My First Papertrey Blog Hop!!

Good afternoon!! Welcome to my first Papertrey Blog Hop!! After a couple of years of seeing the monthly Hops, I decided it was time to jump in and play with the Big Girls (all you talented card makers out there :) The challenge this month was to go through the Design Team Gallery and find a project that inspires us....hard and easy at the same time...so much inspiration!! I narrowed it down at first to my first favourite designer, Dawn McVey. I've been following her blog for a couple of years now and have seen her grow and get more famous :) Then I had to pick a favourite project!! A challenge in itself!! I decided on Dawn's tag set from last December.

I love the way she chose a colour palette and a few stamp sets and then played with paper, stamps and embellishments. So that's what I did. I chose aquamist, scarlet jewel, kraft, vintage cream and then various papers from Autumn Abundance. Since I live in Canada, I don't have any of the latest release stamps so I used a mixture of past sets for the sentiments along with my latest sets of Polka Dot Basics 2 and Top Ten. I also don't have a Cricut so I used this trick from Michelle Woerner to make tags with the Nestabilities Labels 4 dies.

I used an old embellishment tin to house the tag set and created a tag for the top that could be reused as I attached it with a thin piece of magnet :) Here are a few closeups of the tags and tin...

Dawn had attached her tag to a bag, so I did too (I recycle my Starbucks bags for gifts!!). To put my own spin on it, though, I then attached it to a card to show how versatile tags can be :)

So there you have it!! My first official PTI project!! It was so much fun playing with tags...a smaller canvas than an A2 card...it felt the same as scrapbooking an 8x8 album instead of a 12x12 one...those of you who've done that will relate :) On a last note, I'd like to thank ALL the lovely Design Members for their constant inspiration with the fabulous PTI products. I am in awe of you everyday :) Thanks for visiting today...enjoy the rest of the Hop!!

{Gift Tag Set Supplies}

Stamps: PTI Top Ten Additions, Signature Greetings, Birthday Basics, Star Prints, Mega Mixed Messages, Polka Dot Basics 2
Ink: SU choc chip, Baroque Burgundy
Paper: PTI aquamist, vintage cream, kraft, scarlet jewel, Autumn Abundance & Polka Dots dp; Making Memories Lovestruck dp
Accessories: Ek Success and Fiskars border punches; PTI satin ribbon, SU double stitch, Michaels satin ribbon, Basic Grey chipboard letters, twine, PTI buttons, gemstones, half pearls, SU slot punch, nestabilities Labels 4

{Thoughtful Card} Additional supplies...Paper: PTI vintage cream, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird dp