For Carol

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

Compose a Card with Becky Oehlers #4

I really have enjoyed these challenges from Becky. She provides the recipe - color, dimensions, embellishments - and you just put it together using the stamps you want.


Here's my interpretation.

For the background I stamped an image from Damask Designs in True Black. For the negative design I stamped an image from Vintage Labels in Fresh Snow on black cardstock. I removed the shank from a PTI Ripe Avocado button and layered it on a PTI pearly white button. I layered the sentiment and popped it up to balance the weight of the buttons and added three small pearls from Michaels. Thanks Becky!

Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for dropping by.

PTI Floral Embellishment Challenge

I am so in love with Pretty Pastels Patterned Papers by PTI. I've used them on several recent cards and have been playing around with the scraps. I made a 2" square pinwheel and thought it would work well for today's challenge. Then I reread it -

"Design a floral embellishment, then create a card using one and and an acetate sheet of them to share."

It wasn't a flower. So I found some small flowers and used them as centers. I think it worked.

The background paper is Bitty Box Basics in Aqua Mist, Baby Button Bits stamp, buttons by PTI, button brads by Making Memories, tiny bows were tied using the Bow-Easy, pinwheel handle is a toothpick.

PTI Paint by Number Challenge

This was really difficult for me. I just couldn't get Terra Cotta Tile and Raspberry Fiz together. I know, I know, I've heard it so many times. I know all colors go together, look at a garden. But there's just something about pink and orange that just scream at me. I even considered changing my screen name. But I figured I'd play by the rules. Well, now you know I'll do just about anything to qualify for PTI loot.

They're in there. Just not touching. I stamped my #3 paper with Background Basics: Retro and colored the dots with Copics matching Ripe Avocado, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest and Terra Cotta Tile. The flower center is colored with Orange Zest. The Sentiment is from Damask Designs. This is the first time I really wished I had Mod Squad!

Thanks for dropping by.

Papetrey Peeps & CPS

I wanted to do something for Nichole's challenge today for Papertrey's 3rd Anniversary celebration. But I had allotted this time to do the Papertrey Peeps challenge. So I combined the two.

I used Baby Button Bits "Bundle of Joy" stamped with Summer Sunrise and a button from my huge button box. I love the way this stamp spotlights one special button. I cut the image and embossed it with Spellbinders Large Labels. And my special gift for a special baby is always a quilt, so I used the new Pretty Pastels patterned paper collection from PTI to mimic a simple one. I'm not sure if you can see the stitching (click on the photo for better detail), but each patch is stitched as fabric would be onto white cardstock. Everything is mounted on a Lemon Tart card base.
Hope you liked it. And thanks for stopping by.

PTI Emboss Resist Challenge

Nichole Heady of PTI has issued yet another challenge in this 3rd year Anniversary Celebration. She posted her first (of which we hope there are many) video demonstrating the emboss resist technique. We were then to use a form of it to create a project. This is something I have never tried and was eager to make a card. I think this is the first time in over a year that I actually had all the supplies I needed. I had just ordered the clear Filigree embossing powder during the last release. Here it is.

Not bad for a first attempt. I see some things I'd like to change and will definitely practice and make more. The birch trees were stamped with Smokey Shadow ink. I used spring rain and enchanted evening ink to create what I hope looks like light shining "Through the Trees". The sentiment is from "With Sympathy". Hope you like it. And thanks for dropping by.

PTI Birthday Bash Challenge part deux

This is post number two for the Birthday Bash Challenge at PTI. Here I used the script graphic from Tiffany Pastor and Heather Nichol's cupcake.

The patterned paper is PTI 2008 Bitty Box Basics. This time I chalked the edges and background of the script. Think it matched well. The ribbon and button are from my stash. This challenge was tons of fun. I really wish I could have made more. I'm hoping these graphics may be a sign of things to come. Thanks for stopping by.