PTI Day 8 - Blue Ombre/ OLS13 - You Blend

Hi there,

The 8th anniversary festivities continue at Papertrey Ink, and the Day 8 challenge was Blue Ombre, so I decided to pull out a favourite set (Meadow Greens) and do some sponging with blues. The theme this month at the One Layer Simplicity challenge is blending, so I thought, why not change things up today and do a one layer card? They are a bit of a challenge for me because it's not my usual style, and this was extra challenging because I don't usually make anything this monochromatic. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but even the rhinestone is blue! Blue, blue, and more blue, aside from the white card base and clear embossed image. I wanted to sponge in some green or purple, but then it wouldn't really be blue ombre, would it? It's seems a little plain to me, and I was tempted to add some more bling, but I was undecided where to put it, so opted to leave well enough alone! Sometimes less is more.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

PTI 8th Anniversary, Day 2: Maile

Hi there,

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 8th Anniversary, and the festivities are in full swing. I'm thrilled that Maile Belles is back to designing this year. I love her style, and didn't have to look to hard to find a card of hers to use as inspiration for a new project. I've seen her use this technique a few times, and have wanted to try it out. I finally took the plunge today.

 

Here is her card:

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T



MIM #190

This week's Make It Monday challenge is plaid backgrounds. I LOVE stamping plaid. I stamped two pieces of cardstock in different color combos, but ultimately decided to use this Raspberry Fizz/ Pure Poppy/ Limeade Ice/ Simply Chartreuse plaid to make a Christmas card. I'm not big on traditional red and green for Christmas, but don't mind it when it's given a twist with less traditional shades like lime and raspberry.

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T

FFC44

Hi there,
I'm loving this new wreath set I received from Stampin' Up the other day, so I had to take it for a test drive. So glad that Festive Friday's current inspiration photo has a wreath image!

I also drew on the white and natural wood tones and texture for the background.

That's all for today.
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T

MIM #188

Hi there,

My shoebox seems to be pretty light on baby cards these days, so I thought I would use Laura's Make It Monday challenge as inspiration for a background for this as yet unused die. The concept is an ombre background. This isn't exactly ombre because it goes from dark to light, and then back again because I had lots more real estate to cover! I also didn't overlap like Laura did because I wanted a more muted look for a baby card, so didn't want the colors too saturated.



I die cut the text block three times and layered them up for more dimension, and replaced the dot on the i with three layered melon berry hearts, and finished it off with a mini safety pin.

Here is the gorgeous card that Laura made:
There's still 5 days left if you want to join in on the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Muse #92

 Hi there,
A quick card and a quick post for this week's Muse challenge. I'm receiving an order from SU tomorrow, so I thought I should actually use something from my last order before the latest arrives! I don't recall the name of this new blue, but I like it, especially combined with green. It's similar to PTI's ocean tides, but a tad lighter.

I love these wet paint sentiments from PTI. The font partners so well with these messy polka dots and vintage-y flowers.

Here is the inspiration for this week's challenge. I'm sure it's easy to see I followed the general layout, as well as using a dot background, floral elements, vellum, and green/blue color combo.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Muse #91

Hi there,

I made use of my extra hour from the daylights savings time change to stay up extra late last night and squeeze in a bit of crafting! I'm not getting much free time these days, trying to wrap up lots of reno projects before the snow flies. Hopefully I can get back into the groove once there is a blanket of snow on the ground.

I was pleased when I saw Michele's challenge idea on the Muse blog this week, to do a set of cards with the same patterned paper. This is exactly how I roll when I'm crafting! I hate making duplicate cards, but I will often make 3 or more cards at the same time that are variations on a theme. I had a brand new pack of unopened patterned paper that I thought would work well for some Christmas cards, so I picked out this dotted sheet that resembles falling snow.

 For the first card, I also picked a green patterned paper out of the same pack to die cut my tree. It's hard to tell in this photo, but I used SU white glimmer paper for the rolling hills. It's also hard to see the dazzling details glitter added to the tips of the tree. I popped up some of the elements for a bit more dimension.

 The next card uses the same tree die (from PTI) with limeade ice cardstock. I added some glitter to it, and die cut the sentiment from glitter paper.



The final card has heat embossed pine boughs and a pinecone. I added some liquid applique to the tops of the sentiment letters, like snow collecting on top of them. It still needed a little something, so I added a strip of glitter paper.

Thanks for stopping by,
T