As usual, my blog post was not completed before the deadline
for Papertrey’s anniversary challenges, but I thought I’d share the cards anyway.
Here goes.
2007: This card was heavily inspired by
Heather’s Green Thumb card with a nod toward Kelly’s use of the Make It Monday gelatos technique. Besides the obvious, the biggest difference between Heather’s card and mine is
the number of stamp sets used – Heather one, Nancy eight. I love how the simple
addition of a darker ink along the side edges of the pot give it such depth.
2008: Floral Frenzy is another stamp set
that is not part of my collection, but that didn’t stop me from using Nichole’s
sweet daisy card as inspiration. The flower in Flower Fusion #9 was a perfect
substitution.
2009: Simple Valentine was the first stamp set that I bought from PTI, so it holds a
special place in my heart (so appropriate!). While using it on the next two
cards, I was reminded of how charming the background stamp is.
2010: The next card features the set Wreath for all Seasons and was influenced by a
2013 card from Melissa using Meadow Greens. What I discovered when embossing the wreath was to layer it – wreath,
berries, wreath. The result is that the berries look interspersed in the
branches rather than sitting on top.
2011: Dawn’s artsy Background Basics: Newsprint card was the inspiration for my next card. I like hers better.
2012: Sentiment Signs has fallen in with Birthday
Basics as one of my main go-tos for the inside sentiment on birthday cards. In
fact, once I discovered how perfectly it works that way, I haven’t even thought
about using it on the front of a card. Shame on me. These next two cards using
Don’t Forget to Write – same design, different color palettes – were inspired
by a card from Stephanie Gold.
2013: Surprising to me, this is the fourth card using kraft c/s. Heather certainly
influenced my celebration of this anniversary! Of course, this next card is
another remake of one of Heather’s cards, The Best is Yet to Be created in 2013. That is another set that I don’t own, so I substituted Garden Grace and
Mini Blooms for the sentiment. I love how this card turned out
2014: This next card was inspired by Michelle Leone’s color palette and Laurie Willison’s card using Hello There, a stamp set from 2014.
First, without the MISTI, I would never have attempted this card. Second,
remember to leave well enough alone. The bottom row of triangles are not
needed.
2015: And now we come to Brushed Blooms, one of my top five stamp sets from PTI.
This is based on a card of Betsy’s using Painted Petals. The colors of the flowers are Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy and Scarlet Jewel
for the petals and Green Parakeet and New Leaf for the leaves.
I always try to add something to the inside of a card even
if only a strip of coordinating paper. For this card, I wanted to accent the
sentiment in a way that echoed the front, but there are no leaves in Brushed
Blooms that complement the little flower. Because that pop of green was
needed, I searched until finding the tiny leaf in Stitched Sentiments. It is a
perfect match and looks so sweet with the flower.
2016: Painted Petals paired with Melissa’s watercolor card has been on my “try this” list for a year. While working on the card, I was
disappointed with the colors. They weren’t as vivid as on Melissa’s card. I’m
glad that I didn’t toss it and start over because the final card with the
Mother Teresa quote (from Heart Print Sentiments) reminds me of a summer
garden. And that’s a good thing.
Now it’s time to send some cards.
nancy
