PTI Blog Hop

WOW!!!  It has been a LONG time.  First my virus trouble then when my computer guy fixed the virus he removed my program that I downloaded my pictures to, then Spring Break (we had a wonderful time. I'll post later about that), then I had to get a new picture program, so, here I am!



We are excited to get back to our inspiration challenges for the blog hop each month. For the month of March we wanted to focus on sunshine and the upcoming spring season. What better way to do so than with a fresh color scheme of aqua & yellow. Use the inspiration piece as a jumping point for your color scheme, pattern combinations, overall design or whatever else inspires your creativity. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Here is my take.

A 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock base.  I used a card by Jennifer McGuire as my inspiration.  I cut a 2 1/2x5 1/2 strip of Yellow Happy Spots paper.  2 strips of 1/8x5 1/2 Aqua Mist paper were attached to either side.  Ok, true confession time.  I have admitted it before I am A little cheap.  I spend a LOT on my supplies so I try and cut corners where I can.  I LOVE PTI felt, but lets admit it, it is EXPENSIVE!  I make a LOT of cards.  You know I sell them for missions so I cannot afford to sell a card for $2 and have $1 of felt on the card.  But, I like the colors.... so today I experimented.  I took a piece of my vintage cream felt, mixed several drops of Aqua Mist re-inker and water and dyed my on Aqua Mist felt!  I think it came out GREAT.  I might have made it a little darker as it lightened when it dried, but.... all in all I am happy, and the price is right!  I will be doing more of that, next time I will use 100% wool felt.  I bet white would have taken the color better.  So, I used my felt and cut 2 of the Spiral die from Movers and Shakers.  I cut one in half to get the 2 smaller roses.  Aqua Mist leaves from Turning a New Leaf and a Lemon Tart oval from Oval Limitless Layers.  A white oval cut on my Cricut was stamped with Aqua Mist ink.  I used a Happy Day stamp set (I won that one in the Daily release contest!)

So sorry I have been MIA.  I have a lot to share over the next few days!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I will give more info tomorrow on this card tomorrow.  I explain in my next post!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

PTI Blog Hop ~ Popper Card #1

I will go into more detail later on this card.  It was my first attempt at using this die and I have a lot of things I will  change.  KU won in overtime ~ Rock Chalk KU ~ I am wiped out but need to post so I can download for the Blog Hop!  Same goes on the previous post!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

PTI Blog Hop ~ Zipper Card

This 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock base card uses the new Movers & Shakers Zipper Die.  I LOVE this clever new die.  I also used the new Raspberry Fizz Damask Pattern paper.  I so LOVE that paper.  the pattern is gorgeous and so is the color!  I love my card layout but I didn't use a anti-static pack on the paper before I stamped & embossed so there is stray white specks.  you cannot see them as well in person.  The patterned butterfly is from the new Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Butterflies Die Collection.  You know how much I LOVE butterflies!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan 

Rosie Posie Card



Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 10



Today's post has been such fun to introduce! We are loving how easy this makes creating this fun kind of card, and we know you will love them, too! So, in the spirit of today's introduction, we want to challenge you to create an interactive card! Just show us a spinner, pop up, or some other fun interactive card. We can't wait to see what you share!

OK, here is my card.  I got this Sizzix die before christmas and haven't had time to play with it.  I didn't have much time today, either.  I am not posting directions, tonight but if you have questions, ask.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan



Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 9~ card 2



Create a new project using both butterflies and leaves.

I really like this card too, because I love both butterflies and leaves and PTI Green Tea Leaves is one of my favorite paper packs!  This 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock base card has a 4x5 1/4 panel from Green Tea Leaves.  The leaves were cut with Turning a New Leaf in Ripe Avocado & Fine Linen.  Butterflies were cut from all 3 papers.  The small Scallop border was used to cut Ripe Avocado paper and a small strip of Fine Linen was adhered to the top.  A small Fine Linen Label was stamped with Dark chocolate ink (the PTI website is down and I cannot remember the name of the label, it is the one with 3 types on one die).  The sentiment was finished off with small pearls as were the butterflies.

A VERY easy challenge for me ~ I so love leaves and butterflies!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan



Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 9~ card 1



Create a new project using both butterflies and leaves

This was an EASY project for me.  You do not have to look at very many of my cards and see I LOVE both Butterflies and Leaves.  I use those dies a LOT!  This card use 4 1/2x5 1/2 white cardstock as the card base.  The front panel is from Pacific Vineyard.  I cut the leaves from Ripe Avocado cardstock and the butterflies were from the solid and patterned paper.  The sentiment is on Oval Limitless Layers used to cut Spring Moss cardstock & stamped with Spring Moss ink.  The butterfly stack was finished with an adhesive pearl.

