PTI Transformation Tuesday Challenge #22

It's not very often I get around to participating in Papertrey Ink's Transformation Tuesday Challenge, but it's certainly not because I don't have lots of cards I'd like to transform. Dawn McVey is the host for this challenge, and she made a Christmas card using her new stamp set, Blooming Amaryllis. It is gorgeous! I chose this Fall birthday card to remake. 

Original Card

New Card

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Kraft Bitty Big, Canyon Clay and Stamper's Select White 

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Mini Kit: Color Pop Autumn

Dies: Mini Kit: Color Pop Autumn

Other: Foam Tape

PTI Create Along With Us: October 2018

It was just Release Week at Papertrey Ink so we get to create our own version from DT examples. The most challenging part of this is deciding on which project to use as my inspiration. There were so many awesome ones, and who doesn't love anything to do with the Christmas Season. 

This time I chose a card created by Heather that looks like this. 

Obviously, I couldn't CASE this because I don't have any of the new products she used, but I used similar colors and did my best with what I do have. Yay for another completed Christmas card! 

To make it look more realistic, I topped the white snowfall with glitter glue and stacked my "peace" die-cuts three high for more dimension. If you enlarge the image, you'll see my polka-dot bow has a tiny white pearl in the center. And there you have it. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White and Silver Glitter Paper (stash)

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel and VersaMark

Stamps: Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Confetti Toss

Dies: Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, Holiday Greens Borders, Deck The Halls and Wet Paint Holiday

Other: Glitter Glue, White Embossing Powder, SU Pearl and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #339: Patterned Frames

This week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday is hosted by Ashley, and she showed three different cards adding patterns to a die-cut frame. I loved her examples, but of course, I don't own any of the frames she used. To the drawing board I went, and this is what I created. Chalk one up for another Christmas card completed!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Autumn Rose, Enchanted Evening and Ocean Tides

Ink: Autumn Rose, Enchanted Evening and VersaMark

Stamps: Penned Elegance: Christmas

Dies: Penned Elegance: Christmas, Cover Plate: Pretty Frame, MFT Stitched Rectangles and What The Doodle: Snowflakes

Other: Ink Blending Tool, Wonderland Scenes Stencil, White Embossing Powder, White Glitter Paper and Foam Tape

PTI Transformation Tuesday with Lizzie Jones

What better way to transform an older card with newer products by entering Papertrey Ink's Transformation Tuesday Challenge. Because I'm in need of a sympathy card and it’s the Fall season, I decided to use leaves instead of butterflies. Mission accomplished. 

Original Card

New Card

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Kraft and Vintage Cream

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Terracotta Tile and Hero Art’s Ombré Autumn

Stamps: Leaf Prints and Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Dies: Leaf Prints, Tag Sale #9 and Noted: Scalloped A2

Other: Ink Blending Tool, Paintbrush, Nuvo Crystal Drops Morning Dew and Foam Tape

PTI MIM #338: Incorporating Packaging Dies into Cards

This past week has been a busy one. Returned Tuesday afternoon from a week's vacation in Boston, and our bridge project was in full action through Thursday. We've only been waiting for the powers at be to approve replacing our existing bridge for almost four years. You cannot believe all the restrictions and required permits when working around water. Now that it's almost done, we are so relieved. Anyway, after completing household chores, I managed to squeeze in a small window of stamping to participate in this week's Make It Monday for Papertrey Ink. This challenge by Lizzie Jones is to incorporate packaging dies into cards, but she okayed the use of tags for those of us who don't own packaging dies. Thanks, Lizzie!

As I thought about this challenge, I was originally going to use Tag Sale #9 but decided to make a Christmas card using Enclosed: Bell. I think it looks like a box/package all decorated. Anyway, I'm going with that, and here it is.

(I'm way behind in blog surfing and commenting but hope to catch up this week.) 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy and Holiday Plaid

Ink: Pure Poppy and Pinfeather

Stamps: Enclosed: Bell

Dies: Enclosed: Bell and Noted: Pinked A2 Vertical

Other: Gold Twine, Glitter Gelly Roll Pen and SU Dimensionals

Papertrey Ink September Blog Hop Challenge

Believe it or not, I'm ahead of schedule because I'm typing this on Sunday evening even though the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop isn't until Tuesday, the 25th. However, I will be enroute bright and early to Boston for my week with girlfriends having fun and sightseeing. Of course, we'll be on the hunt for the best Boston Cream Pie! Anyway, back to the Blog Hop. Here's the fabulous inspiration image as referenced on PTI's blog. If this doesn't put you in the Fall spirit, I don't know what will. 

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Since I've got a few more things to accomplish before my trip, I'll get on with sharing my card. In case you're wondering, I did add some Dark Chocolate and Summer Sunrise stripes to this Autumn Chicken Scratch paper and framed it using the Cover Plate: Pretty Frame. 

While I'm relaxing in our rental, I hope to check out the hop to see what others created. Have a great week, everyone!

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise, Kraft and Autumn Chicken Scratch

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Classic Kraft, Ripe Avocado and Hero Arts Ombré Autumn

Stamps: Leaf Prints, Keep It Simple: Thanksgiving, Background Basics: Super Stripes and Essentials by Ellen Thankful (fussy-cut pumpkin)

Dies: Leaf Prints, Sketched Shapes and Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

Other: SU Dimensionals

PTI MIM #336: Faux Gilded Leaves

Let me start off by saying how fabulous Laurie Schmidlin's gilded leaves look on her beautiful card. She used three colored embossing powders to achieve this plus clear for the veins. It is stunning! Laurie shared her technique for gilding leaves for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday. 

For once I have the actual stamps and dies she used so I opted for the Leaf Prints, but will now view other stamps with this technique in mind. I'm sure other stampers came up with some awesome ideas that never occurred to me. Here's my design, and I know my dear friend will appreciate this card. 

Here's a close up of the leaves so you can really see the gilding. The middle leaf is popped up using Stampin' Up Dimensionals. 

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

Supplies: (all PTI unless noted):

Cardstock: Vintage Cream and DCWV Metallic Stack

Ink: VersaMark and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Give Thanks and Leaf Prints

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2 and Leaf Prints

Other: Offray Ribbon (stash), Clear (Ranger), Copper, Silver & Gold (Zing!) Embossing Powders and SU Dimensionals