PTI Make it Monday #316 Stenciled Edges

I love Mondays because I get to play along with Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenges!  This week Lizzie has a really fun challenge to create stenciled edges to bring attention to the focal point. It's such a pretty look and so soft.  I fell in love with the Layered Banner Die she used so I just HAD to order it after I saw the video.  I love how she layered the dotted paper behind it!  Here is my card for this week's MIM.

I started with some Aqua Mist ink and I used a Heidi Swapp stencil.  I really love how it turned out.  It's such a subtle look but so beautiful!  I stamped the sentiment from an older PTI stamp set called Scrolling Script and heat embossed it with gold powder on a frame that I die cut from the Mix and Mat confetti die set.  Lastly, I die cut two birds from the Songbirds dies.  I die cut the birds out of kraft and aqua mist card stock and then I inlaid the aqua mist flowers into the kraft birds.  I just love that color combination!

I enjoyed this technique and I think I will be using it again very soon!

Have a great day everyone!

I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

PTI Make it Monday

I had a revelation today about why Papertrey Ink made their challenges on Monday.  Clearly it's to take the drudgery out of mundane Mondays!  Since Monday is the most dreaded day of the week, why not make it special and add a fun challenge?  And so it was born Make It Monday!! 

I don't know where to start with today's card because it brought me such JOY to make!  I watched Stephanie's video and I was inspired to go and play with all sorts of different types of paper and ink.  

The new release stamps have been on my desk and I have been using the brushed birds stamps quite a bit, I'm smitten!  Today I decided to dive in to the Confetti Statements and Mix and Mat 

Confetti die as well.  I "borrowed/stole" some pretty planner insert papers and ephemera from my daughter and stamped the small elements from confetti statements in the corners.  I cut the confetti die out of vellum and inked the edges with a few PTI inks and layered up the card......SO MUCH FUN!  For a finishing touch I stamped on top of the ephemera and added two sentiment strips with the tiny attacher.  

Here is a picture of the card and all of the wonderful PTI goodies I used.  

I sincerely hope you all are enjoying your Monday!

I certainly am!

🎉Lisa🎉