MIM~MFW~PFP

I didn't have too much time for crafting today and tomorrow doesn't look good either.  So I made a card for three challenges and wanted to get it posted tonight.

Make It Monday #115 - Beyond Paper with Impression Plates ~ Check out Heather's video  HERE
 * I used silver lining from an envelope and embossed it with a woodgrain folder
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger ~ Pretty Little Petits Four ~ link up HERE
* I picked up the pink flowers and silver server and woodgrain from the inspiration photo
Passion for Papertrey ~ Stamp Your Own Background ~ add your card HERE 
 * The Flourishes made a nice background which kind of reminded me of leaves swirling around the branch off the tree where the bird is perched.  
Note:  my imagination wonders off like that sometimes :)
 

You can click on the photo for a more detailed look

Papertrey Ink Products:
Background stamping ~ Fancy Flourishes
Sentiment ~ Beautiful Butterflies
Basecard ~ Stamper's Select White 

MIM #115

Hey there, 
Had a lovely lunch with good friends at a great seafood restaurant on the water at the Port today.  We have two Tall Ships visiting in Port Canaveral for a couple of days (May 1-12).
I remember seeing them all in Boston Harbor many many many years ago ~ it was an unbelievable sight back then and an event I will always remember.

Well, onto the crafty part of my day.  I made another card for Make It Monday's Challenge #115. See Heather's video HERE.
Beyond Paper with Impression Plates.
I hope to have some time tomorrow to visit some of my favorite crafter's blogs :)

My Card ~ you can click on the photo for more details

Cardstock:  Lime green and raspberry pink from Recollections; Stamper's Select White from PTI: gold foil is from the inside of a Christmas card envelope (been saving those for years :)
Stamps:  Rosie Posie from PTI; sentiment from  my computer
Tools & Embellishments:  Numbers embossing folder is Cuttlebug; Polka Dot ribbon is from American Crafts

MIM #115 and MFW-TT

This week Make It Monday - Beyond Paper with Impression Plate is the Challenge I've been waiting for. I have been saving this silver and foil paper for years...have no clue where/when/why I got it and only used a couple of sheets, but don't even remember for what  purpose :)
Oh well, I am happy to have a use for it now!
Check out Heather's video HERE

I am also entering this card in Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger Challenge - Pretty Little Petits Fours  which is a three-weeker, so you still have time to enter HERE

This is the inspiration photo for MFW, I picked up on the silver server, pink flowers and woodgrain tray.

 the photo was taken outside but the sun was starting to set, thus the shadows

My card is on pale pink cardstock and I embossed the scalloped oval punched out shape with a wood grain embossing folder, adhered pink flowers and lace trim.  The PTI Beautiful Butterfly die was cut from silver and bright pink cardstock which is glued together with one wing left unglued to fold up. I topped this with Martha Stewart's Monarch butterfly punched out of Stamper's Select White.

MIM #114

This is my final entry in the Make It Monday - Blown Ink Challenge and I think I like this one the best...
Maybe it is because there is only a little bit of blown ink on it :)

You can click on the photo for more details

PTI products used~
Cardstock:  Base card and "Inked" circle piece are Stamper's Select White
Stamps:  Sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies 

The fish are foam stickers (I added the googly eyes)
Blown ink is Glimmer Spray from ditto
The heart 'bubbles' were punched from Glitter Paper
Both circle punches are from Marvy  

MIM #114

Make It Monday #114 - Blown Ink Challenge

I keep trying to get this technique down where it looks like something other than a child's finger painting!  
Don't think I am going to succeed :(  
So I guess, every technique out there in this crafty world of outs is NOT for everybody, eh?

Check out some really good cards posted HERE

 

Edited to add re-done card

PTI Products:
Stamp and Die:  Beautiful Butterflies

Edited to add altered card.
I changed my card up a bit, by adding another flower to the lower right corner and moved the butterfly dies up to the first flower (covering more of the child's finger painting :)

I die cut tree butterflies, gluing down only one side, leaving the other side kind of  'fluttering' 

Cardstock:  Yellow and Teal are from Colorbok, the stamped/inked on panel is a paint chip from Martha Stewart
Inks: Glimmer Mists from Tattered Angels and ditto
Tools & Embellishments:   Scallop border punch and pearls from Martha Stewart; Silk flowers from my stash

 

MIM #114

This card for Make It Monday's Blown Ink Challenge has a bit more ink blown around on it.  The cardstock is very saturated and bubbling up everywhere even with massive amounts of double sided tape that I adhered to the back before attaching to my card base...perhaps I should have pressed it in a telephone book to flatten it out?
I'm thinking I like my cards better with more ink coverage, although there are some entries posted that look fabulous as CAS cards.  Check it out HERE

 Papertrey Ink Products ~
Beautiful Butterflies die cut; Stamper's Select White cardstock

MIM #114-Blown Ink

I made another card for the Make It Monday - Blown Ink Challenge. Check out Dawn's video HERE

This technique is not that difficult, why don't my cards look as good as so many of those entered?  Guess I need more practice.

I used Mister Huey's Glitter Mist ink because I don't have pretty colored re-inkers.  I'm getting a lot of splatter from the spray, but I don't think it's a bad look so I stamped the sentiment over it :)

PTI products~
Stamps:  Sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies
Cardstock:   Base card and top panel  are Stamper's Select White