I had one lovely Papertrey Ink Zinnia leftover from making this card, so of course I had to find it a home ... I chose a Clean & Simple design with the perfect sentiment from Studio Light Sticky Quotes.
Flowers are one of my favorite things about Summer, especially this time of year when bouquets are everywhere, so I'm linking up at the Summer Lovin' Challenge at Daring Cardmakers.
When I saw Seeka's gorgeous Zinnia Card, I knew those die cuts from PaperTrey Ink needed to come live with me. The release was at 9pm Tuesday night, and I had them in my hot little hands Saturday morning, so I did not delay.
I decided to use the colors from the Just Us Girls Color Week Challenge to inspire my design, since hot pink and orange is a favorite color combination (and since in paper crafting land things can be any color you want them to be).
I used foam between the layers of the blooms and the center for dimension. I used only two colors of cardstock, but added some ink to the bottom layer for contrast.
The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Silhouette Sentiments.
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. And my bright Summer Blooms are joining the Time Out Challenge It's Always Summer Somewhere.
Here are some gorgeous Zinnias from my trip to the Farmer's Market yesterday.
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is to make a card inspired by these amazing Christmas Cookies by @Kristens.Cookies.
My eyes were instantly drawn to the Merry Tree cookie in the middle bottom. I felt like I had a similar word in my stash, so I went on a treasure hunt and found what I was thinking about - Unity Stamp Company Say It Big Holiday Die Cuts.
I die cut the Merry from one of my green Gelliarts prints. I ended up die cutting it three times and stacking them inspired by the dimension in the cookie. I initially cut the matt that went with the die cut, but then changed to the rectangle cut of the cookie using Hero Arts Rounded Corner Rectangle Die cut from PaperTrey Ink Vintage Cream Cardstock (it was a wonderful subtle pattern that you often only see in kraft cardstock).
I used the same Hero Arts rounded corner die cut on another green gelliarts print that has some metallic gold for a bit of holiday shimmer. I punched a larger star rom the same gelliprint as the text and stacked on a smaller star punched from the background paper before attaching it all to a Vintage Cream Cardstock base (that I used a corner rounder on to coordinate with the die cut panels).
I can't wait to see which of the cookies inspires your holiday card design (make sure you tell us in your post).
I had fun using stamps, stencils & die cuts to create a masculine gift card set. I used several trios of ink from the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Collection.
I started with the Ink Trio 18 together with Taylored Expressions Abstract Accents Stencils & Stamps together with stamps from Taylored Expressions Field Notes and Stroke of Genius 2 on Papertrey Ink Rustic White Cardstock (love that paper).
I topped my stamped collage with Gina K. Designs Botanical Duo and Foliage Fillers in Gold Cardstock.
For this one I topped it with navy cardstock dies.
This collage uses inks from Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Trio 22 All the Joy with the dies in Paprika.
For the final card I went back to blues and gold with the Color Throwdown Hues.
Tonight I'm joining in the PaperTrey Ink Blog Hop to make a card inspired by this photograph.
I always like this challenge because it has a very short time window (especially when you work all day) and because my PaperTrey Ink Stamp Stash is relatively limited, so it forces me to be creative with what I have.
No flower stamps or dies ... so I looked for images that could replicate the feel & color of the piece. I like the pale green stenciled background on the embroidery hoop fabric, so I die cut the Hexagon Cover Plate from watercolor paper (for a more fabric-like texture) and layered it on top of light green cardstock.
Next I stamped the butterflies from Melissa Bickford's Heart-2-Heart #10 in two shades of pink on the same watercolor paper because they included hearts, another inspiration element from the photograph.
And with hearts comes love ... in this case Betsy Veldman's Inspired: Love Mini Stamp Set.
I die cut my stamped images in an oval (which worked better than a circle given the layout) and then cut a second oval from wood-like paper to frame it. I finished with a ribbon bow like the one on top of the Embroidery Hoop in the photo.
Today I'm joining in the November Papertrey Ink Blog Hop to create a project inspired by this photograph.
I have a fair number of PaperTrey Ink Stamps, but always, none for Christmas ... so since Christmas is the celebration of a birthday, I made a birthday card inspired by the photo.
To pull in the stripes of the ribbon & the candy canes, I embossed Red Cardstock with PaperTrey Ink Picnic Plaid Impression Plate. I loved the pop of blue ribbon in the photograph, so I added my own ribbon wrap before finishing with a sentiment from PaperTrey Ink Stylish Sentiments: Birthday.
The round 365 is reminiscent of the round suckers in the inspiration photo as well.
Today is the monthly Blog Hop at the PaperTrey Ink Blog ... and this is our inspiration photograph.
As I searched my stamp stash, I quickly realized there are no Easter sentiments or images ... but I do have the wonderful little Inpsired: Hope Stamp Set that I bought to make some gift card sets ... no time like the present to get started.
I picked my sherbet-like color palette from the photograph. I embossed my green panel with the Linen & Canvas Impression Plate for fabric-like texture.
I used the Sketch Saturday layout and added some Eyelet Outlet Blue Bumpy Bling, which reminded me of the Easter Eggs in the picture.
I am always grateful when I have creative time to join in the monthly Blog Hop at PaperTrey Ink. Today we're inspired by this lovely photograph.
Having hosted the Inspiration Challenge for years at SplitCoastStampers, I'm always amazed at how different people take different inspiration from a single photograph. For me, my eyes went immediately to the rug under the table. I loved the wonderful texture and the how the outlines were lighter than the rug.
I started by die cutting ivory specialty paper with the Cover Plate: Quatrafoil Die. I then used strong adhesive to attach it to a piece of burlap paper to bring in the texture of the rug.
I die cut my large thankful sentiment from the Counting My Blessings Die Cuts from a piece of watercolor paper that I had previously painted with Gold Stazon Studio Glaze to mimic the large gold word on the table. I searched through my stash for a pumpkin, but instead settled on a squirrel sticker because the acorn reminded me of the pumpkins on the table.
I love the inspiration photo of art by Adolfo Serra at the Papertrey Ink October Blog Hop.
I chose the primary colors and scattered design elements to inspire my card. I die cut the Cover Plate: Quatrefoil Die from Navy and light blue cardstock and layered them slightly offset to create a shadow inspired by the scattered mountains & trees.
I die cut the HUGS from Red Core'dinations cardstock intending to use the Big Hugs Die Cut ... then I realized I liked the Die Cut negative even better, so I attached it to blue cardstock. The letters are perfect for the All Caps Falliday Fest Challenge.
This is the inspiration photo for today's PaperTrey Ink Blog Hop.
I have no birds or floral stamps, so I had to get creative. I took my inspiration from the colors and how they contrasted with the background ... and how the bird carrying flowers reminded me of carrying birthday balloons (can't you see her bringing those to the birthday party instead of balloon bouquet).
There just happened to be a Gel Press Print on my studio table with all of the right colors, so that's what I created my design around using the Text Block: Party Time Die Cut.
I die cut from Red & from my Gel Press Print to fill in the balloons ... then I used the rest of the Gel Press Print to frame my design.
