Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #332- Above and Below

So, I am sneaking this card in last minute (as I so often do) for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #322, which is hosted by Lizzie Jones. Her technique is called "Above and Below" and just as the name indicates, it's to frame a sentiment strip with images both above and below! So whenever I am working on a card and start die cutting various images, I tend to make extras and then store them for future projects. It just makes sense as it's much easier and far more efficient when I already have all my supplies out and then I can store them for future projects.  Well this is that future project! Hehe. 😉

I took out a bunch of florals that I had pre-die cut and stamped and then simply started arranging them until I was satisfied! Here is the result:

So I began by die-cutting a white, top folding card base with PTI's newest Noted set. I am absolutely in ❤ with the stitched and pinked edges! Then I got to work on the floral arrangement and color scheme. If you browse through either my blog and/or Instagram account (@O2CraftMama) you'll soon figure out that I'm very partial to bright, vibrant colors and this card is no exception! 

As you can see, I used many different floral sets and from a few different companies! From Papertrey Ink I used:

-Dawn Mcvey's gorgeous florals: Farmer's Florals, Gran's Garden

-Betsy Veldman's Spring Border Flowers and Stitched Garden set. 

-Graceful Greetings II

-Nesting: Leaves from the coverplate and the sentiment from the stamp set. 

I I also used Altenew's floral set, it's the aqua flower in the above photograph. 

I also incorporated some smaller flowers and leaves from WPlus9:

-Freehand Florals & Southern Summer Florals 1

-The stitched banner is from My Favorite Things  (MFT Stamps).

To add more depth and interest, I also used a white gel pen and a black Pigma Micron to add some stitching and details to some of the floral centers:

As a finishing touch, I generously lathered all the florals with a coating of Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen. Unfortunately you can't really see it in the photographs but I assure you that in real life it is absolutely divine! I never get tired of using this product, it just makes everything "pop"! 

I  also scattered a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix to finish off the card.

Finally, I also embellished a matching envelope with a super old Stampin' Up stamp (pink heart) and Papertrey Ink's mini envelope kit.:

So I might have gone a _bit_ (okay fine...A LOT) over board with the amount of flowers I used. 😁Haha, but I simply couldn't resist-- I feel that you can never own too many floral stamp/die sets! 

Thanks for stopping by and until next time...craft on! 

-O

Sneaking this one in...

My last minute entry for Papertrey Ink 's Transformation Tuesday hosted by Keeway!

These were created with minimal supplies as I had just returned from a lengthy trip and most of my "crafty stuff" ⬅ (technical term) had yet to be unpacked.  I created the 1st one a couple weeks ago and just couldn't quite put my finger on what it was that I felt was missing.  So I decided to transform it, prompted by this challenge. But I set a perimeter, namely that I would  challenge myself to essentially re-create the initial experience and only permit myself to use bare minimum supplies again. My thought was that it would be nice to have some go-to designs/sketches and colors to easily reproduce, even on a trip!

Here is the original: They are very similar but there were changes...let's see if you can spot them, much like Where In the World is Waldo style.  Haha, but I digress...

Here is a close up of the original card:

And here is the slightly transformed card! 

And the full card. Unfortunately the photo stinks because the at the exact time I was preparing to take pictures...the weather decided to change and the sun played hookie, leaving storm clouds in its wake. Perhaps I will post more pictures once I have better lighting!

And until next time...craft on!

Xoxo, 

Oreet