Papertrey Ink October Blog Hop

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EEK! Okay, it’s officially the Christmas season in the studio!  Welcome to my PTI Blog Hop post AND my second Christmas card post of the year!  I couldn’t narrow down the non-traditional inspiration palettes so I went with 2 this month…both equally yummy in their own ways. 

Nothing makes me happier than bringing out the little jingle bells I’ve slowly collected over the past few years.  Nothing says “Christmas” like jingle bells (okay, and Baby Jesus! LOL)  I love how the sentiment fits perfectly onto the file tab!
 

Before I go, I want to let you know I have a few Papertrey Ink stamps for sale in case you didn’t see them over in the forum…click on the name to see a picture of the stamp set.  Prices include shipping to Canada and the US.
Spiral Bouquet - $14.00 SOLD
Background Basics: Diamonds - $13.00 (like new)
Background Basics: Gingham - $13.00 (like new) SOLD
Beautiful Blooms 2 - $15.00
Thanks for spending a few minutes with me on the hop…your comments are always warm my heart!  Can’t wait to see all the takes on this super fun challenge!

what’s in them?

{merry}

stamps: pti christmas poinsettia

ink: su basic grey

paper: pti soft stone, white, aquamist, mme dp

accessories: pti felt, christmas poinsettia and wonderful words holiday dies, buttons, bakers twine, stitching

{Sending You Christmas Joy}

stamps: vintage ornaments and vintage ornaments additions

ink: versafine onyx, pti raspberry fizz

paper: pti kraft, hibiscus burst, rustic white, echo park dp

accessories: pti vintage ornament and edger dies, gems, silver cording, Michaels jingle bells, pti ribbon, stitching

A Happy Hello ~ CASE Study #114

 

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Good evening friends!  Welcome to a new week of inspiration over on the CASE Study challenge blog.  We are sadly playing with the last card by the amazing Julia Stainton :(  It has been so fun being inspired by her all month, but all good things must end (or so they tell me! lol).  Our last little bit of eye candy is this lovely piece of art…

I focused in on the felt, the sentiment, the corrugated cardboard and the little burst of turquoise.  It doesn’t get any more textured than this!  Wowzers!  What is calling to YOU this week?  Head over to the CASE Study blog to see what the Design Team loved, then start creating!  I LOVE seeing your cards in the gallery :)  Here are the direct links to the Design Team blogs if you want to read more about their creations…

Jeanna Jachna (Guest DT)

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Christina MacLaren

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Teneale Williams

Julia Stainton (October's Muse)

Thanks for visiting and all your kind comments!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Verve  Happy Hello, Clearly Besotted Happy Everything

ink: versafine onyx, su rose romance

paper: PTI rustic cream, Authentique Lively

accessories: craft concepts embossing folder, pti felt, leaf print die, button, thread, staples, corner rounder, gems, jenni bowlin corrugated flowers

400 Followers Blog Giveaway ~ Thanks Ever So Much

Good morning!  Two things to share with you today.  First up is the card that I submitted to the PaperCrafts World Card Making Day challenge over on the Moxie Fab World Blog a few weeks ago during all the WCMD events.  It was a random draw and I won 5 of the Papercrafts Special Issues! Score!  Now the second exciting thing…

Okay!  Little old “Buttons & Bling” has 400 official followers!  So for fun, let’s have a “400 and Fabulous” Blog Candy giveaway!  I’ve collected 400 of my favourite items around the studio!  The lucky winner (open to anyone worldwide)will receive:

100 hot pink gems

100 turquoise gems

50 light purple pearls

30 Studio Calico wood veneer tiny stars

10 Studio Calico wood veneer birds

2 Studio Calico wood frames

3 Jenni Bowlin corrugated shapes

5 journal tags

3 seed packet die cuts

50 Papertrey Ink buttons (5 each of 10 colours)

1 set of Technique Tuesday stamps (rulers)

5 pieces of divine Papertrey Ink felt (cuts like but-tah!)

1 set of label stickers from Mish Mash’s (Michelle Wooderson) online store

4 images of a vintage typewriter from Mish Mash’s online store

2 library cards

2 mini wood clothes pins

8 resin flowers

24 Lil’Inkers die cuts (stitched mats, sunshine, and banner label)

TOTAL = 400!!

