Challenge #1710 / Pammies Inky Pinkies !! !!

Hi!! Welcome to "Hi!" Notes Blog
and my exciting first week as a

design team member

for

Pammies Inky Pinkies!  ( or PIP ! )http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/. 

I hope you'll follow the link and play along, the more the merrier! 
And of course, there is also the opportunity to WIN fun stuff!

 

Each challenge is

!! ANYTHING GOES !!

unless the Monday falls on the 5th Monday of a month, then that challenge

will have a Theme that must be followed!!!!!

This weeks Design Challenge at Pammies Inky Pinkies is # 1710 

Our wonderful sponsor is

NEWTON'S NOOK DESIGNS

http://www.newtonsnookdesigns.com/

I think you should stop by & meet Newton!! He & his friends are the inspiration for so many Newton's Nook stamps

I just love this little cat & coffee set.  So much purr-sonality !!
 
    
I like to have fun with the inside and back of the cards too!! 
I think most of the elements of this card are self explanatory, but  I will do a quick rundown of techniques (sometimes the devil is in the details!!) Almost every edge is rubbed with a darker shade of ink, the white background the kitties are on was embossed with a stylus to make a clean line around the border, the dots leading up to the dream clouds are made with Tonic Studio's pearl drops, & the coffee cups are mounted on dimensional tape to make them "pop" off of the page as is the tiny toy mouse in the bottom corner!

                
Leave me a little Love :)  I look forward to hearing what you think and I wish you good luck and lots of inspiration for your challenge entry!

Day 4 Growing in Unity ~ Share the Love!

Welcome to our 4th day of Growing in Unity here at "HI!" Notes.  Nothing gets a day or month off to a good start like sharing LOVE !!

Since February is National Friendship Month it got me thinking of all the different kinds of love we can celebrate on St. Valentine's Day, February 14th!!! 



I started by selecting several different stamps whose sentiments & images went together in some way, either conventional, humorous or unexpected.

Today's post will be light.  Just a fun pictorial of several cards with great St. Valentine's Day potential!  I'll add comments here & there, but if you have any questions, please post them in your comments & I'll try to get right back to you :)

Backgrounds: choose a stamp to repeat in the background. Using a pale ink, I staggered it row by row so that there'd be no vertical columns, masking off the main image (stamped first).  For the string of hearts I didn't mask, I just stamped & colored them right over the background words.





Because so many layers makes the card front heavy, I like to counter balance it with an extra layer inside.  Not only is it pretty but it feels so balanced when you open or display it.  Leave a little extra paper on the back of the card to punch an edge.

 

  



A close up of my custom trim job!  I do this so there
is no worry about getting ink from large areas of
blank rubber on projects. Always be sure to leave
plenty of cushion under the stamp-able areas

to get a closer look just click on the photos!!

I think of these images and sentiments being great for a child to baby sitter, or child to daddy, or maybe a big sis to the child, a big brother. . . I just love the possibilities concerning different relationships

 Here are direct links for most of the stamps used in this post:

First Love, First Hero ~ Dad w/ little girl on shoulders  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/first-love-first-hero/

first love ~ Background Sentiment  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/first-love/

Stella Girl ~ Girl with Baby  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/stella-girl/

Otter Nonsense ~ Otter, Hearts & Sentiment  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/otter-nonsense/

Loads of Love ~ Laundry Basket & Sentiment  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/loads-of-love/


Fact of Love ~ What Love Looks like sentiment  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/fact-of-love/


Heart Strings ~ Hanging hearts & sentiments  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/heart-strings/

Day 1 Growing in Unity ~ Friendship

Hello everyone! I hope today finds you feeling great and ready to craft or maybe just hang out :)  WELCOME  TO THE FIRST DA Y OF GROWING IN UNITY ON MY "HI!" NOTES BLOG!!!  I am so happy to be part of the GIU team this year.  If you're familiar with my blog then you know that Unity Stamp Company is one of  my favorite sources for high quality cling rubber stamps, not to mention their AMAZING line up of designers.  LOVE 'EM!

 Look around and you'll see what I mean :)  I will put direct links to the rubber stamps I used at the end of each post to make it quick and easy for you to navigate.

This week's posts are all sponsored by Unity. Leave comments on all 5 of my GIU blog posts (Monday - Friday)for a chance to win!  THERE WILL BE 2 WINNERS ( yes. . .  2 of you!!) will be chosen from all those leaving comments & will receive A $25  grab bag of  Unity Stamps!!!

To kick off the week I thought a card highlighting love and companionship would be appropriate during our National Friendship Month! I started with this beautiful Phyllis Harris stamp, "Wishing Were Forever Friends".  It is stamped on watercolor paper & embossed in black.  I used Zig real brush markers to water color it, adding the sentiment once the coloring was complete.

            

 For stars that sparkled without being too obvious I placed varying dots of iridescent "Smooch."   It's all layered on paper that reminds me of the night sky, the foundation being a shimmery cardstock!  I left the edges of the water color paper curling up, I just liked the effect.  3 shades of blue bakers twine make the final accent.

click the photos for a quick tutorial to use the MISTI as a stamp positioner



STEP 3

STEP 1

STEP 2



What I used to cut out the finished piece.



The Completed Back view with black scallops slid
in under the star cut outs

Here are the Direct Links to the rubber stamps used in this post:

Wishing Were Forever Friends -a Boy & Dog  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/wishing-were-forever-friends/

I’m HERE I Love You - Sentiment  https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/im-here-i-love-you/

Thinking of Love ;)

Romance is in the air.  Here are a couple of fun cards to celebrate the season.  More to come soon!

I love matching sentiments with images!  It is so much fun to see how I can change the way a stamped image is looked at, but I think with sweets and love, well it is not unexpected!!

Backgound ~ Stampin' Up! Soft Swirls Retired

Ice Cream Truck and Sentiment ~ More than Ice Cream https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/more-than-ice-cream/

You are so Sweet Sentiment ~ Unity Stamp Set: Sweet Life