Beautiful Butterflies

Here's another card using the springy palette at ColourQ:





I die cut the butterflies out of the top Kraft layer and stamped the butterflies inside. Seemed easier in my head! Getting the butterfly stamp to line up with ink with the die cut proved to be more difficult that I thought. Plus this set always seems to give me trouble making a clean impression. Its not perfect but after three attempts at this design, I figure its pretty enough to post.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Beautiful Butterflies, Fillable Frame Sentiments
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest, Simply Chartreuse
Dies: PTI Beautiful Butterflies
Paper: PTI Kraft, Select White

PTI Blog Hop Take 2!

No joke, I REALLY like this slanted orientation....as you can see from HERE, HERE, and HERE!

Teacher Appreciation Week is fast approaching so many of my cards are for those great people in my kid's lives. This card uses the great color scheme at ColourQ this week:





Thanks for taking a look and enjoy the Hop!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Thanks All Ways
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, Orange Zest
Cardstock: Memory Box Kraft, PTI Simply Chartreuse & White
Other: PTI Double Ended Banner Die

PTI Make It Monday #113 Perfect Pearls

I confess that I've had Perfect Pearls in my stash for at least the past year and have never used it. I got it after seeing Jennifer McGuire use it in one of her Online Card Classes but forgot all about it after the class was over. This week's great tutorial by Nichole Heady was just the push I needed to bust out the little jar. Trouble is that I only had the pearl color of the Perfect Pearls powder! All of Nichole's sample cards used multiple colors....yikes! How could I make a card with just one color? I resisted the temptation to run out to the store to get others and made this card:



I decided to use some dark chocolate striped paper to add interest since I was only using one color of Perfect Pearls. Now I'm kicking myself for not using it sooner! I'm definitely going to get a few more colors.

It was a bit hard to capture the sheen of Perfect Pearls with my little point and shoot so hopefully you can see how great the trees came out. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Through The Trees
Cardstock: Memory Box Brown Cardbase, PTI Dark Chocolate Striped pattern paper, PTI Rustic White
Ink: Versamark
Other: Perfect Pearls, Adirondack Espresso, PTI Stripes Impression Plate, Raffia

PTI April Blog Hop

I'm on a bit of a tilted kick lately thanks to the challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch a couple of weeks ago. I love how the slant makes an image a little more interesting. Love the grungy look of this set. Here's my Father's Day card using the new PTI Handy Hardware stamps.



Have fun hopping around the Papertrey Ink world today! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Handy Hardware
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Soft Stone, Terracotta Tile, and Smokey Shadow
Paper: PTI White, Terracotta Tile, Black

CAS(E) this Sketch #24

For this week's sketch at CAS(E)this Sketch, I used a bit of patterned paper for the block element up top.



Hope you have a great week! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Up, Up & Away
Paper: PTI Select White, My Minds Eye Lime Twist, Lily Bee Handmade
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Play Date Cafe #178

Talk about colors out of my comfort zone! This week's colors at Play Date Cafe are much more brighter than I am used to but I love a good challenge!



I had to use the new PTI Sketched Shapes set for this simple graphic card. With all the soft grey and white, the bright colors are a bit muted. More my style.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Sketched Shapes
Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz and Soft Stone, Brilliance Sunflower Yellow
Cardstock: PTI Simply White and Raspberry Fizz, PTI Soft Stone dotted pattern

Clean & Simple 236

I loved the simplicity of this Clean & Simple challenge. The circular shape was perfect for the kraft doily I've had in my stash for ages.



Hope you are having a great weekend!

Supplies:
Paper: Memory Box Cardbase, Echo Park This & That, PTI Summer Sunrise cardstock
Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa
Other: Kraft Doily (sorry, can't remember who made it)

ColourQ #185

The challenge at ColourQ this week was a bit intimidating for me because the colors were all so bright. So I decided that a lot of white space was necessary for me to make it work. I really like how it turned out with one of my favorite sets.



Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Trendy Tree Tops, Birthday Basics
Ink: PTI Royal Velvet, Hawaiian Shores, Autumn Rose, and Pure Poppy, Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI White