PTI MIM #340: Banner-ific!

Good thing I started this challenge early because it took me a few days to get back to finishing this banner. Thanks, Michelle, for the inspiration on this week's Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday! She challenged us to create a banner for the upcoming holiday season. Look at how gorgeous hers is!

Those newly-released stamp sets and dies get me every time...already.  Love her nontraditional color scheme also. 

Because I wanted to use my birch wrapping paper I bought last year, I went with the traditional red, white, green & black plus some silver thrown in there to add a little sparkle. Besides my total banner image, I also posted individual ones of all three tags. Looking forward to seeing what others created for this fun challenge!

The birch wrapping paper is quite thin so I backed each tag with two layers of white card stock. This also gives the backsides a nice finished look. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Pure Poppy

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black and Pinefeather

Stamps: MIM Mini Kit: Holiday Folk

Dies: MIM Mini Kit: Holiday Folk, Tag Sale #4, Jolly Holiday and Block Alphabet Upper

Other: Birch Wrapping Paper (Pier 1), TH Tinsel Twine, Silver Twine, Darice Red Bells, SU Real Red Marker, Gelly Roll Glitter Dust and Foam Tape

PTI October Blog Hop Challenge

Well, well, how did this happen already? It's the 25th of October and time for another Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Challenge. Happy Pumpkin Season! That's exactly the inspiration image for this month's challenge.

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I stretched my liberties by opting to go with Fall foliage on Kraft card stock and lots of polka dots in lieu of pumpkins. 

Have fun hopping!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream and Sheer Basics Vellum

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Hero Arts Ombré Autumn and VersaMark

Stamps: Leaf Prints and Penned Elegance

Dies: Leaf Prints and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: Button, DMC Floss and Foam Tape

PTI Transformation Tuesday Challenge #22

It's not very often I get around to participating in Papertrey Ink's Transformation Tuesday Challenge, but it's certainly not because I don't have lots of cards I'd like to transform. Dawn McVey is the host for this challenge, and she made a Christmas card using her new stamp set, Blooming Amaryllis. It is gorgeous! I chose this Fall birthday card to remake. 

Original Card

New Card

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Kraft Bitty Big, Canyon Clay and Stamper's Select White 

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Mini Kit: Color Pop Autumn

Dies: Mini Kit: Color Pop Autumn

Other: Foam Tape

PTI Create Along With Us: October 2018

It was just Release Week at Papertrey Ink so we get to create our own version from DT examples. The most challenging part of this is deciding on which project to use as my inspiration. There were so many awesome ones, and who doesn't love anything to do with the Christmas Season. 

This time I chose a card created by Heather that looks like this. 

Obviously, I couldn't CASE this because I don't have any of the new products she used, but I used similar colors and did my best with what I do have. Yay for another completed Christmas card! 

To make it look more realistic, I topped the white snowfall with glitter glue and stacked my "peace" die-cuts three high for more dimension. If you enlarge the image, you'll see my polka-dot bow has a tiny white pearl in the center. And there you have it. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White and Silver Glitter Paper (stash)

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel and VersaMark

Stamps: Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Confetti Toss

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Glitter Glue, White Embossing Powder, SU Pearl and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #339: Patterned Frames

This week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday is hosted by Ashley, and she showed three different cards adding patterns to a die-cut frame. I loved her examples, but of course, I don't own any of the frames she used. To the drawing board I went, and this is what I created. Chalk one up for another Christmas card completed!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Autumn Rose, Enchanted Evening and Ocean Tides

Ink: Autumn Rose, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: Penned Elegance: Christmas

Dies: Penned Elegance: Christmas, Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, MFT Stitched Rectangles and What The Doodle: Snowflakes

Other: Ink Blending Tool, Wonderland Scenes Stencil, White Embossing Powder, White Glitter Paper and Foam Tape

PTI Transformation Tuesday with Lizzie Jones

What better way to transform an older card with newer products by entering Papertrey Ink's Transformation Tuesday Challenge. Because I'm in need of a sympathy card and it’s the Fall season, I decided to use leaves instead of butterflies. Mission accomplished. 

Original Card

New Card

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft and Vintage Cream

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Terracotta Tile and Hero Art’s Ombré Autumn

Stamps: Leaf Prints and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: Leaf Prints, Tag Sale #9 and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: Ink Blending Tool, Paintbrush, Nuvo Crystal Drops Morning Dew and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #338: Incorporating Packaging Dies into Cards

This past week has been a busy one. Returned Tuesday afternoon from a week's vacation in Boston, and our bridge project was in full action through Thursday. We've only been waiting for the powers at be to approve replacing our existing bridge for almost four years. You cannot believe all the restrictions and required permits when working around water. Now that it's almost done, we are so relieved. Anyway, after completing household chores, I managed to squeeze in a small window of stamping to participate in this week's Make It Monday for Papertrey Ink. This challenge by Lizzie Jones is to incorporate packaging dies into cards, but she okayed the use of tags for those of us who don't own packaging dies. Thanks, Lizzie!

As I thought about this challenge, I was originally going to use Tag Sale #9 but decided to make a Christmas card using Enclosed: Bell. I think it looks like a box/package all decorated. Anyway, I'm going with that, and here it is.

(I'm way behind in blog surfing and commenting but hope to catch up this week.) 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy and Holiday Plaid

Ink: Pure Poppy and Pinfeather

Stamps: Enclosed: Bell

Dies: Enclosed: Bell and Noted: Pinked A2 Vertical

Other: Gold Twine, Glitter Gelly Roll Pen and SU Dimensionals