Parker's Baptism Invitation

Parker is 6 weeks old already and I am amazed at how time flies! He is the sweetest little baby and I have been enjoying every minute I get to spend with him. This picture was taken on Easter and everyone loved seeing him all dressed up! 

I've been busy making lots of invitations too! As soon as I saw this adorable MFT hot air balloon, I knew I had to have it just for this occasion and I have so many more ideas for how to use it down the road. Here is Parker's Baptism invitation...

Parker's mommy wanted a baby blue and white theme and when I showed her my idea, she loved it too! I found a hot air balloon centerpiece idea on Pinterest using a paper lantern and we are on our way to planning the party!

Not too many frills since he's a boy and this cloud paper made the perfect background. The matching MFT die made cutting out the balloons so easy. I made more than 40 of these and hand colored the hot air balloons just enough without making it impossible. A little shimmer was added to the cross and that's it. 

Feel Better!

Hi there! I hope you are having a fabulous day! I was sad to hear that this month will be the last of the My Favorite Things Guest Designer contests, so I just had to play along for one last chance! There are apparently some fun things and new prizes on the horizon, so I am definitely looking forward to that! This month's sketch is fabulous and I couldn't wait to ink up my newest PI girl!

Here's one of my new faves...Bear Hugs! I paper-pieced her dress, added a little shading and colored the rest with Copics. I used Spellbinders square dies for the image and mat. The border is cut with the MFT Oval Chain Border Die-namics and I used the Fishtail Banner Die-namics for the two tabs! There's machine stitching all around and on my image panel and a little hand cut banner for my sentiment. I added a little button with twine too!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Humor Me?!

Hi there! Here's a card I made for the My Favorite Things August Guest Designer Contest...

I just love this sketch!

Cute-a-tude PI girl is sporting a paper-pieced dress with added sparkle on the flowers and some shiny red shoes thanks to a little Glossy Accents! A row of gems add more bling as well as in her hair flower and the rolled rose. She even has some sparkle on her ears! MFT Die-Namics used include mini rolled roses, picket fence (threaded with paper and sheer ribbon) and the bracket tab. I added ink to all the edges and machine stitching on dp panels. My sentiment is from the Twisted Foursome and with her cute-a-tude body language, I thought it was perfect!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a great day!

Paper and Such May Release Blog Hop!

Hi there and welcome to the Paper and Such May Release Blog Hop! We're releasing two new stamp sets today...Strawberries and the re-release of Deer Dad! They are available now in the Paper and Such Store!

I hope you made it here from Mindy's Blog, if so, you are on the right track! Wanna know what you can win just for leaving some love for the Design Team?...both stamp sets from the May Release! WOW! The more comments you leave, the better your chances!

Here's my card for the hop...

I fell in love with the Strawberries set the minute I saw it! There are four images and three sentiments in this great set! I colored the largest image with Copics and cut it out with my Spellbinders circles. I added my a scalloped border topped with some ribbon and a bow.One of the little strawberry images was cut out and popped up on my sentiment. A few yellow gems in the flower centers are the finishing touches!

Your next stop is Stephanie's Blog! Have fun hopping today! The entire blog hop list can be found at the bottom of this post as well as the Paper and Such Design Blog!

Be sure to stop by and leave comments for the Design Team and our guest designers to be eligible to win both stamp sets...the whole May Release! The more comments you leave, the better your chances!

Paper and Such

Bridget Finlay - Guest DT

Laurel Seabrook - Guest DT

Janice

Julie

Kendra

Kim

Meredith

Mindy

Pattie (you are here!)

Stephanie

Paper and Such

And, as if this post couldn't get any longer, I wanted to tell you about the FREE SHIPPING offer at Paper and Such from May 10-13th in honor of our own Julie's Birthday and Mother's Day! Take advantage of a great deal!

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hope You're Feline Better Soon

Hi there! Did you know that at Paper and Such Stamps they not only have some one of a kind, adorable stamp sets, but they also sell great dies? Today, I've combined them and came up with this oh, so cute get well card!

Here's a little kitty form the Patriot and Friends stamp set who's wishing you're 'feline' better. He's sitting pretty in this window cut using the Memory Box Grand Madison Window die which you can get at the Paper and Such store! I colored my kitty with my Copics and layered up a little awning on my window for my sentiment. I added a sheer ribbon and bow and a little rose!

Thanks for stopping by today and go check out all the dies at Paper and Such too!

A Woman is like a Tea Bag...

Hi there! It's time for the next My Time Made Easy Pretty Palette Challenge! Here's a super fun color combo for you to try! I hope you'll join us!

Here's my card...

