PTI June Blog Hop

It's time for another Papertrey Ink blog hop! The theme this month is summer - we were to draw inspiration from something that reminded us of summer - food, clothing patterns, photographs, etc. I chose to use this picture that I took a few weeks ago when I was visiting my parents in the town where I grew up. These beautiful dunes line the parking lot and the walkway to the beach and I just love the colors of those flowers (click the photo for a closer look). The day I took this photo, my mom and I went to the beach for a breakfast picnic, so I used two images from the new PTI set Vintage Picnic - the picnic basket, and one of the sets of flowers.


I had a terrible time trying to get a photo of this card, but just know that in real life, the color of the flowers, the polka dot paper, and the felt flower all match beautifully! The flowers and basket were colored with Copics and I cut out the basket and mounted it over the flowers for a little dimension. The entire scalloped circle was then popped up on foam adhesive dots for even more pop. For the flower embellishment, I thread some embroidery floss through a vintage button and the felt flower to tie in all the main colors.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies
Stamps: PTI Vintage Picnic (images and sentiment)
Ink: Palette Noir, PTI Raspberry Fizz, G14, G28, RV17, RV19, E55, and E57 Copic markers
Paper: PTI white and Aqua Mist cardstock, PTI Raspberry Fizz Bitty Dot Basics
Other: Marvy mega circle punch, giga scallop circle punch, Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Punch, PTI Aqua Mist Swiss Dot ribbon, clear gemstones from crystal wheel, PTI vintage button (white & cream collection), DMC embroidery floss #964, felt floral embellishment

February PTI Blog Hop

It's time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! I'm so excited to be able to participate again after missing the last few months. This month's challenge was to create a spring-themed project using any images/colors/themes that say spring to us.

This card is very much not my usual style in terms of the color combination. It's not one I've ever used before and I tend not to combine multiple bright colors. Normally if I use a brighter color, it's tempered with something softer or a neutral, but I am actually loving how this turned out! I knew I wanted to use the grass/stems and flowers from With Sympathy, but that was all I had decided. I stamped the grass in New Leaf and then looked at the rest of my PTI ink colors and pulled out 3 (Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, and Plum Pudding) that just seemed to speak to me as pretty and springy. I was a little skeptical about how they'd look together, but as I was stamping the flowers, I started really liking it!

I pulled out the matching papers from the new Bitty Dot Basics collection (LOVE that paper!!), along with some Berry Sorbet twill ribbon, my circle punches, clear gemstones, and the sentiment from Birthday Basics to complete the card. I used the Verve Mojo Monday Sketch#74 to put the layout together. All in all, I'm really happy with how this card turned out and hopefully I've learned to broaden my color combo horizons a little!

Thanks for looking!