Feb PTI Blog Hop

Today's blog hop challenge was to create an interactive card.  I've dappled with this for the last day of anniversary festivities but this time I wanted to try something new.  My idea was to use balloons and make them so they would look like you were casting them off into the air.  I don't have any fancy tools so I used a pencil, a craft knife and some foam adhesive and I figured out how to do it on my own.

Here is the result.

Starting position - I really need a pull me stamp!!

When you pull the tab the balloons rise.  The sentiment was from Butterfly Dreams.  There is another good sentiment for this type of card in the Up, up and Away stamp set: Thanks for the Lift.  

I spent most of the time creating the "mechanism" to make this card work but now that I know how to do that I can pay more attention to detail on the card itself.

Tools:
PTI cardstock
My mind's eye patterned paper - Girl paper stack
elephant congrats stamp from SU
Balloons cut from George Basic Shapes cartridge at 1"
PTI Twine
Butterfly Dreams stamp set - PTI
scoring board and exact-o knife

PTI Interactive Card Challenge

After participating in this challenge this morning I kept thinking of new interactive ideas and decided to make mini valentines for my kids.  The first one is a shaker card.  I used two of PTI coasters and cut them with a spellbinders die in the middle.  I glued them together.  I cut up a PTI stamp box for the window and a scrap of red also cut with the spellbinders die in the middle to cover the sandwich.  

I forgot to take a photo of the back but I backed it with black card stock and wrote I love you because... and all the things I love about my daughter.  I used a white gel pen so it looks like a chalkboard.  This isn't a traditional card because it doesn't open.  It is more like a toy for her to carry around and play with.

The heart I used is from Bitty Bird (that is the only heart stamp I own- can you believe that?) and the sentiment is from daily design sentiments.

I filled it with seed beads and punched hearts in different colors.  

Interactive card -PTI challenge

Hello again - I hope you aren't getting sick of cards this week.  Today's challenge was to create an interactive card and I have to say I was overwhelmed.  I have never done that before and didn't know where to start but with a 500$ prize plus the Movers and Shakers Collection (gasp) I had to try.

My 4 year old is never impressed with my cards he says - I don't like that mom - its pretty and boys don't like pretty.   That was the best back handed compliment I ever received - don't you think.  So today I challenged myself to make something he would like  love  appreciate.  My kids love those books with the flaps that they can open so I decided to go with that idea.

His birthday is coming up in March and he thinks rockets and dinosaurs are cool so that was my recipe.

Here is what I came up with:

Here it is with one window closed so you can see how it looks when it is flat 

Here is what is in the little windows - Tiny Treats birthday colored with Primas.

Result:  it passed the test he loved it and now my 2 year old wants me to make her one.  I see a lot of these type of cards in my future!

Thanks for taking a look!

Butterflies and branches - Thinking of You card

Today's PTI challenge was to make a card using butterflied and branches.  I didn't think I had a branch so I was going to cut one with my cricut but then I remembered when I was like 12 or something like that I bought a set from Close to my heart called Dragonfly and friends and it has a branch in it.  So I was excited.

Here it is.  I used Butterfly Dreams and die for the butterfly.  Vintage cream CS for the focal point and patterned paper from October Afternoon.  I used a ruler and fine tip pen for the lines and the sentiment is from up and away.  I wish I had a sentiment that said better together but I didn't - darn it.

That shadow is a permanent part of my camera so I am looking around for one that is newer than my 5+er.   I have scrubbed the lens millions of times and it is still there.

Oh, I used Baja Breeze from SU to color in the butterflies.

Thanks for looking.

Any camera shopping advice??

PTI Sketch challenge #3

This PTI Anniversary is the most stamping I have ever done.  My desk is a disaster, so messy that I lost my Aqua mist ink and had to use a substitute for this card.  I have tried to try some new things for these PTI challenges over the last five days.  This time I tried my hand at a clean and simple card. I am not good at clean and simple (as just learning everything else) but I still needed a Valentine's day card and my husband is clean and simple so I hope he likes it. 

Here is the sketch I used:

Here is what I came up with - using Love Birds stamp set and PTI cardstock.

  You can't really tell from the photo but I used Antique Linen distress ink to add some shading around the white stamped paper.  I have a really bad and OLD camera - sorry. 

PTI sketch challenge #2

This is my second post today for the first one see here.  For the card, I chose sketch #1.  I have never worked from a sketch before and it was nice to have a basic idea and change the elements.  I will have to do this more often. 

