PTI December Blog Hop

So hard to believe that Christmas is over, and 2010 is coming to a close! Today marks the final PTI blog hop for this year as well! This month, our challenge was:

Holiday Leftovers

It's that time again for our annual holiday leftovers challenge! Use scraps of wrapping paper, parts of
holiday cards, recycle gift tags or bits of ribbon on a paper crafting project. We all have plenty of it
laying around after all the holiday excitement and this is your chance to incorporate some of those pretty
little things into an amazing piece of art!

I used a cute little penguin Christmas card to make a gift tag! He was too cute to throw in the trash! I also used my new PTI Seeing Stars dies to make a 3D star. I am addicted. They are so cute, and SO easy.

Edit: Since so many asked how to make the star 3D, I will share with you how I did it. It is really simple. You just take your star cut out (any size will work), and simply score the star by making a vertical score line from each point of the star straigh down until you can't go any further. Make sure that each score line intersects the others in the center of the star. Then crease the score lines and that will give you the 3D effect. I hope I explained it clearly. It sounds more complicated than it is. Let me know if you have any other questions :)



Supplies (all PTI unless noted:)
Stamps: Tiny Treats Christmas
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pure Poppy
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White, Distressed Dots, misc. blue dot
Other: Tag Sale #1 die, Seeing Stars small star die, Pure Poppy Bakers Twine, Christmas card front

Christmas in July Challenge

Jill over at Angillic Creations posted a Christmas in July challenge for the entire month of July, and I chose to participate. I decided to go with a non-traditional color scheme, and I kind of like it :) The challenge continues until July 31st, so there's still time to join in!! You can see all of the details on Jill's blog: http://anjilliccreations.blogspot.com/2010/07/jills-first-annual-christmas-in-july.html

Here is my entry :)




I didn't want too much going on to take away from the plaid background, so I just added a small sentiment strip at the bottom using PTI's new Just the Ticket die and stamp set.



Supplies: (All PTI unless noted)
Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Stampers Select White
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding
Stamps: Distressed Stripes, Sign Language, Just the Ticket
Other: Just the Ticket die