Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

I know this is way late, but I struggled and struggled and struggled with this card and I'm posting it! :)

The challenge this month was to use felt. I wanted to try those flowers that are folded into quarters, but my flower die cuts were too small and this felt is too thick.  Instead, I folded them in half and layered them. Happy hopping!

Supplies:
Versmark Dazzle, PTIs Sweet Blush cardstock and button, Hawaiaan Shores cardstock and felt, Vintage Cream ribbon, scallop and mat 1 dies, woodgrain impression plate.

What I've Been Up To...

Planting a garden!  These are pictures of the container garden on my deck.  I live in a condo, so I don't have any "yard" to plant, but my sister and I decided to try our hand at a container garden.

We started out at a local garden center, fully expecting to end up at a big box store.  However, we are brand new to gardening and the folks at Peacefield Gardens were super helpful, so we got about 90% of our supplies there.  We knew we wanted to do herbs, and we found this great planter that would fit on a deck rail.  We don't have a lot of space, and about 1/2 of the deck is usually shaded, so I'm really hoping this will work.

The Papertrey peeps may remember from my challenge that my sister and I love tea. So when we saw this teapot planter, we fell in love!  The teapot has mint.  The blue pot has basil.  The deck rail planter has chives, lemon verbena, sage, rosemary, thai basil, and thyme.

For tomatoes and veggies, we bought two Earthboxes. These are planters that use sub-irrigation to keep the potting mix at a consistent level of moisture.  They are really easy to water.  There is a pipe that feeds a well in the base.  You pour water in until it begins to come out of an overflow in the base.  That's it!  No figuring out when to water or when to stop.

After getting the earthboxes, I started to read about up on sub-irrigation and planting in general and am finding it fascinating.  There are internet instructions to make your own SIPs everywhere.  I'm pretty sure I originally over-watered the herbs and I hope they recover!  I'm still trying to figure out if the herbs need any kind of fertilizer.  In short, I've been learning about gardening instead of card-making!  I'm almost finished the Peeps Inspiring Life challenge, though, and then I just have one more to get caught up on!  Have a great weekend...thanks for stopping by!

Peeps Challenge #6

I made this card for the Peeps Challenge #6. The challenge was hosted by Cammie and she wanted us to use an older set while we were waiting on the latest release and to include some bling.  The older set was easy...I have a bunch!  I chose Guidelines and stamped in some bright colors.  The bling was harder.  I had to search high and low for my rhinestones since I couldn't remember where I stashed them.  I also drew some veins on my hand-cut leaves with a glue pen, then dipped into prism glitter.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies Not Mentioned Above:
Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, New Leaf
Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
Stamps: PTI Signature Greeting, Dot Spot
Other: PTI Felt, Large Scallop Die, Cuttlebug Flower Die

Peeps Challenge #4

Here is another challenge catch-up card.  This one is Peggysue's and here is her challenge:

 "Choose a card or project Nichole made from one of the last two releases and using a set NOT from that release, make a similar card."

After taking way too long reading Nichole's blog, I picked this great card to CASE below:

And here is the card I made:

I needed a card for a young cousin's First Communion, so I pulled out Everyday Blessings.  I wasn't happy with the way my hand-drawn border came out, so I colored it in with Copics.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Not Listed Above:
Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select, Spring Rain
Ink: PTI Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, True Black
Ribbons: PTI Pure Poppy grosgrain
Stamps: PTI Vintage Labels

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #2_

Hello!  I was missing my stamping mojo for a bit but hope it has come back.  To kick it into gear, I turned to some of  the Papertrey Peeps challenges that I missed. This card is for challenge number #2. Aimes provided some yummy looking cereal boxes for inspiration.  I couldn't figure out how to save the inspiration picture, but I chose one that Aimes posted on the Peeps blog.  I saw the colors as Scarlet Jewel, Enchanted Evening, and Pure Poppy.  I knew I wanted to use the tree from Father Knows Best, so I ended up making the leaves in Pure Poppy and outlining in Scarlet Jewel.  The sentiment is from Mega Mixed Messages. I love the new Woodgrain impression plate.  It may be my favorite PTI product ever!  Love it!

Sorry this is so late, Peeps!  It was great inspiration!

Supplies Not Mentioned Above:
Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate
Other: PTI large scallop die

PTI April Blog Hop

Hello!  This is my entry for PTIs April Blog Hop.  The challenge was to incorporate tissue paper into a project.  I had long wanted to try this technique for decorating a candle  with tissue paper.  I stamped the flower from Friends till the End on tissue paper, and then colored with Copics using the Ocean Tides and Summer Sunrise Trios.  The coloring was really faint on the tissue paper but showed up pretty well on the candle.  After coloring, I wrapped the tissue paper on the candle and used my heat gun to melt the paper to into the candle.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #1

This card is for the Papertrey Peeps first challenge. It is long overdue!  I actually made it weeks ago, but just have not had a chance to photo and upload, as work is kicking my butt!  The challenge was to use buttons, which I thought was a great idea. I pulled out one of my favorite PTI sets, Everyday Button Bits.  The cute flower stems are one of my favorites.

As I was making it, I couldn't quite figure out if it should be a birthday card, or a thank you , or something else, so I left the sentiment off.

Hopefully I'll have time to update links tomorrow.

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Ocean Tides, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado
Ink: PTI Fresh Snow
Stamps: PTI Everday Button Bits, Vintage Labels
Other: Buttoms from PTI and Foofala, PTI Polka Dot Parade PP