DT Inspiration Challenge

The A Passion for Papertrey’s Design Team Inspiration challenge

The challenge is to find a card from one of the members of the design team and let it inspire you.  I didn’t have much time to play, so CASed Lisa’s Johnsons’ card from this months release.

I haven’t change much, turned the card on its side so its landscape. I cut seven equal sized squares (I didn’t have a punch the right size), heat embossed one of the flowers from Peace Poinsettia, one to each of the squares. I then added a little bit of sparkle to each using stardust stickles. The greeting is from Signature Greetings and is stamped in Pure Poppy, I added two lines across the bottom of the card, finally punched the corner with a corner rounder.

It’s a great little card for using up those little bits of cardstock we all save!

Thank You’s

A few little Thank You’s

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Fine Flourish
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Clear Acetate, Rich Razzleberry
Mediums: Rich Razzleberry
Embellishments: Basic Pearl’s, Seam binding ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, Pillow box die, Curly label punch, Jewellery tag punch, Sticky strip, Stampin Dimensionals

First Christmas Card

And another CASE, This card by Nichole Heady was so beautiful I knew I had to recreate it in someway, shape or form.  My photos don’t do it any justice the colours are not coming out on my screen the same IRL.  The card is beautiful (I think so anyway).  Nichol is a genius.

Stamps: Harvest Berries, Peaceful Poinsettia
Cardstock: SU Real Red
Designer Paper: SU DSP Patterns Stack: Subtles, Certainly Celery
Mediums: Versamark,  SU Real Red & Old olive
Embellishments: Xmas Red Stickles, Gold embossing powder, Lemon Tart buttons
Tools: Heat Gun, pricking tool, Big shot, Bloom Builders #3 die

I love the dimension these blooms give to the card.

This is probably my last submission to Anything Goes over on A Passion for Papertrey, unless I manage another hour or so (or should that read ‘afternoon’, what's left of it) in the craft room ;O)  Thank you ladies for a great fortnight of crafting.

Felt iPhone CASE

While pursuing Pinterest Wednesday evening I came across this creation and knew I had to recreate it, believe me its been a few years since I threaded a needle and then it was for cross-stitch where you get to follow a pattern! So this is full of mistakes, but I still love it

I used some of my PTI felt, which I have to admit to having owned for a little while and never cut into until last night. It is beautiful to work with!

My case, really isn’t as professionally finished as Kara’s (there’s a few more pictures on her blog here) but with a few lessons I can see this could get addictive.

Oh and if the picture didn't give it away, its another entry into A Passion for Papertrey's Anything Goes ;O)

Bitty Baby

While tiding my cardstock today I came across my pile of clear acrylic, I usually only get this out around Christmas time so I challenged myself to make a card I can use today.  I need to make several cards in the next few weeks one of which is a new baby card (a commission)

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings, Polka Dot Basics II, Birthday Bash Sentiments
Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Lemon Tart
Designer Paper: Polka Dot Parade
Mediums: Black Onyx Versafine, Versamark, 
Embellishments: Rustic jute button twine
Tools: SU 1/4”, 3/4” 1/2”, 1”  circle, scallop edge border and curly label extra large punches, paper snips.

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Its also another card I can enter onto A Passion for Papertrey’s ‘Anything Goes’ challenge – remember it only takes one Papertrey item on your project and you can enter :O)

Purple Posy.

Another CASE, again from one of Monica’s beautiful cards.  As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get my stamps out and get inky ...

Stamps: Medallion, Curly Cute
Cardstock: Basic Grey, River Rock
Designer Paper: Perfect Plum and So Saffron from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack
Mediums: Versamark, Black Onyx Versafine
Embellishments: Basic rhinestones coloured with purple copic marker pen, PTI Plum Pudding Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Leaf stem punched from Two step bird extra large punch,    
Tools: 3/4” circle punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, PTI Beautiful Blooms II #1 Die Collection, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch

As you can see, I didn’t change much from Monica’s original design, but turning the design on its side and using different contrast colours made a different card

I love this colour combination, and I have Monica to thank for that, I would never have started with Basic Grey and River Rock, but don’t they look fantastic with my favourite purple (perfect plum/plum pudding)!

Butterfly CASE

Danielle made this card for her boyfriends mum, with just a little help from her mum :O), its a CASE of a CASE, Danielle saw the original that Monica sent me, loved it and wanted to make something similar for ‘Gill’

Danielle chose Gill’s favourite colours, Red, Silver and Black - which I have to admit I was quite scared of ...

Why was I scared? They’re the colours in my front room … but they’re SO BOLD … they look FANTASTIC!!!

Stamps: Butterfly from Strength & Hope
Cardstock: Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
Mediums: Real Red, Basic Grey, Silver from stash
Embellishments: Real Red ribbon, basic pearls coloured with red copic marker pen, basic rhinestones
Tools: Button coloured with red copic marker pen

I showed Dannii how to cut a square card from A4 cardstock, then we selected some grey DSP from the Stampin Up neutrals paperstack. Dannii then had the brainwave of using a silver stamp pad in the embossing folder – It looks fantastic IRL!

I love this shot ... those butterflies are just gorgeous!

Alpha CASE

I’ve had my daughter home for a few days and she had a small list of cards she needed ...

So while we had the Alpha Blocks out we/she CASed one of my cards to make this card for her boyfriends dad

Stamps: PTI – Alpha blocks, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Father Knows Best
Cardstock: SU Early Espresso, Soft Suede, various coloured scraps
Mediums: SU Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Versamark, inks one shade on from coloured scraps (I forgot to make a note!)
Tools: Dimensionals, PTI alpha blocks die

And this is another one I/we can enter onto the APFP challenge 'Anything Goes'

Back tomorrow with the card she made for her boyfriends mum, I helped a little with the technique but its mostly all her work. Which card do you think she CASEd?

Anything Goes!

I was hoping to get this card posted for the challenge on APFP last week, but didn’t get round to it! But luckily it still fits the challenge for this week – Anything Goes!! I mean, literally … Anything goes, so you can upload anything over the next fortnight just so long as it has a PTI product on it :O)

I made this card for my daughter’s boyfriend, I wanted something simple – he’s really not into whimsical at all. Hope he likes it!

Stamps: PTI – Alpha blocks, Star from Banner Builder stamp set
Cardstock: SU Not quite navy, bordering blue
Mediums: SU Bordering blue, Versamark
Embellishments: SU brad from Hodgepodge hardware, bakers twine
Tools: Dimensionals, PTI alpha blocks die

I have to admit I’m pretty pleased with it, it is exactly how I imaged it. I know I will be using this design again.

Sky’s The Limit

That’s the challenge over on A Passion for Papertrey, which I have actually managed to take part in, first time in a LONG time! Hi ladies

Challenge is, if you can find it in the sky ...

Here is my entry

I’ve received a fair few emails requesting that I go back to posting a supply list to support each of my cards, I didn’t think they were used (I can’t believe how wrong I was!)

Stamps: PTI – Fly Away
Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla, PTI Dark Chocolate
DSP: PTI Turning a New Leaf, SU Neutrals DSP Patterns Stack (Mediums- SU Chocolate Chip & Soft Suede, Stamped image coloured in with pencils from stash
Embellishments: PTI Ripe Avocado buttons & (copic coloured) rustic cream button twine.
Tools – Dimensionals, paper snips, glue dots

I hope I get a chance to enter the next challenge