PTI April 2018 Blog Hop

What a whirlwind of a month April was, and we're already to the 25th! Yes, it's time for another Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink. They came up with a beautiful inspiration photo of stacked teacups. 

image source: http://www.gailmccormack.com

Since I'm not a tea or coffee drinker, I don't own any "cup" stamps or dies so I used the color scheme and played off the floral design. Here's my take as well as my "lay flat" photography as Lexi shared with us on the Papertrey Blog. 

I edged the oval using a Gold Pen and Glitter Gelly Roll Pen. The leaves and flowers were colored using a Blender Pen and PTI inks or SU Markers to carry out the colors in the teacups. The Linen/Canvas layer was done by inking up the impression plate with Aqua Mist ink. To lighten it a bit, I also used a sponge and white pigment ink to lighten it a bit and add more streaks. Before adding my embossed sentiment, I popped up the oval using white foam. 

Off to help my DH buy and install a new entry door for our detached garage. We didn't have good luck at two Home Depots the last two days as their doors were so badly misaligned it wouldn't close. Off to check out Lowes. Hope you're seeing sunshine like we are today!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Vellum

Ink: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Ripe Avocado, White Pigment and VersaMark

Stamps: Ways to Say: Birthday

Dies: Shape Shifters: Oval 1 and Linen/Canvas Impression Plate

Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Corner Rounder, Gold Pen, Glitter Gelly Roll Pen, SU Blender Pen, SU Markers, Zigs, Sponge and White Foam

Papertrey Ink 11th Anniversary - Day 10 (Stripes Challenge)

What fun challenges the gals at Papertrey Ink came up with in honor of their 11th Anniversary! Today's challenge is Stripes because the number 11 looks like two stripes standing next to each other. You can see more details here. 

I pretty much kept up on all the challenges until this one but then life got in the way helping others who needed me. Yesterday was to be my day, but it was windy here in Western Washington and lost power from 1-11:30 pm so that pretty much took care of Saturday. My DH started the generator but it only supports the important appliances and lights in some rooms (not my stamping room). Was washing clothes and had dinner in the crockpot so had to make some adjustments before going to Mass last night. 

Today it snowed most of the day with an accumulation of only two inches at our house. It's chilly but at least no wind today. 

Anyway, on with my striped card!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Green Parakeet + White Basics and SU Basic Gray

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet, Berry Sorbet, Scarlet Jewel, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet and VersaMark

Stamps: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and Gran's Garden

Dies: Floral Sketches, Gran's Garden, Tipped Tops, MFT Stitched Rectangles and Linen/Canvas Impression Plate

Other: Ink Blending Tools, White Embossing Powder, Nuvo Crystal Drops and Foam Tape

PTI Blog Hop Challenge June 2017

How can it be the 25th of June already? It seems like it was just Christmas! Anyway, it's time for another Blog Hop Challenge at Papertrey Ink. Here's the lovely inspirational piece provided on Nichole's blog. 

photo source Anthropologie

Because we had such a busy Saturday scheduled, my mind told me I needed to get this card made Friday night and ready to post for Saturday's blog hop. Apparently, I was skipping over the 24th...thinking Saturday was the 25th, and it was way past my bedtime when I finished. Without further ado, here's my card. 

I started with a Stamper's Select White card base and added a strip at the bottom to ground my vases. This strip was embossed using the Linen/Canvas Impression Plate and then blended with Soft Stone ink and a blending tool. The vases were also ink blended with Melon Berry and Pinefeather, respectively, to which I added Glossy Accents for a watery effect. The Bitty Bouquet die cuts were stamped using Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup and Simply Chartreuse. I paint splattered some Pinefeather ink on the card base before assembling the card. One flower stem and the Melon Berry vase are adhered using SU Dimensionals. And that's a wrap. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Soft Stone, Pinefeather, Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse and Bright Buttercup

Stamps: Bitty Bouquets

Dies: Bitty Bouquets and Mega Gracious Vases

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, Blending Tool, Paintbrush, SU Dimensionals and Glossy Accents

Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

This month's inspiration photo is so technical it will be very interesting to see how each person interpreted what they saw. Hopefully, some of the fabulous DT members will find time to join in with their take on the challenge on Nichole's blog. Look at this beautiful design!

artwork from the New York Times featured artist Chad Hagen <-----check out his AMAZING flickr account!

