PTI Day 5 Sampler Square Challenge

Have you visited all the fun activities over at the PTI Blog?

Day 5 challenge is about making a 5.5 x 5.5 card and using 9

1.5 inch squares

I went with a birthday theme for my card and here is the list of all the stamps I used:

Asian fusion

Tremendous Treats

Birthday Style

Balloon Bash

Hooray

Scene It:  Celebration

Caution another Year Older

I used Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist and Berry Sorbet

I did several with heat embossing and then sponging on ink over the top.

Some were colored with copics.

Thanks for taking a look!

PTI Anniversary Day 8 ~ BLUE Ombre Challenge

I used some watercolor paper and brushed some reinkers onto the paper using Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening.

I stamped and did some masking of two butterflies from Beautiful Butterflies (I used Spring rain and Blueberry sky). The sentiment is from Wishes Come True.

I added a strip of dark blue metallic paper under the butterfly.

I guess you can tell I am loving Maile's 'style'!

 

PTI Anniversary Day 6 "Heavy Metal Challenge"

OOH LA LA, it is all about the gold (or silver!),

I went with the gold!

I gold embossed Ruby Reprise and a few elements from Ruby Rose on vellum paper,

the scroll is die cut and embossed from Boutique Borders: Birthday and the sentiment from Keep It Simple: Birthday!

I added some gold Metallic Thread under the scroll, adds a nice touch I think!

I framed the top and bottom with gold metallic paper that I picked up at Michael's quite awhile ago.

 

I love how this card turned out!

One more day to play, I leave on Friday for California, I hope I will have time to make something early in the morning before I have to leave for the airport...depends whether I sleep or not!!

I am going to 73 degrees and sunshine!!

 

Yahoo!!



PTI Day 5 ~ Spring into Action Challenge

Are you all having fun with these anniversary challenges at Papertrey?  I am loving all of them!

Today's challenge is to use a NBUS or at least one that has not seen much love lately!

Just so happens the freebie from December, Pretty Petals was sitting on my desk, Never Before Used!

I am still loving Maile's style, so went with one of her designs.

The stripes on the sides was made with an Obsession Impression striped full card stamp.

I am NOT very good at lining up stripes, so I went with this stamp instead.

The sentiment is another one that I have not used before, it is from the Mat Stack collection.

I colored in the petals of the flowers with V12 and the leaves with YG05.

Melon berry, terra cotta tile and spring moss were the inks used.

Have a great week everyone!

I am heading to Santa Clara on Friday with my daughter Dina and granddaughter Ellie for a volleyball tournament that will last the holiday weekend.  She will be playing in the Santa Clara convention center.

 

 



PTI Anniversary Day 4 ~Build a Bouquet Challenge

I love the Sweet Life roses in a vase for a bouquet, I added some sprigs that came from Larger than Life.  I embossed with white powder, then sponged on a bit of spring moss to make them pop...I was going for a 'baby's breathe' look.  Not sure I accomplished it, but I do like the added texture and depth it gives the bouquet.

The card front was dry embossed with the Deco Die cover Plate.

The sentiment is from Words of Comfort,

the vase has an embellishment that was stamped with versamark and then clear embossed on fine linen paper.  You can go HERE to check out the details for the challenge on Nichole's blog.

 

PTI Anniversary Day 3 ~ Bagged & Tagged Challenge

I had these bags that are kraft and white striped, I stamped them with the X & O's from Think Big # 11, and the 'hugs' from TB # 23, and cut out the LOVE from Wonderful Words:  Love.  The heart that is glued in place on the bag is from the center of the "O" for the word 'love'.

The tag was made with two of  the "Limitless Layers:  Hearts.  the white one was die cut using the solid heart image for the inside tag, I selectively cut it so that I would have a fold, not cut all the way through.  The outer heart was cut using one of the decorative edged hearts and glued to the white one.

I then stamped the to & from ...from the Bells & Boughs stamp set.

