PTI 10th Anniversary Challenge: Transformation

OMGosh!! Today's PTI challenge is transformation and the prize is INCREDIBLE - $300 in merchandise from your wish list, which I have been working on all day!! I transformed this pink blobby mistake into a birthday card by adding a few more background colors (Aqua Mist & Simply Chartreuse and Tim Holtz Mustard Seed) and two stamp sets (Stylish Sentiments: Birthday and Polka Dot Parade #12). I'm new to color blending distress inks so my first few attempts weren't very good, but I'm starting to get the hang of it and enjoy it more! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope it's warm where you are!!

PTI 10th Anniversary Challenge: Multiply

I think this will be my last post for today. Three cards in one day may be a personal best!! For the multiply challenge, I used one of PTI's Chevron Stripes border dies (2 per set) on this semi-masculine card I made for a sweet friend who treated me and another friend to lunch recently. I had to add a few flowers so I pulled out Bigger Blooms and stamped a few blue ones. The sentiment is from Iconic Images. Thanks for stopping back by!!

PTI 10th Anniversary Challenge: Photo Finish

I'm using today to catch up on all the challenges for Papertrey Ink's 10th Anniversary. I don't usually have too many photos laying around since they are stored on my phone, but I had just received an invitation to a dear, sweet friend's 100th birthday celebration and thought who better to feature on my photo finish card than her precious face. I cut out the picture and a matching mask from a post-it note. I used another favorite floral, Mini Blooms, to create a little frame around the picture. I also used a PTI Color Recipe from this past January and a sentiment from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. I love the way the card turned out and I can't wait to send it to the birthday girl!!

PTI 10th Anniversary Challenge: Favorite Florals

Today's Papertrey Ink challenge was made just for me!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE floral stamp sets! In fact, I am obsessed with them to the point that last night, I nearly ordered one I ALREADY HAVE! For this challenge, I chose Brushed Blooms, one of many PTI floral sets I own and one of my favorites. My card is inspired by one Laurie Schmidlin made just last month. Here are the details:
Stamp sets - Brushed Blooms, Graceful Greetings, Simon Says Stamp Gingham Background
Colors: Berry Sorbet, Limeade Ice, Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, SU! Daffordil Delight and Melon Mambo, and Versafine Onyx Black
Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a great evening!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary Challenge: Altered Envelope

The folks at Papertrey Ink are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week with some fun challenges and today, I am showing what I created for the second day's challenge which is to create a card with an altered envelope. I broke out Peonies on Parade that I was thinking of getting rid of, but I found some new inspiration on Pinterest, so I'm going to hold on to it for a bit longer! I was inspired by a card Nichole made when the set was released. I stamped all the flowers and leaves in Versafine Black Onyx ink and then colored them with Crayola markers. I found the best set of 50 markers on Amazon awhile back for a great price so I scooped them up. The sentiment is from New Every Morning. I've been making so many thinking of you and sympathy cards lately. There is so much sadness in the world and I just want my friends to always know that they are not going through their tough times alone. I hope you'll break out a dusty stamp set and create something beautiful for someone you love! Have a great day!!