Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Papertrey Ink April 2018 Blog Hop and The Card Concept # 91


Hello there! Thanks for stopping by for the April 2018 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.  This will be my last blog post for a little while as we are getting very close to our move. I am not sure I'll have things unpacked and sorted well enough for the May Blog Hop, so I wanted to make sure I had a project for this month's hop. June should be no problem or at least I hope to be organized and back to creating by that time.

If you are here for the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop, keep scrolling down.

The photo on the left is our inspiration image for the Papertrey Blog Hop this month.  I love the fancy tea cups and they remind me of several my mother has but they also remind me of Chintz fabric.

I also noticed this morning, that my colors and florals happen to match The Card Concept Inspiration and so this card will also be entered into that challenge.  I'm on The Card Concept Design Team, but I took this term off because of how busy we are and how much travel has been required with our new house.

There is a whole lot of texture in the inspiration image and I wanted to bring some of that into my card so I chose to do a bit of inking on a panel of Linen Texture Cardstock using Hawaiian Shores Ink.  To get the effect I wanted, I ran the ink blending tool in straight lines all around the outside edge of the panel toward the center of the panel but I only went about half way with the ink leaving the center with a very light blend.  I mostly covered the center up in the end but the texture of the linen panel is definitely there.

To mimic the feel of the florals, I wanted to use something that you might find on a Chintz print, so I used the Seasonal Borders: Spring Stamps and Dies which were designed by Betsy Veldman for Papertrey Ink.  I used Betsy's technique she showed on how to stamp the repeats with this set and it was pretty easy.  In case I messed up, I wanted to have a couple of them done, but I didn't mess any of them up so I had three borders to use.  You can find Betsy's tutorial here and the YouTube video here.  It was really easy to do this with my MISTI and a little bit of painters tape to hold the negative in place.

My pink flowers were all stamped with Lovely Lady and Raspberry Fizz with Lemon Tart centers.  The Lilacs were stamped with Lilac Grace and Amethyst Allure while the foliage was stamped with New Leaf Ink.

I die cut a panel of Hawaiian Shores Cardstock for my background panel and adhered that to a top folding card base made from Stamper's Select White Cardstock.  Next, I die cut the Linen Panel with a slightly smaller Stitched Rectangle and adhered that.

For the sentiment, I wanted to use this scripture verse so I looked for a label or similar die that I could fit the whole thing onto which led me to Basic Bookmark #3.  I love all the pierced and cut out detail on this die.

I adhered that to my card base so that I could use the Seasonal Border down the side of my card.  Once I got that assembled, I decided to stack all three of them using foam tape for a unexpected bit of dimension.  I'm trying to weed through all my extra pieces of stamped and die cut elements right now in preparation for our move so rather than just using one, I used all three and I love how it turned out.


Be sure to hop along today to see all of the beautiful creations from other Papertrey Ink customers.  We look forward to this monthly event where we get to share our love of the products and support each other as card makers.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

The supplies I've used are linked below for your convenience (Affiliate Links may be used at no additional cost to you).

Cuttlebug Die Cutting Machine
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Kokuyo Long Dot Runner Adhesive
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PTI Basic Bookmark #3
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PTI Fresh Snow Linen Cardstock
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PTI Hawaiian Shores Cardstock
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PTI Perfect Match Amethyst Allure Ink
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PTI Perfect Match Lemon Tart Ink
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PTI Perfect Match Lilac Grace Ink
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PTI Perfect Match Lovely Lady Ink
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PTI Perfect Match New Leaf Ink
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PTI Perfect Match Raspberry Fizz Ink
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PTI Perfect Match Vintage Jadeite Ink
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PTI Seasonal Borders: Spring Dies
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PTI Seasonal Borders: Spring Stamps
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PTI Vintage Cream Cardstock
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PTI Year of Psalms - February
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Scotch 3M Foam Tape
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Versamark Ink
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Wagner Heat Tool
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22 comments:

  1. BEAUTIFUL CARD!! I love how you used the color palette from the inspiration photo! Seasonal Borders: Spring Stamps and Dies is perfect for this card. I'm really impressed with how you created the canvas look background by inking a panel of Linen Texture Cardstock. I need to pick up some of that cardstock because I couldn't replicate it on the smooth cardstock I used, and ended up just going with a solid color.

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  2. This is beautiful! I love the scripture and how you used the seasonal border! Lovely card!

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  3. SO beautiful and awesome how these challenges coordinate!

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  4. STUNNING WORK!!! LOVE EVERYTHING about your card!!! ;)

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  5. This couldn't be more, beautiful, Vicki! LOVE the Scripture verse, and how it stands out embossed in gold and surrounded by the floral border. Fabulous choice of colors. Please know that you and your posts will be missed during your hiatus. May God bless you during your move time

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  6. Beautiful, beautiful card Vicki!! Your floral border is just lovely and the gold embossing on your verse is the perfect touch to this delightful card! Well done!! :0)

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous. Love the gold and flowers on this beautiful card. Also, nicely styled photo!

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  8. SO pretty with that flower border and your lovely scripture embossed in gold!

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  9. I love this and I love that you used the gorgeous Spring Seasonal Borders set. The colors are glorious!

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  10. Wow, amazing that the colors in the two challenges are so similar. You did a great job on your card. I love the flower border.

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  11. Beautiful. Love the side border of lovely flowers and the great sentiment on the die cut book mark. TFS

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  12. Oh Vicki, this is gorgeous! Beautiful garland border, and I love the bg 'linen'. So excited to soon be seeing the finished workroom! Or should I say gal-cave. I'm sure you'll never want to leave it!

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  13. Absolutely gorgeous card, Vicki! What a perfect and beautiful job you did stamping that border!

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  14. Lovely card! good luck with your move. Look forward to seeing you back in the June hop!

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  15. Great layout and perfect sentiment embossed in gold. Vicki, your spring border is so colorful and looks great vertically along the edge and stacked. God luck with your upcoming move!

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  16. Your card is beautiful! Love the textured background you created.

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  17. O my dear, this card is STUNNING! Everything about it so perfect - the colors, the beautiful floral edging, and I love the textured background!

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  18. Gorgeous! Love the design with that floral border! Thanks for sharing at the Card Concept!

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  19. Wow, this is fabulous! Love the Scripture verse in gold as well as the beautiful flowers on the side- great job, sweet friend! Hugs and praying that all goes well with your move!

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