PTI Princess Challenge no.9--redo an older card

Hello all! I'm here today hosting my first ever PTI Princess challenge! Although I've been in the group for more than two years, I've never hosted a challenge before so I'm excited!

OK, the challenge is to REDO one of your cards from at LEAST 1 year ago. You can use the same LO, the same colors, the same stamps, or all three, but you must remake one of your older cards. And you have to post BOTH of them! (the old one and the new)

Here is my new card. I do admit to loving Terracotta Tile! *smile*  I used my new wave border punch, an image from Masculine Motifs, an old piece of Basic Grey PP and some twine & buttons.

I inked up the tops of the waves so they would stand out a bit. I also stamped off the sailboat once and used half for the sail.

Here is the card I re-did. You can see I used the same basic LO and a few of the same elements, but if they weren't side-by-side you wouldn't know one was inspired by the other. I originally posted this card on February 20, 2008. The original post is here.


So I can't wait to see what the rest of the group does!
Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Princess Challenge No.7--Closet colors

Good morning friends! Today's card is for the challenge that Diane issued on her blog to "throw open your closet doors" and find some inspiration. When I open my closet doors I see a multitude of peasant skirts and old hippie-style dresses that comprised my wardrobe in college. *grin* 

The first skirt I saw was orange and white and I used to wear it with an aqua colored tank top so I based my card on those colors.

I was going to take a picture but then I was afraid to let you really see my "other" side! lol

Some things just shouldn't be published on a blog!

Poppy stamp by Hero Arts, Sentiment by PTI. I know all the stamps should be PTI for a PTI challenge, but I couldn't resist, and everything else is PTI so I hope it counts.

Have a good day, thanks for stopping by!

PTI Princess Challenge no.6--Spring (WARNING anniversary set used)

Good morning! Did you all have fun blog hopping last night? I only got through three pages, but I'm going to see the rest today. WOW, there was some really inspiring stuff!

Todays card is for the PTI Princess challenge that Bethie issued--Think Spring!

Spring means green buds on the trees, bird chirping everywhere, and mud. *grin* So I used my woodgrain stamps to signal trees, and the new Anniversary set from PTI for the birds and buds! Sorry, no mud on today's card...

I used a Glaze pen to add some color to the berries. I love that it was the exact color as Terracotta Tile!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a good one!

PTI Princess Challenge no.5--Neutrals

I made this card right after I received my Delightful Dahlia's set last month, but I wasn't going to post it because I didn't like it enough. Something is just not quite right about it, but when I saw the most recent PTI Princess challenge by Val I knew it would be the perfect fit. "Neutrals only," she declared, "No color."

I can't take credit for the LO, it is basically CASEd from a card I saw 3 years ago now. Don't ask me where I saw it, or who made it, but I apparently sketched the LO onto a scap paper I recently found while cleaning my studio. I know it was almost 3 years ago because the scap of paper was the back of a 1st grade school paper that my now 4th grader must have brought home!

I tried to color a white button with a grey Copic, but it wasn't the perfect shade, so I covered the button with CS instead! You can also see the scalloped border on the bottom of the sentiment panel a bit better here. I was pleased to use some old eyelets too...remember those? *grin*

Thanks for stopping by on this wonderful Wednesday!

PTI Princess Challenge no.5--CASEing another member

Cheryl issed the challenge for the most recent PTI Princesses. We are to CASE the next member alphabetically in our group. So I found a card of Diane's to CASE on her blog. Diane is amazing at creating several cards at once. You should see how many she posts each time! When does she find the time? Each time I thought I had decided on one of her cards, I saw several more that looked inspiring! Finally, I picked THIS one.

Photo by Diane Stange

Isn't it pretty? I liked the white embossed flower, but since I don't have that set I tried to find another solid image that would work for the springy theme she had going on.

Rubber boots always signal spring to me (MUD!), so I thought the boot image from Green Thumb would be perfect. I also had to use the new Hawaiian Shores color and some of my favorite Orange Zest to complete my color combo. Don't you love the flower buttons? I added in some "old-school" piercing to finish it off! (remember when piercing was on every card in blogland? *grin* I like it no matter what anyone says.)

Thanks for stopping by today!

PTI Princess Challenge no.4--Scoring

This round it was Pam's turn to host our bi-monthly Princess challenge. She chose scoring! I love using my Score-Pal and don't do it often enough, so this was fun. I'm still in my simple card making mode though, so nothing too fancy.

The simple parallel lines on the top portion of this card are intended to draw your eye down to the stamped vase and border. Stamps used: Asian Fusion

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a good one.

PTI Princess Challenge no.3--coloring

Happy Sunday everyone! Back to the grindstone tomorrow. I hope you got a bit of "playtime" this weekend, and a chance to relax. We just got back from a shopping (ugh) expedition. Target, Wegman's, Petsmart, Preimer Wines, Ashley Furniture Homestore and lunch out! Whewww. I'm beat. I despise shopping...unless it's online for stamping supplies *grin*!

This card is for another challenge (I've posted 3 challenge cards recently!)

The Papertrey Princess challenge this round came from Michele! She issued a coloring challenge and I was excited to get crackin' because I love my Copics. But I honestly have no idea how to really use them... *pout* I can color well in any medium, but I am not a "realistic" colorer...I can't add shadows, depth, nor definition with my Copics very well. (So I guess I'm not actually a good colorer...am I?)

But I gave it my best shot, and actually had fun while doing it, so that's what really counts, right?

Thanks for stopping by this evening!