He Is Risen

Hi there! I'm playing along with PTI and Laurie's Fabulous Favorites,

where she challenges us to use our favorite style this week.

Creating Layered Lovelies is my favorite thing to do!

For the background I stenciled one of the Modern Background Stencils 

with Distress Oxide Inks. Humming Along is the stampset.

I also stamped a few extra leaves around the 

petunia on the bottom. Layers and layer illusion. Love it all!

The rest are stamped diecuts. Some are popped up with foam.

The sentiment is from Easter Alleluias, one of my favorites for this 

time of year. When placed in the Misti, it's easy to give it an ombre look.

Lastly, I added some diamonds Stickles to the inside of the flowers.

Play along with Laurie on the PTI blog.

Dear Friend

One of the challenges at PTI is an Instagram Giveaway. Michelle Leone 

gives us this beautiful love card as inspiration. We are to use any of the

stamps or dies she used.

Simple Stems & Vogue Vases over Mix & Mat: Pretty Brackets.

The oval is cut from Limitless Layers: Oval and Kind of Corny.

Just getting this one under the wire! 

A Get Well Card

PapertreyInk's challenges are new every Wednesday, and one of them

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites,

is a challenge I'm joining today.

Laurie picked a photo inspiration and challenged us to do the same.

Here's mine:

A beautiful photo of Japanese cherry blossoms against a dreamy blue sky.

I chose the blooms and berries from PTI's Fresh Bouquet for my card.

The inks are Altenew's newest Spring collection, with copics for accents.

Nuvo's Copper Blush Embossing powder and copper sequins give a bit of bling,

and also added some splatters with Altenew's Magenta Ink.

Nothing better to get inky with a challenge, thank you Laurie!

Love the Wednesday challenges!

The stamps and dies are still on sale in the PTI shop.

My link will take you right to the store, and there's a die set to go 

along with the stamps.

Fresh Bouquet Stamp Set

The Card Concept Challenge: Cottage Florals

It's Cottage Florals at the Card Concept Challenge, and we have this beautiful

rustic photo for inspiration.

Lots of fussy cutting for my Clean and Layered card, using

PTI's SAF 2018 Community Garden.

Mix & Mat Postal gave me the rustic background I was looking for, tied with a bit of

twine.

Play along for 2 weeks. At the Card Concept, you can choose one of our styles, or use

one of your own. Can't wait to see what inspired you!

Enjoy your week!

The Card Concept #112 {Cottage Florals}

Happy Easter

It's pick a favorite MIM tutorial on PTI's Win It Wednesday with

Laurie's favorites. If you followed that... great!

If not, we were asked to pick a favorite from PapertreyInk's many

Make It Mondays, and create a new card.

Since Easter is soon coming, my cards have taken a spring coloring,

and my Eastery/Spring stamps and dies are on my desk. It's how I 

roll with the seasons. I just love revisiting the oldies, and maybe combing

them with new sets.

So many great Make It Mondays, but I had this idea for Michelle Leone's Petite

Pattern Play, and went with it.

Remember this sweet card? Love Michelle's simple use of pattern and color.

I added a couple of lilac layers to my Scene It: Celebration die cut.

Eggs, bunny and sentiment is from Bunny Basket. And I found a pom

for the little guy's tail. All set for one of the grandkids.

Play along with PTI and Laurie's Favorites here:

Make it Monday #332: Petite Pattern Play           

Hope your week if full of crafty goodness!   

Wishing You...

It's time for a new challenge at the Card Concept, and we have this 'beachy'

 scene to inspire you!

I was instantly drawn to the shells and sand on an aqua background.

I used real sand on top of a Nichole Heady Sand Swatch stamp set, so I'm

going with a Mixed Media Card. The aqua bg is a piece of 12 x 12" wood print

designer paper that I had, but it was tan colored.

To change the color to aqua I brushed on Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst: Tiffany Lou Blue.

It has a lustrous gleam in real life.

A few of PTI's raindrops look a bit like water bubbles to me, so I added them.

All PTI product today, with the exception of the dp and sand.

My list will take you to the PTI store, where they still have all stamps and dies

at a discount. 

Salt Air: Flora Stamp Set

Sand Swatch Mini Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Simple Seashells Die

Simple Seashells Stamp Set

Recollections White Washed Woodgrain Scrapbook Paper

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst: Tiffany Loo Blue Spray

Beach sand

Challenge #111-Scattered Seashells

the Card Concept: Shamrock Blessings

Shamrock Blessings is the theme for the Card Concepts' newest challenge.

I saw the big rustic, multi colored and patterned shamrock, and went with a rather

elegant and layered card.

I used the Quilted Heart die from Concord & 9th, cutting it 6 times and sewing 3 sets of 

2 hearts together. Then assembling them in the shape of a shamrock. PTI Celebrate.

