November PTI Blog Hop!

 
Woo Hoo!  It's that time again!  Happy Thanksgiving to you all!  I hope you enjoy your day today with family, friends, and a full belly.  I am so blessed and so thankful for all that I have.

Nichole challenged us this month with this:

TAG TIME
Recently the design team and I put together a variety of holiday tags that are perfect to keep on hand for quick wrap options.  Now it's your turn to inspire us and the rest of the Papertrey community!  Design a holiday tag or two using all of your favorite goodies and share it with all of us!  We will all have plenty of inspiration to create a large stash and try to get ahead of the hustle and bustle of the season!

I've already created a bunch of tags this year, and you can see them here, here and here.  Today I have one of my favorite tags that I have created using Tiny Treats Christmas.

Here's another set:

 

I'm excited to hop around and see what everyone else has come up with.  Hoping to get some ideas!  

I'm celebrating with family this weekend, so my blog will be quiet for awhile!  Enjoy your holidays and your family!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Stamps:  Holiday Button Bits, Tiny Treat Christmas, Fillable Frames #9
Ink:  Dark Chocolate, True Black, Smokey Shadow

Paper:  Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Accessories: Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch and Bakers Twine
Tools: Tag Sale #1, Fillable Frame #9 die
Other: 1-inch punch, Versamark,  white embossing powder, rhinestones, Sakura Stardust pen, Bic Mark-It Markers

EBKS #27

I loved the sketch this week at Everything But The Kitchen Sink.  Winter gave us this to work with:

You could do so much with this sketch!  I decided to use some leaves from my favorite Hero Arts set.  Here's my card:

I stamped the leaves  on several colored scraps and then cut...them...ALL...out.  It took some time.  And now my hand hurts!

After placing them around the edges, I die cut the frame and stamped the outline and the sentiment.  I completed the inside like this:

Thanks for looking! 


Supplies:

Stamps: Round and Round (PTI Anniversary Set), Gobble Gobble (PTI), Hero Arts Happy Thanksgiving

Paper: Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate (PTI), scraps

Ink:  Orangerie, Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Tools:  Mat Stack #1 (PTI)

OTWC #34

Kim chose some great colors this week at Off the Wall Craftiness.  Here is her color inspiration:

Isn't it pretty?  I did have a slight problem with it.  To me, it looks a bit yellow, but Kim called it peach.  So, do I use yellow or do I use peach?  The design team's examples showed both, so I chose peach.  (I think I'll make another card with yellow!)  Here's what I came up with:

I have not used Wreath for All Seasons like I thought I would and have been struggling with liking anything I made with it.  After asking for some advice from some PTI Forum friends, I decided that matting the wreath is a good way to go.  I like the way it turned out.

Here's the inside:

 I know I said I was going to get some scrapbooking done, but cards are so much faster.  I usually scrapbook "in my head" for a few days and then put the layout together.  I need to start thinking about my next layout. Until then, it's cards for me!

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Wreath for All Season, Inside & Out Thank You, Text Style #1

Paper: Vintage Cream, Blueberry Sky

Ink:  Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate

Accessories: Rustic CreamTwine, Canvas Impression Plate, Summer Sunrise  Buttons
Other:  Cream Ribbon, Color Box Sky Blue Ink, DCWV mat stack

Play Date Cafe #56

Wow!  This week has flown by for me!  What about you?  I wasn't able to get nearly as much crafting done as I wanted to, but I'm hoping that all changes this weekend.  I'm off to a good start so far.  I was able to complete a card tonight for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge.  Here's their fabulous inspiration panel:

Awesome, huh?  Here's my card I created.  My nephew just turned 20 and I'll be seeing him Thanksgiving, so this one is for him.

Love these colors together and the felt just makes it all even better!  What are your plans this weekend?  Anyone doing any pre-cooking for next week?  That's on my list too!

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Star Prints

Paper: Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White

Felt:  Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse

Accessories: Pure Poppy Baker's Twine, Linen Impression Plate, Seeing Stars Dies, Pure Poppy Button

wee Memories HUGE Giveaway

Head over to Jenny's blog, wee Memories to enter into her HUGE blog prize!  She is celebrating 700 followers and check out what she is giving out as a prize!

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I'm crossing my fingers AND toes!

Hope to be back this weekend with some projects. 

Let It Snow!

I'm behind in my scrapbooking, so I may be devoting some time and blog posts to catching up.  This is a layout that has been waiting for me.  This was Christmas Day last year, my son's first White Christmas. 

