Here we are, our 4th Anniversary festivities coming to a close. It has been so much fun…like having all my stamping friends over each day to play. While the huge fanfare may be over, I still have some incredible inspiration to share with you today! As is tradition, I have selected my absolute favorite projects from each of the design team members and the new gallery items for this month.
Betsy Veldman cleverly used Flower Fusion #1 to create this folk art style motif. Love this!
Danielle Flanders completely wowed me with the way she abstractly created a "sunrise" with layers of Doily Details die shapes. The mixture of cardstock & felt was amazing as well! It all goes perfectly with this sentiment from Hello, Friend.
Dawn McVey always has a fantastic use of color and this project just showcases that. Her perfectly balanced embellishments and details were just simply spot on. I adored her use of the new Button Boutique stamp set paired up with her Friendly Flower die. And I can't forget to mention the way she used Bitty Background Blocks on the leaves of her flower!
Debbie Olson worked her Copic magic with the crocus/tulip bouquet image from the new Friendship Jar Spring Fillers set. I just love the way she layered the ribbon behind the focal point so that it didn't take away from the simply beauty of the image.
Erin Lincoln always has something innovative up her sleeve and she pulled it out here for her Hello, Friend project. I love how she stamped the flower image in black and then colored the letters in "celebrate" with markers. It is an awesome effect that could be used for so many things!
Heather Nichols made these adorable spring tags for you, which you saw earlier this week. But I jut had to feature them here again. She embraced these images from Friendship Jar Spring Fillers so well and then paired with the Doily Details layers and the Mat Stack 4 heat embossed "tags"…just a match made in heaven!
Jessica Witty impressed me with the bold punches of color she used int he project paired with the layering of frames. She used the Mat Stack 4 Collection polka-dot frame layered under the new Tag-its #1 frame. She then used one of the banner images from Mat stack 4 Collection again, to frame out the sentiment. Perfectly executed, as always.
Lisa Johnson created this simple tag that really caught my eye. The base of the tag was created with the Tag Sale #3 die and the background strip with Background Basics: Newsprint. The fun polka-dot frame image was created with Fillable Frames Additions 1, while the small cake image & sentiment are both from Tag-its #1.
Maile Belles already received a lot of attention for this particular card, but I couldn't deny the projects it's place as my favorite from Maile this month! Using all those colors and patterns on the buttons and then arranging them in such a fantastically "random" pattern is just amazing!
Melissa Phillips layered on the flowers & lace for these beautifully vintage tags using Hello, Friend. One of my favorite things is the way she used the little square swatch die from the Button Card Collection in conjunction with the new Bitty Background Basics. They become perfect little areas to add her sentiments!
Michelle Wooderson worked with Floral Fusion #1 here to create this beautifully layered card. One of my favorite things is the way she layered cut Doily Details shapes all over the card front. Such a fantastic look!
I hope you enjoyed all of my favorites, and of course the talented ladies that created them!
Now, they may not be any "new" contests around these parts, but don't forget about our Make It Monday Challenge that is carrying on through next Monday! Why don't you take some time for yourself and go stamp something so I can see what you've been up to?
Until then, happy stamping!
Ingrid Danvers says
Wow!! Gorgeous projects by all DT members. Thank you so much for the inspiration and a great anniversary release. PTI rocks!
MichelleGB says
Stunning cards! All of them!
Sue O. says
AMAZING talent by all team members! In my opinion, these all have the WOW factor!!!!
Mariah says
Beautiful job and I now realized I forgot to order FF Additions! Guess I will be putting another order. What a fun anniversary!
Joyce says
What a fabulous anniversary week/release night!
Ruth S says
It’s been such a great anniversay – I’ve loved all the inspiration and celebrations 😉 Though I don’t know how you could choose favourites from all the amazing projects we’ve seen. That must be one tough job when you have such a talented DT 😉
Diane Jaquay says
The DT has blown me away this month (they do that every month, but this month has been extra extra special!) I wanted to say THANK YOU for everything you and the DT do every month to color my world with JOY!!!
Cindy Coutts says
Beautiful projects with a ton of inspiration. I can’t wait to get my new PTI goodies soon!
Connie Pruitt says
Love all the cards! Thanks!
Helen F. says
What a fabulous Anniversary party! All of the “Day-After” projects are amazing too. Thank you for so much inspiration and continued best wishes for another great year of creating!!
Pyjama says
Thank you for sharing these beautiful cards!
Charlene R says
Just wanted to take a minute to thank you and all the talented ladies that work with you for the amazing release cards and samples. It was breathless, to say the least! Thank You PTI. Can’t wait for my new sets to create some goodies also!
deb vandersteeg says
All of your cards are just wonderful. Thank you for sharing you talent with us. Your girls are some of the best!!
Hugs and Blessings,
Deb
Juanita in Ohio says
This 4th. Anniversary party was nothing less than sensational!!!!!! And, on the day after all the excitement things are still in celebration mode. This selection of your favorite cards is outstanding. I’m glad you had to pick them out, and not me, because that seems like an impossible and exhausting job, LOL. TFS and every thing that you do.
Cyber Hugs to all.
Debbie R. says
I really enjoyed all the anniversary events. It was so much fun to see all the peeks at the new products and the beautiful cards/projects that you and the design team came up with. The rest of the month is going to seem a little blah now that the party is over!
Suzi says
I don’t know how PTI continues to be so innovative and creative! I absolutely love everything!
PS – who won the anniversary giveaway of stamps for a year?
Sandra Korten says
You guys, showed us so much during this event that my brain is gone in “overload”! LOL. Thank you so much for this great event and lovely projects. I really enjoyed it.
Sara says
This release was absolutely amazing! Thank you so much to Nichole and all the PTI gals for working so hard to put out the best in stamping product and inspiration.
The projects in this post are all so beautiful and I will have plenty of inspiration to work from when my order comes in.
John Yu says
beatiful cards! All of them!
feeclochette says
Hello, I’m tinckerbell from Belgium …
Is ite possible for me to buy all these wonderfull doilies …. It’s love at first sight :o)
Thancks for the inspiration you give with these blog
Tinckerbell
Linda in Aus says
Thanks for a great couple of weeks of inspiring posts, i had to go and order the entire doily collection yesterday, i just LOVE IT.
Charlene says
Amazing! Thanks for the eye candy re-visit, Nicole. PTI rocks…and rocks!
Kathy says
Awesome release; can’t wait to get my hands on friendship jar fillers.
Mary Harris says
Wow,wow,wow………beautiful! I love them all the tags, buttons, Friendship jar!! 🙂
Jill Norwood says
This has been the most incredible release of new products…I used my tax return $$$$ to purchase tons of new goodies! I am so excited to receive them…thanks for the contests and all the blog eye-candy! You have an incredible team at PTI! The Feb. 2011 releases are truly out of this world!
Cindy W says
Found you on a blog walk and so happy I came across these beautiful inspirations! Thank you…
*smile*
amish baby crib says
Wow! These are all so adorable! I like it so much. The colors and all the ideas are so fantastic.
Mam'Zelle H says
love all of them…:-)
Isha says
Gorgeous gorgeous cards. Thank you PTI….This was a real get to know all the products as I am quite new to stamping and specially PTI. It was so much fun and inspiring.
Wendy from Wendys Hat says
Beautiful cards. I love your use of buttons!