World Card Making Day: The Conclusion

It's late. I'm tired! It's been a very full day of crafting for me. I didn't get everything done that I had wanted, but there's always tomorrow. Though, I am going to have to fit in some shopping and laundry tomorrow, too. Still, I've managed to complete four challenges in one day and I made a card for my father's birthday which I'll post later in the week. 

Here is the final card for PTI's WCMD challenge. Our final destination is Australia. Nichole challenged us to either do some masking or to use dotted outlines. I chose to ink up a couple of PTI stamps which already included a dotted outline: Star Prints and Vintage Labels. I'm going to need a 3X3 card in the near future, so I decided to use this challenge to create the card ahead of time. Since I was using the Star Prints stamp set, I decided to go ahead and break out one of the newer cuttlebug embossing folders that also has stars and emboss the background paper. I stamped the dotted star image with Versamark ink and then used white Puffs embossing powder and a heat gun. I coated the embossed star with Glossy Accents to give it an epoxy finish. I used a sentiment from the Star Prints set and outlined it with a dotted Vintage Label before running it through the cuttlebug with a Labels One die.
I've got jet lag now from this world tour, so I think I'll clean up the craft room and finish up the evening with a good book. Happy WCMD everyone!
Project Supplies
Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate CS, PTI Melon Berry CS
Stamps: PTI Star Prints, PTI Vintage Labels
Accessories: PTI Melon Berry Bitty Dots Ribbon, PTI Dark Chocolate Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, Ranger White Puffs Embossing Powder, heat gun, cuttlebug,CB Stars embossing folder, Spellbinders Label One Die, SU Large Star Punch

World Card Making Day Part 3

The third challenge at PTI's blog challenge for WCMD was to capture the influence of India. Pattern, deep, rich colors, and jewels are dominant in Indian culture. I had a scrap of this Bo Bunny paper with great rich colors and texture. I put that above an embossed row of damask tiles. I used a swirled piece from Prima's Say It In Crystals as a focal point and added some self-adhesive rhinestones colored with copics to the centers of the embossed damask tiles. Then, I found the perfect sentiment for WCMD in the Verve set All About You. After I punched out the sentiment, I added a couple of small rhinestones to the ends. The shiny stuff doesn't photograph all that well, but I do love the earthy colors and sparkle of this card.  Next up is Australia!
Project Supplies
Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Bo Bunny PP, SU More Mustard CS
Stamps: Verve All About You, CTMH Damask Tiles
Accessories: Prima Say It In Crystals, Rhinestone Stickers (Michaels), copic markers, SU Modern Label Punch, Zing Clear embossing powder, heat gun

World Card Making Day Continues

The second WCMD challenge from Nichole Heady was Mexico! I live a couple of hours away from the Mexican border and every once in a while we'll head down there for some shopping. One of the big attractions for shopping in Mexico is the Talavera pottery. There are so many beautiful patterns.

Blue and yellow are  predominant colors in Talavera design. I have a couple of stamps sets that remind me of this beautiful dishware including SU's Circle Circus and the sails in the PTI set Men of Life. I grabbed these two sets, inked them up with PTI's Enchanted Evening, and then used a copic marker to give them some yellow.

Adios! I'm off to India to finish up the 3rd WCMD challenge!

Project Supplies
Paper: PTI Spring Rain CS, PTI White CS, PTI Beautiful Blooms PP
Stamps: PTI Men of Life, PTI Handwritten Notes, SU Circle Circus
Accessories: PTI Summer Sunrise Saddle Stitched Ribbon, Paper Studio square brads, copic marker, EK Success 1" and 3/4" circle punches