I will be really curious to see the amazing creations because even though several Forum posts indicated this was a rough one, I know they will rock it. My ink blending using the negatives of Large Circles Nestabilities was done on Vintage Cream card stock. Here's my take. 

The Vintage Cream layer is popped up using Foam Tape onto the Kraft card base. I almost left the "bulls-eye" plain but just had to dress it up a bit with that beautiful Vellum butterfly. To tie the sentiment together, I layered Pure Poppy under the Kraft "birthday" Swoosh die-cut. The red on Kraft "Happy" was traced with my Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, even though it's difficult to see here. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy and Vellum

Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Autumn Rose, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy and Scarlet Jewel

Stamps: Swoosh

Dies: Life Is Beautiful, Swoosh and Large Circles Nestabilities

Other: Pearls (SU), Gelly Roll Glitter Pen and Foam Tape

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Actually, I salvaged my first attempt at ink blending multicolored circles, one color blended on top of the other. Hence, I decided to make a second card using my circle inlaid die after stacking three white layers beneath the colored. The top white layer popped up using SU Dimensionals was dry embossed using Linen/Canvas Impression Plate. With the sentiment stamped in Black, I had to add some paint splatters that Kay Miller does so well. The small, loopy pink flower die cut is one I got from Sandy when she did a Forum giveaway. Thanks, Sandy!

We're heading to the Ocean this morning for the week with friends so it might be several days before I get a chance to comment on other blogs. Happy hopping and have an awesome week!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Painted Petals

Dies: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate and Large Circles Nestabilities

Other: Black Watercolor & Water, Paintbrush and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #158: Stamping With Watercolor Mediums

Back from a much-needed vacation in sunny California and dealing with lots of personal matters following the death of my BIL, I was eager to get back in my stamping room. After watching Heather perform her magic using Gelatos and water brushing or misting her stamp, I decided I'd attempt this technique. Guess I'm so out of practice because my first one went in the trash. I'm still not thrilled with the second one, but I'm entering it anyway in this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. Should have pulled out my watercolors because my pastel SU Watercolor Wonder Crayons didn't show up very well, but here it is anyway.

Below is a close-up of my watercolor experience using the misting technique. 

Also entering in this Wednesday's Simon Says Stamp challenge, because Simon Says Happy Birthday. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White, SU Certainly Celery and Lavender Lace

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and SU Watercolor Wonder Crayons (pastels)

Stamps: Pretty Peonies and Big Birthday Wishes

Dies: Pretty Peonies and Linen/Canvas Impression Plate

Other: We R Corner Chomper, White Crochet Thread (Joann's) and SU Dimensionals

PTI's 7th Anniversary ~ Day 3 (Timer Challenge)

Our challenge today in celebration of Papertrey Ink's 7th Anniversary is to gather 7 supplies (including ink, paper and stamps) in 7 minutes and create a quick card in 17 minutes or less. WOW, that is moving quickly for this gal who typically creates without a sketch, design or colors in mind. After making seven cards late last night, it was a push to get crafting again today so three is my limit. I'm multitasking now as I type this while watching the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics ~ Go USA!

Have seen several cards in blogland using paint chips and most recently, my online friend Joyce posted one on her blog. I've been saving several different color schemes for quite sometime so decided to use one tonight thinking it would be a time-saver.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Stamper's Select White card stock
2. Paint chip from Home Depot
3. Boutique Borders: Congrats stamp set
4. Boutique Borders: Birthday stamp set
5. Linen/Canvas Impression Plate
6. SU Rose Red ink
7. Rhinestones - 3 (from my stash)

 Finished in 14 minutes, 58 seconds.


Thought I'd make another birthday card because February is a birthday-filled month for me with seven relatives and friends celebrating from the 9th through the 28th (all females but one). I so wanted to put sequins or buttons down the front to make it look like a dress but had to stick to my goal of 7 items.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Raspberry Fizz card stock
2. Basic Black card stock (Joann's)
3. Stamper's Select White card stock
4. Pretty Peonies die
5. Wonderful Words: Birthday die
6. White doily (stash)
7. Black/white Twinery Twine

Finished in 12 minutes, 4 seconds. 

