Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month which means that it is time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. This month it is all about the color pink. Perfect considering that Valentine's day is right around the corner.

For starters we were given this mood board as the inspiration piece…

Here is my creation. I wanted to incorporate my love of watercolor painting for this one.

I started by heat embossing the Love in white onto a piece of watercolor paper . Next I lightly wet the entire piece of watercolor paper and added a wash of Raspberry Fizz making sure to leave some areas less saturated with color. Then on these lighter areas I generation stamped the heart from the Happy Hearts stamp set, I made sure that the paper was still a bit damp as I really wantede the hearts to have a dreamy look. After it was dry I machine stitched it onto my card front and stamped the rest of the sentiment in Smoky Shadow.

The 'x' and 'o' were die cut out of Raspberry Fizz, stitched with white floss and then I added glitter to the middle of both.

Supplies:

Stamps: Happy Hearts, The Best is Yet to Be

Dies: Valentine Stitches Die

Cardstock and Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Fresh Snow, Smoky Shadow

Thanks for hopping by today!!!

Tonya

CAS(E) this Sketch!: #60

I found some extra time this week to play around and I thought getting involved in a sketch challenge was the perfect way to spend my time!

Here's the sketch that I used and right HERE is the link to the challenge site.

I pulled out some My Mind's Eye paper, Papertrey Ink dies/stamps/inks and put this together…

I used an Atyou Spica glitter pen on the grey outline and arrow of the heart, it's difficult to see in the photos.

Products:

Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye: Cut & Paste Adorbs 6x6 decorative paper pad

Stamps: Papertrey Ink-The Best Is Yet To Be, Happy Hearts

Dies: Papertrey Ink- The Best Is Yet To Be, Filigree Border Die

Inks: Papertrey Ink- Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Limeade Ice, Smoky Shadow

Glitter Tape: American Crafts

Seam Binding: hand dyed using Raspberry Fizz ink

Thanks for stopping by for a quick little visit!

Tonya

A little thing called "Pinspiration"!

Happy new year everyone. A bit late with the sentiment I know, but this is my first post of 2014!
We had a very relaxing holiday break, we were hoping for some snow but none of us complained about the sun and lack of rain! Skiing was a no go, but we all became very familiar with the Settlers of Catan board game. I highly recommend it if you haven't played it yet!

Today I have a layout to share with the is inspired by a layout that has been pinned to the My Mind's Eye Pinterest boards. This is a monthly feature on the MME blog and this month I was up at bat. THIS
is the layout that I was inspired by, made by the very talented Brenda Ragsdale.

I used the Cut & Paste: Adorbs collection for this. Loved all of the triangles that Brenda used on her layout. I decided to create a scattering of flowers using triangles made from many different pieces of patterned paper.

My daughter had been begging me to let her cut her hair, nine inches gone and this what she looks like. I'm happy with it, but it makes her look too darn old! :(

 Super excited for all of the new My Mind's Eye CHA releases! Have you seen them yet?! I was lucky enough to work with the Now and Then: Milo and Mildred.

Great color schemes and many new super fun products. Can hardly stand waiting for my big box of goodies to arrive!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

Happy Birthday to you!

Thought I would pop in and share a card that I made a couple of weeks ago for one of my husband's partners who was celebrating her 40th birthday...

Used Glitz Designs papers and dies/stamps from Papertrey Ink.

Loving the happy colors here. Topped it off with some hand-dyed seam binding, twine, button and jewels.

Are you all ready for Christmas??? I have gifts all purchased, but lots of wrapping to go.

Oh, and lots of baking...my family feels the need for all of the holiday treats.

Happy Wednesday to you all!

Big Brother...

I was going through my photo files and found a few layouts for My Mind's Eye that I haven't shared here on my blog yet. Time to play a little catch up.

Starting with my favorite of the bunch! This was for a color inspiration photo, I decided to use more than just the colors in this mood board, but also many of the other little details that you can see in the photo.

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I pulled the ombre, chevrons, black glitter, and hole "pokes" from the photo.

Love this photo, she had no idea he was in the house behind her looking out the window. Love how the bright foliage in our yard is reflecting in the window...camouflaging him.

Used the Miss Caroline, Lost & Found Record It (Heirloom), and Chalk Studio collections for this.

Christmas cards

Happy Tuesday!!! I have a few cards to share with you today! Last month I subscribed to the Simon Says Stamp monthly card kit. The first kit that I received was the December kit which was holiday themed. Snowflakes, deer, and christmas colors. A fun little kit for sure.

Here are the four cards that I have made this far, still have enough product left to make many many more!

The first card...love the little bit of pink in the paper.'

This second card has the cute little 'Warm holiday wishes' stamped inside. It utilizes the snowflake mask which I misted around and then heat embossed.

For this one I created a background my repeatedly stamping the x's & o's stamp in red and brown and then glittered the entire thing.

Lastly a sparkly heart, I used those tiny little sequins and outlined my heart with them. The big stamped heart in the sentiment is sparkly too, I just colored it in with a red Spica glitter pen.

Thanks for stopping by today!

How Sweet It Is

Brrrrr.....hope you all are staying warm during this arctic chill. Today I have a layout from My Mind's Eye to share with you. This one was a style swap layout. Tina (Walker) and I were assigned to do a layout based on using each other's style.

I am one of Tina's biggest fans so I was excited for this project. When I look at Tina's style I see layers, mixed media and lots of photos of her beloved dog. To start with I pulled out a photo of my husband and our dog asleep on the couch, a weekly (at least) occurrence in our house! I started by cutting out a mask for the stars and then misted them onto my base page. The clouds are stamps.

Aren't they cute?! They even share a pillow!

Sprinkled some brads, chipboard buttons, ink sprinkles and enamel dots here and there.

All products are from the Cut & Paste Charm Collection.