Make it Monday!

Ta daaaaa - here is my submission for PTI's Make It Monday challenges.

Well - who would have thought making a card with a sentiment strip in Vellum would be sooooo darn hard to make??? I think I cut up half a sheet of Vellum to produce this card. And I am not too happy with the result and the picture is bad (the glitter on the butterflies is really sweet if you see it in daylight) - but I have to submit it, because I am leaving for the UK this afternoon, and wont be back until monday late evening. 

Tell me what you think about it?!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI sweet blush and white + Vellum (no-name)

Ink: Distress Ink Spun Sugar, Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: PTI Life + Sentiment from Round and Round, Background stamp from Hero Arts Antique Writings

Other: Martha Stewart Punch + Greyish perls

PTI January 2011 Blog Hop

Hi! This post is for PTI's January 2011 Blog Hop - and it is the first time for me to participate.

The challenge is:

This month's blog hop challenge involves you challenging yourself to use a Papertrey stamp set that has yet to see ink or even one that might be collecting a little dust!  Go through your stash and see what little used treasure it might hold. 

 I am sharing 3 note pads I made using my brand new PTI Life stamp set. I got it for Christmas - and since I don't own so many PTI Stamp sets none collects dust so far :)

These note pads are my first work with the Life set. Can't wait to use it more! :)
Sorry for the photo - it is dark out side :) No daylight to help my photographer skills on the way.

Thanks for looking!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI sweet blush, Aqua Mist, Melon Berry

Ink: Versacolor bamboo, sky blue and ash rose, Distress Ink old paper, Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, tumbled glass, PTI tea dye duo

Stamps: PTI Life, Places please, Fillable Frame #1, Hero Arts Antique Writings

Other: Clear embossing powder, Ranger Stickles

Celebrate today!

Hi there,

I am sharing a quick little card with you. Using only 2 colors but a lot of different stamp sets.

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI white

Ink: Distress Ink Spicy marmelade + tumbled glass

Stamps: PTI - round & round, Dot Spots, Places Please, Everyday button bits, Fillable Frame #4

Other: Silver embossing powder, PTI Die Fillable Frame #4

2 challenges in 1

Today I am sharing a card which "qualifies" for 2 challenges: Skipping Stones Design Sketch #SSD59 and "Out of your comfort zone" over at A Passion from Papertrey.

Using sketches is very new for me, and my mind is not very creative when it is looking back and forth from the sketch to my blank cardstock. However I am still determined to learn using these sketches!! So using a sketch definitely brings me out of my comfort zone and further I have made a card using soft colors which I never do. However maybe I should do it more, I like how the colors turned out on the card.

So first. Here is the sketch from Skipping Stones:

 

And here is my card:

I stamped the background using leaves from PTI Turning a New Leaf and flower from PTI Boxes, Bags & Tags. I used PTI Tea dye duo on the edges to take off the sharpness of the white cardstock. On the Sweet Blush cardstock I used Hero Arts background stamp called Antique writings - and again used tea dye duo on the edges. For the focal images I used white cardstock, stamped Hero Arts Peacock in clear Versamark, embossed it with white embossing powder and to make the peacock colorful I sponged on a ton of different Distress colors and wiped off the embossed area. Quite fun - you should try it!

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI white, sweet blush, spring moss

Ink: Versacolor bamboo and ash rose, Versafine onyx black, Distress Ink old paper, Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, Barn door, tumbled glass

Stamps: Background uses leaves and flower from two different PTI sets: Turning a new leaf + Boxes, Bags & Tags, and PTI sentiment from set: Fillable Frame #4

Hero Arts Antique Writings and Hero Arts Peacock

Other: White embossing powder, Perls, and small flowers

Passion for Papertrey - Background stamps

Happy Hello!

What a lovely sunday! The sun was out and melted a little bit of snow - very spring-like if you don't look at the calender!

For a while I have been visiting A Passion for Papertrey's blog - and I have been meaning to play along with them. Haven't had time though - and today I realized that the deadline for the current challenge (using background stamps) was just up over. But friday I made 3 birthday cards which fitted more or less to their theme as they are using PTI's Dot Spot background stamp - so I am using these cards to play along.

And because I trimmed my white card stock wrong (which is typical for me) I also have small tags which can go with the card.

 

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI raspberry fizz + sweet blush + white

Stamps: PTI Dot Spot, Sentiment from Hero Arts
Ink: Kaleidacolor Berry blaze, Versafine Onyx black

Skipping Stones Design's card sketch SSD #58

Hiya!

Today I share with you my very first sketch card challenge.
I am determined to work more on these card sketches to improve my skills ... but I must say ... very difficult for me to think outside the box when I constantly look at the sketch.

I decided to play along with Skipping Stones Design's card sketch "SSD #58"

This is the sketch:

And this is my card:

 

I distressed the papers for a more rough look. Not too sure what I think of the card myself - what do you think?

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI white + Terracotta Tile + Smokey Shadow

Pattern Paper: Avignon Paper: Annonce

Stamps: PTI Damask Design, Text Style
Ink: PTI Terracotta Tile + Smokey Shadow + Tea dye duo

Ribbon: PTI Terracotta Tile Saddle Stitch Ribbon 
Other: Nestabilities circle, gem perls

Happy New Year - I am back

Happy New Year!!

It has been awhile since my last post - but I have been really busy with work, so I forgive myself for having neglected my blog, but for 2011 I have set a stamping goal which is to participate in minimum two challenges / blog hops per month - this way I will be "forced" to blog more frequently.

Today I am sharing a card I made yesterday while my dear boyfriend was laying in bed feeling ill. It's a birthday card - perhaps I should have made a "Hope you feel better soon" card?

With this card I wanted to combine different background stamps and I ended up using 3 types - combining different background stamps doesn't come easy to me - so I used this Dawn McVey's post as my inspiration. I started off my looking/reading her post - then I went to my craft room and created my own version.

I would love to hear what you think of the card!







 


















Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI white + aqua mist Stamps:
PTI Damask Design, Text Style, Round and Round, Fillable Frame #4
Ink: Distress Ink Faded Jeans  
Other: PTI Die Fillable Frame #4, lace and gem perls