PTI 7th Anniversary Challenge

Paper Trey Anniversary Color and Sketch Challenge and free download.  Check out the festivities!!

 

I used this sketch:

and these colors:

 

 

I am also putting this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday chevrons or anything goes. 

and

totally gorjuss - sentiment as the main focus

and

Crazy 4 Challenges - use glitter.  I used spica pens on the packages and Viva décor glitter on the spots. 

 

As always, thank you for looking, your comments, and following.

 



Paper Trey Ink - Anniversary Challenge

  

It is Paper Trey Ink's 7th Anniversary.  And they are having lots of contests and reveals.  I love their stamp sets, and have a few (actually a LOT!)  I've been reading the blog all week, and have been dying to try some challenges.  But working full time, does not leave me any time or energy to create at the end of a long day.  So today was the day to play!!  Woo Hoo!  I would really love 3-day weekends :)

This is for the PTI Monthly Moments Challenge .  PTI is coming out with new stamp sets and dies to create pieces for pocket scrapbooking trend.  The challenge was to create a flat 3x4 piece that could be used for a scrapbook. 

My daughter-in-law just landed a leave-replacement school librarian job yesterday.  If I were a scrap-booker, this would be used for that.  But since I mostly make cards, I took the piece and turned it into a card.  Which is part of the beauty of the new sets by PTI. 

I am also putting this into the PTI Day 1 Anniversary Challenge .  Sketch and Color download - PTI Anniversary challenge.  You need to use a sketch and a color challenge. 
Here is the color

And the sketch looks like this:

I used the pen and pencils from PTI Happy Trails set.  I don't really have any PTI book stamps, so I thought these would be good for a librarian. 

I am also putting this onto the following challenge:

Totally Gorjuss - sentiment as main focus

As always, thank you for looking.  And for your comments and for following!

PTI Make It Monday Snow Day

yippee for snow days -- not so nice to shovel -- but it gave me some time to play!
Here in the northeast, we are getting some more snow -- about 5-10 inches - of the thick heavy stuff.  I don't mind too much.  My dear hubby will use his mega-snowblower -- then I just trim out the walks and steps -- but we do several neighbors, as many are elderly (not that we are spring chickens, either!) so it will take some time.

I found these gorgeous colors at Color Throwdown and used this sketch from Clean and Simple (sort of -- I took a few liberties).

 

 

Since this snow-day is on a Monday, I got to play with Paper Trey Ink Make-it-Monday which is drop-shadow die cuts.

I made this for my sister . . .

 

anyway here is the list of supplies:

• pattern paper and small butterfly punch : Stampin Up
• pink cardstock, other butterflies and sentiment : Paper Trey Ink. The sentiment is actually part of a larger stamp -- I'll use the other part for the inside of the card.
• some black embossing powder, pearls (some colored with Copic)
• and done!

Thanks for looking -- now out to shovel some snow!

Oh- here is a pix of the most marvelous man in the world!  Hope you are having a bright and sunny day. 

Happy Bday 2 You

One more day to play -- I recently got some Hero Arts neon stamp pads, and I had gotten this CAS-ual Fridays stamp set a while ago (NBUS). 

At Chromatic Craze , a new website for me, their challenge is to use neon colors -- perfect!



I found the sketch I like at CASE this Sketch.  I just flipped it a bit

Over at CAS-ual Fridays the challenge is to use color blocks
So I took the image stamp, and used the back of it to stamp the neon color squares.  Then embossed the image with black-diamond embossing powder, and cut out the squares.  I debossed a rectangle for the image sentiment.  Then embossed the image with white powder.

All that embossing/debossing certainly qualifies this card for the challenge at Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge which is to emboss!

And last but not least, I am putting this into Simon Says Stamp - Monday  and Seize the Birthdaywhich is "anything goes"

 Thank you for looking.  I hope you like it.  I love to read your comments.

No Cracks

My "baby" sister turns 50 later this year. I am making a collection of cards to send her, little by little.

And I've been looking for stamps that are more humorous  . . .  Hambo stamp company has many  great funny stamp combinations!  Check them out! 

Their first challenge for 2014 is Hambo Hoedown # 141 - any Animal

I used the sketch from Friday Mash Up and the colors from My Favorite Things Color Palette Challenge - which are pink, black, and white.

 



The pattern papers are from Basic Grey.  The pennant is from My Favorite Things -- the fishtail flags. As always, thanks for looking.  I enjoy reading your comments. 

 

 

 

Xmas Thank You - CAS(E) this Sketch

I need several thank you cards to use for Xmas gifts -- I probably should have made them sooner  . . . oh well.  This sketch from Cas(E) this Sketch is truly Clean and Simple.  It was a snap to put this together. It could easily have been a One-Layer card, but I do love my layers.  I was able to create quite a few in one afternoon. 

 

 

The holly stamp is from Inkadinkadoo.  I am not sure about the other stamps.  I used Hero Arts Shadow inks. A bit of glue bead for the berries and done. 

 

Thanks for looking.

Every Morning - Retro Sketch

This card will be for niece #3 -- who continues to battle drug addiction.  Right now she is ok, but she continues to struggle.  I got this sentiment from Whipper Snapper Stamps -- I thought it very appropriate for her.  She likes when she gets a text, phone call, etc.  to remind her of the many reasons to stay clean. 

I used this sketch from Retro Sketch - I flipped it, to make it look like a sun.   I took a bit of liberty with the placement of the sentiment.  It could not be made to go around the sun -- but that would have been really cool.

The papers are from a variety of sources -- I did not keep track of them all.   I cut them with a die from Paper Smooches, then pieced them together.  The "sun" is a glitter paper from DCWV. 

Hopefully your family has not been touched by addiction -- it is a terrible disease.  I continue to pray for addicts and their families.

Thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment.