It's already the end of February which means its time for PTI's blog hop. The inspiration this month is a beauty. I loved the repetition of the pattern, bright colors, and white space. I also used a birthday sentiment so I can continue my Wednesday Wishes challenge for myself.

My take is a clean and simple design made easier by using my MISTI tool. I love that I could create a clean grid and re-stamp as much as I needed to get the bright colors. A spritz of Mister Huey's Shine color mist was the finishing touch.

Have fun hopping today! ~Rhonda




Yay! card
challenge - PTI February Blog Hop; Wednesday Wishes #8
stamps: PTI - Ombre Builders, Stylist Sentiments: Birthday
paper: PTI - Winter Wisteria, Stamper's Select White
ink: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Orange Zest, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon; Versamark
other: Ranger - Enchanted Gold Embossing Powder; Shine; My Sweet Petunia - MISTI tool

Playing along with this week's PTI - Make it Monday #201! Getting messy with embossing paste. I decided to add a couple of drops of Tropical Teal ink to my paste for a bright background. I like the imperfections in color. I even like the charm of the bleeds under the stencil at the bottom. (you gotta like it or start over!)I used several of the small stamps in the set to add pops of red and teal to the circles.

What do you think about the cover plate stencil I made?? I found clear template plastic in the quilting section at Jo-Ann's that worked perfectly. I had to use the metal shim to get a good cut. I can know get it messy and it washes right off.
Enjoy the weekend!! ~Rhonda

I pick you card
stamps: PTI - Apple Prints
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Pure Poppy, Tropical Teal and re-inker, Simply Chartreuse
other: PTI - Cover Plate: Circles; Dritz - Clear Template Plastic; Liquitex - light modeling paste; The Twinery - Red

I hope you have something to SMILE about!! I am still playing with my MISTI. Using lots of sentiments on a card front is so much easier. I was able to stamp the sentiments in winter wisteria at the same time, then the 3 sentiments in limeade ice.


I then "thought" I was through so used the Herringbone Impression Plate. I decided I had too much white space so I added the sentiment in Royal Velvet. I had to stamp it a couple of times to get a full image. I would have messed it up for sure without the tool.


I love that I'm adding several cards at a time to my stash. It takes me sooo long to design one.
 

All the bright purple is making me SMILE! Enjoy your day. ~Rhonda   

Smile card
stamps: PTI - Rosie Posie, Little Labels, Reasons to Smile, Wonderful Words Additions
paper: PTI - Royal Velvet, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria, Limeade Ice
other: PTI - Block Alphabet Upper die, Herringbone Impression Plate; MISTI

 Have you fallen under the spell of the new MISTI tool? Mine arrived earlier in the week. There is definitely a learning curve but it is well worth it. I used it to create this week's card. I decided to try some layered flowers which I've not had too great of success with in the past.


I love that I can use re-ink stamps and use my light color inks so easily. I even "dressed up" an envelope using PTI's Framed stamp set. My rectangle stayed in shape without warp.



I think whenever I'm using the MISTI that I will at least make a couple of cards. I changed out the sentiment this time. ~Rhonda

I hope you have a wonderful day! I needed some goodies bags for a team building meeting that happens this weekend. Chocolate is always appropriate and of course a CUTE water bottle wrap.

I found some chalkboard paper in the Target $ spot that were perfect for this purpose. I doodled hearts and arrows.

Can you see the heart confetti that I bagged from all the heart die cuts? Each bag has a water bottle, chocolate, and mints. ~Rhonda

Do you have all your Valentine projects completed? I finished the last of mine today. 

I enjoyed making this sweet card. I was so excited when I found the Hugs & Kisses sentiment. Perfect paired with the kiss from scenti-mentals. Have a great day! ~Rhonda


Hugs & Kisses card
stamps: PTI - Scenti-mentals, Wonderful Words: Holiday, Framed Out #12
paper: PTI -Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Pure Poppy; Color Box - Silver
other: PTI - Scent-imentals die; glossy accents

Do you know some friends that won't receive a Valentine this weekend? I think that this could be a hard holiday for some. I thought a goody bag and a card would be fun.


I decided to use the sentiments from the Shakers and Sprinkles. You could substitute "with love" if that works better for you. 

I am also linking this to Papertrey Ink's Day 3 challenge - Handmade tag and matching gift bag.