I was excited to find some scrap paper that went with the theme of snow.  This was from a calendar set that I created a few years ago.  The snowman strip was at the bottom of the paper and the words that I cut out were from the middle.

I used 2010 Holiday Tags and Tiny Treats: Christmas to create the snow background. 

Have you found stamping and scrapbooking yet?  I usually try to buy stamps with both cards and layout in mind, but it doesn't always work out like that!  Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: 2010 Holiday Tags, Tiny Treats Christmas

Paper: Spring Rain

Ink: Fresh Snow

Accessories:  Fillable Frames #9

Other: Brads, Kraft 12x12, white pen, patterned paper

Joy!

Today's post will be short and sweet because my card is short and sweet!

It's a mini-card for the Cards blog challenge.  The task this week is to make a mini-card that is not bigger than 3-inches! Here's mine:

 

I had this die-cut tag & that little scrap of rik-rak in a scrap pile and decided they belonged together. After heat embossing JOY on the tag, I dry embossed the card with my favorite Cuttlebug folder.  A little Pure Poppy baker's twine and some rhinestones and I was finshed.  Probably should make some more of these!

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: 2010 Holiday Tags 

Paper: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, New Leaf Bitty Dot Basics

Accessories: Pure Poppy Baker's Twine, Rik-Rak Die

Other: Zing white embossing powder, rhinestones, Versamark, Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder

OTWC #33

Here's this week's photo inspiration from Kim at Off the Wall Craftiness:

 

Isn't it beautiful?  I love pink and green together.  I went through a phase last summer when that is all I would work with.  Kim has put me back in that phase now! 

Here's my card:

My blog friend, Amy, challenged us to use one of the Button Bits sets for this week's challenge on Paper Dolls.  This set has been a favorite, go-to set for a long time.  I love it. 

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Every Day Button Bits(Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Berry Sorbet, Stampers Select, New Leaf Bitty Dot Basics (PTI)

Ink:  New Leaf, Berry Sorbet(PTI)

Accessories: Berry Sorbet buttons & satin ribbon, New Leaf Bakers Twine, Linen Impression Plate

Other: Nesties Bloom Dies

My Big News!

Kim Wilson has chosen me to be a guest designer on her blog "Off the Wall Craftiness!"  If you click here, you can see the announcement - along with this week's color challenge which is fabulous!  I'm so excited!

Kim has also started her own stamp company, called Wilson Designs, and I've just received this set in the mail.  I can't wait to get to use it. 

Thanks for letting me share my excitement as being chosen as a Guest Designer! I'll let you know when my week will be.  Until then, you should bookmark Kim's blog and play in her fabulous color challenges! 

See you soon!  I'm hoping to get a lot created this weekend!

EBKS

I loved the color challenge at Everything but the Kitchen Sink blog this week. It is so unique and versatile, and I knew what I wanted to do with it, but had to get some Christmas tags created over the weekend.

With news of a family member passing away yesterday, it was high on my priority list today  and was a work of  love.

Here it is:

My great-uncle passed; he was 94.  He had a rich and wonderful life and was married to my great-aunt for 72 years.  She passed away in August, so his passing did not come as a surprise.  But still, when our older relatives leave us, a bit of our childhood goes with them, don't you think?  This is for his daughter.  I need to create one for his son that is a bit more on the masculine side.  Hope to get to that tomorrow.

Here's the inspiration from Everything but the Kitchen Sink.  I'm glad I was able to get this in on time.  It's such an inspirational photo.  Thanks to Kelly Marie @ Lawn Fawn Stamps for the great photo and prize for this week!

Thanks for looking!


Supplies:

Stamps: Flower Garden, Round and Round(Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Ocean Tides, Stampers Select (PTI), Bazzill mat stack

Ink:  Smokey Shadow (PTI), Versamark

Other: Zing white embossing powder, random ribbon that I wish I had more of

More tags!

I have some more tags from the weekend to show you.  Here I used the same die, Tag Sale #1, for the base of all of the tags, but mixed it up a bit for the focal points.

I've been searching for a reason not to give Holiday Button Bits away, and I think I may have found it in my making of the tags.  The images, like the one in the top left corner, are small enough to fit on a tag.  I think I'll try it with all the images and see if I can fall in love with the set again.  I tried stamping on felt again, with some success.  The dove image is so pretty and the sentiment is beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by!


