Sunday, September 25, 2011

Papertrey Ink September Blog Hop

Hi there dear friends!!  I'm so excited to have a little time to join in on the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!!
Here's the challenge:
We have another amazing inspirational photo for you this month that we just know will bring out the very best in your creativity!  Look closely and there are so many directions to go in!  You can choose to focus on the colors, the stripes, or the repetition.  We look forward to seeing your creations!

and here's my take on the challenge:
I chose to work with color repetition in my card.  I used PTI's Background Basics Hearts and used Clearsnap's Cats Eyes ink for the background.  It's been quite a while since I played with my Little Bitty Birds Stamps and I thought this would be the perfect time to blow the dust off them and I'm glad I did!  These little birdies remain one of my very favorite PTI stamp sets!!  They are the cutest!
Since my background was fairly busy, I decided to cut out the branch using my Cricut and the Serenade Cartridge rather than stamp the branch.  It worked out perfectly!  I used the sentiment from Happy Trails and my card was complete!

Supplies used:
Papertrey Ink Paper: Stampers Select White Cardstock and Pure Poppy Cardstock
Papertrey Ink stamps:  Background Basics Hearts, Little Bitty Bird, Love Birds, Happy Trails
Clearsnap Cats Eyes Inks
Copic Markers:  R29 Lipstick Red, R24 Prawn, B24 Sky, and B21 Baby Blue
Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Home Made 6 Bean Soup 6x6 Pad

Thanks for stopping by!!
I hope you have a fabulous week!!
Kristii

34 comments:

Detra said...

This is a really cute card.. Love the different colored hearts.

Stephanie said...

Kristii.......Your card is so fun, and bright, and just perfect with all of those little hearts! I love the bold, cut out branch and the tiny leaves. Just beautiful!

Veronica Z said...

What a super cute card! I love those adorable birdies, and the heart multi-color background is just beautiful!

Jeni said...

Cute cards! I love how you did the different shades of hearts. So perfect with the Little Bitty Bird stamp set.

Karen H. said...

Adorable card. Love those little birdies :)

Kara said...

so sweet kristii..i love the hearts!!

Rosanne said...

This is sweet, love the hearts!

Pam W. said...

This is adorable! Great take on the inspiration photo.

Jen Adcock said...

Oh my gosh! This is so sweet. I just love the lines of colorful and perfectly placed lovehearts. Clever you!

Tracey McNeely said...

So cute I love the hearts too.

kingstonmama said...

Oh, I love those birdies. And the colorful heart stripes are perfect.

Linda Suarez said...

So cute! I love all the different color hearts. You did an awesome job with the challenge!

BeverlyBL said...

So cute. I love those PTI hearts and now I may have to have the Little Bitty Birds set after all. Great colors and styling.

carol (krillsister) said...

Bitty Bird is one of my favorite stamp sets. Love what you did with it. Those rainbow hearts are so stinkin cute.

cutiephinphin said...

love your card... The birdies are definitely cute.

Colleen said...

I love the Bitty Birds too, and your use of the hearts with different colors is absolutely genius! Fantastic card!

Inkyfingers said...

I love this gorgeous card Kristii. The birds are one of my favourites too and I love how you used the Cricut to cut out the branch.
Huhs
Carol x

Carla Cabrera said...

Lovely card. I love the colors and all the hearts. The birds are so cute.

Laurie said...

OH my goodness Kristii! This is so cute! I love the rainbow of colors!

Linda E said...

What a fun take on the inspiration photo! I love your multi-colored hearts!

Amy Papale said...

Love the hearts! Also, I love that you incorporated your Cricut, I should do that more often.

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a pretty card Kristii. Love the colors, the tree branch... and those birds are just so sweet! Great take on the photo. :o)

Luanne said...

Oh, this is adorable! Love the multicolored hearts background and how you saved the top for your sentiment and images. Awesome!

Joyce said...

This is just brilliant. I love your take on the challenge. Little Bitty Bird is one of my all time favorite sets, and you were so clever to use it here. Love the die cut tree branch, too.

Anne Tussing said...

Your card is the sweetest! I love the heart dp and your great paper pieced branch and leaves. Great design!

Alice said...

awww.... i LOVE the rainbow heart sky! so super fun and clever. fabulous card, Kristii!!

Diane Jaquay said...

eeek, this is A D O R A B L E!!!!!

Julie said...

How positively adorable this is Kristii! WOW...love the rainbow heart background! Made me sqeeee! :)

StephH said...

Love your unique approach to this challenge. So ccute, reative and FUN! You are always such an inspiration Kristii!

Becky Carafa said...

This is adorable! I love the hearts!

Terri said...

Super cute! Love the rainbow hearts.

Elena said...

what a super sweet card! those birds are perfect sitting over a rainbow of hearts :)

Annabella Merlin said...

The birds are cute! And the journaling is fantastic! Love the color combo. Adorable card!

Cecilie said...

This is absolutely adorable! I just got these stamp set and I think a lift of your card is in my very near future. Thank you for passing on a wonderful idea!