Papertrey Ink is going to be having a bunch of challenges over the next few days to celebrate their 6th anniversary. I've been a fan of PTI for years, so I decided to make some cards for their first challenge, which was to us one of the DT member's cards as inspiration. My card uses Jessica Witty's card as inspiration. I wanted to copy it exactly...down to the very last detail...because I love it so much, but I resisted the urge. I still used the same color scheme, the same layout, and clear embossing like Jessica did on her card. I like my card okay, but I still kind of wish I would have just copied her card exactly. :)
One thing I do like about the card is that I made a popped up star out of PTI's Seeing Stars dies. You can't tell so much in the picture (I should have taken it at a different angle), but the star is 3D. I know there are dies that do this for you, but the other night when I was looking at one (debating whether or not I should add it to my wish list) I realized I could make my regular star die have the same effect by just scoring it down the center of each point. Love to save myself some money. :)
Stamps: PTI (Happy Hexagons, Lighten Up Sentiments, Pretty Peonies, Star Prints, Tag-Its #10)
Ink: PTI (True Black), VersaMark
Cardstock: PTI (New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, White)
Dies: PTI (Button Up #1, Pretty Peonies, Seeing Stars), DMC (White Embroidery Floss)
Lindsey... so glad you made it your own way! I *love* the colors and especially love the way your made the star... I am totally going to try that!!
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