Since I ran out of steam last night, Erin's printable was the only one I didn't get to complete. Once all the others were used, I could see that my Mat Stack #4 die would work perfectly to capture the entire print. Because I don't have the larger mat stacks for layering, I created by own by die-cutting two from black card stock and cutting one in half vertically and the other horizontally. This was time-consuming as was the fussy cutting of the two little hearts I added to fill the corner and give it some more dimension.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

1. Erin Lincoln's printable
2. Basic Black card stock (Joann's)
3. SU Real Red card stock
4. White card stock (Georgia Pacific) ~ feeds just fine through my printer
5. Mat Stack #4
6. Boutique Borders: Valentine
7. SU Real Red ink

Finished with 4 seconds to spare: 16 minutes, 56 seconds

PTI's 7th Anniversary ~ Day 2

Tonight I have seven cards to share using free printables from Nichole Heady's blog today. These designers are just awesome, and here's what they gave us to work with creating our own cards.

Let's start with the first card I made tonight, which was using Heather's printable. White card base is covered with Raspberry Fizz, a Tipped Tops die of black before adhering the printable and adding black sequins for a little bling. 

My second card was created using Lizzie's circular design die cut using Limitless Layers: 1-3/4" Circles. My second layer of white card raised up using SU dimensionals created a window-type effect for my image. The printable was adhered to a Mat Stack #3 die cut together from Ocean Tides and SU's Groovy Guava, which was embossed with Swiss Dots embossing folder. 

Betsy's design inspired me to make this card, and since I only have the 2-1/4"oval dies, I had to fussy cut this oval before adding a little orange rhinestone in the center of the flower. Some orange sequins finished it off. 

My next card was made using Dawn's bright floral oval, which I could die-cut. My second oval was die-cut from Hawaiian Shores card stock. The hexagon cover plate of Raspberry Fizz over black was wrapped with white crochet thread and several loops behind the image. 

Tiffany's "Keep Being You" flourish was just a tad too big for my die shapes so managed to place it behind a Fabulous Frames red die-cut, that I raised up using SU dimensionals. My background is SU Basic Gray cardstock, VersaMark ink and Basic Backgrounds: Super Stripes. Added a little bling with red glitter glue before finishing it off with a black button, red/white twine and a sentiment from Think Big Favorites #11. 

My sixth card was using Lexi's big diamonds with her "you rock" sentiment, cut out, rounded corners and edged them with red ink before adhering it to a Not Quite Navy Boutique Borders: Congrats die cut. A red strip of cardstock is tucked between these two layers and raised up using SU dimensionals. My background is Spring Rain cardstock run through my Big Shot using a Zig Zag embossing folder. A few rhinestones finish it off. 

My final card before I call it a night was using Melissa's colorful image of flowers, a border and sentiment all wrapped in one. My base is SU Night of Navy cardstock embossed with PTI's Canvas Impression Plate. Two sizes of die cuts using Mat Stack #6 are beneath the image, one in Hawaiian Shores and the other using SU Regal Rose. This one was finished using a yellow button & twine to match. I can barely keep my eyes open so that's it for this post. This was fun ~ just wish I would have had time to start earlier in the day. 

Any questions regarding supplies, just ask. I'm too lazy to list all of them. 

PTI MIM #138: Inlaid Die-Cuts (Take 2) Thinking of You & SSS: Anything Goes

Once again I tried Betsy's technique of Inlaid Die-Cuts as shown in her video here. Funny how one looks at their dies in a different light and feels the need to buy more. Great marketing scheme, don't you think? I die-cut a Limitless Layers: 2-1/4" Oval from PTI's Harvest Gold (HG) cardstock (saved for another card) and a second one from "Snippets" paper pad from American Crafts for my inlay. After embossing the HG with PTI's Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, I backed that with SU's Baroque Burgundy (BB) before adhering to my white card base. Another strip of "Snippets" and BB were added down the left side. To finish it off, I added a Harvest Gold button with white crochet thread bow, stamped my sentiment and rounded the corners.

