Saturday, February 25, 2017

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

Every month, I intend to play along with the Papertrey Blog Challenge, but rarely find the time. Now that I'm all settled in my new house (i.e NEW craft room!!) I have more space and time though, so I am hoping to start participating monthly.

Because this month's fell on a Saturday, I knew I had no excuse! This month's image is so pretty. I love the regal tones. Once the inspiration piece was posted, I brainstormed the elements and PTI colours that popped out.

Inspiration photo comes from here

Here's what my brainstorm list looked like:
For Colours- Smokey Shadow, Plum Pudding, Autumn Rose, Scarlet Jewel, Saffron Spice, Terracotta Tile, Gold, and Black.

For Themes- Laurel Leaves, Handwritten Script, Gems, Banner, Grape and Figs

I took that list and pulled out all the colours that I had written down and decided on my palette. Next I sought out stamps that felt like they fit the themes, at least somewhat.


I decided on Meadow Greens and Wet Paint III.

I stamped the leaves using Royal Velvet, Saffron Spice, Autumn Rose, and Scarlet Jewel onto white cardstock. Once that was completed, I slightly inked up the corresponding leaf stamps with gold ink and gently stamped over each image. I just wanted a touch of gold on each of the leaves.

I added a Royal Velvet frame and put the whole panel onto Saffron Spice.

The final touch was the sentiment. I die cut the "sending" image from Smokey Shadow card stock and embossed the "well wishes" greeting onto a vellum strip using gold embossing powder.


Supplies (all by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Meadow Greens, Wet Pain III
Ink: Royal Velvet, Scarlet Jewel, Autumn Rose, Saffron Spice, Gold
Paper: White, Royal Velvet, Saffron Spice, Smokey Shadow, Vellum

Thanks for stopping by! Happy blog hopping!

23 comments:

  1. oh this is lovely! Pairing Saffron Spice and Royal Velvet cardstock is beautiful!

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  2. So incredibly beautiful, Natasha! It looks as though our minds work similarly, because that's almost my exact process. You made perfect and lovely choices the whole way through.

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  3. love the colours for the leaves and your sentiment- stunning card

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  4. Wow.... a beautiful/amazing color combination! The stamps from Meadow Greens are just perfect for this challenge!

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  5. This is so pretty - love those colorful leaves. Thank you for sharing!

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  6. That is one simply stunning card. Perfect.

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  7. Absolutely stunning! LOVE LOVE the touches of gol!

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  8. Beautiful take on the challenge...love your colorful leaves!!

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  9. Love you card. The leaves are so pretty!

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  10. Oh, what pretty colours! Terrific use of Meadow Greens, too!

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  11. Love the leaves in those beautiful rich colors, Natasha. Great card!

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  12. Beautiful card! Love how you used those beautiful colors. Great job of creating random placement with the leaf colors on the background.

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  13. Love the royal velvet, beautifully done!

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  14. Oh my, Natasha, you nailed it with your jewel toned leaves and gold tips! I see now Saffron Spice is a must-have. Stunning card!

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  15. Lovely, lovely card Natasha! Your colors are so striking together, and don't you just LOVE that Saffron Spice color?! One of my favorites now!! :0)

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  16. How PRETTY! I love how you were inspired.

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  17. Natasha your card is GORGEOUS! I love the gold added to the leaves! So beautiful!

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  18. Your card caught my eye immediatley! Beautiful! Love the gold touches on the leaves!

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  19. Wonderful idea to use those leaves! I love over-stamping with gold--looks really beautiful here!

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  20. Beautiful card! Love how you incorporated the colors from the inspiration photo!

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  21. Gorgeous card - the touch of gold on the leaves really adds to the beauty!

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  22. A really gorgeous card. Very fun to use all those colors for the leaves, and love how you did the sentiment.

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