PTI's Laurie's Fabulous Favorites (Favorite Tag)

The only challenge this week at Papertrey Ink is Laurie's Fabulous Favorites here. She shared a beautifully embellished trio of Baked With Love Tags for Teacher Appreciation. Those lucky teachers are being recognized with Laurie's talents and delicious cookies. 

 I almost didn't participate because I rarely have a need for a tag of any kind. Decided to make one just in case I need it. If so, I'll be ready. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Aqua Mist

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: MIM Mini Kit: Lovely Laurels, Stitching Garden and Give Love

Dies: Tag Sale: Quilted, Stitching Garden and Give Love

Other: Stencil Basics: Dots, Ribbon, Twine, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen and SU Dimensionals

PTI's Laurie's Fabulous Favorites (Favorite Card Layout)

This week Laurie challenged us to choose our favorite card layout to participate in Papertrey Ink's Win It Wednesday. Guess I never really thought about having a favorite, but I do use this design or something very similar quite frequently. 

Yes, I'm in need of another sympathy card so here it is. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White,True Black and Green Parakeet

Ink: Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel, New Leaf, VersaMark

Stamps: Stitching Garden and Painted Petals

Dies: Stitching Garden, Painted Petals and MFT Stitched REctangle Scallop Frames

Other: White Embossing Powder, Black Nuvo Drops and Foam Tape

PTI's Laurie's Fabulous Favorites (Favorite Style)

This week for Papertrey Ink's Win It Wednesday Challenge Laurie is sharing her favorite style. She's a modified shabby chic kind of gal. Me, I'm more like clean and simple using a few stamps and die cuts with nothing too unusual. 

Believe it or not, I had to mail four sympathy cards yesterday. Even though I could have made four of the same card, I opted to create different ones. This card is very typical of my style. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Lovely Lady

Ink: Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel, Green Parakeet, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Stitching Garden and A Bit More Butterfly Blooms

Dies: Scallop Stackers: Medium and Stitching Garden

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

Stamp-A-Faire 2018

This year's Stamp-A-Faire, "Crafting A Community Garden," was obviously all about flowers. It's been a very busy August for us so I didn't get a chance to participate as much as in previous years. However, I was ready because I cleaned up and rearranged my stamp room just in case time allowed me to create. It rarely stays this way long so thought I better capture it now as my "Welcome" photo. 

Even though I had difficulty seeing Dawn's entire process on the Live video, I wanted to tackle her "Planting A Garden" Challenge. She was all about adding color (8 to be exact) and texture (stenciling, stamping and die cutting) to layers of flowers to simulate a garden. Gran's Garden to the rescue! If I would have had the SAF Kit, I would have just duplicated Dawn's card because it's very striking. Instead, I created my own version. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Tropical Teal

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Americana, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and Dark Chocolate
Stamps: Gran's Garden, Spruce & Sprigs and Stitching Garden

Dies: Gran's Gardens, Stitching Garden and Graceful Greetings

Other: SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #329: Creating Stencils from Die Cuts

This week I'm joining Melissa Phillips for her Papertrey Ink Make It Monday where she challenges us to make our own stencil from die-cuts. Once again I'm a bit out of my comfort zone but just had to make the attempt. 

To start with, I die-cut the most inner layer of Mix & Mat: Postal from acetate to save it for future stenciling. Thanks, Melissa, as I will definitely keep this in mind to make those dies even more versatile. A little ink blending and layering of die-cuts and I've got this pretty sympathy card.

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides and Holiday Plaid

Ink: Soft Stone, Pale Peony, Autumn Rose, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Stitching Garden and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, Mix & Mat: Postal, Mix & Mat: Pretty Brackets and Stitching Garden

Other: Acetate (to make stencil), White Foam, SU Dimensionals and Ink Blending Tool