Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

Hello and Happy Holidays!

I haven't played along with the monthly blog hops in awhile, and thought I'd get one in for the end of the year! :-)

This month's challenge was white on white.

I stamped the sentiment "Peace" (From Peace, Love and Joy mini set) in embossing ink and added clear embossing powder before heating.  It's a tad bit hard to see in the photo, but in person it has a neat effect.

I also ran the top panel through my Big Shot along with the woodgrain impression plate after die cutting the mat stack window.

I raised the panel using Crafty Foam Tape from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

Happy New Years!

-Kristen

Papertrey August Blog Hop!

Well it certainly has been a LONG time since I have participated in the monthly hop...but I finally found some free time!

This month's inspiration colors really spoke to me, I love neutral, masculine colors. You can see the original inspiration pieces here.

For my card, I chose to focus on the Argyle pattern, and the colors.  I noticed just a hint of orange in the inspiration photos, and chose to bring that in using the little flower center.

I used the new Think Big favorites (from August) and Lovely Layers (love this set!).  I used Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado, Kraft, Canyon Clay and Dark Chocolate as my colors.

Don't forget about the Team Nicholas fundraiser! See this post for details.

Thanks for hopping by!
-Kristen

Supplies (PTI):
Paper: Kraft, Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream
Stamps: Think Big Favorites, Lovely Layers
Inks: Dark Chocolate, Canyon Clay, Ocean Tides

Other Supplies:
Stamps: Argyle Background (Market Street Stamps)
Inks: Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz)
Adhesives: Foam Tape, Foam Squares, Dodz, EZ Runner (Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L)

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop!

For this month's blog hop, we were challenged to pick a favorite project of ours from 2011, and revisit it.

I chose this card:

This time, I added a few medallions, colors and varied the position of the sentiment:

As you can also tell, I have a new camera since that original card - so everything doesn't look like I photographed it in a dungeon! :-)

Enjoy the hop!

-Kristen

Supplies
Stamps: Mehndi Medallion, Think Big Favorites
Paper: Stampers Select White

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop!

I can't believe it's that time already! Welcome to my blog and my entry for this month's hop!

      

This month's challenge comes from the inspiration photo they provided:

(photo credit)

The part of this photo that most inspired me, was the delicate pattern on the inside of the suitcase.  I tried to replicate that pattern by repeatedly stamping an image from Gratitude Journal onto my card.

I drew the rest of my inspiration from the colors in the photo.  Thank you so much for stopping by!

STAMPS: Gratitude Journal, Tag-its #7 (Papertrey Ink)
INK: Pumice Stone, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Brown Sugar(Ranger) PAPER:Vintage Cream, Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
OTHER: Circle Punch(EK Success); Button, Twine (Papertrey Ink)
FINISHED SIZE: 4.25" x 5.5"

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop!

Its been awhile since I have participated in the monthly PTI Blog Hops so I thought I would jump right back into it this month.  I couldn't have picked a better month!

This months challenge offered up this photo for inspiration:

I have to admit, its not a color combination I would have EVER put together on my own, but I find that together they are so wonderfully pleasing to the eye!  This is the card I made, using this photo for inspiration:

There were a lot of elements to this photo that really spoke to me - and I tried to translate them to the card.  For starters, the wood detail of the bench seat... I used three Postage die cuts and inked them to make them appear dimensional.  I also mimicked the cushion, by adding a simple green strip across the card.  I matted the cream card stock with the orange - but only on the sides - much like the orange curtains in the photo are framing the window.

I brought the brown of the wooden blinds into the card, by matting everything on a Kraft base.

To recreate the effect of the pillows, I took inspiration from the pattern on the blanket, and stamped the Blooms die cuts and the leaves with the Mehndi Medallion and Background Basics: Newsprint stamps before cutting them out.

I added the sentiment to the top right to balance the flower at the bottom left. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed HOPPING along :-)

-Kristen

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Mehndi Medallion, Background Basics: Newsprint, Wreath for All Seasons, Label Basics(Papertrey Ink)

INK: Wild Honey, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Tea Dye, Brown Sugar(Ranger)

PAPER: Vintage Cream, Kraft (PTI), Paprika, Parakeet (Bazzill)

ADHESIVES: MyStik Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Squares(SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L)

OTHER: Angled Labels, Bloom Builders II, Postage, Sending You Die Cuts(Papertrey Ink) Butterfly Punch (EK Success)

FINISHED SIZE: 4.25" x 5.5"