LOVE!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 8 ~ project

I told you I have been VERY busy making Valentines to sell for my Missions fund.  This idea came from a fabulous PTI designer Betsy Veldman HERE.  I made my own interpretation of her amazing idea.  I took a 6x8 1/2 piece of red cardstock and cut it with either Front & Center dies.  I used both in my projects.  You then score at:

      •1 1/2"

      •1 3/4"

•4"
    •4 1/4

I have an old Stampin Up heart stamp that I inked in VersaMark & stamped it several times on the front part.  If you look closely you can see that.  I took a 1x3" piece of white cardstock, stamped it with my sentiment and glued it behind the cut-out on the die.  I punched 2 holes on the left side an ran a length of white seam binding and tied it in a double knot.  A felt heart that I got in a package at Michael's was adhered to the right side.  The wrapper was glued together to make a sleeve & a Hershey bar was inserted. I have purchased 5 boxes of 36 candy bars.  That is 180 candy bars!  I have sold at least 150! They are sooooo cute!   I am telling you, God has so blessed my card ministry!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 7 ~ card



In honor of the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday and Melissa Bickford's new Heart-2-Heart stamp series, your challenge today is to create a project that incorporates hearts into it's design. They can be stamped hearts, die-cut hearts, felt hearts, glittered hearts, a heart border, or even hear shaped card base. Want to be inspired even further? Do a search on Pinterest or Google for hearts!

Here is my card.  I never make my own background paper.  I guess I am just too lazy, or I just don't take the time.  I have so many pretty background papers, I want to use them.  I do not own the PTI Valentine paper pack, and I have tried to keep the bulk of my supplies on my challenge cards PTI only.... so, I made this background paper.  It is not bad.  It has a few mis-stamps, but that adds to the charm, right?  It has a vintage-ey look!  Mat Stack 3 & the Layerz die were used for my sentiment.  I did use some hearts from cricut cuts and layered them.  I do not own PTI Heart dies.  Also the sentiment is a stamp from Michael's dollar bin.  I added the lock & key die cuts from the Lock & Key collection.  All of the elements were adhered with pop dots. 

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 6



The contest rules today are:  Take one of the 5 sketches from the above download and make a project.  I chose Sketch #5.  Here is my card:

The card base is 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock.  A 4x5 1/4 piece of PTI Beautiful Blooms paper was adhered to the card front.  A 1 1/2x5 1/2 strip of Pure Poppy cardstock was adhered across the center.  Hawaiian Shores cardstock was cut with PTI Celebrations die.  One of the stamps from Celebrations was used with VersaMark ink to stamp the frame and Smokey Shadow ink stamped Signature Greetings.  Simply Chartreuse cardstock was cut with the Sending You leaves.  Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, and Simply Chartreuse buttons were threaded with button twine and adhered to the mat.  I LOVE the sketch and my paper & color choices.  I wish I had threaded the buttons from the back and not allowed the tails to show.  I think it is kind of distracting but didn't realize it before they were all glued down with Glossy Accents!

All 5 sketches are good and will be a good addition to my sketch notebook!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest ~ Day 5

Pick one of the team members Pinterest inspiration photos from above or select your own piece of Pinterest eye candy to use as a jump-start for your very own creation. If you are linking from your blog, be sure to showcase your Pinterest inspiration and a link to the original source.



OK, I caved!  I signed up for Pinterest!  I spend WAAAAy too much time on the computer, looking at blogs and searching for ideas, so I really tried to resist.  Papertrey Ink has caused me to spend  too much money on their stamp and dies and things, here they go influencing me, again!  What I did not know is that you do not get an account right away.  I have to be on a "waiting list"!  Seriously?  Might they decide I am not good enough?  Or creative enough?  Or offer enough?  Whatever!  So, for today's Papertrey Ink contest we needed to pick a Pinterest image and make a card from that image.  I know this will BLOW YOUR MIND!  But.... I chose Dawn McVey.  Isn't that card above one of the prettiest you have ever seen?  I LOVE that card.  The picture above the card is from her Pinterest board.  I  make my own version.  TOUGH competition!

So, here it is:

This is a 4 1/4x5 1/2 white cardstock base card.  A 4x5 Raspberry Fizz mat is adhered to the front, I wanted more of the white card base to show to resemble the white baseboard.  A white Half & Half die cut was layered on the mat, to mimic the white frame of the chair.  It was stamped with a linen colored ink, like the background of the wallpaper.  I used the new Celebrations die and cut blue paper like the pillow on the chair and layered Rosie Posie flowers around it.  The leaves had some flaws I didn't see until I took the picture, I tried to repair them and also add some shading like Dawn did.  Haha, I won't be doing that again, as you can see on the close-up shot! 

All in all, I like the card.  I can see where if you take items from the pictures and interpret them, you can get inspiration.  I hope it does not become a new addiction...  IF I get off the waiting list! ;)

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversay Contest Day 5

Pick one of the team members favorite color combinations from above to use as inspiration for your very own creation. And don't forget to have fun and be creative!

Here is my card. 

I will edit this tomorrow and give descriptions.  Too late tonight, but... KU WON!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan