MIM Triple Play

     This week's MIM sponsoredf by PTI is called "A La Carte". Nicole provided a summary of all 46 videos posted in 2011. The challenge is to pick one of the weekly posts one did not get a chance to play along with and to create a card/project using that technique or tutorial.
     My daughter's brother-in-law graduated with his Masters Degree in December. Given the hustle & bustle of the holiday, making a congratulation card was put on the back burner. When the Lock & Key set was released in December, I knew this would be the perfect stamp set. Since I didn't have a stamp with the image of a book, I knew I wanted to use some type of text on the card. 
   Now I am not an overachiever trying to combine 3 techniques in 1 card. It just turned out that way. I never had the opportunity to enter a card for MIM # 13 Ipression Plate Tricks 2,  because I didn't have a blog at the time.  However, I did try this technique & loved it. I made a Christmas card  using an IP with a die. 
      I just love how the woodgrain IP lends such a masculine look to a card. So I paired it up with the mat stack #1 die which I find to be very versatile.
                        

     Because I wanted to add some color to the woodgrain impression I used the MIM # 38 Brayer & IP Technique.  I had used this technique before with this card..   MIM #10 Masking with dies was not a technique I used before, so I was eager to try it with the mat stack #1 die. I propped the key up doubling the dimensional. I guess I could have included a 4th technique if I had made the key with chipboard. (hehe)

    

     Overall, I am happy with this card. However, if I were to redo it, I would stamp the text in black vs the sepia I used.  I can't wait until PTI releases their chocolate ink.

     Thank you for stopping by. Tomorrow I have a card using Mojo Monday's latest sketch.

Supplies: CS: Stampers Select White, Kraft

Stamps: Lock & Key

Ink: Memories: sepia

Dies: Lock & Key, Mat Stack #1

IP: Woodgrain

Other: PTI ribbon: Ocean Tides, dimensionals 

What's wrong with this card?

I wanted to make a Christmas card using Wreath for All Seasons. Using Impression Plate Tricks from MIM #13, I  intended to use the Woodgrain impression plate together with the Mat Stack 1 die to resemble a front door. This is what I came up with.

     
     After I stamped the wreath, I was disappointed with the outcome.  I went ahead & completed my card. I showed it to my husband who told me it was beautiful. (He tells me that about all my cards. He likes to humor me.) I mentioned to him that I needed to go to Michaels to buy some green rhinestones for the berries on the wreath. As I was driving to Michaels, it dawned on me that berries aren't GREEN. I had stamped the wreath in the wrong color. Since I was only a few blocks from home, I turned around and went home to made this card.

    Although the impression from the mat stack was not as crisp, this card represented my original idea. I ended up coloring my rhinestones with green copic for the first card.
   I had ordered Pure Poppy ink last month and still hadn't used it.  In my eagerness to do so, I made that crazy wreath.  Oh well, I'll probably send it to one of my widowed uncles. Men don't notice things like that.
Here's a close up of the sentiment.

 Supplies:

 CS: white, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Wreath for All Season

Dies: Mat Stack #1, Holly Jolly

Other: Woodgrain IP, rhinestones, dimensionals