Papertrey Ink March blog Hop Challenge

It's the 25th everybody!!

 I think we all know what that means! 

The Papertrey Ink Blog Hop is today!

Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo below:

I broke out some of my new releases and went to work. 
 I had to use the new wood grain stencil, 
among a couple of the new stamp sets.

So, here is what I created:

If anyone has any tips on cleaning the metal stencil, 

let me know. I immediately put it in water

when I was finished with it but it seemed to still have a film of embossing paste on it. I even used a mild soap. Ended up scraping it off with my fingernails!  Anyway, thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies: Metal wood grain stencil, Courage and Kindness Stamp Set, Cutaway Tags: Spring 

Stamp Set, Floral Sketches Stamp Set, PTI CS and Inks, Embossing paste, Pretty Pink Posh

Scalloped Oval Frame. 

  That's about all. I am off to help with a

 working day at our church. 

Pulling up carpet or something along those lines.

 I hope to be back later to hop along and see 

what everyone else created for today!

Master Color Recipe Challenge

Good Morning!!!!

I hope everyone is ready for this fun filled day. I know I am, and have been looking forward

to some crafty ME time!! This year I will strive to blog and post as the day goes on....we'll

see how that works I guess !

Anyway, the first challenge was a color recipe. I chose this one.

I am trying to get out of my box and I loved the pink and orange recipe

but I decided to go with a color combo that I would not normally choose to

challenge myself a bit more. I picked this one:

So, here is my take on the challenge:

First time inking up Floral Sketches for me. I seemed to have a little trouble lining

up the second layer, anyone else have trouble with this?  I added a little water

with a water brush when I finished stamping just to soften the edges a bit. 

Thanks for stopping and on to the next challenge!

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask!!