Ink To Paper Laurie's Fabulous Favorites

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites is to recreate or CASE a project that was used during release week. 

Since I need a birthday card for my DH and masculine cards are more challenging, I was thrilled to see these cards by Michelle.

I used a similar color scheme and graphic-style design but used totally different stamps and dies. It was a fun one to create, and now I have pieces leftover to make two more cards. Here's my version. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: SU Going Gray, Simply Chartreuse, Enchanted Evening and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: Star Prints, Harvest Berries and Penned Elegance

Dies: Triangle Trio, MFT Stitched Rectangles and MFT Stitched Oval STAX

Other: Nuvo Crystal Drops Morning Dew and Foam Tape

Ink To Paper Laurie's Fabulous Favorites (Framed Sentiments)

This week Laurie Schmidlin challenges us to create a card using our favorite way to frame a sentiment. Rather than on the Papertrey Ink Blog, the challenges are now posted on the Ink To Paper Blog here.

Lately it seems like I've been using white card bases for the most part so decided to deviate from that on this thank-you card. Here's my version of a framed sentiment. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: SU Going Gray and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Limeade Ice, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Tropical Teal, Smokey Shadow and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Penned Elegance, Some Like It Hot and In The Shadows

Dies: Some Like It Hot and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: SU Dimensionals

PTI's Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Week 7 (Color Combination)

This week Laurie challenged us to use our favorite color combination on a project for her Fabulous Favorites Challenge at Papertrey Ink. You can see her beautiful card here using Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Harvest Gold and Enchanted Evening. Can't wait to try that combo myself!

She has also inspired me to create a swatch ring of PTI card stocks to select new color combinations. Hopefully I'll get that accomplished this week. For now, here's my sympathy card for my cousin and his wife who just lost her mother. I wanted it bright and cheerful because that was her mother's personality. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Soft Stone

Ink: Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel, Soft Stone and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Stitching Garden and Penned Elegance

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical and Stitching Garden

Other: Stencil Basics: Diamonds, Black Nuvo Drops and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop Challenge

Well, it’s the 25th of January and first of the new year Blog Hop Challenge at Papertrey Ink. I’ve definitely lost what little mojo I had after pushing myself to get Christmas cards done and mailed before the very last minute.

Green Wedding Shoes

Hurried to make a card to participate in the challenge and came up with this festive birthday card inspired by the baby shower cake above. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and True Black

Ink: Melon Berry, Blueberry Sky and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: Hero Arts Stencil, Ink Blending Tool and AC Gold Glittered 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 MIM #327: Ombré Watercolor Backgrounds

This week we are blessed with Betsy as our host for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. She shared a fun technique to create ombré watercolor backgrounds. Her card set is gorgeous and love the color combinations she used. 

Since I wasn't thrilled with my first attempt trying to avoid using leaves, I still made two snowflake cards and one with leaves. This is what I did. Think this technique works best with solid stamps versus the line images of snowflakes. 

Snowflakes using Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening and Bliss Blue.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: What The Doodle: Snowflakes and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: None

Other: Canson Mixed Media, Paintbrush, SU Bliss Blue Marker and White Embossing Powder

Snowflakes using Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet and Winter Wisteria.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria and VersaMark

Stamps: What The Doodle: Snowflakes and Happiest of Holidays

Dies: None

Other: Canson Mixed Media, Paintbrush, White Embossing Powder and Corner Rounder

My third card is my favorite because of the richness using Americana, Dark Chocolate and Melon Berry for solid leaf images from Turning A New Leaf. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Americana, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry and VersaMark

Stamps: Turning A New Leaf and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: Paintbrush, Zing! Copper Embossing Powder and DCWV Metallic Stack

  

PTI MIM #323: Cascading Die Cuts

This week it was Stephanie's turn to inspire us for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday. It's all about creating die cuts cascading down the front of your card. Well, I didn't follow instructions right to the tee because I desperately need graduation cards. These kids grow up so fast that I didn't realize I need three more cards than I had planned on making. 

Please forgive me, Stephanie, as I did use the concept of how you added die cuts over colored paper. Mine just aren't cascading down the front but rather side to side. By The Numbers dies were just a bit too big. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Bright Buttercup and Blue (stash)

Ink: VersaMark and SU Brilliant Blue Marker

Stamps: Penned Elegance

Dies: By The Numbers and For The Graduate

Other: SU Dimensionals, Scor Tape, CTMH Sparkles, Star Punch and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

I tried this techique again on another graduation card and like this one better. Can you tell that I incorporated school colors for the grads? Love that added touch!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, True Black, Scarlet Jewel and Silver Metallic (DCWV)

Ink: VersaMark

Stamps: Keep It Simple: Graduation

Dies: For The Graduate, Wet Paint Cuts III and To The Point Edgers

Other: Zing! Silver Embossing Powder, and CTMH Sparkles

PTI MIM #317: Using Outline Images

It's a bright, sunny Friday afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest, and I've been spending a little time in my stamping room. Stephanie is the host for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. She showed us how to use outline images as an accent. Stephanie makes it look so easy, but it was quite challenging for me as I don't have many outline stamps. At first I misunderstood the task and struggled, but ended up with three cards all in the same color palette. Without further ado, here's what I created. 

