Papertrey Ink April 2014 Blog Hop ~ NBUS #124

Happy Friday!!

Thank you for whooshing through the week to get here! I have been rather piggy with your time this week as I posted nearly every day. 

Today I have made two cards for the Papertrey Ink April 2014 Blog Hop. The photo inspiration board is bedeckled with lots of beautiful embroidered images for our challenge.

 

Here is my first card:

I used my NBUS "Lace Bouquet" by PTI. I colored the image with my SU markers in the colors of the current Colour Me ...! challenge: Bermuda bay, coastal cabana, Pacific point, and tempting turquoise.

I "fauxbroidered" my image with a white Signo pen. The image is stamped on PTI white and attached to a SU coastal cabana card base. On a piece of confetti vellum I embossed the sediment (PTI "Think Big Favorites #24) in Zing aqua embossing powder and overlaid it on the image, punctuating it with some sequints by Darice.

I'm also playing in the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday, where there is no "topping," so Anything Goes!

Addicted to Stamps and More, where the brief is "Make Your Mark."

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My second card:

This is a super easy QACAS card. I used a PTI white card base and covered it with a piece of patterned vellum from my old Hot Off The Press stash. For the popped-up oval, I used a NBUS PTI "Limitless Layers Oval" die, cut from PTI white card. The birthday sediment is from PTI "Birthday Bash Sentiments" stamped in TH faded denim distress ink. The seed pearls are from SU and the shiny metallic butterflies are sequints from Darice.

I am also entering these challenges:

Butterfly Challenge hosted by the inimitable Mrs. A. The brief is to use glam butterflies that glitter and sparkle and shine and tingle.

Keep it Simple!, where the brief is "Bright Spark," using bright colors and/or sparkly things.

Seize the Birthday, where there is no "topping," so Anything Goes!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the theme is "Keep It Clean and Simple."

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As always, I urge you to join in these challenges! The owners and Design Teams and Guest Designers all work very hard to bring you challenges for your enjoyment. Some of these challenges have sponsors and prizes, which you can find by clicking on the links.

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Hammy says I've worked him to death this week so he's taking time off to go see Ms. Thing. While he's away I'll be gardening and hopefully catching up on my visits to you!

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