SSSC128/Tuesday Trigger: Squares to Cherish

Hi there!  This last week was super busy, but then again this whole month has seem to fly by, can you believe tomorrow is August first already?  I can't! 

Today is the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #128.  I used Karen's fabulous sketch along with the Tuesday Trigger: Squares to Cherish Challenge (inspiration photo below) to create my card.  Seeing the inspiration photo for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge brought a flood of ideas to my mind and also made me think of the crochet blankets I've received from two very special women.  The first person was my grandmother who was always busy crocheting or doing crafts and the second my mother-in-law who gave me the most beautiful crochet blanket as a wedding shower gift.  These blankets truly are Squares to Cherish.  Every time I use one of these precious blankets I think of all the time and love that went into making them, the remarkable women that created them and how much I miss both my grandma and mother-in-law and wish they were here with us.

Supplies: Think Big Favorites #3, Bitty Background Blocks, Button Boutique die, Flower die, White felt, Button, Ribbon, Nestie Scallop Square, Sending You die (for leaves), Foam Tape.  Colors: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Mellow Moss, Certainly Celery, White.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse is sitting out this week but stop by her blog to give her some love.
Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

As I'm finishing this post I just realized after looking at the sketch again that my panel is tilted the wrong way...darn those tilted panels! Lol

July Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hello friends!  Today is the Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop, the challenge this month was to create a card or project using the photo below as our inspiration.  I ended up creating two cards this last Saturday while stamping with friends, one with more detail and the other more clean and simple.

For my first card I used the PTI stamp set Daydreamer and stamped out the sentiment, grass and three of the flowers.  Two of the flowers I stamped separately and popped them up using foam tape for some added dimension.  I used a PTI die cut butterfly with some linen thread, some My Mind's Eye designer paper and three rhinestones in the bottom right corner.

For my second card I used the PTI butterfly die again and die cut six butterflies in three different colors and layered them together with green rhinestones down the centers.  I adhered the butterflies to a panel that I had stamped with a sentiment from the Signature Greetings set and embossed using the wood grain impressions plate.   The base of the card was randomly stamped using the Mehndi Medallion stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

SSSC127 - Hello Friend

Good morning!  It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #127.  For my card today I ended up flipping Karen's sketch and using the PTI stamp set Little Bitty Bird as well as the coordinating bird dies and the picket fence die.  I kept my card sweet and simple and used the colors crumb cake and pretty in pink, I added some polka dot embossing to the top portion of the pink cardstock, added some linen thread and a pink button and it was complete.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse 
Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

Have a great day!

PTI Stamp-a-faire - Sending You

It's evening time here right now and I'm having a stamping get together with a few of my friends and I thought I would play along with one of the Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire Challenges.  Challenge #4 is a color challenge and I used the PTI stamp set Sending You along with the coordinating dies, a scalloped circle nestibilities die for the flower and a green rhinestone for the center.  The colors that I used were pacific blue, old olive, kiwi kiss and tempting turquoise.