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: December 2016

Couldn't miss the opportunity to participate in another challenge after seeing all the great inspiration throughout December's Release at Papertrey Ink. The goal is to choose one or more projects posted by the Design Team to create our own version. It's challenging just deciding which one to tackle because they are all beautifully done.

This week I selected this beauty of Dawn's from her December Release Wrap-Up but changed the color scheme and improvised with older products from my stash. It's such a thrill to see her creating and posting on her blog again. Yay, Dawn! (still praying though)

Here's the get-well card I created by stamping the Floral Sketches with VersaMark and heat embossing with white powder. Then my Zigs came into play for the two sizes of flowers. New Leaf ink was used to stamp the leaves and then colored over with my Aqua Brush for that watercolored look. Thanks, Dawn, for the inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by, and I really do appreciate your comments. Hope to get caught up in the next day or two leaving comments for other participants. Sorry for the delay!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet and Canson Mixed Media (watercolor paper)

Ink: Berry Sorbet, New Leaf and VersaMark

Stamps: Floral Sketches, Boutique Borders: Valentine and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: Nesties Classic Scallop Squares

Other: Aqua Brush, Light Carmine and Geranium Red Zigs and White Embossing Powder

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop Challenge

Here is the inspiration photo from Nichole's blog here:

Here's my take on the challenge (and I'm almost out of time).

I just missed the deadline for posting this to the Blog Hop because I thought I had until midnight Eastern time but the cut off was at 11:30 EST. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Clear Vellum

Ink: VersaMark and Delicata Golden Glitz

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies Layers and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies

Other: Gold Zing! Embossing Powder, Zig Clean Color Real Brushes and SU Dimensionals

Papertrey Ink's 8th Anniversary Blue Ombre (Day 8)

Thursday's challenge for PTI's 8th Anniversary on Nichole's blog was to create a new project that features a blue ombre effect using all our favorite shades of this beautiful color. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Well, unfortunately I sold off all my SU ink pads and the bulk of my card stock preparing to replace them with my PTI Anniversary order so this was a bit of a struggle for me. Spring Rain ink and card stock wouldn't quite meet the criteria for ombre. Dug out three Pentel Color Pens, scribbled them on an old CD case, spritzed with water and "smooshed" a piece of watercolor paper in it to get various shades of blue. Hopefully, this qualifies.

I covered my white card base with a piece of SU Designer Paper before adhering my watercolored design. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and SU Designer Paper (stash)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Boutique Borders: Congrats and Keep It Simple: Get Well

Dies: None

Other: Watercolor Paper, Pentel Color Pens, Sequins (stash) and SU Dimensionals