PTI Emboss Resist Challenge!!

Oh, the festivities over at PTI are just so much fun!!  Today Nichole Heady posted a new feature coming soon:  a weekly technique challenge!  So, we start off with an Emboss Resist technique!  It has been a long time since I've tried out this technique...but the results are stunning!  Here is my entry into this challenge!!

I used my one of my favorite sets:  Heart Prints for this challenge as well as a new MS border punch!

Don't you think that bow is just wonderful?  I am getting much better after watching Dawn's bow tying video! You've got to check it out if you are having trouble tying bows!!

Here's is another view of my card.

Thanks for visiting!!

{XOXO}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Heart Prints, Polka Dot Basics II, Background Basics: Text Style

Ink:  Raspberry Fizz, Versamark, Dark Chocolate

Paper:  Rustic White, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz

Misc:  Heart border punch (MS), glitter, Raspberry Fizz saddle stitch ribbon, clear embossing powder, Corner Chomper, pop dots

Bow Chica Wow Wow

I wanted to share another card I made during our Stampin' Away!

This one is for a dear friend that just happens to be my "boss"!  She LOVES dogs.....I mean LOVE!!

Well, while I was at my stamping weekend, she got wonderful news!!

She passed the CNN!!  I am so proud of her!

So, without further waiting here is a cute little card I made for her in Congratulations!

Way to go Jill!!

I just love this little dog stamp!!  It is a newbie from TAC called Animal Thoughts (the sentiment is also a new stamp set called Bow Chica Bow Wow).

I used a new MS border punch here called Pinking Scallop.

Thanks for stopping by today!

{Bow Chica Wow Wow}

Stamps:  Bow Chica Bow Wow (TAC), Animal Thoughts (TAC), Polka Dot Basics II (PTI)

Ink:  Dark Chocolate and Fresh Snow (both PTI)

Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, and Rustic White (all PTI)

Misc:  ribbon (Michaels), Pinking Scallop border punch (MS), Watercolor crayons

January PTI blog hop!

Here it is another PTI blog hop time!  This was a fun challenge today!

Here's my card and matching envelope.

I used Heart Prints....one of my favorite PTI sets!!

I also used Holiday Cheer pattern paper to accent the front of my card.  I really like this paper collection!

Here is how I embellished the "inside" of my card:

Just punched out hearts from Smokey Shadow and Holiday Cheer paper and

stamped some heart from Heart Prints onto Rustic White cardstock and punched out!

The inside circular sentiment is from Love Songs and is stamped in Charcoal Palette.

The envie is stamped with "BE mine" from Heart Prints and a few punched hearts were added

to tie the whole project together!

Hope you have fun tonight at the hop!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

{Happy Valentine's Day}

All products PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Heart Prints, Love Songs

Paper:  Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz

Ink:  Charcoal, Raspberry Fizz, Versamark

Misc:  Holiday Cheer pattern paper, PTI button and twine, heart punches (EK Success), Pop dots, MS border punch

Fabulous!

Hello!  Can you believe I posted again???  Well, actually this was a scheduled post!  Still counts right?  I wanted to share this "fabulous" card I made for a birthday.

Oh, I LOVE how this turned out!  Especially that flower!  What about that "fabulous" sentiment?  For those of you who have Signature Greeting from PTI you know what I'm talking about!!  Dawn's signture handwriting paired with a wonderful font!  This card uses Turning a New Leaf stamped in Versamark.  A punched Bitty Dot section using MS Double Loops punch.  Adding a strip of Hibiscus Burst cardstock and Scor-tape with Prisma glitter finishes this card up! 

Wait a minute!  That flower!!  My favorite part!  A few punched flowers stamped with Polka Dot Basics and Giga Guidelines, button, and twine make this flower just "fabulous"!!

Here's a close up of that flower!!

Hope you enjoy!  Have a "fabulous" day!

{Fabulous}

All products from PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Giga Guidelines, Turning a New Leaf, Polka Dot Basics, Signature Greetings

Paper:  Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush

Ink:  Versamark, Dark Chocolate

Misc:  MS Double loop border punch, prisma glitter, scor-tape, button (Hibiscus Burst), twine

DP:  Bitty Dots

Halloween's over???!!

Well, it's been extremely busy in our house the last couple of weeks.  How about 2 birthdays/parties, 2 Halloween parties at school, kiddo being sick, and then throw in Halloween too?  Whew, so hang on I will be posting pics of just what I've been up to these past few weeks in my "studio" and home.  To start today, here are my kids' Halloween costumes!  Brett is really "into" Legos right now and when we couldn't find a "nice" looking gorilla costume we resorted to making our own LEGO!  It really wasn't that hard......a box, plastic food containers, duck tape, and red spray paint.  (oh, and a little measuring along the way!)  I think it turned out so cute and Brett constantly heard, "Hey look!  He's a LEGO!)  :) 

I couldn't convice Payton to let me make her costume this year and was pretty adament about being a black cat.  We found the ear headband at JoAnn's and the kitty costume at a garage sale for $3.  So, I would say Halloween costumes this year probably didn't exceed $20 if that.

Now here are a couple of Halloween cards that I sent out this year.  I also made different cards for my kids and will post those later.  But here is a start!  This card uses PTI's Boo to You stamp set.  This ghost is sooo easy to cut out and you will see this cute little guy on an upcoming post about my 2009 Halloween treat goodies.  I started out with SU Only Orange cardstock layered with a start stamped panel laid next to a True Black panel embossed with the bat image in clear embossing powder.  How about that spider web border by Martha Stewart?  A few buttons stitched on added just the right touch!

Finally, here is a card that I haven't tried before.  It utilizes the Top Note die from SU as the base.  Using the die this way, makes such a cute size card and more than fits in an A2 envelope.  This little cutie was so simple!  Gotta have polka dots.....we so love them don't we Laurie?  Basically this card was made from my large scrap pile.  The orange base is a Bazzill cardstock scrap and the green horizontal panel is New Leaf color by PTI.  Don't you like the polka dotted ghost as well?  This was done using PTI's Chamomile ink.....subtle but nice. 

Here is another view of this card......I also used that same Chamomile ink to slightly darken the edges of this card.  I didn't mention that I used PTI True Black ink for the polka dots.....wow, what good coverage it has.  And it wipes off my stamps sooo easy.  Well, better get some more laundry done around here.  Till next time..Happy stamping!!

{Ghost card}

Stamps:  Boo to You (PTI), misc. set

Ink:  Versamark, True Black (PTI), Fresh Snow (PTI)

Cardstock:  New Leaf (PTI), True Black (PTI), Only Orange (SU)

Misc: clear embossing powder, Orange Zest buttons (PTI), pop dot, Spider Web border punch (MS)

{Ghost card #2} 

Stamps:  Boo to You (PTI), Polka Dot Basics 2 (PTI), 2009 Halloween Tags (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Cardstock:  orange Bazzill, New Leaf (PTI)

Misc:  Top Note die (SU), pop dot

Here we go again....

Hello all, hope you are feeling well as I think the flu bug has hit our house....however, thank goodness after birthdays.  Here is a cheery card made with On My Couch/Additions again!!  Are you all tired of this set yet?  The sentiment was simply curved on my block and stamped....love that you can do this!  How about that chair "upholstered" in Damask Designs?  So sophisticated.  Right above the punched border, I've scored some lines above it.  Again, just that little detail.  Here are a couple of other views of this card.  Sorry this is short but gotta get some rest to care for the sickies!

Please leave me a comment if you like this!!

{Chair-ish card}

Stamps:  On My Couch/Additions (PTI)

Ink:  Plum Pudding (PTI), Charcoal Palette, Noir Palette

Cardstock:  Plum Pudding (PTI), Misc. grey

Misc:  Organdy ribbon, Circle punch, clear rhinestones, MS lattice border punch, Scor-Pal, button/twine

Adding just one more detail.....

Have you ever made a card and just wondered.....what if I just add one more detail?  Well this card was one of those times!! I had it all made and thought.....it is just missing something.  So, I simply added a punched Martha Stewart butterfly, some bling, and rounded the corner.  Making this a so so card to one I REALLY liked!!  See for yourself. 

For this card I broke out PTI's Life stamp set.  Stamped and stamped off some of the flower images in various shades of ink.  Then stamped some Background Basics:  Spots and Dots on the base card with Versamark.  I am telling you, PTI makes their background stamps SOO easy to line up time and time again.  You've just go to try it for yourself!  Added a border punch, sentiment, and button embellishment!                     

If you look close enough, the butterfly in the second photo is actually stamped with some of the Spots and Dots!

Thinking of You

Stamps:  Life (PTI), Everyday Classics (PTI)

Ink:  Ocean Tides (PTI), Kraft (PTI), Lemon Tart (PTI), Creamy Caramel (SU), Noir Palette, Versamark

Cardstock:  Ocean Tides (PTI), Kraft (PTI), Lemon Tart (PTI)

Misc:  Border Punch (EK Success), Misc. buttons, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, rhinestones, button twine, corner rounder punch (CM)

I finally found these.....

border punches!! I have been stalking Michael's for about a month now ever since I heard about them on a message board. Well, they are the Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page punches!! Literally, I'd looked everywhere and just couldn't find them. Well, this weekend we made our usual weekend trip to Walmart and what did I find? There they were in the the fall and Halloween candy aisle!! The sets of them!! These immediately went into my cart!!

I came right home and made this card using the Spider Web punch.....now I haven't experimented with the corner punch to actually punch around a whole page but I sure had fun with this Halloween card! This card uses Inkadinkadoo's Trick or Treat clear stamp set. When I saw it at Michael's a while back, I knew that's what I was using my coupon for! I had so much fun coloring the trick or treaters using my ancient SU markers but the colors actually matched very well to the PTI cardstock. I started with stamping a star cluster from an unknown stamp set from Target (threw the package away a while back) in Versamark Dazzle champagne color. Now IRL, this background is real shimmery. Then I punched my spider web border on black carstock after adhering the middle layered section. The trick or treat sentiment and swirly flourish to the right are also from that stamp set from Target.

What do you think of this? I love to read your comments!

Stamps: Trick or Treat (Inkadinkadoo), Unknown Halloween set from Target

Ink: Palette Noir, Versamark Dazzle champagne

Cardstock: New Leaf (PTI), Plum Pudding (PTI), True Black (PTI)

Misc: SU markers, Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page spider web punch