Card #1

Card #2

The first two cards above included Floral Sketches and Penned Elegance stamp sets. Card #2 was cut down with a strip of Hibiscus Burst card stock adhered to the top and bottom of the design. 

Card #3

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Amethyst Allure and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest and Amethyst Allure

Stamps: Color Pop: Florals, Sketched Shapes and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: 1/4" Circle Punch and Orange Hemp Twine

PTI MIM #316: Stenciled Edges

Guess what day it is today? It's not only April Fool's Day but also Easter Sunday. Yes, it's Sunday night and I'm hurrying to enter my card for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday hosted by Lizzie Jones. She challenged us to add stenciling to our card edges to draw one's eye to the focal image. I love the results. My DH's aunt of 94 years young passed last week, and her service is tomorrow. Hence, the reason for the sympathy card. I'm hoping to get several more made tonight as they had nine children, and only one preceded her in death. On with my card. 

I've yet to catch up on blog commenting since our whirlwind trip to NYC. We were up at 5 or 6 every morning and didn't return to our hotel rooms until 11 pm. Needless to say, we crashed after logging over 21 miles, 48,450 steps and 55 flights of stairs in four days (according to my iPhone Health App).  We also took the Subways, a Ferry and a bus from Newark Airport to Times Square and another bus to JFK for our flights home. Due to the last Nor'Easter, our trip had to be rescheduled but it was definitely worth it. We had a fabulous trip with an awesome tour guide...so great in fact I'm having difficulty naming a favorite sight!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Pale Peony, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet and New Leaf

Stamps: Tulip Time and Penned Elegance

Dies: Tulip Time

Other: Diamond Stencil, Ink Blending Tool, Twine, Adhesive Gems and Foam Tape

PTI Create Along With Us: March 2018

Well, this week hit the middle of March and that means another Release for Papertrey Ink on the 15th. During this time, they invite us to use the DT designed cards to inspire us to create our own. There are so many gorgeous projects shared that it's a bit challenging to decide which one to use as inspiration. I narrowed it down to two different designers this time. This first card was inspired by Keeway showcasing Glorious Globes March and Shape Shifters Oval 1. Here's her card. 

This is my version. It's a two-fer as I not only completed the challenge, but I have a Christmas card in my stash for 2018. If you enlarge it, you can see the glittered snow using Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Mint Julep

Ink: Blueberry Sky, VersaFine Onyx Black and VersaMark

Stamps: In The Meadow and Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Dies: Mat Stack #6 and In The Meadow

Other: VersaMark Pen, Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder, Foam Tape, Paintbrush (splatters) and Make-Up Brush (ink blending)

My second card was a spin-off of Melissa Bickford's sharing a fun card using Penned Elegance and A Bit More: Butterfly Blooms using lots of bright colors as shown below. 

Rather than use a flower stamp like I use so often (because I don't have these beautiful butterflies…yet), I opted to use What The Doodle: Feathers in a similar design. It's fun to make one-layer cards occasionally, but they can be even more challenging than layering and using die-cuts. Here's mine. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: What The Doodle: Feathers, Jolly Holiday (stars) and Penned Elegance

Dies: None

Other: None

PTI MIM #314: Color Wheel Cards

Let's just say this was one of my favorite lessons regarding the color wheel. Thanks to Lexi, she challenged us to create color wheel cards but not necessarily a rainbow. You can see the details here for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. It's only Friday (have a funeral tomorrow and company arriving tomorrow night) but I actually created two very different cards using the color-wheel (ROYGBV) concept. Here we go. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone and Black

Ink: Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Amethyst Allure, New Leaf and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Bitty Bouquets, Garden Grace and Celebrations

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles, Bitty Bouquets, Noted: Scalloped A2 and Wonderful Words: Birthday

Other: Violet Zig Clean Color Real Brush and Ink Blending Tool

And the second card was a bit more challenging trying to get the floral images positioned along the cut edge of the card, but I like the results. 

Here you can see a little better what I mean about the cut edge and flowers adhered to overhang the opening. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Lovely Lady, Autumn Rose, TH Spiced Marmalade, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet, Green Parakeet and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and Penned Elegance

Dies: Floral Sketches, Painted Petals and In The Meadows (hills)

Other: Black Watercolor (splatters), Paint Brush and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #313: Mask & Stack

Betsy says to find the cutest stamp we own and stack them up. She showed us how to die-cut multiple cuts from sticky post-its to use as masks when stamping over images. This week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink took me out of my comfort zone because I tend to avoid masking. With the right stamps and dies, I can see where one could get amazing results. Guess I should have stuck with flowers and leaves because I just don't own many other images. Swans it is with some ink blending!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Blueberry Sky and Comic Strip

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Soft Stone, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Swan'sational and Penned Elegance

Dies: Tipped Tops (for stars) and Swan'sational (for masks)

Other: Makeup Brushes, Daubers, Fun Foam and Foam Tape