Papers & Plums

It's been a week of inspiration and challenges over at Papertrey Ink as they celebrate their third anniversary and its not even over yet. I've been playing around with the Emboss Resist technique quite a bit this week. Through trial and error I discovered which of my stamps yielded the best result. Suffice it to say there is a handful of images that will not be gracing my blog! However, I am quite pleased with the outcome of this card.

After stamping and heat embossing an image from Heart Prints, I decided to try the technique used by Nichole in this post. She diluted regular acrylic paint and dripped it over the embossed image, creating a very fun result. I think the card she made is one of my favorites from her blog. I diluted red acrylic paint with water and ended up with a pink color! So instead of red card stock I used Raspberry Fizz which was a better fit.

I was also able to play along with PTI and the CPS blog, using their sketch # 153 for my card. This is my take on it. Have you been playing along this week too? It's been a lot of fun so far.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sara

Card Details: {Stamps}: Heart Prints from PTI, {Ink}: Versamark, PTI Dark Chocolate {Paper}: PTI stampers select white, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate and In Bloom Patterned Paper.{Other}: Clear EP, Red Acrylic Paint

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I decided to participate in another challenge this week. This one is from the Card Positioning System blog. The sketch was for the card only, but since it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, I thought I would make a little box o' chocolates to match for my sweet husband. =) He already got it (since he reads my blog I couldn't keep it a secret) and I can report that he likes it.

I find that I like using card sketches quite a bit. It really gets you started. However, I have to admit that I was not crazy about this particular one…but that is why it's called a challenge I guess. =) But once I started stamping it sort of grew on me. I had fun, and that is the main reason I do this so the sketch worked!!

For the card I used PTI Stamper's select white for the Card Base, SU! Close to Cocoa for the panel and a small piece of PTI Pure Poppy to add another row of scallops. I used Polka Dot Basics to create the background and Heart Prints for the Hearts (as the name of the set so aptly suggests. =)

And here's the nugget tin that I got from PTI. Love their stuff. So much fun to play with. I stamped the labels using Holiday Treats and a variety of words from Heart Prints and Mixed Messages. The ribbon was a gift from my sister. I don't know where she got it but it matches the Pure Poppy color really well.

Ok, that is it for tonight. Thanks for stopping by once more,

Sara

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