Another birthday card to share. I am loving the Retro Style sets.The new You're Been Framed: Oval has the perfect stamp for grounding the sign. Happy Happy!!! My sign legs are from No Strings Attached.

I used my MISTI to help speed up the stamping process. It did take some time to figure it out but now I have a template for anytime that I use this set. I just keep it in the back of my clear stamp pockets with the stamp set.

The trick is leaving room around the stamps so you can use different colors of ink easily. I will probably add the arrow dies to the template as well. 



Have a great week! Hope you didn't get fooled today!! ~Rhonda


It's your Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Fresh Alphabet, Retro Style Graduation, Retro Style Birthday Sentiments, You're Been Framed: Oval, No Strings Attached
paper: PTI - Enchanted Evening, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Tropical Teal, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Classic Kraft
other: PTI - Retro Style Graduation dies, By the Numbers Impression Plate; MISTI tool

Practice makes perfect - and I NEED a lot more practice on backgrounds!! An additional benefit of using the MISTI is that I can use the very light ink colors and stamp then more than once to get great colors.

Do you need a hug today??? I hope you have someone close to give you one or accept this virtual one. I appreciate each of you that take the time to stop by. ~Rhonda
 
Sending Hugs card
stamp: PTI - Big Hugs, Background Basics: Medallions
paper: PTI - Sweet Blush, Stamper's Select White; Black - stash
ink: PTI - Fresh Snow, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet
other: MFT - Pierced Square Stax; My Sweet Petunia - MISTI tool

I had never had a lot of luck using the Rustic Wreath stamp set and die. I just could not get it to line up. I decided to give my MISTI a workout and see if it was up to the challenge.


I stamped the wreath on the card front first so the berries were in place. I then starting stamping the die cut. I really like the blue card that has the berries in spring rain and the rest of the wreath in the neutrals.


For the "blue" cards I stamped the wreath with Spring Rain first. I then did 2 different color schemes. Spring Rain, followed by Blueberry Sky and then Enchanted Evening randomly inked. The second one was Spring Rain first and then Fine Linen and Kraft. I had a blast using lots of ink colors.


The "green" cards were stamped with Spring Moss. I then followed that up with Ripe Avocado. I used the herringbone impression plate after I stamped the initial wreath on the white card stock. ~Rhonda

Trust in the Lord cards
stamps: PTI - A Cheerful Heart, Rustic Wreath
paper: PTI - Spring Moss, Blueberry Sky, Stamper's Select White
ink: PTI - Fine Linen, Kraft, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening
other: PTI -Herringbone IP, Rustic Wreath die; My Sweet Petunia - MISTI tool

I'm excited with how these cards turned out! More than one color on the stamp adds so much more dimension. I really love the spring moss and ripe avocado inks together.

I think you can see what a difference the impression plate makes as well. I also used the new linen cardstock from PTI. That is a little harder to see.
I love that I'm making several cards at a time.It has taken a little practice to get the work flow figured out.

I hope you are adjusting to daylight savings time. I'm just ready to see some sunshine. ~Rhonda

Love the happy colors on this card. I also stepped out of my creative box by adding my own squiggles and such. I was inspired by Ashley Newell's card here. Her technique is the challenge for this week's MIM #204 Doodling with Stamps. I totally get what Ashley said about it be scary cuz she might have to start over. This was one card that I didn't want to do again. It was tough lining up all these petals!

Hope you are having a super week. ~Rhonda


Happy Birthday card
stamps: PTI - Be Happy, Oopsie Daisy
paper: PTI - Vintage Cream, Orange Zest; MME - Mabel, Breeze
ink: PTI - Orange Zest, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist; Memento - Black
other: PTI - Mk It Mkt: Shaker/Sprinkles die, Oopsie Daisy; MISTI

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