PTI Anniversary Day 1 - Favorite project of 2010

I have just loved using Papertrey Ink's dies and impression plates this year.  What did we ever do without them?  My favorite project of the year was this little autumnal card that used the Leaf Prints collection coordinating dies.  I die cut the leaves from Dotty Biscotti patterned paper and then ran them face down through my Xyron create-a-sticker.  Then I added glitter to the leaves and adhered them to a mat of Simply Chartreuse that I impressed with the Linen and Canvas impression plate.  The little sentiment is from Limitless Labels.  For some reason this card just makes me happy!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Mindy

PTI Blog Hop and Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy T-day!  This months Papertrey Ink Blog Hop challenge was to share some holiday tags.  Of course this was pretty easy for me, because I've been making tags like crazy this year!  I love PTI's new tag dies... so much nicer than my old tag punch that gets stuck about every other time I use it.  The lighting in my house is terrible today (it's drizzling rain) so I apologize for these pictures.  No time for perfection today... too much cooking to get done for the big Thanksgiving lunch!

 

For these tags I used Tag Die #2 and plum pudding cardstock for the base.  Then I stamped the text from Background Basics: Christmas using Versamark and added a damask image over that with Hawaiian Shores.  I then added the "to" and "from" at the bottom and a bit of aqua lace from my own stash near the top.  The ornaments are cut from felt using a Vintage Ornament die.  I finished them off with a plum pudding button and some silk ribbon that I colored with a Copic marker.

If you're in the USA I hope you have a wonderful holiday!  I will leave you with a shot of my sweet potato and mascarpone cheesecake with amaretti cookie crust.  Yum.

Thanks for visiting!
~Mindy

October PTI Blog Hop

Time for another blog hop with Papertrey Ink!  This month's challenge:  "Create a project that celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or some other winter holiday as we embrace everyone's beliefs in a celebration of diversity through paper crafting."

I decided to make a very non-traditional menorah using the foliage image from Life and the snowflake image from Holiday Tree.  I used silver embossing powder and some tiny rhinestones to add some sparkle.  The sentiment is from Signature Christmas (though this one works well for any winter holiday).  I colored the ribbon using Copics.

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Mindy

Blog hopping at the beach!

Time again for Papertrey Ink's monthly bloghop!  This month I'm posting from the beach... I'm here on vacation with my family for a little relaxation and fishing.  I can't believe it's still so hot this late in September!

This month's challenge was to create a project using inspiration from another stamper.  I decided to make a card using some inspiration from the lovely Dawn McVey.   She has recently made several cards with layers of scallops cut with PTI's scalloped border dies and I just love the ruffles!  Here are some of her posts with the layers of scalloped borders:

http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/these_are_a_few_of_my_fav/2010/08/color-couture-embellies-volumes-7-8-9-day-2.html

http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/these_are_a_few_of_my_fav/2010/04/for-a-dear-friend.html

http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/these_are_a_few_of_my_fav/2010/03/introducing-delightful-dahlia.html

http://dawnmcvey.typepad.com/these_are_a_few_of_my_fav/2010/03/ruffles-ruffles-more-ruffles.html

And here is the card I made with inspiration from Dawn's projects:

  
I used Delightful Dahlia for the background and sentiment.  Can't wait to deliver this to a friend on her wedding day next month.


Thanks for stopping by, and I'll leave you with a beach pic I took Thursday night after we arrived -

~Mindy

Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge

It's time for the monthly blog hop with Papertrey Ink!  It's been a while since I've had a chance to participate.  Tonight's challenge was to use office supplies on our project.  I searched and searched but we really didn't have many "office" supplies that were suitable to use on a card, so I decided to use a safety pin.  Does that count?  Haha!

What do you think of my little diaper?  I'll show you how I used the new Mat Stack 3 die to create it.

First I cut the half-circle portion off.

Then I adhered the half circle to the bottom.

Lastly I flipped the whole thing over and cut off the excess with my craft knife.

Ta-da!  A diaper.  I don't remember where I got these pastel colored safety pins but they work great for baby projects.

To finish off the card I added a little order ticket and a sentiment from the new stamp set It's Official.  I hand wrote a list of baby supplies on the ticket and added the "Special Delivery" sentiment from Favor it Baby.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Mindy

PTI Blog Hop and Tissue Paper

OK at 7pm I realized it was the 25th... time for PaperTrey Ink's monthly blog hop!  The theme tonight is tissue paper, so I sprinted up to my studio and whipped up this quick card using all my newest goodies!  The flower is is made of layers of punched tissue paper, stamped with the new Woodgrain stamp set.  I also used the woodgrain impression plate on the kraft paper background and die cut some leaves.  Enjoy the hop!

Floral Embellishments

I created these cute floral embellishments a while back, but decided to make some more for today's challenge over at Nichole Heady's blog.



The flowers are created by punching them from cardstock, crumpling them up and then distressing the edges and wrinkles with Papertrey Ink's Chai ink.



I got the fabric covered brads at Hobby Lobby but buttons work great too.



Happy embellishing!
~Mindy