps!  Yay!)

Thanks for looking!

Peeps Challenge #19

This is for the Peeps challenge to use Negative Space.  Thanks, Aimes, for a great challenge!  I actually used two negatives here, the obvious (I hope) is the Christmas tree die cut, but I also used a star burst bunch (and some extra holes made with a cropadile) to "decorate" the tree and let the white base layer show through.  I finished it off with some ric-rac garland and a double ended banner for the sentiment. 

I really wish I would have used Avocado or Chartreuse for the tree.  I'm just not sure about the Pinefeather.  I kept punching holes and stamping swirls to cover it up!

In an effort to blog more, I'm skipping the supply lists. Most of this is PTI, but please leave questions about specifics or PM me on the PTI forum.

Christmas Cards for 2010!

I failed on Christmas cards this past year.  I made about 15 and planned to use up some cards I made last year or (maybe even the year before) but never sent.  When I looked at the old cards, I just couldn't use them.  Yes, they were that bad!

So before I put away the Christmas stamps this year, I thought I'd get a head start on next year.  (I know there's a chance I will hate these next year, but I think it's pretty small.  Part of the problem with the old cards is they were pre-PTI cardstock, and felt very flimsy.)

This card was made by stamping the flourish from Silent Night with versamark on PTI Kraft.  I let dry for a few days and stamped the sentiment, then heat embossed in black.  The Mistletoe is from Inkadinkadoo, I think, and is colored in with Copics.

Closeup of the flourish:

Overall, I'm pretty happy with these.   Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Kraft, Ripe Avocado, White
Ink: PTI Fresh Snow, Versamark, Memento Black
Ribbons: PTI Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI
Other:

More Christmas cards

I had a lot of fun making these Christmas cards. I stamped the flourish from PTI’s Silent Night in Versmark then embossed in gold.  The gold panel is PTIs gold shimmery card stock embossed as well.  The nativity scene is a stamp from Inkadinkadoo and the sentiment is from PTIs Silent Night as well.  I debated a lot about adding another color, but in the end used scor-tape and glitter a la Dawn McVey.

I’m pretty happy with the result.

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI White, Gold
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: PTI Silent Night, Inkadinkadoo
Other: Glitter, scor tape