Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop - Take Three

Whew!  The third (and last) of my entries in this month's Papertrey Ink blog hop!  For this one I was kind of going for a layered frame look.  I had planed to use several more frames, but when I got them all on the card front it looked too crowded.  Actually I was watching Project Runway at the same time and I kept thinking about how they always tell the designers to edit their looks, so I took a second look at my project and decided to scale it back a bit.  I'm pretty happy with the result.  I think it could be used for either a boy or a girl. 

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Hope you have fun looking at all the other great entries in the hop!

Kate

 

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Black and White, and Archiver's Grey

Stamps: PTI's Happy Day

Ink: Versamark

Dies: PTI's Framed Out #2, and Fabulous Frames

Other: Recollections Rhinestones and Stamp-n-Stuff Ruby Red Embossing Powder

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop - Take Two

Ok, here's my second entry in today's PTI Blog Hop - challenge black backgrounds.

For this one I wanted a really feminine look, so I created a sort of doily outline using a stamp from PTI's Mat Stack 5 collection and embossing it in white.  I'm not really loving the placement of the semi-circle, but it'll have to do. 

By the way, the inside of the card says, "I'm sorry I missed your birthday!"

Thanks for visiting!  One more entry in the hop on the way!

Kate

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Black, Spring Rain and Vintage Cream

Stamps: PTI's Mat Stack 5 Collection, and Glory Be

Ink: PTI's True Black and Versamark

Dies: PTI's Mat Stack 5, Butterfly Die and Signature Series Butterfly Die

Other: Zing Embossing Powder in White and a Pearl Embellishment from my stash

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop - Take One

Hi there!  It's time for the January blog hop at Papertrey Ink.  This month's challenge is black backgrounds!  I'm super excited about this one, so I have actually made three projects!  I will post them all separately, so stay tuned. 

First, let me link you up to the hop on Nichole Heady's blog.  Here's the challenge:

 

 

My first project is very Dawn McVey inspired!  I just love her!  Here it is:

 

 

 

See what I mean?  Very Dawn McVey with all the layers, no?  I've been dying to use the patterned paper in the background and I think it is set off perfectly with the black background. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and come back again to see my other entries in the hop!

 

Kate

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

Paper: PTI's Black, Harvest Gold, and White, Archiver's Grey, and patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Breeze collection

Stamps:  PTI's Movers and Shakers Sentiments, and Rosie Posie

Ink: PTI's Smokey Shadow and Lemon Tart

Dies: PTI's Half and Half, Turning a New Leaf, Mat Stack 1 and Rosie Posie

Other: Recollections Rhinestones 

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