PTI Supplies:
Stamps:  2010 Holiday Tags, Holiday Button Bits
Ink:  New Leaf,
Paper:  New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White, Kraft, Pinefeather, Bitty Dot Basics
Felt:  Vintage Cream
Ribbon:  Pinefeather Satin, New Leaf Swiss Dot, Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch
Tools: Tag Sale #1, Limitless Layers, Christmas Tree dies, Linen Impression Plate
Other: Versamark, Zing silver embossing powder, white ribbon, rhinestones,buttons, silver twine

More Tags for Sale!

I'm back today with another set of tags I created this past weekend.  This time I used the Tag Sale #1 die from Papertrey Ink.

I used a similar layout as I did for the tag I created for The Shabby Tea Room challenge.  Once I got in the groove of things, I was able to get several done in a small amount of time.  I'm hoping to get more created this week so there are plenty for us to sale at our fund-raiser.

Thanks for looking!

PTI Supplies:
Stamps:  2010 Holiday Tags, Holiday Button Bits
Ink:  New Leaf, True Black, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy,
Paper:  Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White, Kraft, Bitty Dot Basics
Felt:  Fine Linen
Ribbon:  Rustic Twine, New Leaf Swiss Dot, Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch, Pure Poppy & New Leaf Bakers Twines
Tools: Tag Sale #1, Limitless Layers, Rik-rak dies
Other: Hero Arts Stamp It Christmas, Sahara Sand ink, Versamark, white embossing powders, white ribbon, rhinestones, pearls, brads, buttons, glossy accents 

That is a lot of stuff! I should probably go and clean up now.  

Tags for Sale!

I've been making tags this weekend as part of a fund-raising project my friend, Tanna, and I are doing.  We've raised a good chunk of money by selling our cards and tags to parents and teachers at our school.  All the money raised is going to a family who has been stricken with a very expensive disease.  Every little bit helps!

Here are four tags I've created this weekend: 

All are pretty similar in that I used the Mat Stack 1 die from Papertrey Ink.  On the top left tag, I was excited to try out stamping on felt.  Guess what... It works!  I added a little red rhinestone on the nose, put it all together and I was done.  The other three are stamped with Tiny Treats Christmas and colored with some Fiskars pens.

Come back tomorrow and I'll have four more tags to show you, this time using Tag Sale 1 die.

Thanks for looking!

PTI Supplies:
Stamps:  2010 Holiday Tags, Tiny Treat Christmas
Ink:  New Leaf, Dark Chocolate, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, Versamark
Paper:  Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Felt:  Fine Linen
Tools: Mat Stack 1 and Limitless Layers dies
Other: Versamark, clear & white embossing powders, white ribbon, rhinestones, Fiskars pens

Shabby Tea Room #34

I loved this week's inspiration at the Shabby Tea Room blog.  Who wouldn't love red and blue together and all the shapes were wonderful!  I see polka dots, checkerboard, scallops and lots of cute tea cups! What do you see?

I decided to focus on the main colors in the piece, red and blue, and the blue bundt pan (which I wish I had!)  I need to get started on some Christmas tags, so that is also what my focus was.  Here's my tag:

 

I die-cut my tag, blue mat and rik-rak and then ran the tag through again with an impression plate.  After coloring the snowman, I added prisma glitter under the snowman and on the snowflakes.  Then I added glossy accents (which I may be addicted to) to the snowman and let him dry over night.  

Here's a close-up of the little guy:

I stamped the sentiment and inked the edges and put everything together.  It was still missing a little something, so I added the rhinestones at the bottom.  Die cuts make everything easier, don't they?

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Hero Arts Stamp It Christmas, Fillable Frames #9 (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Pure Poppy, Blueberry Sky, Stampers Select (PTI)

Ribbon: Blueberry Sky Satin Ribbon

Tools: Tag Sale #1, Limitless Layers, Rik Rak Dies, Linen Impression Plate (PTI); EK Success circle punch

Other: Rhinestones, Glossy Accents, Prisma Color, Aquacolor Pencils

Oceans of Joy

It's hard for me to resist buying any stamp set that has fish in it.  I turn away as quick as I can so as not to be tempted, but this Hero Arts set, Oceans of Joy, had me from "hello!"  I couldn't walk away.

I love that it can be used for several different occasions, paper-pieced, colored in, or blinged up! Here's a card I created for one of our teachers that retired.  He is an avid fisherman and intended on spending his retirement fishing as often as possible.  I thought the sentiment was perfect.

