PTI October Blog Hop

It's blog hop time with Papertrey Ink and this month we are making tag sets!! Yeah!

I put together a set of 5 tags featuring PTI's In the Meadow dies and Stylish Sentiments: Holidays.

My tags use a technique Laura Bassen did here.  The snowman was the hardest for me because of the die layout but this was a fun technique I must try on a card (maybe a whole set!) soon! I also sprayed these with Calico Shine but it's a little hard to see.

Ingredients: PTI In the Meadow (dies), Stylish Sentiments: Holidays, Tag Sale Dies #1, #3, #4 and #5; Doodlebug North Pole pattern paper; MS Twine; Studio Calico Mr. Huey's Calico Shine Spray Mist

Tags & Bags - CAS-Fridays Challenge #118

The current CAS-Fridays challenge is to create a bag with a tag so I made a festive little parcel for gift-giving.

Ingredients: Large glassine bag (PTI); PTI Tremendous Tags, In the Meadow (tree, snowflakes); MFT Joy Photo Card frame (used negative); Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler; MS Twine; Misc chevron washi tape

Halloween Treat Boxes

I just adore My Favorite Things' Paper Bag Treat Box die and Peek-a-Boo Die-namics so I am using both for my little halloween treat boxes for my co-workers.  They were very easy and fast to put together.

For the bags with the spider web, I added some vellum to the inside for stability.  I'll put some candy inside a little baggie in each with a to/from tag.

Ingredients: MFT Paper Bag Treat Box Die-Namics, Peek-a-Boo Die-namics; PTI Halloween Prints pattern paper

OCC Insider Day 1

I finally got to tackle some of the techniques from Online Card Classes' Insider class.  For Day 1, I used two techniques, using an "action wobbler" and soft stamping. Both of these cards were already made a while back but I had left the insides blank.

Here is card #1 using the wobbler:

Here is card #2 using soft stamping - I created a mask using the snowflake die that creates the window on the front of the card.

Ingredients card #1 inside: PTI LL: Ovals, 2012 Birthday Tags

Ingredients card #2 inside: PTI Winter Cheer; Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler, Santa Paws, Swanky Snowdudes

Thanksgiving Card for PTI MIM #132

This week's Make It Monday is to use layered border die cuts on a card.  I used the Leafy Vine border die on my card and that adorable squirrel again!

It may be hard to see, but the I flipped up the larger leaf sections a bit to create some dimension and I also embossed the sentiment in white so it would pop.

Ingredients: PTI Nuts for You, Tag Its #7, Leafy Vine die; Doodlebug Happy Harvest pattern paper; American Crafts Halloween pattern papers; Basic Grey Life of the Party pattern papers

Thanksgiving Greetings card for CAS-Fridays #115

Here is my latest card using that adorable Nuttie the Squirrel stamp again!  This time it's for the CAS-Fridays Challenge #115.

I actually got stuck when I started this card. It all came together when I saw the challenge and when I added the leaves it worked!!

Ingredients: PTI Nuts for You, Double Ended Banners, In the Meadow, Tag-its #7; Paper Smooches Crystal Clear, Hang Ups; Doodlebug Happy Harvest pattern paper

Peace-Love-Joy Card for Festive Friday

It's Festive Friday time! For Challenge #16 it's a trigger challenge based on the word "Peace."

I decided to make a one-layer card with a die-cut window.

It's hard to tell in the pic but I've sprayed the entire card with Calico Shine mist for a little sparkle.

Ingredients: PTI Peaceful Pinecones, Think Big Favorites #9, LL: Ovals 2.25"; Studio Calico Mr. Huey's Calico Shine spray mist