Thank Ewe

I love how these cards turned out!

I used a based of PTI Spring Rain Cardstock for the "sky". For the "grass", I stamped the reverse image from Beyond Basics Borders in Versamark on New Leaf, which creates my all time favorite green. I wanted to add a little more texture, so I ran it through my old Sizzix with a Cuttlebug dots folder. Oops! Wrong way, dots were inverse. Ran it through with just the plates to flatten it and then tried again. Wrong way again! Seriously! Flattened again, and third time was the charm, except you can still see a slight imprint form the old dots. I actually really like all of the texture it added. The sheep and sentiment are from Rubber Soul.   Ribbon is PTI New Leaf Bitty Dots.

I "mass" produced three of these, since I had enough grass, and they look so stinking cute all lined up, that I can't bear to mail these to anybody just yet.

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Spring Rain, New Leaf
Ink: PTI True Black
Ribbons: PTI Bitty Dots

Stamps: Rubber Soul's A Day at the Zoo and PTIs Beyond Basic Borders

Note to Self

Just got my new PTI package and inked up the Take Note set. I used a combo of Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides and Summer Sunrise inspired by the Polka Dot Parade paper.

Firsts: Take Note stamps, making a notepad set

Next Time: I wasn't paying attention when I put the Note to Self bit on the Ocean Tides layer. The text is the wrong direction! Oh, well, I'm keeping this one for myself, anyway.


Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides, and Summer Sunrise
Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado and Summer Sunrise
Ribbons: PTI Ocean Tides
Stamps: PTI Take Note
Other: Circle punches

PTI's CMWC 56

This card is for the PTI Casual MidWeek Challenge to use Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, and Ripe Avocado together.

CMWC56 {09-16-2009} - Enchanted Summer Avocado

I made this card using the bicycle from Everyday Button Bits, with Avocado Buttons. I sponged on some grass and sky while the label was still in the Spellbinders die. I used black thread to sew the buttons to the card.

I colored the seat gold...a cycle suitable the malliot juane!

The avocado panel is heat embossed using Polka Dot basics. I added Versamark dots to the summer sunrise background to try to tie that to the avocado panel.

Firsts: Sewing buttons to the card, first time to ink up this set.

Next time: I like all of the elements separately, I'm just not sure about them together. I think maybe PB2 is too modern for the classic cycle!



Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, and Ripe Avocado
Ink: Memento Black, PTI Fresh Snow, Versamark
Stamps: PTI Everyday Button Bits, Retro Backgrounds, Polka Dot Basics 1 & 2
Other: Prisma marker, embossing powder, Labels die

Favorite Grillmaster

I love how this card turned out!
This is a "Thank You" for my brother, who invited us to his house for a lovely meal out on his new deck. Since it's a guy card, I kept it clean and simple. Hopefully, I'll remember to mail it out!

Firsts: Handwriting part of the sentiment...my brother definitely won't mind.

Next Time: Try not to smear black ink in the middle of the card after you are all finished, requiring the addition of a very short tree!


Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Spring Rain, New Leaf, Pure Poppy
Ink: Memento Black
Stamps: Sentiment from PTI Everyday Classics, Rubbernecker Grill, Tree from ?
Other: Paper Shapers Punch, White gel pen, Copic grey marker

Glimmer Mist Trees

These are three additional fall trees I made for the PTI blog hop. (See post below.) I mass produced these images by spraying an entire sheet of PTIs Vintage Cream cardstock with Glimmer Mist and then punching out circles. I then stamped the leaves and heat embossed all four, then did the sponging.

I tried a couple of different colors for the night sky. My favorites were the Enchanted Evening to the right and the Spring Rain that I used on the blog hop card.

I also tried an Ocean Tides version. It was neat to see the different effects you get by using different colors over the glimmer mist. I thought Enchanted Evening looked like a night sky. It could be fun to use for a halloween card!

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Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Ink: PTI
Ribbons: PTI
Stamps: PTI
Other:

PTI August Blog Hop

This card is for PTIs August Blog Hop. The challenge is :

August is the month that Papertrey celebrates all things autumn! What better way to get inspired for the upcoming season change than each 0ther! Our challenge to you is to create a project inspired by any aspect of fall. How about texture like fabrics, burlap, courduroy or stitching. Then there is color with hues found in autumn leaves, fall berries and other late season delectables. Patterns or motifs such as leaves, pumpkins, wheat and more. Try to use these attributes in fun and interesting ways that may be a little out of your normal comfort zone. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Here is what I came up with:

This was way out of my comfort zone! I started by spraying glimmer mist onto Cream card stock, then embossed the tree from Fathers Knows Best and sponged over it with Spring Rain ink to create muti-colored leaves against a blue sky. The "roots" are sponged with Ripe Avocado to ground the tree. (Got to be a pun in there somewhere!)

Here is a close-up of the main image:

Thanks for visiting.

Firsts:

• Using glimmer mist - can't remember the colors, but the green is a pretty good match to Ripe Avocado
• Heat embossing then inking over top
• Using my new Inksentials foam blending tool, which is fabulous
• Inking up Polka Dot Basics 2, which I dearly love, but found harder to line up than 1
• Sponging while label is still in Nestabilities, fun technique that really adds a lot.

Next time:

• Reverse the button and sentiment from Autumn Abundance for better balance.

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening, Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avovado
Ink: PTI Spring Rain, Ripe Avocado, Versamark, Dark Chocolate
Stamps: PTI Men of Life, Autumn Abundance, Polka Dot Basics II
Other: Glimmer Mist, Vintage Buttons, Vintage Twine

Tea for Two Get Well

I made this card in response to the Not at CHA - Blog Hop Challenge on the PTI forum. The challenge was to console ourselves for missing CHA by giving some love to a little used set. :) I used the Tea for Two set which had not seen ink yet, despite my love for tea. It's very simple

but I'm quite happy with colors, which were inspired by the super talanted Dawn McVey. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Melon Berry, Rustic Cream, Michael's Pink
Ink: Pallete Bella Rose
Ribbons: PTI Ivory Saddle Stitch
Stamps: PTI Tea fr Two, Background Basics: Retro
Other: Clear Embossing Powder