Monday, April 25, 2011

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop

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Good morning!!  Welcome to my April Papertrey Ink blog post!  This month we’re celebrating the Boys and Men in our lives.   If you’ve been following the latest Papertrey Ink Release, you will remember Nichole’s amazing Mother’s Day card using an old picture.  I just had to replicate it for Father’s Day.  Yep, that’s yours truly at about age 2!  I even have bells on my shoes! LOL  This photo was actually a colour photo but I photo edited it with a “sepia” look.  I had to change up the elements from Nichole’s card so they would be a bit more masculine…the cork star, and dotted background and the leaf and berry circle image.  Notice the date?  I don’t have the addition set of dates for the Library Ledger Series (and I don’t think the new one goes back to this date! LOL) so I thought I’d just add this year’s date…now here’s how I got “2011…”  I carefully cut up the year 2001.  I cut off the “01” at the end and stamped the “1” twice at the end! EEK!! I had to!!  I love using old photos…here’s my Father’s Day card from last year…
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The next card is inspired by the latest Wild Card Colour Challenge.  They were “masculine” colours so I thought they’d be perfect for another Father’s Day card…the dotted label frame and bit of ribbon under the star are actually Forest Foliage/Pinefeather respectively…just difficult to photograph as they are a deep deep green.  The star is made out of chipboard using 2 of the PTI star dies and then inked with SU chocolate chip ink.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the wonderful comments…I really appreciate them!  I look forward to checking out all the other wonderful ideas!
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{Happy Father’s Day – June 2011}

 

stamps: pti mini scrapbook series – library ledger, round and round, verve happy phrases

ink: versafine onyx, versamark, su close to cocoa, kiwi kiss

paper: pti kraft, cream, springmoss,

accessories: digital picture, cork, pti star and library card die, pti button and  twine, corner chomper, wooden clothespeg


 

{Happy Father’s Day}

 

stamps: pti turning and new leaf, verve father’s day plain jane, waltzingmouse labels 5

ink: versafine onyx, su sahara sand, forest foliage, chocolate chip

paper: pti cream, bitty dot and bitty box basics

accessories: labels 5 die, pti star dies, brads, burlap, chipboard coaster, pti ribibon, button and twine, stitching

20 comments:

Laurie said...

HI Maureen! These cards are amazing! I love that first one with you and your dad! Awesome!!

Kara said...

LOVE the photo cards!!

Renee said...

Love them all...
but the photo cards are amazing!
Love, love, love them!

Marisa said...

Love the picture of you and your dad :) Great touch with the cork star and fun BG on the kraft panel. Love both pictures and fun use of the burlap on the card. Glad you got some sunshine this weekend :) Enjoy your last day of the long weekend. We have 15 for dinner tonite so it's a busy day.

Mindy said...

I love how you used a photograph on your card..how thoughtful!!!

Mona Pendleton said...

What a wonderful collection of projects Maureen! LOVE how you included photos on your cards! I recently pulled out childhood photos from 40 years ago and they are fading terribly! YIKES

Jen Cuthbertson said...

These photos are so cute and I love how you used them on your cards! I always look forward to your PTI hop posts because you always have so many fun cards!

Vannessa said...

What a great collection of cards - I'm sure your dad will love his Father's day one!

Kristii said...

Wow!! What special cards!!! I love that you used photos and the elements all fit together perfectly!!!

Suzanne said...

These are just so precious - they are stunning. You did a beautiful job, Maureen.

Lynn said...

Oh Maureen...I love these pictures...they truly warm my heart! What a great take on the challenge!

Stephanie said...

Wonderful cards! I just love that burlap material on the bottom card. It gives it such depth and dimension.

Jen Carter said...

The cards with your dad...so sweet!! All of these are fabulous!

Tracey McNeely said...

Hi Maureen, these are great cards.

Marybeth said...

These are great fathers days cards.

Jean Martin said...

Maureen these are fabulous! Love the picture of you with your dad. Soooo sweet! What wonderful cards! :)

Arlene said...

Wow, these are great cards! Love them.

Arlene.
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sillyleann said...

All of these are amazing cards. My favorite is the middle one. I love that picture and the colors.

Janelle said...

Love all your manly cards, Maureen, but especially the first two with the photos. The way you trimmed your photos leaving some white edging is brilliant... and I really like the the one "fancy" edge on the first card. Great job, as usual!!

Andrea M said...

OMG Maureen - you do masculine so well too!!! Is there anything you can't do? WOWZAS! Love the first card with the pic of you and your Dad!! Makes me miss my Dad :( Love all these fantastic creations!

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