PTI Anniversary Tag Contest

PTI is celebrating it's 4th Anniversary this year. Details are on Nichole's blog.  Today's challenge is to use one of the Anniversary tag sets that the PTI Designers have created (and is free to download) and create a project with it. How awesome is this. Just like having some PTI Digi stamps. Loving it.

So here is first of my cards with the pinwheel tag designed by Maile Belles. I used the Inspired Crafters Sketch for this card.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Anniversary Tag download
Paper - PTI White, Dark Chocolate CS, Bazzill Patterned Paper
Ink - Copics
Other - SU Top Note Die, PTI Limitless Labels Die, PTI Vintage Cream Ribbon, PTI Dark Chocolate Vintage Buttons, Generic Jute Thread.

Birthday Boy

I needed a Birthday card and the Inspired Crafters Sketch #11 was perfect for this card. I embossed some PTI Aqua mist paper with the cuttlebug folder and added some border with enchanted evening CS. I die cut the car image and stamped the car from PTI Enjoy the ride stamp set. The sentiment is Mega Mixed Messages.
This card was also done for the Papertrey Pals challenge #17 to use some dry embossing on your project.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Enjoy the Ride and Mega Mixed Messages
Paper - PTI White Aqua Mist and Enchanted Evening CS
Ink - Memento Blue
Other - EK Success Border Punch, SU Circle punches, PTI Enjoy the ride die, cuttlebug

Inspired Crafters Sketch #11 for November

Hello friends,

It is the First Friday of the Month - Which means it is time for Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge for the Month of November.

I used the PTI Guidelines 2 for my card. Today is Diwali - Festival of Lights. So I made a Diwali card for the sketch. I created my own patterned paper using the Guidelines 2 stamp set and guidelines 2 paper from PTI. I love doing this and it is so much fun to be able to create your own patterned paper. I used some PTI Plum pudding CS and punched out the scallop border. The sentiment was computer generated.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can stop over at IC blog and participate in this sketch challenge to win some exciting prizes.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Guidelines 2
Paper- PTI Guidelines 2, PTI Plum Pudding and white CS. GKD Metallic Gold CS
Ink - Memento Sweet Plum and Lulu Lavender
Other - EK Success Scallop border punch, SU Circle Punches, Gem Embellishment

CAS Christmas Card

I am in love with this SU Set that I got recently called The More The Merrier. It is an older set, but I loved all the images in it.

I used the Inspired Crafters Sketch #10 for this card. Kept it simple with some Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Holiday paper and some buttons. I kept the main image white and colored just the scarves and hats of the snowmen. I somehow liked this effect.

I am entering this card for the following challenges,

1) Caardvarks Clean and Simple Challenge
2) Pals Paper Arts - PPA62 - All Buttoned up.
3) Inspired Crafters Sketch #10

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Stampin Up - The More the Merrier
Paper - BG Eskimo Kisses Patterned Paper, PTI Vintage Cream, Hawaain Shores CS
Ink - Memento Black, SU Markers, Copic Spica Pens, Memento Blue
Other - SU Word Window Punch, EK Success Scallop Punch, Nestabilities, Stickles

Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge #10

Hello friends,

It is the First Friday of the Month - Which means it is time for Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge for the Month of October. We also have Sankari Wegman as our featured Guest Designer for this sketch. So, please do stop by there to check out her inspiring card.

I used the PTI Delightful Dahlia for my card. I cut out the Dahlia image using the Biscotti Patterned paper and PTI Die. I stamped the image on it using Memento Black ink. I did the same for the Leaves as well. I wanted to carry the polka dot pattern on to the focal image area as well. So I stamped the Polka dots from PTI Polka Dots Basics II on white CS, cut it out using Nestabilities and added some additional detail using the Vintage labels.

