Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Make It Monday #71 bordered sentiments take two

I told you I would be back with more cards using this week's Make It Monday technique from Papertrey Ink!

Go here to watch Betsy Veldman's great tutorial.



I used the same sentiment from the PTI Movers & Shakers Sentiments set that I used on the last card - I can't say enough how I love a really versatile sentiment!

This masking technique is really easy, but can have such a great visual impact that I know I will be going back to it again and again.

The first step is to decide where you want to put the sentiment and stamp it onto a rectangle of white cardstock.




I penciled a line above and below the sentiment so I could erase this after I finished stamping. This line was inked in on my last card. I've also seen a couple of great examples where the designer scored this line.



The stamped sentiment is then covered with a couple of trimmed pieces of post-it notes along the pencil lines.



I discovered a hole in my stamp collection today - I seriously have no flower stamp sets?! How is that possible? I have a good collection of flower dies and plenty of flowered patterned paper, but no flower stamp sets. I might just have to do something about that in the not too distant future.

I did find an unlabeled butterfly stamp set in the back reaches of my stamp collection that worked really nicely with my color palette and this technique.

I stamped the butterflies off all the edges except the left side, knowing I would be adding a strip of designer paper down that side.




When the stamping was done, I removed the post-it notes and erased my pencil lines.




A scrap of paper from the Echo Park Victoria Gardens pad and a pink lace trim finish off the card.

True confession time - I first stamped the sentiment in black ink, but decided to try it with the Memento Rose Bud. I thought my stamp was clean, but obviously based on the little flecks of black showing through, it wasn't. I decided I liked the look - that's my story & I'm sticking to it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

11 comments:

  1. Love your second take on the challenge. That is a great sentiment for this technique. Love your colors and how you did the butterflies. Thanks for the hints about local shops. I've been to some, but no all. Like I really need to shop more....And, yes, you need some flower sets, of course. Rosie Posie and Pretty Peonies are my faves these days.

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  2. Absolutely beautiful. Love the pink/purple trim. Very elegant.

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  3. Don't you love it when a great plan comes together!! I do love your masking technique, and such pretty pink crochet trim- nice finishing touch!

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  4. A truly fun, happy and pretty card! Love the colors and that perfect trim!

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  5. Your second take is just as beautiful as your first. Great job using butterflies. Hard to believe you don't have flower stamps ~ can't ever have enough of those, can we?

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  6. Gorgeous! Love, love the butterflies...they look like Hero Arts but then again there are tons of butterflies out there:)

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  7. Lovely card, Jacquie. You can never go wrong with butterflies in my book :) very pretty colors too!

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  8. Hi Jacquie, Your card is really sweet. I haven't tried my hand at this technique yet but I SO love all things PTI, so thanks for sharing and inspiring me to try.

    I'd love to have you play along with us sometime at:
    www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
    We'd LOVE to have you!

    Blessings,
    Karen
    P.S. I have some sweet blog candy on my blog at:
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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  9. I am totally stealing that stamping technqiue! I had a "duh" moment! Brilliant!

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  10. Gorgeous card. I love your color combination and your layered butterflies. So pretty. Ann Y.

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  11. Gorgeous! Love the butterflies and the color choices!

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