PTI Create Along With Us: September 2017

It's that time of the month for Papertrey Ink's new release, and since it's September it's time for their Christmas products. They just never disappoint, do they? It's also our chance to create along with the designers by using their gorgeous creations and/or color schemes for inspiration. How does one choose which one to favor? This time I went with the card below by Michelle showcasing Betsy's new Make It Market Kit.

This is what I came up with using products I currently own. No surprise that I'm eager to get my hands on new sets though as I can't resist their cuteness!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone and Stamper's Select White

Ink: Ocean Tides, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate and VersaMark

Stamps: Jolly Holiday, In The Meadow, Signature Christmas and Altenew Snowing

Dies: Jolly Holiday, In The Meadow and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: White Embossing Powder and SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #191: Glittered Frames

Thank goodness for PTI Make It Monday challenges because it motivates me to create a card when time permits. It's not helping me mass produce my Christmas cards, but I couldn't resist busting out my glitter after watching Dawn's video to make glittered frames. It was fun but now I know why I seldom "glitterize" my cards. Love the look but it's all over the place, especially since my only silver glitter was pretty chunky. I've had it so long I paid $2.19 for a huge jar. Would you call that hoarding? Anyway, here's my card. This was a fluke so don't expect staging all the time. : )

I used a SU Going Gray card base to make it easier for writing inside the card. That's also the color you see under the raised up Fancy Flakes snowflake. Using a VersaMark pen, I edged the snowflake and then dipped it in silver metallic embossing powder, which is also what I used for the Happy Holidays sentiment. Didn't have 1/8" Score Tape so the 1/4" made the glittered frame a little too wide, but I had to go with it. The snowflake is raised up using SU dimensionals. Finishing the card, I added a rhinestone to the center of the flake. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Tropical Teal & SU Going Gray (card base)

Ink: VersaMark Pad and VersaMark Marker

Stamps: Signature Christmas

Dies: Fancy Flakes

Other: 1/4" Score Tape, SU dimensionals, Zing Silver Metallic Embossing Powder, Silver Glitter and Rhinestone (both from my stash)

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Nichole and crew are so good to us they provided great Holiday Color Recipes to choose from for  this month's Blog Hop challenge and to help jumpstart our holiday projects. I selected this combination of non-traditional colors:

Since I'm sure there will be lots of other blog hop entries to see, let's get right to my card. It's pretty self-explanatory.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Soft Stone

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Blueberry Sky, Hawaiian Shores and New Leaf

Stamps: Watercolor Wonder, In The Meadow and Signature Christmas

Dies: Fancy Flakes

Other: New Leaf Bitty Dot paper and foam tape

Holiday Cards Tied Up With String (Take #3)

And here's my third take using twine on a card ~ this time wrapped around one part of the card for PTI's December 2013 Blog Hop.

The patterned paper determined what other colors of cardstock to use for this design. It's pretty basic.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: White, SU Real Red, SU Mellow Moss, Spring Rain, Harvest Gold & AC's Snippets patterned paper pad 

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Signature Christmas

Dies: Mat Stack #3, Fancy Flakes

Other: (non-PTI) Twinery Twine

PTI Make It Monday #122: Polka Dot Texture with Copic Markers

Believe it or not, right after watching Heather Nichols do her magic using Copics for this week's Make It Monday I started this card but wasn't 100% happy with it. I was certainly hoping I'd find time to create another but realize today that isn't going to happen. Part of the issue is that I don't own any Copics and don't plan to indulge in them any time soon. So, my only other option was to try using my Stampin' Up markers but couldn't get the same results as Heather. Maybe I just need more practice. (wink) Anyway, I attempted to decorate the tree die-cut from PTI's In The Meadow and finished it off with a fussy-cut star from PTI's Star Prints.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Harvest Gold & SU Sage Shadow

Ink: SU Real Red

Stamps: Signature Christmas & Star Prints

Dies: In The Meadow

Other: Red sequins, SU Markers: Sage Shadow, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Summer Sun & Forest Foliage, SU Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder