PTI July Blog Hop

This month's PTI Blog Hop is an inspiration photo challenge.  Check out the gorgeousness that Nichole has found to inspire us to get crafty:

I am really digging this photo!  The color palette, the shabby chicness, the lace doily, weathered wood, fabrics, and flowers … I love it all!  I had so many ideas and simply too little time to execute them all.  I did manage two cards that I'm pretty tickled with.  So glad you're here for me to share them with!

For the first card, I created the background using a base of Stampers Select White card stock swiped with one of my pigment ink pads, back and forth across the front until I reached a weathered wood look.  I accidentally swiped some ink past the folded line onto the backside of the card base.  I decided a little washi tape would cover that up nicely.  haha!  Super Stripes was used to create the plaid panel die cut from the Wine Bottle Tag die.  That was topped with a Circle Scribbles die and a tissue paper flower.  I colored the tissue paper with some Copic markers to get the right colors.  The Tiny Tag tied with twine tops it all off.

The second card uses a kraft panel for the base.  I swiped both white and green Gelatos (and, no, not the ice cream ;) across the front and softening the look by smudging it with a water-wetted finger.  I made the bouquet from the flowers in Betsy's Beautiful Brushstrokes kit (seriously LOVE that kit!), popping some flowers up with dimensional adhesive.  A rustic jute twine bow tops it all off.  No sentiment on this one.  I didn't feel that one fit into the design.  Even a Tiny Tag seemed too big and distracting.  Any suggestions for me in regards to adding a sentiment?

I was so happy to be able to participate in this month's blog hop.  It's been much, much too long!  Thanks ever so much for stopping by!

PTI Supplies:  
Stamps and dies:  Beautiful Brushstrokes, Tiny Tags, Super Stripes, Wine Bottle Tag, Scribbled Circles
Inks:  Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, New Leaf, Pinefeather, Hawaiian Shores
Card Stock:  Stampers Select White, Rustic White, Kraft