Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop Challenge & PTI MIM #330: Repeating The Greeting

Here we are already on the 25th of the month so it's time for another Blog Hop Challenge at Papertrey Ink. This is this month's inspiration photo. Because I don't own any Salt Air stamps or dies, I chose to go with the color palette shown in this image. 

{source: Poppy & Red on Behance}

Thought I'd try something different so I embossed Happy Birthday from Graceful Greetings several times, ink blending them in Blueberry Sky with the exception of one. To highlight one of the repeated sentiments, I opted to layer die-cuts in Pure Poppy to make it stand out. Randomly stamped a few stars in Blueberry Sky and Pure Poppy, adhered a strip of Blueberry Sky to the left side and finished the card. Planning to send this to my BIL, whose birthday is later this month. 

This is a two-for-one card as I'm also entering this in Papertrey's Make It Monday #330, where Lizzie Jones challenged us to repeat sentiments on our card. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Blueberry Sky

Ink: Blueberry Sky and Pure Poppy

Stamps: Birthday Cheer

Dies: Graceful Greetings

Other: Ink Blending Tool and Spray Adhesive

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PTI MIM #329: Creating Stencils from Die Cuts

This week I'm joining Melissa Phillips for her Papertrey Ink Make It Monday where she challenges us to make our own stencil from die-cuts. Once again I'm a bit out of my comfort zone but just had to make the attempt. 

To start with, I die-cut the most inner layer of Mix & Mat: Postal from acetate to save it for future stenciling. Thanks, Melissa, as I will definitely keep this in mind to make those dies even more versatile. A little ink blending and layering of die-cuts and I've got this pretty sympathy card.

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides and Holiday Plaid

Ink: Soft Stone, Pale Peony, Autumn Rose, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Stitching Garden and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, Mix & Mat: Postal, Mix & Mat: Pretty Brackets and Stitching Garden

Other: Acetate (to make stencil), White Foam, SU Dimensionals and Ink Blending Tool

PTI MIM #328: Creating Shadow Backgrounds

This week it's Laurie Schmidlin's turn to host Make It Monday for Papertrey Ink. Details can be found here. She told us "it's a super easy technique" that she loves. Well, I didn't have a lot of time to ponder what stamps to use as I'm leaving town tomorrow for a week and didn't want to miss out on participating. Let's just say I'm not thrilled with my first one but do like the second one better. Why is it all the stamps I own never seem to fit the challenges presented? Anyone else feel that way? On with my cards. (I'm packed and ready to go so thought I'd try a totally different version of a "shadow" background using Americana ink for my third card.)

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Soft Stone

Ink: Soft Stone, Tropical Teal and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: What The Doodle: Feathers and Floral Sketches

Dies: What The Doodle: Feathers

Other: Black Watercolor (splatters), Black Sequins and Foam Tape

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Autumn Rose, Scarlet Jewel, New Leaf and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Sentiment Staples: Birthday, Ways to Say: Birthday, Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2 and Gran's Garden

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, Rosie Posie and Gran's Garden

Other: Ink Blending Tool, Stencil Basics: Dots and White Foam

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Americana, Orange Zest, Scarlet Jewel and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Painted Petals and Penned Elegance

Dies: Painted Petals

Other: SU Dimensionals and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

PTI MIM #327: Ombré Watercolor Backgrounds

This week we are blessed with Betsy as our host for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. She shared a fun technique to create ombré watercolor backgrounds. Her card set is gorgeous and love the color combinations she used. 

Since I wasn't thrilled with my first attempt trying to avoid using leaves, I still made two snowflake cards and one with leaves. This is what I did. Think this technique works best with solid stamps versus the line images of snowflakes. 

Snowflakes using Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening and Bliss Blue.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: What The Doodle: Snowflakes and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: None

Other: Canson Mixed Media, Paintbrush, SU Bliss Blue Marker and White Embossing Powder

Snowflakes using Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet and Winter Wisteria.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria and VersaMark

Stamps: What The Doodle: Snowflakes and Happiest of Holidays

Dies: None

Other: Canson Mixed Media, Paintbrush, White Embossing Powder and Corner Rounder

My third card is my favorite because of the richness using Americana, Dark Chocolate and Melon Berry for solid leaf images from Turning A New Leaf. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Americana, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry and VersaMark

Stamps: Turning A New Leaf and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: Paintbrush, Zing! Copper Embossing Powder and DCWV Metallic Stack