Sorry for the quality of my picture, this is what happens when I wait till late night to take the pictures of my projects. Some pearl embellishment and the sentiment from Delightful Dahlia completed the card :)

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can stop over at IC blog and participate in this sketch challenge to win some exciting prizes.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Delightful Dahlia, PTI Vintage Label, PTI Polka Dot Basics II
Paper - PTI Dotty Biscotti Patterned Paper, PTI Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper, PTI White and New Leaf CS
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - Pearl Embellisment, PTI Dies, Nestabilities

Inspired Crafters - September Scrapbook page challenge

Hello Friends,

My dear friend Chris has posted a wonderful sketch for this months challenge over on the Inspired Crafters blog! We would love you to play along with us. Here is what I came up with for the sketch,




These are series of photos that I took of my Friend's Daughter. She was on a quest to collect these bright looking sugar substitute packets. And she was doing this "hurrah" thing by raising her hands. I felt that these pictures were perfect for this sketch. I was inspired by the colors and patterns in her dress for the papers that I chose for this layout. I really love how this turned out.

Here is the sketch from Scrapbook challenges that Chris used for this Month's Challenge.



Thanks for stopping by. Hoping that you can stop by at Inspired Crafters and create a page(or two) of your own.

Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Coredinations and PTI card stock, Luxe Designs and SU patterned paper
Ink - None
Other - Prima Velvet Flowers, Making Memories Button Brads, American Crafts Thicker Letters, Fiskars Border Punch

Scrapbook Challenge is up on Inspired Crafters

Chris has posted a new scrapbook sketch challenge over at Inspired Crafters. Please stop by and check it out and play for a chance to win something. Chris also has an awesome layout for you to get inspired from. Would love to see your creation.


Here is Sketch #213 from Scrapbook challenges




Have a good Saturday!!

Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge #9

Hello Friends,

It is Friday!! And long weekend is right around the corner. Whatever you are doing - crafting, traveling or spending time with family..I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Inspired Crafters blog has been revamped and now you have more time to work on the challenges along with some fun prizes..yeah!!! Today's challenge is a sketch challenge. This sketch was inspired by a Thank you card that I got from my secret sister Donelda.

I kept my card simple and loved how this turned out. I used the Fly Away stamp set from PTI. I stamped the plane image with Memento Black Ink and colored it with copics. I used some SU Patterned paper along with PTI Hawaiian breeze card stock. I love all the different hues of blue in this card.



Here is the sketch,



Please stop by at Inspired Crafters blog to play along with this sketch challenge and a chance to win some prize. If you are uploading to Public Galleries, please use the keyword ICC9.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Fly Away
Paper - PTI White and Hawaiian Breeze Cardstock, SU Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - Fiskars border Punch

Two pages with one sketch :)

My dear friend Chris is hosting the Saturday Scrapbook Challenges over at Inspired Crafters blog. She even has some give away for those who complete all the four sketches in the month of April. So, please stop by at the IC blog to play. She has chosen a very versatile sketch from Sketchy Thursdays and I loved it so much that I ended up creating two pages. I had also played along with this sketch on Sketchy Thursday as well and you can see that page here.

The Photo in this page was taken at a crop at my home..:) I chose the title to say Passion, Fun..which describes this hobby for me :)



Here is the travel page I did. These are photos of my husband and his parents when they visited him here before our marriage. These pictures are from their trip to Grand Canyon. These photos are very precious since my father-in-law is no longer alive. So instead of using the original photos, I made color copies and used them..hence the not so good quality of the images.



Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Bazzill CS, Patterned Paper from Stash
Ink - Chai Inking Cube from PTI
Other - Border Punches, Felt, PTI Beautiful Blooms Dies, PTI Vintage Button, BG Brads, Prima Flowers

IC Blog - Christmas Card Challenge #2

Hello Friends,

Inspired Crafters is a group of Friends who are passionate about paper crafting. They have a Christmas card challenge every Month and here is my card for the Month of Feb. I know I am lagging behind.



I used the Wings Of Joy stamp set from Taylored Expressions. The image was stamped in Memento black, colored with Copics and cut out with Nestabilities. Sentiment is from PTI.

