A Week with Wishing You - Day 5

How about Clean and Simple today?  Sometimes these cards are the hardest for me to do.  I admit, I'm not very successful at adding a lot of embellishments like Melissa Phillips or Betsey Veldman, but sometimes the CAS cards just look a little undone.  I worked past that for this card today. 

Enchanted Evening is right up there with Pure Poppy in my favorite PTI colors.  Wow! Do you have this color?  I used one of the medallion shaped images on this one as the focal point.  There is a second one in the set that is just as pretty as this one.  Melissa Bickford really thought through the sentiments and packed Wishing You with all occasion messages!  I don't know anyone that is getting married anytime soon, but I'll have a card for the wedding when it does happen!  I could have easily used the "Wishing You Comfort" sentiment and created a sympathy card, but I needed a happy moment!

I'll be back tomorrow with more Pure Poppy!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You

Paper:  Stampers Select White, Enchanted Evening

Ink: Enchanted Evening

Ribbon:  Enchanted Evening Twill Tape

Other Supplies: Versamark, Zing White Embossing Powder, Spellbinders

A Week with Wishing You - Day 4

Kraft - I love kraft.  And I love just about any color stamped on kraft, especially white.  Today's card is focusing on the medium sized tulip and stem images from Wishing You, a Papertrey Ink set designed by Melissa Bickford.  I carried white tulips in my wedding, so I had to make at least one card with that in mind!

Notice that the center of this tulip is a little bit different than the larger one from two days ago.  This one has a strip of square blocks on it instead of the polka dots.  The bottom white strip is covered with Scor Tape and sprinkled with prisma glitter.  I'm not sure you can see that in this picture.  Again, Melissa has so many versatile sentiments in this set.  She thought of everything!

See you tomorrow!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You

Paper:  Stampers Select White, New Leaf

Ink: New Leaf, Fresh Snow, Summer Sunrise

Ribbon: New Leaf Satin

Tools:  Scor Tape

Other Supplies: Kraft, Spellbinders dies, Hero Arts Prisma Glitter

A Week with Wishing You - Day 3

Happy 4th of July!  I hope you are having a day filled with family, celebration, ice cream, hot dogs and fireworks!  I'll be having all of those things today!

Today's card is all about Pure Poppy.  I love, love, LOVE it!  And you can't make a card using Wishing You without using pure poppy!  In fact, there will be another card later this week using pure poppy again!

Here is today's:

I used a sentiment as a background builder, stamped in True Black.  I added a Fillable Frame to surround the focal point this time.  Don't you just love that "Wish" sentiment.  Melissa Bickford was very clever with that one!  It may have been the image that sold me on the whole set when she released it. 

I'll be back with more tomorrow - kraft - in fact.  I can't stay away from it!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You, Fillable Frame #1

Paper:  Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White

Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy, New Leaf

Tools:  Fillable Frame #1 Die

Ribbon:  Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch

Other Supplies: Kaiser Rhinestones

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

A Week with Wishing You - Day 1

Wishing You - the stamp set that started my crazy addiction/obsession/loyalty to Papertrey Ink.  Designed by Melissa Bickford, this set is full of beautiful images and sentiments for just about every occasion.  It was released in March of 2009, just after I first discovered PTI and I couldn't wait to get it!  It was the first set from PTI that I put in my cart, and I haven't looked back since!  I get very excited any time that I see Melissa has a new set coming out - it pretty much means that I'm a goner for the month.

Several different sizes of tulips are available in this set, along with 2 oval shaped images, stems with leaves, a dragonfly and  clusters of tulips.  You can see Melissa's highlights of this set when it was released if you click here and scroll down a bit.  And here you can see Nichole's countdown post when the set was highlighted on her blog.

On this first card of my Week with Wishing You I'm highlighting the cluster of tulips, along with two of the small "free" tulips.

