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CPS 156

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I've been playing with the fabulous goodies I won on the Jillibean blog a few weeks ago. Today I used some of them to make a card for the CPS 156 challenge. Here's the sketch:

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And my take on it:

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I hand cut and folded the edges of a sunflower from the Lentil Soup "Vegetable Soup" paper. In the center I added one of the great new canvas flowers "Green Grid", a button (PTI), and some twine from the Jillibean Stalks "Pigs". I added a strip of the B side of the same patterned paper as a border with a piece of twill from the Bean Stalks "Red & Black." The sentiment is from Papertrey's "Signature Greetings."

Alice in Wonderland Challenge

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I've been thinking about Rhinda's Alice in Wonderland challenge, and really didn't have any idea what to do, but finally decided to give it a whirl. I ended up with this card, just in time!

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I used my Maya Mist for the very first time on sticky back canvas, and then stamped three different watch stamps for the background. I ran a Jillibean "Repair Tag" through my corrugator (haven't used that in years) and added a quote from Alice in Wonderland. The image was a download kindly given to us by Rhinda. A Heidi Swapp watch finished the card front.

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

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Tonight is the February Blog Hop for Papertrey Ink. The challenge was to choose one of the designers who is an inspiration to you, find a project they've completed, and make it your own. I could choose almost any of the Papertrey designers, and I get lots and lots of inspiration from their blogs. I chose Debbie Olsen whose work blows me away time and again. Her coloring with Copic markers is the very best, and details in her cards are amazing. I spend a lot of time on her blog looking at her techniques. Here's the card I chose from Debbie's blog:

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It's a perfect example of her beautiful work. I chose to replicate the paper-pieced violets from Papertrey's new stamp set "A Year of Flowers: Violets," but chose to stamp the smaller violets in the set.

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The shape of my card is also a "lift" from Debbie's blog seen here. I used Papertrey's "Perfect Pastel" papers to piece the violets and mounted them on a piece of Memory Box "Gossamer" paper. The ribbon and safety pin are from my stash. The sentiment on a Quickutz tag is from "Vintage Picnic Sentiments" (Papertrey).

Three Challenges

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I recently acquired the Cosmo Cricket Mini-Decks for both Material Girl and Garden Variety. The papers are so bright and cheerful; just what's needed on these cloudy February days. And they seemed perfect for all three challenges as well.

The first is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. This is the first time I've played along with this challenge. The inspiration piece was this:

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I took the yellow and gingham and used some papers from Garden Variety:

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Pure Poppy (PTI), Quickutz tag and rub-on, Hero Arts "Big and Little" flower stamps, ribbon and safety pin from stash

The next challenge is CPS 155. This is one of my favorite challenge sites. Here's the sketch:

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And my take on it:

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Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl;" Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate & Terracotta Tile (PTI); stamps by Judith and PTI ("Take Note"); Jeni Bowlin journaling spot.

And last, but not least, the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch:

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And my card:

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2 Sketches 4 You 46

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I haven't participated at 2 Sketches 4 You for awhile, but I wanted to play around with some sticky-back canvas and used this Week's sketch 46 as a starting point.

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I rotated it 90° to better suit my image.

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Kraft Cardstock (Papertrey), yellow cardstock from stash, patterned paper (Bella Blvd), stamps (Through the Trees-Papertrey, celebrate-Amuse), sticky-back canvas, inks (Antique Linen Distress-Tim Holtz, Vintage Cream-Papertrey), button (Making Memories)

Papertrey Anniversary Challenge

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The anniversary festivities are winding down at Papertrey Ink, but there was another challenge today. The "assignment" was to create a set of floral embellishments, and then use one to create a card. For today's flowers I used Jeni Bowlin papers form the mini sets. They are easiest to crumple since they are text weight paper rather than the stiffer scrapbook papers. I used my Nestabilities "Blossom" and cut three different sizes from seven different papers. I sewed some Papertrey buttons to the middle.

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For the card I used Pure Poppy and Kraft cardstock from Papertrey, a piece of cream cardstock from my stash, the Houndstooth Embossing folder by Cuttlebug, a Quickutz tag and leaves, and piece of gingham ribbon. The sentiment is an Amuse stamp.

CPS 153 & Papertrey Ink

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Papertrey Ink is sponsoring the challenge at CPS which I always enjoy. The number of people who have already posted cards this week is truly amazing. These two sites must be a great combination. Here's the sketch:

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and my take on it:

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Cardstock (Bazzill); patterned paper (Papertrey "Hodge Podge"); stamps (Papertrey "Blooming Button Bits"); button (Papertrey); silk ribbon (Ellen Huston); gems (Michaels & Kaisercraft)

Another Papertrey Ink Anniversary Challenge

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The challenges at Nicole's blog just keep coming, as do the amazing announcements about new products. This one was more challenging than usual. It had two parts. The sketch was easy enough, but the color combination took quite a bit of thought.

Here's the sketch:

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There were several color combinations, and you had to use the one associated with the first letter of your user name at PTI. Here's the one for K:

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I truly would never think to put these five colors together, but I'm pretty pleased with how the card turned out in the end.

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Papertrey cardstock in colors seen above, Sizzix leaf die, sentiment from Blooming Button Bits, flower punch with gems from Michaels, Martha Stewart border punch

Papertrey Ink Resist Embossing Challenge

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It's been a long time since I used this technique, but it was quick and easy to execute. I'm really happy with the outcome as well. Edited to add a link to Nicole's video on this technique.

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Black and white cardstock from stash, Papertrey Ink stamps "Through the Trees" & Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening inks, Beaux Regards cord, black Colorbox ink and clear embossing powder

CPS 151 & 2S4Y 44

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One of my unstated intentions is to complete two card challenges each week, and complete one layout. So far, so good. A friend and I went to lunch today and spent some time crafting together. The result:  two cards for challenges. The first is for CPS 151.

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Here's my card. I've been wanting to make some of these paper flowers but needed a slightly smaller scalloped punch which I picked up at 40% off this week.

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Patterned paper (Basic Grey, Jenni Bowlin), cardstock & ribbon from stash, buttons & twine (Papertrey Ink)

The second challenge was posted at 2Sketches4You. It's been awhile since I played along there, but I always love their sketches and keep a folder of them on my iBook. 

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I needed a masculine birthday card so it was a perfect time to pull out my new Through the Trees stamps from Papertrey Ink. I know this set is going to get a lot of use.

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Cardstock from stash, white embossing powder, sentiment (Impress Rubber Stamps), image stamp (Papertrey Ink), ribbon (Ribbon Expressions)

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop & Start to Finish

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It's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop night. Here's the challenge:

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And as it happens, this card fits the Moxie Fab Challenge that's due tonight as well!

Here's the front of my card:

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I decided to use the message as the inspiration for the inside of the card. As soon as I saw "with a fold in the middle," I knew I wanted an origami heart for the inside.

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Cardstock (Pure Poppy & Select White), patterned paper (Simple Valentine), stamps (Big & Bold Wishes), ribbon (Pure Poppy), ink (Pure Poppy) All Papertrey Ink; chipboard heart from stash, Marvy Uchida punches, Spellbinders Label 8 Nestabilities, chalk ink (Rouge by Color Box)

CPS 150 & Cards Challenge

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My brother-in-law's upcoming birthday was the motivation for creating a card for both the CPS 150 challenge as well as the Cards Blog challenge. It was also an excuse to get out my new Memory Box "Bare Oak" stamp. The challenge on the Cards Blog was to use a tree in your project. Here's the sketch for CPS:

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Here's my take on it:

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And the inside message:

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Cardstock (Bazzill & Papertrey Dark Chocolate), patterned paper (Basic Grey "Granola"), stamps (Memory Box, Crate Paper, Papertrey "Blooming Button Bits" & "Father Knows Best"), Amuse Creative Candy, Doodlebug Paper Frills, white embossing powder, Copic marker R29

CPS 149

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One of my intentions for this year is to complete two card challenges a week. This week I managed three. I knew as soon as I saw the sketch on CPS that I would want to participate.

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It also gave me a chance to play with the Turning a New Leaf patterned papers and Blooming Button Bits from Papertrey Ink. I also used Papertrey's Bitty Dots Basics and Vintage Lemon Tart buttons. The ribbon is a piece from my stash.

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Caardvarks Challenge

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I'm squeezing this in just under the wire since the challenge ends tonight.

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Here's my take on it. I used the border of the patterned paper instead of using a border punch this time, and I'm happy with how it came out.

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Cardstock (American Crafts Earthtones and Speciality Pearl), patterned paper (Sassafrass Lass), ink (Papertrey Dark Chocolate), buttons (Making Memories), Stamps (Around and About Sentitments-Papertrey & Antique Engraving-Hero Arts), ribbon from stash, Copic markers Y35, Y38, and orange glitter.

Embellish with Hearts

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The Embellish Color Challenge with Hearts was the perfect opportunity to make a couple of valentines today. Both cards use Papertrey Ink's Pure Poppy, True Black, and Sweet Blush cardstock.

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A look at the embossing done with the Quickutz embossing folder and the Hearts Nestabilities by Spellbinders.

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Pale pink gems (Michaels0, patterned paper Black and White Basics (Papertrey), Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars), ribbon from my stash.

And my favorite of the two:

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Hearts cut and embossed (Spellbinders Nestabilities), circle punches, Swiss Dots Embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Black and White Basics patterned paper & Pure Poppy twill (Papertrey Ink), metal charm (Making Memories).