PTI February Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month and time for the PTI blog hop. The theme this month is scallops of any sort, on a project! This can include scalloped borders, offset-scallops, stamped scallops, scalloped mats, scalloped frames, layered scallops, scalloped tags or anything else you can dream up!

My February release stamps showed up on Friday, just in time for weekend crafting. I have lots of flower stamps but couldn't wait to get my hands on the one in Flower Fusion #1. It matched my brand new My Mind's Eye paper perfectly!



Fun colors, fun stamps, fun time in my craft room.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Flower Fusion #1, Birthday Basics
Cardstock: Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado, Smokey Shadow
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose - Hazel
Miscellaneous: Vintage button, Medium Scallop Border die, Nestabilities, dimensionals

Make It Monday #2 - Channeling Chanel to Take Betsy's Challenge

Sorry for being away from the blog for so long. For once, it wasn't a creativity issue or even a camera issue. (Blushing and hiding head) ... I forgot how to edit photos. All is well and just in time to play in the PTI Make it Monday Challenge.

This week's challenge is to use vellum for a sentiment. Yikes. Love the look of vellum but not the stamping on it or trying to attach it invisibly.

Then on Friday Betsy Veldman posted so many cute ideas using the Favor-It dies for projects other than favors. An idea began to take form.

Here's my take on a famous designer purse, complete with quilted details (courtesy of Tin Types Impression plate) and a tag so you know it's authentic (using the perfect Fresh Alphabet stamp set)





OK, maybe I need to go back to the drawing board on the camera. The quilting details aren't showing up very well. Anyway, it was a fun card to come up with.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Fresh Alphabet, Embellishments, Around & About Sentiments
Cardstock: Vintage Cream, True Black, Sweet Blush
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Sweet Blush
Miscellaneous: Favor It Box 1, Tin Types Impression Plate, Edgers #1 Collection, MS punch, vellum, pearl, dimensionals, SU silver cord.

January PTI Blog Hop Challenge

Here's the challenge Nichole posted for this month:

With the new year comes a clean slate along with many resolutions. 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.

Perfect for me! One of my resolutions is to "use what I got." So my card features 2 stamp sets that have never seen ink and one color of cardstock that sat in an unopened pack. I also chose a new color combo for me. The last personal challenge? Make a masculine card.



So how did I do? Does this classify as a masculine card? I mean, I didn't use bling, lacy borders or ribbon. And it was very hard not to!

Oh, and if any PTI DT members visit here, please notice the striped paper. See how great it looks. Just another shameless plug for a Bitty Stripes Basics collection.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Larger Than Life, Guide Lines Two, Autumn Abundance
Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Harvest Gold, SU Basic Grey
Patterned Paper: SU Designer Series Paper Neutrals Collection
Ink: Palette Charcoal, Sun Flower
Miscellaneous: Circle punch, Double Ended Banner die, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - November

With Christmas 6 weeks away, I need to get moving on my calendars. The designs are the challenge for me. Assembly goes pretty easily. In fact, I'll probably be mass producing these when the NE Ohio PTI group gets together on December 4.

So here's the November design. I try not to repeat themes from year to year and I've already done turkeys, acorns and leaves for this month. Wish PTI would add a cornucopia stamp to their line up.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: First Fruits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Dark Cocolate, Vintage Creme, Summer Sunrise
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Palette Cognac
Patterned Paper: First Fruits Collection
Miscellaneous: SU oval punch, SU Sizzlits Lots of Tags Label 1, Nestabilities oval, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - December

Here we are at the last day of the month and I managed to get one more calendar page done. Three down, nine to go and less than 60 days. The craft room cleaning is still in process. With family coming to visit for Thanksgiving, I really need to kick this cleaning up a notch.

But it was far more fun to pull out some stamps for a couple of hours. It's funny how sometimes a project comes together so quickly, while other times it is such a struggle. Today was one of those easy, peasy days. Who knows why!

I found that the retired Stampin' Up Handsome Hunter is a pretty good match for Pinefeather. And I like Pinefeather better in person than on the website.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Pinefeather, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Ink: SU Handsome Hunter, Pure Poppy
Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
Miscellaneous: Vintage Buttons, SU punches, embossing powder, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - July

My crafting time has been a bit limited lately. I'm cleaning and organizing my craft room. I've got a huge box of cardstock and patterned paper ready to go to the local daycare. I'm sure the kids will have fun with my castoffs and I'm glad to see the box go.

