Creating Along With PTI ~ Market Street

My PTI Market Street kit arrived on Friday and I didn't have a chance to play with it over the weekend until now.  I am head over heels in love with this darling set!  It is filled with cuteness overload.  

On each of the cards I used the pre-printed images.  I added depth and details to the pumpkins by using coordinating Copic markers.  

This card I turned in to a shaker card by using an Xacto knife to cut out the center of the window.  I stamped the pumpkins inside the window and added some fun fall colored sequins and seed beads.  I stamped the "Farmer's Market" image in white pigment ink onto the clear acetate and popped up the pumpkin cart using foam tape.  

This card is created using Melissa Phillips card found HERE as inspiration so I'll be adding this card to this week's Create Along With Us challenge.

I have a hard time choosing a favorite but this one is right up on the top of my list out of all these cards.  I used a sentiment from MCT and curved it around the flower cart and simply added a couple of flowers in each corner.  Two of them are popped up using foam dots for added dimension.  

You can find the link for this week's challenge HERE.  

I'll also be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Masculine
Creative With Stamps ~ Fruit

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Touchy Feely
The Hearts Desire ~ 
 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #411 ~ Water Color

Good morning friends~  It's time for a new challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations.  This week we're looking for projects using water coloring.

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Before I move on to my card I just wanted to say thank you to Debbie and all the team for my time on the Cupcake Inspirations Design Team.  I'll be stepping down from the team as life has just gotten extremely busy.  Cupcake Inspirations was my favorite challenge to play along with prior to being asked to join the team and I'm looking forward to playing along with their challenges once again when time permits.

Therefore, they are currently holding a Design Team Call that will be open until June 17th.  So if you want to be part of a super fun and talented team, check out THIS LINK to get all the details to join this team of sweeties.

Now on to my card:

I used My Heart Sings by Neat & Tangled to create this card that was inspired by one I saw online (sorry I don't have a link to the original post).  I stamped the images using distress inks in the colors of Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers and Abandoned Coral onto water color card stock and then just used a wet brush to pull the color into the images.  Easy peasy!  

I hope you'll check out this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge and join in on the fun.  Don't forget about the Design team call as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

Focal Point Coloring with Lawn Fawn

Good morning~  I've got a fun card for you today using the focal point coloring technique using stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn.  

I started by stamping a flower image from Lawn Fawn's Our Friendship Grows over a white card stock panel, adding leaf images to random flowers.

 I cut the panel using Outside In Stitched Square Stackable Dies

and then colored the inside die cut panel using Copic markers. 

I added some details to the flowers using a white gel pen.

I folded a white card stock card base and embossed the card using the largest Outside In Stitched Stackable Square Die.

Glue the outside portion of the front panel to the card base and then add foam tape to the back of the colored panel and adhere it to the center of the card base.  

The foam tape gives the center panel dimension.  I then heat embossed the sentiment onto a scrap of black card stock and mounted that using foam tape, giving this card even more dimension.  

Here's a look at the inside of the card.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration and will give the focal point coloring technique a try.  There a lots of great Lawn Fawn stamps and dies in the store that would work great for this type of project.  

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:
Time Out Challenges ~ Home Sweet Home (Inspired by the colors)

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Here's a list of products used, that can be found at Dies R Us:

   

Don't forget to play along at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the first and fifteenth of every month.  Be sure to Follow Us on Facebook too. 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

ECD June Designer Challenge ~ Anything But A Card

Hello~  It's the first Tuesday of June so that means it's time for a new challenge over at the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

This month's challenge is to create anything but a card so the project I'm sharing with you today is an elegant pillar candle holder that I made when I first joined the ECD Design Team but never got around to publishing.

I started by cutting 4 of the Lace Pockets out of Rich Black Soft Finish Cardstock.  Score along the fold lines.  This lace pocket is so elegant and cut perfectly with one pass through my die cutting machine.  These are great to use on cards and scrapbook layouts as well.

Apply Clear Double Sided Adhesive along each side of the pockets and adhere them together, forming a box.  Gently slide the base down inside the box.  This helps keep the shape and makes the holder very sturdy.

Next, I cut a Scalloped Heart out of White Soft Finish Cardstock and a Lace Heart out of Lady Bug Red Soft Finish Cardstock and layered them.

 I cut some Dogwood flowers, colored them with copics, molded them with a molding tool and assembled them.

Cut a Leafy Branch 5

 and layer the branch over the heart

 and adhere the flowers.

The perfect size for three battery operated flickering candles.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and will take the time to check out today's challenge over at Elizabeth Craft Designs to see everyone else's projects and your chance to win. 

For today's challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away .... two sizes of the Clear Double Sided Adhesive which will include: a pack of the 5” x 12” sheets and a 10 mm roll of tape, in addition we will also give away a pack of the new ModaScrap 12” x 12” Viaggi Vintage Patterned Paper Pack to 3 winners. 

To enter simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post and tell us "Besides the classic card, what are some project ideas you like to play around with?”

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

Milk Carton Favors

Treat filled favors are so fun to make, give and receive.  I've got a fun filled Cut Cardstock project to share with you today that you can make for your friends and loved ones.

The base of these milk carton containers are made using Pop-Tones Cardstock which are all on sale for the month of June.   

I used the colors Wild Cherry, Berrylicious and Sweet Tooth.  Don't they just sound like sweet colors?

I cut one box each out of Berrylicious and Wild Cherry cardstock using a Memory Box Buttermilk Carton and assembled the boxes using Score-Tape which is a super strong adhesive.   It's perfect for making boxes and projects that you need to hold up when handled.

I then cut four MFT Gerbera Daisy flowers out of Sweet Tooth cardstock, two for each box, using a patterned paper for the centers and layered the flowers using Glue Dots.

I gently fluffed the petals up to give them dimension.

A belly band was created to go around the center of the box by cutting a 2" wide strip of cardstock and then cutting a  Poppy Stamps Eyelet Stitched Border for the top and bottom edge.  I adhered the lacy edge to the cardstock using Glue Dots GLUE LINE.  

Once that was done I simply wrapped the band around the box and adhered it using either Score-Tape or Glue Lines.  Attach the flower using a large Glue Dot.

Fill the boxes with yummy treats or small gifts and tie them closed using fun colored packing twine.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. 

I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Going around in Circles

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit