Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #19

UR2 Cool

Dawn’s challenge was indeed that—the colors really made me think. The image that kept invading my thoughts was the tee-shirts that were the inspiration so I had to force myself to go in a different direction.

I thought the colors were great together—very modern so I took my cue from that. I used PTI cardstock: the card is made from Dark Chocolate; the three squares are cut from Spring Moss, Lavender Moon, and Aqua Mist; and “Cool” was cut using my Cricut, from Raspberry Fizz. Each square as well as the Raspberry Fizz (before it was cut) have been stamped with VersaMark using PTI’s Background Basics: Retro. The chipboard letter stickers are American Craft Thickers Jewelry Box in dark brown.
















Hope you enjoy!

Monica

Embellish Color Challenge with Brads

I had wanted to do something with PTI's Star Prints stamp set and when I saw the new Embellish challenge I felt the two would work great together. I started with a 5.5 inch square card base in white (I used PTI paper throughout) and added the Enchanted Evening layer with the opening cut using Spellbinders circle die. It seemed like a lot of blue so I stamped the star using Versamark to break it up some. The focal point is a stamped star layered over a solid star punched from Pure Poppy. The sentiments are stamped in black on New Leaf and attached with yellow brads.

Monica

PTI's November Blog Hop

November Blog Hop

The holidays are going to be here before you know it! No matter how much planning you do, there always seems to be last minute gifts and wrapping to do! This month's Blog Hop Challenge is to create a quick & inexpensive wrap or tag that can be the perfect solution for "grab & go" gifts! We can't wait to see what you create!!!





I thought I would play along with this month's blog hop.

I have had PTI's containers for sometime and I immediately thought of making some gift tags to fit inside. The tags are 2.25 inch square with the corners rounded. I stamped a small red ornament from Vintage Ornaments and then stamped various patterned images and embossed with gold. One sentiments is from the Vintage Ornaments and the Noel sentiment is from the Signature Christmas. A quick, easy, useful gift.

Jessica

Moxie Fab World's Plum Challenge

I have always liked purple and even had a purple bedroom for a while (that didn’t last too long however). I’m a Leo so I think about the proud lion, king of his world, and am reminded that purple has always been a very majestic, regal color. Thinking along those elegant and formal lines, I wanted to do a sympathy card. Something very serene but not black for a change.

I used PTI’s With Sympathy stamp set and papers extensively for this, from the background embossed on PTI’s Plum Pudding card stock, to the flowers on Vintage Cream, to the sentiment on Lavender Moon. A simply tied black satin ribbon balanced the card and tied into the sentiment stamped in black.

Other supplies: Spellbinders long rectangles and clear embossing powder.

Monica

hOWLo

This is a fairly literal interpretation of the challenge but I must say I am very pleased with the results. I smile whenever I look at the card.

The owl was cut form PTI’s dark chocolate, vintage cream, and melon berry papers. The chest panel was stamped using PTI’s Background Basics Retro with melon berry ink. His pupils are PTI’s dark chocolate buttons.













The owl is mounted with dimensions on PTI’s 2008 Bitty Box Basics in Spring Moss, then on Cosmo Crickett’s Earth Love-Reuse. Corners were rounded using We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.


















Card-Kreator’s A7 Standard card template was used to make the card base in PTI’s dark chocolate. The letters were cut from PTI’s vintage cream card stock which had been stamped with their Basic Basic Text Style in Craft Smarts chocolate brown ink using Cricut Expression’s Plantin Schoolhouse.



I hope he makes you smile too!

Monica

Holiday Notes

Inspired by Mish Mash’s note pads, I bought a set of 5”X8” notepads at my local office supply store and had them cut in half.

Using Nicole’s Notepad Pocket Cover Template, I cut the cover from Hobby Lobby Kraft paper and adhered the note pad to the inside of the cover and secured the pocket using Scor-Tape.

I cut two strips of Bazzill’s Christmas Cardstock in Pomegranate and mounted them on the front and back of the cover. Using scraps from last year’s Christmas cards, I adhered panels of the pattern paper (Cosmo Crickett’s Be Good: Ribbons), sandwiching a length of narrow cream ribbon from my stash to be used as a closure.

I stamped a snow flake from SU’s Scandanavian Christmas (I believe this set is retired) using VersaMagic Dew Drop in Ocean Depth and mounted it on a scallop of the pomegranate cut with Spellbinders scalloped circle. The elongated tag and the letters were cut using Cricut Expression’s Plantin Schoolhouse from PTI’s Ocean Tides and Bazzill’s Promegranate, respectively.

I know I’ll enjoy using the lovely pad to make various notations and lists this upcoming holiday season.

Jessica

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge # 18 (2nd Edition)

I chose PTI’s Vintage Ornaments to showcase the colors in Dawn’s latest challenge. I used PTI’s paper in Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, and Raspberry Fizz and their New Leaf grosgrain ribbon along with kraft twine from Hobby Lobby.

The foundation of the card was cut using a #10 standard business envelop card template from Card-Kreator. I embossed the dark chocolate with Cuttlebug’s Snowflake embossing folder and cut it using Spellbinder’s long rectangle. The ornament was made from raspberry fizz and the snow cap was cut from vintage cream then adorned with glitter. The sentiment was from PTI’s Signature Christmas.

Jessica