Ingenious Inkling

Floral Thankful

The PaperTrey Ink March Blog Hop Challenge comes from Victoria Johnson floral prints.

Since I don't have any PaperTrey Ink floral stamps in my collection, I started with a piece of floral designer paper that reminded me of the prints.

I originally intended to put the yellow Thankful Die from the Counting my Blessings Die Set directly on the floral paper, but it got lost in all of the patterns. Next, I added a strip of coordinating pink cardstock, and then the yellow die cut was too light.  I die cut a second Thankful from navy cardstock and layered the sentiments ... and then it was just right (third time is the charm).  

I finished with a paper flower and some mint green punch leaves.

Lots of Hugs

The February 2017 PaperTrey Ink Blog Hop is inspired by this gorgeous photograph.

I drilled in on the colors ... a flannely grey background with deep grape purple, bright pink and a pop of green from the figs and the plate.

I die cut my Big Hugs Die Cuts from all three colors and then added some green pearls for a pop of color.

Hip Hip Hooray

This afternoon I'm joining in the celebration of 2014 at PaperTrey Ink.  Since I don't own any of the stamps or dies featured today, I went with a similar die cut to the Text Block Birthday inspired by Laura Bassen's design.

I seldom do the inlaid die cut technique because it's a bit futzy for me, but the Phrase Play #11 Die Cut has large enough pieces, I gave it a try (I only lost one piece in the process, which required a partial re-cut ... pretty good for me).

Since I don't own the coordinating sentiments, I borrowed one from a Clearly Besotted Sentimental Type Set to finish the design.

 

Bravo

Today at PaperTrey Ink they're celebrating 2012 ... and featuring Sentiment Signs, one of the PTI Stamp sets I have in my collection.  My inspiration came from this fantastic card by Keeway.

While I love the look of perfect splatters, I usually end up with a mucky mess, so I took a more CAS approach with Spectrum Noir IB2 and IB3 markers.

I used a 4" x 4 1/2" watercolor paper card base.

I Love You

Have you been following along with the PaperTrey Ink 10th Anniversary Celebration.  Today's post is from 2011, and since I have one of the stamp sets (Tremendous Treats Valentine) I had to join the fun.

I took my inspiration from Wanda's fabulous design.

Instead of lemons, I chose a dinosaur to feature and flipped up the colors a bit.  I embellished with some Eyelet Outlet Bling & a Heart Gem.

Get Better

PaperTrey Ink is celebrating their 10th Anniversary ... today's post features four stamp sets that were released 10 years ago.  While I don't own any of those stamps, I used option two, which was to make a card inspired by the designs shared today.  

I chose these lovely cards from Heather Nichols to inspire my design.

I love the boxed shape of the stamp from the Text Boxed stamps, so I used a stamp from Sentiment Signs (which was designed by Heather) and has a similar feel.

Rather than stamp on the bottom panel, I embossed using the PaperTrey Ink Sunshine Impression Plate.

PaperTrey Ink Inspired Birthday

Today is the PaperTrey Ink December Blog Hop to make a card inspired by this photo.

While the photo is a Christmas Holiday wrapping party, it felt more like a birthday party to me, so that is the theme I used.  I loved the colors and the stripes, so that is what I incorporated into my design.

Stamps are from PaperTrey Ink Sentiment Signs & Tremendous Treats: Valentine Stamp Set (I used this tip to get my die cut perfectly positioned)

 

Underwater Inspiration

I am joining the Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop.

The inspiration is this gorgeous picture titled "Reef".

I thought I could create a similar ethereal effect by embossing and using ColorBurst.  I started with Papertrey Ink's Sunshine Impression Plate and then added Fuschia and Purple ColorBurst.  Wetting the paper caused the texture to lessen, so I embossed again after it dried.  

I realized when I came back to my computer that I should have included more blue, but I still liked the result.

I backed the Text Block: Party Time Die with Purple cardstock and attached it with foam tape.  I finished with a few sequins to highlight.

Rex Ray Birthday

Since the inspiration picture was posted early, I was able to join the PaperTreyInk January Blog Hop.  

Here is the inspiration piece ... a gorgeous design by Rex Ray.

 

I took inspiration from the colors, rounded shapes, and wood grain texture.  I thought the balloons in the Party Time Die were reminiscent of the rounded block background.  I die cut it from orange cardstock and then backed it with light woodgrain cardstock.

I paper pieced several of the balloons from coordinating cardstock to imitate the feel of the artwork.  I added some designer paper, which I thought finished the design well.  I stamped the sentiment from the Stylish Sentiments Birthday Stamp set in a light tan to pull int he lighter vertical element in the center of the art work.  The final touch was a little sequin sparkle.

Hip Hip Hooray!

I'm enjoying my time as Guest Designer at the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog.  This week's Challenge is all about Color ... specifically, these colors:

 

These were the colors in my teenage bedroom ... my younger sister forever lamented about me leaving behind the *pepto bismal* bedroom for her ... but I loved it.

I incorporated all four colors into my design using Phrase Play #11 & coordinating stamp set from PaperTrey Ink.

The layout is from the very first Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge ... I couldn't resist adding a few wraps of pink twine.