Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

Today is Papertrey Ink's May 2013 Blog Hop Challenge:

Nicole has given us 7 Bouquet Builder color schemes to incorporate into a new floral project. You can pick your favorite floral stamp set and create a project using these gorgeous inspiration pieces.  

I hope to get a couple of cards posted through the day and will copy the inspiration photo for each.

I chose the "Red Bouquet" as my inspiration for  
the Papertrey May Blog Hop

PTI product used ~
Stamp set:  Rosie Posie

MIM #117

Here's a Baby Shower gift card I made for Make It Monday-Paper Piecing Challenge. Now sure if it's a boy or girl, so I went with lavenders and greens :)
I stamped the onsie four times and paper-pieced two patterned paper pieces onto the two solid colors. Hung them both on lavender/white Twine with wooden clothes pins. The glittery hearts were punched with a small heart punch that I've had for years. 
Sentiment stamp is Studio G and ribbons are from American Crafts.

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You still have time to enter at Nicole Heady's Blog  and check out the video by Melissa HERE.

PTI products used:  
Patterned Papers from Egg Hung Paper Collection

MIM amd PFP

Make It Monday #117 - Paper Piecing 
See Melissa's video HERE.

This is a great technique for flowers, but it is also fun to try paper piecing other images, which I hope to have time to play with this week.

Passion for Papertrey - Inspired by Nature 
The Challenge this week is to create a card that is nature-inspired, check it HERE . 

Papertrey Ink products: used:
Stamps:  Beautiful Butterflies sentiment
Papers:  Dotty Biscotti Patterned Papers

Other supplies:  Flower stamp is from Ditto; Birds & Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug on Kraft cardstock base;  Scalloped border punch by Martha Stewart on Paint chip (Aegean Blue) by Martha Stewart Living;; Ribbon, Button, heart-shaped Bling from Michael's

MIM #116

I managed to sneak in one more card tonight "Adding Texture To Stamps" at Make It Monday.  I dragged a comb across some of the petals on the larges Rosie Posie bloom and across the bud on another. I think I like the look of  this technique done this way better than combing the entire flower.

The actual color of card stock is more salmon than orange...I'll retake the pic in daylight

PTI products used:
Stamps:  Rosie Posie; Spiral Bouquet; Beautiful Butterflies

MIM #116 + PFP

This "Thinking of You" card is going in the mail to a friend tomorrow.  It started out to look a little masculine to me with the grey card stock plus the purple and green hexagon design in the background.  Soooo, I added glitter on the comb textured rose (that you can't see in the photo) and the banner border is all sparkled up.  Not sure I will use this technique on flowers again, but I do like it on solid butterflies...maybe there's time tonight for just one more card (?)

I am entering these two challenges: 

Make It Monday #116 ~  Adding Texture To Stamps 
Check it out HERE

Passion for Papertrey ~  Stamp Your Own Backgroung
Check it out HERE

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Papertrey Ink products used:
Rosie Posie Stamps and dies
Banner Borders die

MIM #116

Make It Monday's Challenge this week is to Add Texture To Stamps!  I never tried this technique before, but really LOVE it!  Check out how Betsy uses a comb to create texture on stamps here in this  video.

I used stamps from  Beautiful Butterflies by PTI 

MIM #115

Make It Monday #115 - Beyond Paper With Impression Plates 
Check it out HERE

 The hydrangea from Anna Griffin is stamped in Sepia (for a bit of softness) and at an angle...I'm not sure if it's the stamping or the angle I was taking this photo or the embossing folder called Traffic Jam from Cuttlebug, but I had to take my ruler out to be sure it was straight.

Papertrey Ink Products:
Base card and stamped panel: Stamper's Select White
Sentiment: Beautiful Butterflies