Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversary Day 1 - Happy Birthday

Today is the 1st Day of Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversary celebration. It's also my first time joining in on the festivities. I made my first order from Papertrey Ink in May 2011 and it's one of my favorite companies to date. I just love all the works from every one on the design team. I also find that it's really sweet to be able to know them better through their personal blogs, etc.

Anyway on to today's challenge. I was inspired by Dawn McVey's favorite card.

Here is my take:

I received my Rosie Posie stamp set recently. I loved it the moment I saw it in the release. It's definitely in my favorites list. Mat Stack 4 (which is the only Mat Stack I own out of the entire collection) is also in my favorites list. I didn't have a Birthday sentiment that fit in the die cut so had to use one from Hero Arts.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, SU Crumb Cake
Stamps - PTI Rosie Posie,  Lace Boutique, Harvest Berries, Beautiful Blooms II, HA Birthday Messages

Inks - HA Bubble Gum, JBS Chewing Gum, Brown Sugar, SU Riding Hood Red, Ranger Distress Inks Antique Linen

Others - PTI Rosie Posie Dies, Open-Ended Banner Dies, Mat Stack 4 Die, Pop Dots

Card 34 - I Love Dancing Through Life With You

This is my first MFT stamps haul. This stamp set and skyline border die caught my eye as they were doing their November release. My anniversary was coming up in December and I thought the sentiments were so fitting I just had to get it. Of coz this image is just so romantic as well although my hubby and I do not know any of such dances :P

I've also got a penchant for sentiments and I do find myself buying a stamp set just because of the sentiments. Ha...

In view that I was going to use the skyline border, I wanted to create a night scene with stars and thought to use white embossing and dig in my distress inks. I meant to wipe off some parts of the background stamp before I actually stamp on it but confident me was multi-tasking between card making and tv watching that I forgot about that and only remembered when I was almost done with my distress inking. Anyhow I figured that this card is gonna be for my husband who won't have the eye for such detail, I left it as that.

I'm also officially on Copics. I've heard and tried a little bit of Copics a year ago but held off buying them as I thought I could do away with it. However, the coloring with Copics is just so vibrant and fun that I finally succumbed. This is officially my first Copics coloring image using the markers I have on hand. I also want to take this opportunity to say that I really appreciate all the techniques and tips on using Copics that I've found online. There are so many crafters who are sharing information willingly and freely. I'm truly appreciative. Kudos to them!

Wanted to paper piece the tuxedo and the dress but couldn't figure out how to do it well that I decided to just color with my copics. Added rock candy stickles to the dress to give it some glittery effect.

I did this sentiment using selective stamping with the stamps from the set. Wanted to do more on the inside but I'm also someone who has a ton of things to write so I decided to leave it plain for my own message.

I also decided to enter this for the Young Crafters Unite Challenge #4. It's been a while since I participated in their challenges. I had used a couple of dies here.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White, Smokey Shadow

Pattern Paper - Darling Dear by My Mind's Eye

Inks - Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire, Evergreen Bough, JBS Spiced Tin, Versamark

Stamps - MFT May I Have This Dance (WTG), HA Tiny Flakes

Others - MFT Skyline Border Die, PTI Fillable Frames #1 Die, Zing White Embossing Powder, Copics, Rock Candy Stickles,