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Winter is over. It was a little disappointing to not get enough snow to have a good snowball fight or go sledding... maybe next year we'll get pounded! LOL
So now that Winter is pretty much over and done with I can think about Spring! It's one of my favorite seasons. I created this springy thank you card using PTI stamps, cardstock, ink, some ribbon, button, & scrappers floss. I love the pop of color against the white card base. Thanks for looking!
Next year my son will be a "Middle Schooler." I don't feel old enough to have a child who's old enough to go to middle school! LOL I'm pretty excited for him though... and a little bit nervous too. Middle School is so different from elementary school. I think he'll do fine with the transition, but I still worry. I suppose we never really truly stop worrying about our children, even after they are all grown up. Anyway I've been working on finishing his elementary school scrapbook album. I still have a lot to but I'm getting there.
I finally pulled out some of the Jillibean Soup Bakers Twine that I won last year sometime. I just can't ever seem to get it to tie correctly and then get it to lay flat the way I want it. I put a glue dot behind the knot and that seems to have helped, hopefully it'll stay put. I also went old school on this layout and used some 7 Gypsies gaffer tape, some Making Memories alpha rub-ons, and added a dymo sticker label too. So that's one layout down.... 5000000 more to go :) Thanks for looking!
Speaking of love... I love that patterned paper! It's from Simple Stories Destinations collection. I love how versatile it is. I really didn't intend to use it this way but I love how nicely it works with the Valentine's theme. I hope that you get a chance to squeeze somebody you love today :)
Hi All! It's Monday... again! Hopefully your week is off to a great start! Today I want to share a card I made for today's PTI Anniversary celebration challenge. Butterflies and Leaves is the theme for today's challenge. I randomly stamped one of the stamps from Text Style II using versamark ink on the Spring Rain card base. I used wire to create the antennae for the butterfly die cut and propped it up using foam dots. I found these tiny pearl dots, I can't recall where, probably ACMoore or Joanns, but I placed them around the leaves. One my neighbors has a holly looking shrub that has these little bitty red berries blooming. Our weather has been so strange here lately, I don't think they usually bloom at this time of year! They are confused! LOL But that's where I got the inspiration to use the tiny pearls. Thanks for looking!
PTI products used:
Stamps- Butteryfly Dreams, Text Style II, Turning a New Leaf, & Flower Fusion #9
Other Products- Butterfly Die, wire, tiny pearls, Stampers Select White cardstock, Spring Rain cardstock & Ink, & Momento black & Versamark Ink
I suppose it doesn't help that it's been overcast and cloudy these last few days. I had to doctor up the lighting for this card a LOT.
This is one of the other cards I created for PTI's digi image challenge the other day. I added some glossy accents to the bee after coloring it with Copic markers.
This is the card I created for today's challenge featuring Hearts
Hope you're having a great weekend!
Did you see the sneak peeks on Nichole's blog today? That coffee cup with hearts is too cute, I can't wait to see the rest of the images/sentiments in that set!
Today's Anniversary challenge involves using digi images also available on Nichole's blog. Here's one of the images I used.
I paired this image block with a kraft cardstock base and a piece of spring moss cardstock stamped with PTI's Houndstooth background stamp using spring moss ink. Then I added a little rhinestone to the center.
I created another card, but I can't seem to get a good photo of it, I may try again later today. If not I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for looking :)
I've been a fan of Papertrey Ink since the beginning. I love the classic & timeless style of their stamp designs. When they first started out many of the existing stamp companies really didn't offer anything similar to what PTI was manufacturing.
While it appears that some of those same stamp companies are inspired by what the PTI ink team does, PTI still manages to remain true to their own style, and continues to inspire and wow me with each new release.
ALL of the designers are really amazing and have unique design styles, but I have to say that Maile is my favorite :) I love her designs... they are clean but with a little something extra, love that! I created a card inspired by this one that she created...
Here's mine...
Modern Basics is one of my absolute favorite PTI stamp sets! I paired it with sentiments from PTI's Say It With Style & Flower Fusion #1 stamp sets. Thanks for looking!
