PTI - ink blending over heat embossing

I love learning new techniques to use on my cards. PTI's new technique this week is inking over clear embossing. 

I used:

Script Swirls Birthday stamps

Be Happy stamps and dies

Stylish Sentiments Birthday stamps

Heart-2-Heart #5 mini stamp set

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PTI Blog Hop

The theme challenge for the PTI Blog Hop this month is "stitching." I have PTI's Embroidered Blooms stamp set. It's one of my favorite flower stamp sets!



It's a bolder color scheme than I'm used to using, but I really like how it came out.

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PTI Release Create with Us

I have such a hard time with guy cards. When I saw the beautiful black and gold card created by Maile Belles, I knew I had to lift it for my stash. 

PTI stamp set: Heart-2-Heart #5 Mini Stamp set. 

PTI card stock: white and kraft

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PTI MIM

I'm on a card making roll. Another card today using the PTI Make it Monday technique challenge. This week's technique is for ombré stenciled backgrounds. Here's my card:

This was a very fun technique, and I really like how the background came out. Then I added white embossing powder and black ink to the foreground to give it some pop. 

I used:

PTI Wet Paint stamps

PTI Embroidered Blooms stamps

Crafters Workshop stencil

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PTI Blog Challenge

I must say that pink and green is one of my least favorite color combinations, but I like the way this one came out. I used stacked plates to get the butterfly embossed on the background. I always wanted to try that technique. 

PTI products used:

Heeling Touch Sentiments

Aida Embossing plate

Beautiful Butterfly Layers stamps

Beautiful Butterfly Layers dies

White card stock 

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PTI Make it Monday

This weeks MIM challenge was to customize a background. Here is my background before and after:

And here is my final card:

I used the PTI Birthday tag stamp set. I love this set for making tags. This is the first time I've used it for a card. 

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Altenew February challenge

I took a class by Altenew at CHA and fell in love with their layered flower stamps. The class didn't offer freebie sets, so I had to go buy my own. I chose the stamp set called Golden Garden with matching dies and another one called Super Script. I love the bold mod look and these flowers and sentiments make it easy to whip up a quick tag. 

Checkout the other cards in this challenge, head to the Altenew blog. 

http://altenewblog.com/2016/02/01/february-challenge-places-abroad-cyprus/?utm_source=Altenewees&utm_campaign=3e6dbdfe06-Altenew_February_Newsletter_Discount_Cod2_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e280c79ef5-3e6dbdfe06-274019845&mc_cid=3e6dbdfe06&mc_eid=bfb3ba50cb

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PTI Release Challenge

The last challenge was to use the first three layers of your name to create a project. This was a perfect simple project for a last minute Valentine's tag for my mom. My name challenge came out like this:

J - jewels

O - ombré

N - something new

And here is my tag:

I used my new PTI tag die and PTI Scribble Circles stamp. 

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PTI Thank-you

My last card that I'm sharing today is a thank-you card. 

This is a nice flat card since it's going in the mail today to PTI. And of course there is a matching envelope. :oD

I used an old PTI stamp set called Bird Watching. I also used Wonderful Words:Thank-you and Circle Scrbbles. 

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PTI Color Pop Challenge

This challenge involves a color picker...

Pick a number: 5
Move the picker 5 times and the color over my left thumb is my first color
SIMPLY CHARTRUSE
Flip 11 times - November
open flap on the left to get the next two colors
SPRING RAIN - BLUEBERRY SKY

These aren't colors that I would have picked... kind if too monochromatic for me, but I really like how it came out.

I used the PTI Enjoy frame die cut, and Beautiful Blooms stamp set and dies.

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PTI Release Challenge

In this challenge we were asked to cut 9 squares and use a different technique on each. I used the following techniques:

Stamping

Masking

Dry Embossing

Stenciling

White on White

Coloring with Copics

Embossing Powder

Die cuts

Shaker 

I also used PTI Framed Out Set #1 and Beutiful Blooms Stamps and Dies. 

It's amazing what a mess I can make of my craft area using 9 techniques!

Time to clean up. Thanks for stopping by!