PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 8: Blue Ombre

Papertrey Ink's Day 8 Challenge asked us to create a blue ombre look however we wanted it to be, whether in a sentiment, background, in images, etc. I decided to go with a sky background using different blue distress inks. Colors included Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Stormy Sky, and Chipped Sapphire.

I think it came out gorgeous! I love creating these. I used their Zappy Birthday stamps and dies and Mama Elephant's Tiny Heroes. The beautiful blue sequins around the card can be found at The Ton.

Ohh, would love for you to check out The Ton's first video! Please leave her some love. We are planning a few great things for you in the coming weeks! Thanks so much for all your comments and love. 

Linking this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Great and Small

7KidsCollegeFund Challenge: Anything Goes

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 7: Heavy Metal

For day 6, there was no card challenge. Papertrey Ink's Day 7 Challenge asked us to incorporate metal into our creation. That made me think of Ranger's Liquid Platinum embossing powder! If you don't already know, I LOVE this Big Hugs set. The sentiments with it are so sweet. I heat embossed a large square on white card stock and use the Big Hugs die to cut out the word. I used sequins from The Ton.

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 5: Spring into Action

Papertrey Ink's Day 5 Challenge asks us to spring into action - use a new set!

Here's one of my tags from the previous batch, using a set I just started inking, Movers & Shakers Sentiments. Don't you love this?? I want to give something like this to all my friends! The sequins are stamped using WPlus9's Little Bits:

Linking to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red + Pink

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 4: Build a Bouquet

Papertrey Ink's Day 4 Challenge consists of building a bouquet.

Here's my card, using Mini Blooms:

The beautiful purple sequins around the card can be found at The Ton.

Linking to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red + Pink

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 3: Gift Tags

Papertrey Ink's Day 3 Challenge asked us to create matching tags with gift bags. I don't have any gift bag but I took a plain gift box with a birthday present inside and added some colorful twine to it. Here's one of the tags I came up with:

And, of course, since inspiration comes and goes, I decided to make a bunch of tags and bookmarks while I was at it. :) I LOVE this bookmark die and the basic bookmark 3 die. They can still be used as tags, right?! I'll be giving these to friends with gifts. :) I played around with so many different stamp sets: Big Hugs, The Sweet Life, Mehndi Medallions Mini, Wet Paint, Wet Paint III, and Movers & Shakers Sentiments. I bought the tassels from this Etsy shop. 

The sentiments below are from Neat & Tangled Everyday Labels and Technique Tuesday Labels by Ali Edwards.

Linking to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red + Pink

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 2: Maile Balles

Papertrey Ink's second challenge is inspired by a returning design team member named Maile Balles.

I CASED from this post of hers. :) Very clean and simple cards for me!

Their second challenge can be found here with the rules.

Linking to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red + Pink

PTI Anniversary Challenge Day 1: DT Inspiration

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 8th anniversary this year with daily challenges this month leading to their February release countdown until release day, which is the 15th. I am so excited! I did find some time to create a few cards and am showing you the one I made using this sketch and color combo:

Their first challenge, inspired by the fabulous design team members, can be found here. All the rules can be found there. I'll be back with more cards! 

Linking to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Red + Pink