As you can see, this set works well to build your own background if you want.  You can also use the images as a focal point, as I'll do tomorrow.  Come back then!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You

Paper:  Stampers Select, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Orange Zest

Ink: Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst

Tools:  Rick Rack Die

Other Supplies: Sakura Stardust Pen

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 7

Here we are - the last day of highlighting Flower Garden here on my blog.  Thanks to all of you that have stuck with me for this week and for leaving such nice comments!  I hope I have enabled you a little and this set is now at the top of your PTI Wish List!  Don't bump it down - you won't regret it!

On today's card I used the last flower image in the set and wanted to do some coloring.  I love to color!  You could see evidence of that by looking in my son's coloring books.  Really - is there anything better than a new box of crayons? (besides new stamps?)

Here's my card.  I was in the mood for something a little different, so this is a 4.25" square card.

Copics scare me.  Not only are they expensive, but the fact that I have to have certain numbers of certain colors to make sure they all coordinate is a little intimidating.  I love the look of them, and those of you that use them do a great job - but they scare me.  Therefore, I use Aquacolor pencils and a blender pen.

This started in my mind as a CAS card, and I tried to stay true to that original thought, but coloring may have pushed it over the edge of not being simple.  There is a solid stamp to use as a fill-in for those of you that don't like to color.  I outlined the flower in my Sakura Stardust pen to add a little sparkle.  Once again, all of these images are in the main Flower Garden set.  The companion set is a must have too!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden

Paper:  Spring Moss, Vintage Cream

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Hibiscus Burst

Other Supplies:

Aquacolor pencils, Dove blender pen, gemstones, Sakura pen

Again, thanks for sticking with me for 7 days as I have highlighted one of my favorite stamp sets designed by Lisa Johnson. I'm exhausted and am probably on my way to our beach vacation as you read this!

Here are all the cards together:

I'm trying to decide which set to focus on next - Scattered Showers & Additions, Springtime Doodles or Wishing You.   In the meantime, you can see several other cards I've made with Flower Garden by clicking on these links:

March 2009 (after I first discovered PTI)
CPS Challenge (I loved this sketch!)
World Card Making Day (CAS - super-easy with this set)
February Blog Hop (2 cards for the hop: creating background paper and also coloring in)
March 2010 (what's better than kraft and pure poppy?  Cork and pure poppy!)
Becky's Challenge (coloring, cutting & background paper)

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 6

Today I'm highlighting one of the last two flower images from Lisa Johnson's Flower Garden set.  The simplicity of this flower makes it so versatile and I highly encourage you to go to Lisa's post here to see exactly what I'm talking about.

Here's my card for today, using this versatile flower.

I used three different colors and rotated the solid stamp a little each time I stamped the flower.  After I was finished I stamped the outline of the flower in Versamark and heat embossed.  I didn't line it up perfectly each time, and I like the way it turned out.  I added a little nailhead to each flower, added a bow and the sentiment strip.  This is another easy card that could be replicated quickly and with different color schemes!  All of these stamps are in the main Flower Garden set, but you could easily use some of the sentiments from the companion set.

Come back tomorrow for my last day of highlighting Flower Garden!  Does anyone like to color in images? Even though this set has solid images to fill in with ink, the outlined images are PERFECT for coloring! Tomorrow I'll be doing that!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden

Paper:  Stampers Select, Summer Sunrise

Ink: Pure Poppy, Orangerie, Summer Sunrise

Ribbon: Summer Sunrise Grosgrain

Other Supplies:

Nailheads
Versamark
White and clear embossing powders

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 5

I have a monochromatic card for you today, that happens to also be submitted to the Paper Crafts Go-To Sketch Challenge #4.  Click here to see other submissions and come play along; you have until midnight (MDT) on Monday, June 28th!

I wanted to show you that Flower Garden is good for background building too.  I stamped the vine, stem outline leaf, and flower outline images and inked the edges of all the cardstock in Ripe Avocado.  I bet you thought it was Tea Dye Duo!  I filled in the leaf outline with the solid leaf stamped in Spring Moss. I filled in the flower with Vintage Cream ink and QUICKLY put on clear embossing powder.  I love how there is an outline and a solid image for both of the large flowers in this set. Lisa Johnson is brilliant!

There are still two more flower images I haven't shown you yet.  Come back tomorrow for more!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Flower Garden Sentiments

Paper:  Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Vintage Cream

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Vintage Cream

Rustic Jute Twine

Other Supplies:

Marvy Scalloped Square and Square Punches
EK Success Scalloped Border Punch
Clear Embossing Powder
Sakura Stardust pen (dots in the center of the flower)

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 4

I thought I'd bring something today with a some brighter colors using Flower Garden, one of my favorite sets designed by Lisa Johnson.  As much as I love Kraft with yellow, or red, or green, or really any other color, sometimes bright and bold colors speak to me.

On this card I used the other small, outline flower to make a little bouquet.

I love the Hawaiian Shores color from PTI, and since I have reinked my pad, it's been true to color.  Each image on this card is from Flower Garden, but you could easily incorporate some of the sentiments in the companion set for this too.  Maybe I'll use one of those for an inside sentiment.  They'd be perfect for that!

I still have more to show you in my Week with Flower Garden here on my blog!  Come back and see what else you can do with this set!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden

Paper:  Hibiscus, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream

Ink: New Leaf, Hibiscus, Hawaiian Shores, Orangerie

Tools: Rick-rack Die

Other Supplies:

Orange cardstock
Rhinestones (colored with Orangerie ink & heat set)

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 3

Have you stuck with me for 3 days now?  Well, I'm back with more love for Flower Garden, a Papertrey Ink stamp set designed by Lisa Johnson. 

This time, I'm showing you one of the smaller versions of the outlined flower.  I stamped it around the edges as a border and then added in one of the solid leaf images.  The sentiment and bee are both from  Flower Garden Sentiments, the $5.00 companion set.

I love pure poppy stamped on kraft.  There's just something about it.  After I finished stamping, the card felt like it needed something, so I added the bow.


See you tomorrow with a bright and cheery card using the other small flower in this set!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Flower Garden Sentiments

Paper:  Pure Poppy

Ink: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, True Black

Ribbon: Pure Poppy Twill Tape

Other Supplies:

Kraft

A Week with Flower Garden - Day 2

Thanks for coming back!  Yesterday, I showed you one of the larger solid flower images from Flower Garden, designed by Lisa Johnson.  Using that stamp, you don't have to color or cut out - just stamp and go.  I thought I'd show you the other larger flower image today, only the outline version.

Here, I stamped the outline version on a piece of patterned paper in Summer Sunrise and cut out each flower.  They are super easy to cut out, but I would not mind having a die for this set (hint, hint, cough, cough)!  I also stamped one of the outlined leaf images on a piece of paper, cut them out, and secured them onto the cardstock first.  I left the ends without adhesive and curled them up to give them a raised effect.  The flowers are secured with pop dots and I placed stickles in the center and let them dry.  Again, the sentiment is from Flower Garden Sentiments, the $5.00 companion set.

I'll be back tomorrow with more love for this set!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Flower Garden Sentiments

Paper:  Stampers Select Cardstocks, Bitty Dot Basics in Spring Moss

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado 

Other Supplies:

My Minds Eye - Just Dreamy 2 patterned paper
Stickles
Kraft

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

Father's Day

My dad is one of those guys who really doesn't need anything, and what he needs, he buys.  Plus, his birthday is always a week after Father's Day.  Those two things, along with the fact that he is fighting a battle with cancer right now and doesn't WANT anything, makes it extremely hard to think of what to do for him. 

So, what do I do?  I make a card.  What else is there to do?

First, I stamped and heat embossed the polka dots on Summer Sunrise cardstock.  Do you recognize the shape of the gold sticking out of the pot?  It's the small cloud die!  Yep!  Do you recognize the black pot?  It's the large balloon die flipped upside down.  I love it when I figure out different ways of using tools!

I sewed the green strip on to resemble grass and dabbed it with New Leaf ink to give it a little texture look.  The large cloud die and white cardstock are inked on the edges with Spring Rain.  The card base, also white cardstock, is inked on the edges with Summer Sunrise.  After coloring the rainbow, I outlined each border with my Sakura Stardust pen. 

This card came about because I was staring at the Luck of the Irish set that I HAD to have in February, but still hadn't figured out how to use it. When I saw that sentiment, I thought it would be good for many celebrations, and everything came together from there.  I stamped the inside with a sentiment from Inside &  Out: Thank You. 

I was able to think of my dad the entire time I was making this, which makes it all the more for him.

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Up, Up and Away, Polka Dot Basics 2, Luck of the Irish, Inside & Out: Thank You

Paper: True Black, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Stampers Select White

Ink: Black, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Spring Rain

Other Supplies:

VersaMark
Clear Embossing Powder
Sakura Stardust Pen
Aquacolor Pencils

Another Layout!

Once again, thanks again to Beth for giving us some extra motivation to get some layouts done with our stamps.  I've completed another, and now I'm out of pictures to use and must print some more.  Next up - Christmas!

Here's my layout.  I didn't use PTI stamps for the background, but the words are Fresh Alphabet, and the green paper is New Leaf.  I also inked the edges of the green paper with Tea Dye Duo. There's some Dark Chocolate twill  in there too. 

Here's a close up of the cute dinosaur stamp.  I won it in a Paper Crafts Connection give-away in April. 

I'm not completely crazy about this layout; I wanted to do something other than squares or rectangles for the photos, so it looks a bit strange to me for now.  I usually don't like my layouts until I put them in the book and look at them a few days later.  Anyway, it's done now and I can move on!

Papertrey Pages June Challenge

This is my third post for today, so please scroll down to see the other two!

Beth has motivated many of us on the PTI forum to use our stamps for our scrapbooking layouts.  Like many other people on the forum, I was a scrapbooker first.  Then PTI came into my life, and scrapping took a backseat to cardmaking.  I was thrilled when Beth opened the floor for layout challenges. 

This month's challenge was to create our own background paper with stamps.  PERFECT!  I've had these zoo pictures sitting around waiting to be put on a layout, so there is no time like the present.

I love PTI's background stamps.  I especially love the ones that are easy to line up.  BB: Tin Type is so easy (even a caveman could do it! [sorry, had to do it])
I'm not sure I've used the other two stamps in this set because I love, love, LOVE this one so much. 

Here's my layout:

I am becoming a CAS scrapbooker lately, perhaps because it is easy and fast.  I need to get caught up.  You can see I'm only on November, and right now it is June.  I set my own deadlines.  The facing page is made up of more pictures with some patterned zoo paper.  No PTI stamps on it, so I didn't take a picture.

Thanks, Beth!  Keep up the motivation please!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Background Basics: Tin Type, Vintage Labels

Paper: Dark Chocolate

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Rustic Jute Twine, Dark Chocolate button

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

Ted's Color Challenge

Ted has issued a challenge to us this month to create a project with warm colors.  Thinking about warmth is not hard here in Texas where the temperatures are already nearing 100*.  His suggestions were to use red, orange and yellow, so I went with that on this card.

I can't get enough of Alli's Take 3 set.  I just love it!

You can play along with Ted's color challenge by clicking here for all the info!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Take 3: Summer

Paper: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise and Stampers Select Cardstocks

Ink: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Orangerie, True Black

Medium Scallop Die

Other Supplies:

Orange Paper

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

Celebrate With Style

I'm going to take a (brief) break from my obsession with all things Papertrey Ink and talk about my first love.

I love Hero Arts.  They were the first stamps I ever used, the first blog I ever followed, the first challenge I ever entered, the first challenge I ever won.  Besides all of that...they have great stamps and a very fun and supportive Flickr group.

The blog hostesses have different themes each month for challenges.  Here's this month's:

Here's the card I entered today.

 Hopefully, since school is out, I'll  really be able to participate more with them this summer.  I had such fun creating cards and layouts with my Hero Arts stamps last summer.  I'm hoping to do something with the Color Layering technique for the month.  I did that on this card awhile ago and it was a lot of fun.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Stamps: Galaxy of Stars, Mixed Design Borders, Happiness Messages

Paper: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White (PTI)

Ink: Pure Poppy, Versamark

Other: Zing embossing powders in silver and white, silver twine, silver nail heads

Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #6

Deena has issued a sketch challenge for us this week at the Paper Dolls Blog!  Have you seen it?  It's a goodie, and the timing is perfect since I needed to create something for my son's teachers.  The sketch is made to incorporate a gift card holder! PERFECT!