I combined one of my favorite quotes from the Keep Strong stamp set with my Spellbinders dies, a pretty butterfly paper from the Academic Hodge Podge set and my MFT rolled rose die. I added a little pearl and a sheer white bow! I love it when a simple card looks so elegant and comes together so quickly and easily!

Stop by the MTME Pretty Palette Challenge #56 to see what the rest of the Design Team has to share with you! I hope you'll join us for this fun color challenge!

...From the Bottom of My Heart

Hi there! I had a great weekend full of stamping! Here's a card I made for the My Favorite Things February Guest Designer contest! I just love MFT products and their fabulous design team is so inspiring! I couldn't pass up an opportunity to join in on the fun!

Here's all the My Favorite Things products used on this card... Stamps: From the Bottom of My Heart - Who's That Girl; Die-Namics: Mini Rolled Rose, Solid Bracket Border, Mini Tabs Foursome, Homespun Birdhouse (heart and tear drop shapes).

There's some zigzag stitching, lots of inking on lots of layers, paper-piecing on the dress and heart and some glossy accents too! I added a sparkly sheer bow, a few silver beads, a blingy heart and a row of scalloped bling to finish it off nicely! Perfect for my special Valentine!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a great week!

Thanks...

Hi there! Just popping in to share a card I made for a couple of challenges! I haven't been able to find the time here lately to play along with some of my faves, but I had a bit of time this evening so I took advantage of it!

Here's Wryn, a new character by Tiddly Inks, and this image is called New Nest! I colored her and her little birdy friend with Copics and cut them out with my Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle dies. The color palette is from the Tiddly Inks Challenge 78 where we're using green, yellow, orange and blue. It's so Springy and I am ready for Spring so I couldn't resist! This super fun sketch is from The Craft's Meow January-February Card Sketch Challenge!

I added some roses, a shabby seam binding bow, some punched leaves, a little hand-cut bird and my sentiment by JustRite Stampers. There's a bit of MFT here too...the doily die border! Thanks for taking a peek and have a great evening!

Challenges:
Tiddly Inks 78 - Color - Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue
The Craft's Meow - Jan-Feb Card Sketch Challenge
SCS - CT0112 - Monthly Theme - Mind Your Manners

The Love of a Family...

Hi there! It's Monday and I'm here sharing another lovely I made for my Guest Designer spot at one of my all-time favorite challenges... The Shabby Tea Room! This week's inspiration is full of shabby goodness and great colors! The theme is 'Vintage Boudoir' and you just need to use this great photo along with it's colors and a sewing item!

Here's my card...


We celebrated my Mom's birthday yesterday even though we just buried my grandfather a couple of days before. She wanted the family to 'get back to normal' and so we did.

I used some pretty BoBunny papers for this card, along with stamps from several sets by My Favorite Things...Clearly Senitmental About Family, Wendy Alpha and a la modes Birthday Girl. The dressform is a PTI die and I used my Spellbinders circle dies too. There's a few buttons, a doily, a shabby seam binding bow and pearls of course! I also used the sketch from the MFT WSC Getting Sketchy #53.

Be sure to stop by The Shabby Tea Room Challenge to see what their Design Team has created for you...and play along with us while you're there too!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!

Owl Always Have You...

Hi there! Guess What? I'm Guest Designing at one of my all-time favorite challenges... The Shabby Tea Room! I miss the Shabby Girls so much!

Here's a sweet inspiration photo for this week's challenge along with the theme called "Time Flies." Use the photo and include something with WINGS on your card or project!

I was inspired by the owls on the bedding along with the quilt and branch above the bed. Here's what I cam up with...


I fashioned a faux quilt by making a patchwork of patterned papers by MME and stamped my little Unity owl duo in pink to match! I cut them out using my Spellbinders circle dies and added a couple of MFT branches, my sentiment cut out with another MFT die, some shabby seam binding bows topped with a BG brad, ribbon, and some blingy flowers and leaves! A couple sets of pearl eyes give my owl friends the finishing touch.

Be sure to stop by The Shabby Tea Room Challenge to see what their Design Team has created for you...and play along with us while you're there too!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great New Year!

Taylored Expressions November Blast From the Past Blog Hop!

Hi there! Welcome to the Taylored Expressions November Blast from the Past Blog Hop! Each month, Taylored Expressions has a blog hop for it's customers to join in on the fun...you can find all the details HERE! This month's theme is Thankful! This is going to be one fun hop!

I hope you came from Karen Giron's Blog, and if so, you are on the right track! There's a list at the bottom of this post if you need to get back on track too!

Here's my card for the hop...

I love making Thank You cards, so this one was easy for me! I immediately thought of the Tweet Hearts set and I knew just the sentiment I wanted to use! I followed the awesome sketch by Sankari Wegman (up there on the left) and added a few extras like my little sentiment at the top from the Moka Olivia set, a pearl flourish and a little bow!

