PTI Anniversary Day 5

I'm caught up with the challenges with this card.  Today's challenge was to "Spring into Action" and use a stamp set that hasn't been used yet.  I had a few from which to choose, so I pulled out the first one I saw - Mighty Oak.

Although this set is more of a fall theme, I tried to make it a little spring-y with some flowered patterned paper.  

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PTI Anniversary Day 3

I'm skipping around on challenges this week for PTI's 8th Anniversary Celebration.  I was able to get back to the challenge for Day 3 today - which is Day 5 of the celebration.  I'm glad the challenges are open all week so that I am able to participate in most of them.  

The challenge was to create a gift bag and tag - in anticipation of a new product line called "Enclosed" which centers around gift tags. 

I needed a bag for my son's Valentine's present, so this challenge came at a perfect time.

Heart Border, XOXO Border, Tag Sale #5, Tremendous Treats: Valentines

Here's a close up of the puppy.  I shaded around his body with C1 Copic and used a Stardust pen on his eyes, nose and the heart.  

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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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PTI Anniversary Day 2

 The second challenge this week was to welcome Maile Belles back to designing stamps for PTI.  Our task was to find a card on Maile's blog and use it as inspiration for our own creation.  Maile has a way of using die cuts and paper cuts very uniquely on her cards.  I chose this one to use as my inspiration:

 And here is my interpretation:

Like I did on the first card for the Anniversary, I wanted to go back to one of my first PTI purchases, Flower Garden.  This is another set for which I would love to have dies!  I used another color recipe from day one. 

If you want to see my first card for this week's celebration, you can click here. 

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PTI 8th Anniversary

It's one of my favorite times of the year - eleven days of celebrating Papertrey Ink's Anniversary!  I've made two cards for the challenges so far.  You can get all the details of the celebration if you head over to Nichole's Blog.
The first challenge was to select a color and a sketch recipe to use to create a project.  Here's the combination I chose:

I wanted to use one of my first stamp sets that I purchased when I first found PTI, so I pulled out Wishing You.  I'd still love to have dies for this set - just in case anyone at PTI is listening!  ;)

You can see my second card if you click here.

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Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to Paper Smooches!  It's been FOUR years of fabulous stamps and dies!  They are one of my favorite companies!

Here is my first card I made with products from Paper Smooches:

Blog post - HERE

Looking forward to many more!

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MFT Sketch

I have two cards for today, both using the sketch from this week's challenge at MFT Challenge and Inspiration Blog.  You can see the takes on the sketch and get inspired if you click here.

MFT:  Blueprints #15, Words of Inspiration

I tried to stay true to the sketch on my first card, only leaving out the scalloped edge at the bottom.  I used the large rectangle die from Blueprints #15 as an embossing plate to give the edges a bit of detail.  I'm still working on using more patterned paper, so this was a great time to go through some scraps.

Here's my second card:

PTI:  Think Big Favorites, Wonderful Words Teacher die, Teacher's Apple die

I cut out the square mat from kraft and ran it through with a woodgrain impression plate.  After stamping and embossing the sentiment, I rubbed a little white ink all around it to resemble a chalkboard.  Adding the apple and "teacher" was easy after adhering everything to the notebook style paper.  

I think I will make one more card using this sketch, but this time try a shaker card.  I've never made one before, and this sketch looks like it might be a good one on which to try that technique!

But first...a nap.

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A Note of Thanks

Today's card is for two challenges. 

The first challenge is the Lawnscaping Challenge to create a background using stamps.  

You can get all the details if you click here.

I also used the color palette from My Favorite Things Challenge and Inspiration Blog.  Those details can be found here.

Lawn Fawn "Many Thanks", MFT Blueprints #15, PTI Sending You die

I began by cutting the mat from MFT's Blueprints 15 so I could get the stitching on the border.  I stamped the Thank You sentiment using the colors from the challenge, and then cut a piece of vellum with Blueprints #15 to lay over the mat.  I masked the bird on the sentiment, so that he could be a different color from the sentiment.  I added a few silver beads to give it some sparkle.  

