PTI August Blog Hop: Fall-Inspired Patterns & Textures

Now that my camera battery has recharged, I was finally able to snap a photo of my card I made for this month's PTI blog hop, which is all about fall-inspired patterns and textures.  I recently purchased a set of Lifestyle crafts embossing folders, which included a houndstooth pattern as well as an argyle pattern.  I chose to use those as the starting point for my card, along with a sketch I found in an old Papercrafts magazine.

I inked up the houndstooth folder with kraft ink and then ran a panel of Fine Linen cardstock through my Big Shot Express, creating sort of a letterpress look.  Then I used the argyle folder and ran my card front through the machine as well.  I trimmed the bottom of the houndstooth panel, following the card sketch pattern.  A couple of Prima leaves and a Making Memories epoxy embellishment were clustered on top of the houndstooth panel and then I finished off the card adding the strip with the sentiment and a brown rhinestone.

Thanks for stopping by!  From the thumb nails I've seen thus far for the hop, there is plenty of inspiration to be found!  Can't wait to get closer looks.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!  I'm off work for the next week and I plan to get busy crafting!

Card details:
Cardstock:  Fine Linen, Canyon Clay and Terracotta Tile by PTI
Stamp:  2009 Autumn Tag set from PTI
Ink; Rich Cocoa from Memento, Classic Kraft from PTI
Tools:  Houndstooth and Argyle embossing folders from Lifestyle Crafts
Accents:  leaves from Prima; epoxy embellishment from Making Memories, rhinestone from Making Memories

PTI MIM: Ink Pads as Watercolors

I actually was able to make a card for this week's Make It Monday challenge!  Dawn was right when she said watercoloring was therapeutic.  It was so relaxing to just play around with the paint brush last night when I got home from work.  Unfortunately I don't seem to have an ink pad that works well with watercoloring--guess I'll need to fix that during one of my next shopping trips!  I was happy to  give a stamp set that hasn't seen much inking and some patterned papers that haven't had much use some attention for this challenge:

 As you can see, the ink from the stamped image ran a bit, but I still think this turned out okay.  I added some black enamel accents to the center of the flowers.  The jar of water I had sitting on my desk from a previous project must have been used with some pearlized water paints or something, because I can see a fine dusting of gold shimmer on the morning glories.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:
All supplies by PTI unless otherwise indicated
Cardstock:  Blueberry Sky; white (Neenah)
Patterned paper:  Simply Chartreuse bitty dot; Enchanted Evening vine
Stamps:  Year of Flowers:  Morning Glories
Ink:  Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf, Pitch Black (Adirondack)
Other:  Black Enamel Accents (Ranger) 

July 2012 PTI Blog Hop: Summer Palette

Hi!  Long time, no post.  I'm just squeaking in my project for this month's PTI blog hop.  I made this card last night and then wasn't going to post it because apparently I misread the color combination and thought there was Hibiscus Burst in the palette and completely ignored the Melon Berry!  I remember thinking while I was making the card that is seemed strange to have two vivid pinks--Hibiscus and Berry Sorbet.  Yeah, that is strange, and yeah, I was wrong about the color palette!  Oh well.  I didn't have time to make another card, so forgive me for not quite making the mark on this one!

Thanks for stopping by!  I've seen some gorgeous projects in the hop today!

Card details:
All supplies by PTI unless otherwise noted
Cardstock:  Simply Chartreuse, Summer Sunrise, Cream (from Neenah)
Stamps:  Life
Ribbon:  Berry Sorbet
Impression Plate:  Linen & Canvas
Inks:  Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse

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!