PTI March 2018 Blog Hop

The 25th of the month means it's time for another Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink. It's also the day we fly home from New York City after a busy 5-day vacation with some of my husband's family. I'm off to get a haircut so I'm making this short. Here's the inspiration photo and then my card. 

image source: www.marthastewart.com

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Kraft and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Kraft, Soft Stone, Harvest Gold, Lovely Lady, Autumn Rose, Ripe Avocado and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Brushed Off, Watercolor Wonder, Bitty Bouquets, In The Shadows and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, Mega Gracious Vases and Bitty Bouquets

Other: gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Fun Foam, SU Dimensionals and Waterbrush

PTI MIM #315: Embossing Enamel Splatters

This week Melissa Phillips is the hostess of Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. Her current favorite technique is creating embossed enamel splatters. She, of course, used Embossing Enamel, but I don't have any and I'm leaving on vacation today. The challenge said we could use embossing powder to create our splatters and splotches so that's how I did mine. Just how to get splotches and splatters though got me thinking outside the box. I used VersaMark ink refill mixed with a tad bit of water to thin it out and attempted to splatter it on my ink-blended yardstick, sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set it. I like the results, but I'm sure it would be much easier with Embossing Enamel. My sentiment is embossed in the usual way.

A few score lines, a piece of twine and a layered butterfly finished off this get well card. All of a sudden I went from needing multiple birthday cards to needing cards of encouragement...but definitely better than sympathy. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Bitty Dots and Clear Vellum

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and VersaMark

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II (dots) and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: To The Point Edgers and Life Is Beautiful 

Other: VersaMark Refill, Zing! Teal Embossing Powder, Glue Dots, Ink Blending Tools, Scoring Board and Twinery Twine

PTI Create Along With Us: March 2018

Well, this week hit the middle of March and that means another Release for Papertrey Ink on the 15th. During this time, they invite us to use the DT designed cards to inspire us to create our own. There are so many gorgeous projects shared that it's a bit challenging to decide which one to use as inspiration. I narrowed it down to two different designers this time. This first card was inspired by Keeway showcasing Glorious Globes March and Shape Shifters Oval 1. Here's her card. 

This is my version. It's a two-fer as I not only completed the challenge, but I have a Christmas card in my stash for 2018. If you enlarge it, you can see the glittered snow using Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Mint Julep

Ink: Blueberry Sky, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: In The Meadow and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: Mat Stack #6 and In The Meadow

Other: VersaMark Pen, Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder, Foam Tape, Paintbrush (splatters) and Make-Up Brush (ink blending)

My second card was a spin-off of Melissa Bickford's sharing a fun card using Penned Elegance and A Bit More: Butterfly Blooms using lots of bright colors as shown below. 

Rather than use a flower stamp like I use so often (because I don't have these beautiful butterflies…yet), I opted to use What The Doodle: Feathers in a similar design. It's fun to make one-layer cards occasionally, but they can be even more challenging than layering and using die-cuts. Here's mine. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: What The Doodle: Feathers, Jolly Holiday (stars) and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: None

PTI MIM #314: Color Wheel Cards

Let's just say this was one of my favorite lessons regarding the color wheel. Thanks to Lexi, she challenged us to create color wheel cards but not necessarily a rainbow. You can see the details here for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. It's only Friday (have a funeral tomorrow and company arriving tomorrow night) but I actually created two very different cards using the color-wheel (ROYGBV) concept. Here we go. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone and Black

Ink: Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Amethyst Allure, New Leaf and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Bitty Bouquets, Garden Grace and Celebrations

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles, Bitty Bouquets, Noted: Scalloped A2 and Wonderful Words: Birthday

Other: Violet Zig Clean Color Real Brush and Ink Blending Tool

And the second card was a bit more challenging trying to get the floral images positioned along the cut edge of the card, but I like the results. 

Here you can see a little better what I mean about the cut edge and flowers adhered to overhang the opening. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Autumn Rose, TH Spiced Marmalade, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Green Parakeet and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and Penned Elegance

Dies: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and In The Meadows (hills)

Other: Black Watercolor (splatters), Paint Brush and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #313: Mask & Stack

Betsy says to find the cutest stamp we own and stack them up. She showed us how to die-cut multiple cuts from sticky post-its to use as masks when stamping over images. This week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink took me out of my comfort zone because I tend to avoid masking. With the right stamps and dies, I can see where one could get amazing results. Guess I should have stuck with flowers and leaves because I just don't own many other images. Swans it is with some ink blending!

Thank you for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Blueberry Sky and Comic Strip

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Soft Stone, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Swan'sational and Penned Elegance

Dies: Tipped Tops (for stars) and Swan'sational (for masks)

Other: Makeup Brushes, Daubers, Fun Foam and Foam Tape