PTI Anniversary Celebration Day 6

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I LOVED the sketch challenges Papertrey Ink has issued today.  They are geared for cards, but I just loved this sketch for a single photo layout. 

This is how I put together my layout! This is the first baby layout I have done for our first little one.  Even thought we don't know if it is a boy or a girl, I LOVE blue, so blue it is!  haha!  I have been addicted to Shimelle Laine's youtube videos lately and she is alllllways sprinkling mists...love it!  So I sprinkled away...fun fun fun.  Anywhoo, hope you enjoy!

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry (Stampin' Up!), Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink), Vellum
Patterned Paper: Stella & Rose (My Minds Eye), Off to School (Fancy Pants)
Images & Sentiments: Wonderful Words Additions, Baby Button Bits, Fillable Frames #10 (Papertrey Ink)
Die Cuts: Wonderful Words, Fillable Frames #10 (Papertrey Ink)
Inks: Early Espresso, Crushed Curry (Stampin' Up!)
Mists: Calico White, Calico Shine, Heirloom Blue (Studio Calico)
Label Sticker (October Afternoon), Butterflies (Jennie Bowlin), Glitter Thickers (American Crafts), Machine Stitching, Lace, Baja Breeze Stampin' Up! Seam Binding


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Lisa

PTI - Anniversary Celebration Day 4

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I have a quick card to share with you today!  This is day 5 of the Papertrey Ink Anniversary Celebration, and today's challenge is to incorporate one of the designers favourite colour combo's into a project.  I chose Ashley's colour combo (sooooooo gorgeous), and made this super simple thank you card.  Hope you enjoy!

Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Hawaiian Shores (Papertrey Ink), Pink (?)
Patterned Paper: 2008 Bitty Box Basics, 2009 Bitty Dot Basics, Pretty Pastels (Papertrey Ink), Yellow Gingham (My Minds Eye)
Die Cut: Island Floral (Stampin' Up! Bigz)
Sentiment: Happy Trails (Papertrey Ink)
Inks: Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores, Toile Pink (Papertrey Ink)
Button: Lemon Tart Button Mix (Papertrey Ink)
Button Twine: Papertrey Ink

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Lisa

PTI Embellishment Challenge

Celebrations continue over on Nichole Heady's blog for Papertrey Ink's 3rd anniversary, and today Nichole issued a phenomenal challenge! If you frequent the PTI design team blogs, I am sure you have seen the many Embellie posts Dawn McVey and Michelle Wooderson have had showcasing the acetate sheets they fill with oodles of fantastic handmade embellishments. If you haven't seen them, I suggest you check them out....fantastic fantastic fantastic!

Nichole's challenge for us today was to take inspiration from these ladies and come up with our own handmade embellishments. We were to use one embellie on a card, and make up our own acetate sheet of coordinating embellies to send to a crafty friend.

Here is what I came up with (warning...oodles of pics - haha):

The process:

The Card:

The Embellies:

Supplies

Cardstock: PTI Vintage Cream, PTI Sweet Blush, PTI New Leaf

Cricut: Plantin Schoolbook (Flowers and Leaves), Jasmine (Vintage Tag and 'friend')

Stamp: PTI Life set

Buttons: PTI Lemon Tart, and some random pink buttons I had lying around

Glitter: SU! Dazzling Diamonds

Hope you enjoy them!

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PTI Resist Emboss Challenge

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Papertrey Ink is keeping the fun going over on Nichole's blog today. She has done a video demonstrating the Resist Emboss stamping technique, and has challenged us PTI lovers to give it a try! This was the first (and second) time I have done this technique. The reason it is my first and second all in one is because my first try didn't work so well. I used the large flourish from PTI's Fancy Flourishes, and Lemon Tart ink. I am not sure if this is simply a bad combo (thin stamp, light ink), if it was a problem with one or the other (thin stamp OR light ink), or if I simply didn't apply enough ink to the image!! Either way, attempt number two was MUCH better!


I made a book mark using my Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut Cartridge to cut my base on Stamper's Select White (PTI), and shadow on Smokey Shadow (PTI). My background is stamped in Smokey Shadow ink using my Text Styles (PTI) background stamp. The main image is a combo of the large and a smaller leaf image from Turning a New Leaf (PTI) (how perfect of a name for a bookmark right?) stamped in Versa Mark ink, and embossed with clear embossing power from Stampin' Up!. And the blotting (for lack of a better word...sponging maybe?) was done using a sponge dauber (yes, sponging is the better word) and Spring Moss ink (PTI).




Here is a video showing how I put this together:




Hope you enjoy!


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PTI Happy Birthday Image Challenge

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Papertrey Ink will be celebrating their 3rd anniversary this month, and to celebrate, they are having a ton of fun over on Nichole Heady's blog! Today the 2010 stamp design team was announced, and a challenge was issued. Each designer posted an image on their blog. We had to select an image, print it out, and use it in a project. How fun!


Here is mine:



Here is the video showing how I put together this card (super simple!):



I used the Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Basics stamp set.

Hope you enjoy!


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