I'm still working on my calendar, a Christmas gift for family and friends. Here's the month of July. I'm working through the months as inspiration hits. If you scroll down, you can see the only other month complete - September.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Calendar Basics, Men of Life
Cardstock: Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Ink: Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow, Basic Black
Patterned Paper: Men of Life
Miscellaneous: Fiskars Border Punch, SU Lets of Tags Label 1 Sizzlits, embossing powder, dimensionals

PTI Christmas Tags

PTI is offering a new set of tags this month and several of the DT posts have centered around tags. I decided to challenge myself to make tags using a number of older PTI sets. It was so much fun to search for tiny images that would work on the Fillable Frames dies. I'm awaiting a shipment of twine so please excuse that my tags are stringless.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Home for the Holidays. Signature Christmas, Rustic Branches, Sign Language, Take A Bough, Holiday Tree, Snowfall, 2009 Holiday Tag Collection, Fillable Frames 1,5 and 7
Card Stock: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Pure Poppy
Ink: SU Handsome Hunter, Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow, Enchanted Evening, True Black, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Encore Silver Metallic
Other: Copics, Fillable Frame Dies 1.5 and 7, MS punch

PTI Fall/Halloween Card Swap

Ted organized a fall or Halloween card swap on the PTI forum. This was the card I made to send to Kelly. First time using the dies and leaf stamps - love all things fall. Sure would have liked an acorn to complete the grouping but had to make do with a button!

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Leaf Prints, Falling Leaves
Card Stock: Ripe Avocado, Terracotta Tile, Harvest Gold, Vintage Cream
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Other: Woodgrain Impression Plate, Leaf Print dies, Tea for Two Collection die, SU oval punch, Vintage Buttons, twine

Mom's Birthday Card

Fall birthdays are my favorites. And so are the cards that accompany them. Can I tell you that Wreath for All Seasons is one of my favorite sets? I'm sure I'll have fun with the winter version later but, for now, this twig and berry one is perfect.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons
Cardstock: Rustic Cream, Terracotta Tile
Ink: Dark Chocolate
Miscellaneous: PTI die, Dark Chocolate ribbon, SU embossing folder, dimensionals

September Friends of Waltzingmouse Blog Hop

It's September 17 and time for the September Friends of Waltzingmouse Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Halloween.

I had to create my card last weekend and, at that time, only had one Waltzingmouse Halloween stamp set. So I challenged myself to create with what I had. Here's the result.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Halloween Party, PTI Background Basics Woodgrain
Cardstock: True Black, Vintage Cream
Ink: True Black, Terracotta Tile, New Leaf, Chamomile
Patterned Paper: Halloween Prints
Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz hanging sign die and jump rings, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - September

I've posted previously about my coaster calendars. For 2011 I've decided to challenge myself to create a PTI only calendar. I have the stamps. Let's see if I have the creativity.

I had hoped to get 2 months put together this weekend, but computer problems consumed way too much of my time. I did manage to complete September. I'm hoping the new calendar stamp set coming out on the 15th of the month will include stamps with the names of the months that will work for this small scale.



Cathy, this one's for you. I've had a lot of questions about how I make these calendars. So I decide to post some tips. Here's the first one. Do yourself a favor and create some templates. Make one in a 4x4 size and figure out where you want to punch your holes. Use this template to ensure all your holes will line up. The second template is for the monthly calendar. Mark them as templates so they don't accidentally get thrown away. Ask me how many I lost before I started marking them. LOL!



Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy.

Supplies:
Stamps: Falling Leaves
Cardstock: Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse
Patterned Paper: Bitty Dot Basics
Miscellaneous: Stampin' Up punches, dimensionals

September Challenge

September is my month to host the Papertrey Pixies' challenge. You can find all the details for the challenge on our blog here.

http://papertreypixies.blogspot.com/

Here's my card for the challenge.



Supplies:
Stamps: Turning A New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms II, Fillable Frames #3, Fillable Frames #5
Card Stock: Kraft, Ocean Tides, Plum Pudding
Ink: Fresh Snow, Plum Pudding, Ocean Tides, Orange Zest
Miscellaneous: PTI dies, SU punch, dimensionals

PTI August Blog Hop

It's been a long, tiring summer. Too much work, not enough play. And my poor neglected blog has gone without a post for a month. I decided I wanted, no, I needed to play along with PTI's August blog hop no matter what. Feels so good to put ink to paper again.

This month was a Brown Bag Challenge. We were to dress up, alter or change an ordinary brown lunch bad into a paper crafting work of art. I just received my latest PTI order from the August release so I had to break out the new Friendship Jar Fall Fillers for my Halloween goodie bag.



Supplies:
Stamps: Friendship Jar Fall Fillers
Card Stock: Kraft, Terracotta Tile, Stampers Select White, True Black
Ink: True Black
Patterned Paper: Halloween Prints
Miscellaneous: paper bag, Vintage Buttons, circle punches, Rustic Twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder, PTI dies, dimensionals, embossing powder.

Birthday Cupcake

Here's the card that sat unfinished on my craft desk for over a week. All the elements were the same ones from that intial creative session - it just took a while to get everything to come together.

This was my first time to use any of the Color Couture downloads. I have to say it was fun to use paper knowing I could print more. And I'm excited to try printing some of the patterns on different color cardstock or even vellum as Nichole showed on her blog today.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cupcake Collection, Polka Dot Basics II
Card stock: Hibiscus Burst, Stampers Select, Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa
Ink: Fresh Snow, Hibiscus Burst, Deep Chocolate
Patterned Paper: 2009 Bitty Dot Basics, Color Couture
Miscellaneous: EK Success punch, embossing powder, dimensionals.

All About You

I had hoped to have a productive weekend. There were a couple of challenges I wanted to do and I really need to get started on Christmas gifts (yes, Christmas gifts in July - I'm slow).

Instead I finished one card and another sits on my craft table, waiting for divine inspiration to finish it. So only one to share with you today.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: All About You, All About You Additions
Card Stock: Ripe Avocado, Melon Berry, Vintage Cream
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Melon Berry
Patterned Paper: Green Tea Leaves
Miscellaneous: SU Bird Punch, PTI Small Scalloped Border Die, Vintage Buttons, CM Corner Punch, dimensionals.

Favorite Color Combo

I made this card in preparation for the PTI June Blog Hop. Unfortunately, I forgot about the hop and didn't get it posted in time.

I think I like this layout well enough to try it with other colors. Love this Tea for Two Additions set and the die for the teacup. Guess I'm getting lazy - it would be great to have a die for the spoon!

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Tea for Two Additions, Vintage Labels
Card Stock: Pure Poppy, True Black, Stampers Select White
Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy
Patterned Paper: Black & White Basics, Bitty Dot Basics
Miscellaneous: Copics, Nestabilities, Tea Cup die, True Black saddle stitched ribbon, dimensionals, embossing powder.

June Pixie Challenge

Karen posted these fat quarters for color inspiration. Other than the color inspiration, there weren't a lot of rules. We could use the colors, pick a pattern from the group or just go with a general sewing theme.



My card today is so far out of my comfort zone. I love Betsy Veldman's style of mixing colors, patterns and multiple layers but it is so different from my typical style. I'm trying, I'm really trying. Oh, and I did ink up 2 sets I've never used before.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Fillable Frames #4, Quilters Sampler
Card Stock: Terra Cotta Tile, Vintage Cream, Lemon Tart
Ink: Terra Cotta Tile, Simply Chartruese
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Material Girl
Miscellaneous: twine, Vintage Buttons, Fillable Frames #4 die, Copics, clear embossing powder, dimensionals.

Inking Up Unused Stamps - High Flying Ideas

What a great challenge! I was able to use 2 stamp sets for the first time (and 3 dies, if we're counting those!). From the first time I saw the hot air balloon dies, I thought "light bulb". It took this challenge to get the idea to paper. I kept this pretty simple as this notebook is going in my purse and I knew buttons and extra ribbons would take a beating.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Take Note, Up, Up & Away
Card Stock: Stamper's Select, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Soft Stone
Ink: True Black
Patterned Paper: Black & White Basics
Miscellanous: Copics, twill ribbon, rickrack border die, Up, Up & Away die, Tabbed Mini Book Page

Fancy Damask

I didn't get any stamping done this weekend so I thought I'd share a project from last weekend. On another forum I sometimes visit, people were posting pictures of what they had done with Heidi Swapp damask stickers. I took a look at their creations and thought "I can do that with PTI stamps!"

So I started with a Spring Moss card. I liked it so well, I did a Berry Sorbet one. And so on and so on. Some have more pearls than others. And all have a different sentiment. A quick way to add to my stash of cards.

I hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Mixed Messages, Damask Designs, Fancy Flourishes
Card Stock: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Tides, Melon Berry, Plum Pudding
Ink: Fresh Snow, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Tides, Melon Berry, Plum Pudding
Patterned Paper: Bitty Dot Basics, Black & White Basics
Miscellaneous: Butterfly die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, pearls, ciecle punches, Marvy scallop circle punch, white embossing powder

Round & Round Birthday Wishes

I thought I better get some use out of the April release before May 15 is upon us. It's always nice to have a supply of birthday, thank you and get well cards on hand. My stash is pretty low right now so here's one to add to the pile.

Hope you enjoy. And Happy Mother's Day to all!

Supplies:
Stamps: Round & Round, Signature Greetings, For the Graduate
Card Stock: True Black, Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise
Ink: True Black, Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise
Miscellanoue: Ribbon, Mat Stack die, circle punches, Scallop border die, Vintage buttons, twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder.