PTI Blog Hop

Welcome to Papertrey Ink's (PTI) February Blog Hop!  Tonight's theme is Design Team Appreciation Day and our challenge was to find a project designed by a PTI Design Team Member that inspired us and then to recreate (CASE) that project putting our own spin on it.  I LOVE all the PTI designers and every day they inspire me more and more.  Just this past week though I saw a card that I just LOVED and that is the one that I chose to recreate today! It is a card by Maile Belles and you can see her card in this post.  I've also shown a copy of her card at the bottom of this post. 

Here is my first take on Maile's card:

For this card, I cut about 1/2 an inch off the regular width size of an A2 card so that the sentiment could hang over the edge and still fit in a standard card envelope.   I just LOVE the new butterfly die from PTI!  To cut the shape out of the white & raspberry fizz piece, I first glued the two pieces together and then cut the butterfly shape out so that they would line up perfectly!  Then, I stamped my pattern on a white piece of cardstock and adhered it behind the butterfly shape to show through.

I am just LOVING this color combo of Raspberry Fizz & Lemon Tart!  It's so fun and springy!!  I am so ready for Spring!

The whole panel is popped up with pop dots.

Here's my second take on the card:

For this card I chose to use the color combination of  Berry Sorbet & Spring Moss.  This is such a pretty combo too!  This time I glued the piece that would show through the butterfly die to the base of the card and then popped up the rest of the panel on pop dots.  This gave the butterfly much more dimension, which is how Maile did it on her original card (and how I meant to do it on my first card! LOL). 

Here's another closeup:

Isn't that cool?

And, now I want to share with you Maile's orginal card:

You can go here to see the whole post and information on how she made it and the supplies that she used.  Be sure to check out her other posts too because they are all so inspiring!

There are lots of other crafters who are participating in this blog hop!  If you'd like to see them all, be sure to visit PTI's forum where there will be a list of participants.  You can find their blog hop forums here.  Just find the February 2010 post and you should be all set!

I want to take just a second to thank Nichole and the other PTI design team members for you fabulous inspiration!  You are all so great and I LOVE seeing your work and being inspired by it!  Thank you!!

Thank you to YOU for stopping by!  I'd love to hear what you think!  I hope you have a fun evening!

Jennifer

Supplies

Card 1 Many Thanks

Stamps:  PTI Polka Dot Basics II, Fillable Frames #1, Fancy Flourishes

Paper:  Kraft, White, PTI Lemon Tart & Raspberry Fizz

Ink:  PTI Raspberry Fizz & Lemon Tart Hybrid

Other:  Ribbon, Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Pop Dots, PTI Butterfly Die

Card 2 Take Care

Stamps: PTI Polka Dot Basics II, Vintage Picnic Sentiments, Fancy Flourishes
Paper: Kraft, White, PTI Spring Moss & Berry Sorbet
Ink: PTI Spring Moss & Berry Sorbet Hybrid
Other: Ribbon, Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Pop Dots, PTI Butterfly Die