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One Theme, Two Sketches

I created two cards tonight with the same theme, using two different sketches.  Making them side by side was pretty easy, and it is probably something I should do more often so that I can get more cards created. 

Here is one sketch I used tonight. 

This card is for Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  You can get all the details if you click here. And you can get the awesome sailboat die at Paper Smooches here. 

Paper Smooches Sailboat die, MFT Sunshine die, PTI  Cloud die, sentiment: PTI Flower Fusion #11

I used some more patterned paper, which is my goal right now, to create the ocean waves and for the flag on the boat.  The boat and the sky are both Shimmer cardstock.  I ran the center of the sun through my Xyron and poured some glitter on  it.  It is popped up to add some dimension.  I also popped up the flag and the banner with the sentiment.  

Here's the second card I made with a similar theme:

Sentiment Fillable Frames 1

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Two Sketches, One Theme

I created two cards tonight with the same theme, using two different sketches.  Making them side by side was pretty easy, and it is probably something I should do more often so that I can get more cards created. 

Here is one sketch I used tonight. 

This card is for My Favorite Things Challenge and Inspiration Blog.  You can get all the details if you click here.

MFT Sunshine die, Paper Smooches Sailboat die, PTI  Cloud die and sentiment Fillable Frames 1

I used some more patterned paper, which is my goal right now, to create the ocean waves and for the flag on the boat.  The boat and the sky are both Shimmer cardstock.  I ran the center of the sun through my Xyron and poured some glitter on  it.  It is popped up to add some dimension.  I also popped up the flag and the banner with the sentiment.  

Here's the second card I made with a similar theme:

Sentiment: PTI Flower Fusion #11

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Just a couple

I was able to find some time tonight to finish up one card that I had started several nights ago, and messed up, then restarted, and messed up, and now I've finally finished the third attempt.  I don't know what was so difficult about this...

Hero Arts Cupcakes and  PTI Think Big Favorites #12

I'm still on a mission to use my printed paper, and I found that striped paper in my scraps.  I stamped the cupcakes in coordinating colors, overlapping as I stamped.  I put some glitter on each heart and topped it with Glossy Accents.

My second card tonight uses some new supplies I just received.

This is all PTI and all from the Comic Book theme just released this month.  I needed a quick card for tomorrow, so using all the new supplies made it easy.  I'm looking forward to working more with that cover plate; I know it's meant for more than just a comic book themed card.

Here's the inside:

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First time for everything!

I'm certainly not short on crafting supplies, but I needed to go to Michael's today to get a new gluepen to replace the one my 9-year old used up.  A few things caught my eye, so I decided to give them a try.  One was a butterfly stencil by Heidi Swapp and the other was a package of Liquid Pearls.  I've never used either of these products, so I was excited to make this tonight:

Sentiment from MFT's Words of Inspiration

There's certainly a learning curve, and photographing it was a little challenging, but I am happy with the results.  I can't wait to get busy with these products again!

Here's a close up:

I used this week's color scheme at MFT Challenge and Inspiration Blog.  It made things very easy!

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Hello!

Good Sunday evening!  I'm off tomorrow, so I was able to relax a little bit today and not chase the laundry around the house all day.  I organized my patterned paper and discovered I have way too much - from kits to single pages to almost used up pieces that I can't bear to throw away.  I vowed to start using it more often and to go back and review the Pattern Play card class I took last year.  

So, my first attempt at using up a little patterned paper is here:

Paper Smooches: Quote Tag set, Botanicals 1

I stamped the flowers in Versamark and clear embossed them on the tag. Then I used a blending tool to add color to the tag in the palette for this week's challenge at Color Throwdown.  I mounted it on a piece of cream cardstock that I ran through my Big Shot with an impression plate.  All of this was mounted on a sheet of distressed purple (PATTERNED) paper!  I also cut the sentiment and heart from the same paper. 

I continued to use the sketch for this week from the MFT Challenge and Inspiration Blog, but instead of placing the strip at the bottom of my card as in the sketch, I placed my sentiment at the top.  It's a little different, and I think it works!

All of this wouldn't be possible without the Paper Smooches products, so I'll turn this in to this week's challenge - Anything Goes!

That's a lot of challenges wrapped up in one card!

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