Blog Hop

This is the first time I have done the blog hop and I'm very excited to see all the cards. The photo inspiration was so pretty. I picked out the blue, a little wood grain, and the flowers. Fun, fun.

Create

 

I'm creating along with PTI today. I used the pink color palette for this card like Amy did on her Apple card.

Color Wheel Card

This weeks challenge at PTI was to use the color wheel to make a card. I liked the idea and picked my colors and then when I got them layed out the red I chose was really close to the orange, but it took a long time to stamp all those die cuts so I just went with it. I was also excited to use my new "hello" die and cut that out 4 times to layer it to give it a little dimension. It's hard to see in the photo.

Color Challenge

Another anniversary challenge from PaperTrey Ink and for some reason color challenges are difficult for me. These colors that Betsy used on her card jumped out at me. I love green and purple together. On to the next challenge.

Die Cuts Only?

This PaperTrey Ink challenge was a really fun, hard challenge. Don't use any stamps?  It did force me to take a look at all the dies I have and I discovered I have more than I thought I did. I decided to layer several die cuts and ended up using four different dies so I think I did pretty good. I also cut out three of the word hugs and layered them to add a little more dimension (its hard to see in the photo).

Vintage Picnic Basket

Todays PaperTrey Ink challenge was to use a stamp set that is on the retirement list. I think that this Vintage Picnic set might have been one of the first stamp sets I bought from PTI. I know I have used it many times over the years and definitely got my moneys worth out of it. I also used one of the new mix and mat dies as it reminded me of a basket weave.

Florals

I used the stamp from the Friendship Jar Flowers to make this card. All pinks for a breast cancer survivor. I also used the sentiment from Vintage Picnic Sentiments (because I had it out for the next challenge, as its a retiring set) and it fit perfect with this card. I love using the middle die in the mix and mat die sets to add texture without cutting a mat.