PTI Color Challenge #4

4th Challenge for PTI's Color Challenge

 

I love the colors and this inspiration photo.

Lovely Layers stamp and dies



Color Challenge No. 3

Challenge #3

Can't say I'm happy with the results. Watercolored the bird squares from Take Three Summer, and stamped them with Plum Pudding. But the watercolor paper I used looks like a dirty purple.

The hello Sunshine embossed with a recollection powder from Michaels is going in the trash!

We learn from using which materials are good and which are bad.

As Nichole has said, "there's nothing like the best tools".

Live and Learn!

I really liked the color combo, just not on the card I made.

Is it wine time yet?

 



PTI Color Challenge

 

 

Fun layout challenge I found in a magazine, adapted to Nicholes colors in the 2nd challenge,

love these colors togethers.

Vintage Picnic stamp and dies, Background Basics: Farm and Barn.

Copic coloring on apples (Thank you Debbie Olson!)



PTI Anniversary Color Challenge

Monday's challenge at PTI? A Color Challenge!

I have the whole day to play along. O Happy Day!

Will try each and every combo.

Beautiful pastel choices given by Nichole.

Focused on the bedside lamp, and used lighten up series, framed with quatrafoil.

A thank you card for someone, all ready to go!

 



2nd post

2nd post for the sketch challenge at PTI

 



PTI Anniv Challenge

The fun goes on at PTI!

This day's challenge

A Sketch challenge!

Simple and sweet!

Any questions? Always happy to answer! Gotta get back to the craft cave and do another one!



PTI Anniversary Challenge - Take 2

More tags for All Things Tinsel

This time for the Tinsel for Tots.

 

Printed in ink from On the Farm

Just love this stamp set! And the bigger tag die set is perfect for the smaller children's jewelry.

Heatset the Farm and barn chicken wire with an iron (Thank you Betsy!)

Soon to buy my sweet bags from Papertrey. Whoo hoo!

A few closeups

 

It's a good day when you can spend it doing what you love!

 



PTI Anniversary Celebration

More fun going on at PapertreyInk! This day's challenge celebrates a new dept. of bags and embellishments.

My daughter needed more tags for her jewelry sold on Etsy, so mama used the challenge to do her a few tags!

Marybeth inspired this one.

She got a shout out for her beautiful tag, because of it's depth.

I popped out the center of one of PTI's tags, stamped Mat Stack 5 in smokey shadow, and dressed a Signature Series dress form up with bitty pearls.

My daughter Alisa's jewelry shines for brides and their maids, not to mention her mommy, who loves to show off her daughter's talent!

Every purchase comes with a handmade tag (mom's handiwork), this one popped off a Background Basic: Wrought Iron Kraft tag. She asked for a 'thank you on each one, with her stamp, 'All Things Tinsel' printed on a die cut banner on back.

I attached it with gold thread so the receiver could detach it and use the tag again.

Stamped this one first with Delightful Doilies.

Another with Delightful Doilies, and Alisa's gorgeous chain draped over the tag.

Hard to see, but edged in silver ink. I think it's my fave. Just like the overall look.

 

Finally one stamped with a rubber stamp (unfortunately rarely used and gathering dust!).

All 6 together

And a closer look at the necklace she made me!

Look hard and you can see the tiny sewing machine charm, represents years of sewing for kids and grandkids, now it's used for sewing cards!

Alisa's site is: allthings tinsel.etsy.com

She started an online store for children too: 'Tinsel for tot's.

I know, I'm her biggest fan. But she's been shown in several bridal magazines and Bridal shoots.

She does custom, and uses vintage pieces she has collected from all over the world!

 

Hope you're all having fun playing  along with PapertreyInk this week.

Their release promised to be a showstopper!

 

 

 

 

 



PTI Contest: Year of the Flowers Stamp

I for one will be thrilled to see the dies for the Year of the Flowers Stamps.

My mother's birthday is on Tues. She loves Violets, which I just happen to have!

Everything you see is from PTI, except the copics used to color the violet and it's leaves.

Did a 'wallpaper background with a small violet from Year of the Flowers Collection.

Winter Wistera cardstock, Plum Pudding ink.

Mother is from the Mother stamp set.

Dressed up the flower with a bit of 'fairy dust'.

Ribbon is PTI chartreuse twill.

