Papertrey 6th Anniversary

I'm popping in with my last entries for Papertrey's 6th Anniversary Celebrations.  First up are two felt flower pony tail holders.  I kind of had this idea in my head, and then when I saw Tracey's creation, I knew I was on the right track.

Sarah picked her favorite PTI colors--Hawaiian Shores and Limeade Ice for hers.

Rachel is on her school trip, so I picked Aqua Mist and Royal Velvet for her.

And, I finally got to CASE this card of Dawn's--I've been meaning to get to it all week.  I used some Ice Skate die cuts Tracey was nice enough to send me.  This will be my final entry in the Design Team Favorites challenge.

Are you ready for the big February release reveal tomorrow?  I know I am.

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Catching Up

I've got an assortment of cards and other projects for various challenges that I have been working on this week.  First up is a card for A Blog Named Hero Challenge #18:  Golden Oldie and Color Throwdown CTD225.  

I chose to use Hero Arts Silly Scape, which was one of the first stamps I ever bought.  I still love it, but it rarely comes out to play anymore, because I almost never take my wooden stamps out.   My colors are PTI Hibiscus Burst, Kraft, Sweet Blush and Orange Zest.  I paper pieced all the buildings and popped them up with varying depths of foam tape.  The piece on the side is a bit of hand made plaid using PTI Background Basics Super Stripes, and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

Speaking of wooden stamps, I thought I'd show you my home made stamp positioner (I was too cheap at the time to buy a Stamp-a-Majig).

Next up is a card for this week's ColourQ #172 and Moxie Fab #49:  Make your Own Background Paper.  I used PTI Funky Florals in Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice, SU Real Red to stamp a background pattern, with a section masked off for my Think Big Favorites sentiment stamped in Memento Grey Flannel.  I used a great tutorial on Simplicity to help me with the random placement (which isn't actually random at all).

I have some die cuts that I am sending to some crafty friends (you know who you are) and used this week's Make it Monday #100:  Packaging cards with Oversized Embellishments to pretty up my clear envelopes to hold everything together.

This card is for this week's CASology #27, where the cue word is 'blue'.  I kept thinking of baby cards, so I used PTI Happy Hexagon to make a card for a baby boy.  I used all three PTI blues--Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, and Enchanted Evening.

And, finally--a card I have been wanting to try ever since I got Knit Bits and Background Basics Striped Sweater--A sweater card with skates--for my niece who loves to figure skate.  Tracey was nice enough to send me some skates and other images from that set.

Here is a peek at the inside:

Well, that's it for me today.  I don't have the energy to write up all the supplies, but let me know if you have any questions.

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Baby Cards and More

I had some fun this weekend, playing with my new Background Basics:  Striped Sweater set. I made a few baby cards, inspired by this card posted by Erin Lincoln during the release week.

I really liked how it turned out, and decided to make two more--one for a girl, and one that could go either way.

Here they all are, together.  I will be very prepared for any sort of baby that arrives.

One of my mother-in-laws loves to knit, and she makes a lot of gifts.  I had an idea to surprise her with some tags that she could use with her knitted gifts.  I m sending them to her today, and I hope she likes them.


Here is the front--the bottom says 'handmade is best' from Button Boutique.

Here is the back.  I used two images from 2012 Holiday Tags.

I made 10 all together.  I put a button on top of each tag--it was a good way to use up some of my larger buttons, that I always think are too big to put on a card.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Baby Cards
Stamps:  Background Basics Striped Sweater, Mixed Messages (Baby, Bundle of Love), Little Bitty Bird (sweet), Tag It's (Star), Heart 2 Heart (Heart)
Paper:  White, Spring Rain, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist
Ink:  Harvest Gold, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Memento Angel Pink, Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores
Other:  Star & Heart Border Dies, Tiny Tags Die, Twine from The Twinery

Tags
Stamps:  Background Basics Striped Sweater, Button Boutique, 2012 Holiday Tags
Paper, Ink, Ribbon, Buttons--various PTI colors, Embroidery Floss

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