Blog Hop for Laurie

The Papertrey Paper Dolls are hosting a blog hop today in honor of our fellow Doll, Laurie Willison, who made it to the Top 10 in Gallery Idol.  We are so proud and in awe of Laurie and wanted her to know that she will always be OUR Gallery Idol! 

The task sounded simple.  Head over to Laurie's blog, find one of of creations to CASE and post on our blogs for today's hop.  

As I was perusing her blog, so many choice jumped out at me.  I settled on several cards to CASE, printed them off then set to work.  What I discovered is that Laurie's style is very difficult to replicate.  There is just something about her color choices and simple designs that are hard to make your own.  The simple task turned out to be difficult for me and I ended up case-ing 2 cards that I hadn't even printed out in the first place. 

Here's the first card I CASEd of Laurie's.   You can see the blog post if you click here. 

 

Laurie does a great job with those beautiful rolled flowers.  In fact, Renee challenged us last week on our Paper Dolls blog to use those rolled flowers in a project.  You can see the details and play along with that challenge if you click here.  So, I thought I would use Laurie's rolled flowers for my card.

Here's my version:

Can you see the Background Basics Retro on the yellow panel and my new embossing folder on the green?  Excited about both of those.  I already had the Hawaiian Shores card base in my scraps, so I went ahead and used it.  By the way, I found rolling the flowers to be very difficult at first, but after I figured out a few tricks, I began to enjoy it.  If you haven't tried it yet, why don't you give it a shot.  I followed the tutorial Renee provided us on our blog that is linked above.

The second card I CASEd of Laurie's was one she submitted for Gallery Idol.  I loved the design and haven't ever stamped on vellum before, so I gave it a whirl.  

Here's the card of Laurie's.  You can see her blog post here.

I made two cards for this one.  One monotone and one with a favorite color combination of  mine - red, aqua and cream.  

Here they are:

I had to put the red plane higher on the panel because I didn't want to hide that cute bird on the cloud.

I hope you can hop with us and show Laurie how much we appreciate her talent.  Here's a list of today's participants:

Amy (kolling143)
Christy (christea)

Suzanne (*suzanne*)

Katie (choc0holic)
 Kristin (jcmom04)
Lee Anne (Lee Anne)   <--- You are here!
Renee (Renee L.)
Sara (hiinaz)

Tanna (tfiskers)
Paper Dolls Blog

Remember, if you want to play along with us, go and visit Laurie's blog and find a card to CASE.   Link it back up over on the Doll's blog.  We'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place today!

Apple of My Eye!

This is my second card for this week's Summer Card Camp.  I haven't gotten around to using any patterned paper for the challenge yet - maybe later. 

I haven't had a chance to play around with my Fruit Fusion stamps and dies that I got from PTI yet, so I knew I wanted to use them.  Seems that every time I go to the produce section, I see every color of apple imaginable, so I thought now would be a good time to use the apple set.  Even though technically, apples are a fall fruit!

Here's my card:

I'm also going to link this card to my blog group's challenge:

Deena's challenge is to use a background stamp.  In my card I used Background Basics: Tin Type from PTI.  I love how it echoes the pattern in the apple!  You should come play along with us.  We have challenges every couple of weeks - just for fun, no pressure.  Here's the link to our blog. 

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!  I'll be back tomorrow with one more card for this week's camp.

Out of This World

My blog group, the Paper Dolls, has some pretty awesome challenges going on right now.  I'm a bit behind and hoping to play catch up in the next few days before I leave for my  

FIRST SCRAPBOOKING CONVENTION!! 

I have friends that don't scrapbook, giggling at me, wondering why I need to take classes to learn how to cut paper.  I just let them giggle.  I can't wait!!

I digress.

This card is for Suzanne's challenge which is to use patterned paper for everything but the base.  You can read all about it and share your cards if you click here.  Suzanne is the queen of patterned paper.  If we all used it the way she does, there would not be a world-wide epidemic of paper hoarding.  

Here's my submission to Suzanne's challenge. 

All the patterned paper is from Fancy Pants To the Moon collection.  ("One of these days, Alice...")  Name that program.

I die cut and paper-pieced the rocket from PTI's Out of This World set and heat embossed the sentiment in the corner with silver Zing.  It shows up better in real life.  

I have one more Dolls challenge to catch up.  You should come join us.  It's totally free of charge and free of stress.  Our challenges are open to anyone and open ended! 

Thanks for stopping by My Happy Place! 

Paper Dolls #36

Jen Carter has recently brought us a wonderful challenge at the Paper Dolls Blog.  It's really no surprise to me because I have always admired Jen's creative color combos that she comes up with for her projects.  Here is the inspiration photo that she used for the challenge - and she also bought the fabulous quilt!

I love quilts.  I sleep with an old, old handmade quilt every night, so I loved this photo and want to go and find this quilt for myself.

Here's what I came up with:

I used the stamp set Sending You from Papertrey Ink and stamped the flowers in Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy.  The leaves were stamped in Simply Chartreuse.  After stamping the sentiment and matting the panel on Hawaiin Shores, and then mounting it on Harvest Gold, I filled in the centers with some yellow stickles, which had to be left to dry for quite some time.

It looks a little "folksy" to me, which is something I haven't really ever tried.

You should come and play along with this challenge by clicking here.  All of the Dolls' challenges are open for quite awhile and anyone can play along.  We are just trying to have fun and enable each other!  Join us!  The more the merrier!

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

Card Aisle Challenge

Laurie Beth, over at Soap Box Creations, challenged her blog readers to roam the card aisle to find inspiration. Then we were to go home and use the inspiration card to create one of our own.  Of course, it turns out that the cards in the aisle are way overpriced, and this just makes you feel better about all the money you spend on crafting supplies.  Well, it makes ME feel better.   You can find all the information about Laurie Beth's challenge  here and play along!  You have until Sunday. 

I didn't technically go to the card aisle to find a card.  I have received a lot of cards recently, and this one just today.

It's beautiful, I think.  I love the Ocean Tides color, the embossing look and the little bit of bling in the center of the flowers.  I would have never put this color combination together either.  It's so pretty.  I love this card.

Here's my take on it:

I heat embossed some leaves from Turning a New Leaf on the Ocean Tides cardstock, die-cut a couple of strips from the Eyelet Lace border die, and added some bling in the centers.  After stamping the sentiment on a Spellbinders die and adding some twine, I was finished.  Easy peasy.  It's not quite as fancy as the store bought card, but I love this one too. 

This was a great challenge, Laurie Beth!  Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!

And thank you for visiting My Happy Place!

Papertrey Paper Dolls Blog Hop

Hi there!  Are you having fun hopping along with the Dolls?  We are happy to have this hop so that we can get to know each other better, learn about favorite styles, colors, techniques and to share a little something that we made in honor of what brought us together last year - Papertrey Ink - PTI.

Our theme for the Blog Hop is PTI.  In each project you see, we have used something that starts with a P, something that starts with a T and something that starts with an I.

I was able to get two of my ideas completed and ready for our hop.  Here's my first one:

 

How does this fit into the theme?

P = Patterned Paper (Turning a New Leaf from PTI)

T = Turning a New Leaf stamp set, Twine, Tea Dye Duo

I = Inside and Out: Thank You stamp set and Impression Plate (Woodgrain)

My second card is a little more Spring-y:
 

How does this fit into the theme?

P = Plum Pudding cardstock, ribbon and ink

T = Tags for Spring

I = Impression Plate (Linen)

Here's a little bit more about me:
-My PTI forum name is - Lee Anne (I got lucky!)

-Where am I - I live in Texas.

-My day job - I'm a middle school science teacher.  (There are several teachers in our group!)

-My family - I just celebrated my 10-year anniversary with my wonderful husband, and we have a 5-year old son who keeps us running around. I grew up the youngest of 3 girls.  My older sisters still try to boss me around, even though I'm 40 years old now.

-When I discovered PTI - I discovered PTI between the February and March releases in 2009 and made my first purchase in March.  I purchased Wishing You and Flower Garden in my first purchase and they are still some of my favorite sets. In fact, last summer I did a tribute to both sets.  I want everyone to love both of these sets!

- How long I've been a Doll - Last year, about this time, the forum was really busy and several blog groups were forming.  I decided to join with this one, and I filled the last spot available.  Again, I got lucky! It's a great group.

