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More Guide Lines Love

Just a quick card to share that I made using some of the paper I stamped using Guide Lines Two and the new Grid Cardstock, you can see my other card here.  This one is a funky size - 3 1/2 x 5 1/2...I sponged some Spring Moss ink on the patterned paper this time, added a Martha Stewart border punch, and the cute sentiment and flower from Remember (love that set!). 

  

I also added three beautiful buttons from Papertrey - New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, and Sweet Blush; and I rounded one corner.

 

Supplies:  Stamps - Guide Lines Two, Remember; Ink - New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss, Fresh Snow; Cardstock - SS white, Guide Lines Grid Cardstock, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf; Other - New Leaf Saddle Stitched Ribbon, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush Vintage Buttons, MS Border Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch (EK Success), Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy)

Well I am off, it promises to be a busy day for us!!  Have a good one!

Friendly Monday

Good Morning, I have just a couple of minutes before I have to get going so I thought I would post a quick card I made a while back.  This one uses one of my favorite Papertrey sets, Friends 'Til the End and a bright happy color combo, Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, and New Leaf.  I just stamped the background piece with Summer Sunrise ink on Lemon Tart cardstock and sponged more Summer Sunrise on the edges.  I added a strip of New Leaf punched with the Scalloped Scallop border punch from EK Success to the edge.  I love the focal point here with the pretty flower bud, a stamp I love but have not used much yet.  I masked the leaves a bit to add more and make it look a bit more real. 

  

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):  Stamps - Friends 'Til the End; Ink - Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Fresh Snow; Cardstock - SS White, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, New Leaf; Other - New Leaf Bitty Dots Ribbon, Scalloped Scallop Punch (EK Success), Dark Chocolate Vintage Buttons

Thanks for stopping by, have a great Monday!

April Showers

Good Afternoon!  I wanted to quickly share another creation I made with Dawn's new Scattered Showers set, which is just wonderful and full of such cute sentiments!  I was looking for a little shabby chic feel to this card with the soft pink and lots of distressing.  I used the little flower from Around and About Sentiments to create a quick background on the Spring Moss layer - cute how that flower matches the one on the umbrella huh?!  Papertrey is always doing things like that!  I used some textured watercolor paper to stamp the main image and sentiment on - used Sweet Blush for the umbrella and handle and Dark Chocolate for the sentiment, I used Spring Moss and a little Dark Chocolate for the edges.  The button is a new Sweet Blush one - I love the flower shaped buttons and tend to hoard them!!!

 

Here's a little closer look at the main image panel - I can see using this card for a bridal or baby shower.  I added the stitching at the last minute - what do you think?  I just thought the card needed a little something extra!

   

Supplies (All PTI unless noted) Stamps - Scattered Showers, Around and About Sentiments; Ink - Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate; Cardstock - Kraft, Spring Moss, Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper; Other - Sweet Blush Vintage Button, Dark Chocolate Twill, Edge Distressor (Heidi Swapp), Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great afternoon and Friday!!!

Remember Spots & Dots

Good Afternoon!  I intended to post this yesterday but just got wrapped up in life - apent some time playing hopscotch and catch with Jacob yesterday afternoon, which was so nice!  It must be hilarious to watch a 32 year old mother hopping up and down the driveway, glad he doesn't know how to use the video camera!  It has been hot here, I like it, but am not quite ready for it.  I just put away winter clothes and am realizing that my summer wardrobe consists of post pregnancy clothes including many nursing shirts!!  Will have to get some new stuff soon - oh darn ;)!  

Anyhow,thought I would share another card using Lisa's new set Background Basics: Spots & Dots, combined with her lovely set Remember.  The sentiment and brackets are from Beyond Basic Borders - love the simple font and sentiments in that set.  I went with a little different POP color combo, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, and True Black.  I also used some of that wonderful Black & White Basics patterned paper from a few months back, it is really fun and versatile. 

 

Lots of scallops here, along the card edge, the focal point edge, inside the card, I just can't get enough of them!  The buttons are all PTI too - True Black Vintage, White & Cream Mix Vintage, New Leaf Vintage - all tied with embroidery floss. 

 

Supplies (All PTI unless noted):  Stamps - Remember, Background Basics: Spots & Dots, Beyond Basic Borders; Ink - Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, True Black; Cardstock - SS White, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, Black & White Basics Patterned Paper, Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper; Other - True Black Vintage Buttons, White & Cream Mix Vintage Buttons, New Leaf Vintage Buttons, Stickles (Ranger), Scalloped Edge Punch (SU!), Slot Punch (SU!), Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by, hope everyone is having a super duper week!

Highlighting Grid Cardstock

Good Afternoon!  Hope the sun is shining and the birds are chirping wherever you are, I am enjoying a little of both today and spending time with my boys.  They are so fun!  My big boy is actually helping me sort my Papertrey buttons right now and he loves it, it is so funny to hear him say oh I love this button - just like his momma!  I was storing all my buttons together in one large jar but it is just about full and I was having a heck of a time locating just the right button...so I decided to get some of the jars Dawn uses (small 8 oz. canning jars, they are cute cute!) and we spent some time sorting out all the colors.  I love how they look in their own little homes:)!

Anyhow, onto the card for today.  I wanted to highlight the new Guide Lines Grid Cardstock from Papertrey, this card uses the Guide Lines II version.  I am excited to try Guide Lines I also cause I really think that set could use more love from me...I am not the most perfect straight stamper so this cardstock helps me a TON!!!  Love it so much!  I used a color combo that really pops and screams happy - at least for me - Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst and New Leaf!  I am rapidly becoming a New Leaf groupy, I absolutely love that color green, I really didn't think I would like it as much as I do and I have been using it a lot!  The sentiment is from Scattered Showers, I am in love with the font Dawn chose and love the cute little sentiments.  I punched the sentiment with the Super Jumbo Scalloped Rectangle from Marvy. 

 

I added a tiny dot in New Leaf to the center of the Raspberry Fizz stamp, using the smallest dot from Polka Dot Basics, it just gives the pattern an extra kick.  And I am loving the Bitty Dots ribbon - used on this card in New Leaf, I really hope they come out with some in last years colors as well. 

 

Supplies:  Stamps - Guide Lines II, Scattered Showers, Polka Dot Basics; Ink - New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, True Black; Cardstock - Kraft, Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf, Guide Lines II Grid; Other - Hibiscus Burst Vintage Button, Hibiscus Burst Swiss Dots Ribbon, New Leaf Bitty Dots Ribbon, Heart Dies (Provo Craft), Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), Super Jumbo Scalloped Rectangle Punch (Marvy)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great remainder of the week!!  Hugs!

April Papertrey Release

So excited to share some of my projects from this months Papertrey release!  There are some fabulous sets coming out and I truly enjoyed working with each one.  I will create many many more projects with them.  And I have a few projects with the new Guide Lines paper to share soon as well, that stuff makes the use of that set increase exponentially for me! 

First up is Dawn's new set, Scattered Showers, such a fun little umbrella set that you can make super fancy or just really plain and pretty, I have done a little of both when playing with it lately.  The first thing I thought of when I saw those cutie umbrellas was to use one as a beach umbrella, a big pretty red one to relax under in the sun - oh how I love relaxing and playing at the beach!  I used a color combo that just pops for me - Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate and of course Fresh Snow.  That little bit of sand paper I scalloped to resemble waves is from Heidi Swapp but I bet you could use some from the hardware store if you wanted.  The button is from the new Dark Chocolate Vintage Collection, one of this months new colors, super great variety in my bag I really love them!

 

And a closer look at the beachy scene!

 

Supplies:

Stamps - Scattered Showers
Ink - Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Fresh Snow
Cardstock - Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, SS White, Dark Chocolate, Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper
Other - 3/4" Circle Punch (SU!), Fresh Snow Grosgrain Ribbon, Dark Chocolate Vintage Button, Scalloped Scissors (Provo Craft), Slot Punch (SU!), Sand Paper (Heidi Swapp)
Card Dimensions - 3.75"x6"

Up next is Background Basics: Spots and Dots by Lisa Johnson, a great background building set.  I have loved everything she has done with it this week.  I paired it with some Hibiscus Burst and New Leaf and those lovely Marvy flower punches that I just got, they are delicious I tell you.  I love the little scalloped edge I added to the side of the card, just softens it and gives it an extra little something! 

  

Here is a closer look at the sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages, the buttons (New Leaf, White and Hibiscus Burst Vintage Button Collections) and the Hibiscus Burst Bitty Dots Ribbon which is just wrapped around the panel.

 

Supplies:

Stamps - Background Basics: Spots & Dots, Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf, Fresh Snow, Spring Moss
Cardstock - SS White, Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf, Sweet Blush
Other - Flower Punches (Marvy), Hibiscus Burst Bitty Dots Ribbon, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, White Vintage Buttons, Corner Rounder

Lastly, Tea for Two, the newest set by Nichole, a wonderful, warm, inviting set of images that you are sure to reach for again and again.  I am hoping she releases another set with additional teapot images cause these are so pretty and I can think of lots of others that would be beautiful!  Anyhow, for my project I decided to make a Perfect Match box, which is one of Lauren's My Timeless Templates, it fits tea perfectly.  I wanted to make it a little shabby chic with lots of pretty soft feminine colors so I chose Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, and Vintage Cream.  I absolutely love the way they look together and as an added bonus I got to use some new buttons - in Sweet Blush and Aqua Mist.  Here is the entire ensemble first.

 

I made my own pattern with the Beautiful Blooms branch and the little flowers from With Sympathy.  I really like how it turned out, but I do love that branch image, it is maybe my favorite PTI stamp ever!  Here is a closer look at the card.

 

And here is a closer look at the box with the cute little label, I layered a circle and oval behind it, they were both cut with Nestabilities. 

 

Supplies: 

Stamps - Tea for Two, Beautiful Blooms
Ink - Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush
Cardstock - Vintage Cream, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Kraft, Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper
Other - Perfect Match Template (My Timeless Templates), Textile Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Circle Punch (Marvy), Sweet Blush Grosgrain Ribbon, Aqua Mist Grosgrain Ribbon, Sweet Blush Vintage Buttons, Aqua Mist Vintage Buttons, Lace Edge Border Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts)

I shared my All Star Team project with you last week so that is it for now...I did make additional stuff that I will be posting in the next few weeks.  Have a great day and happy ordering:)!

Easter Festivities!

Just popping by to tell you all that we had a great weekend filled with Easter festivities and lots of nice family time.  We spent Friday at the Jelly Belly factory, got a tour, bought a boatload of candy and drove A LOT!!  It was pretty fun and Jacob loved it!  Saturday we got to meet my sisters' fiance's family and have a wonderful dinner at their home before attending Easter mass with them, it was really nice.  And Easter was spent with the family, eating, hunting eggs, and just generally hanging out...a really nice day.  Here is a cute pic of the boys together on Easter Sunday in their matching Gymboree shirts (I love putting them in matching clothes!!)!

 

Check back tonight for my Papertrey projects, I will post them at midnight EST!!!  Have a lovely afternoon!

Calling All Sports Fans

Take me out to the ballgame,

Take me out to the crowd,

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...

One of my favorite kids songs and my favorite sport, baseball, I grew up watching it with my dad and have precious memories of going to games with him.  I can't say I was ever good at playing the game, although I do enjoy it.  Now I have the pleasure of having a little one who is playing his first year of t-ball and couldn't love it more!  Heather's new set, All Star Team, is so great and applicable to all sports and to both male and female gifts/cards.  I decided to create a little goodie and card for my new t-baller and took inspiration from my favorite little diddy above.  I made some caramel popcorn (along with all the rest I made last week) and packaged it in a glassine bag from Papertrey adding a label along the bottom and little label to keep it closed. 

 I made a matching card, a little round one to look kinda like a baseball.  I used Pure Poppy and Tim Holz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo for the stars and also did a little paper piercing at the points of the larger star.  The pennant is Fresh Snow, Dark Chocolate and Pure Poppy on Kraft cardstock. 

 

My little guy really likes it - "Mommy, I really like yours card and bag."  What a sweetie!  I will be sharing these with his t-ball team when I am snack mom in a few weeks - the bag of popcorn that is!

Here's my recipe for caramel popcorn, it is pretty easy and turns out so so good!

CARAMEL-NUT CORN

12 cups unsalted popped popcorn, filtered for unpopped kernels 

3 cups walnut halves, pecan halves and/or un blanched whole almonds

1 cup packed brown sugar

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ cup margarine or butter

¼  cup light corn syrup

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

Heat oven to 200°. Divide popcorn and nuts be­tween 2 un-greased rectangular pans, 13 x 9 x 2 inches.

Cook brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup and salt over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bub­bly around edges. Continue cooking 5 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in baking soda until foamy. Pour over popcorn and nuts. Toss until well coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.                                            

CARAMEL CORN: Increase popcorn to 15 cups and omit nuts.

Have a great evening and be sure to click on all the DT members blogs to see what they've been up to as well!

