Going purple for Papertrey

I don't normally "do" purple, I don't dislike it, but it never seems to jump out at me. However I recently won some precious Papertrey Ink papers and they're all purple, so that seemed a good a reason as any to go purple!

The challenge over at PTI is a birthday one, and although I haven't put a birthday sentiment on the front of the card, it could be used for a birthday (ok, I'll come clean - I forgot about the birthday bit until I'd stuck the sentiment on the front - so I'm hoping it will still be allowed!).

It's my first Sugar Nellie too, my friend Carly stamped some images for me and this was among them, I think she's gorgeous, so thanks again Carly.

Recipe:

Stamp - Sugar Nellie

Sentiment - Stampin' Up! Best Yet

DSP's - Guidelines by Papertrey Ink

Cardstock - Stampin' Up! Perfect Plum

Flower & bling - from my stash.

TFL x

A Passion For Papertrey #11

This is my card for this week's challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey which is to make a Thank You card. I only possess a teeny weeny amout of PTI & hate using it LOL but managed to cut into both paper & cardstock for this card! Also quite a challenge for me to do such a simple card, I used a sketch from Clean & Simple and I think I like my card but found it so hard not to keep adding to it - the little button in the corner is an extra to the sketch, but I made a mistake on my line - ssssh!

The petals have been stamped using an SU! stamp from the set Pick A Petal (the little word on the edge says "smile"), DSP is PTI Father Knows Best, c/s PTI Summer Sunrise, the sentiment is SU! Fresh Cuts, button is from my stash & the brad is a Making Memories one. I've drawn the rectangle using a Nestability with an SU marker in Chocolate Chip.

TFL x

Some birthday goodies for a couple of challenges

It was my lovely Charisma DT buddy Carly's birthday this week & I made her a couple of things which I'm entering for a couple of challenges.

First of all her card, I used the sketch over at Carol's Fun Sketch challenge which I really liked the look of. The card had to have some pink on it, cos Carly loves pink & I wanted to use an image she doesn't have (not an easy task, this woman has some serious stash!!). So I used a digi-stamp from Pink Petticoat and added the sentiment myself on the 'puter before printing it out, same with the Happy Bird-day sentiment too. The DSPs are Stampin' Up! from the set "Tea Party" and the c/s is SU! Pretty in Pink, flower & button from my stash.

Next I made her a birthday book using a template from Papertrey which I'm entering into the latest challenge at A Passion for Papertrey.

The templates are really easy to use and you get some nice ideas with them, I went for the birthday book idea as I thought it would come in handy, but Carly can use it for something else if she prefers. I've used the same SU c/s & DSP as on the card, so it all ties in together and a bit of ribbon from my stash. Although I have to say all that measuring & scoring was quite a challenge for me, as it's definitely not my forte, but I was very pleased with the result and will be making one of these again for sure!

Setting my first DT Challenge

Well it's my week over at Charisma to set the challenge and I've gone for "buttons" I want to see some on your card, but the rest is up to you. I chose buttons for my first challenge as my daughter Georgia loves buttons and especially cards with buttons, so I thought it would be nice to go with her favourite crafty thing.

I've gone for a simple card and as I've used some of my (precious, I have so little) Papertrey goodies on it and as their challenge is also buttons, I'm going to enter it over there as well (great minds think alike hey!).

The image is an Artylicious stamp I've had for ages and hardly ever use, so it was nice to ink it up again, it's a set of different flower heads, stems & leaves and is really lovely, I've used SU! ink Summer Sun which I thought was quite a good match for the Papertrey yellow cardstock & ribbon, the brown c/s is Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, the DSP is also SU from the set "Tea & Crumpets" and the buttons are from my stash.

So please hop over to Charisma this week & have a go at the challenge, there's a great prize on offer from Simon Says Stamp, a $20 voucher and I look forward to seeing what you all come up with.

One little card for 3 challenges

I made this little circle card for A Passion for Papertrey's Challenge and have incorporated Simon Says which is pink & brown & The Pink Elephant which is pink, brown & white.

I like to have little "thank you" cards in my stash, so this will come in handy at some point in the future I'm sure.

I've just cut out the largest Nestie circle using SU! Chocolate Chip c/s & scallop circle using small squares of Papertrey's Chocolate Remix papers, the flowers have also been cut out of Papertrey papers, from the Rasberry Fizz mix using a Cuttlebug die, the sentiment is SU! from a "Circle of Friendship" and it's layered onto some more Raspberry Fizz cut out with a small Nestie circle, the button brads are from my stash.

Two Challenges

I'm entering this Thank You card for two challenges this week - Charisma Cardz (for tomorrow -just done in time!) which is simply to create a thank you card and Papertrey which is a recycling challenge.  The recycled elements on the card are the ribbon, which is from Christmas and the pink button I've put the sentiment on, which was taken from a birthday card, both have been sat in my stash box just waiting to be re-used.

The sentiment is Stampin' Up! from the wonderful "Circle of Friendship" - I use this set so much, the script in the middle is from Papertrey's Raspberry Fizz papers, as is the small rose at the top, the cardstock is SU! Whisper White and Chocolate Chip (another favourite) and I've embossed the card with a Cuttlebug folder.

I'm sorry this is such a rubbish photo the light wasn't very good, I'll get hubby to take another I think!

Papertrey Ink Challenge No. 5

This is my entry for this week's challenge, I popped over to the blog to have a look and have just fallen in love with Papertrey, maybe it's a good job (for my credit card anyway) that they're not available over here! So with a chance to win some stunning PI goodies, this was a challenge not to be missed and I've used one of the free sample packs as the background to my card, this one is called "Guidelines" and is just gorgeous. I've used an SU stamp, from the set "Garden Whimsy", I've stamped it with Versamark on to Lovely Lilac cardstock and heat embossed it with SU embossing powder and the sentiment is from the same set. I've used my nesties for the layers to add a finishing touch. I wasn't sure whether to add any ribbons or candy to the card, but decided to keep it simple.