October 2012 PTI Blog Hop

The Challenge this time for PTI Blog hop is to create Holiday project with non traditional holiday colors. I am on a roll with my Christmas cards so this was perfect and it is always fun to experiment with Non Traditional colors. So be warned of this photo heavy post as I created three cards for today's blog hop.

1) First up is this Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz Combination,

I stamped the wreath image from PTI Wreath for all seasons in Raspberry Fizz and added the berries in Blue (I do not have PTI Hawaiian shores ink - so used a memento ink here). The sentiment from Signature Christmas was also stamped in blue. Here is the combo from Nichole Heady's Blog,

2) Second is the card I did with Pine Feather, Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy. I just loved how this card turned out,

I used Rustic Snowflakes and Dearest Jane Patterned Papers along with Ocean Tides, pine Feather, Vintage Cream card stock. Sentiment is from PTI Fillable Frames #8. I added a few snow flakes brads as well. Here is the combo from Nichole Heady's blog,

3) Last but not the least, I used Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet and Harvest gold combination. I also used Retro Sketches #34 for this card.

I used the PTI 2008 Holiday tags stamp set for this card and this was a truly unusual color combination for me to use for a holiday card. It was nice to work out of my comfort zone. I also used the doily details dies from PTI.
Here are the retro sketch and combo from Nichole Heady's blog,

You can stop by at Nichole Heady's blog to see more details and to see all the participants of the blog hop.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Fillable Frame #8, PTI 2008 Holiday Tag Collection, PTI Wreath for All Seasons, PTI Signature Christmas
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Ocean Tides, PTI Pure Poppy, Memento Blue
Paper - PTI Vintage Cream, Rustic Cream, Ocean Tides, Pine Feather, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian shores, Raspberry Fizz and White CS., PTI Rustic Snow flakes, dearest Jane Patterned Paper
Other - PTI Spiral Notebook page die, PTI Scallop Border Die, PTI Doily Details Die, PTI Ric Rac Border Die

PTI July 2012 Blog Hop

25th of the month - it is time for PTI Blog Hop. I really liked the photo inspiration this time as well as the color combination. So, I had to play along. I created this card using all the colors mentioned in the inspiration photo and used Rosie Posie stamp set.

I stamped the roses in Berry Sorbet and Summer Sunrise inks, die cut them and popped them up with some foam dots. I used the Melon berry patterned paper along with some Harvest gold border to add some more interest to the card. I then added them to a white panel and mounted it on a Berry Sorbet Card base.

I had not used PTI's berry sorbet card stock in a while and was happy to use it. It is such a soft color and it was such a pleasure to see this card come together. The sentiment and leaves were stamped in Simply Chartreuse Ink. The sentiment is from PTI's Simple Little Things Anniversary Set

Here is the inspiration photo. You can head over to Nichole Heady's Blog and you can see the full list of participants.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Rosie Posie stamp set, PTI Simple Little Things
Ink - PTI Summer Sunrise, Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse
Paper - PTI Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold and White Cardstock, PTI Melon Berry Patterned Paper
Other - PTI Small Scalloped Border Die, PTI Rosie Posie Die, Paper Studio Pearl Embellishment

PTI April 2012 Blog Hop using April SFYTT

Hi Friends, I am back with a card that I did for PTI April 2012 Blog Hop. I used the April SFYTT From Jen Del Muro.

 I used the PTI Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz Patterned Papers. I added the ribbon as it just felt right :) Here are the PTI Inspiration photo and the Sketch.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Lighten Up
Paper - PTI White and Raspberry Fizz Card stock, PTI raspberry fizz and aqua mist patterned papers
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Rose Bud, Hero Arts Soft Pool Ink
Other - Nestabilities, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Ribbon from Stash

PTI March 2012 Blog Hop

Hello Friends, Happy Sunday. It has been a while since I participated in PTI Blog Hop. I just happen to love the colors in the inspiration photo this time and I was trying to figure out a card design for the Cas-ual Friday Challenge #45 - CAS Card using Pastels and Black and the PTI Inspiration image was perfect starting point.