Sprinkled card
stamps: PTI - Shakers + Sprinkles
ink: Color Box Silver
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Silver Shimmer; Glitz - Black & White
other: PTI - Shaker/Sprinkles dies, Valentine Stitches; MFT - Fishtail Flags; The Twinery - black twine; metal tag - stash; Silver eyelet - stash

Already another Wednesday and Wednesday Wishes! My Wednesday post is all about cards that send wishes of some kinds. Today is encouragement with a bit of a Valentine feel! We are very lucky indeed if we have a friend that warms our heart!!


I had to do same masking to get my mugs layered. I haven't done that in a while so it was fun! This is a pretty easy set for that technique. Good practice for me. The steam is from Comfort Food.


I hope you are staying warm. I'm flying back from Chicago today. It is crazy cold there. ~Rhonda

You Warm my Heart card
stamps: PTI - Scent-imentals, Comfort Food
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Winter Wisteria, Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow, Fine Linen
other: Scent-imentals dies;

How about a little variety, Garden Variety this is! I may be pushing spring just a little but the sentiment seemed appropriate for February. 


I love Colorbox's silver ink. Great coverage and the little watering can is so cute! I used the tools to ground the image. I think it worked.


Here is the inside. I used a distress tool to lay down some sweet blush ink. ~Rhonda

Your Smile card
stamps: PTI - Garden Variety
paper: PTI - Vintage Cream, Sweet Blush
ink: PTI Sweet Blush, Spring Moss; Colorbox - Silver
other: PTI - Tiny Tags die, Garden Variety die; DMC white cotton perle

 
I was playing around with stencils and paint. I love this stamp set from Verve. The heart with wings is pretty. 
 

The raspberry fizz ink color is so pretty stenciled through the Mini Chicken Wire Mask. Text Style II is a little hard to see but fills the space so well.


I also used Distress Crackle paint (Rock Candy) for some shimmer.


I stamped off the fly and soar sentiments as well as rubbing white paint over them. Happy Friday! ~Rhonda

Spread your Wings card
stamps: Verve - Wings of Love; PTI - Bkground Basics: Text Style II
paper: PTI - Smokey Shadow, Stamper's Select White;
ink: Tim Holtz distress inks (various); PTI - Melon Berry, Raspberry Fizz
other: Crafter's Workshop - Mini Chicken Wire Mask, Circle Graph Mask
dies: Verve - Wavy Hearts

I almost feel like you need to play "I Spy" with these two cards. There are 3 differences I think. Too much to compute!!

Did you notice I used an impression plate on one of the tags? Adds texture. 


I did the happy birthday sentiment facing out the 1st time. I think I like it better facing in. I also stamped the background flowers in different inks. I can't decide if I like the lighter or dark better. The card on the right also has a ribbon trim.


Love the button stack dies. I need to use them a lot more. ~Rhonda

Celebrate card
stamps: PTI - Beautiful Blooms II, Inside & Out Birthday II, Make A Wish, Think Big Favorites #12
paper: PTI - Aqua Mist, Smokey Shadow Pattern, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides
dies: Oopsie Daisy, Tag Sale #7, Button Stack 2
other: PTI - Aida impression plate, PTI - Ocean Tides felt, PTI - silk ribbon, Teal adhesive ribbon from Make it Market kit; DMC white cotton perle

I'm playing along with the first Papertrey Ink Blog Hop of 2015. The theme is hearts. My card is very simple and I hope appropriate for college age boys/men. I will be including this in the care packages I am sending my sons for Valentine's Day. I figure a card and FOOD is always a home run.

I stacked 3 "hugs" die cuts together for the sentiment. The white panel was adhered with foam tape to add the dimension. I hope you have a happy Sunday. Happy Hopping!! ~Rhonda

Hugs card
stamps: n/a
paper: PTI - Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White
ink: n/a
other: PTI - Big Hugs die, Limitless Layers 2 1/4" hearts, Limitless Layers Heart Stitches; MFT - Blueprints #1

Lots of different things happening on this one. I used several different colors of Tim Holtz distress inks to color my butterfly. I didn't keep up with the colors as I was just messing around. I did add a layer of vellum beneath the butterfly. 


