Celebrating Papertrey 2008, 2009, & 2012

Hello friends -

Checking in today with a few cards I made over the last couple of days to celebrate Papertrey's 10 year anniversary. Each day this week, they highlighted each year they've been in business and challenged us to make a card by one of the sets they highlighted or a card inspired by one of the DT creations.

I don't own any of the featured stamps for 2012 but was inspired by Keeway's amazing card made with Sentiment Signs. I used Ombre Sentiments instead of Sentiment Signs and hear embossed the birthday sentiment on watercolor paper and carefully watercolored over each word. I also splattered over the rest of the paper, though it ended up a tad bit more than the original card. 

My second card celebrates a fabulous set from 2009 - Giga Guidelines. I love the medallions in this set. On my card, I stamped the medallion in Pinefeather on Aqua Mist cardstock. I nestled the sentiment from Banner Sentiments in between the medallions. I finished it off with some a few colored pearls for the centers. 

Last card for tonight highlights Bitty Baby Blessings from 2008. My twin daughters' PE teacher left this week on maternity leave. She's having twin boys so I made this card for her to go along with a couple of Dr. Seuss books. I die cut two onesies in masculine patterned paper. I embossed MFT Wonky Stitches around the perimeter of the white card base and added a few enamel dots. 

Have a couple more cards to share but gonna wait until tomorrow for some natural light to take the photos. Be back soon. Thanks for stopping by! 

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On The Runway

One of my favorite challenges is the Runway Inspiration Challenge. Love the dresses the DT selected and the cards they made.

Here's the inspiration from Betsy -

Love the contrast of the blue and white and how the bottom of the card changes background. On the top its a dark blue background with white flowers and toward the bottom its white with blue flowers but the transition happens in short of a diagonal asymmetrical way. So here's my take - 

I used Sentiment Splits curved dies to create two panels - a larger Enchanted Evening on the top and white on the bottom. For the top panel I embossed medallions from Giga Guidelines in white. I stamped all the medallions on the panel in Versamark first before adding the embossing powder so it was hard to keep track of which designs were next to what. Just noticed that I have two of the same medallion right next to each other! UGH. That's what happens when you are working so fast. 

For the small bottom panel, I stamped in Enchanted Evening. Panels are propped up with foam tape and the curved sentiment stamped in the split. 

Second card to share is for Betsy's Mix and Match challenge. I used three different American Crafts patterned papers with the Tipped Top dies and stamped the sentiment on a Keep It Simple frame. 

Haven't yet had a chance to check out everyone's creations from yesterday but will do soon. Thanks for taking a peek and hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend! 

Orange You Glad...

....that this is not the view outside your window??!!

Another 6-8 inches today in NJ on top of all the snow we have already. Kids get a snow day, DH working from home, pot of Chicken Mushroom Wild Rice soup on the stove, and thankfully a little bit of crafty time while all were outside shoveling. 

And speaking of orange....I am inspired by the  Colour Me....Monochromatic! challenge this week. My first card uses the pretty medallion from PTI Giga Guidelines set. I stamped a row in white on kraft card stock then turned the stamp 45 degrees and stamped over it in Orange Zest. Sentiment is from Fancy That and an orange rhinestone in the center of each medallion completes it. 

Love how the white looks on kraft. 

Second card uses the new Swoosh set. Funny how I was so excited to get this set but once it go here, I totally forgot what I wanted to do with it.  I decided to keep it simple and played along with the One Layer Simplicity challenge this month - WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.  

I masked off a column and stamped the hello swoosh in several fun colors. I scored the ends of the column for more interest. 

Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by.