Here is the sketch I used:

Here is what I came up with:

Thanks for taking a peak. 

PTI sketch challenge

I am still participating in the Papertrey Ink anniversary festivities.  Today's challenge was to create a card based on some sketches.  I picked sketch #2 and I tried sewing on a card for the first time, however my baby got under the table and pushed the peddle for me so I used some ric-rack instead.   I have learned not to sew with a baby in my room. 

Here is what I came up with. 

 I made this for my mother and father in-law.  They saved the day today.  My 4 year old left the car lights on all night after going back out to retrieve his toy.  We got in to take my 6 year old to school and the battery was dead.  They came and took him to school and also charged my car for me.  I am so thankful to them for always being there when I need to be saved--which is a lot, unfortunately. 

PTI Pinterest Inspiration challenge

photo from bhg.com

I found this picture on Pinterest and I just loved the color palette.  Would you consider this color canyon clay?  I don't have that one yet but I thought the others could be summer sunrise, simply chartruse, aqua mist and rustric cream. 

I was inspired by the rug and tried to cut several cardstock in several different widths to create a similar effect. 

PTI Challenge day #2

Here is my project using the free printables from Papertrey Ink.  I hope you like it.  I sure do!

I had kids all over me when I did this and a baby in my lap the whole time so it isn't my best work but I think it turned out pretty cute even if it isn't perfect. 

I tried to get some natural light by going outside to take my photo but then you get shadows - I might have to invest in one of those OTT lights if they really work. 

Looking forward to tomorrows challenge.

Sizzle

Items used: 

Rasberry Fizz cardstock

Aqua Mist ink

Tiny treat birthday

printable circle. 

PTI Anniversary - Our Favorite Things Challenge

Hello crafty friends,

I am participating in the Our favorite things challenge.  PTI has the most awesome design team and they always have such amazing projects!!  They are such an inspiration. I am constantly amazed by the things they do.  

This project is inspired by Betsy Veldman's favorite project.  This was a really fun project to do.  I don't think mine is as beautiful as hers was but I had an enjoyable time putting this together. 

I used a ton of sets including - birthday basic, botanical silhouettes, Tag its 10, big birthday wishes, Birthday Bash Sentiments as well as some SU birthday stamps. 

PTI Anniversary - Our Favorite Things Challenge

Hello crafty friends, If you are here for the PTI 5th Anniversary first challenge - Welcome.  This is my second project for this exciting challenge. 

My second project is inspired by Danielle.  I took the button element of her project and went with that to create a simple - welcome little one card with the baby button bits set.

I still haven't figured out how to take good pictures of cards with my cheap point and shoot camera.  Can you tell the dots are green?  Well they are.  I tried every mode and this ended up being sunset mode...lol. 

PTI Spiral notebook die
PTI baby button bits stamp set
PTI cardstock

PTI 5th Anniversary

Hello crafty friends,

Today is the beginning of my favorite stamping companies 5th anniversary festivities and to kick it off they have an amazing prize package.  I have no crafting budget this month and probably for several since I got some custom framing done (expensive!!) so I would really REALLY love to win this prize package...as I am sure would hundreds and hundreds of other people. 

The challenge was to take one of the PTI design team's favorite projects from last year and do your spin on it so here we go.

My first project is inspired by Maile Belles.  She is so great at making simple cards and I struggled with not adding things to this project but here it is. 

Simple masculine birthday - simply chartreuse and black

By the numbers birthday set.

ZING silver embossing power

PTI Blog Hop

It's the 25th and that means the PTI Blog Hop.  The challenge was to use your favorite card from 2011 and create a new card using it as inspiration.  Here are my two cards:

2011 birthday card

2012 Congrats card

I used the same three stamp sets: Just the Ticket, Butterfly Dreams, and Text Style II
Ink: VersaMark, SU Calyspo Coral and PTI Aqua Mist (new)

PTI reverse applique

I love participating in the PTI (Papertrey Ink) challenges. I wish I would make time for it more so that I could participate every week and learn all these new techniques. It it also a good reason to pull out my ink and paper and get my creative juices flowing.


Here is my take on Reverse Applique. I used the whale die and sentiment from Whale Wishes stamp set. The paper is from the Fly a Kite paper pack by October Afternoon. I used the Straight from the Nest cricket cartridge to make the border - I cut two of them at .5 inches. I love the borders on that cartridge.