Since I'm pretty sure this didn't make it to my dad on time... here's a peak at your card! Love you, Dad!
Supplies
Stamps: Father Knows Best by Papertrey Ink, Background Basics: Text Style by PTI
Paper: PTI Spring Moss, Craft, Rustic White, Dark Chocolate
Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Other: Twine (Papertrey Ink), Buttons (Unknown)
We flew out to Seattle on Thursday night and our headed home in the morning. I haven't been here since middle school. This city is awesome :)
Thought I'd share my Mother's Day cards.
The inside:
Supplies
Stamps: Life, Mother - Papertrey Ink
Ink: Spring Moss, Melon Berry
Paper: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Melon Berry
Ribbon: Melon Berry Satin
Other: Labels 1 Nestabilities
Who doesn't love the $1 aisle at Target? A few weeks ago I found these tins and seed packets w/pots there and couldn't wait to set up a little window herb garden!
I used PTI's Life set in various shades of green which made them look very herb-like in my opinion!
The ribbon was attached by punching holes through the tin with a crop-a-dile.
I made labels for each pot with a toothpick, some nestabilities, and a few more PTI stamp sets.
All in all, this project cost me less than $5 to make 0 wouldn't it make a great gift? The herbs have been growing for about 10 days now. It'll probably still be another 2 months before the edible but in the mean time, they sure are cute!
Supplies
Stamps: Life, Borders & Corners: Circle, Simple Alphabet
Ink: New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss
Paper: Stampers Select White, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss
Ribbon: Ripe Avocado Grosgrain
Other: Brads, Scallop Scissors, Circle Nestabilities, Paper Crimper
I was just so tickled with myself when I finished this card. See that "notebook paper" that the flowers are resting on... It started out as PTI's Stampers Select White. I used Heather's Journaling Lines set to stamp the lines in Spring Rain. I drew the pink line with a copic marker. And then I punched the holes with a new punch from EK Success. Custom made notebook paper in a matter of seconds. I love it!
The notebook paper screamed for doodley type images so I was happy to oblige with these fun flowers from My Cute Stamps' Celebrate Today set.. I stamped them with Memento Black, colored with copics, and then cut them out.
A little patterned paper and another EK Success Punch finished this quick card off.
Supplies
Stamps: My Cute Stamps Celebrate Today (Flowers, leafs), My Cute Stamps Hello Doodle (Hello), Fancy Pants (stems), PTI Journaling Lines (lines on notebook paper)
Paper: PTI Stampers Select White, Club Scrap Kraft, PTI Bitty Dots (Sweet Blush), Making Memories green vine
Ink: Memento Black, Palette Landscape, PTI Fresh Snow, Copic Markers
Punches: EK Success
Ribbon: PTI Spring Moss Grosgrain
Other: Button, Brads, String
I whipped this card up tonight in a matter of minutes thanks to some fun goodies from The Paper Maven along with a Making Memories rub-on. The bunched up fabric thing is actually a Venetian blind sample. A friend of mine picked up an organizer full of them for $5 at a Great Indoors going out of business sale. He just wanted the organizer so he gave me all the samples thinking I could do something crafty with them. Kinda fun huh?
Next, I have a hybrid scrapbook page for you!
I used one of my digital scrapbooking templates to size and print the pictures and to print the journaling in the shape around the circle. I also designed a file in Adobe Illustrator of the large scallop circle (about 6.5 inches) and cut it with my Wishblade.
I curved the "'till the end" sentiment on the block to make it match the curve of the flower.
Supplies
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, PTI Ripe Avocado, Kraft
Stamps: PTI Friends 'Til the End, PTI Borders & Corners: Circle (small flowers in each scallop)
Digital Template: Sketch Collection #28 @ Scrapbookgraphics.com
Ink: PTI Fresh Snow, Raspberry Fizz
Buttons: PTI New Leaf
Ribbon: PTI Ripe Avocado Grosgrain
Chipboard Vine: Maya Road
Chipboard Letters, Metal: Making Memories
Flowers: Prima
Paint: Kaiser
It's blog hop time at Papertrey Ink!
The challenge was this:
Background building sets have rapidly become one of Papertrey's signature traits. For this month's Blog Hop, we want to see all of your very best backgrounds. They can be multi-colored or monochromatic. Simple or elegantly detailed. They can be created with a set originated for that purpose or a reinvention of images that were not. Be sure to include a separate photo of your completed background BEFORE you add it to your project so we can see it in all its glory!
I created two projects for this blog hop because I wasn't sure I loved the first. So I'll show you the one I do like first.
Here is how my background started.
As you can see, I drew my color inspiration from this makeup ad. I loved those rich regal colors together! I used Background Basics: Retro to create the card pretty simply, just alternating colors as I stamped down my sheet and adding the circle detail in the center with a different color.
My finished project:
In order to allow the card to still fit in a A2 sized envelope, I trimmed about a 1/2" off of the right side so that the completed width is still 5.5".
Supplies
Stamps: PTI Friends Till The End, Background Basics: Retro
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides
Dies: Nestabilities Large Rectangle
Other: PTI New Leaf Button, PTI Ocean Tides Saddle Stitch Ribbon, String, Corner Rounder
This was the original card I made. I wanted to try a clear card and while I love the idea, I'm not so sure on my execution.. I think I need more practice...
The original background, scored a piece of acetate and stamped the border image from Damask Designs using Staz On White
And the finished Card
I'm not sure if you can tell but the only paper adhered to the front of the card is the Lavender Moon. The Plum Pudding is adhered on the back of the front of the card and the white paper is adhered on the inside of the card. When the card is closed and flat they are perfectly matted.
Supplies
Dawn McVey always has the best color combos ever! When she decided to host a color challenge I had to play along. You can see her swatch above.
And here's my card.
Have you noticed I'm kinda diggin' that anniversary set lately?
For the inside I use the remnant of the scallops I cut for the front to get the reverse scallop effect. I thought it looked kinda cool. I cut the scallops with the Long Rectangle Nestabilities and then just trimmed off the part I didn't want to use.
Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Everyday Classics, Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz Bitty Dots. Club Scrap Orange
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz. Ranger Adirondack Terra Cotta
Ribbon: Summer Sunrise
Dies: Nestabilities Long Rectangle Large, Small and Large Circles & Scalloped Circles
This was another one of my GSS entries at PTI last month. I submitted it for "best use of a previous set". I was pretty happy with it :) I'm kinda likin' odd shaped cards lately :)
Supplies
Stamps: PTI Text Boxed, PTI Limitless Labels
Ink: PTI Melon Berry, Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream
Paper: PTI Melon Berry, Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Bitty Dots Patterned Paper
Buttons: PTI New Leaf
Other: Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Scallop Scissors
Friday was my good friend, Quinn's, last day of business school! We are celebrating today with lunch at our favorite place in Chicago for pizza and beer - Piece. Yum, can't wait for my white pizza with spinach & goat cheese!
Here's a glimpse of the inside of the card I made him.
Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Everyday Classics, Simple Alphabet. Stampin' Up (Celebrate on the inside). Apostrophe from Messy Dates by Autumn Leaves
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, New Leaf
Ink: True Black, Spring Rain, New Leaf, Spring Moss
Punch: Creative Memories Corner Rounder
Other: Button, String, Foam Tape
I decided to play along with Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge #46 since I've loved seeing what everyone else is doing with her challenges!
Here's this weeks:
And here's my card:
I just received PTI's Anniversary set "Everyday Classics" and couldn't wait to use it!
Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Every Classics
Paper: True Black, Bitty Dots, Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White
Ink: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, Spring Rain
Punch: Fiskars Threading Water
Ribbon: Spring Rain Twill
Button: Hibiscus Burst Vintage Button
As I haven't been shy in telling you all before, I love my backyard. And I love parties. And since it got up to 74 degrees in Chicago yesterday, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to have a backyard St. Patty's Day gathering.
I cooked 3 Corned Beef Briskets and there wasn't a single piece left over!
Remember a while back I was asking about those light-bulb light strings? Well quite a few of you mentioned that you saw them at Target so I went to Target and they didn't have any. But then I went back a few weeks later and there they were! For just $15 a strand too! (The industrial ones I was looking at were going to wind up costing about $250 for the length I wanted). Now I know these $15 strands aren't going to last forever but I can replace them 10 times before the investment in the industrial ones pays off :)
We only had time to hang up one of the strands but the eventual plan is to hang the other strand from the tree to the garage to light up the campfire area a little more.
I really dig 'em though and can't wait to hang up the second strand!
While I'm here, I'll share a green project with you!
This is a monogrammed card set I made for my Grandma for her birthday. I also entered it into PTI's Guest Star Stamper contest in February and earned an Honorable Mention!
Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Borders & Corners: Circle, PTI Trajan Monogram Ed. Alpha
Cardstock: PTI Spring Moss, Stampers Select White, True Black
Patterned Paper: PTI Black & White Basics
Dies/Punches: Nestabilities Circles, Martha Stewart Border Punch
I created the clear box top from some of that nasty clamshell packaging that is impossible to open. I had a big enough sheet that I could trim it to a piece suitable for the top. I had to score it slightly with a craft knife to make it hold it's shape.
I forgot to post last week's CPS card in time so I'm doubling up this week.
First my CPS 106 card.
This was the sketch:
And my sample:
All of the goodies are from The Paper Maven except for the greeting which is Papertrey Ink.
Next up, CPS107.
And my sample
Everything is from Papertrey Ink.
Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders
Paper: New Leaf, Spring Rain, Bitty Dots, Stampers Select White
Ribbon: Spring Rain Twill
Button: New Leaf
Other: Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Making Memories rub-on (Have Fun)
I made a matching envelope to go with it which you can kind of see underneath the card.
One of the PTI Guest Star Stamper contests this month was to create a scrapbook page. As a scrapbooker, I jumped at the opportunity to win some PTI goodies! I created two pages for this contest and this is the first. I used Damask Designs to create all of my background papers. Love that set!
ETA: I won!!!! Woohoo! This layout won Best Scrapbook Page in the PTI Guest Star Stamper contest :)
Now also being that I'm a hybrid scrapper these days, I had to include some digital elements so I started with a template from my latest collection (the second one in the top row):
You can grab them here.
The pictures are from when we saw Low @ Epiphany (a church downtown). Since it was such an elegant location I thought the elegant Damask images were only appropriate.
Supplies:
Paper: PTI Ocean Tides, PTI Black, White
Ink: PTI True Black, Versamark
Stamps: PTI Damask Designs
Ribbon: Ocean Tides Saddle Stitch
Alphas: American Crafts, Making Memories
Dies: Nestabilities Circle
Punch: Fiskars Treading Water
Other: Embossing Powder, Digital Scrapbooking Template by me @ Scrapbook Graphics
I'm the challenge hostess this week at Papertrey Ink so I thought I would share my challenge here in case anyone wanted to play along :)
I was watching Lauren's video post today and was so inspired by her non A2 sized card that I decided to base this weeks Casual Mid Week Challenge on it!
Your challenge is this:
Above you can see my sample showing the inside of my envelope.
And this one shows the front of the envelope with a little bit of a peak of the inside of the card.
If you are a big PTI fan like me, I hope you'll play along :)
Once again, it's blog hop time at Papertrey Ink!
The challenge was this:
Easter and other spring celebrations will be here before you know it! And besides, there's nothing better to beat the winter doldrums than to turn our minds towards those first spring flowers bursting through the ground and the birds returning with their sweet songs. Your challenge this month is to put a little "spring" into your step, by incorporating the flowers, familiar sights and colors of spring into a project. Think birds nests containing newly laid eggs, flowers in pretty pastels, new green leaves, baby chicks and anything else that speaks to your creative soul! We look forward to seeing all of your interpretations of this fun challenge!
My card was a disaster from the start. I'm not happy with it but I spent soooo long on it I decided I had to post it.
