SAF "Breakfast Bake & Take"

The first challenge of the morning is to create a card using one of the nine color samples and sketch designs. Sketch and color designs are an excellent way to get the creative mojo going so early in the morning.

Supplies: PTI CS~Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shore, Limeade Ice,
Stamper Select White, 1.75 punch, Irresistibly IKAT, enamel buttons. Chevron die cut.

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Stamp-a-faire 2013 Friday Night Meet & Greet

SORRY HONEY!!!

Tomorrow is Papertrey Ink Stamp~a~Faire!!

 So I won't be out riding my Brompton folding bike with my husband exploring our local area as we usually do on a Saturday.

Instead I'll be cooking up some fun stamping treats here at my craft table!

Like this lovely pot of tea staining that is sitting overnight.

So get a good night's sleep so we can all be ready to play tomorrow.

Have a blessed evening/night.

SAF "Recipe Remix"

Beginning today, August 19th, customers can post projects that they have created in the past that they felt needed just a *little* something; a project that needs a diagnosis for one reason or another.   Each DT member will select a project to "remix" to and re-create the project using a bit of a different recipe, making changes that they feel benefit the project while staying true to your original concept.  All of the team members remixed projects will be highlighted at this time and each of the customer's who had a card selected will win a $25 PTI gift certificate.  
This is my submission for the Recipe Remix at Capture the Moment Papertrey Ink.

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

 Fast Food Color & Sketch Inspiration Challenge!  

Just pick a color + sketch combo that appeal to you and create!

Supplies: PTI ink listed above, Ruby Rose stamp and die cuts, 2.5 Limitless Layers Circles, Simple Stripes IP.

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Make It Monday #129: White Crayon Resist

This week Heather Nichols from Papertry Ink Design Team challenged their followers to make a card using a white crayon as a resist.This is a link to Heather's video.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rkUlY0zvbYY

I decided to make a card with a snow fox sitting so pretty in the snow and blending in with her surroundings.

She is inked in Memento black ink and colored with white crayon from the Hello Foxy stamp set. The background was created with TH Faded Jeans distress ink, water, kosher salt and Star Gazer additions stars stamped in Color Box pigment white ink. The foreground is In the Meadow die cuts inked with Color Box white ink and impressed with Cane IP and Aida IP. The sentiment is also from Star Gazer additions stamped in TH Faded Jeans.

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Make It Monday #128: Stamping Random Background Patterns

Jump on the confetti trend  this week and learn how to randomly place any small stamp image on your background. Check out the Papertrey Ink Blog  and learn the tips from design team member Ashley Cannon Newall  and then apply to whichever shape you want to create your own stylish creations.

Supplies: PTI Ink~ Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse, Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold. 

               PTI MatStack #6, Polka Dot Parade #6, Flower Fusion, Bakers Twine, Meadow Greens, Rustic 

               Cream CS, Simply Chartreuse PP, Kraft Paper.

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Make It Monday #127: Double Backgrounds

This week Dawn McVey demonstrates how to make extend the use of your stamps by using them in this fun stamping technique "double background" stamping.

Supplies: Papertrey Ink Background Text, Background Farm and Barn, Delightful Dahlias Additions, Mat Stack 6, Enamel button
INK~ Stampin Up: Ruby Red, Cameo Coral. PTI: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores,New Leaf and Limeade Ice.

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Summer Card Camp 2 Week 3

This is the last week of Summer Camp.:( It has been a wonderful, fun camp. Great food, comfortable  sleeping accommodations and days filled with cards, new techniques, great tips and challenges to excite even the most seasoned card-makers. The  camp counselors have been incredible!! Each day started with happy, informative videos and extra super tips.




Monday: New Color and Sketch Challenges

Tuesday: Embossing and Die Cutting Techniques

Wednesday: Guest Artist day

Thursday: Try something new challenge

Friday: New color combinations to try

I choose the 6th color combo for this challenge.

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Make It Monday #126: 3D Die-cut Sentiments

Papertrey Inks Design Team member Betsy Veldman shows how to create your own 3D die-cut sentiments, in this week's Make It Monday. This technique will knock your socks off!

