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Day Two of PTI's Anniversary Events

Today Nicole gave us some freebies to use to make a new project.

Here is what I made.

PTI Anniversary day two #1

So today we got freebies to use to make a card. Here is my take: Well it doesn't work from my iPad and imdone, so,guess I won't win .

PTI 5th Anniversary Day One #5

Ok, here is the last one from Nicole's challenge.   I am pooped!    I made this one with Melissa P in mind again.   She layers so many elements in her cards.   I am always amazed how perfectly they work.   I do not think I am there yet, but I will keep trying because I love her work.

Here is her's:

Here is mine:

I am really into the vintage jewelery these days!  This is another earring I cut apart.   Its in the center of the flower. 

Products:

Basic Grey cardstock
Seam Binding cream
Mat Stack 4 die
Sweet Blush Cardstock, PTI
Tag die Nestabilities
Reflections Glitter
TT Valentines PTI Stamp Set

Thanks again!

PTI's 5th Anniversary Day One #4

Still watching the Super Bowl here...what about you?    This is my fourth card for Day One.   I am glad we started on a Sunday.   I may not be able to keep up this pace during the work week.

I am turning to one of my perennial favs for this post.  Melissa P is always layering and stacking and vintage-ing out her works.   I just love her stuff everyday and I tried to get the same effect with this card.

Here is her's

I tried to use lace like she does and a vintage earring I cut up.   I also used her ever present seam binding ribbon.   See what you think.....

Products:

Basic Grey card stock
Vintage Earring
Vintage Lace
Pearls
Seam Binding
PTI rustic cream twine
PTI Sweet Blush Card Stock

More to come :)

PTI's 5th Anniversary Day One #3

I am so pumped by this anniversary!   Nicole has a great challenge for us.  I think she made it just for us girls while we watch the BORING Super Bowl and the half-time show.   I dont know about you, but I am NOT impressed with Madonna's show.  Pom Poms.....really....you are 50 something!

So I digress,  sorry.

I love ALL the DT members, but I am just drawn by Jessica's card this time. 

Here is another card I made based on her's.

My card is not as simple.   Why do I always think it needs more?  I used the same colors and an impression plate, but maybe I should have left off the bottom row?   Oh well, it was fun to do!

Products are all PTI unless noted.

Quatrefoil die
Mat Stack 4 die
Mat Stack 4 Stamp Set
Doily Dies
Aqua Mist ink, ribbon, and card stock
Rustic Cream twine
Martha Stewart White Gold Glitter
Stampers' Select White Card Stock

Just a few more cards to come......

Acess:  vintage earring, butterfly, pearls, border

PTI's 5th Anniversary Day One #2

Back again for another project based on Nicole's Challenge for the 5th Bday festivities!   Are you as excited as I am?   I cannot wait to see all this month has in store for us PTI junkies.

This is my second project for today's challenge.   I used Jessica Witty's card.

I was inspired by her simple design and color choices.   I have never used the doily die as an impression plate, but I will.  

Here is my take:

Products are all PTI:

Vintage Cream Card Stock
Ocean Tides ribbon, card stock, ink and button
Mat Stack 5 die
Quatrefoil  Die
Doliy Details Die
Tag its #3 Stamp Set

Thanks again for looking!   Go make something :)

PTI 5th Year Anniversary Day One #1

It's PTI's 5th Birthday!   I cannot believe all the inspiration the DT and Nicole have provided over the past 5 years.   Nicole challenged us to make a card based on one of the DT's favorite projects over the past year.

For my first project, I chose Lisa Johnson's project.   I was inspired by her use of Mat Stack 4 and her layout. Here is her work:

Here is my take:

I used the following PTI products:

Mat Stack 4 die
Wreaths stamp set
PTI dark chocolate and Terracotta Tile inks
PTI Terracotta Tile and Rustic Twine ribbons
PTI Cane Print impression plate
PTI Terracotta Tile button
PTI Stampers' Select White Card Stock
Reflections Glitter

Thanks for looking and good luck on the challenge!

New Post....? What's that?

Hello All,

I am back from my creative break.   Actually, I lost my mojo all together at the end of the summer.   It's routine.   We go to the beach and when its all over, I crawl in a hole.    I have NOTHING to complain about, I just cant focus on making anything.

So, I am back.   Back to our home, back to school, back to work....Back to making things :)

I am always inspired by Cath's Tuesday Triggers and this one is exactly what I needed.    I am a sucker for neutrals anyway and this picture rocks.

Here is my take:

I made the base from PTI dark chocolate.   Ran a piece of kraft thru my Big shot with wood grain IP from PTI.   I stamped in smokey shadow and dark chocolate ink with Sending You stamp set.   The twine is PTI and the button was from my stash.   Love the leaf images from Sending You.   It was fun to pair grey and chocolate.   

Thanks for looking.

