pti celebrating the past, present and future

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