Papertrey Princess Challenge #4 Score It!

Papertrey Princess Challenge #4- Score It!

For Pam's challenge we were to use scoring as a background or focal image for our project. I decided to use scoring to make my image *pop* off the card (almost literally). I cut a piece of Kraft CS into a 5 1/4"x 5 1/4" square and then scored equal triangle to make the flaps of the card. It's a little difficult to tell from my pictures but I also scored 1/2" from the top of the triangles, on which I mounted my leaves and flower. (As a side point, the next time I make this type of card I will adhere velcro under the focal image and to the opposing leaf or background image to make opening and closing the card a little easier. I used a pop-dot this time and it was too sticky). With the extra score line the card could close flat and be put into an envelope, but when it's laying out it pops up a bit and gives it a little 3D effect. The total measurement for the card is 3 3/4" square, so it will fit into a 4" square envelope. Thanks for taking a peek!

2 Challenges at once! Poppy Seed Challenge#1 and Papertrey Princess Challenge #3

My post today shows a few different projects that were for both Lisa Johnson's first Poppy Seed challenge and the Papertrey Princess Challenge #3. Most of the supplies are from PTI, but the mermaid is from Bombshell Stamps, which has some really fantastic stamps. Think 50's pin-up girl/sailor tattoo art. Pretty unique. We've got a whole mermaid thing here at our house (gorgonoula means "little mermaid" in Greek), so I just loved to color this stamp. The quilt card has a cute little heart gem on it from Amuse, and the crystals in the center of the violet are from PTI. Enjoy and thanks for all of your feedback.

Papertrey Princess Challenge #2

The second Papertrey Princess Challenge was to make something 3d. This was a great challenge for me because I have been wanting to play around with PTI's templates and never had the time or reason to. I did something very, very basic with PTI's Fold 'n Go template. I printed it on Pure Poppy CS, used a strip of PTI's B&W patterned CS as a accent band, stamped a sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages and adhered it with some pop-dots. The ribbon is PTI's new white silk. I love that you can use it to thread one of their buttons. I put everything together and then inked the edges with chamomile ink. As a first attempt, it was all pretty easy. Thanks for pushing me to do something I wouldn't have done otherwise!

Scrapbook Page Challenge-Warm Thoughts

A few weeks back I had suggested on PTI's Forum that we do a bi-weekly scrapbook challenge. I am so far behind, I thought that this would be a great way to try to get caught up...good thing I am only like-5 years and 3 kids behind! But back to the challenge...something warm. Warm thoughts, pictures, anything you wanted. Here's what I came up with! It's a quick and simple page using some scraps that I stamped with PTI's Polka Dot Basics. Other then the 12x12 sheet, all the CS is PTI. I love Pure Poppy! I used my Cricut to cut out the title. I know it probably isn't a traditional color scheme for a summer page, but thought it matched the colors in the picture so well...can't wait to see what everyone else created!

Papertrey Princess Challenge #1

I loved the color combo posted by Anya for the first PTI Princess challenge I am participating in. I thought I would mix it up a bit, but still using some sewing elements through out the project. This is the first time I sewed on paper, as you can tell by my crooked lines! While I really like making handcrafted notepads for gifts, it seems like a lot of time an

d effort only to be lost, once the pad runs out of paper. So I decided to sew a panel into the back of the cover, which the pad can be slipped into and replaced with once all the paper is used. I mixed stamps from Daily Design and Take a Note to complete the project. Hope you like it!

PTI January Blog Hop

January Blog Hop

The challenge for this month's blog hop (which is my first) was to create "total package" card. I love PTI's Big and Bold Wishes set and thought this was a good way to use it both inside and outside the card. Both were heat embossed with black embossing powder. For the envelope I used the scroll image from the set. I also heat embossed a mixture of red and glitter embossing powder for the scrolls and attached 2 small vintage buttons to the centers of the images.

Where the Wild Things Are

This is a card inspired by my daughter's favorite book Where the Wild Things Are. The stamp is from My Cute Stamps (Eek! It's A Monster!). They have some great images to use with Copics! The base is PTI enchanted evening.