Tanna

Papertrey Dolls Congrats to Laurie Beth Blog Hop!!

Good Morning and Welcome to the last stop (I am running a bit late...sorry)  on the Papertrey Dolls' Blog Hop in honor of Laurie Beth's top 10 in the Idol Challenge over at Paper Crafts.

Our challenge was to CASE one of Laurie Beth's projects.   

Here is my card:

Here is Laurie's card.   Its more of a CAS than a CASE, but I love her simple style and her use of white space.

Hope you enjoyed the HOP!

Amy (kolling143)

Christy (christea)

Kristin (jcmom04)

Suzanne (*suzanne*)

Katie (choc0holic)

Lee Anne (Lee Anne)

Renee (Renee L.)

Sara (hiinaz)

Tanna (tfiskers)

Colour Q # 94 and OTWC #57

What a unique group of colors!   The girls at Colour Q should pick out some fun combos!   I am also entering this in OTWC #57 for their anything beach challenge.    We used a sketch that I found on pineterest which you can see here.

June PTI Blog Hop

Welcome Everyone to the June PTI Blog Hop!  

Hope you enjoyed the super cool inspiration photo! 

I love the new concept for the BH.   I cannot wait to see all of your creations!  There are so many possibilities.

I was also inspired by Betsy Veldman's post on Moxie Fab this week.   You can see her creations here.  The challenge over at Moxie Fab is a good one, you should check it out!

Here is my creation:

Supplies:

Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, Melon Berry and Pure White
Borders:  Two unknown and Melissa Francis
Stamps:  Flower Fusion and Happy Birthday Inside and Out
Twine:  PTI Pure Poppy Bakers Twine
Button: PTI white


Thanks for looking :)  I'll be checking out your posts as well!

Papertrey Dolls Challenge # 38 and #40

Hello All,

I cant remember if we said that it was a NO NO to double up on challenges?   I was working on Deena's challenge to use a background stamp, and at the last second I added a wedding sentiment.    So I am posting this card for both....hope that is ok "wink"

Sara Mac's challenge was to make a wedding or anniversary card.    I haven't needed a card for either of these, but I noticed that Giga Guidelines had a wedding sentiment that I liked, so I inked it up.

The background was tough!!   Glad I was forced to breakout a background stamp :)

Thanks!

Papertrey Dolls Challenge # 37

I am behind on PTD's challenges, so I thought I would focus on catching up this week.  My first one is for Suzanne's patterned paper challenge.   Just trying it, helped me understand how difficult it is, as many of you have mentioned.  I am not really happy with the result, but after messing with it forever, I just glued it down.

One new thing I messed with for this challenge was die cutting patterned paper.  It has some potential, but I am not there yet.

I am so thankful for this forum that pushes me to try new things.

Here is my card:

Thanks for looking!

Scraping on the go

Hello Everyone,


I am posting from Southern California.   We packed up the minivan and drove for three days to get to the coast.   My DH was kind enough to let me bring tons of scrap stuff, but I still miss a few things I forgot.   Oh well, necessity is the mother of invention as they say.


Here are two similar cards I made this am.    I have two people who have had accidents in the past two weeks, so I made them some get well cards.

You can see the background on the lower one is a palm tree.   Everything grows so well out here.   Its quite a change from the burnt dirt of Texas.

Looking forward to some of my homies coming out to visit.

Wishing you all well!

Embellish #2 and CAS-ual Fridays

This is my second card for the Embellish Magazine challenge. 

Again I also used the CAS-ual Friday challenge as well.   It was so fun!

Hope you will go check these challenges out!

Thanks for looking :)

Embellish Challenge and CAS-ual Fridays

Embellish Magazine gives us a color combo+background stamping challenge. 

I must admit that these colors were very very difficult for me.   I messed with my three cards(but I am only entering two as per rules) for hours. 

I also tried to incorporate the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.   I am hoping that it is considered a sketch challenge even though its a bit different this week.    Go check it out, its really fun!

Here is my first card using the row: ribbon, die felt.

Thanks for looking!

Day Four of Damask Design

Hey There.....


This is my last card made with the colors from OTWC #55 and Damask Design.

I had fun trying to use them in unique ways.  

Thanks for looking!

Day Three of Damask Designs

For the third card, I used the colors from OTWC#55 again.   

I tried to incorporate some patterned paper as well.  I am not sure if you can see the small damasks on the lighter patterned paper strip at the bottom.   I stamped them with Tim Holtz Distress ink in antique linen.   I would love to know some of your favor colors of this ink.

I guess I will enter it in the Wee Memories challenge too :)

Thanks for looking!

Day two of Damask Designs

Here is another card I made with Damask Designs from PTI.  I instantly fell in love with this set when  it was released, but it can be intimidating to use.   This exercise (inspired by Lee Anne) really helps push your limits and creativity. 

I am entering this in the OTWC #55.

Thanks for looking!