Here are the two cards I used and will be giving to my son's teachers this afternoon after Pre-Kindergarten Graduation (wiping away tears here!)

As I said on the forum the other day, I'm a teacher and it is the end of school.  Therefore, my time and creativity are at a low right now.  So, I just used the sketch Deena chose and made two exact cards.  My son already signed the back of them, so now I just need to add my message. 

Here's the sketch Deena gave us.  Come play along!

 

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Big and Bold Wishes

Paper: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select Cardstocks, Bitty Dot Basics

Ink: Pure Poppy

Other: Summer Sunrise Buttons, Rustic Jute Twine, Pure Poppy Twill

Other Supplies:

Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Mini-deck

Rhinestones

PTI May Blog Hop

The May Blog Hop is tonight and Nichole asked us to use one of PTI's newest products - felt!  I just received my release night package yesterday, with the Vintage Cream felt and cloud dies packed inside.  A match made in Heaven!  You can see everyone's project if you click here.

Here's my card:

And here's the inside:

The idea to cut out the clouds from the main card came from Mailles. 
Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Stamps:  Up, Up and Away and Inside and Out: Thank You
Paper: Spring Rain, Vintage Cream, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink:  Smokey Shadow
Tools: Cloud and Balloon Dies, Vintage Cream Felt

Dolls Challenge - #5

It's Michelle's turn to challenge the rest of us over at the Paper Dolls Blog.  She closed her eyes and picked 3 colors.  I have to admit that these colors really didn't go together when I first looked at them, but her beautiful example really changed my mind. She chose Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores and Berry Sorbet.

I've only just recently discovered Berry Sorbet from PTI.  It was in my sampler pack and I never gave it a second look until I made this card a few weeks ago.  I haven't ordered any of the paper, buttons, ribbon or ink yet, but it is next on my list of colors to buy.

Here's my card for Michelle's challenge.  

And here's the inside:

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, Stampers Select White Cardstocks
Inks: Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores
Stamps: BB: Tin Type, Butterfly Dreams, sentiment from Every Day Button Bits, inside sentiment Birthday Basics
Ribbon:  Dark Chocolate Twill Tape
Tool:  Butterfly Dreams Die

Other Supplies:
Pearls (painted w/ Dark Chocolate ink)
Cuttlebug embossing folder

Also, last week's challenge sponsored by Jen was to create a feminine card and then a masculine card with the same stamp set.  Unfortunately, my masculine card stinks and still looks too girly.  But here is my feminine card.  Hopefully, I can fix the other one. I don't like to not finish. 

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Paper: Spring Moss, Stampers Select White Cardstocks
Inks: Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Fillable Frames #1

Ribbon:  Hibiscus Burst Satin
Buttons: Hibiscus Burst
Tool:  Fillable Frames Die (masked)
Other: pink rhinestones

Heather's Sketch

During the latest countdown for PTI, Heather gave us a sketch to use.  You can see her awesome example and the sketch she drew here.  Again, I have been scrapping each month of my son's life since he was born.  This is the past Thanksgiving.  A lot happened in November, so there will be 2 other layouts for that month - going to see "Walking With Dinosaurs" and a trip to the zoo.  I've just started using these page dividers to make life a little easier.  That is the layout on the left; it's just out of the dividers.  The right side is following Heather's sketch.  She also wanted us to use some PTI dies in our layouts.  This die is Fillable Frames #1. After seeing Heather's example again, I wish I would have looked at it again before I started my own.  I like how she used more patterned paper.  That is always a challenge to me. 

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Turning a New Leaf Stamp set
Fillable Frame #1 die
Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Duo inks
Rustic Jute Twine and Rustic Buttons

Other Supplies
Hero Arts "Happy Thanksgiving" set (CL119)
unknown patterned paper
Probably Archivers green and gold cardstocks

Papertrey Pages, May Challenge

Beth posted a challenge for the PTI scrapbookers to motivate us to use our stamps more in scrapbooking.  This month's challenge is to use watercoloring on a layout.