The paper was from my stash and I fussy cut the edges to highlight the waves.  I used some Stickles to make the top sparkle.  I colored in the fish with my Aquacolor pencils and blended with the Dove blender pen, then popped him up to give the card some dimension.

Thanks for dropping by today!  I'd love for you to leave me a link to any other "fishy" stamps you love!  Please enable me!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Hero Arts Oceans of Joy
Ink:  Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Spring Rain, Stampers Select (Papertrey Ink), patterned paper
Aquacolor Pencils, Dove Blender pen, Stickles

Play Date Cafe #53

ETA:  Thanks so much to the ladies at The Play Date Cafe for choosing my card as an Honorable Mention!  I'm thrilled!

Check out the color inspiration for the Play Date Cafe Color Challenge #53:

I have no idea what kind of flowers those are, but I think they are beautiful.  What a wonderful inspiration.  I dug around looking for some black/white patterned paper and remembered I had a fabulous package from Amuse.  It sure made this card easy to complete.

Here it is:

I used the sketch from my blog group's, The Paper Dolls, challenge for this week.  Jen gave us this sketch to work with.  I thought it would be great for this challenge. 

  

Thanks for looking!  Happy November everyone!  

Supplies:

Stamps: Round and Round (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Amuse

Tools: Limitless Layers (PTI)

Other: ribbon, pearls, aquacolor pencils

Get Sketchy #62

I loved this week's sketch at Get Sketchy.  It's a pretty versatile design that you could adapt for any occassion.  I needed a birthday card for a friend's son that turned 6, so I used this sketch. 

Here's my card:

I just love that little monster from Hero Arts.  He makes me happy!  And that patterned paper does too!  It's so bright and colorful. I probably should pick up a few more sheets of it.

You can play along with the challenge by clicking here.   And here is the great sketch:

Thanks for visiting today!

Quick Halloween Treats

ETA:  Thanks to Kim Wilson at Off the Wall Craftiness and her random number generator for picking these cards as the winners of Challenge #31! 

I made these quick Halloween treats for some of my co-workers on Thursday night.  I wanted something quick, so I used my Halloween Tags set and the Limitless Layers dies.

If I had more time I would have added a few embellishments or glitter, but I was happy with the quick and easy turn-around with these.

This also fits the challenge this week at Off The Wall Craftiness this week. I think it's pretty funny that Kim's Challenge #31 is Halloween week and she chose Halloween colors.  Here's her inspiration:

Here are my steps for my quick cards:
1.  Scor the paper at 3 inch intervals and cut the paper 3x6.
2.  Run all 4 dies through the Big Shot four times (I made 16 of these.)
3.  Stamp favorite tag images four times each and punch them out.
4.  Adhere image to mat and mat to cardstock.
5.  Stamp the inside with "Happy Halloween!"
6.  Fold at scor-line.

Thanks for looking today!

Supplies:

Stamps:2009 Halloween Tags (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: white, orange and black cardstocks

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Tools: Limitless Layers Dies (PTI), 1.75-inch punch (EK Success)

Sending Birthday Wishes

There's nothing like waiting until the last minute to make a card for someone you care about!  My co-teacher's birthday is Saturday, and I wanted to make her something special.  But when I sat down to begin, nothing came to me; nothing happened.  After throwing away a couple of panels stamped in Turning a New Leaf (gasp! I know!), I turned to an old stand-by, much like I turn to my old friend whose birthday is Saturday. 

Here's my card:

Yes, that's right.  My old stand-by is Every Day Button Bits.  This really is one of the best stamp sets from Papertrey Ink...ever.  Who doesn't love buttons?  My friend's favorite color is purple, so I knew that I had to be the main color in her card.

Here's the inside:

Ahhh. Another favorite - Signature Greetings.  And this set isn't mine; it's on loan from Tanna, my fellow PTI addict.  She may never get it back.  (Click on her name and check out her blog.  AMAZING!)  The left panel is a spot for me to tuck in a gift card.  The only envelope I could find was a clear one, so I decided to dress it up a bit.

This is the first time I have used Fillable Frame #9.  Wow!  How cool is that going to be for Christmas and birthdays!  Can't wait to get started on some Christmas tags.

That's all I have for you today.  I'm not sure how much I'll get done this weekend since my sister and brother-in-law are coming to see me, and it's Halloween!  Hopefully, I can sneak in some time, but I'm not counting on it.  If not, I'll see you early next week!


Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Every Day Button Bits, Signature Greetings, Fillable Frames #9

Paper: Stampers Select White, Plum Pudding, Bitty Dot Basics (Plum Pudding)

Ink:  Plum Pudding, New Leaf

Tools: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Nesties Blossom Dies

Other: Plum Pudding Buttons, Rustic Cream Button Twine (PTI), Hero Arts rhinestones

wee Memories - Cute Holiday

Have you been playing along with the wee Memories challenges?  They are so, so fun!  This week's challenge is this:

Not having any cute kittens to use, I opted for the next cutest holiday symbol - the snowman - and I LOVE the Cling Snowman from Hero Arts. 

Here's my card:

Paper piecing, fussy cutting, felt cutting, glittering and glossy accenting all took part in the making of this card.  It was some work, but I loved it.

Here's a close-up:

You still have a couple of days to play along with this challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Share the Joy (Hero Arts)

Paper: Blueberry Sky, Bitty Dot Basics, Stampers Select (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Felt: Vintage Cream (PTI)

Hero Arts Prisma Glitter, Glossy Accents, flower, rhinestones

Thinking of You

I thought I would post a card that I created last summer using Life, a set designed by Lisa Johnson.  Every time I use this set I am still amazed at its versatility.  I love how with just a little change from one project to the next, I can create a big difference.

Here's my card: 

I used one of my favorite Nesties dies for the mat and stamped the flower image in Ripe Avocado and Plum Pudding.  The lighter colors are the second stamping without re-inking.  The sentiment and butterflies are from Hero Arts.

Thanks for dropping by! 


Supplies:

Stamps: Life (Papertrey Ink), Every Day Sayings (Hero Arts)

Paper: Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Ripe Avocado, Plum Pudding, Vintage Tea Dye Duo

Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities

Other: Rustic Jute Twine & Plum Pudding Button (PTI), pearl, rhinestones

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

This month Nichole challenged us with this:

There is always a lot of focus on Christmas in our industry this time of year, as that is what the majority   of the population celebrates.  However, this month's blog hop is dedicated to those that celebrate winter  holidays other than Christmas.  Create a project that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or some other  winter holiday as we embrace everyone's beliefs in a celebration of diversity through paper crafting.

Because I celebrate Christmas,  this was a stretch for me.  After researching some information on Kwanzaa, I realized that it wasn't always celebrated integrated with Christianity, but over the years it has evolved into a double celebration for many people.  The principles that this African-American Holiday celebrate are:

• Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
• Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
• Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems, and to solve them together.
• Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
• Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
• Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
• Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

I was glad to learn something new.  For my card I used a popular symbol for Kwanzaa, a Kinara, a group of 7 candles to represent the 7 principles.  Here's my card:

 Thanks for looking! Enjoy the hop!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Scattered Showers

Paper: Pure Poppy, True Black, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise

Ink:  Pure Poppy, True Black, New Leaf

Tools: Linen Impression Plate

Other: Wood paper, Sakura Stardust pen, Hero Arts Cupcakes set

Off theWall Craftiness #30

I loved this week's color challenge at Off the Wall Craftiness!  I couldn't wait to get started and I knew just the stamp set I wanted to use.    Check out this photo inspiration Kim chose:

I haven't had a chance to ink up one of my new stamp sets I recently had delivered, so I knew that it would take center stage.  I dressed it up a bit by running the stamped images through my Big Shot using the Canvas Impression Plate.  I have to admit, I wasn't crazy about this side of the plate when I first got it, but it sure is growing on me.  Think I'll give it more love and see what else I can do with it.

Here's my card:

I just love those two little birds looking at each other!  A couple of buttons, a scallop die and some twine and I was finished. 

Thanks for looking!  Tomorrow I have a card for you that is way out of my comfort zone!  Come see!

Supplies:

Stamps: Merry Little Christmas, Big & Bold Wishes (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Stampers Select, Dark Chocolate (PTI), Kiwi Crush (Bazzill)

Ink: Dark Chocolate, New Leaf (PTI)

Tools: Canvas Impression Plate, Medium Scallop Die (PTI)

Other: white buttons and Rustic Jute Twine (PTI), Sakura Stardust pen (on birds)

wee Memories - part 2

Don't forget to get over to the wee Memories blog to participate in the  

Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday challenge!

A Scor Buddy is up for grabs and who doesn't need one of those! 

Hurry! You have until midnight!