Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

This month at Papertrey Ink we were to be inspired by this lovely fall photo!

I took out two of my favorite fall sets, Leaf Prints and First Fruits. I stamped the pineapple from First Fruits in Versamark then heat embossed with white powder.  Added the "Greetings" from the O'Tannenbaum set, and a little Fresh Snow ink around the edges. The center of the leaves has a Lemon Tart button, white twine, and a wooden star inked white.

The background is made with Leaf Prints and then I used some Gelatos and smudged yellow and some red using Melissa Phillips' technique.  Ran the whole background piece through my Cuttlebug with the Canvas/Linen Impression Plate for some added texture!

Curtain Call "Pop Pop Pop" Challenge

This week at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge blog, this photo was featured...

I didn't have any popcorn images, so I made a banner just "poppin" with fall inspired flowers, berries, and branches...

The flowers are made with WPlus9's Fresh Cut Florals and More Fresh Cuts sets and dies, and the Layered Banner Banter set from PTI.  The branch die is from Memory Box.

I took a large striped embossing folder and inked it with Vintage Cream ink, then sent it through my cuttlebug with kraft paper to make  the background.  The "Enjoy" banner is stamped with an old "Rice Paper" backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms.  The background plaid paper is an older one from the Simple Stories "Generations" pad.

Such a gorgeous photo...perfect inspiration for the "in between" of summer to fall.  After making the card, I promptly had some popcorn in our "Whirlypop" that my husband found at a garage sale...we have loved using that thing all summer!  Beats microwave pop any day :)!

Just for Fun

I started this card for a sketch challenge, but it took so long that it ended up being just for fun! The birthday stamp is a wooden block stamp from Hampton Art, the flowers are "Fresh Cut Florals" from WPlus9, and the banners and hearts are cut with a Mama Elephant die!

September with the Challenge Chicks

This month with the Challenge Chicks, Jeanne Streiff's challenge is called "Splat"... to use watercolor or ink splats on on our design!

I did a little of both using the "Ink Splats" stamp set from WPlus9 and Artful Flowers from Simon Says Stamps.

I first made the flowers by using the 2-step stamps and spritzing them with water after they were inked.  I also did the "rocking and rolling" technique at the end, adding a darker color on the edge of the solid stamp, spritzing it while on the block again, the stamping over the top of my first flower image.

I put coordinating lighter colored splats on the linen cardstock from PTI and then arranged the flowers that matched over the top of each coordinating "splat."

Now it's your turn to play along!  Can't wait to see what you make featuring "Splats"!

Upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers using the keyword CHXSEP15 or post them on your blog and link to our Facebook page HERE!

Never-ending card

I started this card on our trip to NJ last month for the 200th sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, but never had a chance to finish it!  So I tweaked it a little more, and decided to post it anyway since the ole blog must be getting rusty!

Used Papertrey Ink's Petite Pots and some dies from Mama Elephant.

And some popped up flower and mini sequins!

Circle of Friendship

A long overdue Challenge Chicks post!  This month, Diane chose our theme, and she picked "Circle of Friendship"...to make a card with circles, about friends, or both.  I chose both :)!

The circular flowers are from Wplus9 Studio's "Doodle Buds" set, and the background confetti dots are from Papertrey Ink's "Good Times" set.

The sentiment is from Verve's "Text Objects" set.  I like how it had both "sunny" and "around" in it, perfect for the theme!  I added some Wink of Stella glitter pen and Diamond Stickles on some of the dots, as well as some mini orange flower sequins from the PTI Shakers and Sprinkles kit.

Please come join us!  Upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers using the keyword "CHXAUG15" or upload to our Facebook page HERE!

Pink Flower Sketch

Another cool sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!

  I used a lovely flower image from Simon Says Stamps "Artful Flowers"...

The dotted middle panel was stamped with Papertrey Ink's confetti image in the "Good Times" set. The stitched rectangles and the "thank you" sentiment are cut with dies from Simon Says Stamp, too.

A white card with splashes of summer :).