The musings and offerings of a burgeoning greetings master

Monday, July 14, 2014

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday-- Rainbow Medallion

Well, after slowing WAY down on my blog posts, it is shocking to ME that I am getting two posts in in one day.  I did want to try my hand at this new Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink, so here I am!

The challenge is to use a stamp to create a medallion, using rainbow ink colors, using the method that Dawn showed on her video.

Well, I came up with this--

This was made with the Harvest Berries stamp set, a big "go to" set for me. My PTI ink collection hasn't started yet, so I filled in with what I have, and added details with a Sakura sparkle pen.

I cut the doily with a PTI Dainty Doily die, from black card stock, and white embossed the sentiment from Framed Out #1 in white.

My tiny vellum butterflies are made with a tiny heart punch, cut on the fold to create the butterfly shape.  I love that technique!  Tiny dots of sparkle finish them off. 

I also used the sparkle pen to hand draw some squigglies around the leaves.  Why?  Because my hand slipped and created the first one, that's why. As this was already my THIRD attempt at this card, I was MAKING it work!

If I win this challenge, I think it's high time I get some PTI inkpads. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
All Best--
Richard

18 comments:

  1. I love Harvest Berries too! Beautiful card!!

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  2. Harvest Berries has made a beautiful medallion. Love that set too,

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  3. WOW! Just beautiful! Great stamp choice and I really love the black doily with white embossing! Lovely card!

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  4. Great medallion over your rainbow of Harvest Berries. Love the added touch of the sparkly pen!

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  5. What a great idea to use the leaves from Harvest Berries....you were thinking outside the box and I love it! Beautiful card Richard! :0)

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  6. Love your idea with HB and the cute vellum butterflies-genius!!

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  7. Beautiful card! Great job, as always! Glad to see you posting :-(

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  8. Ugh...this iPad auto corrected my happy face to a sad face...go figure! Sorry!!!

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  9. I really like this card. Loved your idea to use the doily. Nice job!!!

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  10. This is very pretty! i love how you stamped the floral vine in the rainbow colors as a background! Great idea!

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  11. Richard, I love the stamp you chose, it turned out beautiful! Love the vellum butterfly too!

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  12. Great stamp choice for this technique, Richard! Those vellum butterflies on the center medallion are the perfect touch :-)

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  13. This is very lovely, squiggles & all!

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  14. Hello Richard!! I love your berry branches but really love your black center piece. It really makes your card pop. Great job.

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  15. Oh wow! This is fabulous Richard! I love the bright colors with the black doily in the center!!

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  16. I had JUST swallowed my mouth full of coffee when I got to "Why? ....that's why" otherwise I would have been squeegeeing my screen! That's hilarious!! I mean NOW it is...LOL. Your final attempt that you totally made work looks incredible. Really love the extra layer of 3d sparkly butterflies too. Gorgeous card!!

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  17. I love your medallion card. Especially using the leaves, I think is pretty genius. Looks lovely! And I have never thought of the butterfly punch trick. I want to try!

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