You're So Sweet

Woke up to MORE snow again today - this is really getting old!!
I need spring and I need it fast. I keep making cards with lots of springy colors to keep motivated and inspired that it is just around the corner (and down the road, and over the hill and through the woods . . .) !!! I'd love to be taking pictures in natural sunlight, but there's little of it these days! Just a quick post to show you a couple of cards I made for/with some "sweet" friends :0)

I LOVED this paper by my Minds Eye called Graceful Circles. Sweet springy colors. The Recollections - Light Pink Dots is paper I bought with Vday in mind. Buttons and stamps are from Papertrey ink - finally got a chance to play with that set! Dark ribbon is my favorite from Stampin' Up! I just wish they offered it in roll form! The other ribbon is Ofray from your friendly neighborhood Wal-mart!!

Have a Happy Wednesday! Hope it's warm and bright and sunny, even if it's only in your dreams :0)

Birthday Thanks!

I loved the PTI Everday Buttons Bits set as soon as I saw the sneak peaks! I decided to use this set to create a couple of Birthday thank you cards for a couple of friends.

Very simple, but way up there on the cuteness factor don't you think?? I used the Thanks CB embossing folder for the background. The inside has a sentiment from this PTI set that reads "you've been so kind".

Short post today. We leave to pick up the boys on Friday. Withdrawls are starting to kick in and I can't wait to give them big hugs and kisses :0)

Thanks for stopping by and have a "Tweet" day!

Recipe:Stamps: Papertrey Ink- Everday Buttons Bits, Paper: SU!, Ink: SU! Kiwi Kiss, Marigold Morning, Memento black, copics. Accessories: Making Memeories ribbon, CB and Thanks you embossing folder, PTI button

Flip Flop Blog Hop w/ PTI !!

This is my submission for my first ever PTI blog hop!! A little nervous, but excited all at the same time :0) I really love the Star Prints set and knew I wanted to use it. But I was having trouble finding a summer picture to inspire me. For some reason I kept telling myself I had to find a picture with a star in it. Once I saw the bright colors and stripes in this picture of flip flops, however, my brain snapped back into creative gear and I decided to use those as the starting point for my card.

I used blue as my base, just like the blue background in the picture. I used a summery striped background paper to tie in with the stripes on the flip flops, and I used the green from the straps to pull in the color of the large sparkly star. I wanted to use some sort of cording at the top like in the picture, but I opted for the brown and pink pom ribbon to tie in with the colors in the pp and to give it just a touch of "girliness" :0) Finally, I used a white banner flag to stamp my sentiment on to match the white frothy ocean foam at the bottom of the picture.

This was fun . . . hope you like it and that perhaps this card inspires you in some way :0) Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe:

Stamps: StarPrints b Papertrey Ink

Paper: Bazzil, Neenah, We R Memory Keepers - Sunsplashed Cardstock

Ink: Ranger Distress Ink, Copics, Memento black

Accessories: Chipboard letters, ribbon, twine, button, chipboard star

Kitty Sympathy

This card is going out in the mail to my sister today. She just had to make the heartbreaking decision to put her faithful furry friend of 19 years (yes you read that right! 19 YEARS) to sleep. She got "Boots" (aka as Bootsie) when she was in high school. He was her first love. He survived a move to the West Coast, a marriage, 3 kids, two more cats and a dog!! It sucks that our furry companions have such a shorter life span. But for a kitty, Bootsie had a good long one. And a quick note about this card: I don't have that wavy label die, but Michael's had these in their clearance section. They are actually supposed to be used for wedding table cards! They are a heavier cardstock weight and already have the turquoise border around them. Just punch them out and you're done!

Recipe:

Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Paper Trey Ink

Paper: SU!

Accessories: Ribbon, Button- SU!, Printed Ribbon-Michaels