Friday, February 08, 2013

PTI Anniversary Contest #4

I made two cards this afternoon for today's anniverary challenge at Papertrey Ink, which was to use a Year of Flowers stamp on a card. I don't own any of these stamps, but my friend, Susan, does, so I borrowed her Roses set for the challenge.

For my first card,  I stamped the flower and leaves on rustic cream cardstock and fussy cut them out. I layered them over some Crate Paper patterned paper and stamped a sentiment from Lovely Layers. The buttons and twine finish it off.


This next card turned out very differently than what I first started out to make. I was planning on making a one layer card, but messed up the white space on my cardstock. So I cut out my blooms and layered them on some PTI patterned paper. I added a stamped sentiment and frame (from Pretty Peonies) and some buttons.


For my blooms, I heat embossed the stamped images with white embossing powder and used some PTI berry sorbet and limeade ice ink with a Tim Holtz blending tool to colour them in.

Thanks for looking!

8 comments:

1 Nancy Penir said...

So different from each other, but the ink painting I'm definitely partial to! So pretty.

2 Unknown said...

Okay, Leigh, that second card with the emboss resist is drop dead gorgeous!!!!!!!!

3 craftmates said...

Oh these are so pretty Leigh! The second one turned out great. Good you were able to save the image. The white embossing is lovely.-Irma

4 Miriam Prantner said...

These are great! The embossed one is my favorite....it's so great to have friends who share! :)

5 Joyce said...

They are both so pretty. I love how you inked and colored the second flower.

6 Susan said...

I love them both! I love the LO and perfect balancing of elements on the first one. (I stink at that type of design.) And the coloring on the second card is gorgeous!!

7 Jill Norwood said...

These are both so beautiful! Still one of my very favorite stamp sets from PTI - one of the first I ever owned!

8 Kelly Griglione said...

Way to be resourceful on this one, Leigh! Both are lovely of course, but that second one with the ink blending is just SO COOL!!! Delish!