PTI Anniversary Day 4 Challenge

It's Day 4 of the Anniversary Celebration at Papertrey Ink, and I'm catching up with the challenges this weekend.  You can see all the challenges and new products if you go to Nichole's Blog.

Our challenge today was to create a bouquet of flowers from different floral stamp sets.  I pulled out a few of my favorites to see how they would go together and decided on Life, Larger Than Life, and Floral Fusion #11.

Here's what I came up with:

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Hello Friend

It's no secret around here that one of my favorite sets is Papertrey Ink's Life designed by Lisa Johnson.  I've used it here, along with a mini-set from Think Big Favorites to stamp on canvas.  Papercrafts Magazine recently had a call for submissions using natural materials like wood and canvas.  I submitted this one, but it didn't get picked up, so now you get to see it.

I combined two colors of twine around the bottom and tied a bow through a natural wood button.  I really need to go and pick up several more packages of those buttons because I love them.  

I'll share some of my other rejected cards this week.  Stay tuned!

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Make It Monday 14

This week's Make It Monday was brought to us by Erin Lincoln.  It involves "selective inking," not be confused with "selective hearing" that my almost-six-year-old suffers from.  (It's a dreadful disease!) Erin encourages us to stop the masking and use selective inking when you need a stamp to stamp in different colors.

Lisa Johnson's Life set is made for this technique!  I've used it several times with this technique.  Here's my latest - again using colors from Play Date Cafe this week, but I think I've reached my limit in submissions for them this week:

I stamped the leaves in Ripe Avocado and then the blooms were stamped in Orange Zest with a little Pure Poppy rolled on the edges.  After I got the color down, I stamped the blooms again in Versamark and embossed them with my new Holographic embossing powder.

Then I scored the frame to highlight the images.

The sentiment is also done with the selective inking technique Erin is highlighting this week.  The orange part of the sentiment is one long strip, but I wanted it on two lines, so I only inked it up a little at a time. 

Another fun week at PTI.  This challenge along with the big release week has me losing some sleep!  What's on your Wish List?  I haven't taken the plunge with Year Of Flowers yet, so the mini-set looks very appealing.  I also love the Fruit Fusion, all the Floral Fusion, Think Big and Tag Its sets!  I thought I would take it easy this month, but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen!

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Here are a couple of other cards I've made with Life and selective inking.

 

 

Play Date Cafe #80

This week's challenge at the Play Date Cafe is beautiful!  Here's the link to play along, and here's the inspiration photo:

You don't see red paired with orange too often, so this was a bit of a challenge.  I've seen a lot of designers using white panels on white card bases lately, and haven't tried it yet.  I gave it a try with this challenge and here's how it ended up:

I used the Vineyard Impression plate from Papertrey Ink on the card base, and cut the panel for the flowers on a 4x4 square.  After I stamped the flowers, I added some holographic embossing powder to the images to give them a bit of shimmer.  The bow is made from Orange Zest satin ribbon and the little tag is from PTI's Tiny Tags set and die. 

I'm considering a couple of other cards with this color combo, but have to take a nap first before I attempt them! 

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Life is so much better...

This is Week #2 of the Paper Dolls Blog Challenges.  Have you played yet?  Meg gave us a great challenge this week.  She chose a sketch from the new Paper Crafts Connection Go To Sketches magazine.  Here's what I did with it.  I can't seem to get away from Spring Moss and Pure Poppy. 

Here's the sketch from Betsy Veldman that Meg chose:

This was a fun sketch - thanks, Meg!  Everyone should visit the Dolls Blog and play along with us this week!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Cardstocks: Vintage Cream, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Tea Dye Duo
Buttons:  Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Spring Moss
Stamp Sets:  Turning a New Leaf, Life
Rustic Twine

Other Supplies:
Nestabilities Blossom Die
Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Mini-deck

 

Celebrate Life!

Hi!  I hope all is well in your little corner of the world!  I have a reject card from the February Guest Star Stamper contest.  Nichole announced the winners on her blog today.  Wow! There were some wonderful creations.  Most of the contest was to create something from some of the stamps released in January, and I didn't buy anything that month, so I just used what I had.  The category "Best Use of a Previous Set" is so broad.  You should really go and check out what these winners created!  Again - Wow!

Here's my card using Life & Background Basics: Text Style.  (Maybe the best $30.00 I've spent at PTI. Maybe. To get a better idea, I'd have to think about all the money I've spent at PTI and no one wants to do that.)

This was during my pink/green color combo phase.

(Who am I kidding? It's not a phase; I love it always!)

All Papertrey Ink Supplies:

-Stamps: Life, Background Basics Text Style

-Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Tea Dye Duo

-Paper: Vintage Cream, Spring Moss

-Ribbon: Hibiscus Burst Satin

Other:

Stickles on the pink flowers

Nesties Scalloped circles

Life is better...

Here's my card for today!

Papertrey Ink supplies:
-Turning a New Leaf stamp set
-Life stampset
-Dark Chocolate ink
-Ripe Avocado ink
-Tea Dye Duo
-Vintage Cream cardstock
-Ripe Avocado twill ribbon

Other:
-brown cardstock
-pearls colored with dark chocolate ink

Friends for Life

When I first discovered PTI, I asked people on the forum which green I should order, New Leaf or Ripe Avocado.  Most votes went to Ripe Avocado and I can understand why.  It's a beautiful green and combines nicely with so many other colors.  I loved the Turning a New Leaf stamp set when it was first introduced.  It's a keeper!

Supplies: (all Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise)

Stamps:  Turning a New Leaf, Life

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, random kraft

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Tea Dye Duo

Other:  Rustic Twine, New Leaf button, EK Success border punch, random pearls colored with Dark Chocolate ink

November PTI Blog Hop

The challenge this month says:

"The holidays are going to be here before you know it! No matter how much planning you do, there always seems to be last minute gifts and wrapping to do! This month's Blog Hop Challenge is to create a quick & inexpensive wrap or tag that can be the perfect solution for "grab & go" gifts! We can't wait to see what you create!!!"

Supplies:
-Pre-made tags
-Life Stamp Set (PTI)
-Polka Dot Basics Stamp Set (PTI)
-New Leaf Ink (PTI)
-Pure Poppy Ink (PTI)
-Pure Poppy twill ribbon (PTI)
-Diamond Stickles (on one tag)
-Glue pen and Hero Arts Prisma Glitter (on the other)
(wanted to see the difference)