More Papertrey Ink Challenges

I have cards for two different Papertrey Ink Challenges today. They've had a lot of great challenges to celebrate their 9th Anniversary, I just wish I had time to play in all of them!

My first card is for the Sample Square Challenge which is to create a card that features nine 1-1/2" squares, each altered in a different way, using a variety of techniques. A had a lot of fun making this card and I had so many ideas but I ran out of squares! I used Turning A New Leaf stamps and dies.

My techniques are:

• texture kissing with an Impression Plate
• gold embossing on alcohol ink background
• white embossing on water coloured background
• emboss resist
• pearlized ink blending
• water coloured die cut
• stamp kissing
• felt embellishment on water coloured and splattered background
• gold embossing on ombre background

The next card is for the Saturday Snail Mail Challenge, which is to make a thank you card for PTI's warehouse staff. These are the hard worker bees behind the scene!

I made a floral background with Vintage Linens and added a vellum layer. The Wonderful Words Thank You was layered 3 times and adhered to some messy silver thread.

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Valentine's Day!

PTI Anniversary

I made a card for Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary Celebration. For the day 1 challenge I was inspired by Amy Sheffer's color scheme.

I thought this colour combo would make a great masculine card.

I used the confetti border image from PTI's Good Times set and stamped it diagonally in the corners with the Tropical Teal and filled the design in a bit with the single dot in Mint Julep and Smokey Shadow.

For the sentiment I coloured white card stock with Smokey Shadow and Stormy Sea ink to create an ombre look and I finished off with a couple of balloons and some silver thread.

Thanks for visiting! For more info on the challenge please stop by here.

Camouflaged Die Cut

The challenge at Papertrey Ink this week is to use a camouflaged die cut.  Laura Bassen has a video and great card showing the technique.

I started by inking up my panel with Distress Ink in Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon and Squeezed Lemonade and then spritzing it a few times with Perfect Pearls.  The leaf was die cut once out of the panel and 4 times out of white card stock and adhered together for one thick piece that was fitted back into the negative space.

I think my leaf piece is a bit too camouflaged. I should have stopped my inking sooner so that the leaf would have had some white showing.  Perhaps a redo is in order!

I'm also entering this for Virginia's View Challenge, All Things Distressed.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Day 2 - Stretch Your Stamps 2

Here's my day 2 card for Stretch Your Stamps 2.

I used the Ornate Floral background stamp from Impression Obsession and applied Perfect Pearls in Forever Green, Forever Blue and Sunflower Sparkle.  The sentiment is from a set called Keep It Simple Wedding from Papertrey Ink.

Perfect Pearls always adds a touch of elegance to a card and really enjoy using them on wedding and anniversary cards.

My one disappointment in using Perfect Pearls is that I can never truly capture just how shimmery and pretty the colours are in my photos.  The card looks so much better in real life : )

Thanks for visiting!

Another Rainbow Medallion

I couldn't resist making one more card for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge.

For this card I used one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Kisses stamp set to make my medallion.  I think it's a pretty fun look, though I do like my first card better.  You can check out that one here.

Thanks for all your lovely comments!

PTI Rainbow Medallion

When I saw Dawn McVey's Make It Monday PTI video yesterday I knew I wanted to play along and try making my own rainbow medallion.

I chose the tree trunk from Through the Trees stamp set and inked it up in a rainbow of colours.  I love how it turned out! I finished off with a sentiment from Stylish Sentiments Birthday and added a few pearls.

I have another image already picked out for my next card and  hope to get a chance to make it.

Thanks for the fun idea Dawn!

Have a great day!

Watercoloured Backgrounds

I could play for hours with watercolour paints and paper. Watching the colours mix and move, never knowing exactly how it will turn out. Oh, happy days!

Then I end up with all sorts of watercoloured pieces that I don't use right away so they sit in my drawer for some future card. But then I get the inkling to play with the paints again and the vicious cycle repeats itself.

Case in point, I wanted to play in Papertrey Inks Make It Monday Watercoloured Background Challenge. I had oodles of backgrounds ready and waiting but oh no, I decided I needed to paint a fresh and new background. So I made one and thought maybe I would use two on my card, so I made another. And another, until I had seven background pieces. Was it necessary? No, but I had a ball making them!!!

I used two watercoloured pieces for this card. Some pinks, corals and yellow for the sentiment piece and yellow and pink for the card background.

The sentiment from Stylish Sentiments Birthday was white embossed and the dotted lines from Background Basics Retro was clear embossed over pigment ink. I clear embossed stars onto the background and added a bunch of iridescent sequins.

I'm going to try and make another card for the challenge with one of the pieces I painted last night. Hopefully I'll be able to control myself from pulling out the watercolours again!

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate all the comments you leave for me!

Colourless Card

No colour on todays card.  Just black, gray and white with these Penny Black images.

I did a little Copic colouring on the flower and some clear heat embossing on the gray and white card stock.

I'm entering this card for Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.

Very short post today.  Have a great weekend everyone!

InLinkz.com

Card Packaging

If you are looking for the Hero Arts Hostess Blog Hop please click here.

Papertrey Ink is having a challenge about packaging cards that are too large for regular sized envelopes.  There's a video showing how to decorate envelopes to make them a little more fun and how to use and decorate a glassine bag for oversized cards.  I love the glassine bag idea and will have to buy some for my stash.

Since I didn't have glassine bags I custom made an envelope to match the size of my card.  This envelope is 5.5 x 7.5, is made from thin cardstock and I stamped it with some of the same images I used on the actual card.

Because I knew I was hand delivering this I added acetate butterflies and gems to the envelope, which I think makes it extra special.  I also thought it would be fun to add a sentiment and round 3 of the corners.  Something a little different.

Thanks so much for visiting today!


Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Turning a New Leaf, Butterfly Kisses, Think Big Favorites #12)
Ink: Memento (Pear Tart), Stazon (Blazing Red), Versafine Onyx Black

Even the Score

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge this week is to use score lines on your project.

I created a scored diamond background for my die cut sentiment and popped some fun dotty paper behind the "thanks".  This time of year it's always good to have a few extra "thank you" cards around.

There's still time to join the Even the Score Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Thanks for stopping by!

InLinkz.com

Knotty Tree

Hi everyone.  Just popping in with a quick post for CAS-ual Fridays Knotty or Nice Challenge (fun name isn't it) which involves using a knot or knots on your project.

For my card I tied a bunch of French Knots with red embroidery thread.  I used to embroider quite a bit when I was younger so it was fun to incorporate that into my card.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by today!

Snowflakes

It's all about snowflakes for this weeks Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

I inked up the snowflake image in four shades of blue and stamped the colours diagonally in the little "windows" that were created from Papertrey Ink's Quatrefoil Die.  A simple embossed sentiment, a few gemstones and that's all folks!

Thanks for stopping by today!

InLinkz.com