Papertrey Princess Challenge *OLD and New*

Hi y'all! I have been a bad princess... I don't think I have done the last four challenges. Please don't kick me out, I love visiting your blogs! Anyway its my turn to host the challenge, so I decided on a challenge I call OLD and NEW. Old, because you are going to pull out an old Christmas set. New, because you are going to use a non traditional color scheme.
So I've got my old Tree Trimming Trio and my even older Shapes by design. I've got a fresh color combo of pink and light green- with a little white thrown in to even it all out. The lime color is colorbox lime pastel and the pink is PTI sweet blush. That cute ribbon is Martha Stewart (found at Big Lots for 50 cents!) Bling is by A'muse. Alright Princesses! Show me what you got! (And if you aren't a princess but still want to play just link me up in the comments!)

Three Challenges in One!

I have continued to fall behind in my attempt to get all my PTI princess challenges done; mostly because I am just not very good at challenges. Anyway today I am trying to do challenge #4 (scoring- read about it here), challenge #5 CASEing (read about it here), challenge #6 all neutrals- no color (read about it here). Here's what I came up with. I am not completely happy with it, but it will do.

This cute card was made by Diane. I am CASEing her. She makes beautiful cards, be sure you check out her blog. I decided to really focus on the scoring. I love the way she set off her focal point by those scored lines. In my card below you can see I scored around my focal point as well. I wish I had done a double score like hers though. The scoring also satisfied challege 4...so yay! Finally, Challenge 6; using only neutrals. Boy this one was tough for me! I love color! I went with basic black and white. The base is made with PTI true black. I stamped it with Waltzingmouse Stamps polka dot stamp from Off Beat Backgrounds. I used watermark ink. I scored out the box for my focal point and then outlined my score with stickles, black stickles. (Yes, I own nearly every color). I stamped the sentiment in white and set it off with two black rhinestones. The big flower is made by MakingMemories. Its from their Garden Party Line. I got a whole bunch of them at BigLots for a buck awhile back. I love a good deal. They are self adhesive too which is cool. I added a black rhinestone to the middle. Photographing this card was a nightmare, I am not a photographer!! Anyway it is what it is. I have some better eyecandy coming tomorrow. Until then, thanks for stopping in!

Dahlias x 3

Hi! Happy Wednesday! Its still chilly here in Northern California. I was hoping for a warm spring break, but I don't think I am going to get it. Today I have for you three dahlias mounted on True Black card stock. I used some primas for the leaves and I tied on a green ribbon from Michaels. Aside from coloring the dahlias this one went together really fast. There is also some scoring around the ribbon so I could use this for the PTI Princess challenge number 4. I am so behind on my challenges!

Papertrey Princess Challenge

Wise Owl Takes a Picnic

This is for the papertrey princess blog challenge over at Serendipity.

The challenge was to use an owl.  I love my wise owl set.  It has always been one of my favorites.  I paired it up with the basket and flowers from Vintage Picnic.  Both sets are by PTI.  The patterned paper is from basic grey (urban prairie).  Everything else is by PTI. I used copics to color the images and paper pieced the bellies and the baskets.

Bottoms Up! It's a PTI Princess Challenge

I have been waiting for a drinks stamp for so long!  I could only find regular rubber ones, and I am addicted to clear so I had to wait.  Finally PTI came out with two really cute ones, I wish there were more!  These are part of a Beach set called, Day at the Beach.  Many cute images and sentiments but I would have loved more drinks!  All images here are from Day at the Beach with the exception of the dots... those are from Wishing You.  This card also fits in with the fabulous challenge from the super talented Papertrey Princess Leah.  She wanted us all to make a one layer card.  That was so hard for me, I almost always have at least two layers.  I do love how this turned out though.  Happy Sunday!

Challenge Time- Papertrey Princesses!

I belong to this lovely little group of talented ladies who love PTI.  Its such a wonderful treat to hop over to their blogs each week (day...whatever) and see all the lovely PTI goodness.  This week its my turn to host the challenge... I am so excited.  I have never ever hosted a challenge before.  I wanted it to be something we could all do... so thinking it over my challenge to you is to create a card with a PTI stamp set you bought, and then sadly neglected.   Blow the dust off and get it out... bonus points if you create it using a monochromatic color scheme.  If you are not a PTI princess but still want to play... please join us, I would love to see your creation.  PTI princesses, I am looking forward to seeing your work and I will have a RAK at the end for one lucky participant.

I chose my background basics: stars set.  I never use this set.  I really liked it when I saw all the things the design team did with it... but I havent been so successful.  The majority of the stamps have never seen ink.  So I remedied that today.   I used a monochromatic color scheme with hibiscus burst and sweet blush.  I also used Everyday Classics for the sentiment.  Its my friend Tara's bday today, so this one is for her.  Have fun with the challenge and let me know if you played.