 

 



PTI MIM Double Die cuts

Well I missed entering another card for the anniversary challenge, but it has a die cut so it's going in MIM challenge!

Thats Maile's freebie with hearts die cut out of a Limitless Layers circle die.

Here's another of the freebie prints I made using the printout for my card.

My sister's birthday is Sunday. She's really a twin, born 3 years after me! But we look way too much alike. She has the gift of never meeting a stranger, and she's blessed with the greatest sense of humor.

Erin's freebie is my sister Peggy! She brings joy to everyone!

 

Erin, I love this guy! I printed him several times.

He will be well used!

At my grandchildren's Disney costume birthday party, she came at 'Cruela d' Ville!

I was Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Perfect casting!

Alisa is the 4th of my 5 children. She was Alice in Wonderland.

She is the mother of 3 of my 10 grandchildren.

My sister was the hit of the party! Throughout the evening she went around saying, "I like puppies!"

Erin, thank you for an image that truly represents a flamboyant super star like my sister!

One more card from the freebie printout.

Lizzie Jones created this perfect little lovely birthday candle set.

It's ready for someone special. I popped up the center and covered the candles with Aleene's Paper Glaze and a sprinkling of Fairy Dust.

 

While we should all be wishing Papertrey a happy anniversary, they continue to wow all of us with contests and prizes! Isn't this just the most fun!

 

 

 

 



PTI's 6th Anniversary Posts

1st Challenge

Pick one of the designer's favorite cards

Melissa has inspired me with her endless love of beauty, that translates into her love of her craft.

She is always so generous with her ideas and 'how to's'.

I chose this card, one of her favorites and pretty much used her layout. When it's perfection, why change it?

A jar full of buttons!

Stamps and Dies:PTI Button Boutique, Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Summer Fillers, Button Up, Heart Border die.

The colored buttons are versamarked and then inked with PTI's Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf and Orange Zest. (Thank you Heather)

Tag is from Pure Poppy paper pack. Felt: PTI Aqua Mist.

Popped up jar and outlined with Melissa's favorite copic outliner, putty.

 

Day 2 Anniversary at PTI

Chose the printout by Heather, which had a birthday sentiment on it.

 

Heather Nichols is another designer utterly generous with both ideas instruction.

Completely a novice at cardmaking makes each idea she gives a treasure!

 

Printed her download twice, once in white and another in lavender. Sadly, PTI cardstock won't go through my cheepy printer, so I used printable cardstock out of my stash.

PTI banner die with a computer printed 'Valentines'.

PTI Sweet Blush cardstock and Rosy Posie die cut with Smoky Shadow.

View of the poppedup square.

If you haven't yet been to Nichole Heady's blog at PapertreyInk,

it's a celebration of 6 years of not only what they sell, but of the amazing team they've assembled!

Oh yes, and that contest... Oh my!

 

MIM #103

All sorts of fun going on at PapertreyInk this week, it's their 6th anniversary.Check it out!

It's MIM #103 The Die Cut Double-Up

Betsy Veldman shows us how to use negative space on top of positive and decorate the whole thing with stamping. Or is it positive on negative?

The designers at Papertrey are brilliant at inspiration!

Shepherd Ryan Penir was born in June of 2012. He is the 10th grandchild in a family that just happens to love and adore their own! (Probably talking to a lot of loving mommys and grandmas out there)

This will be his Valentine

Melissa Phillips is my go-to gal for ways to use those irrisistable papers that you get and then don't know how to use them to their max.

Started with the paper, and used it's colors for My Papertrey cardstock die cut Mat Stack #7.

Stamped and colored Background Basics: Stripes on the Aqua Mist layer. and a few white stripes on the Hibiscus Burst layer. (He's still too young to not allow me to use pink!)

That fabulous die comes with a card and card holder which was die cut with Little Hot Rod,

(through 3 layers), and the little hot rod die cut stamped and colored with a copic.

The red road is from Sew Simple Borders.

Couldn't waste those sweet hearts from my die cuts, (heart border die and Heart-2-Heart #11cut out of the bottom of Tag Sale #5). PTI ribbon.

Closeup of how everything is popped up.

Seriously, is he the cutest love muffin?

Yup, he's a big one, 10lbs at birth. We grow 'em big out west!

Happy Anniversary Papertrey!