Runway Inspired Challenge #17

I love Project Runway so I've always love looking at the Runway Inspired Challenge each week. Such a great challenge idea. This is a gorgeous dress and definitely inspired me to make a card. Here's a card I made using PTI Flower Fusion #7 with a bit of Simply Chartreuse striped paper to ground my flower focal panel.

Lots of thank you cards lately. I always seem to be sending them out. What about you? Are thank yous number one on your list too? Thanks for taking a peek!

colourQ challenge #150

Here's another thank you card I made because my thank you stash is almost out. I used the bright happy colors inspired by ColourQ this week. The graphic frame is from PTI's new Fabulous Frames set and stamped in Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, and Simply Chartreuse.

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CAS-ual Fridays #65

I rarely make square cards but I love how they look. The CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week reminded me that I had a card base from DCVW in my stash that I could use.
I love the embossed polka dotted background so I added a simple focal point using my favorite Flipping Out set. I embossed the sentiment on the double ended banner.

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Play Date Cafe #144

I've been itching to use my new PTI Hello Sunshine set but haven't been inspired to make anything until I saw this week's Play Date Cafe challenge. LOVE these colors and think they are perfect for this stamp set. I used PTI's Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, and Harvest Gold.

I'm going to give this card to my youngest daughter who I secretly nicknamed 'my sunshine' because she always makes me laugh and smile, no matter how awful my mood. I think she's gonna love it.

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ColourQ #149

Summer just doesn't leave much for any 'ME' time, both from a time and energy perspective. I hadn't made a card in a couple of weeks but my parent's upcoming 41st anniversary coming up next week so whipped up this pretty card using PTI Happy Hexagon set and the pretty colors at ColourQ this week:

PTI's hexagon cheat sheet definitely helps to make a beautiful well-mixed pattern quickly. For my inks, I used PTI's New Leaf and Enchanted Evening, Brilliance Galaxy Gold, and Momento New Sprout. Ribbon is an old green and blue piece in my stash.

It was nice to get crafty again. Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ Challenge #147

Another great colour challenge at ColourQ this week. I couldn't wait to make a card as soon as I saw them!

For this card, I used PTI's Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Simply Chartreuse, and Ocean Tides inks with the rainbow graphic from the Up, Up, and Away set. I had intended to make stacked colors of the rainbow but it was too short to do anything like that. I added the hearts from Heart-2-Heart #3 with foam dots and of course my go-to banner die. I also grounded the panel on a bit of bitty dot Enchanted Evening patterned paper.

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July 2012 PTI Blog Hop

Its Blog Hop time again! This month's photo inspiration and color combination completely screams summer.I had a little bit of trouble with this one because the colors are so many colors and I really wantes to use them all.

I used one of my flower fusion sets and stamped some of the flower and die cut the others. I finally also inked up the Turning a New Leaf set. I also used some of the new Melon Berry gingham patterned paper. Seems like I am usually drawn to the bit dot and striped so glad I could use this gingham in a different way.

The colors also inspired me to make a second card using my most-loved Double Ended Banner dies. I used the leafy patterns of Simply Chartreuse and Summer Sunrise along with the other colors and created a panel of banners. I embossed the sentiment from one of the Think Big Favorites in white.

Thanks for stopping by and see you around the Hop!

Stamp-A-Faire Wrap Up

Stamp-A-Faire is officially over. I still have many videos to catch up on and lots of gallery entries to check out. It was a great day spent alone doing exactly what I wanted to do - heaven. I didn't keep up on the forum as much as I would have liked and I didn't get to ALL the challenges.

Thanks to all at Papertrey Ink for giving me an excuse to have a day to myself and for continually inspiring me. Hope you'll do it again next year!