PTI's Make it Monday #97 - Take 2

As mentioned in my previous post, this week's MIM for PTI is a review of all of the MIM video tutorials from the past year.  We were invited to post a project using one of these techniques.  For this second creation, I used the technique demonstrated by Dawn McVey in MIM #48, "Creating Backgrounds With Border Dies."  While the background that I created does not cover the whole card front, I think I am still demonstrating this technique.  What do you think?

I used this card as part of a hostess gift I took to a friend who had us over for an impromptu dinner.  I really love how it turned out!

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's White, Hawaiian Shores, and Raspberry Fizz, and Archiver's grey cardstock

Stamps: PTI's Signature Greetings and Rosie Posie

Ink: PTI's True Black and Summer Sunrise

Dies: PTI's Chevron Stripes Border Die Collection and Turning a New Leaf Set, and Spellbinders Nestibilities circle die

Other: Rhinestone from my stash

PTI Make it Monday #97

This week, PTI's Make it Monday was a review of all the MIM videos that have been posted this year.  We were invited to post a project that highlighted one of the demonstrated techniques.  I have chosen to post a card that I made right after watching the original posting of MIM #74, "Stamping on Texture."  I actually made this card planning to participate in that week's challenge, however I never got around to posting it.  Believe it or not, I actually gave this card to my husband tonight for his birthday.  So, here's my creation:

It is very subtle, but I actually used the wood plank stamp from the Background Basics: Farm & Barn set to stamp on the background that I had embossed using an embossing folder from Quick Kutz.  You can see the technique demonstrated a bit better in this view:

By the way, the inside of the card reads, "Your age!  Happy Birthday!"

Thank you so much for visiting!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select White, Kraft, and Hawaiian Shores, and patterned paper from Echo Park's Note to Self paper collection

Stamps: PTI's Background Basics: Farm & Barn, and Movers and Shakers Sentiments

Ink: PTI's Hawaiian Shores and True Black

Dies: PTI's Seeing Stars die collection

Embossing folder: Quick Kutz

Other: Button and natural twine from my stash

PTI December Blog Hop - Take 2

Hi 'yall!  This is my second entry in the PTI December Blog Hop.  After cuting out the "leaf" shapes with the Sending You die for my first card, I had a bunch of little "leaf" shapes left over and thought I would use them to create a second card.

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI white

Stamps: PTI Glory Be

Dies: PTI Sending You

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow

Other: Recollections Rhinestones

PTI December Blog Hop

Hi 'yall!  I've been absent for quite a while...again...but I'm back at it now!  I knew I wanted to participate in this month's blog hop with PTI because this was the inspiration photo:

I LOVE white on white!  I really couldn't wait to start creating! So, here's the first card I created:

Thanks so much for popping over! 

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI white

Stamps: PTI Glory Be

Dies: PTI Sending You

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow

Other: Recollections Rhinestones

PTI Make-it-Monday - Bleach Technique

Hi friends!  Well, I wanted to play along with this Monday's PTI MIM, which involves a pretty cool bleach and ink technique.  I'm not sure that the card I made is what Nichole had in mind when she explained the technique (I think you're actually supposed to stamp on the bleached image), but I really like how this one turned out.  You'll see that this card features stars yet again.  If you flip through my blog, you will see that I'm sort of a star fanatic...funny that I didn't even know this about myself until I started making cards!

Here's my take:

Thanks for visiting!

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's White and Enchanted Evening

Stamps: PTI's Star Prints and Tag It's #10

Ink: PTI's Bluberry Sky, True Black and Snow White

Dies: PTI's Happy Day

Other: Bleach

PTI July 2012 Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Well, it's a pool day around here, but before we head off, I thought I'd post my entry for the PTI July Blog Hop.  Here's the inspiration photo from Nichole Heady's blog:

To be perfectly honest, I was most inspired by the circles to the right of the picture.  After thinking about those circles for a little while, here's what I came up with:

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's White, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Mellon Berry, and Berry Sorbet

Stamps: PTI's Mat Stack 5 collection and Star Prints

Ink: PTI's Simply Chartreuse, Fresh Snow, and Dark Chocolate

Other: Circle Punches and Rhinestones from my stash

Stamp-a-Faire Homemade Embellishments

My final Stamp-a-Faire project was for the Homemade Embellishments challenge.  I chose to make a felt bow as demonstrated by Melissa Phillips here.   I'm getting too tired tonight for anymore explaining, so without further ado my final project:

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Spring Rain and White; acetate cardstock

Stamps: PTI's Movers and Shakers Sentiments and Background Basics Medallions

Ink: PTI's Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf and Raspberry Fizz

Other: PTI's Hawaiian Shores felt and a button from my stash