-Favorite PTI products (besides stamps) - I'm loving the dies that PTI comes out with, and the cardstock is like no other!

-Favorite PTI stamp sets - That's tough!  I love Every Day Button bits for it's whimsical nature, Flower Garden for its versatility, Turning a New Leaf for its background building ability, and Tiny Treats Valentines because it can be used for almost anything!

-Favorite PTI color - Pure Poppy

-Favorite PTI color combo - Hibiscus Burst and Spring Moss

That's all from me today!  Make sure you leave a comment here before you leave so that you can be in the drawing for the stamp set we are giving away.  You are on your way to Laurie Beth now.  What a treat!

If a link doesn't work or you get lost along the way, click HERE to retun to the Dolls Blog!

Are you going to play along and link up a project with our PTI theme?  We'd love to see what you do. Link up on the Dolls blog for a chance to win a gift certificate.   

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!  Come back soon!

Paper Dolls Challenge #31

This card is for my blog group's challenge from a couple of weeks ago.  I'm trying to catch up!  Laurie challenged us with:

1.  Use a flower set, if you have it Papertrey Ink, Year of the Flowers set.
2.  Use a designer paper.  If you don't have any, make your own. 
3.  Use at least three different colors.

I love to paper-piece the flowers from PTI's Flower Garden set, so I knew that was the set I was going to use.  I don't own any of the Year of Flowers sets, and quickly turn my head away when I see someone create something fabulous.  And I scream, "No, No, NO...I don't want that set!"  We'll see how long I can keep it up.  

Here's my card:

I love that patterned paper.  All of it is from Bo Bunny and was part of a free pad I received at Archivers.  I've never used it, because I have a problem using my patterned paper. (I'm on Step 2 of the 12 Step program for this.)

I cut out the flowers and leaves by hand but would not mind a die set for Flower Garden!  (LISA JOHNSON- are you reading this?) Who am I kidding...she's not.

Here's the inside:

Come along and play with the Dolls on our challenges.  We'll have a new one this week AND we have a big BLOG HOP planned to start on March 9th.  Fun!  Click here for our blog and join the fun!

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

 

Paper Dolls Challenge #32

This card is for the Paper Dolls Challenge #32, issued by Amy.  She challenged us to create a project with these requirements:

The Challenge

1.  Embossing

2.  Use any floral image from PTI

3.  Spring colors

 

"Any floral image from PTI" - sounds easy, right?  No!  That choice is very, very difficult.  There are way too many great floral images, and I only have a few of them.  I don't even own any of the Year of Flowers sets.  Every time I see a project done with them, I turn my head quickly to avert my eyes so as not to be tempted to order all 12 sets at once.  

The spring part of Amy's challenge made me think of tulips, and the obvious choice for that was one of my favorite sets, "Wishing You."  I also included the challenge this week for Make It Monday - to apply glitter using scor-tape.  I created a frame around the edges of the green mat to add some sparkle to the card. 

 

Here's my card:

I started by stamping and embossing the tulip leaves with VersaMark and Zing powder on Vintage Cream  cardstock.  Then I ran the mat through my Big Shot with the Canvas Impression plate.  I used my new favorite edger punch on the sides.  The glitter border is on a piece of Simply Chartreuse cardstock.  I chose some happy, spring colors for the tulips, stamped them, cut them out and popped them up.  After adding a butterfly, I was finished.  

Here's the inside:

 

And since I've learned how to do close-up views pretty well, you get to see this one too!  It really shows the canvas impression plate.

 

Thanks for looking today and visiting My Happy Place.  To play along with this Dolls challenge, click here and have a ton of fun!

 

All Papertrey Ink Supplies (unless noted otherwise):

Stamps:  Wishing You, Make a Wish

Ink:  Orangerie, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Smokey Shadow, Wisteria (Color Box), Versamark

Paper:  Vintage Cream, Simply Chartreuse, Bitty Dot Basics

Tools:  Canvas impression plate, Bracket Edger Punch (EK Success), Butterfly punch (Martha Stewart)

Other:  Zing embossing powder, Hero Arts prisma glitter, 1/4-inch scor tape, rhinestones

Thank you, Nichole!

I was purely a scrapbooker until February 2009.  I kept seeing this little company pop up on a couple of blogs I followed...Papertrey Ink.  (Who???  What??) I found their website and couldn't find the stamps that were being showcased at the time.  Little did I know, PTI was in the middle of a release at the time and hadn't fully revealed all the February 2009 glory yet.  I began to follow Nichole Heady's blog only to discover that there is another whole world of paper-crafting out there that had nothing to do with scrapbooks - cardmaking.  I was hooked.

Thanks to some friendly PTI forum members, I've even been encouraged to use my favorite PTI products on my scrapbook layouts - which I'm thrilled about - more bang for the buck!  This makes me giddy! 

The community that PTI has built is like no other.  The forum is a friendly, inspiring place.  Several blog groups have been formed to support and challenge each other. Even the owners, design team and customer service representatives are available most of the time on the forum to answer questions. I love PTI and all that it has to offer - from products to people.  So, thank you, Nichole, Jennifer, Julie, and everyone behind the scenes for giving so many people so much joy!

I made you this card to show my thanks!  It's not easy to please all the people all the time, but I know you all have the commitment to try!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Stampers Select

Ink:  Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse

Buttons: Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse

Other:  Doodlebug patterned paper,  Spellbinders Label 8 dies

P.S.  This also fits the challenge for the Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge! Michelle challenged us to use a stamp that has not seen ink and a product we haven't used yet.  The stamp was the balloon strings and the product was Harvest Gold cardstock - yum!

Dolls Challenge #15

Last week, Bonnie Rose challenged us to create something using an inspiration photo.  You can see all the details and play along with us by clicking here.  Here's the photo she chose:

Isn't it a beautiful scarf?  I would love to have it!  Here's the card I made for this challenge:

Why don't you all come along and play with us on this challenge?

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps:Big & Bold Wishes

Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, Stampers Select

Ink: Hawaiian Shores

Other:  Prima Flowers, Rhinestones

Paper Dolls Challenge #13

I am a bit behind on some of the Dolls' challenges.  My apologies to Leish - who gave us a great challenge to find a piece of fabric in our closets as inspiration.  You can see the details of the challenge and other participant's cards here.  It occurred to me the other day, as I was wearing the shirt pictured below, that it was "Hawaiian Shores" in color and had bits of twine sewn through the flower.  I thought it would be a great card to create. 
Here's my shirt:

 And my card.  You knew I'd have to use Flower Garden, right?

Thanks for looking.  Come play along with our other Paper Dolls challenges.  You can find us here.

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps:Flower Garden, Inside and Out: Thank You

Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, Stampers Select

Ink: Fresh Snow, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss

Vintage Buttons: Hawaiian Shores
Ribbon: Rustic Jute Twin
Other:  Kraft (my PTI kraft is on its way to my house right now), Spellbinders die

Paper Dolls Challenge #12

Lisa (mimig) came up with a GREAT challenge for us this week.  She showed us a picture of her daughter's art and wanted us to use it as inspiration for a card.  Here's her daughter's piece:

Precious - isn't it?  Can't you see little fingers digging into the clay to make the flower petals?












I knew that I had to use Flower Garden for this one.  I know...I know...Flower Garden again?  YES!!

Here's my card.  I must admit, I wasn't sure about it when I finished, but now that it has sat for awhile, I think I'm OK with it.

I loved this challenge, and I'm thinking about taking a tour of my own house and seeing what inspiration is hiding from me.  You can see the details of Lisa's challenge and play along with us on our blog here. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Handwritten Notes

Cardstock:  Spring Rain, Lemon Tart, New Leaf, Stampers Select

Patterned Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics (Berry Sorbet)

Ink: True Black

Other:  Sizzix Big Leaf Die

P.S.  For the record - see my coffee?  That's the next PTI color I really, really, REALLY want!

A Week with Wishing You - Day 2

I'm having so much fun working with one of my first and favorite stamps sets from Papertrey Ink!  Today I am focusing on the large tulip and stem images from Wishing You, designed by Melissa Bickford.

I did something a little different this time and designed a card that was 4"x8".  This is for the Paper Dolls challenge that Annika issued for us.  You can get all the details here. 