I used PTI Background Basics: Chevron stripes and stamped it using Memento Summer Sky and Dandelion Inks. I do not have any PTI pastel inks yet. Then I stamped the sentiment from PTI 2012 Anniversary set Pretty Peonies in PTI Snow white Ink. The peony was again stamped in Memento Summer Sky ink. The card came together quite easily and will for sure try this with other color combinations. I tried embossing the sentiment in white, but somehow I always have trouble doing this. So, I left it with this white ink as is.

I was influenced by the color and chevron stripes in the PTI Inspiration image.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Background Basics: Chevron Stripes, PTI Pretty Peonies
Ink - Memento Summer Sky, Memento Dandelion and Memento Bamboo Leaves
Paper - PTI White and True Black Cardstock
Other - Uniball White Gel Pen

PTI June 2011 Blog Hop

The blog hope theme this time is an inspirational photo (shown below). As soon as I saw this photo, it reminded me of the card that Nichole Heady had done for the June stamp release using copics and I had to give it a try (Loved that technique). Plus the three open boxes reminded me of the take three die :) You can see the entire list of participants on Nichole's Blog.

So, here is my take on this inspirational photo, I think the wall hangers are more like dragon flies, but I thought the butterflies worked well too.

I wanted my card to look like I took a bucket of paint and then poured it on the card stock from top. My copic lines are not that clean or that well blended (I was using the chisel tip), but I still like the overall effect of the card and will for sure give this another try. Maybe stamp it with a background stamp and then use that piece of card stock or something like that.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Handwritten Notes
Paper - PTI White, True Black, Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Take Three Die

PTI May Blog Hop - Flower Power

PTI Blog Hop Challenge this time is to show case Flowers. I want to share a clean and Simple card that I did for this challenge using Floral Fusion #1 stamp set. I love these mini Floral Series. I used the Button Die from PTI for the Flower Centers.

I had done a similar card for the past PTI Swap on SCS and had loved how it turned out. So, I created a few more of these. Love how easy it was to put these together. Sorry for the bad picture.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Floral Fusion #1
Paper - PTI White, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado and Golden Harvest
Ink - PTI New Leaf , Summer Sunrise and Memento Black
Other - MS Butterfly punch and gem  Embellishment

PTI March 2011 Blog Hop

It is time for PTI March Blog Hop. The challenge this time was to use Embroidery Floss in a creative way. You can see the entire Participant list on Nichole's Blog.

Here is my card for this hop,

I used the Embroidery floss to decorate on of the doily dies and then kept the card simple by using a Signature Greeting for the sentiment. Adding the bigger doily as the background added some pizazz to the card.

Here is a close up of the decorated doily.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Signature Greetings
Paper - PTI Summer Sunrise, Blueberry Sky and White CS, PTI Library Ledger Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black
Other - PTI Doily Dies, Papersource Gemstone Embellishment

PTI February Blog Hop

It is time for the PTI Blog Hop. The challenge this time is "Sensational Scallops!". Please stop by at Nichole Heady's blog to see the complete list of participants.

I have a few cards to share with you for today's hop.


1) A little Note to Brighten your day

I made this card for,
1a) Heather's Totally Hues Challenge #2 - to use the colors Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate.

1b) For PTI Make it Monday #3 - to use Glitter Strip on your project. I mixed some Doodlebug glitter and some micro beads and then applied it to the CS.


The image is from PTI's Anniversary Tag Download. I had not had the chance to use all of the images from that download. So here is one of them.


2) Flower Card

I made this card for,
2a) Heather's Totally Hues Challenge #2 - to use the colors Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate.
2b) Clean and Simple Sketch #129

3) Tea Pot Card
I just had to use the new Parisian Lace Doily that I had gotten with my PTI Order. So, another card with some scallops :) I love this doily die and how nice they look when cut with PTI's superb card stock. Just awesome...I cannot wait to create more cards with this die.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Tea for Two Stamp set, PTI 2011 Anniversary Tag Download
Paper - PTI Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Fine Linen, Ocean Tides, Dark chocolate, Kraft, White and Blueberry Sky Card Stock
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Inking Cube - Chai, Copics
Other - PTI Parisian Dolly Die, PTI Tea for Two Teapot Die, PTI Limitless Layers Die, PTI Matstack #1 Die, SU Scallop Border Punch, EK Success Scallop Border Punch, PTI Punch out tool, , PTI Raspberry Fizz Ribbon, Generic Buttons from Stash, PTI Rustic Twine

