Sending Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday!!!! I'm back with a card I made using this sketch provided by PTI in honor of their 5th Anniversary celebration:

Here is the card I made inspired by the sketch. It doesn't follow the design exactly, but that's the fun part of sketch challenges. They offer a good starting point and then you can change things up as you like.


Have a wonderful weekend!


Card details:
All from PTI: Berry Sorbet card stock, Spring Moss card stock, Raspberry Fizz card stock, ink and button, Hibiscus Burst card stock; Sending You stamp set and dies; Background Basics Tin Types stamp set, Limitless Layers Ovals dies; Beautiful Blooms II #3 dies.

Shades of Blue

Friday Eve! One day closer to the weekend! I'm back with my project for today's Papertrey Ink challenge, to pick an image from Pinterest and make something inspired by it. All of the designers' projects were lovely, but I decided to select my own inspiration photo from Pinterest. I chose this one:

image from yours-faithfully.tumblr.com

Those who know me know blue is my favorite color (I guess you could figure that out from my blog template, too!). Since I've been making so many pink projects lately, I decided it was time for a change. Here is my card inspired by the blue tile image above:

This is a super simple graphic card. I just used a 7/8" square punch to cut out four squares each from Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky and Hawaiian Shores card stock and layered them on a Soft Stone card base. I left off the fourth Hawaiian Shores square and stamped "Miss You" from the Communique Curves Sentiments set. Easy Peasy.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fun with Color

Happy Hump Day! I'm back with a card for today's PTI color combination challenge. I selected Melissa Phillips' color combination shown here:

I've been drawn to pinks lately, so her color combination was right up my alley!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:
By PTI: Mat Stack 5 stamp set, Background Basics: Tin Types stamp set, Mat Stack 5 and Layerz Mat Stack 5 dies, Simply Chartreuse felt and cardstock, Autumn Rose cardstock, felt, ink and satin ribbon; Hibiscus Burst cardstock, Raspberry Fizz cardstock and ink; MFT rolled rose die; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper; Versamark ink.

More Fun with Freebies

Two posts in one day! I'll keep this one short. I'm back with my second card featuring one of the PTI freebie images. This one features Dawn's tag:

The tag aside, I was definitely tapping my "Dawn muse" for this card. Bold colors, lots of layers, damask background. Super fun card, I think it's one of my all time favorites!

Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see what's in store tomorrow for the PTI anniversary festivities!

Fun with Freebies

Happy Monday! I'm back with another card featuring a fun image from the PTI freebie sheet here. I remember how much fun I had last year playing with the free images provided by the PTI designers, and the designs offered this year are proving to be equally enjoyable!

I was anxious to get home from work today and play. All day I had been thinking about which images I was going to use, and even took a few minutes to sketch out some ideas. I decided I wanted to use the images that Melissa and Dawn created.

Here is my card with Melissa's love stamps image:

I created my own background using images from the Postmarks set stamped with Smokey Shadow ink. The Hawaiian Shores mat was punched with a Fiskars postage edge border punch. I layered a couple of buttons together and tied them around the Raspberry Fizz knot at the top to finish off the card.

I'll be back shortly with my card using Dawn's image!

PTI Anniversary: Inspired by Maile

Happy 5th Anniversary PaperTrey Ink! I'm playing along with the challenge to create a project inspired by one of the design team member's projects from last year.

My stamping style has evolved over the 20 years I have been practicing this craft. At one point I was a typically clean and simple stamper, but now I consider my style more classic and elegant. It's fun to re-visit the past though, and that's what I decided to do with today's challenge.

I selected Maile's card, here, as my inspiration piece. I'm essentially done with my Valentines for this year, but it can't hurt to add to one's stash!

I'm so glad PaperTrey is part of the crafting industry. The products are incomparable and I find myself reaching for my PTI stamps, paper, ribbon, etc. far more than my other crafting supplies. Nichole and the design team are the best sources of inspiration and have helped me take my crafting to a whole new level. Thank you! Here's to many, many more anniversaries PTI!!


Card details:
Hibiscus Burst cardstock, Background Basics: Hearts stamp set, Think Big Favorites #11 stamp set by PTI; Memento inks; Neenah Classic Crest white cardstock; EK Success heart punch.

January 2012 PTI Blog Hop: Revisiting Last Year's Favorites

Hi Everyone!

I was excited to see the theme for this month's PTI blog hop--pick your favorite project from last year and make a new project inspired by it! In my case, I picked two projects. Please click on the photos for a closer look if you like.

Here is my favorite card from last year:

And here is my new take card on the card:

I went with a Valentine theme choosing shades of pink and swapping out the straight glitter border on the first card for the heart glitter border on this new one. I also embellished the butterfly with a tiny heart from the Love Lives Here die collection and added Glossy Accents to it to make it shine. Since my sister adores butterflies and pink, this card is for her.

My favorite non-card project last year was this printer's tray devoted to Paris:


And here is my miniature burlap canvas devoted to Paris:

Common elements between the tray and canvas are the Signature Series dress form die, some collage stickers and button and the color scheme of cream, brown and light blue. Since I couldn't find the right sentiment in my stamp collection, I opted to write out "l'amour" (love) on a strip of blue paper and tuck it into the memo pin.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I look forward to seeing your creations!