PTI"s Blog Hop January 2012



Decisions, decisions, decisions!  The challenge for January's Blog Hop sponsered by PTI was to  pick your  favorite project from 2011 and share it!  To take it a step further, we were also challenged to create a second card that was inspired by the favorite one selected.    You can check here for all the details.

  The card I picked that was my favorite was a masculine card I made for rmy son-in-law's 35th birthday.

     There are many reasons why I love this card. Not only does it have one of my favorite color combinations, but more importantly it was an original design. The card I created for the Blog Hop is based on this design

  The only thing I did differently to the design was add the pinked edges to both sides of the base card. A close up shot of the tag. I stitched a felt heart (cut from one of my Love Lives Here die) to the tag.

  I also created a 2nd card using the same color combination, but reversing them. I also changed the impression in the background and added heart shaped pearls by the sentiment.

   Colored twine was used on this tag.

       Is there a card you prefer? Do you think one background impression works better than the other? 

      Thanks for stopping by. I'm off to enjoy the rest of the creations  featured on the Blog Hop.

Star of Wonder

          I wish I could say that I had a great weekend. It started out okay, but went helter skelter Saturday evening. My husband & I had invited another couple over for dinner.  Everything went fine until I started to clear the dishes from the table and do a quick clean up of the kitchen before I served dessert. I hadn't noticed that the 5th burner on my stove was still on.  Needless to say when I picked up the glass baking dish on top, I severely burned my left hand.  It was as if I pulled a dish from the oven without a pot holder.  The blisters on my fingertips are over an inch long.  I was told it will take 3-6 weeks to heal.  Luckily, it was my left hand.  So my crafting is going to be limited for awhile. (Maybe, we'll see).  I don't know if I'll let a little burn prevent me from crafting.

     I've had this card sitting around for awhile. So I thought I would post it today.  It is a case of a card done by Dawn McVey  during the October release. The minute I saw this card, I knew I would case it. I didn't have the background stamp that Dawn used on her card, so to me the card seems naked.

 

Thanks for looking.

Supplies: CS: Soft Stone, Plum Pudding, Royal Velvet, White
Stamps: Star of Wonder
Dies: Fillable Frame #4, Limitless Layers, Tag #5
Other: Circle punch, rhinestones, white ribbon, PTI Plum Pudding button, embroidery floss