Scattered Showers - Thinking Of You

The Challenge this time 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 used one of my favorite older sets called "Scattered Showers" for this card. I had not used this stamp set in a while although it used to be one of my to go sets :) So, in honor of this blog hop, this set got inked up :)

I stamped the umbrella in Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, cut it out and popped it up with some foam dots. I cut out the flower using PTI Dies and added some button to it. I love the font in this stamp set.

The card is much better IRL, I forgot to take pictures of the 3D Effect. The white panel is raised as well as the umbrella :). I have inked the edges of the White panel as well as the Green Bitty Box Basics Patterned paper using PTI Chai Inking Cube, but for some reason does not show up well in the picture. I made this card for the Regular card spot in the PTI Card swap that we are having over at SCS. If you are interested in joining the next round of PTI Swap - Jennifer is hosting it - here is the link.

Please stop by at Nichole's blog to see the complete list of participants and to get inspired to use some of your older sets.

Thanks for stopping by,
Stamp - PTI Scattered Showers
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy and White CS, PTI Bitty Dot Basics and Bitty Box Basics Patterned Paper
Ink - Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive and PTI Pure Poppy
Other - PTI Flower Die, SU Scalloped Border Punch, PTI Vintage Buttons

Inspired Crafters Holiday Blog Hop

Inspired Crafters is a challenge blog by a group of PTI Junkies :) So to showcase the talent and to get some more inspiration, we are having a blog hop today with the theme of Christmas/Holiday cards using PTI Stamps.

I have a very simple card to share with you which I did for the Inspired Crafters November Christmas Card Challenge.

I used the new PTI paper from the October release - Pine Feather. Then punched out some scrap papers and added the image from 2010 Holiday Tags stamp set and added some bling. Sentiment is from the same stamp set as well.

Thanks for stopping by. Next in the hop is Tracie.

Here are all the creative friends of mine participating in the hop,
KelliJo
Sandye
Amy
Banu
Tracie
Michele
Vickie
LauraJean

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI 2010 Holdiay Tag Stamp set
Paper- PTI White and Pine Feather CS, Basic grey Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Bamboo Leaves
Other - SU 1 2/4" and Small Oval Punches

PTI Blog Hop - Diwali Wishes

If you are looking for the Monday {ippity} Hop Post, please scroll down or Click here.

CHALLENGE: There is always a lot of focus on Christmas in our industry this time of year, as that is what the majority of the population celebrates.  However, this month's blog hop is dedicated to those that celebrate winter holidays other than Christmas.  Create a project that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or some other winter holiday as we embrace everyone's beliefs in a celebration of diversity through paper crafting.

This challenge was perfect for me to create some Diwali or Deepavali Cards for my friends. Diwali is the Indian Holiday that falls around Winter time. It is called Festival of Lights. Although I did not really use Lights on my cards, but went with more Indian Theme.

For my first card, I used Guide Lines II set along with the Guidelines Paper and created this beautiful background with Orange and Green colors. I then printed the sentiment from Computer, cut it out with Nestabilities and added a simple bow and pin. This motif background has a Indian feel for me. I am in love with these Hat Pins. I bought some pearls from Hobby Lobby the other day and did this pin :)

For my second card, I used the Round and Round Anniversary set, stamped it in Orange and layered it on some Dark Chocolate cut with the PTI Mat Stack die. I love this die and it goes so well with this set. Paper is from the DCVW Taj Mahal collection - beautiful Indian themed paper. I added the sentiment that I printed from computer.

