PTI Celebrating 2009

2009 - The year I discovered Papertrey Ink, and my crafty world has not been the same since then.  I have met several friends through this company, made many cards and scrapbook layouts, and have shared them with many friends of my own.  It was pretty life-changing.  The release of one of my favorite stamp sets, On My Couch, is highlighted today on Nichole's blog, so I had to make a card with it.  

the inside

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PTI Celebrating 2008

Today Nichole is celebrating 2008 stamps that were released, and one of them is my all-time favorite one.  It was in the very first purchase that I made from PTI, and has been used countless times. 

The outlined images are perfect for coloring in, or you could use the fill-in images to add color.

Here's the card I made for today's challenge using this favorite set:

PTI's Flower Garden and Inspired: Hope

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PTI Celebrating 2007

Nichole's challenge for today is to use a card from the 2007 Release as inspiration.  Here's the card I chose:

I used it as inspiration to create this sympathy card for a friend who just lost her father:

Healing Touch Sentiments, Branching Out die

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Friends Are the Joy

I have another card for the PTI Anniversary Celebration.  This time Nichole challenged us to create a card using a color combination that a Fortune Teller gave us.

The colors chosen for me were Royal Velvet, Spring Rain, and Simply Chartreuse. Here's what I came up with using a set I had on my wish list for a long time and finally purchased.  (The base is Royal Velvet - hard to see in the lighting.)

Flutterby Friend

It's been fun helping PTI celebrate - can't wait to see the big reveal tomorrow!

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PTI Thank You

I have another card for the PTI Anniversary Celebration.  This time Nichole challenged us to create a Thank You card for PTI's amazing warehouse team!  Here's mine!

Wonderful Words Thank You die, Cover Plate: Comic Strip, Beautiful Blooms patterned paper

I have had that paper for a long time and this is the first time I've used it.  Shame on me!  I cut several sentiments and adhered them together to make it pop.  Here's a close up:

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PTI Alphabet

I was able to make another card this weekend for PTI's Anniversary Celebration! This one is for the Alphabet Challenge.  Using our first or last name, we are supposed to complete a project from this list:  

I used letters from my last name, so my task was to Emboss resist, use Vellum, Twine, and Round the corners.  

Here's what I came up with: 

Flower Garden, Keep It Simple

You can celebrate too by going to Nichole's blog!

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Happy Anniversary PTI!

I've finally had a chance to absorb all the goodness of this year's anniversary celebration at PTI!  Of course it takes an event like this to bring my craftiness out of hibernation.  You can follow along at Nichole's Blog. 

The first card I've created is for the Color Challenge from Day 1.  I chose Ashley's palette here:

Flower Fusion #6, Beautiful Blessings, Everyday Button Bits

I have several more in mind to make, so I'm going to get busy!  Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

Paper Smooches Picture Perfect

 

This week's challenge at the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog is a Picture Perfect challenge.  Here's the beautiful inspiration we were given:

I knew right away I would use one of my favorite PS sets, Flap Happy.   It's a staple for me and very versatile! 

After stamping the butterflies, I went over them with a Wink of Stella pen - just love that thing! 

Hope you can join along with the challenge this week!  Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

Hello Spring!

My Spring Break is ending today, and the weather outside is beautiful for this last day of fun and frolic.  Before my son and I leave for a bike ride, I wanted to post this happy card I made for some of this week's challenges. 

First, I used the sketch from Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge for this week.  I love square cards, so this was perfect for me!

I've been messing around with this little lightning bug for a week now, trying to make him work for me.  I love to paper piece him and the other bugs from Paper Smooches Giddy Bugs. The tag and sentiment are from Paper Smooches Quote Tag Die set.

Here's a close up of the lightning but.  I added some Wink of Stella on his face and bottom.  (Do bugs have bottoms?)

I'm also entering this into both of Simon Says Stamp challenges this week.  The Monday Challenge is to create a card with an animal, and the Wednesday Challenge is to create a Spring Themed card using their Pin collage for inspiration.  Lightning Bugs + Green/Yellow= Spring to Me!

Thank you for visiting My Happy Place!  Off to ride bikes now!

Thinking of You!

This card is for the Nature Challenge on the Hero Arts Blog.  It closes in two days, so I'm getting this one in almost at the last minute. 

A lot of paper piecing went into this one!   I stamped the bird from an older set, Birds and Branches, on different patterned papers and adhered him with dimensionals.  The flowers are from the Hero Arts Friends set, and the sentiment is from Hero Arts Message Bubbles. 

 Here's a close-up of the bird:

I'm also entering this into Simon Says Stamp Monday's Challenge this week - create a project with an  animal!

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Lucky!

I'm so glad that there are two challenges right now that have the theme of green or clovers because they have given me the motivation I needed to make some cards for my co-workers and friends.  

The first challenge, Sparkle and Shine Challenge gave us this as inspiration:

The second challenge is for Simon Says Stamp Monday's Challenge which is "Just a Hint of Clover."

I made 26 cards today for my co-workers - all with similar designs.  Here they are:

Our Spring Break starts at the end of this week, so hopefully this will bring them some cheer as we anticipate Friday!

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Easter and Spring

I've been working hard at the color challenge this week at MFT Challenge and Inspiration Blog.  You can get all the details here.  

It's time for Spring and Easter, and I'm ready for both.  Here's are two cards I made yesterday using these colors:

PTI: Easter Alleluias, Scene It dies

MFT: Blueprints 15, PTI: Just Smile, Flower Fusion

I'm entering both of these in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge.

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Sparkle and Shine 1

There's a new challenge blog in town, and I am very excited about it.  The new Sparkle and Shine Challenge Blog made it's debut with this exciting inspiration:

You can get all the information on this week's challenge by clicking here. 
 
Here's what I came up with using that beautiful photo:

 
I'm entering this one in Simon Says Stamp's two challenges this week-  Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge, and the new Work It Wednesday challenge which is all about welcoming SPRING - and that is what March and St. Patrick's Day is all about!

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