 

I have six of these ready to go to give to the 6 grandchildren.

I am going to be in California with Ellie who is playing in a volleyball tournament in Santa Clara.

DH, SIL, DD and three other grandchildren are heading to Seattle for a VB tournament for Lily...and of course it is over the Valentines weekend...so I will send (and bring one) for all the little ones to have on that day.

 

fun project making tags and a bag...love this release from PTI and all the fun challenges to go with the anniversary festivities.

 

You can go HERE to play along!

PTI Anniversary Day 2 ~ CASing Maile Belles

Maile always does the unexpected and it is always so unique!

She is the queen of cut-a-way.

I kept mine pretty simple, as she usually does also.

I used Beautiful Butterflies (can hardly wait for her new set!)

in a gradient color scheme...aqua mist, Hawaiian shores and finally tropical teal.

The sentiment is from Little Bitty Birds and as she often does I cut the words into strips and adhered them to the card.

Ended with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins! 



PTI 8th Anniversary Festivities ~ Day ONE Sketch and color Challenge

Congratulations on your 8th year, PTI!!

I can hardly wait for each day to come to see what you have cooked up this anniversary!

 

 

I used Ruby Rose and Ruby Reprise as well as the PTI Tip Top Dies to make this card.
The word "you" is a SSS die and the sentiment is from PTI Bigger Blooms.
I read that we are only to enter one project which is fine with me, but I am thinking I might take the opportunity to make up a few more cards using the provided sketches!
thanks for taking a look...see you tomorrow!




another Sketch from the PTI Anniversary Contest

This sketch is a good one for CAS!  I love it!  Went together in about 5 minutes or less!  I used the hearts from Back Pocket Basics and the sentiment from With All My Heart.

PTI Anniversary Contest today are sketches!

I started with Sketch #2 and boy as simple as this sketch is, I sure had a lot of difficulties pulling it all together.  I am happy with the final results, simple for sure, I don't know what my problem was...

Papertrey's 6th Anniversary Festivities

Day one brought us all the design team members and their favorite 6 project.  The card I selected is from Jessica Witty.  I love the Sweet Life stamp set and the Mega Gracious Vases and I loved how she put it all together.

She embossed the vase and I did too, but first I made a mask, stamped some stems and then I used the Crackle Background stamp set using the versamark; I heat embossed with clear powder.  With the mask still on, I used a dauber to rub some lemon tart and harvest gold ink into the vase.  I liked her idea of  'grounding' the vase, so I ran a piece of dark chocolate card stock through the cuttlebug with the wood grain embossing plate.  I tied it off with a piece of twine.

I especially liked the roses from Jessica's card because like the previous card, I wanted to have another card ready for my daughter to give to the church staff for all their work at organizing the T-shirt sales.  And it just so happens that we have a very talented "Rosarian" in our parish, and what that means is:  he is FABULOUS at nurturing the many rose bushes we have around our grounds...There are several by the front door of the office.  What could be better than a bouquet of roses to give to these kind and loving people?

PTI 2013 Design Team and Their Favorite Projects

Big things happening over on the PTI blog HERE and this is only DAY 1!  Go check it out!  Each design team member selected 6 of their favorite projects and we can select one or more and put our spin on it, then add it to a link on Nichole's blog to be entered to win a BIG prize...every day there is something new!

I selected Erin's STAR card, she showcases it HERE with her favorites, it is not a direct link to the original post.  The reason I chose the STAR card is because I was needing some special cards for my older daughter to send out to people who have been so kind during her chemo treatment.  Our church sold over 200 Team Dina T-shirts and sweatshirts over three weekends and they wore them to the 11 Mass on Sunday...it was a day to remember.  Very emotional.  I selected the purple color (Royal Velvet) because it represents cancer survivors (and that is the color of all the T's) and also lime green (simply chartreuse in PTI language!) because that is the color for Lymphoma.  We have so many "Stars' shining brightly on us right now and giving their support and encouragement.  That is why I selected this card to showcase.