Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Papertrey July 2017 Blog Hop Challenge...


The summer months sure are going by fast - and I'm happy about that because it's been so HOT here! 😩Bring on Fall please!!!! For this month's challenge, I didn't see much to go on with the inspiration photo, in fact, to me it just looked rather blah. It took me a while to come up with an idea and although I'm not thrilled with it, at least I made something.


On white cardstock I stamped the flowers in Spring Rain and Blueberry and the leaves in Soft Stone inks. I added a couple flourishes in the corners, finally using my Fancy Flourishes stamp set that I bought at least a year ago!

The sentiment is stamped in Blueberry Sky ink. The card base is white cardstock, with a piece of Spring Rain pattern paper on top. To finish things, I tied white crochet thread around the bottom.

😡I couldn't get a good picture of this card. I normally use Photoshop for editing my pictures, but I upgraded to the Sierra OS and now Photoshop doesn't work with it because it's an older version! I used iPhotos for my editing on this but can't get a brighter picture. Now I'll have to find a Photoshop replacement....any suggestions??

Card Details:
  • Stamps:  PTI Natural Beauties, Keep It Simple: Get Well, Fancy Flourishes
  • Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Spring Rain Pattern
  • Ink:  PTI Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Soft Stone
  • Other:  Crochet Thread
  • Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

14 comments:

  1. You're not the first to have that problem. I've avoided upgrading in case it happens to Photoshop Elements as well. I also use Lightroom (v.5) which does a great job of editing.

    Lovely card! The focal image is just gorgeous!

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  2. Very pretty take on the inspiration photo!

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  3. For not being inspired you sure came up with a lovely card!! Sometimes we're our own worst critics aren't we?! :0)

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  4. Such a pretty get well card. Love those flowers--I had forgotten about them.

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  5. Lovely blooms in pale blue. Beautiful card, Lainey!

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  6. LOVE seeing that classic Natural Beauties used..soft and lovely!

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  7. Love the flowers, Lainey! Very pretty card.

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  8. Your flowers are perfect for this challenge. Nicely done

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  9. For someone who struggled with an idea, you created a very pretty card that is bound to cheer up the recipient. Lainey, don't be so hard on yourself!

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  10. Such a pretty card and nicely done. It's sure to bring cheer to some who is not feeling well!

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  11. I struggled with the light colors also! I think you did a wonderful job~lovely presentation Lainey~

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  12. For not being inspired, you came up with a lovely card, Lainey! The printed paper makes a wonderful background layer!

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  13. Love the flowers in soft blues! I always forget about that stamp set, time to ink it up.

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  14. Love all the blues on the card and the flowers are lovely!

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