For Kim

Today is Kim's day! Happy Birthday Peep! Hope it is filled with everything wonderful and that you get some fabulous gifts. It wouldn't hurt if some were new releases from PTI. So here's the card I made in your honor.



Lots of green. The panel is DCWV and the buttons are Basic Grey. Of course, the stamp set is from PTI - Everyday Button Bits. The patterned paper is Pretty Pastels. Ribbon is from Craft Essentials for Joann's (I tried the knot technique). Fibers by Fiber Accents. Tag punch is by Martha Stewart with sentiment from PTI Mixed Messages. Inks used were Dark Chocolate and Chamomille.

Enjoy your day!!

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #3

Kim issued this challenge to the Peeps:

"I thought I would give you all the challenge that I have been working on the last few days and that is a birthday card for my sister, who is also my best friend. Her birthday is March 2nd, so the timing works out very well for this challenge. Her favorite color is orange, bright orange, and I always have so much trouble working that color into a feminine card. (Mine usually end up looking sports-team imspired, which can be nice, but none of my sister's favorite teams feature orange!) So that is the challenge: a feminine card featuring orange zest. Bonus points if you work in Spring Rain, her second favorite color or a tea theme, since tea is one of her favorite things in the world."

The first thing I thought of when I read this was a teapot that my grandmother used when I was a child. (As my son would add, Oh, you mean at the tea party with the Dinosaurs?) I think it was redware. It was brown with tiny enameled dots of blue and orange that made a pattern of flowers and a gold trellis. There were my colors and the tea theme. And here's what I came up with.



I started with a cream base, added a panel of Terra Cotta Tile and then a layer of Rustic Cream edged in Chamomille. I stamped the teapot from Tea for Two on white card stock, added some gold paint pen and Copics from Terra Cotta Tile, New Leaf, Spring Rain and Dark Chocolate trios. A Fancy Flourish was stamped with Smokey Shadow, and the sentiments in Dark Chocolate. The ribbon is by American Crafts (Michaels) and the brad from Joann's. I added the orange stripe on the ribbon with Copic E08 and a very light touch or it bleeds. The brad was white and also colored with E08. I went over the dots and flowers with a clear Glaze Pen by Sakura. The Spring Rain panel is edged with Vintage Cream. All stamps, inks and papers by PTI.

This was lots of fun once I got going. Hope you enjoyed it. And thanks for dropping by!

Poppy Seed Challenge #1

This looks to be the first of another series of card challenges. This time by Lisa Johnson, another of the super talented designers with Patertrey Ink. The requirements for this one:
1. Crystals
2. Flower Stamp
3. Light yellow

Here's my card.



Supplies
Stamps: PTI - Wishing You, Flower Garden Sentiments,
Background Basics Tin Type, Mixed Messages
Ink: PTI - Plum Pudding, New Leaf, Fresh Snow
Paper: PTI - Plum Pudding, Lemon Tart, Pretty Pastels
Other: Yellow Gingham by Garden Gate (Joann Stores),
Lace unknown, Martha Stewart tag punch,
Rhinestones by Recollections (Michaels)

This was lots of fun and I was able to complete my first card for Easter. Thank you, Lisa.
And thanks for dropping by.

Compose a Card with Becky Oehlers - #5

I love this challenge! My favorite colors - red with white. It takes me back to our previous home. We had so much stuff, from the red & white enamel table and chairs to the spice jars and canister set. We spent hours scouring antique shops putting together place settings for eight of vintage dishes, glasses and utensils. What fun and what memories!

Oh well, on to the challenge at hand. You can find all the info here.



This is the inspiration photo.




And this is my card. I always wanted something like this. You can see the canister in the uppermost right corner of Becky's photo. I saw that and was on my way. Hope you like it. Thanks Becky for the trip down memory lane and the fun of creating this card.

Supplies
Cardstock: white, PTI Pure Poppy & Aqua mist
Stamps: PTI Polka Dot Basics, Vintage Picnic, Flower Garden Sentiments
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow
Other: PTI Pure Poppy button, Martha Stewart Baker's Twine and edge punch, EK Success circle punch, Copics, Pebbles Chalks (for table shading), Pop Dots.

Thanks for stopping by.

PTI February Blog Hop

This month's Blog Hop is designated as: Design Team Appreciation Day! Nichole wrote "Your challenge is to go through the Design Team gallery or any of the Design Team Members' blogs and find a project that is especially inspirational to you! Then recreate the project with your own spin, making it unique!"

Well this was not easy. First I got distracted by all the beautiful work and forgot what I was looking for. I was amazed while browsing their blogs by how many photos had been removed for publication. What a super talented group! Then when I did decide on a project, it really encompasses five members of the team. Credit for the inspiration must go to Dawn MacVey.

The adorable library card was from Heather Nichols in her mini Valentine book. The mini composition book project was by Lisa Johnson. And of course credit to Michelle Wooderson for her notebooks and stamp set Take Note. Then we have Debbie Olson's project for the Take note reveal. So I really appreciate all of them for this project.

This project has been rolling around in my head since I got the set back in October. This is for our Granddaughter to keep track of books she wants. If she reads one, she can cross it out. I've bought several duplicates recently and maybe this will help. Heather's library cards come four to a sheet. So I tucked the other three in a pocket inside the front cover. She can make me a list so I know what to buy.

The little pen has purple, pink, blue & green stars on it, so I stamped the star outline from Sign Language in Smokey Shadow on the Plum Pudding for the background. It disappeared in the photo (update: it disappeared completely!). Books to Read from Take Note is stamped in Fresh Snow on Raspberry Fizz. Rhinestone stars are by Recollections (Michaels). Ribbon by American Crafts. Scalloped Circle is by Spellbinders Nestabilities.

Hope you enjoyed your stop. Thanks for hopping by.

PTI Peeps Challenge #2

This week's challenge was offered by Aimes: "Therefore my challenge to you is to pick any one of the products by Dorset Cereals and think about using the colours featured on it on a creation of your own" This was really fun and forced me to put some colors together that I might not have done. If you haven't seen the packaging, you might want to check it out.
Here's what I chose:



And here's my card:


I had been waiting for my PTI February release order to have a larger selection of colors. I purchased the 2009 Cardstock Sampler and thought I now had all the colors PTI offers. I don't have Soft Stone and that's what I wanted for my neutral background. I used a color called Pewter from The Papercut (found at a stamp show last year) and added Soft Stone to my cart. The oval was cut and embossed with Spellbinders Nestabilities and stamped with the new Background Basics: Tin Type using Versamark. The scalloped oval is Enchanted Evening and the background is 2008 Bitty Box Basics in Plum Pudding. The sentiment is from Damask Designs. The Offray ribbon and pearls were all originally white and colored with Copic R89 to represent Scarlet Jewel. The violet was stamped with Year of Flowers and colored with the trios for Plum Pudding and Enchanted Evening. Then I went back with a white gel pen and added little lines along the edges of the petals to mimic the little white ruffle on the flower. The whole time I was coloring I thought of my grandmother and her collection of African violets. How she loved them, and how I didn't appreciate them then. But I guess she instilled a love for all flowers that I wouldn't realize until years later.
I cut out the flower and leaves, shaped them and popped them up with Pop Dots. (visions of too many hours spent on paper toile, too many years ago)


I truly enjoyed doing this challenge. I am definitely trying new things. I'm looking forward to seeing how the other Peeps answered this challenge. Thanks Aimes and thanks to everyone else for dropping by.

For Carol

Happy Birthday Peep! It's your day. May you be walking on air!!