Papertrey Ink November 2018 Blog Hop + 25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 16 & 23

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo for the Papertrey Ink November 2018 Blog Hop, I knew I'd find the time to play along.

I've also been playing along with Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags and decided to combine my Blog Hop entry with a tags inspired by Joyce Mehrberg on Day 23.

  

A pair of red and white PTI Made with Love Tags 3 are prepared first and a Silver White Winters snowflake die cut from a white tag and adhered to a red tag. The two snowflake tags are then stamped with a Holiday Cheer sentiment and tied with black twine.

A Baker's Twine bow is tied on the snowflake negative tag and it is adhered to a card base.

For Day 16, I was also inspired by Joyce, although I went with a white & blue color palette. The PTI base tag is inked in a soft blue and the tree line tag adhered after the PTI Traveler's Journal: December Typed Words sentiment is stamped. An Ellen Hutson skier finishes off this tag.

I hope you get a chance to check out the galleries of both the Blog Hop and 25 Days of Christmas Tags challenges!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink October 2018 Blog Hop

I'm slipping in near the end of the Papertrey Ink October 2018 Blog Hop with a card I made this afternoon.

With this quintessential fall scene for our inspiration, I decided to use the chalkboard technique and PTI's Autumn Hills stamp set to heat emboss a little scene in white on a black cardstock panel.

The leaves and pumpkins were colored in with a white Prismacolor pencil and then layered with shades of yellow, orange and red.

White ink is smudged around the edges of the panel before it is popped up on a Canyon Clay card base.

I'm off to check out the cards linked up this month! Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink June 2018 Blog Hop

Have you seen the delicious rainbow of color in the Papertrey Ink June 2018 Blog Hop inspiration photo?

I colored a watercolor paper panel with Zig Clean Color markers in rainbow order, allowing the colors to blend together. 

The panel was trimmed down a bit to be just a little wider than the Stacked Sentiments die I cut while crafting with Joyce. A trio of raindrops add a bit of icy bling to echo the frozen treats and finish off this card.

I'm excited to see the cards linked up to the Blog Hop this month!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink May 2018 Blog Hop

I'm participating in the Papertrey Ink May 2019 Blog Hop today where this charming summer glamping party is our inspiration.

I incorporated a number of design elements from the photo into my card: floral bouquet, black gingham, curved line of the camper and rustic wood details.

My love affair with the Friendship Jar Spring Fillers Stamp set continues as I took one of the tulip images stamped and die cut while creating with Joyce a few weeks ago and colored it with Copic markers.

The stems are wrapped with a scrap of gingham ribbon and then a tiny tag stamped with a sentiment from Lovely Layers is added. The bouquet is popped up on a curved edge, wood embossed panel over a Bitty Big striped paper panel.

I'm also linking this card to Seize the Birthday! where the current challenge is to use patterned paper in your card design.

"Patterned Paper"

I can't wait to see the beautiful cards linked in the Blog Hop gallery!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink April 2018 Blog Hop

We were given this lovely photo of the delicately painted fine china teacups to inspire us for the  Papertrey Ink April 2018 Blog Hop. Check the link for the details.

The detailed pattern lines on the top few cups made me think of the PTI Quilled Elegance stamp set. The image and sentiment are stamped and heat embossed in gold and then colored in with Copic markers.

A few Pretty Pink Posh jewels mimic the delicate, polished feel of the cups and finish the panel before it is popped up on a Hawaiian Shores card base.

I'm off to Hop and see how everyone else was inspired this month!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink March 2018 Blog Hop

After seeing the pretty spring flowers in the inspiration photo for the Papertrey Ink March 2018 Blog Hop, I realize I seriously need a tulip image for my stamp collection.

Looking through my options, Birds & Blooms wreath made it to my desk as it allowed me to use a trio of colors for the flowers. A Birthday Mini sentiment is stamped directly onto the the embossed panel before the die cut wreath was added. 

The bright pink bow is tied from a rustic twine in a nod to the rustic bowl holding the flowers.

I'm also linking this card to Seize the Birthday in their Anything Goes category and and to the Wednesday Challenge Blog at Simon Says Stamp where Simon Says Floral Frenzy this week.

  

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Pepertrey Ink February 2018 Blog Hop

We were given this pretty Easter tablescape to inspire us for the Papertrey Ink February 2018 Blog Hop. Follow the link for the details on how to join in the fun!

This inspiration photo immediately made me think of the PTI Simply Spring Borders stamp & die set.   I wasn't sure how I was going to use it until I saw Kim Heggin's card for the Muse inspiration this week, with her animal friends playing in the grass.

The PTI Balloon Shaker die, turned upside down and with the bottom of the balloon snipped off, provided an egg shaped framed panel for this spring scene. The eggs were stamped first, then masked and a trio of bunnies added. The bunnies were also masked so that the background lawn & sky could be inked before the grass border was added in multiple layers.

The eggs were colored with Copic markers and another line of the grass border stamped over the bottom of the eggs and bunnies so they are sitting in the grass. A stamp positioner helped create a two colored sentiment and a trio of larger eggs finish off the card.

Kim Heggins Muse #254

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink January 2018 Blog Hop + Muse #250 + SSS Layers

I'm sharing a card inspired by a few different challenges today. First, this pretty birthday scene for the Papertrey Inky January 2018 Blog Hop.

 

I took elements from this photo and added elements from Muse Challenge #250.  Kim's open circles to one balloon shaker filled with large embossed polka dots. 

Kim Heggins

The iridescent confetti filled PTI Balloon Shaker was made first and slipped into a cutout on the pink Tipped Top angled panel. Another Topped Top white die cut is embossed with large polka dots and adhered to the card base.

Before the pink panel is adhered, the One Big Happy birthday sentiment is stamped and embossed and the die cut happy added.

I'm also linking this card to the Wednesday Challenge Blog where Simon Says Layer It Up this week and Seize the Birthday in their Anything Goes category.

  

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink June 2017 Blog Hop + FMS #293 + Seize the Birthday

It's been a while since I've participated in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, but I just couldn't forget the ombre jars in the June 2017 inspiration photo. For more details, head over to Capture the Moment.

I started by applying Peacock Feather and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks to a couple of white panels and cutting a PTI Big Basics: Wish Big die out of each. The teal panel was cut with a stitched curved edge, the Wish Big removed and replaced the the coral die cut.  The completed panel is then popped up on a white card base.

I love how the two complementary ombre colors look together!

The design is based on Freshly Made Sketches #293 and is also being linked to the Seize the Birthday challenge where Anything Goes.

  

Thanks for stopping by!

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink February 2017 Blog Hop

I'm participating in the Papertrey Ink February 2017 Blog Hop today. You can check out Nichole's blog for all the details.

After following along with the look back memory lane as Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 10th Anniversary this month, I pulled out one of my favorite (and maybe first purchase) stamp sets, Birthday Bash, and my favorite floral set from last year, Peonies on Parade, to make this card.

The peonies were stamped on watercolor paper and embossed with a gold glitter embossing powder before being colored with layers of purple and pink paint. Once I was done layering the color, the flowers were die cut and layered around the gold embossed sentiment banner.

The banner was lost on the Smoky Shadow card base, so I added an embossed white panel to allow the all the gold embossed pieces to really pop.

This card is also being linked to Seize the Birthday in the Anything Goes category and to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes this week.

  

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie