Friday, April 25, 2008

Blog Hopping with PTI!! Welcome everyone!




Welcoming all blog hoppers!
As anyone who reads Frog of Faith knows, I love Papertreyink! Tonight is a very special event over at PTI...on the 25th of every month, Nicole and PTI are sponsoring a "Blog Hop". Twenty five blogs are being "showcased" and those who choose to participate are challenged to create a card according to the...well, challenge! This month, Nicole has asked Forum member bloggers to create a project using bits and pieces of her newest designer paper Father Knows Best. I didn't land on the randomly chosen "showcased" list, but she has invited any and all blog hop participants to post a link over at the forum...So! What you see above is my challenge project!


My inspiration:
Making a quilt on a line was my first thought when I saw the patterned paper squares Nicole gave us to work with...I once came upon a framed quilling project similar to this several years ago at a women's retreat. I always felt it was a card waiting to happen! Then I saw the designs, the challenge and **POOF!** the ideas came back and TA DA!



BLOG {HOPPER} CANDY ALERT: All the images you see in the card above are Papertreyink...I used many sets...How many, you ask?? Can you guess?? Comment with a guess on this post and for all the correct guesses posted by 5 pm Saturday evening (EST), I will choose a random winner and will send you a roll of Papertrey's new ribbon color, Lemon Tart!


For the watering can, I embossed clear EP onto one of the patterns from PTI's Pink Patterns DP and my favorite little grasshopper was stamped onto a dotted pattern from the sleeve of a papertreyink package I received (never waste GOOD DP...even on the packaging!!) I also used PTI's Perfect Match inks: Aqua Mist, Blush Blossom, Berry Sorbet and Spring Moss. Some of the images are faint on that last quilt, but I didn't want to reink them...they are darker in real life and I like them! The only paper I used that isn't PTI is some Brown Prism paper behind the third quilt. The calligraphy, and the ant, are my creations :) If you click on the image, you'll see it much better!! I also added some dimensionals under the left edges of each "quilt" to make it look like the little breeze the words were riding on was blowing each quilt....kind of hard to see in the picture! What do you think?? To see more creations for the challenge(and if you are a forum member), click here. What fun! More creations with PTI treasures!



Here are two more cards using PTI images. Both of these cards use Green Thumb...one of my favorite sets....there's my grasshopper again!! The second card uses one of PTI's newest colors of ribbon and CS, Summer Sunrise as well as her March release color, Berry Sorbet (CS). All ink on these cards is SU.











And hey, here's my last project for the post...this is actually for my Backgrounder Blitz challenge over at CHF (I used the scalloped lace BG'er) but I'll put it here because I used PTI ink, (Berry Sorbet) and cardstock, AND stitched ribbon(both Summer Sunrise)! The pattern for the purse was from Nichole Heady's blog and it uses an acrylic card box cut in half (purchased from PTI). I use these beauties for gifting 3x3's. Aren't they GREAT?!


Wow! I'm so glad you stopped in to visit! Feel free to drop in any time...maybe we can share a gelato or a caramel latte next time! Hope you have a lot of fun on the rest of your blog hopping adventure! I know I am! Don't forget to leave a comment and a guess for some blog candy!

Be well and blessed, honored friends and guests, alike!


20 comments:

  1. WONDERFUL card! I absolutely love it :-) I'll be back again to visit your blog!

    PS My guess is 5 SETS were used!

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  2. That is a fabulous card! LOVE it. I would say you used 4 sets.

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  3. Very cute! But there is a bug on your clothes ;-)

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  4. very cute and detailed card. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I love that first card! What great details and so cute!

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  6. Nice job on all the things you made. My favorite is the card with the quilts on the line. I would guess 7 sets.

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  7. I'm guessing 6, Thanks Kathy Hering...

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  8. I love this - very nice! I am going to guess 8 sets. Beautiful!

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  9. That quilt card is too stinking cute! Love it!!!

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  10. How cute is that??? Love you mini quilts!

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  11. WOW cards and love your purse! I'm just gonna guess for fun, nine ;)

    PS just got your card. It was sent with a wrong addy. I was so thrilled it got here! Can't wait for the newsletter!

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  12. Love the card :) I would have to guess 12 sets!!!

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  13. OH MY WOW!! I have just gone through all of the chosen 25 and starting on the Extras and I can tell you already that yours is my winner!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! Great job.

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  14. My guess would be 16 sets - your creations are wonderful!

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  15. So sweet! I love your creations! I love how you turned the squares into quilts hanging, very creative!!!
    CammyV

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  16. I love all your cards on this post. Just gorgeous!

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  17. All your projects ROCK Kim!!! I totally love that little 3x3 gift bag, really really cute!

    *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

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  18. Wow Kim Marie! These are all amazing! I love them all but particularly the first one with the quilts on the line.

    Fabulous

    Katie
    x

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