PTI 9th Anniversary Day 8: Color Pop Fortune Teller

Day 8 during Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary brings us to another fun challenge on Nichole's blog. Our instructions were to print out the Color Pop Fortune Teller square, fold it according to her detailed instructions and create a project using at least three colors selected using this tool. Before flipping back and forth, we were to pick a number between 2-5 and our birth month (April) for our color scheme. My numbers were 4 and 4, and the "flipped" colors were Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado.

I tried something new to me, and not sure I'd do it again. It was it bit more work than I had bargained for making sure not to overlap color or go outside my margin. First, I die cut the butterfly three times on a 4x5.25" piece of white card stock, that would eventually be placed over my white card base. My ink blending tools using Raspberry Fizz and New Leaf ink pads went to work on the card base. Then I stamped Ripe Avocado butterfly highlights, a few dots using a Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, and my sentiment stamped also in Ripe Avocado. The top piece was then adhered to the card base. Another challenge met as I'm pushing myself to finish two more.

Here's my card:

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies Layers and Boutique Borders: Thanks

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies Layers

Other: Ink Blending Tool and Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

PTI's 9th Anniversary Day 5: Sampler Square Challenge

WOW, this was the challenge of all challenges. In fact, several people posted on the PTI Forum for clarification of the rules. This is for Day 5, and here's Nichole's instructions: "…cut nine 1-1/2” squares from white cardstock, then alter all nine of the squares using a variety of techniques, colors, stamps, etc. Be sure to do something different to each square! "

The first challenge was to decide on a color palette, then which stamps would work well in a 1-1/2" square, and which nine techniques to use so each square would be different. My color palette besides Stamper's Select White is: Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and Gray/Silver with bits of Black. Here's what my 5-1/2" card looks like:

Techniques & Products Used Per Square: Top Left to Right

Square 1: Smooshing + Sizzix Embosslit Beautiful Wings

Square 2: Emboss Resist + Beautiful Blooms II

Square 3: Dry Embossing + Picnic Plaid Impression Plate & Jolly Holiday Die

Square 4: White Shadowing + Iconic Images

Square 5: Ink Blending + Stylish Sentiments: Birthday and Scene It: Celebration

Square 6: Inlaid Die Cut + Jolly Holiday Die

Square 7: Silver Dipped Die Cut (& heat embossing) + Harvest Berries

Square 8: Two-Step Stamping + Rosie Posie & Rosie Posie Step 2

Square 9: Ombre Stamping + Ruby Reprise

I know just the friend who will be receiving this because she saves all the cards I send her. She will appreciate the hours I spent creating and designing this. Admittedly, it was a fun challenge but not something I'd make on a regular basis because I just don't mail 5-1/2" cards. I'm an A2 kinda gal!

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold and SU Going Gray

Ink: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Delicata Silvery Shimmer, VersaMark and White Pigment

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Beautiful Blooms II, Iconic Images, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Scene It: Celebration, Harvest Berries and Ruby Reprise

Dies: Jolly Holiday and Sizzix Embosslit Beautiful Wings

Other: VersaMarker, Silver and Clear Embossing Powders, SU Ticket Corner Punch, Corner Rounder, Rhinestones/Gems, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen and Patterned Paper (stash)

PTI Create Along With Us Challenge: February 2016

Create Along With Us is PTI's way of encouraging us to select something the design team has created during their release and create our own version. There are so many beautiful projects it's challenging to decide on one. For something a bit different, I chose Ashley's What The Doodle card and chose something other than a butterfly just to be different. Here's Ashley's card:

And here's mine using Rosie Posie:

And now, thanks to Ashley, I have two more card fronts ready to finish with whatever sentiments I so choose. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores and Harvest Gold

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Grunge Me and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday

Dies: None

Other: Vellum, Sequins & Glue Dots (stash) and SU Dimensionals

PTI's 9th Anniversary Day 3: Grab & Craft Challenge

Already on Day 3 of Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary festivities as can be seen here. The challenge was to create a project using supplies we could "grab" in 5 minutes. Can you tell I still had birthdays on my mind? Because I used a Kraft card base, I should have used some richer colors so they would stand out a little more. If I had dies for Scribbled Sentiments, I would have die-cut the middle "happy" in Harvest Gold to add dimension. Think it falls in the masculine category though so all is good. It's readable in real life. : ) Here's my card.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Kraft

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Scribbled Sentiments and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday

Dies: None

Other: Corner Chomper

PTI's 9th Anniversary Day 2: Dress Up Inspiration

With the introduction of Dress-Up Dolls during Papertrey Ink's Anniversary Release, Nichole challenged us to go through our closet or online clothing retailer to select a piece of clothing or outfit to use as an inspiration. Saw some beautiful outfits online and was definitely drawn to the colors in this one.

(Women-Outfits)

Adding to my birthday stash, I came up with a design stamping black stripes on Stamper's Select White. Topped that with a thin black strip and Berry Sorbet as the main color popped up for dimension. This is it.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Berry Sorbet and Black (stash)

Ink: VesaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Background Basics: Super Stripes and Birthday Cheer

Dies: None

Other: SU Dimensionals and Black Gems (stash)

PTI's 9th Anniversary Day 1: DT Favorites

The challenge for the first day of PTI's Anniverary celebration here was to choose one of the 13 Color Recipe Cards to create a new project. It took me a while to decide on a color combination because they are all gorgeous. PTI's Design Team is amazing! Here's the one I went with for a birthday card:

Even though there is no way I could do justice like Kay Miller did with this color palette, I wanted to use it anyway. Since we have lots of February and March birthdays, at least I'm building my stash. 

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White

Ink: Sweet Blush (sponged) and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Scene It: Celebration

Dies: Scene It: Celebration

Other: Zig Clean Color Real Brushes (pink/yellow/orange balloons), SU Old Olive Marker (balloon strings), Black/White Twine, Sponge and Fine Black Sharpie (dots)

PTI MIM #238: Valentine Ombre Stamping

Melissa showed us here how to use Gelatos with Papertrey Ink stamps and dies to create a Valentine Ombre Effect. Since I've only used Gelatos one other time, I just had to participate in this challenge. Besides that, I'm getting warmed up to face the challenges of PTI's 9th Anniversary Celebration and praying I win a prize! Here's my Valentine and it's pretty self-explanatory.

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White and Winter Wisteria

Ink: None

Stamps: None

Dies: Wet Paint Cuts and MFT Stitched Rectangles

Other: Gelatos, Rhinestones, Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folder-Classics, Metallic Pearl Floss (craft stores)