MIM #98 Chalkboard Technique

Hello friends!  Happy New Year to you all!  I hope 2013 is treating you right!  So far so good here- I am still on Winter Break from work and enjoying the last little bit of free time.  This week I decided to participate in PTI's Make it Monday (MIM).  This week they were teaching the chalkboard technique.  You can see all the details here.

 

 Here is my entry. This is the first time I have attempted the chalk board technique.  I used PTI's Hello Sunshine stamp set.  The flourishes are from the Mat Stack Collection.  I used Summer Sunrise and Fresh Snow inks as well as white embossing powder.  I also used colored pencils.  Cardstock is white and true black.

Happy Thoughts

 Good morning blog friends! Thought I would do a quick little post this morning. I made this card a few days ago when I made my WMS card for the WMS blog hop. This card uses PTI's Boxes, Bags and Tags as well as PTI's mat stack set.  The sentiment is from Fillable Frames.  I used Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, and Summer Sunrise papers and ink.

Make It Monday- Make Your Own Washi Tape

Well I am back! Sooner than I thought too, probably because of this Make It Monday, from Papertrey Ink. Nichole Heady had this genius idea to make your own Washi tape. Check out all the details here.  It was so simple and easy.  I was totally wishing I had some fatter scor tape.  I used the 1/2 inch tape on my card.  I stamped with with the diamonds from A Little Argyle.  The sentiment is from the Mat Stack 2 Collection.  The underlayer is the Mat Stack 2 Layerz (can I just say that I hate Layers spelled with a z.  Its completely tacky.  Thank you for hearing my rant.) stamped with the diamonds from A Little Argyle.  Ink colors are Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz, and Color Box Lime Pastel.  All products Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted.

Shady Tree/ PTI Mash Up

Good Morning to you! Its almost noon here and I am dragging, thanks to Daylight Savings. I do not like Spring ahead. I have a "mash up" for you today. Mash up is my term for mixing stamp manufacturers. Whenever I use more then one company I call it a mash up. Today I have stamps from PTI and Shady Tree Studio.

I am in love with this card. LOL, not very modest of me, I know. I started by cutting out the white frame with a PTI mat stack 4 die. Next I stamped the coordinating stamp. Inside the circle I have the adorable bunny butt from STS Backyard Spring. The tiny sentiment is from PTI Tag It. The label stamp is from PTI mat stack 4. I added some hero arts bling. For the base I used polka dot basics (PTI) and some green PTI ribbon. The edge of the card is die cut with the PTI edgers 1 die.
Here's a close up of the bunny butt. I added some stickles for sparkle.
Finally we have my cat Duncan. He would not be denied. When he wants to be petted, its in your best interest to comply! :)

Pretty Packaging Makes Everything Better

Hi Bloggy Friends! I have some cute pretty packaging for you to look at today. I really like the tag. That rose card has been on the blog before. If you search copics or year of flowers tags you should find it. The tag was made with the mat stack 2 set from PTI. I have some fresh snow ink and a little bling and I called it done. I like quick and easy things!

PTI Blog Hop

Its time for the Papertrey Ink customer blog hop. You can check out all the details here. This month's challenge involved a brown bag:
In honor of school going back into session everywhere, we thought it would be fun to issue a Brown Bag Challenge. We want to see what you can do to dress up, alter, change an ordinary brown lunch bag into a paper crafting work of art. You could modify it to become a gift bag with handles, create a card base by folding it in half (complete with a slide out tag), add a window to it or whatever else you can dream up. After the hop is though, we should all have plenty of inspiration to help us create amazing projects with inexpensive brown bags! We look forward to seeing your creations!
I broke out my new set, Tiny Treats: Halloween, to create a fun little Halloween gift or treat bag. The first thing I did was cut off a bit of the top and then punch the top with my fiskars threading water punch. Next I used various little images from tiny treats to create a background. I slipped a piece of scratch paper in my bag and then used my copics to color. Next I used my mat stack die to cut out a piece of white card. I stamped it with the coordinating stamp from Tiny Treats and added the little witch's pot. I colored it with my copics and added stickles for detail. I popped it up with dimensionals. Next I added some orange card cut with my scalloped die and added a purple swiss dot ribbon. Thanks for coming by!