Papertrey Ink December 2011 Blog Hop
Yeah! I did it…got one in at the last moment! It's a Holiday Leftovers Challenge to make a card from anything leftover. I had a Papertrey Ink mini calendar page leftover so I thought I would make it into a little 3X3 gift card.

Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop Challenge

This month the challenge is to use holiday leftovers using scraps of wrapping paper, parts of
holiday cards, recycle gift tags or bits of ribbon on a paper crafting project.  We all have plenty of it
laying around after all the holiday excitement and this is your chance to incorporate some of those pretty
little things into an amazing piece of art!

It's been a very long while I've been able to find the time to participate in a blog hop. Today, after the rain subsided...yes RAIN, the pineapple express coming at British Columbia from Hawaii...and a walk with the new pup, I had the opportunity to put my idea into something tangible! A cherished card I received this holiday from my school principal. Inside, I am keeping the warm sentiment she wrote as I am sure she did for everyone she sent cards to...she is a keeper!

We all need a Christmas thank you or two so here was the chance to get one done to mail out this week. I used an idea from Michelle Wooderson to whip this up in no time. I used the glittery center of the Christmas card and combined it with a paper doily to PTI kraft cardstock, a silk poinsettia and couple of leaves. The silk parts were from a gift I had received so I thought to recycle them as well. I added a senti from PTI Signature Christmas! I adore that sentiment set!!!

My dearest hubby got me a Nikon D3100 camera with an 18-55mm lens with a 3 lens extension rings. Can't wait to share my new photos!

Annnd...my family. I need to add them here and tell the whole world how blessed I am to have them! The girls are my daughter-in-laws to be. Both weddings will take place in 2011.
Thanks for stopping in! I so appreciate you leaving me a comment as I love to leave you one ...it makes it all worthwhile!

-Shirlann

Hey there! Welcome to my corner of the world tonight in Beautiful British Columbia.
This months' PTI Blog Hop Challenge is all about color and I choose to go with bright!



The weather...should I even go there?...has been dull to say the least, and I think I have been color deprived! My flower garden was a bit of my inspiration for this card as well as PTI Designer Betsy Veldman on her tutorial about making rosebuds with the rick rack die using felt. I love that felt...it really cuts like butter!



Here's my recipe using all Papertrey Ink goodies:
Stamp - Buttterfly Dreams
Ink - Fresh Snow, Hawaiian Shores
Cardstock - Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, Rustic Cream
Dies - Beautiful Blooms 11 #2, Rickrack Border and Butterfly
Felt - Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse
Ribbon - New Leaf
Button - Raspberry Fizz
Twine - Rustic Cream
Other - white gel pen, white embossing powder



Here's a nice close-up of the felt flower and hand cut leaves. On the second layer of flower, I used two of the same size and folded them in half to look like one layer just to give it more definition. I tied the twine around the ribbon to look like a stem or vine for the border. Just on the left side of the cardstock, I stamped a border of buttterflies in fresh snow ink and dotted their tiny heads with a white gel ink pen. For the butterfly, I tied the button with twine to mimic their antennas.

Well friends, that's my contribution for this months' PTI Blog Hop Challenge. Hope you had great fun visiting my blog... now I'm off to hop on over to yours!

- Shirlann