Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop

It's that time of the month again, time for the Papertrey Ink March Blog Hop.


The Challenge: "For the March Blog Hop we are challenging you to use embroidery floss in a fun and inventive way on your project. This could include stitching, wrapping it around and tying it like ribbon, braiding, accenting tags, embroidered patterns or anything else you can dream up! We look forward to seeing your creations!"


It just so happened that we needed a birthday card for my mother-in-law, and I thought this challenge was a perfect opportunity to make something special for her. I used floss to stitch a frame around my patterened paper and to attach buttons to the button card. If you look closely, you'll see that I've tied a special heart shaped button with contrasting floss to help it stand out. I also used a little twine, just to add to the vintage feel of the card. I'm pretty happy with the end result! Thanks for hopping by, and if you want to check out all of the wonderful cards people created, check out the InLinkz via Nichole Heady's blog.

All Supplies from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Button Boutique and Ribbon Tails stamp sets; Kraft and Rustic White cardstock; Bitty Dot Basics green dot patterned paper and LilyBee Designs green floral paper; Enchanted Evening, Tim Holtz Distress Brushed Corduroy and Old Paper, and Archival Ink Jet Black ink pads; Button Twine and DMC floss; Double Ended Banners, Button Card Collection, and Parisian Lace Doily dies; Tim Holtz sanding grip.

PTI February Blog Hop Time!

My mojo seems to have taken a vacation, so I wasn't sure if I was going to have a card ready for this month's blog hop. But, the need for a birthday card to give tomorrow helped encourage me along, and I managed to come up with something I like.



This month we decided to dedicate the Blog Hop to scallops! We want to see your best use of 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! You can use dies, patterned scissors or even circle punches in a row to achieve your special look. We are looking forward to seeing all of your amazing creations!

And here's my scalloped little ditty!

Supplies: Cardstock - PTI Raspberry Fizz & Stampers Select White; Patterned Paper - PTI Bitty Dot Basics Simply Chartreuse & Hawaiian Shores; Ribbon - Hug Snug white seam binding tape; PTI Sweet Blush button; White embroidery floss; Hero Arts pink rhinestones; Die Cuts - PTI medium scallop, Limitless Layers, & Delightful Doily.

Thanks for hopping by!

Happy Birthday, PTI!

Happy 4th Birthday, Papertrey Ink!

I discovered PTI last March after a friend told me about their amazing stamp sets. Once I got my first set, I was hooked. The quality of their products is second to none, and I love how everything works so well together.

One of my many favorite sets is "A Little Argyle". I love that I can use it to create a beautiful background for my cards, and since each element is separate, I can use more than one color to create a patterned paper effect. And I adore PTI's like of dies. PTI has everything I need to make beautiful cards for my friends and family.

Here is one of my favorite cards I have created since finding PTI. I hope you like it too!

Supplies: A Little Argyle, Love Birds, Mat Stack 1, 2010 Love Tags stamp sets; Ripe Avocado, Fine Linen, Stampers Select White cardstock; Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper; Dark Chocolate twill ribbon; Limitless Layers, Mat Stack 1, Mat Stack 2 dies, Ripe Avocado, True Black inks; Copic markers.

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

January Blog Hop Challenge: New Year's Resolution

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. If
you are in need of inspiration for your chosen set, feel free to utilize the gallery posted in the side bar of
each set's sale page on our website, or go to the Previous Countdown page on Nichole's blog where
each set is organized by month of release. 2011 is the year where what's old is new again!

I decided to go crazy and try to use every set I own that hasn't seen ink before. So I sat down on the Saturday after the January release and knocked out 14 cards and I'm only a handful of sets away from inking everything! I picked one of my favorite of the cards I made to share today. I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies: PTI Plum Pudding and Fine Linen Cardstock, PTI Tiny Treats: Halloween and Up, Up and Away stamp sets; PTI Dark Chocolate ink, Tsukineko Tuxedo Black ink; PTI Dark Chocolate twine; PTI impression plate; Copic Markers

Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks for stopping by! We've had our turkey and our tummies are full at my house, and now I'd like to share with you what I made for the PTI November Blog Hop. Here's the challenge:

TAG TIME
Design a holiday tag or two using all of your favorite goodies and share it with all of us! We will all have plenty
of inspiration to create a large stash and try to get ahead of the hustle and bustle of the season!

Well, once I got started making tags, I couldn't stop! Tiny Treats Christmas and the wonderful Fillable Frames #10 were so much fun to work with together. I hope you like what I put together.


Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select White; Ink: Tim Holtz
Distress Ink in Fired Brick and Pine Needles,
Adirondack Pitch Black; Copic Markers and
Spica Glitter Pen; Divine Twine.

Happy World Card Making Day!

Alright, there are a few minutes left of World Card Making Day, and I thought I would share with you some of what I did today.

I designed a $1 Make-n-Take card for my LSS and helped out there a bit today with it - they asked me to use Copics to generate interest in the markers and my next Copic 101 class. And, silly me, I didn't take a picture. You can just believe me when I tell you it is cute!

Tomorrow the kids and I are going to a family baby shower, and I needed a card for the occasion. So I put together this sweet little card for baby Elliot. I love how it turned out!


Stamps: PTI Framed, Just the Ticket, Enjoy the Ride; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Marker; Cardstock: PTI Kraft, Spring Rain, Stampers Select White.

And, Thursday will be mine and my hubby's 10th wedding anniversary. So I wanted to make a special card for him. I broke out my new favorite stamp set, Fall Leaves from Papertrey Ink, and got to work. I love the coordinating dies for this set - I cut a few leaves, stamped them up, and voila! I threw in the woodgrain impression plate for extra masculinity.


Stamps: PTI Falling Leaves, Fillable Frames #4, Fillable Frames #8; Cardstock: PTI Kraft, Stampers Select White, Dark Chocolate; Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Wild Honey, Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain; PTI Rustic Jute Button Twine; PTI Impression Plate Woodgrain.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you had a chance to get inky today, too!

Papertrey Ink September Blog Hop

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my blog. This is my first time participating in the PTI Blog Hop, and it was a lot of fun putting together my project. Here are the details of the challenge:

One of the most fun things about this hobby is the people you meet, whether in person or online, and
the things you can learn from them. Now is your chance to show off any skills you might have learned
from a fellow stamper, and perhaps even give them a little shout out to thank them for the inspiration
they have provided. Create a project using one of your favorite learned skills and perhaps after a little
blog hopping, we will ALL learn some new tips and tricks and continue to pass on the love of this hobby!

I decided to use a technique I learned from Jennifer McGuire. I have been a fan of Jennifer's cards for some time, and recently on her blog she posted a video on permanent masking using Glossy Accents.

I loved using the permanent masking technique, and the PTI Fall Leaves set was perfect for it! So, here's my interpretation:

Stamps: PTI Leaf Prints, PTI Fillable Frames #7, Hero Arts Swirl Background; Paper: PTI Kraft, Stampers Select White; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks Aged Mahogany, Crushed Olive, Fired Brick, Wild Honey; PTI Mat Stack 4 die; PTI Rustic Jute twine; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; Ranger Glossy Accents

And because I love learning techniques, I also used inking techniques I learned from Tim Holtz. I'm very happy with how this card turned out, especially since its going out to my Fall Card Swap buddy. I hope you enjoy it, Cindy!

And, here's a bonus card I did, also using a learned technique from Jennifer McGuire. If you don't have a gem to match your project, you can use a clear gem and color it with alcohol ink. In this case, I used a Copic marker to make my gems match the Ripe Avocado ink I used in my stamping.

Stamps: PTI Four of a Kind, Fillable Frames #4; Paper: PTI Stampers Select White; Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Rusty Hinge; Prima e-line gem; PTI Rustic Jute twine; PTI Simply Chartreuse button.