I stamped the branch and leaves on this fun cloud paper and cut it all out with my Spellbinders circle dies. The bird is stamped and cut out by hand, then popped up for some dimension. I added a little gem for her eye! The scalloped border and sentiment are cut out using MFT dies.

Your next stop on the hop is Jen Carvajal's Blog! Have a great time hopping along today!

Hold a true friend with both your hands...

Hi there! It's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Palette Challenge! What a sweet color combo we have for you this week! I love making just because cards and this one is for a friend. Here's it is...
I started with by coloring this pretty floral image from the MTME Bold Botanicals set with Copics and paired it with a sweet sentiment from the My Little Friend set. I used lots of dies on this one, including Spellbinders oval dies and the rest are from My Favorite Things. A big pink bow and some pearls finish it off nicely!

Stop by the MTME Pretty Palette Challenge #34 to see what the rest of the Design Team has to share with you! I hope you'll join us for this fun color challenge!

Every Day YOU Make Me Proud!

Hi there! I'm sick today, but I had to finish this little project for the My Favorite Things October Guest Designer Challenge! It's a Book Box and card for my lovely daughter! Her favorite color is lavender and her room is newly decorated in black, white and lavender!

She is an avid reader and at any time you can find her quietly reading a book in her room! I assembled my book box and made a sleeve to slide over the box!

The 'tag' is cut with the Picot Circles dies from Spellbinders and topped with layers of cardstock and my sweet image called Bedtime Story! I added a shabby seam binding bow topped with a BG brad and a gem flourish...not too much since this is a moving part! I purposely did not color anything but the little PI girl on the card, because I also underlined the word 'YOU' on my sentiment and I just wanted the little girl to be the focus! This sentiment is from the MFT Clearly Sentimental about You set! I also changed her hair a bit...made it longer since my dd has long brown hair!


My daughter truly makes me proud ....everyday! Thanks for taking a peek and have a great day!

Congrats - You're #1!

Hi there...I don't know about you, but I had a fabulous holiday weekend full of friends, fun and crafting! I've been working on this card for a bit today and I finally finished it!

It's for the My Favorite Things September Guest Designer Contest and it also follows the MFT Getting Sketchy #35 sketch from last week! The theme for this month's contest is Rip and Roll and boy did I have fun ripping and rolling on this one!

As you can see from the detail pic, I ripped up every edge of every layer on this card (except for the fold edge because I didn't want to make my card weak) with my scissors and I rolled lots of corners and edges too! Wanna know what else is rolled...those cute little beads hanging from my twine bow are hand rolled! And...there's tons of distressing going on here with a couple of colors of ink on the edges.

I just love the MFT a' la modes collection and here's one of my faves called All Star! I also used some MFT Die-namics on this one...there's Banner Day die in the center and the end of the Polka Dot Greetings Frame die on the top left corner! The sentiments are both from the same stamp set as the image. These yummy papers are from My Mind's Eye...they're shiny, shimmery and embossed...love them too! Thanks for stopping by today...have a great week!

Congratulations!

Hi there and Happy Monday! The Shabby Tea Room Challenge has us using this beautiful inspiration photo chosen by Debbie! I just love pink and black and that's what you'll need to use on your card or project this week (along with any neutral)! Our theme is called Pink Wedded Bliss and our wonderful sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish!

Here's a fun image called Red Hat 2, but who said it had to be red, right?! It's colored up with some Copics and I added a little sparkle to the center of the flowers on the hat with a metallic gel pen. Here's all the details on the details...embossed background paper, BoBunny pink dp, Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval dies used on the image, MFT border die, TPC Studio sentiment, seam binding ribbon with glittery brad and gems in the corner (of course...sarcasm intended)! That about sums up this sweet card!

I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge!

Be sure to visit the rest of The Shabby Tea Room Design Team blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Charlene Crundy

Danielle Greenwood
Melissa Bove
Sheri Holt

Thanks for stopping by today!

Time to Celebrate!

Hi there stampy friends! I have to work today, but before I leave, I want to show you a card I made for one of my favorite challenges...the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge, that is!

I just love the a la modes stamps and this sketch is perfect for their long, slender figures! Here's the Take Time a la mode...she's colored with Copics and I added a little bit of shimmer with a gel pen to the center of the clock. My sentiment is from another a la mode set called Time to Celebrate and it's cut out with the edge of a Spellbinders die!

I added lots of stitching, a thick grosgrain ribbon topped with a seam binding bow and brad and pearls in the corners! That's all I have for now...today was the first day of high school for my little girl (who isn't so little anymore!) and I'm off to work now.

Have a great day and thanks for taking a peek!