Papertrey Ink 11th Anniversary - Day 5 (Retirement List Challenge)

On Day 5 of the 11th Anniversary of Papertrey Ink, they announced the Retirement List of Stamps will be all gone after May 15. Today's challenge was to create a project using a stamp set from the Retirement List. Believe it or not, I only have about 12 of those sets, and I chose Beautiful Butterflies to make a birthday card. Thought it would be fun to do some "smooshing" since I haven't done that technique in quite awhile. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Black, Aqua Mist, Green Parakeet and Amethyst Allure

Ink: Aqua Mist, Green Parakeet, Amethyst Allure and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Beautiful Butterflies Layers and What The Doodle: Piece of Cake (sentiment)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Beautiful Butterflies Layers, Mix & Mat: Pretty Brackets and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: Glossy Black Nuvo Drops, SU Dimensionals and Acetate (smooshing)

PTI 9th Anniversary Day 8: Color Pop Fortune Teller

Day 8 during Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary brings us to another fun challenge on Nichole's blog. Our instructions were to print out the Color Pop Fortune Teller square, fold it according to her detailed instructions and create a project using at least three colors selected using this tool. Before flipping back and forth, we were to pick a number between 2-5 and our birth month (April) for our color scheme. My numbers were 4 and 4, and the "flipped" colors were Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado.

I tried something new to me, and not sure I'd do it again. It was it bit more work than I had bargained for making sure not to overlap color or go outside my margin. First, I die cut the butterfly three times on a 4x5.25" piece of white card stock, that would eventually be placed over my white card base. My ink blending tools using Raspberry Fizz and New Leaf ink pads went to work on the card base. Then I stamped Ripe Avocado butterfly highlights, a few dots using a Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, and my sentiment stamped also in Ripe Avocado. The top piece was then adhered to the card base. Another challenge met as I'm pushing myself to finish two more.

Here's my card:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies Layers and Boutique Borders: Thanks

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies Layers

Other: Ink Blending Tool and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

PTI MIM #210: Using Vellum to Soften Patterns

Lizzie showed us here how to use vellum to soften those bright patterns from patterned paper or ones we've stamped ourselves. Heidi Swapp Pink Color Shine was staring me in the face asking to be put to use so I sprayed some Stamper's Select White card stock and let it dry. Using Royal Velvet ink, I randomly stamped two images from Reasons to Smile to be covered by vellum. Here's a closeup view:

My next layer is a Tipped Tops Die cut from vellum and adhered underneath the butterfly from Beautiful Butterflies. For cohesiveness to my theme of smiling, I die cut the word "Smile" from SU Elegant Eggplant using Block Alphabet dies and adhered the vellum behind the letters. Here you can see the card in full view. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Vellum and SU Elegant Eggplant

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Royal Velvet and Heidi Swapp Pink Color Shine

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies and Reasons to Smile

Dies: Block Alphabet, Tipped Tops and Beautiful Butterflies Layers

Other: SU Elegant Eggplant Marker, Glue Dots, Sponge and Foam Tape