Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop -- Clean & Simple Sketch 171

Thanks for visiting. This card follows sketch #171 from the Clean & Simple site and is an entry for the Papertrey Ink December 2011 blog hop.

The PTI hop this month requires use of a holiday leftover. The pleated circle behind the flower element is is my leftover. It's from a box of candy received for Christmas.

Card size: 4 1/4 inch square

Supplies used:

Cardstock: PTI - White cardstock base , Bazzill - Espresso, Jetstream.
Patterned paper: PTI - Happy Spots
Stamps: PTI - Beautiful Blooms (flower center), Beautiful Blooms II (flower layers), Mega Mixed Messages (Thanks sentiment)
Ink: Stampin' UP! - Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette
Dies: PTI Beautiful Blooms #1 Die Collection
Ribbon: Unknown 3/8" Grosgrain

Pals Paper Arts (PPA) Challenge #3

An inspiration challenge this week from the Pals Paper Arts site. After a bit of thought and a bit of rummaging through my collection of supplies, I came up with this card. The large giraffe in the inspiration photo was an obvious element. I tried also to include the straightforward, basic colors as well as creating a card to appeal to the age group featured in the inspiration photo.

I don't have much of a supply list this week, since all are from the depths of my supply collection. The giraffe element is a sticker from Stickopotamus (from years ago!). I adhered the sticker to white cardstock and trimmed it out, lifting it (as well as the sentiment panel) from the background on dimensionals. Cardstock includes Bazzill, PaperTrey and Stampin' Up. Sentiment stamp is from My Sentiments Exactly, and the bit of ink for the sentiment is Stampin' Up. Ribbon/fiber is unknown.

Thanks to the Pals for the challenge and thanks for looking.

Pals Paper Arts (PPA) Challenge #2

There's a fine sketch challenge this week from the Pals Paper Arts folks!



And here is my try at the sketch. I took a look at paper I have on hand, and chose the stripe paper from the Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper from the 2009 sale-a-bration promotion. In the end, I used only a bit of the paper, but it gave me a great color selection for the card.



I used:

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Certainly Celery. Prism - Birchtone Light(I don't have Sahara Sand)

Pattered paper: From Delicate Dots Designer Series

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Darling Dots (star), Mini Mates (sentiment)

Ink/markers: Stampin' Up - So Saffron, Certainly Celery

Ribbon - Stampin' Up - Certainly Celery Twill (also from Sale-a-bration), unknown - white rick rack

Other: Fiskars scallop punch, Martha Stewart postage stamp punch, Creative Memories 1" sqare punch, unknown button

Karen Giron Sweet Sunday Challenge #29

For Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #29



The card, like Karen's example, started as a 6 1/2" square, folded in half for a finished size of 6 1/2" by 3 1/4".

I used:

Cardstock: Unknown - kraft; Bazzill - Red (exact color unknown)

Pattered paper: Collage Press - Knave of Hearts; crafting strips, Queen of Hearts & journaling block.

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Happy Harmony (flower), Happy Everything (sentiment), Simple Friendship (swirl behind sentiment)

Ink/markers: Stampin' Up Stampin' write markers in Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive (colored on stamp for flower image), Basic Black (sentiment), Going Gray (swirl); Color Box charcoal chalk ink to distress edges

Other: Paper Trey Ink button, DMC crochet thread for button, Stampin' Up dimensionals to adhere image

Pals Paper Arts (PPA) Challenge #1

What fun to see a new challenge blog from the talented Paper Pals!

They are starting off with a color challenge. I had to make some adjustments, since I didn't have the exact product colors called for.






I chose Taken with Teal and Rose Red to substitute for the Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo shades, since I felt they were the closest colors that I had in the fuchsia and aqua color groups.

The card is 5 1/2" by 4 1/4". The design/layout of the card is from PaperCrafts Card Creations Volume 7.

I added some color to the Designer Series paper with Stampin' Write markers and stamped the image by inking the stamp with the markers. The flower image is adhered with dimensionals.

Here are the rest of the details:

Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink White Stampers Select (card body); Stampin' Up Taken with Teal and Rose Red textured cardstock, Stampin' Up Whisper White (stamped image)

Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip Designer Series Patterns

Ink and Markers: Stampin' Up Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip

Ribbon: unknown, 3/8 inch grosgrain, brown

Stamps: Stampin' Up Doodle This (flower image); Lizzie Ann Designs Sketched Sentiments (sentiment)

Tools and such: Corner rounder, Stampin' Up dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by to look!

Karen Giron Sweet Sunday Challenge #28

A card for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Challenge #28







































I didn't have any ideas at all when I saw the sketch. I decided to take a look at what I might have for a large, round embellishment and found some Bazzill Really BIG Buttons, and went from there. It's got a mix of old and new items.

The card is 6x6 inches, so with the size and the weight and bulk of the embellishments, I'm afraid it's not a mail-able card.

Thanks for the fun challenge!

I used:

Cardstock: Bazzill - colors unknown

Pattered paper: Collage Press - Knave of Hearts, crafting strips

Stamps: Stampin' Up - It's About Time (clock and gear), Simple Frienship (True Friend sentiment)

Ink: Staz On - jet black (on button), Stampin' Up - basic black

Other: Bazzill button, Making Memories decorative brad, Unknown twine

Tools used: Punches, various - 1 3/8", 1 1/2", 3/4". Stamp-a-ma-jig

Karen Giron Sweet Sunday Challenge #27

Papers: Collage Press Knave of Hearts Creating Strips, Journaling Cards & Collage Cuts

Embellishements: Mulberry Street paper flowers, Jenni Bowlin flower center

Stamps: (sentiment) Stampin' Up Trendy Trees

Ink: ColorBox Classic Pigment ink, Seaglass

Karen Giron Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #27