Inspired by PTI DT - Dawn #2

Supplies; Stamps - Turning a new leaf, Mat stack 1, Paper - Kraft, Rustic cream, Ripe avocado, Basic grey PP, Other - Love lives here die, circle die, Spring moss satin ribbon.

inspired by PTI DT - Dawn

Supplies; Stamps - Giga guidelines, Paper - Pure poppy, In bloom PP, Distressed dots PP, white, Other - Love lives here dies, Limitless layers 1 3/4 circle dies, Edgers die.

PTI blog hop - colourful and girly

The minute I saw the challenge for this month's PTI blog hop (here), I knew what I wanted to do - one of those increadibly unmailable, glue gun necessitating, huge ribbon cards.  I've never made one before, and it was fun!

Here's a closeup on the ribbons.  They are all scraps from our wedding gifts almost 8 years ago!   The white has a wire running on the long edges and is really sparkly.  The medallion is Tag-its #1 with the scallop circle die from Love lives here overtop.

I got the idea for the background from Nichole's countdown post this past month.  I used copics R02, R22, RV14, R85 and then the other way.

One more shot of the 3D ribbon cluster. 

Supplies; Stamps - Tag-its #1, Love lives here, Fillable frame #6 (sentiment), Paper - Raspberry fizz, cream, Other - Love lives here die, 1 3/4'' circle punch, copics, assorted ribbons.

Fruit market cherries

I wanted to evoke a fruit stand, with brown crates, colourful fruit and dusty paper used to tally up the purchases.

So, kraft paper, distressed edges and a bit of colour.  I haven't filled in the sentiment box yet, but it will probably be a 'thank you'.  :)

Supplies; Stamps - Everyday button bits, Label Basics, Ledger (HA), Paper - kraft, cream, dark chocolate, scarlet jewel,  Library ledger PP, Bitty dots PP, Other - Limitless Layers Circles 1 3/4'', distress ink, scarlet jewel and melon berry buttons.

4 bar!

I've only learned about '4 bar' cards recently - they are 3.5 x5''.  The inspiration for the cards is from here.  I like the originals much better than my CASE's, but I wanted to try them in colour.  There will be a greeting on the lower right, just over the bottom flourish.

This one is a Lemon tart base with Harvest gold doily.

This one is a Melon berry base with a Berry sorbet doily.

And finally a Plum pudding base with Royal velvet scallop circle.

Supplies; Stamps - YOF Collection, Fancy flourishes, Other - Doily details dies, Limitless Layers 1 3/4'' dies, copics.

PTI blog hop - embroidery floss

Papertrey Ink's blog hop theme this month is to use embroidery floss.  I haven't tried this before, so I looked forward to the challenge! 

The floss was weaved (just by hand) through the holes of the die, then tied. I looped it around and then used a smidgen of hot glue to fix it into place. I was hoping to have the new Tiny tags dies/stamps by now, so just image a little tag dangling from the floss.

The card evolved over awhile actually - I had gotten the heart and musicsheet background stamps a few months ago, and had stamped a bunch of paper with them in anticipation of using later.  Then I got the Parisian lace doily die with the February release, and decided I wanted to see it in hot pink, and so the rest of the card all sort of fell together from there.

The leaves were stamped with grey, the flower punched out of patterned paper, and the circle mat is also stamped with a delicate background stamp (envelope pattern).

Enjoy the rest of the hop - I know I will!

Supplies; Stamps - BB: Music Sheet, BB: Hearts, Envelope Pattern, Turning a New Leaf, Delightful dahlia (sentiment), Paper - Lemon tart, Raspberry fizz, cream, Bittersweet PP (Basic grey), Other - Parisian lace doily die, Limitless labels 1 3/4'' circle dies, Boho blooms flower punch (SU), cream embroidery floss.

PTI blog hop - scallops

The challenge - to incorporate scallops.  There are five scallops altogether - Fillable frame #4 is the mat, the sentiment is on two of the 'scalloped' die cuts from Limitless Layers circles, which themselves form a scallop shape, and then the button are arranged in somewhat of a scallop.


I stamped the bird images onto felt (which made a faint outline) and then cut out by hand, and then outlined with a T4 copic.  I had a great time picking out my buttons - probably the most time intensive part of this project!

Supplies; Stamps - Little bitty bird, Paper - Library Ledger PP, cream, kraft, fine linen, Ink - dark chocolate, T4 copic, Other - buttons (New leaf, Hawaiian shores, Aqua mist, cream), dies (Fillable Frame 4, Limitless Layers circles 1 3/4''), felt (Hawaiian shores, Simply chartreuse), twine.

The last of the Christmas tags

Supplies; Stamps - Holiday tags 2010, Wreath for all seasons, Paper - Aqua mist, Enchanted evening, Pure poppy, Kraft, cream, white, Other - copics, ribbons (new leaf twill, hawaiian shores twill, spring rain satin, red bakers twine, crochet trim), glitter glue, tag sale #2, limitless layers, 1 1/4'' circle punch.

Cards for little people

I made some little cards for my daughter's friends.

I made an A2 card that has a fold on the 5 1/2'' side, then cut it in half through the fold, so the dimensions are 2 3/4 x 2 1/8''.  There's just enough room for a little message inside.  I attached a tag onto the front, and put into a glassine bag.  Quick and cute.  I wanted to put some treats inside with it, but still too much of a choking hazard at this age.

Supplies - Stamps; TT: Christmas, Paper; Pure poppy, kraft, cream, Ink; Real red, copics, Other; red glitter, candy cane bakers twine, glassine bags.

PTI blog hop - tags!

So I went a little overboard.  But I couldn't help it - it's my first time doing tags, and once I started a few days ago, I couldn't stop.  Click on any photo to see larger.

First is the Green series;

Paper - Ripe Avocado, Fine linen, cream, chocolate, Simply Chartreuse bitty dots, Jovial PP

Ink - Dark chocolate stamped off once, crumb cake, colorbox lime pastel, versamark

Accents - cream grossgrain, chocolate bakers twine, fine linen satin, chartreuse and cream buttons

Then, the Scarlet series;

Paper - Scarlet Jewel, Fine Linen and Scarlet Jewel distressed dots, Jovial PP, cream

Ink - cream, chocolate, cranberry

Accents - 1/8'' silk thread, scarlet jewel grossgrain, twine, Spring Moss and Scarlet Jewel buttons

Then the Red and Cream series;

Paper - Pure Poppy, cream, kraft, kraft bitty dots

Ink - real red, white, copics

Accents - cream felt, cream grosgrain, pure poppy bakers twine, rhinestones, silver glitter


And last, the colourful series.  Big thank you to Derby for this post and giving me the idea of stamping a whole bunch of little images in a row to create a patterned paper of sorts.

Paper - cream and white

Ink - black, brown, copics

Accents - Spring Moss satin ribbon, Aqua Mist satin ribbon, red glitter

Stamps - Tiny Treats: Christmas, 2010 Holiday Tags, Wreath for All Seasons (PTI), BB: Retro.

PTI blog hop - holiday

This month's theme was to create a card for a winter holiday that is not Christmas, in order to celebrate diversity.  I chose to do a card for Chinese New Year for a dear friend.

I used a red panel, as the colour red is thought to ward off bad luck.  The paper has flecks of gold and silver and looks very festive.  I embossed an image from BB: Retro with gold powder as this sort of reminded me of lanterns, and the colour gold also plays prominently in the festivities, and symbolizes posterity. 

Looking at it now it looks like the layout needs something in the right side - will have to address that.

I die cut shapes for the sentiment in cream and fine linen, stamped a flourish in versamark, sponged some distress ink on the outer cream die cut to soften, and popped the whole thing up on dimensionals.  I'm excited to send this one out!

Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Supplies - Stamps; Background Basics: Retro, Giga Guidelines, Fancy Flourishes (PTI), Paper; Fine Linen and cream (PTI), Japanese PP (Paper Ya, Vancouver), Ink; Versamark, Black, Antique linen (Tim Holtz), Other - Tie die ribbon (Paper Ya, Vancouver), Limitless Layers dies (PTI), gold embossing powder, dimensionals (SU).