I like the inside though so you can see that :)
Supplies
Stamps: PTI With Sympathy, Spring Tags, Heartfelt Basics
Paper: New Leaf, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Stamper's Select White
Ink: New Leaf, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise
Dies: Nestabilities Circles, Scallop Circles.
Other: Scallop scissors, Melon Berry Ribbon
Not the kind of card you ever are in the mood to make when you actually need one, I figured it was best to have one or two on hand.
I got out the sewing machine. I can't sew in a straight line to save my life... The long border was cut with scalloped scissors. The focal image border was cut with nestabilities. I didn't have one the right size so if you look closely you can see that I actually cut a few of the scallops out vertically.
Supplies:
Stamps: With Sympathy, Polka Dot Basics - PTI
Paper: Gold, Vintage Cream - PTI, and an ivory shimmery paper from my stash
Other: Gold Detail Embossing Powder, Nestabilities Scallop Rectangles, Ribbon, Scallop Scissors, thread
Studio Crew Member, Queen of the Crop finalist, and mother of two sons, Anna Benjamin, was recently diagnosed with cancer. The Scrapbookgraphics family wants to show our support for our dear friend…and you can help! The Studio Girls have put together a grab bag of goodies that you just won’t believe! It’s an amazing assortment of mini kits and elements at an incredible value! The grab bag will be available for two weeks only, so get it while everything is altogether at this great price (most everything will be available separately in individual studios later).
This grab bag includes contributions from Studio Maya, Studio Alana, Studio Baersgarten, Studio Birgit; Bluebell Designs, Studio Ellie, Studio Flergs, Studio Helene, Studio Lorie, Lotta Designs, Studio Manu, Studio mgl, O.N. Designs, Studio Phuong; Studio Tangie, Studio Traci, Studio Wendy, and Studio Ziska:
10 mini kits
5 alphas
2 element packs
1 brag book album
2 fonts
1 template pack
$7 coupon to Studio Maya
Coupon to Studio Helene, good for her next kit
SPOILER: To see the contents of the bag, you can click on the previews in the store.
Proceeds from the sale of this product will go to assist Anna with housekeeping and meals while she goes through treatment.
Thank you so much for your support of this project. Get well soon, Anna!
Anna loves Tea, Teacups, etc, so I sent her this little get well card.
All supplies from Papertrey Ink.
Papertrey Ink is hosting the CPS sketch again this week so I had to play along :)
I haven't used this Owl stamp set that much so I wanted to pull it out which meant I had to color :P
Supplies
Stamps: PTI Wise Owl, Martha Stewart Pattern stamps
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Lemon Tart, Stampers Select White - all from PTI
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Pure Black
Punch: Making Memories Corner Rounder
Other: Ribbon, Brads, Copic Markers
Tonight is release night at PTI making this the last of the release countdown challenges.
Dawn's cards and color schemes are all so awesome. I chose the color scheme she used on her I Love You Card at the bottom of this post.
I put this on Adam's pillow so that it will be waiting for him when he wakes up.
Supplies
Stamps: PTI Love Songs; Just for Fun Background Swirl
Paper: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, Stampers Select White - all from PTI
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate
Dies: Nestabilities Circles & Rectangles
Other: Aqua Mist Grosgrain and Dark Chocolate Satin ribbon
Another day, another anniversary challenge from Papertrey Ink. Today, Nichole issued this challenge:
I was really excited about this challenge because I have to say, out of all the people I send cards too, I think my childhood best friend appreciates them the most. I always get a call from her just after she receives them and she always ooh and aahs and makes me so happy that I sent it to her. So this one is for her and hopefully it will make it to her before she reads this blog post.
For the color scheme, I decided to stick with the same one the PTI team used in the spirit of the challenge.
Here's another view of the card where you can kind of see the inside.
Credits
Stamps: PTI Out of the Box
Paper: Vintage Cream, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado - all from PTI
Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Versamark
Dies: Nestabilities Squares & Scallop Squares
Other: Ripe Avocado ribbon, upholstery tack (for flower center)
