PTI MIM #325: Flowers in Reverse

This week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday details hosted by Dawn can be found here. She shared a different twist to creating flowers by keeping them more neutral and adding color to the leaves and other card layers. Can’t wait till I have more time to check out my floral dies and try this technique again. TFS, Dawn!

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, True Black, Berry Sorbet and Green Parakeet+White Basics

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Painted Petals, Beautiful Blooms II Dies #1, Button Stacks, Fancy Foliage Details, Swoosh, Mix & Mat: Postal and Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical

Other: Twinery Twine, Nuvo Crystal Drops and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Lt. Carmine

PTI MIM #318: Simple Stitched Stems

After a trip to the craft store and some contemplating which floral stamps to use, I completed a card for this week's Make It Monday Challenge for Papertrey Ink. You can see all the details here where Michelle Leone, in her very first Make It Monday video, shows us how to add simple stitching to our cards for something different. A seamstress I'm not but I could tackle this hand stitching just fine. Without further ado, here's my card. 

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Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Scarlet Jewel and New Leaf

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Aqua Mist and New Leaf

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles, Mix & Mat: Postal, Tag Sale: Quilted and Fancy Foliage Details

Other: Green Craft Cord, SU Mat Pack, Needle, SU Dimensionals and Glossy Accents

PTI MIM #278: Window Chipboard Sentiments

Stephanie is sharing her very first Papertrey Make It Monday Video for this week's challenge. The first challenge I saw was what word die to use that would allow the card to open and close properly without tearing the paper. My choice of "happy" from Pretty Peonies wasn't the best decision but I went with it anyway. I really like my card but the little pieces won't withstand opening and closing too many times. Without further ado, here's my card. I'll show it open as well as the inside. If you look closely or enlarge the photo, you can see I also added some splatters. Thanks, Heather, for the reminder!

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Black, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst and SU Going Gray

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals and Painted Petals

Dies: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals, Fancy Foliage Details, Pretty Peonies and Nestabilities Classic Ovals: Large

Other: White Embossing Powder and Foam Tape

PTI Celebrating Past, Present and Future: 2009

Day 3 of PTI's 10th Anniversary Celebration includes cards from the past and present using sets introduced in 2009 by Papertrey Ink. Once again I don't own any of those either, which included Damask Designs, Fruitful, Giga Guidelines, On My Couch and Simple Valentine. This almost leads you to believe that my stamping supplies are very limited, but my husband says otherwise.

No way could I come close to this beautiful card by Laurie Schmidlin, but I pulled out my Lovely Layers set to give the technique a try.

Because I'm supposed to be packing for our trip tomorrow, I had to hurry and didn't have time to start over. Sorry, no time for re-do's. Remind me that I do not like Smokey Shadow ink (should have used black). I need a lighter gray. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Basic Black, Raspberry Fizz and Silver Glitter Paper

Ink: VersaMark, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow and Delicata Silvery Shimmer

Stamps: Lovely Layers and Keep It Simple: Thinking of You

Dies: Button Stacks and Fancy Foliage Details

Other: Silver paint splatters and SU Dimensionals

Papertrey January Blog Hop Challenge 2017

Did that inspiration photo for this month's Blog Hop Challenge at Papertrey have you drooling for beautifully frosted sugar cookies? The colors sure pop on the black background.

photograph from Julie Baerwald

I was so inspired by the cookies I made two cards: the first totally from scratch, and the second using a mini kit. Sounds just like I was baking, doesn't it?

Thought my new Fancy Foliage Details Dies (NBUS as Darnell would say) might work beautifully with Rosie Posie. If you enlarge the photo, you can see how I highlighted Step 2 of Rosie Posie using my Gelly Roll Glitter Pen.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Basic Black, Raspberry Fizz and New Leaf

Ink: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz and Pure Poppy

Stamps: Rosie Posie and Rosie Posie Step 2

Dies: Rosie Posie, Fancy Foliage Details, Swoosh, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: White Foam, Stampin' Up Dimensionals and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

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This is the first time I used the dies from this fabulous kit with the preprinted florals. Lining them up was easy (thanks, Betsy), but it was still more time consuming than anticipated. Definitely worth the effort though...at least in my opinion. What to you think?

Some of the die-cuts were popped up for added dimension and highlighted with glossy accents to look more like icing. Popped up the "love" sentiment on white foam, adhered to a white card base and called it finished. Off hopping to see what others created for the challenge!

Also entering the first card in Darnell's NBUS Challenge #9, Word Art Wednesday and SSS Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes. 

Thanks for stopping by. I sincerely appreciate your comments. ❤️

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals and Wet Paint

Other: Stampin' Up Dimensionals, White Foam and Glossy Accents

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