All you have to do is leave a comment letting me know your favourite embellishment or your favourite trend at the moment.  The Giveaway will end in one week, at 2:25 pm on October 31st (that’s when I let my students out of class on Halloween!).  At that time I’ll use the Random Number Generator to pick a winner, who will have 3 days to contact me at moeplut@shaw.ca.  After that, if I have not been contacted, I’ll draw another name.  How does that sound?  Good luck!!

what’s in it?

stamps:Treasured Words (Verve)

paper: rustic white, autumn rose, soft stone, sweet blush (Papertrey Ink), basic grey (Stampin’ Up), Honey (My Mind’s Eye)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Loopy Blooms and Dreamy Leaves dies (A Cut Above by Verve), felt, buttons (PTI), ribbon (Michaels), thread, mat stack 4 and fillable frame dies (PTI), wood grain embossing folder (Craft Concepts), pinking scissors (Fiskars)

Hold Christmas in Your Heart

Hold on to your jingle bells!  It’s Monday AND my first official Christmas card of the year!!  We had our first snowfalls this weekend during the nights so it didn’t feel that weird to break out the ornament stamps, dies and my beloved little jingle bells :)  Seriously, if I could get away with using those all year long, I would! HA!  I had time to play with this week’s Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch and it made me think of the gorgeous Vintage Ornaments stamp set.  So then I hauled out my Christmas paper and started playing with a non traditional colour scheme.  I’m definitely a non traditional girl when it comes to Christmas colours so the pink, aqua and red from this Crate Paper pad made me a bit giddy :)

Hey, just to let you all know…I’m getting pretty close to 400 followers!  I know not everyone signs up to be a follower and just follows via bookmarks or google reader, but I thought it would be fun to have a little “400” blog candy when it occurs…so stay tuned!

Have a lovely Monday!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse vintage ornaments, compact sentiments

ink: versafine onyx, pti aquamist

paper: pti rustic cream, rustic white, echo park dp, crate paper dp

accessories: spellbinders vintage ornaments, oval dies, pti buttons, thread, Michaels jingle bells, silver cording, paper doily, Funkie Junkie lace trim

Birthday Wishes

Good morning!  I was a stamping fiend yesterday and had time to play with some more of my fabulous Clearly Besotted Stamps!  My birthday stash is still quite low despite my best attempts to replenish so you’ll understand if more of my cards this month are birthday ones :)  I know it’s Autumn (Duchess!), but I can’t resist stamping these sweet reminders of lazy summer days. These butterflies and sentiment are from Butterfly Wishes…

Don’t you love the mix of butterfly images?  The most difficult thing about this card was the placement of the butterflies!  LOL  I swear I spent a good 20 minutes trying out every placement possible!  After dinner and a couple of glasses of wine, this was the final decision! LOL  Have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes

ink: versafine onyx, pti ocean tides, aquamist

paper: pti rustic cream, soft stone, kraft, October Afternoon Woodland Park

accessories: craft concepts embossing folder, pti button, twine, gems

Happy Birthday

Good morning!  TGIF!!  We’ve got another Professional Day here in our province and I’m excited to be working with some colleagues on some new things I’ve introduced in my class this year.  I have embraced Fall now and love the rich colours it brings.  It’s our first Fall in the house and we’ve been enjoying watching the leaves change colours from our huge living room windows :)  Today’s card uses Diva Tosh’s Viva La Verve sketch.  We have 2 more weeks of sketches before the BIG monthly draw for a $100 Verve gift certificate!  Wouldn’t that be amazing to win?!  Head over to the Viva La Verve Forum for all the details and then get creating!  Have a glorious Friday! 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Treasured Words, Dream Big, Lean on Me (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, kraft, bitty boxes dp (PTI), soft suede, espresso, razzleberry (SU), Memoir (Studio Calico)

ink: onyx (Versafine), pumpkin pie, chocolate chip (SU)

accessories: Pointed Flowers, Dreamy Leaves (A Cut Above by Verve), Limitless Layers, button PTI), wood butterfly (Studio Calico), bakers twine (Twinery), ribbon (SU), border punch (EK Success), stitching

Sunshine After Rain ~ CASE Study # 113

Good evening friends!  Welcome to a new week of inspiration over on the CASE Study challenge blog.  We are playing with another card from the super talented Julia Stainton!  Feast your eyes on this little beauty…

The colours just jumped at me this week as did the stamped flowers.  I don’t have any umbrella images, so I went with the “feeling better” and “love” theme from Julia’s card.  I just got my first order of Lil’ Inkers dies. L-O-V-E!  They have the sweetest little stitched border that frames out each image perfectly :)  These dies will see LOTS of love in the studio :)  Just sayin’!  The sun die pairs perfectly with the sentiment I helped inspire in Verve’s Stronger Love set.  It makes me smile every time I read it.  Head over to the CASE Study blog to see what the Design Team created, or check out their blogs below, then join in the fun!  Can’t wait to see what you are inspired by!  Thanks for visiting!

Amy Wanford

Jeanna Jachna (Guest DT)

Andrea Ewen

Christina MacLaren

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Teneale Williams

Julia Stainton (October's Muse)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Verve Stronger Love, Doodled Occasions

ink: versafine onyx, su pumpkin pie

paper: pti kraft, raspberry fizz, soft stone, rustic white, su pumpkin pie

accessories: pti limitless layers dies, lil’ inker sunshine dies, cuttlebug embossing folder, satin ribbon, pti button, bakers twine, stitching