I inked the edges at the top with Hawaiian Shores and the bottoms with New Leaf  to resemble the sky and grass.  The tulips are super easy to cut out, and I gave them some dimension by securing them with pop dots!  Tomorrow is Day 3!  Come back and see me!


Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You

Paper:  Vintage Cream, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst

Ink: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Orangerie

Tools:  Eyelet Lace Border Die

Other Supplies: Sakura Stardust Pen, Kaiser rhinestones

Paper Dolls Challenge #10

Wow!  I can't believe over ten weeks have passed since I joined an amazing group of talented women from the Papertrey Ink forum. We call ourselves the Paper Dolls; you can check out our blog here.

Last week Amy challenged us with a very versatile sketch to use.  You can see her example and all the details if you click here!  Come play along!

Here's my card for the sketch:

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Round and Round (3rd Anniversary set), Turning a New Leaf

Paper:  Spring Moss, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Green Tea Leaves

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Tea Dye Duo

Tools:  Medium Scallop Die

Other Supplies: Sakura Stardust Pen, EK Success 1.75" punch (Thanks, TANNA!)

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 1

Have I told you how much I love Lisa Johnson's Flower Garden set?  I do.  It was in my first-ever PTI order.  It has several different kinds of flowers with both outlines and solid stamps of the same flowers.  You can stamp the solid flower in one color and the outline in another.  It is so versatile - everyone should have it!

This week, I'm going to have 7 different projects showing you my love for this stamp set!  Come back each day to see what I have come up with.  Of course, nothing comes close to Lisa's and the Design Team's  awesome projects, so you can see more of their stuff here.  

I used Nichole's color scheme from this post in the June Countdown for this card.  I knew I had to try it when I saw her card. It's so summery and pretty. Flower Garden is perfect for this color combo!

I made a mask with a post-it note and used to to create the background paper.  The sentiment is from Flower Garden Sentiments, the $5.00 companion set. It's a must-have also with several sentiments in it.

This was an easy card to create and I should have done more to make a set, but I didn't.  Maybe later!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see what can be done with the other large flower stamp from this set!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Flower Garden Sentiments, Inside & Out: Thank You (inside sentiment)

Paper: Summer Sunrise and Stampers Select Cardstocks

Ink: Orangerie, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse

Ribbon: Simply Chartreuse

Other Supplies:

Brads

Spellbinders tags die

Circle punch

Orange Cardstock

Paper Dolls Challenge #8

I was lucky enough to get to be a part of a great group of women on the PTI forum.  We challenge each other to use different color combos, sketches and to get out of our comfort zone.  That, plus they are all so nice and supportive.  It's been a lot of fun!

This week it's my turn to host the challenge and my inspiration came from a shirt my sister had on recently.  It was such a different combination of colors and I just loved it.

I've made two cards with this color combination.  Come and play along with us!  You can get all the details here.  Here are my cards:

Birthday Wishes

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Up, Up and Away and Sentiments

Paper: Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss

Other Supplies:

EK Success Border Punch

Thank You

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Take 3: Summer, Inside & Out: Thank You

Paper: Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado and Stampers Select Cardstocks

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Ripe Avocado

Ribbon: Ripe Avocado

Other Supplies:

Brads

Spellbinders tags die

Paper Dolls Challenge #7

It's Laurie Beth's turn to challenge the Paper Dolls over on our Blog.  She wanted us to make our own patterned paper, create a clean and simple (CAS) card, or to do both.  I think I combined both parts to her challenge with this card:

I randomly stamped the cloud stamps from Up, Up and Away on a piece of Spring Rain cardstock.  Then after outlining each cloud with a glue pen, I poured prisma glitter on the paper and let it sit.  I thought the sentiment from the companion set went well with the images.

Here's the inside.  The sentiment is from Every Day Button Bits.  I die cut the balloons and colored them the other day.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them at the time, but now I'm glad I had them sitting there waiting.  (Sorry about the dark photo; it was getting dark.)

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Up, Up and Away and Sentiments, Every Day Button Bits

Paper: Spring Rain and Stampers Select Cardstocks

Ink: Fresh Snow, Smokey Shadow

Other Supplies:

Hero Arts Prisma Glitter
Aqua Color Pencils
Dove bender pen