Papertrey Playhouse Challenge: Just in CASE

The latest challenge at the PaperTrey Playhouse blog is to CASE a card created by Niki Estes. Click here to see the card we were to CASE. This is my take on the challenge. I used the Year of Flowers Gladiolus stamp and paired it with Terracotta Tile and one of the Text Style background stamp images.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be posting again later this week with the PaperTrey Playhouse challenge I'm hosting.

Card Details:
Stamps, cardstock and ribbon by PTI; ink by Memento; Copic markers

PaperTrey November Blog Hop Challenge: Holiday Tags

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! It's the 25th of the month, which means time for another PTI Blog Hop. This month's challenge is to design a holiday tag. This challenge was perfect timing for me because I was in the process of working on the gift wrap for my annual gift of calendars to my family and friends. I took inspiration from recent posts by Nichole and Dawn to come up with these tags:


I kept the basic design of my tags the same for simplicity. The Tag Sale 2 die cut from Pure Poppy card stock, red baker's twine, and one of the background stamps from a Text Style set in white ink. The focal points were stamped with different images from the 2008 and 2009 Holiday Tag sets. (I hadn't ordered the 2010 set yet when I'd made these, but I will make a few more now that my order arrived this week!) I layered the tag images over one of the Limitless Layer die cuts, and even tried the lazy stamper's medallion technique that Nichole featured on her blog last month (I loved the look of it, but found it tricky to adhere the medallion to the tag; it also was a bit too time consuming for mass production). I finished off each tag with some sort of embellishment like the velvet holly leaves and sparkling red rhinestone berries, paper and felt poinsettias and other felt stickers.

The green prep cups and loaf pan were some great finds at my local Tuesday Morning. They are from Emile Henry, and if you frequent cooking stores you know that line of cookware is typically pricey! I love that shade of chartreuse green. So fresh. Incorporating these cups and pan into my crafting added to my inspiration and also kept me organized.

I made a total of twelve tags to attach to each of my gift bags. Here's a look at all of the finished tags:

Feel free to click any of the photos for a closer look. Enjoy the rest of the hop, and have a terrific Thanksgiving!

Thanks for stopping by!