Chicks Challenge #5: Life is a Picnic

It's summertime! And do you know what I really love doing during this warm season? Packing my old and trusted picnic baskets with delicious outdoor foods grab a gingham throw and heading out for a relaxed summer picnic with friends or family. Picnics or outdoor meals are always perfect times for family bonding and catching up with friends. There is something about the simplicity of picnic that makes it a relaxed activity while being so much fun.

I love the memories that gingham invokes. Just seeing that pattern says summer picnic to me. So this week's Color and Inspiration Challenge is Picnics!

Use the just the inspiration, the colors or both in your card or other project. Use images of baskets, gardens, swings, trees, foods, striped backgrounds, designer paper with picnic themes...whatever you wish. Create somthing "picnicy". It can be a card or other crafty item.

Our colors this week are Pure Poppy, Kraft and White.
 
 
 

Bonus Challenge: It's All in a Name

Hello everyone, Happy Memorial Day and a big Thank You to all of you who have served, currently serving, or support those serving in the military. You've fought to assure us the freedoms we enjoy and for that, I am truly thankful.

This week's Challenge is a bonus, unscheduled challenge. This week, take the first letter of your first name, and create a card with a theme that starts with that letter. For instance, for me, my name is Beth, so I could choose "balloons", "beads", "bugs", "bears", etc.

I choose "B" for Baby.  Here is my baby gift card, which I made to hold a Babies'R'Us gift card for my cousin.

PTI Chicks Challenge # 4 PTI Blog Hop: FELT!!

Good afternoon everyone!! I did not forget about the post, I was just late!! I know you are all like me in the last stretch of the school year, parties, gifts and whatnot!! So I decided to "multitask" this being my Challenge post and also my Girl Scout project; our closing ceremony is tomorrow and we have to exchange swaps, our girls wanted something related to "April Showers" and I thought: Felt, dies, yum!! So here is our swap, a pretty little pin made out of felt, I tried to get inspiration from PTI colors, (but I did not use any PTI, sorry, we just had to make so many!!!) I used the nesties to make the two base layers in what to me looks like Spring rain and summer sun, and the umbrella is another circle nestie in a raspberry fizz look alike! In the lower right corner we are stamping our troop number, sort of postal stamp look.
So what are you cooking for the Blog Hop!! I am really looking forward to all the inspiration and fun!

Challenge #3 - Emboss It!

Hey Chicks and fans! I've got a technique challenge for you today. Let's do some heat embossing. I love this technique as it adds so much to a simple image--it just takes it to a new level.

So, here's my card for the challenge: I stamped the large flourish from Fancy Flourishes with black pigment ink and heat embossed with clear detail embossing powder.


Now, let's see what you can do with this challenge--no other rules, just use heat embossing in some way on your card or project! Most of all, have fun!

Here's a close up of the embossing--Ooooo, so bright and shiny!


Can't wait to see what every one comes up with!!

Barbara

Introducing: Mariana

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Hola!
Hi everybody, my name is Mariana, this year I’ll be 40! I am married to my best friend, we met each when we were 8! We have 3 of the most gorgeous but noisy and high maintenance kids you have ever seen, Anna(10), Emilio(5) and Valentina(1), we are from Mexico but have been living in the States for the last 15 years!! I started scrapbooking when I lived in Rochester, NY , but kind of abandoned it; when my daughter was born I took it up again but sporadically, I really got into scrapbooking about 5 years ago and love it! Two years ago a friend invited me to a SU! Stamp camp, for Christmas cards and I loved it; we started a card club, since then most of my cards came from ideas from our demo, just recently started to try and create on my own, I am definitely in search of a style and still feel a bit intimidated, I joined this group in hopes of finding inspiration and motivation although with 3 little ones is sometimes challenging to find the time to be crafty, specially if your baby doesn’t want to nap or naps from 9 to 10 in the morning!!
I confess I was a bit afraid when I visited your blogs thinking, ugh!! I am anywhere close to be as good as this ladies! But I am finding that it can be good, I am looking at cardmaking with new eyes, trying to be more attentive to detail in my cards, to give them that extra wow, I haven’t “got it” yet, but I think I am on my way, so thank you for the push and the inspiration!!
I also have to apologize to you, because after 15 years in the states AND with a daughter in 4th grade I SHOULD know at least a bit of grammar and tenses, but…..sadly I don’t, I confess myself a coma abuser, a tense neglecter and many other crimes against this beautiful language, so please forgive me!!
I am really happy to be part of the Papertrey Chicks, since I found the PTI products I feel like I am closer to find a style, their products are amazing!!
So let's craft together!!
Thanks
Mariana

Challenge #2 Papertrey Design Team Case

This weeks challenge is to case a card selected from the PTI Design Team Gallery.  I chose this card by Betsy Veldman.  I just kept coming back to this card - maybe it was the colors or sweetness.  So, your challenge is to use this as your inspiration and to case it.

Here is my take on the challenge:

Stamps: Year of Flowers: Violets (PTI), Sugar and Spice (Basic Grey), Little Flowers (Michael's), Elegant Wishes (Verve)
Ink: Noir (Pallette), True Black, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Other: Copics, White Satin Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Challenge #1: Bright zingy colors

Hi, friends. It's Chris (cdjks) with the first official challenge here at Papertrey Chicks! This week and every first Monday of the month will be an Inspiration & Color Challenge. I found a fun web site for color combinations the other day, and that's where I got this combination. As I worked with it, I found it to be quite a challenge indeed!

My sample card uses the FTL 86 layout from the Clean & Simple blog. A little bit bright, but fun. I'm can't wait to see what you come up with for these colors.



Details: stamps - Guidelines 2, Giga Guidlines, Background Basics: Stars, Women of Life; paper - Soft Stone, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores; ink - Hawaiian Shores; accessories - circle punches (1 3/4", 1 1/8", 3/4", 1/2"), dimensionals