PTI November Blog Hop

Hi there, it's time for another PTI Blog Hop! Can't believe this is already the third I participate in :-) Ok, let's see what the deeds for the November Blog Hop are...

"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!"

Well, how about a "3-in-1" option? Wrapped tags, put together as small gifts! My project for today is just that because (me thinks) about everyone needs some gift tags during the holidays, right? Here are my two prototypes, one a bit more masculine, the other one girly - both with just a bit of stickles glitter for a more festive touch:

I made a bunch of each of the two versions for our "Secret Santa" advent calender at the office and this is how I wrapped them up:

I just took a PTI kraft envie, put the tags inside, wrapped it all around with a big satin bow and a small Christmas bauble. Once you decide for your tag designs, everything else is easy peasy and comes together super fast!

Hope enjoyed my entry for this month.... Happy Thanksgiving to my American visitors! :-)

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Fancy Flourishes, Star Prints and Background Basics Retro, Technique Tuesday circle (sorry, I have no actual name; set was borrowed), pine tree from B.Silvia

Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream and Scarlett Jewel, Versamark

Paper: PTI Kraft and Hibiscus Burst, white (recycled from store bought cards); Basic Grey Offbeat 6x6 pad

Other: PTI Kraft Envelope A2, Fiskars 2" star punch, Marvy Uchida 2" circle punch, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, hole punch, hemp twine, clear embossing powder, Depot satin ribbon, Depot Christmas bauble, foam dimensionals

Sending Birthday Wishes

Hi there, happy sweet Sunday to you :-) Hope everythings fine at your your part of the world! As for me, I'm quite happy that it's NOT the usual November tune - it's not too cold, it's not snowing yet (yeah!) and no holiday-music excess on the radio! Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with me and the holidays, it's just that I'm not yet ready.... mhm, maybe next week ('cause I can smell the cookies already) ;-)

That being said, I gave up on doing Christmas cards today and share a simple little birthday card / gift tag. Dawn's new Raspberry Suite Color Challenge was perfect for that!

The birdie, beak and wing were handcut from cardstock. I didn't like the color of lavender moon cardstock on the wing as it looked too pale against aqua so I decided to ink it up with the coordinating ink. What do you all think? I'm constantly tempted to add a big raspberry fizz ribbon bow on top... lol

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Everday Button Bits, B.Silvia twig

Ink: PTI dark chocolate and lavender moon, Heyda moss

Paper: Atoz aqua and white, PTI lavender moon and raspberry fizz

Other: Rayher rhinestones, Spellbinders nestabilities circle, scissors, foam dimensionals, quicky glue, Pentel gel pen, silver eyelet, sisal twine

{More} Mod Squad Christmas

Hi there, it's been a while... and I'm still in a hurry while typing up this post! So let's go to my card right away :-) I used my idea for the last PTI Blog Hop to use the Mod Squad stamp images for Christmas ornaments - just to see if it also works for cards.

I'll enter it to the "Ho ho ho" challenge over at the A Passion for Papertrey blog, btw. Love their challenges as you never no if it's going to be a theme challenge, a specific item to be used etc. Not to mention the wonderful inspiration by Kate and Aimes :)

Hope you like it as much as I do. I'm supposed to leave for university in about ten minutes {I'm taking a Spanish class this semester. So fun! :)} but I hope to post a close-up afterwards. Have a fabulous day everyone!

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Mod Squad and Faux Ribbon

Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, True Black and Tea-dye duo

Paper: PTI Enchanted Evening, sheet music pp from stash

Other: Fiskars upper crest punch, Prisma glitter, Sakura quickie glue, sisal twine, foam dimensionals, Rayher rhinestones

Going Dotty

... that's the theme of the current A Passion for Papertrey challenge! I love polka dots so it shouldn't be too hard to make a card with it but for some reason it took my forever LOL. Anyways, it's my dad's birthday this week and of course I just had to make a handmade card for him :-)

As for the subtle dots in the background, those are inspired by Dawn McVey's use of clear heat embossed polka dots during the July release. My card here is very small which is why I took the single line of dots from Beyond Basic Borders and heat embossed the dots row by row.

Talking of Ms Dawn, I'm super exited to be in the spotlight of her Raspberry Suite Color Challenge among so many talented girls:

I'm the "D" in the picture and if you want to, you can see my original blog entry here.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a fabulous week!

