PTI Make-it-Monday

Hi friends!  Well, we're on Spring Break here and I couldn't be happier!  I really love getting to sleep in and have some lazy days.  All this free time also means that I got a chance to participate in PTI's Make-it-Monday challenge this week.  The challenge was to create a flower using a non-flower die.  I chose to use PTI's butterfly dies for my flower.  I simply cut the butterflies in half and arranged them in a tulip sort of fashion.  I think it turned out kinda' pretty!  This was a fun one! 

We're off to the movies this morning!  Hope you have a great day!

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, and White and Sella and Rose's Hazel Papers patterned paper

Stamps: PTI's Signature Greetings (my fav!!)

Ink: PTI's Dark Chocolate

Dies: PTI's Signature Butterfly, Butterfly, Heart Border Die, and Half and Half

Other: Rhinestone

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge

Hi everyone!  No, I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth...I have just been wrapped up in...LIFE!  I'm anxious to get back to crafting though!  I have so many new goodies I haven't gotten a chance to play with yet! 

Today's post is for the March Blog Hop on Nichole Heady's blog.  The challenge is to create a project inspired by this photo:

I absolutely LOVE this picture!  There are so many things about it that I find inspiring, but the first thing that jumps out at me are the colors.  My project reflects those colors and some of the simple lines in this picutre.  Here it is:

I'm hoping that this may become one of the cards I sell at the boutique. 

Thanks so much for visiting and for all of your sweet comments!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Lemon Tart, White and Aqua Mist

Stamps: PTI's A Little Argyle and Bitty Baby Blessings

Ink: PTI's Aqua Mist, SU's Summer Sun, and Palette's Noir Black

Other: Rhinestone

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

Hi there!  Today is blog hop day for Papertrey Ink.  If you'd like to see what everyone has created, you can check out the links on Nichole's blog.  This month's challenge was to create an interactive card.  This one took me all morning to create, but I think it was worth the effort! 

Here's the front of the card:

As you can see, I alluded to the fun to come inside!  Here's another look with a peek at the inside.

Ok, now for the fun...open it up and this is what you see...

Fun right???  To make the pop up part of this card, I made slits in the white cardstock that allowed me to fold it forward...similar to PTI's new die that came out last month.  I wish you could see this card in motion, because the flowers move a little when you open it.  They are mounted on acetate strips of paper which are then mounted on the back of the pink birthday sign.  This allows them to move a little more freely.  Here's a closer look...

Thanks for stopping by!  I'd love to hear your comments!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Kraft, White, Sweet Blush, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Blueberry Sky, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, and Dark Chocolate (whew!!)

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

Ink: PTI's Raspberry Fizz, Classic Kraft and Smokey Shadow

Dies: PTI's Mat Stack 5, Layerz Mat Stack 5, Happy Day, Turning a New Leaf, Block Alphabet Die Collection, Beautiful Blooms II #1 and #3



PTI Make it Monday - Glittered Buttons

Hi friends!  How are you?  It's been a few days since I last posted...sorry about that.  We've just been plugging along around here.  Luckily the weather has been nice lately and the boys have gotten to get outside to play and burn off some of their pent up energy!  I have to tell you about Brady though...he's my middle kiddo.  Bray has had several milestones lately...he has learned to ride his two wheel bike, he has learned to read, and he just today lost his very first tooth!  He's so excited about the tooth fairy coming to visit HIM instead of his big brother!  He also said the funniest thing the other day.  My husband asked him what the Golden Rule was...his response..."Flush and wash!"  How funny is that kid???

Ok, on to some crafty stuff.  This week's Make it Monday challenge on Nichole Heady's blog is to glitter up some buttons and add them to your project.  I have to admit, when I started this card I really had no idea where it was going or where it would end up, but I'm pretty pleased with the final product.  I'm loving the happy colors...time for spring! 

In her MIM video, Ashley Cannon Newell used some silvery Prisma glitter on her buttons (really pretty), but I decided to use some black Martha Stewart glitter I had on hand.  I thought the dark buttons made more of an impact on this card.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Stay tuned for my PTI blog hop post tomorrow!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Kraft and White

Stamps: PTI's Happy Day and Mat Stack 5 Collection

Ink: PTI's Smokey Shadow and Hawaiian Shores and SU's Glorious Green

Dies: Happy Day, Turning a New Leaf, and Beautiful Blooms II #3

Other: Buttons from stash and black Martha Stewart Glitter

Interactive Cards #5

Last one!!  This is interactive card #5.  Quite a while ago, I watched a tutorial on youtube explaining how to make a card like this one.  I even wrote down most of the directions.  However, I can't seem to find the original video I watched.  So....I found a similar one by splitcoaststampers.  You can find it here.

I'm pretty satisfied with how this one turned out...it was pretty early in the evening when I made this one.  My Brady-Joe is 6 and the kiddos in his class are all turning 6 this year, so I'm sure I'll need another 6 year old card sometime soon! 

I like this card because like the first one, it stands up when you open it.  Yep...I like this one.

Thanks again for sticking with me through the past ten days of PTI's 5th Anniversary Festivities.  It's been really fun and I have really gotten some of my creative juices flowing! 

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Simply Chartruese, Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate and Pure Poppy, and patterned paper from Lime Twist

Stamps: PTI's Happy Day, Background Basics: Chevron, and Half and Half

Ink: PTI's Snow White and Palette's Noir Black

Dies: PTI's Half and Half, Layers Mat Stack 3, By the Numbers, Seeing Stars and Sweet As Can Be

Interactive Cards #4

Here comes interactive card #4!  This one is a waterfall card for a boy.  I demonstrated the technique on how to construct a card like this on this post.  It is so fun to pull down the tab at the bottom and see the little squares flip by!

My only problem with making these waterfall cards is deciding what to put on the little squares.  If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them! 

Thanks for visiting...again!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse, Hawiian Shores, and Orange Zest, and patterned paper from Lime Twist

Stamps: PTI's Half and Half, Tag-its #s 10 and 6, Birthdays By the Numbers, and Star Prints

Ink: PTI's Pure Poppy, Snow White, and Hawaiian Shores, and Palette Noir Black

Other: Rhinestone

Interactive Cards #3

Ok, here's interactive card #3.  The interactive part of this one is probably my favorite of the 5, but I'll get to that in a moment.  The front of the card is really simple, and to be honest...unfinished.  As I said in my last post, I was sort of rushing to get a lot of entries completed for the challenge on Nichole's blog, so I sacrificed some details.  I think I'll probably at least go back and add a ribbon to the tag.

Now for the inside.  I watched this great video on youtube that explained how to make these cute little balloons that waved in the middle of a card, and I thought, "Hmmmm, I think I'll do that with letters."  This is how it turned out!  Pretty cute huh?  Take a look at the video for all the details on how to construct the card.

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Spring Rain, White, Kraft, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse, and Raspberry Fizz, patterned paper from Lime Twist, and clear acetate

Stamps: PTI's Think Big Favorites #2, and Star Prints

Ink: PTI's Hawaiian Shores and Spring Moss

Dies: PTI's Seeing Stars, Tag Sale #5, and Block Alphabet Die Collection