OLS,ColourQ, & NBUS

March is here! That means there's a new One-Layer Simplicity challenge. This month's challenge is Let Green 'March' In which means we can only use shades of green and one neutral. 

I fought the temptation to use black ink on my card and used only green inks on my card. I blended a few different green inks (PTI Limeade Ice, New Leaf, and Simply Chartreuse) using one of the new PTI Modern Background stencils (which in case you are wondering are a perfect size and very durable).  I added two flowers and sentiment from the new BE set. Sentiment stamped in PTI Pinefeather. 

Also linking to Darnell's fabulous NBUS challenge since these are the new PTI goodies. 

I am LOVING the colors at ColourQ this week. Totally right up my alley as you know! :) 

I used one of the images from the PTI Enclosed Star set to stamp a pattern in Memento Teal Zeal & Blue Danube, Mama Elephant Smoke, and Avery Elle Aquamarine. Used my Misti to stamp the Wet Paint sentiment in black several times so it stood out against these bold colors. 

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for popping in. 

PTI November 2015 Blog Hop

Its the 25th so its PTI Blog Hop day...but also means its exactly one month before Christmas! Yikes! 

The challenge photo for this month's Blog Hop is one of my favorites ever...it has my FAVORITE color combo (Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, and Tropical Teal) and combines it with silver and white, and grey it seems which I am JUST seeing now for the first time. 

I was so inspired by this photo that I made four cards! First card uses Snowflake Flurries in the pretty color combo. I split the panel with the Sentiment Splits die and added in a sentiment from that set. 

Next two cards use the bold graphic stamp from Enclosed:Star. Same design, just different sentiment placement. I stamped it in the three colors and added a strip of silver card stock along the bottom to anchor the pyramids. I heat embossed the sentiment along the top of the pyramids. 

Hard to see the strip of silver along the bottom - better in this photo. Looks way cooler in person. 

This second one has the sentiment on the black banner. Lighting is a little dark...

 Think I like the one with the sentiment directly on the panel better.

Last one has a lot more color! I heat embossed butterflies from Life Is Beautiful in white along a panel and then sponged on Simple Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, and Tropical Teal to cover it giving it sort of an ombre look. I was trying to channel Laura Bassen's love of bold color with this one. 

Sentiment is heat embossed on white banner and I placed a white thread nest underneath. First time making a thread nest. 

Well that's it for me today. Thanks for visiting. Can't wait to see what everyone has made. 

And if you are celebrating tomorrow...Happy Thanksgiving!