Thursday, February 5, 2015

Papertrey Ink 8th Anniversary Celebration - Day 1 Inspiration Challenge


Hi Friends,
It has been way, WAY, way too long since I made a card for a Papertrey Ink challenge!!! Today is the start of their 8th Anniversary Celebration and I decided that even if I only had a few minutes tonight I was going to whip a card together - no matter what!!!!  The Papertrey Family is an endless source of inspiration and design education in my life! Everything I know about design I have absorbed from their blogs and videos and tutorials and inspiration - ENDLESS INSPIRATION!!!!!  I am still learning....always learning....and I will continue to learn by watching these wonderful women....THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL YOU DO!  And Happy 8th Anniversary to an incredible company full of wonderful people!

So here are my choices of inspiration from Nicole's blog post:
 I always struggle to use 5 colors on a card for some reason.....but found a paper that had a lot of these colors in it.
I deviated from the sketch slightly...my circle element is a strawberry and I eliminated the banner because of the sentiment I chose to use.  Here is my very quick card.....


  I needed a "thank you" note and this was my first idea.  I love this Fruit Fusion: Berry Stamp Set that Melissa Bickford designed and I wanted to use something in her honor to say a sweet "Goodbye" and "Thank You" for all of her wonderful designs over the years!

I used a Magnolia Die to create the textured strawberry and then inked it with several colors of ink to color it.  I put a pure poppy strawberry diecut underneath the inked berry slightly offset to add dimension and color.  Sorry about the bad photo....will try to retake in the light tomorrow morning....(new photo added 2-6-15 at 10:03am)

Thanks for taking a look!
Hugs,
Jill



20 comments:

  1. So sweet. Your berry is fantastic.

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  2. Jill, I love your strawberry and the way you used those colors!! Have a great day!

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  3. Awww, this is SO sweet, Jill! Love the strawberry and LOVE the sweet, warm, homespun feel to your card design!

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  4. This is so pretty Jill! I love the shading on the strawberry and that background paper is so sweet!

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  5. So fresh and pretty, Jill! Love the sweet, tiny print in the background! I used the same sketch! And I, too, struggle with fitting all those colors in...especially that 5th one. I was able to use my final color as a bit of a highlight, and I felt it made a world of difference in the card! Those PTI gals know what they're doin', don't they???;)

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  6. So fresh and pretty, Jill! Love the sweet, tiny print in the background! I used the same sketch! And I, too, struggle with fitting all those colors in...especially that 5th one. I was able to use my final color as a bit of a highlight, and I felt it made a world of difference in the card! Those PTI gals know what they're doin', don't they???;)

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  7. I like the scalloped layers behind your pretty berry!! This is lovely Jill ;)

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  8. This is so sweet! I love the vintage feel of it.

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  9. Love your strawberry and the pattern paper, just gorgeous Jill!!

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  10. Sweet!! Nice country feel. makes me feel all cozy an warm inside. Excellent. - Jim

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  11. This is such a sweet card Jill!! Love the paper!!

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  12. So Pretty, Jill! Your strawberry is so YUMMY and so it your paper and die cuts! FAB card!

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  13. Sweet card...love your yummy looking strawberry.

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  14. Jill how fun isi your strawberry! Wow

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  15. Such a 'sweet' Thank You card, Jill! Makes me want to rush out for some fresh strawberries ;-)

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  16. Oh, Jill- so excited to see your name on the February release winners page!! Congratulations!!

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    1. Me too!!!!! Thanks for the comment!!!! I cannot believe it!!!!

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: ) Jill