Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Papertrey Ink March 2014 Blog Hop #1

Another PTI Blog Hop has made it's way to the forefront of my calendar for March. The challenge this month is to incorporate anything high gloss or shiny into our design. This was an easy challenge to meet, as heat embossing is what drew my interest into stamping from the very beginning. Just something magical about watching that powder melt into an embossed image. 

I dug out a couple of old stamp sets for this challenge. For some reason Papertrey Ink's Green Thumb has been on my radar of late. There are no dies for this set, but images are easy enough for fussy cutting. I combined the flower pot from Green Thumb with florals from Mini Blooms and came up with this:
My shiny-glossy is in the flower pot, meant to look like the cobalt blue pots I grow my roses in for our deck. It is stamped in blue and coated with Glossy Accents. And the sentiment is embossed in the same blue. A few of the Mini Blooms are raised with foam adhesive and a tiny bit of embellishing to the centers with colored Stickles.

Supplies used:
Stamps: Papertrey Green Thumb, Mini Blooms (and dies)
Ink: PTI dye inks, Colorbox Blue pigment ink, Glossy Accents
Cardstock: PTI
Baker's Twine: PTI Enchanted Evening
Ranger Stickles


26 comments:

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, I love the flowers spilling out of the glossy bucket! Fabulous take on the challenge!

PatQ's Cards said...

Your card is absolutely gorgeous!

Julia Aston said...

what a creative design with your blooms spilling out out your glossy bucket!

Rosemary said...

so pretty... love the flowers spilling out of your planter!

Joni Andaya said...

What a FABULOUS flower spilling! Love this :)

Veronica Z said...

Oh my gosh your stamping is amazing! I love this card!

Marcia Hill said...

SO pretty! I just love that blue pot and all the flowers falling out from it! Well done!! :0)

Kay D said...

Oh goodness- I think I may to CASE this one! I just love all those blooms spilling out of that super glossy pot! Gorgeous!

Martha said...

Oh, this is SO adorably sweet!
I love the pretty flowers.

Jacquie Southas said...

Another wonderful card - love the glossy pot!

Diane Jaquay said...

Oh wow, love how the flowers are spilling out of your shiny bucket, such a wonderful card!

Sarah T. said...

Such a lovely card. Love the tiny little accents in the flower centres.

Laurie Unger said...

Love this! Very pretty spring mix of flowers!

Linda said...

Your card is so beautiful and so creative. Your fellow Washingtonian

Kristi said...

So pretty! Love the flowers spilling out! You did a very good job here, everything looks gorgeous!

victoria h said...

beautiful flowers and a super glossy pot - great card

Nancy Penir said...

Just lovely! Beautiful glossy pot, especially love how you added the 'handles'.

Joyce said...

I love both of your cards. Especially because you used Green Thumb--and oldie but goodie, and I am always on the lookout for ideas for that set. Really love the flowers spilling out of the pail.

Kathryn A said...

I LOVE this card! Great way to use the sentiment, the flowers and the Glossy Accents!!

Beth said...

Such a cute card, I love the tumbling flowers :-)

Beth xx

Sherrie M. said...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card! Great design and execution!

A Crafty Person said...

I was drawn to this card this morning before I went to work and just LOVE the blooms falling out of your blue glossy bucket! Your second card is wonderful too, I want a pair of pink glossy rain boots!

Nora Noll said...

What a fun card!! I LOVE the glossy, blue bucket and the flowers pouring out of it. So creative!!! Great take on the challenge!!

Rhonda said...

This is so fun!! Love the glossy blue.

Lorraine said...

Oh I love your card - the colors you used and the design! Beautiful!

Kathy M. said...

Wow Steph you have been busy and really good at posting your great work! Thank you from all of us :)