PTI January Blog Hop... Pretty in Pink!



Hello friends!!   It is the 25th of the month and that means time for the PTI blog hop!  This month's theme is "pink".    I will be honest and say that pink is not one of my favorite colors to craft with, but I recently received a PTI order that contained the PTI hearts cover plate, Happy Hearts stamp set and the Solid Stitches and Swirls stamp set.  All those sweet new PTI goodies just put me in a pink mood and I couldn't stop myself... I made not one, but three cards for the hop!!   First up is the card I made with Stitches & Swirls and Solid Stitches & Swirls.

 I am so so happy that Nicole decided to make a solid stamp set to go along with the original Stitches & Swirls and I could not wait to get it.  When I saw this month's hop challenge I knew I was going to make something using both sets.  I started by stamping the largest floral image from Stitches & Swirls using SU!'s Primrose Petals ink on Rustic White cardstock and then filled in the images with the solid stamps using SU!'s Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette.  Finished things off with the sentiment and some light distressing to the edges of the main panel and the pink mat.

My second card uses the hearts cover plate, as well as a sentiment from Happy Hearts.   I simply die cut the Vintage Cream cardstock, popped out all the hearts, adhered it to the pale pink cardbase and then added the sentiment.  Some Raspberry Fizz and Sweet Blush buttons were added and I was done... simple, but sweet I think!  I absolutely love all the sentiments in Happy Hearts.  They are perfect for so many different types of cards.  I know I will be using them alot on future projects.

For the final card I stamped five of the hearts die cut using the cover plate with different heart images from Happy Hearts and Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink inks.  They were adhered to some Vintage Cream cardstock and the sentiment was added to that piece.  I adhered a strip of Dotty Biscotti patterned paper to the kraft cardstock, tied some Sweet Blush ribbon on and then mounted the piece on Melon Mambo cardstock.  Once that was done I adhered the hearts piece to the front and I was done.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft, Vintage Cream & Rustic White, SU! Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink & Pink Pirouette; Stamps:  PTI Happy Hearts, Stitches & Swirls, Solid Stitches & Swirls; Inks:  SU! Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink & Pink Pirouette, Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  PTI Hearts cover plate; Ribbon:  PTI Sweet Blush; Buttons:  PTI