PTI November 2014 Blog Hop

This month's blog hop is all about snow.  Living in San Diego, stamped snow is about all I can get.  I had some crazy idea about pulling all my PTI holiday and snow related stamps and dies and trying to use all of them for this blog hop.  I didn't quite make it through even half, but I did have a good time trying.

I think my favorite of the bunch is this little Whoville-like village I created with Wonderfully Whimsical--one of my favorite stamp sets that doesn't get nearly enough love.  I drew the snow with a paint pen onto my Distress Inked sky 

City Scene, another favorite stamp set that I haven't used in a long time.  I used the sketch at Wanna Sketch #22 for this card,

I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #101 for my next 3 cards.

Edited to add that I am also linking this snowflake card up at Stampin' Celebration SC92 (Thanks Kimberly) in their It's a Little Holiday Inspiration Challenge, where the inspiration is this gorgeous photo.

 

My next card uses the sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping #313.

I pulled out Holiday Home and some embossing past for my next card.

This card uses a birch tree stencil and some stamps and dies from In the Meadow.

And, finally--a sweater to warm you on a snowy day...

That's it for me.  I think next year, I will try to make something with all of my Christmas and holiday stamps, but I will need to give myself more time.

Happy hopping and thanks for visiting today.

Three Cards for Saturday

I absolutely loved this week's Muse #34 inspiration card, from Therese Calvird.  I was tempted to use some of my many house stamps or dies, but there were so many incredible cards already out there, I felt like all the good house ideas were taken.  So, I went a different route, and was inspired by the fact that the houses were little wooden pieces--and I used some little wooden birds that I have been hoarding for quite some time.  I stuck with the basic layout of the Muse card.  The heart is three layers of the stitched heart from Lil Inkers Of the Heart dies, and they are separated by dimensional adhesive dots.

Both Simon Says Monday and Simon Says Wednesday challenges are embossing, so I will be entering this card in both of those challenges as well.

 

 

Edited to add:  I am linking this to the Metal, Wood, & Cork Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

My next card uses the colors of this week's Dynamic Duos #70 and follows the sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping #258.  I paper pieced two of the flowers from Verve Great Friend and added some Ranger Black Enamel Accents to the centers.

My last card uses the colors from this week's ColourQ cQc #206 and the sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches #103.  I had given up on this week's ColourQ colors, and pulled out a stamp for something else, when it dawned on me just what I should do for this challenge.  I used one of my earliest wooden stamp purchases--Hero Arts Birthday Gift--I think it is supposed to be a birthday cake made out of presents--and stamped all the layers with the ColourQ colors, and then paper pieced it back together.  The piece at the bottom is Rich Razzleberry stamped in Versamark with WMS Off Beat Backgrounds, and embossed with clear EP.  I used some little rhinestones and stickles to decorate the different layers of the Birthday tower.

Both Simon Says Monday and Simon Says Wednesday challenges are embossing, so I will be entering this card in both of those challenges as well.


Supplies Used (PTI):
{all you need is love}
Stamps:  Fillable Frames
Paper:  White, Pure Poppy
Ink:  SU Real Red
Dies:  Lil Inkers of the Heart
Other:  Wooden birds

Just Because
Stamps:  Verve Great Friends
Paper:  White, Harvest Gold, SU Pear Pizazz, SU Basic Grey
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, SU Pear Pizazz
Other:  Ranger Black Enamel Accents

Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Hero Arts Birthday Gift
Paper:  White, Rich Razzleberry
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Versamark
Dies:  Numbers Impression Plate
Other:  Clear EP, Stickles, Rhinestones

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Three Cards for Thursday

My first card for today is for this week's ColourQ cQc #202 and follows this sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping #253.  This is my first time playing at Clean & Simple, but when I saw this beautiful card on Kim's blog, I decided to check it out for myself.  I used the three circles from Sketched Shapes, and also stamped part of the sentiment on colored paper and fussy cut, just like the example I saw.

My next card was inspired by the Monday Mood Board at WPlus9 as well as this week's Tuesday Trigger:  I'm Craving Navy.  I was inspired by the color navy, the stripes in both photos, the whole nautical vibe and the sailboat on the dresser in the Tuesday Trigger photo.  Also, I was inspired by all the new nautical goodies I just bought (wink).  I stamped some stripes using SU Night of Navy and PTI Distressed Stripes.  The sentiments are from my new WPlus9 Dockside set, and the sail boat is from the Nautical Notions dies.

Last up today is a card for Lil Inker's 3rd birthday challenge.  I see so many ways to be inspired by these pictures that I think I will be playing along a few more times.  Today, I took my inspiration from that funky layer cake.  Now, I would never in a million years eat a cake that looked like that--not enough chocolate to suit me--but it did get my creative juices flowing.  After adhering all the layers of scallops, I cut the bottom of the card along the shape of the scallop--just for fun.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Sending Happy Thoughts
Stamps:  Sketched Shapes, WPlus9 Strictly Sentiments
Paper:  White, Harvest Gold
Ink:  SU Real Red, Basic Gray, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Versafine Onyx Black

Thanks
Stamps:  Distressed Stripes, WPlus9 Dockside, Fanciful Feathers
Paper:  White, SU Night of Navy
Ink:  SU Night of Navy, Versafine Vintage Sepia
Other:  WPlus9 Nautical Notions die, Canvas/Linen IP

Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Verve Big Wish
Paper:  Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Plum Pudding, White
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Lil Inkers Dies--Fanfare, Stitched Sentiment Flag, Sequins

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