I have also entered this card in the PTI July Blog Hop for Fruits of Summer Inspiration  Color Scheme #6

Supplies: PTI Melon Berry CS, Scarlet Jewel CS, Counting My Blessing die and stamp, Apricot Zing, TH grunge stars, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst and Summer Sunrise ink, misc sequins.

July Blog Hop

This month's PTI blog hop is a color challenge with six delicious thirst quenching palettes to wet your creatively, inky whistle.

Fruits of Summer  #1

 Supplies: PTI Sending You and Stylish Sentiments~birthday and Stampers Select CS.
This is a tri-fold card and ink carving technique I learned from taking the Summer Card Camp 2 online class.

Fruits of Summer  #2

 Supplies: PTI Turning a New Leaf, Flower Fusion, Ruby Rose die cut, Harvest Gold ink stained coffee filter,Summer Sunrise Patterned Paper and Melon Berry CS.

Fruits of Summer #3

Supplies: Tim Holtz grunge board letters and arrow, TH Distress stain (Festive Berries~for the Pure Poppy color, PTI Stretched Shapes, Stylish Sentiments Birthdays, and inks to match, and stickles painted on letters and arrow.

Fruits of Summer #4

Supplies: Cutting Garden and dies, Boutique Borders,clear embossing powder, Raspberry Fizz,New Leaf, Limeade Ice and Hibiscus Burst CS and Smoky Shadow ink.

Fruits of Summer  #5

Supplies: PTI inks to match color inspiration, Make a Wish stamps and dies, Stylish Sentiments~birthday
Fruits of Summer #6

Supplies: PTI Melon Berry CS, Scarlet Jewel CS, Counting My Blessing die and stamp, Apricot Zing, TH grunge stars, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst and Summer Sunrise ink, misc sequins.

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Summer Card Camp 2 Week 2

      Another week of fun and learning at Summer Camp. These weeks go by all too quickly! My cards this week include using Christmas theme stamps in a completely different way, selective stamping/cutting and making circle shape cards.

 

Monday: Sketch/Color Card

Tuesday: Color Scheme Card with embossing and watercoloring

Wednesday: Selective Stamping/Cutting

Thursday:Using Christmas stamps in a non-Christmas way

 

Friday: New color schemes

Make It Monday #125: Defined Watercolors

Watercoloring seems to be so trendy right now.  Papertrey Ink's Erin Lincoln shows how to increase your paint palette with your ink pads for a new look. By using watercolors and inks that closely match it is fun to define your water coloring images.

 Supplies: PTI inks, watercoloring paper, distress markers,Wildflower Stamp set and watercoloring paints.

I had so much fun with this technique I decided to try it with a couple of different watercoloring products.

 Distress markers and distress Inks

 

Gelatos and Papertrey Inks

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Summer Card Class 2 Week 1

This week started a fun new adventure with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner. For the next 3 weeks the Summer Card Class 2 will be given a color combination to follow as well as 3 fun sketches. Here are this week's color combo and sketch drawings.







Posted here are my cards on this week's challenges.
Monday- using the sketches and color palette:

Tuesday- color palette only:

Wednesday using the color combo for this week:

Thursday- 10 minute challenge with color palette:

Friday- Bonus color combinations

I choose the third color combo from the top for this card.

Jennifer showed how to make hatch marks on your paper with  pencil lines first, then stamp images and after stamping is complete erase the pencil lines going lightly over stamped images. I think next time I will do my pencil lines a little darker so they show up a bit more.

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Make It Monday #124 Decorated Envelopes

Melissa Phillip for Papertrey Ink with some helpful tips and a gorgeous project to inspire you to dress up your envelopes so that they can be just as pretty as the cards inside.
I needed a wedding card for an upcoming wedding and since I had planed to give the couple a give card as gift, I thought a fun wedding card and decorated envelope were just the perfect gift.

 I also entered my wedding card in the Summer Card Camp 2 challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments and as always have a blessed day!