PTI Anniversary: Nichole's Tag

Here's my 2nd post for PTI's Anniversary challenge.  This one uses Nichole's tag with Dawn's tag as a small image in the background.

To make this card I cut & copied the image on the PDF file and then reduced it.  Then, I cut and pasted the smaller tags onto a document and then printed!  Super easy

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Kraft cardstock, Charcoal Twinery Twine (new color!!)

PTI Anniversary: Beth's Tag

Hi everyone!! I am going to have quite a few posts all in a row here (sorry!!).  I hate to do that to you but PTI is having a contest for a chance to design a stamp set with Nichole and I would love to be able to do that! I was only planning on making one card for this challenge, but once I got to playing I couldn't stop and as a result even missed my Sunday afternoon nap!! GASP!! 

So, this is card #1.  My least favorite.  It is made with Beth's tag and also a small version of Alli's tag.

I'll try to come back later and edit the supply info, but for now I just need to get these posted!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)

My Favorite...

Nichole from Papertrey Ink challenged us to go through our cards and projects from 2010 and share our very favorite one again! Well, after some thought I knew which card it had to be!

I designed this during the release when PTI came out with their Green Boutique patterned paper. I was a fairly new PTI customer at that time, even though I had been a huge fan of theirs for a long time before!  I was so inspired by the color combinations in that line of paper that I wanted to use them on a card. 

I really loved how the stamps made making this patterned paper so much fun and so simple too!

And, I guess another reason that I really loved this card was because Nichole chose to feature it on her blog!! How COOL is that?!  Talk about a dream come true!! You can see that post here and a screen shot below! 

Fun!! Fun!! I can't wait to see what others choose as their favorite!!  Thanks for visiting!!

Supplies
Stamps: Guide Lines II, Polka Dot Basics, Vintage Picnic Sentiments
Ink: Giverny Green Palette, Turquoise Gem VersaMagic, PTI Aqua Mist
Paper: PTI New Leaf & Aqua Mist, White, PTI Guide Lines II Cardstock
Other: Michael's Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch, Nestabilities Labels 4

Feel Better

Sometimes inspiration hits in the strangest places... Take for instance the other night. I was watching "The Biggest Loser" and saw Allison's (the host of the show) "Summer Sunrise" vest with "Plum Pudding" and "Raspberry Fizz" scarf and thought, "Wow! That certainly packs a punch!  What a pretty color combination."  Isn't it funny how we (I) even tend to think in PTI colors!  :)  Anyway, I went to my table right away and laid out those 3 colors of cardstock to work with the next time I sat down. 

Also on my table was the sketch for the "Wee Memories" Get Sketchy Scrappy Saturday Challenge, so I combined my inspiration colors with the sketch!

When I first started working with the colors, I wasn't sure how I would make them work, but in small doses, I think they worked very well together!

To make the rose, I cut 3 roses (one of each in the 3 colors) and then cut them apart at different places.  I started with the Raspberry Fizz color since it would be on the outside.  I cut off about 4 inches of the rose (from the inside of the rose), rolled it very loosely since it would be the layer on the outside and then used a large glue dot to secure it down.  I made sure that there was room on the inside of the rose to add two more layers.   I then took the middle section of the Plum Pudding rose and rolled it a little tighter than the previous layer.  I used my glue gun to add some glue to the inside of the Raspberry Fizz rose and tucked the Plum Pudding rose inside, again making sure there would be room for the final layer.  I cut off another 4 inches or so of the outside of the Summer Sunrise rose and then wrapped it very tightly, added some more hot glue to the inside of my rose and pushed the SS layer down into it.  Then, I topped it off with a silver pearl.  (Hope that all made sense!)

Here is the Wee Memories sketch I was working from:

To make the ribbon, I pulled on the thread on the top and bottom of the saddle stitch ribbon and then gathered it and adhered it under the popped up Summer Sunrise panel.

This card is proof that inspiration can be found anywhere, even on a weight loss show!

Thanks for visiting!! I was going to post this tomorrow, but the challenge is ending tonight so I'll go ahead and post it tonight.  Have a good evening everyone!!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)

Stamps:  Healing Touch, Turning a New Leaf, Background Basics Tin Types & BB: Text Style

Paper: Kraft, Plum Pudding, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz

Ink: True Black, Palette Landscape, Champagne VersaMark

Other: Silver Pearls, RF Ribbon, Pop Dots