Play along for 2 weeks for a chance to be our guest designer.

Can't wait to see your take on the inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, check out the blog for more inspiration from our designers.

Happy Crafting!

The Card Concept #110 {Shamrock Blessings} 

Poppystamps Blog Blitz!

Hi Poppy Peeps! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a card

for the Spring Blog Blitz.

Stop on by, see how I made my card, and leave a comment for a 

chance to win this fabulous die and stencil set!

And you have 2 ways to win... visit the Poppystamps Instagram, and 

tag a friend, and you and your friend both could win this die.

Thanks for visiting, and don't forget to visit the blog!

Blog Blitz Alcohol Inked Greenhouse by Nancy Penir

The Card Concept: Pineapple Party

It's time for a new Card Concept Challenge, and we're having a 

party... a 'Pineapple Party'.

I was instantly drawn to the bright tropical colors, and the pineapple

that takes the cake! (Excuse the pun) Definitely inspired by color and theme.

Kinda Bold Classy, mostlyLotsa  Layers, is the style that I ended up with. 

All PTI stamps and dies. I made my own stencil (background stripes) with PTI's 

Coverplate Stripes Horizontal.

Play along on the Card Concept Challenge Blog. We love to see how the

challenge photo inspires you and what style/styes you use.

Some Like it Hot Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Some Like it Hot Die

Penned Elegance Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Scalloped A2 Die Collection (set of 9)

Love One Another

Inspired By has a challenge I wanted to join, 'Inspired by Love'

with this bright and love-ly photo,

Just had to ink up the new Altenew Build a Flower: Japanese Mum.

The mum stamp is a 3 stamp process, which packs a wow, no matter what colors you 

use. I can't wait to try it with other inks.

I made a stencil with PTI's Cover Plate: Horizontal Stripes, and 

sponge inked in Sweet Blush & Pale Peony.

PTI's Inspired By: Love sentiment and die cut.

Altenew Garden Treasure stamped posies in Kraft.

The mums remind of the poms in the photo. 

The lighter pink mum is popped up with foam.

Thanks for the visit! If you'd like to play along,

you better hurry! 

Also joining the Altenew flower challenge for this month

February 2019 Inspiration Challenge

and The Flower Challenge, 

And it is my latest flower acquisition (thank you Marcia!)

The Flower Challenge #29 'Use your latest Stamps or Dies'

Hope your day is full of crafty goodness!

Inspired By....love

A Watered Garden

Welcome! I'm excited to be playing along with a new challenge at PTI,

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites.

Laurie started things rolling with her favorite stamp set, and challenged

us to pick ours for a card.

Somewhat like picking a favorite child, but I narrowed it down to about

110, and selected Farmer's Market Florals.

Stamps that warm the heart, that's Farmer's Market Florals. Paired it with 

Bold Borders Foliage and Garden of Faith.

We've had a lot of rain so far this year, after a long drought, and it

looks like the roses are ready bud. I know I say it every season,

but spring in our valley is the closest thing to heaven!

A little bit of foam popping, and my card is ready to brighten someone's

winter day.

Laurie mentioned she loves the PTI florals. Me too! And I love the 

multi stamping stamps as well.

Now for the best part of this challenge: 100.00 gift certificate!

Play along on the PTI blog!

PTI's newest Giveaway

PTI has a new 'giveaway' on their blog, and I'm so excited to play along!

Michelle Leone has created this beauty:

and we are asked to post it to our instagram account. Extra bonus is to create

our own card using one of the sets she has used.

The Heart Coverplate has not seen use for awhile, and I just had to bring it out

and show it some love.

I've been playing with alcohol inks, reminding myself how much fun they are.

Dawn McVey took them to a new level with her touches of gold.

(Dawn McVey on Instagram)

If you've never used alcohol inks, I suggest You Tube, or Pinterest for  great

tutorials.

This is the piece I worked on. It's a special paper called Yupo (amazon),

 with Ranger Alcohol Inks (Watermelon, Sailboat Blue & Pool).

Together with Blending solution and gold foil, the finished product

looks like precious agate. LOVE!!!

I did 3, no use wasting the messy work surface, and yes your work 

surface should be covered. Gloves... optional.

Here's a shot of what I used to make my card. PTI shimmer card stock, onyx, white

 and pink cut with the dies. Before gluing them to the colored surface, 

I staggered the 3 colors just a bit so the hearts would look like little frames of color.

A few sequins, and done.

You can see the shimmer in this photo.

If you play along with the 'Giveaway', be sure to post your card on Instagram,

for double prize! 

I'd love to know what you think of alcohol inks. Do you enjoy them? 

Happy Crafting, all!