June 2012 PTI Blog Hop

Happy Monday!

I'm back with a card I made for the June PTI blog hop.  This month's inspiration photo provides a beautiful summer color palette in aqua blue, fresh green and lemon yellow along with fun ruffles and pleats:

Here is my card:

I was really wishing I had the new Natural Beauties flower set for this card, but I will have to wait to purchase that set in July during Stamp-A-Faire!  The Stitches & Swirls set was a suitable substitute, but I can't get that Natural Beauties set out of my head!

Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to seeing what you created!


Card details:
All supplies by PTI unless otherwise indicated
Cardstock:  Aqua Mist, New Leaf; Solar White by Neenah
Patterned Paper:  Aqua Mist and Lemon Tart Bitty Dot, Aqua Mist stripe
Ink:  New Leaf, Aqua Mist
Stamps:  Mega Mixed Messages, Stitches & Swirls
Dies:  Notched Flowers, Turning a New Leaf
Ribbon:  Lemon Tart grosgrain
Button:  Lemon Tart
Other: blue pearl head pins from Dritz

Birthdays are Better in Flip Flops

Hi, I'm back with a card I made for a birthday card order from my co-worker.  She requested something summery and blue for her sister-in-law, whose birthday is in July.  PTI's Flipping Out set immediately came to my mind.

I die cut the hearts from fun foam as an extra touch of dimension for the flip flop straps.  The card recipient is turning 30 this year, and I thought the "30" brad from the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection was an appropriate addition to the tag.

Hope you're enjoying a bit of summer where you are!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:

All supplies by PTI unless otherwise noted

Cardstock:  Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Orange Zest; Solar White from Neenah

Patterned Paper:  blue chevron from Splash collection by Echo Park

Stamps:  Flipping Out and Heart 2 Heart #2

Dies:  Flipping Out, Tag Sale #6, Chevron Stripe border

Ink:  Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold; Tangelo from Memento

Other:  blue fun foam; brad from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection by American Crafts; blue letter stickers from Pebbles; blue twill; yellow/white baker's twine from Whisker Graphics

Make It Monday: Inspiration Into Unique Sketches

Hi, I'm back again with a quick post to share the two cards I made for this week's Make It Monday.  I chose two of the sketches, one based on the scrap page layout and the other on the everyday object.  A piece of 8 1/2" x 11"raspberry striped paper (something I bought eons ago for 18 cents from a store that is no longer in business!) was the color trigger for my two projects.  I made two cards from the striped paper and then found other scraps in my folder that complemented the card base.

Here is the first card:

The felt roses were some embellishments I made when I was playing around a few weeks ago. I just added the pink rhinestones to perk them up a bit.

Here is the second card:

 

We are hosting a baby shower for a gal at work this week, so this card was timely.  Plus, it gave me a chance to break out my new Sweet Baby set and dies for the first time!

Thanks for stopping by!

New Ink Pad Storage

A few weeks ago at Target I was browsing in the seasonal aisle.  Among the picnic ware, I found a cool spinning condiment caddy and immediately started to think it might be good for storing some of my crafting supplies.  I got it home and found it was perfect for my new formula PTI inks!

Sorry for the poor photo.  I'm charging the battery for my regular camera right now.  At least you get a good idea of what it looks like!

You can see there is a second one in the background.  I liked the first one so much I went and bought a second one for my Memento dew drop ink pads!  I love it when I find the perfect storage solution!