For the last card, though not my best and did not truly turn out how I was anticipating it - I used the flowers from About you set and the sentiment again was something that I printed. Again one of my pins... In love with these :)

There was this one image in the PTI 2008 holiday tag set, a star surrounded by this elegant scroll work, I thought would fit the theme of Diwali as well, as we hang these star shaped lights around the home, but then I was not getting good design ideas..maybe next time.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI About You, Guidelines II, Round and Round Sets
Paper- PTI White, Rustic White, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Guidelines CS, Crate Paper and DCVW Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Pottery Clay, PTI Raspberry Fizz, PTI Ripe Avocado, PTI Dark Chocolate, Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade

PTI July Blog Hop

It is time for PTI blog hop. I love it when it happens on a weekend, because then I have time to get inspired by all the amazing creations. This time the challenge was focusing on Office Supplies - to use them creatively on your paper projects.

I was still in "Christmas in July" mode. So, I created a Christmas card for today's hop. I used the Bingo Image from the It's Official set and used a Post-It Arrow flag to point towards the 25th. I used some paper clips to accent the page. Sentiment from Mixed Messages set completed the card.



I cut out some PTI White paper using PTI Spiral Notebook Page die and then stamped the Bingo Image on it. They fit together very well. And then following Nichole Heady's example, I stamped the circle over the Number 25 using a button. I am quite happy how this card turned out and will probably make a few more. Thanks for stopping by.

You can visit Nichole Heady's blog to see all the other hoppers and their amazing creations.

This card was also done for,

1) Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #69 - Christmas in July.
2)Jill's First Annual Christmas in July Challenge.

All supplies are PTI unless otherwise mentioned,

Stamp - It's Official, Mixed Messages
Paper - PTI White and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses PP
Ink - Vivid Red Dye Ink, Memento Black Ink
Other - Pure Poppy Stain ribbon, Nestabilities Tag Die, PTI Spiral Notebook Die, Post-It Arrow Flag, Paper Clips

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

It is time for the Papertrey Blog Hop. This month's challenge is to use Felt. I had not used felt before until PTI Released it and now I am loving it. I use it with PTI dies and it just enhances the projects. I have two cards to share with you for today's hop.

1) Flowery Felt card using Card Patterns Sketch #65,



This was inspired by the card that Nichole Heady had done to showcase the PTI Dies.

2) A butterfly card using the vine image from With Sympathy,



Thanks for stopping by and checking out my cards. Please stop by at Nichole Heady's blog to see the complete list of participants and to get inspired.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI With Sympathy
Paper - PTI Bitty Dot Basics PP, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Kraft, White, Rustic White CS
Ink - PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - PTI Dark Chocolate and Black Felt, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, PTI Vintage Buttons, PTI Raspberry Fizz Ribbon, May Arts Gingham Ribbon, PTI Beautiful Blooms Die

PTI April Blog Hop

PTI Blog hop this is time is to focus on the Tissue paper and their stamps do come wrapped in Tissue paper. For my project today, I folded a tissue paper in half and cut out some flowers using Beautiful Blooms II #2 Die Collection. Inked them up with some distress ink and used them on the card. I also punched out some butterflies using MS Butterfly punch.



I used the new Dotty Biscotti Patterned paper along with the CAS Sketch #87 for this card. Sentiments is from the Anniversary set Round & Round.

Here is a close up of the tissue flowers,



Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Anniversary set Round & Round
Paper - PTI Orange Zest CS, PTI Dotty Biscotti Patterned Paper
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink
Other - Martha Stewart Buttery fly punch, PTI Dies, Generic brad

PTI Feb Blog Hop

It is time again for the PTI Blog Hop. The Challenge this time was to get inspired by PTI Design Team Projects and create your own unique project. I love this particular card from Nichole Heady.


I used this card as inspiration from my project. I use the Line Rose Image from Garden of Life set to create my background image. Sentiment from Big and Bold Wishes and the flowers cut out from Cuttlebug Die and stamped with flower Images from Garden of Life and women of life. I love how this card turned out. Thanks for all the inspiration.


Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Garden of Life, PTI Women of Life, PTI Big and Bold Wishes
Paper - PTI Melon Berry, PTI Kraft, PTI Spring Moss and PTI White CS
Ink - PTI Melon Berry, PTI Summer Sunrise, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Berry Sorbet and PTI Ripe Avocado.
Other - Cuttlebug Flower Dies, Scallop border Punch, Chai Inking Cube