PTI February 2018 Blog Hop

I am popping in quickly today to participate in the PTI February 2018 Blog Hop.  We have this fun photo to inspire us.

I don't have any Easter stamps from PTI, so I decided to go with the theme of spring, playing on the green grasses and bits of color nestled within.  I pulled out a very old PTI stamp set, Daydreamer for my card.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday where the challenge is to create your own background.  I used a PTI Impression Plate as a quick way to create a textured background.

Enjoy the hop.  I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has created.

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PTI April 2013 Blog Hop

The theme this month for the PTI Blog Hop is things that are tilted.  Apparently that is very trendy.  I can report that for me, it is also very fun.  I ran out of time, but did not run out of things to tilt.  Here are 4 cards with tilted elements.

First up is a Father's Day card for my husband, who loves his TV.  Now, if I could only get tiny Premiere League Soccer stamps to fill up those screens, he would be all set.  I used some of my new SU inks on this card--Garden Green, Baja Breeze, and More Mustard.  I am really loving my new inks--they are so juicy and colorful.  I am also entering this card into this week's Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

I can tell I am going to love my Sketched Shapes stamps.  This is the first card I made with that set--a CAS birthday card.  This card, as well as the next two cards will also be entered into this week's CAS-ual Friday CFC99:  Birthday Bash, as well as A Passion For Papertrey:  Let's Celebrate.

On this next card, I used a little trick I learned during my Pattern Play class--use a thin strip of striped pattern paper to select the colors for your card.  So, I took a strip of paper from Basic Grey Cottage pad, and matched my colors to it.  Hero Arts Pale Tomato ink, and kraft card stock.

Last of all, a card using Cutting Garden flowers, with some stems borrowed from Day Dreamer, which was still on my desk at the time.

That's it for now.  Enjoy the rest of the hop.


Supplies Used (PTI):
Father's Day
Stamps:  Boutique Borders Father's Day,  Polka Dot Parade
Paper:  White
Ink:  SU Baja Breeze, Garden Green, More Mustard

Sending Birthday
Stamps:  Stylish Sentiments Birthday, Sketched Shapes
Paper:  White
Ink:  Limeade Ice, Hibiscus Burst, Versafine Onyx Black

Kraft Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Day Dreamer, Tag-Its
Paper:  Kraft, White, Basic Grey Cottage
Ink:  Ripe Avocado, Hero Arts Pale Tomato, Memento Rich Cocoa
Other:  Dies:  Daydreamer, Spiral Notebook, Herringbone Embossing Folder, Twine

White Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Cutting Garden, Bountiful Banners, Day Dreamers
Paper:  White, Pebbles Walnut Grove
Ink:  Hibiscuc Burst, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Versacolor Opera Pink, SU Pretty in Pink
Other:  Dies:  Cutting Garden, Day Dreamers, Bountiful Banners,  Canvas/Linen Impression Plate

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Dynamic Duos and CAS(E) This Sketch

I've got a quick post with two cards.  The first card is for this week's Dynamic Duos DD #42, and I used PTI Ripe Avocado and Harvest Gold.  I was eager to try my new Daydreamer dies, which were part of the giant prize package I won at PTI.

And, I am just squeezing in under the wire at CAS(E) this Sketch this week.  I didn't realize the challenge closed tonight, so I hurried to make my card.  I'm not sure about this one--it looked different in my head, but I'm posting anyway.

As there is still one day left on the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge, I'll be posting both of these cards there as well.


Supplies Used:

Thinking of You
Stamps:  Daydreamer, Scattered Showers
Paper:  White
Ink:  Ripe Avocado, Harvest Gold
Other:  Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles, Daydreamer Dies

Hello
Stamps:  Happy Trails, Embroidered Blooms, Crackle
Paper:  White, Winter Wisteria
Ink:  Winter Wisteria, Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle, Happy Trails Die, Sizzix Embossing Folder

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Thinking of You

I had time to make a card today, and I was so pleased at how it came together.  My idea actually fits 3 of my favorite challenges:

Make it Monday #73:  Stamping on Patterned Paper (no, I am not tired of this trick yet)

CAS-ual Fridays CFC60:  Text Me

Retrosketches #19

I bought an Italian book while on vacation this spring for the sole purpose of papercrafting, and cut a page of it using the Spiral Notebook die (the text for CAS-Fridays).  Stamped flowers from Daydreamer right on that paper (MIM), and used this week's layout from Retrosketches.  Easy as 1-2-3.

Supplies Used (PTI):

Stamps:  Daydreamer, BB:  Wrought Iron, Asian Fusion

Paper:  Italian Book Print, Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy

Ink:  Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Memento Tuxedo Black

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Make it Monday--Thanks

I set a goal for myself to try to do all the Make it Monday's this year.  So far, so good.  This week's Make it Monday #49 is about a technique called Ghost Masking.  I had never heard of it before, but it is a pretty cool effect.  

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Label Basics, Daydreamer, Flower Fusion, Background Basics Text
Paper:  White, Plum Pudding
Other:   Angled Labels die, pure poppy ribbon, plum pudding button

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Daydreamer Cards

I finally got the chance to break out my new Daydreamers stamp set the other day, and used it to make a few thank you cards.  When this set was released, I really liked the images, but didn't think I'd use the sentiments at all.  I was fortunate enough to find someone who felt the exact opposite way, so we split the set.

Here are my cards:

One of my favorite color combinations is Royal Velvet and Ripe Avocado.  I couldn't decide which to use as base and which to use as accent, so I made one of each.  I used Mehndi Medallions stamped in Versamark on the card base.  The sentiment is from Botanical Silhouettes.

The white panel on all of the cards is adhered with dimensionals, although that is hard to see in these photos.

For the third card, I went with a brighter color scheme of Harvest Gold and SU Real Red.  I used the bigger flower from Daydreamer as the background stamp on the card base.

The border on all three cards was made with my brand new Fiskars Border Punch called Upper Crest.  I had seen this used several times, and really like the look of it.

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