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Beyond Basic Borders and Everyday Button Bits, DFD sentiment stamps

Ink: Colorbox chestnut, PTI ripe avocado, Versamark

Paper: PTI kraft and rustic cream

Other: PTI new leaf buttons, clear embossing powder, needle/sisal twine, Spellbinders Nestabilities (Labels eight), Sakura koi water brush

PTI October Blog Hop & Raspberry Suit Color Challenge #18

Wow, I can't believe it's already time for the monthly Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! Actually, it was only today that I realized it... Anyway, here's Nichole's challenge in in her own words: "Show us your best upcoming holiday plans for cards, gifts, wraps or whatever else you have up your sleeve! With everyone's cumulative efforts the participant list will be an amazing resource!"

I instantly started browsing through my stash because I barely have any Christmas stamps (this is my first card making Christmas season) and in addition, there's hardly a need for holiday stamps because my colleagues persuaded my to join them for a Christmas card workshop at one of our LSS. Not meaning that I won't buy some Christmas stamps though in the near future... ;o)

So I browsed through my beloved Papertrey Ink stamps and had an epiphany... to use Dawn McVey's "other", unofficial Christmas ornament stamps! What other, unofficial set you might ask?!?? I'm talking about her sweet Mod Squad stamps but see for yourself:

I used some scraps of dark kraft paper and the bigger ornaments of the Mod Squad set to make little enclosure cards for Christmas gifts. I really like enclosure cards to add just a few personal words when giving a gift. Especially for family members you meet in person to exchange gifts, I sometimes feel, a card is often too much while just a "to/from-tag" is a bit impersonal for your loved ones.

As for the colors, I used the beautiful color combo of Dawn's current Raspberry Suite challenge - kraft, cream, dark chocolate, raspberry fizz and new leaf. Love her challenges! Here's another picture:

On another note, by the time the blog hop starts, it'll be pretty late around here (1am) and I will hopefully be in slumberland soon right after entering my link ;o) However, as soon as I'll get home from university tomorrow I'm going to see what you came up with for the blog hop challenge. Have fun hopping around!

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Mod Squad, PTI Polka Dot Basics I (for the center dots on some of the ornaments), DFD christmas sentiment

Ink: PTI raspberry fizz, new leaf and vintage cream, Colorbox chestnut

Paper: Creamotion kraft

Other: Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen sepia, Palette stamp & stick glitter, Sakura quickie glue, hemp twine, Rayher rhinestones clear, MM eyelett setter

Card Patterns Sketch #37

Happy Monday to you! It's been a while since my last post, seems my mojo is in a slump... As it can't go on like this forever, I cut some of the Early Bird pp that I won back in July and made a thank-you card with the help of the current Card Patterns sketch challenge:

I really like sketch #37 - so clean and simple, yet out of my comfy zone with the big circle! You can't really see it in the picture but the white background is heat embossed with clear polka dots and the flower centers were covered with a glaze pen by Sakura.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: polka dots

Ink: Versamark, PTI Vintage Tea-Dye Duo

Paper: Bazzill white cardstock, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird

Other: sewing machine/ thread, Sakura glaze pen (transparent), clear embossing powder, glue dots & foam dimensionals, Faber-Castell Artist-Pitt sepia

Papertrey Ink's WCMD Challenge #3: India

Yay, I finally made something up for the India challenge over at Nichole Heady's blog! I looked through all of my stamp sets and the one that caught my eye was Simply Stationary, in particular the small decorative elements. This together with what I imagine are "Colors of India" (pink, orange, turquoise, etc) and some "bling" resulted in the following birthday card:

One can't really see it above but the black dots are sparkly rhinestones. I'm quite happy I made it through all of the four challenges, though it's also a bit sad that our little world tour is over. I loved to see so many cards from all over and how much inspiration it brings! However, I'm not finished with the blog hopping, so off I go...!

PS: I just recently read a book by Hari Kunzru, "The Impressionist". Very captivating and fascinating to me - just in case you want to dive a bit further into the world of India :-)

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Simply Stationary and Damask Designs

Ink: PTI Melon Berry, Plum Pudding, Raspberry Fizz and True Black, Heyda turquoise

Paper: Atoz off-white

Other: Rico Design black rhinestone brad, Heidi Swapp borders (small black rhinestones), Sakura glaze pen