Since my son was born, I have made a scrapbook each year that highlights month by month.  This is the October page from this past October.  A friend of mine dragged me kicking and screaming into the pre-divided page protectors, so that is the page that is on the left.  I just took it out of the protector to prevent the glare.  The reason I have gone in this direction of scrapbooking is because I'm behind on my self-imposed deadline because some certain company has entwined me into cardmaking.  Hmmm. Wonder which company that is!

Here is my layout.  I blacked out the faces of other kids.  My husband asked me why I did that and the only answer I had was that it just felt like the right thing to do, so please excuse the blotches.  They are precious children, just not mine.

I stamped the pumpkin on Vintage Cream and colored them in with Aquacolor pencils using orange and brown. Then I used my Dove Blender pen to blend in the colors.  I tried to make the pumpkin darker on the left side.  The change is not as dramatic as it looks in the picture.  It's actually blended pretty evenly.

Supplies:
-Stamps:  Hero Arts Happy Thanksgiving (pumpkin), PTI's Turning a New Leaf
-Paper: random Kraft 12x12, PTI's Vintage Cream
-Ink: PTI's Dark Chocolate and Orange Zest
-Aquacolor Pencils and a Dove Blending Pen
-American Crafts Thickers

Paper Dolls Challenge #3

We are really going strong on our Paper Dolls Blog!  This is our third week to post challenges, and a lot of other PTIers are participating!  I love that!  Have you see our blog yet?  Come see what fun we are having.

This week, Suzanne has issued a very verstatile sketch challenge.  You can keep it simple, or dress it up.  I made a set of cards using this sketch.  Here they are:

I'm not sure you can even see the stitching I did or the sparkle from the Sakura pen around the blooms on the stamp.  Since PTI released the Green Tea Leaves paper last year, I had to have it.  Each time I put it in my cart, I had to take it out to get something else.  (grrrrrr...budget).  Finally, I made it a priority in February when I ordered things for the Anniversary Release .  It's May now. This is the first time I opened it and used it.  It took me that long to talk myself into cutting into it.  I know I'm not the only one like this.  Right?  Right????

Here's Suzanne's fabulous sketch at the Dolls blog.  Y'all come play!

All Papertrey Ink supplies (except the light kraft paper, which I'm hoping they will have soon)
-Stamps: Round and Round Third Anniversary Set
-Cardstock: Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, kraft
-Ink: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Tea Dye Duo
-Buttons: Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado
-Rustic Jute Twine

Other:
-Sakura Stardust Pen
-Thread

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

Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #1

Our new PTI group, Papertrey Paper Dolls, has its first challenge this week. Laurie Beth challenged us with a sketch she created.  I created 2 cards with the sketch.  Here's the first.

All Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Paper: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy
Stamps: Background Basics: Tin Type, Wishing You
Ink: Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, True Black, Summer Sunrise
Ribbon: Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch
Tools: Fillable Frame Die #1
There are stickles on the yellow part of the tulip, but I don't think they are showing in the picture.

Here's my second card for the challenge:

 All Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
Patterned Paper: Green Boutique
Stamps: Scattered Showers, Fillable Frame #1
Ink: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
Buttons: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
Tools: Rik-Rak Die
Stickles are on the border of the umbrella and dotted in the middle of some flowers on it.

Here is the sketch that Laurie Beth posted.  Click on the red links up there on the right to see what the other Paper Dolls have come up with.  Why don't you play along with us and link your blog post to ours here. I bet you have some new PTI stuff ready to get inky!

Precious and Few

This is a card I made in February for the February Guest Star Stamper contest.  I guess it is OK to post now even though winners haven't been announced.  I borrowed Blooming Button Bits from a friend for awhile and this was one of the results!

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Paper: Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst, Stampers Select cardstocks
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits
Ribbon: Hibiscus Burst

Other supplies:
green rhinestones
prisma glitter
Fiskars border punch
Corner rounder
Pop dots