• Nichole
• Becky
• Betsy
• Dawn
• Debbie
• Heather
• Lisa
• Lauren
• Melissa
• Mish
• Niki

Supplies:  Stamps - All Star Team, All Star Team Additions; Ink - Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Fresh Snow, Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger); Cardstock - Pure Poppy, SS White, Kraft; Other - Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Paper Piercer, Glassine Bag, Circle Punches (EK Success), Extra Jumbo Scalloped Circle (Marvy)

Easter Treat Nugget Tins

Good Morning!  I am sitting here watching snow fall outside my window, ugh, so done with snow and don't want to have an Easter egg hunt in the snow!!!  Hopefully it will warm up a bit by Sunday!

It occured to me that I never shared my Easter treat tin details with you from the February Papertrey release.  And I also made another cute little Easter trean tin last night that I will share - a really simple lovely project!

For the first one I took Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs that they have out this time of year and that are so so yummy - and I covered them with a label kinda like a nugget except bigger.  Papertrey's White Adhesive Sheets were perfect for this, I just measure the egg wrapper roughly and cut out a rectangle.  I then stamped the middle with the scallop from Beyond Basic Borders, some polka dot from Polka Dot Basics, and the bunny from Tags for Spring.  I did this all in nice springy colors and wrapped up the eggs, three fit perfectly nestled in the tin!  I added a tag from Tags for Spring and some ribbon and viola, done, easy peasy and so cute!

   

Supplies - Stamps: Tags for Spring, Beyond Basic Borders, Borders and Corners Circle
Ink: Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Spring Rain, Lemon Tart, Lavender Moon, Melon Berry, Fresh Snow
Cardstock: SS White, Spring Rain
Other: Adhesive sheets (PTI), Melon Berry Stitched Ribbon, Linen Thread, Nugget Tin, Cirlce Punches (Marvy), Tag Die (Spellbinders)

For my second item, I also used a nugget tin, I added the dividers Nichole created in this post, first stamping them with a lovely background using Background Basics-Retro and Melon Berry, Spring Moss, and Spring Rain inks on SS White cardstock.  I then added a variety of little treats in the spaces - M&M's, jelly beans, these yummy marshmallowy bunnies, you could add any little candy. 

 

I made the tag using Tags for Spring again and the Super Jumbo Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy), the other circles were cut with my Nestabilities.  The ribbon is wrapped around the tin, folded and adhered to the tag, then I tied the little cream buttons on the tails. 

 

And here is a better view of the inside of the tin and the background I created.  I love how the elements of this set work together.  I also added lots of sponging on the insert and the tag. 

 

Supplies (all PTI unless noted) - Stamps - Tags for Spring, Mega Mixed Messages, Background Basics - Retro; Ink - Spring Moss, Spring Rain, Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate; Cardstock - SS White, Spring Rain, Melon Berry; Other - Spring Moss Grosgrain Ribbon, Cream and White Vintage Button Mix, Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

So what do you think, does that look yummy!!??  I hope you all have a great Wednesday especially if the sun is shining where you are - send some to us!!

Hoppy Easter

Are you all ready for Easter this weekend?  I am trying to get things together for the day, it is one of my favorite holidays, I love the family getting together, the emergence of spring, dyeing eggs, eating deviled eggs, and all the yummy chocolate!  I even bought my boys the cutest matching shirts this year, hopefully I will get a good picture of them together to share next week.  Mikey thinks his brother is the most entertaining thing around so hopefully we can coax a smile out of him for the picture. 

I made a quick Easter card last night using more of the Nana's Nursery Baby Boy patterned paper by DCWV, which I must say is kinda girly but I do like it.  I thought the cute little purple bunny would look cute with the bunny from Tags for Spring so I paired them together.  The button is such a cute little slider from the Cream and White Vintage Button collection from Papertrey, I threaded my Ocean Tides Swiss Dots Ribbon through it. 

            

The scallops were made with a 3/4" punch, I really like the different look of these bigger scallops.  The tag is punched out with a 1 3/4" circle punch and layered on a super jumbo scalloped circle (from Marvy).

 

Supplies (All PTI unless otherwise noted):  Stamps - Tags for Spring; Ink - Plum Pudding, Ocean Tides, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado; Cardstock - White Shimmer, SS White, Nana's Nursery Baby Boy (DCWV); Other - 3/4" Circle Punch (SU!), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (EK Success), Super Jumbo Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy), Ocean Tides Swiss Dots Ribbon, Cream and White Vintage Button

I am going to try to post a couple of Easter treat ideas tomorrow so come on back!  Have a great evening!