November PTI Blog Hop: Cover Inspiration

Happy November!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I'm back with this month's projects for the PTI blog hop.  This month's challenge was to take inspiration from a book or catalog cover.  I've found that as I've gained experience in my crafting hobby that I regularly look at things with a critical eye, especially to see if I can translate an idea into my crafting projects.  Clothes, food, furniture and print material in particular are often the springboards for some excellent color combos or card layouts.

This time of year seems to bring a lot of junk to my mail box, however even if I don't plan to buy anything from a catalog or promotion mailer, sometimes I save it because I'm drawn to the graphics.  This was the case for my two inspiration pieces for my blog hop projects.

My first project was inspired by this ad from Bath and Body Works:

I liked the bright colors, the warmth of the cozy slippers and the pretty bow.  All of these elements I tried to incorporate into this card:

The striped patterned paper reflects the candy cane border of  the ad; the stockings represent the slippers; the sentiment band takes the place of the green satin ribbon.

I decided to make a second project because I was also inspired by this catalog from Franklin Covey:

I was drawn to the graphic gray chevrons paired with the bold red and white snow background and the decorative frame for the focal image and came up with this:

Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to seeing what you made for the hop!


Card details:

Deck the Halls
Cardstock:  Pure Poppy and Rustic Cream (PTI)
Paper:  Red and White stripe (Authentique)
Stamps: Love Lives Here: Holiday; Holiday Photo Finishers (PTI)
Ink:  Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Sweet Blush (PTI)
Dies:  Love Lives Here: Holiday; Holiday Photo Finishers (PTI)
Accents:  Lily White Sugar Coating glitter (Doodlebug); glitter pens in red, yellow, pink (Spica)

Happiness & Joy
Cardstock:  Soft Stone, Pure Poppy (PTI); white (Neenah)
Stamps:  Background Basics: Chevrons, Stylish Holiday Sentiments (PTI); Snow Day Background (A Muse Studio)
Die:  Tag Sale #6
Ink:  Fresh Snow, Pure Poppy, Soft Stone (PTI) Tea Dye distress (Tim Holtz)
Accents:  rhinestones (K and Co.); silver glitter brad (Making Memories); peppermint candy punch (Martha Stewart)