I again used Holiday Patterned papers from my stash making me a very happy person.

Here is the sketch. Please stop by at the IC blog and look at all the different challenges they have and come play with us.



Supplies:
Stamp - Wings of Joy from TE and Sentiment from PTI
Paper - PTI CS and Basic Grey PP
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Pure Poppy
Other - Ribbon, Nestabilities, SU Small Oval Punch, PTI Inking Cube

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #12

Happy Saturday. The saturday scrapbook challenge over at Inspired Crafters blog is about top 10. I created this layout of our trip to Paris and did a top 10 qualifiers for Paris..:) I used this tag from 7 Gypsies 97% Complete series. I used a few pictures of Eiffel tower as it is the most popular monument of Paris.

I used the Sketch from Sketchy Thursday for this layout :) Kept it simple. I kind of like the open space at the top of the page.

Here is my page,


The patterned paper is Elise Travel Collection from KI Memories. I have been hoarding this paper for a while now. :)Feels good to use up supplies.

Here is the Sketch,


Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - KI Memories Elise Travel collection PP, Coredinations Blue CS, PTI White CS
Ink - Chai Inking Cube from PTI
Other - AC Thickers, Curvy Circle Cutter, AC chipboard flowers, Generic Brad, Offray Gingham ribbon

Saturday Scrapook Sketch Challenge #4

This is my entry for the Saturday Scrapbook challenge #4 at IC Blog. This two page layout sketch worked out perfect for me. These were some of the pictures that we took in KSU Campus in Lawrence, KS. We were visiting my cousin with my parents and few of dad's cousins and their families were there as well. So were a big gang and had tons of fun :)

Please stop by at Inspired Crafters Blog and play along with the challenges.

Here is the LO,



Here is the Sketch,

Trip to Cliff Resort

It is time to present my interpretation of this week's inspiration over at Inspired Crafters. You have to check it out. Jen has awesome inspiration for us to work with. I went with her catalog and how the photos were stacked together. I also took some of the colors in there for inspiration.

These are the pictures we took at Cliff Resort, here in Texas near Possum Kingdom Lake. It was just beautiful. This golf resort sits on a cliff facing the lake and is just gorgeous. Great Spa, Sunsets, Walks and wading in the lake. It was way too nice. I had fun reliving the memories of this trip while doing this LO.

Supplies:
Stamp - Studio G Stamp from Michaels
Paper - Coredinations CS, SU PP
Ink - Memento Black and Copics

Saturday Scrapook Sketch Challenge #2

At Inspired Crafters, we are working towards creating more scrapbook pages in the year 2010 :) So as part of that every Saturday we have some inspiration to create a scrapbook page. This time it was a sketch from 52 sketches 52 weeks.

I used a picture of my niece that I took during my brother's wedding. She had just finished eating Watermelon and this pose caught my eye. :) It was so much to scrap this photo...:)

Here is my layout,


Sorry for the photo quality. I used to scan my LO's before but was not too happy with it, so trying my hand at photography :)

Also I noticed some spelling mistakes in my journaling.Oh well :)

I cut out the title from Silhouette :) Inspired by Susan and Amy to use more of my Silhouette and Cricut in my LO's.

I used the flowers and pearls to kind of mimic what she is wearing in the photo :)

Here is the Sketch,


Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - PTI and SU DSP, Coredination CS, PTI and SU CS
Ink - None
Other - Nestabilities, Prima flowers, Silhouette,

Inspired Crafters - Saturday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

I wanted to create more scrapbook pages this year. So this page was done for the Inspired Crafters Saturday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge. The sketch this time is from Page Maps.

Here is my page,



Here is the Sketch,



Sorry for the picture quality :(

Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Travel Collection from American Crafts, My Minds Eye and Making Memories DP, Georgia Pacific White CS
Ink - None
Other - Chipboard Title from Making Memories, Cricut, Cricut Home Accents Cartridge, American Crafts Rubons