The quatrefoil cover plate makes a wonderful impression that adds lots of texture. I hope you are having a great week. It is a beautiful weather week in Texas. For me to not be wearing a coat is wonderful. ~Rhonda

Beautiful Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Life is Beautiful
paper: PTI - Simple Chartreuse, Limeade Ice, Stamper's Select White, Pattern Paper; Vellum from stash
ink: PTI - Winter Wisteria; Tim Holtz distress inks
other: PTI - Scribble dies, Quatrefoil cover plate, stripes horizontal cover plate

I have a birthday card I created today for a college student. I thought she would like the bright modern colors and the typography feel. 


I started by using a Tim Holtz distressing tool to add layers of the ink on white paper. I LOVE these colors together. Berry Sorbet adds the punch!

A few stars around the edges evened the weight out. ~Rhonda

Hip Hip Hooray card
stamps: Phrase Play #11
paper: Glitz Black & White; MME - Indie Ginger; PTI - Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet
dies: PTI - Phrase Play #11; MFT - Blueprints #6; Verve - Starry

My cards today were inspired by Danielle Flander's recent PTI - MIM #196 Colorful Card Corners. I had already pulled this pattern paper out and was struggling to use it. Almost ALL paper pads have a couple of designs that fit this criteria. My colorful corners are faux but fabulous!!!


By cutting them out to have the big design in the corner you have the basis for a very quick and easy card. I embossed a large sentiment and WOW! I am done. Happy Girl here! ~Rhonda

Friend card
stamps: PTI - Friends til the End
ink: Versamark; Tim Holtz - Pumice Stone distress ink
paper: MME - Indie Chic Ginger; PTI - Ocean Tides
other: Ranger - Platinum Embossing Powder

With Sympathy card
stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #3
ink: Versamark; Tim Holtz - Pumice Stone distress ink
paper: MME - Indie Chic Ginger; PTI - Ocean Tides
other: Ranger - Platinum Embossing Powder

My first post of 2015! A personal goal for myself this year is doing better sending birthday cards. The pattern paper was my starting point for this card. I loved the colors but it is busy enough that I knew I would need to have a frame of some sort. I consider Fabulous Frames as one of my go-to dies for this purpose. I actually die cut the frame out of the background pattern paper as well so the card would be easier to mail. I love that the sentiment from Fancy Folk Art is a perfect fit for the bottom of the frame.


Ruby Rose is a great flower set. Lots of different sizes to play with. Have a wonderful week! and I pray that your new year is starting well. ~Rhonda

Sending Birthday Wishes card
stamps: PTI - Ruby Rose, Fancy Folk Art
ink: PTI - Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate 
paper: MME - Lost & Found Oliver; PTI - Ocean Tide
other: PTI - Fabulous Frames, Ruby Rose; MFT - Blueprints #6; PTI - twine

 This card is for my Mom's birthday which was November 2nd! I was LATE getting it into the mail but think I'm safe to post today. Lots of patterns happening.

I did a little rock n rolling with the orange inks on the pumpkins. A few sequins and twine bow finish it off. ~Rhonda

Your Life card
stamps: PTI - Inside & Out: Birthday Day II, Scent-imentals
paper: PTI - Vintage Cream; MME - Mabel
ink: PTI - Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Canyon Clay, Terra Cotta Tile
other: PTI - Scent-imentals die, fabulous frame die, twine, sequins

Happy Halloween friends! Are you ready for the little folks to knock on your door? I miss the days of my guys trick or treating. I LOVED looking for my favorite candy in their treat bags.

Just a super simple card to share today. Consider yourself Boo'd!! ~Rhonda

Boo card
stamps: Polka Dot Parade #7
paper: Echo Park - Happy Camper; PTI - Smokey Shadow
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
other: Polka Dot Parade #7 die, picket fence die; MFT - Blueprints #6; Sakura Gelly Roll med white pen

Mojo Monday #369 is a great sketch. It is also the last Monday of the month and that means tall & skinny week. 

I actually had these leaves setting on my desk just waiting for the perfect time to use them. The distress inks are so much fun to use on vellum. I also love the platinum embossing powder.  ~Rhonda

Give Thanks card
stamps: PTI - Falling Leaves, Leaf Prints
ink: PTI - Plum Pudding; Tim Holtz distress inks - Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves
paper: PTI - Vintage Cream, Plum Pudding; Hobby Lobby - vellum
other: PTI - Leaf Prints die; Ranger Platinum embossing powder