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October 2012 Papertrey Blog Hop…

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This is my first time to participate in one of the Papertrey Ink blog hops!  I LOVE the color combos they challenged everyone with.. I hope to use some of the other combos too!

I used this one… I found the colors in card-stock and then it hit me… these are the colors of one of the Basic Grey Christmas collections from a few years ago!  I knew I had some pieces and scraps, so I dug them out and started working.   The colors matched perfectly! yea!

I used PTI Sweet Blush and Dark Chocolate card-stocks.  The Ripe Olive was a little dark, so I used a tad bit lighter green card-stock for the leaves.

The poinsettia is the PTI Year of the Flower Poinsettia set and die set.
The sentiment is from the Think Big Favorites #20 Mini Stamp Set .
I used the Tag Sale #5 Die for the ‘tails’ under the poinsettia.
I colored a bit on the poinsettias… I used RV21… I know… sounds too pink but it was better than the R11, 20 or 21..they made it too peach.

I don’t own any PTI stamp inks but the Colorbox Rose Coral and Olive Pastel Chalk inks matched great, so that’s what I stamped the poinsettias with.  The sentiment is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by… click on the PTI links above to go the inlinkz list of other blog hop participants!

I know…two poinsettia cards this week! hehe  and I used this one week before last I think and colored it… so pretty… love poinsettias!  So I’ll cool it on poinsettias for awhile! lol

Stamps and Supplies I used…

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Marianne Design Poinsettia…

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Tis the Season…well…for Christmas card making for sure!  Just heard the weather report on the radio… you know you live in Iowa when one day is 80˚ and the next is down to 48˚!   I’ve got the air conditioning back on!  I wonder if it’s cold in TX?! lol

Marianne Design dies and a Printworks Collection sentiment HERE… I know… gold embossing powder even!  I used the superfine stuff and I’m happy with how it turned out on the texture paper this time… never know what’s gonna happen with textured paper!

I used the Poinsettia,  the mini Poinsettia,  Anja’s Square, Flourishes,  Snowflake and Pine Branch all from Marianne Design.   Bazzil Cardstock,  Hero Arts gold gems and Printworks gold cord.

Thanks for stopping by today for my festive card… oh,  almost forgot…I edged the papers and cuts with a gold pigment embossing pad and I used the pearl pen on the snowflake for the white dots.  I’m not very good with that thing! oh well,  still adds a pretty touch! hehe

ttul!

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Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges… Merry Christmas!

Pam Sparks43 Comments

Better watch out!  This Santa Edwin is keeping track…hope you’ve been good!  I’m not telling! hohoho!

Time for the weekly Tilda’s Town Challenge… this week the theme is MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I knew you’d love it!  I wanted to use some new stamps but only ended up using one of the new collection.   So fun though… I hadn’t used this Santa Edwin yet,  so that’s the same as new to me!  Love this comfy Christmas scene!

The window die just came yesterday!!! YEA!  LOVE it!  The Winter Scene Background stamp is perfect with it!

I stamped up the images, cut them out, colored with Copic Sketch markers and made my scene.  This Fancy Pants 6×6 Christmas pad just showed up at my door yesterday too…  Great timing!  I know,  I said I wasn’t going to buy any more paper!  NAUGHTY!  boo!

The naughty or nice is from an older Sizzlet strip die #655203, I googled and found it here… I’ve not ordered from them before, Scrapbook Niche.   Ebay auction HERE for the naughty/nice die. Holly die link below.

Be sure to click over to see the Design Team cards HERE… they’re fabulous.  Hope you can join us for the Merry Christmas challenge!

Linking up to the following challenge blogs…
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – traditional colors
Oozak.com – die cuts
ABC Christmas – U, up to you
Deep Ocean Challenge – Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy – Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I love hearing from you and appreciate your comments….they are always so encouraging! Thank YOU!

Stamps and Supplies I used…

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CAS – Printworks Two Lives…One Beautiful Future

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Today I have a card for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge blog… have a heart on it and Charisma Cardz Challenge blog…Clean and Simple!  When I saw these ‘potty people’,  I just had to have them!  I want to call them ‘restroom’ people though… that’s how straight laced I am! lol  But why do we call bathrooms, restrooms?   No thank you,  I’ll rest somewhere else! lol  I love how they worked out for this wedding card!  The teeny heart came from the Memory Box Cherish Border die.

and the inside… I emailed Nicole to get the link for the ‘Long Life’ stamp…

I love Printworks scripture stamps… ok… I love all of Printworks stamps!  Love Annette’s handwritten sentiments… so fun, when so much is computer generated anymore.

Thanks for looking!  I’ll be back tomorrow with my card for Tilda’s Town Challenges!

Stamps and Supplies I used to make this card…

cards · CAS · copics · Printworks · rubber stamps

CAS – Printworks Reindeer Express

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Cute stamp from Printworks Collection.  I made the card to link to a new CAS sketch challenge blog but they already closed the linky thing and it’s a Thursday challenge… ugh.  Isn’t that how it goes… you think you have plenty of time and bam!  reality! lol  Anyway… here’s Rudolph and Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid.  They all couldn’t make it! Well… the snow is up to their necks! hohoho!  I know… bad… bad… bad.

I do love this cute stamp… here it is on a Christmas gift tag… so cute with this wrap!

You can find this Reindeer Express stamp in the store HERE.  Some copics… some star dust stickles… some twine from the Twinery and there you have it!  Pure cuteness!

Linking to..

Totally Gorjuss Challenge blog  – Traditional Christmas colors

Too late for…

CAS(E) this Sketch  – sketch challenge

TFL!  Magnolia on Friday and not sure what in between!  Have a good week and make sure you get your cards linked up before the challenges end! ugh!  *sigh*  ttul!