I'm also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Anything Goes. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, White, SU Baroque Burgundy & Snippets paper pad from AC

Ink: SU Baroque Burgundy 

Stamps: Botannical Silhouettes

Dies: Limitless Layers: 2-1/4" Ovals & Linen/Canvas Impression Plate

Other: HG button & white crochet thread

PTI July 2013 Blog Hop (Card #4)

While my DH was painting the exterior of our house, I spent much-needed time in my stamping room. That explains why I've been on a roll lately because I'm way behind on thank-you cards. My card uses another of Nichole's Fruits of Summer Color Inspiration from July's Blog Hop.

My "Thank You for your Kindness" card was created by stamping several flowers in the colors above to design my own background paper. I cut it in two pieces and adhered them to my card base using foam mounting tape. Once again I had to use some color substitutes. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Summer Sun, SU Regal Rose, SU Baroque Burgundy & SU Groovy Guava

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Iconic Images

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, glitter, SU Baroque Burgundy marker, Glossy Accents & foam mounting tape

PTI May 2013 Blog Hop

The challenge this month for Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop is to use the coordinating colors of one of the Bouquet Builders to create a floral card. I chose the orange one mainly because I had substitutes for those PTI colors I don't own…yet:

photo credit

For something a little different I decided to use the Half and Half die upside down (is there really a right side up), and embossed my sentiment using white embossing powder. The Harvest Gold background texture is PTI's canvas/linen impression plate, and the flower center is the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder from Sizzix. A tiny clear rhinestone is attached to the orange sequin to finish it off. 

Edited to Add: Adding this to the Moxie Fab World challenge,  Tuesday Trigger: Scene in Tangerine. Here's the image source to encourage you to play along: 

Image Credit

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, SU Pumpkin Pie & White

Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, SU Really Rust & VersaMark

Stamps: Half and Half, Square Prints & Polka Dot Basics II

Dies: Half and Half & Beautiful Blooms II #1

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, orange sequin, clear rhinestone and SU Dimensionals

PTI Make It Monday #115: Beyond Paper with Impression Plates

Here I am posting at the last minute again for the PTI Make It Monday challenge, which is to emboss on something other than paper. So, like others I used aluminum foil and PTI's Cane/Linen Impression Plate to emboss a Mat Stack #6 diecut. To make the foil stronger, I backed it with cardstock before embossing it. My colors in this high school graduation card reflect the school colors of silver and navy blue. Heather Nichol's showed us how to do this technique using aluminum tape.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Spring Rain, SU Night of Navy and White

Ink: VersaMark and SU Night of Navy

Stamps: For The Graduate and 2012 Birthday Tags (stars)

Dies: Mat Stack #6, Cloud Dies and Sizzix Go Go Boots Alphabet (2013)

Other: Aluminum Foil, Zing Silver Metallic Embossing Powder, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU rhinestones and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #112: Embossed Alpha Die Cuts

Ashley Newell showed us how to add colors and textures to alpha or number die cuts by heat embossing. This is the current challenge for PTI's Make It Monday on Nichole Heady's blog. Almost hate to admit this task wasn't as easy as Ashley made it look. Perhaps I should have started earlier in the week but didn't get to my craft room until tonight. Wonderful Words: Hello die cut was stamped using VersaMark and the Half & Half plaid stamp before heat embossing with Stampin' Up's Melon Mambo embossing powder.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, White, and Country Charm by Diane Kappa

Ink: VersaMark

Stamps: Half & Half

Dies: Half & Half, Wonderful Words: Hello and Mat Stack #6

Other: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate, SU Melon Mambo Embossing Powder, rhinestones & SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #110: Collage Elements

The challenge this week was demonstrated by Dawn McVey using collage elements to create a card for this week's PTI Make It Monday #110, which can be seen on Nichole Heady's blog.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft, SU Very Vanilla, , SU Chocolate Chip, SU Really Rust & SU Sage Shadow

Ink: Kraft, SU Close to Cocoa, SU Chocolate Chip, SU Really Rust & SU Sage Shadow

Stamps: Crackled, Star Prints, Background Basics: Text Style,  & Birthday Style

Dies: Linen/Canvas Impression Plate 

Other: SU 1-3/4" punch, EK Success corner rounder punch, "fussy cut" stars, button, SU twine & SU Dimensionals

I'm also entering this in Simon Says: Happy Birthday. 

Edited: Adding these to Simon Says April 1 Challenge.