You're Awesome!

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card that I created week's ago for my daughter, from when she performed in her high school play The Music Man (so proud of her).  I wanted something sweet with cheerful colors, hopefully I accomplished that (she seemed to like her card).  The image is from the Penny Black stamp set Betsy Bluebell and was colored using Copic markers with a paper pieced dress, sponged clouds and a touch of glitter.

Hope you have a marvelous day :)  

CTD#248 - Birthday Blooms

Hello and good morning!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.  Our hostess is Broni who chose this pretty color combo and inspiration photo.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink Bigger Blooms stamp set {love this new set} with the coordinating dies and a tag die to create a birthday card.

Be sure to visit the other Color Throwdown design team members for more inspiration using this week's color challenge!

 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper

Our June Guest Designer -
Wanda Guess - A Blog Called Wanda 

 Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!   

SSSC#187/PDC#187 - You're Sweet

 Hello there crafty friends, I hope you're doing well!  It's a Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge day and I'm here to share the card that I created using Karen's fun sketch.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Bigger Blooms along with the coordinating dies, the Honey Bee dies for a few hexagons and the zesty colors from The Play Date Cafe Challenge #187.

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using the SSS sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse 

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell 

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

Dawn Easton: Treasure Oiler Designz 

Jackie Pedro: The Scalloped Edge
Lori Tecler: Inking Aloud

Melissa Hubert: My Paper Obsession

Tracy Clemente: Eat Sleep Stamp

 

CTD#247 - July Birthday

 Hello there!  It's time for the Color Throwdown Challenge #247.  Our hostess for this week is Barbara who chose some perfect colors for this time of year.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Ruby Rose and Fillable Frames #5 with the coordinating dies to create a birthday card for my mom who's birthday is July 5th (No she does not read my blog, so she won't see this).

Be sure to visit the other Color Throwdown design team members for more inspiration using this week's color challenge!

 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper

Our June Guest Designer -
Wanda Guess - A Blog Called Wanda 

  

CTD#245/Cardabilities#76 - Sweet Birthday Wishes

 Good morning stampers!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.  Our hostess with the mostess is Tammy who chose our awesome color combo for this week.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Strawberry Patch with coordinating dies, along with the Cardabilities Sketch Challenge #76 to create a birthday card.

Be sure to visit the other Color Throwdown design team members for more inspiration using this week's color challenge!

 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper

Please Welcome Our June Guest Designer -
Wanda Guess - A Blog Called Wanda

A Cup of Tea...

 Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card that I created for my sister-in-law using two new stamps sets I recently purchased while at a scraping/stamping trade show.  The stamps are by Darcie's Heart & Home and I had never heard of this stamp company before but when I saw the two stamp sets I ended up purchasing with teacups, tea sentiments and birds with fancy vintage hats I knew I need them.  The stamp sets Bird Day and Cup of Tea reminded me of the tea party that my sister-in-law and I threw for the book club we're in and I knew I needed to make her a card using these fun stamps.

For my card I used the two Darcie stamp sets along with some Sky's the Limit My Mind's Eye designer paper, two My Favorite Things rolled roses with pearls which I sponged with ink, some Taylored Expressions stems, lace trim and ribbon.  The little bird was colored using Copic markers and I added some crystal effects to the roses on her hat, once she was completed I added her perched on the edge of the teacup with foam tape.

As I wrote above, I'm in a book club with a group of such wonderful women two of whom are my sister-in-laws.  Each of us share a common bond, which is a love for reading historical fiction.  Our book club meets once a month to discuss the book we've read and to enjoy each others company with laughter, good food and sometimes a glass of wine (or two, lol).

Last year while our book club was reading the Tea Rose trilogy by Jennifer Donnelly (such excellent books) we decided to have a tea party themed book club meeting.  So below I'm sharing a few of the pictures from our tea.

 If you have a chance to read these books, whether you love historical fiction or not you should.  The writing is excellent and you'll fall in love with the characters.

Between my sister-in-law Ann and I we were like gitty little girls preparing for our tea party, it was so much fun.  I know my grandma who has past would be so pleased to know that most of what you see here in these pictures was hers, pieces that I cherish, from the dishes, teacups, silver, right down to her lace gloves and tea strainer.

We had everything, from cucumber sandwiches, fresh strawberries, scones with fresh cream and jam to shortbread cookies and truffles, it was amazing! 

As a little gift for each of the women in our book club, I made pendant necklaces (see photo below) with a quote about reading and wrapped each necklace in tissue and then into a parchment bag which I decorated with a stamped PTI teapot and bakers twine and placed at each setting.  I also had these fun little wire chairs which I thought would be sweet as place markers on the table.  I wrapped up mints inside tulle, added a tag with each woman's name and tied on some roses.

I feel so blessed to have the women in my bookclub in my life and to be a part of our group.

 Thanks for stopping by!