Pearlized Blending

Hi! Sharing two cards I made this morning while waiting for the repair man to come...it's the first time I've been excited by the 4 hour window they gave me! 

I played along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge - Pearlized Blending. I love the effect of Perfect Pearls but always forget to use them. Thanks Lizzie for the reminder! 

For my card I masked off a strip on my white panel and heat embossed some PTI Beautiful Butterflies in white. Then I blended Tropical Teal ink along the bottom, Hawaiian Shores in the middle and Aqua Mist toward the top for an ombre look. The I rubbed the masked area directly with Versamark ink and applied Perfect Pearls over it. Next time though I will blend the ink darker because the pearls lighten the overall color a lot. 

Seriously these photos don't do this effect justice. The masked portion is simply gorgeous - shiny but not TOO shiny. Love this look! 

Second card is inspired by the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge this week.

I stamped the greeting from Wet Paint Holiday and added some holly and ivy from the new PTI Spruce and Sprigs. I added a strip of PTI Candy Prints patterned paper on the top and bottom of the panel before attaching to Pinefeather card stock. 

Thanks for stopping by!

It's time for the PTI Blog Hop and its all about the holidays even though its only October. 

Here's our inspiration photo:

I was inspired by the pretty ornament in the box. Loved how the red was peeking out through the silver. Here's the clean and simple card I came up with - 

I die cut the largest of the PTI Fancy Flakes out of PTI silver adhesive paper and adhered it on Pure Poppy card stock. I heat embossed the sentiment from Tremendous Treats Christmas in silver. 

This was totally easy to make and definitely great for mass production this holiday season. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone's creations...Thanks for stopping by! 

Three for Thursday

Hi my friends...long time no post. Things have been crazy with my various volunteer roles I have this year so little time for crafting. Next year, I will adopt a "just say no" attitude in order to get some ME time back into my life!

DH was away last two days so had a chance to escape in my craft room for a few hours.

First card is for the One Layer Simplicity Challenge this month which features "Whatever The Weather". I used a Memory Box cloud stencil and white embossing paste to create the textured clouds on the light blue card panel. Sentiment is from the PTI Up, Up, and Away set.

Second card uses the largest Simon Says Stamp die. I created a folded die cut balloon, heat embossed stars on the balloon, added a simple sentiment banner and a touch of twine around the balloon end.
Colors inspired by the Colour Me....Subtle! challenge this week.

Last card uses a PTI set I've been dying to use since the summer. I created a focal cluster (PTI Make It Monday challenge this week) by stamping a swoosh from PTI Brushed off along the bottom white panel to ground the sentiment and image from PTI Fashion Sense. Love this model and the way the dress stamp isn't quite perfectly lined up. Colors inspired by ColourQ challenge.

That's it for me! Thanks for stopping by! Have a good weekend!

Circles Again!

Sharing another card inspired by this week's CASology challenge CIRCLES. I used the confetti stamp from PTI Good Times stamping it three times (Tropical Team, Hawaiian Shores, and Aqua Mist) for an ombre look. Used my MISTI for the second time - worked very well with this confetti stamp. I embossed the large sentiment with this fine black glitter embossing powder I picked up at the Scrapbook expo. 

Thanks for taking a peek! 

ColourQ #309

So I went to the Scrapbook Expo a few weeks ago and picked up a few things I'm so excited to use. This week's ColourQ and CASology challenges proved to be the perfect inspiration for my new Memory Box Large Ringlets Die. 

I cut the die three times in different colors and pieced it together on the pale grey Simon Says Stamp Smoke cardstock. Yikes, much harder than I thought!  Plus adhering the circle outline wasn't easy either even though I used double sided adhesive before I ran it through the Cuttlebug. Thank goodness I love the results! Such a modern look. 

Thanks for stopping by!

September Create Along With Us

Quick tag to share today for the Create Along With Us challenge. I made it using trees and sentiment from City Scene.

 Inspired by this colorful card Ashley made during Countdown festivities -

 Hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for taking a peek!

What A Dress!

Oh my, do I love this gorgeous dress!! The colors and style are completely me. 

I was drawn to the colors and the symmetry of the embroidered pattern on the dress. Here's my take which ended up looking NOTHING like that dress! I used the challenge colors with Round Repeats to mimic the symmetry. 

Ok, that's it for everything I made last night. Hope to finish a couple more challenges before the deadline. Thanks for popping in! 

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!