Saturday, January 25, 2014

always & forever

Just over a year ago, my sister introduced me to Papertrey Ink.  I'm not trying to be dramatic, but I'm pretty sure my life changed that day.  I remember looking at all the products and spending an entire day during my Christmas vacation watching a marathon of Make it Monday videos:)  I remember making my first purchase soon after (I got Hello Sunshine).  Fast forward 6 months later when I started this blog (July 2013), I remember asking my sister "What's a blog hop?"  Hehehe...some time has passed and thank goodness I've learned a few things.  I'm super-happy to join my first Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!  Can I get a woot woot!


Our challenge was to use only shades of pink.  I was inspired by the curves and ombre in the inspiration photos.


The sentiment is from Grand Ampersand, and yes I sang Always and Forever (original version by Heatwave) while embossing it.


This card called for a lot of masking, which I find oddly relaxing!  I kinda changed course midway through making this -- from solid color curved sections to ombre within each curved section.  If I were to do this again, I'd make all the sections like the three curves on top.


Can't wait to check out everyone else's pretty pink cards.  Thanks for taking a look.

17 comments :

  1. Very pretty. It caught my eye immediately. Welcome to the world of PTI blog hops and other challenges. Papertrey Ink is pretty addicting. Must be their clean and timeless images. :)

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  2. This is beautifu! I love the inspiration you drew from the photo.

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  3. Your card is fantastic!!! I love every-beautiful-thing about it!!! So glad you're hopping with PTI.

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  4. Wow, this card is stunning! It stands out in the gallery list. Great work.

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  5. Yay for your first blog hop! Of course, I should say yay for us because we are the lucky ones. This card is amazing! That pillow was the thing that stood out the very most to me, but I couldn't figure out how to translate it to a card. This is amazing!!! Definitely a favorite of mine from the whole hop!

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  6. Woot Woot!!!! So glad you found the joy of stamping and card making!! Your card is awesome!

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  7. You sure can get a woot woot! Gorgeous card! Love your technique! BTW, I had the same experience when my friend introduced me to PTI! Welcome!

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  8. Great technique and beautiful card.

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  9. Fabulous!!! Love your card Lorrine the colors are Fantastic. Love <3

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  10. Beautiful! Love the way you translated the inspiration photo of the pillow to your card. Fab ombre effect in each section of colour.

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  11. What a perfect card for this challenge. You did a great job of masking and creating a stunning card!! So glad you made it to your first Blog Hop!!

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  12. Oh my goodness ...I love your card! The ombre effect you created is perfect!

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  13. Such an eyecatcher! Have fun blogging and hopping.

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  14. WOW!
    Love the ombre effect on your card! The font of the sentiment is fabulous!
    Anni

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  15. Oh, this is so fabulous! I love it!

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