Eeek! Now I’ve gone and done it. I’ve decided to join the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop this month…now that I have a bunch of PTI goodies to play with! Details about the Blog Hop can be found here.
This month, the inspiration was taken from Pinterest. (You do know about Pinterest, don’t you? Visit my pinboards!) Anyway, the inspiration was this photo (click the photo to be taken to the original source):
You know the engineer in me sees this and has to interpret it literally. I can’t see this and pull colors and textures from it. No. I see the stripes on the wall, the dresses, the cubbies and baskets and therefore my card must look as much like it as I possibly can make it. I’m an engineer. I’m a baker. For Pete’s sake, follow the recipe or it will fail (or taste really badly)!! So, that’s what I did. Minus the dresses because that made it too fussy for me. My “nod” to the dresses was the holographic embossing powder I used for a little bit of sparkle. Everything else? Self explanatory. With no further ado, I give you my card…
From the top down we have (all PTI Cardstock, of course!): Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Raspberry Fizz (I debated on this, Hibiscus Burst and Scarlet Jewel but HB wasn’t really dark enough while SJ was too dark) and Aqua Mist strips and a Stamper’s Select White cardbase. Fillable Frames 6 was die cut from Fine Linen, stamped in Versamark and embossed with the previously mentioned holographic embossing powder that I had in my box o’supplies from way back when I used to do this stampin’ thing more frequently (a.k.a. “before I had children”).
You can tell from this close up how shaky my hands are…the stamp isn’t perfectly centered in the die cut (just trying to keep it real, here, people). I’ve never had steady hands. Guess I’m going to have to get something to help me with that.
And so there you have it. My first card in more years than I can begin to count. My first PTI card. My first creative blog hop. This, my friends, was fun on many levels. As I stood at the chopping block in my
Visit Nichole's blog to see lots of fabulous projects in this month's hop!
23 comments:
This is so cute and I think your sentiment looks great!
What a beautiful card. Simple, but perfectly done.
CAS and perfect!!!
Beautiful card. Very neat.
A perfect CAS!
Beautiful!
So cute! (BTW I didn't even noticed your stamping was off at all). TFS!
so glad you joined the fun! your card is beautiful....love the colors.
Adorable card, Gina!
So glad you are back at it! Your card is darling!
Love the colors....
Gina, I love your story about having to "follow the recipe" exactly! I am the same way, LOL! FF #6 is a tough one to line up--I think you did a great job! It's better than I do, for sure. :-) I'm so glad you joined in on the Blog Hop fun--may it be the first of many!
I think your card is perfect! ;)
I enjoyed reading about you, Gina, we homeschool also! ;)
Your card is lovely! CAS! I looked at this photo and saw some PP and could not get it out of my mind. So why fight it? Perfect card.
simply sweet! great job with the challenge, I love the soft colors and the clean and simple layout!
Gina, this card is BEAUTIFUL! Don't be so hard on yourself. My Mom's hands shake and they have her entire life but she doesn't let it hold her back from crafting! I think your sentiment label looks PERFECT and I LOVE the holographic embossing powder! How FUN that you played in this challenge! I hope there are many more challenges in your future!
I'm LOL'ing at how "literal" your interpretation is.... because I'm the same way! I didn't manage to finish anything for the hop, but what I planned "in my head" was going to be very similar to this, lol. It turned out beautifully, so it's all good!
Hey, you nailed it the first time out of the gate! It's a great card and a very faithful interpretation of the inspiration photo. Looking forward to seeing more from you now that you are back in the swing of things!
Nice job, Great background and sentiment.
Very pretty, I love the colors and sometimes the literal interpretation is the best!
Hey Gina, gina, bo, bina! Love your card and I'm so excited that your joining the hop fun! Here's hoping that this is the start of lots more cards from you!!
Clean, simple, perfect!
So pretty Gina. Love the color panel background. Great ake on the photo. :o)
Beautiful card Gina! Isn't PTI cardstock so yummy!? And welcome to your first hop - here's to many more!
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