Happy Birthday Waltzingmouse!!

Hi everyone! Seems like forever since I have posted!! I have been so busy this past week but didn't want to miss wishing Claire and Waltzingmouse Stamps a Happy Birthday. I love this tree so wanted to use it for my card entry. Claire is having a fabulous contest so be sure to check her blog. Not much time left to enter so hurry! Just be sure to visit and enjoy all the great samples showing some of the new stamps to be released tomorrow.

Supplies for my card:
Stamps: Blessed by You (Waltzingmouse Stamps), Daily Designs (PTI)
Cardstock: Rustic White, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Material Girl, Garden Variety (both Cosmo Cricket)
Additional: Memento Ink, Buttons (PTI)

Tomorrow is our daylily club's big sale but hopefully next week will be quieter. I have tried to check blogs to keep up with what you all are doing and will try to post more myself soon.

Happy May Day tomorrow,
Sharron

Compose A Card Challenge: Week 9

Happy Sunday! Have you had a good weekend? We bought a hanging porch swing and got it installed on our gazebo yesterday. Such an exciting addition for our yard--I'm really looking forward to sitting out there reading a book and enjoying the garden!

Didn't want to miss any of Becky's Compose A Card Challenges and had decided to use this stamp set but wasn't sure about a design. This all came together last night. It's a birthday card so I tried to select images that would represent different times of the year. I thought these sentiments from a set by Technique Tuesday would work perfectly. All other supplies are from Papertrey Ink. By the way, the silk ribbon is so great for stamping with a sentiment!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sign Language (PTI), Small Talk (Technique Tuesday), Everyday Classics (PTI)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy (All PTI)
Patterned Paper: Bitty Box Basics, Chocolate Remix (PTI)
Ink: Pure Poppy, Orangerie, New Leaf, Enchanted Evening (PTI), Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Additional: Silk Ribbon (PTI), Copics, Dew Drops

Smiles,
Sharron

2 Sketches 4 You Challenge

I wanted to try a ruffled ribbon so this sketch offered the perfect opportunity! I may have overdone it when gathering the ribbon but it is my first attempt, LOL! I made it for a shower that was yesterday and since I don't have a baby set, I once again turned to Daily Designs. The gift was a little outfit in pink with brown polka dots and a blanket and teddy that were brown with white polka dots. I should have taken a picture before wrapping!! I even added some stamped teddy images on the top of the tissue paper.

Supplies:

Stamps: Daily Designs (PTI), Very Vintage Labels 1, Off Beat Backgrounds (Waltzingmouse)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Karen Foster Designs, Bitty Dots Basics (PTI)

Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Old Rose (Versamark)

Additional: Button (PTI), Ribbon (PTI), EK Success Punch, Copics

Did anyone else stay up last night to do their PTI order? Problems with putting items in my cart ended up with my order being much less. I need to cut back anyway when I can so maybe a good thing! I found a couple of cool storage units at Michael's at 50% off so I spent all evening putting them together. Trying to tidy my stamping nook since it is part of our bedroom.

Next on the agenda is some housecleaning and dog baths!!

Have a good day!

Sharron

Compose A Card Challenge: Week 8

I wanted a card for Earth Day for a friend so I combined this with this week's Compose A Card Challenge. The inspiration was taken from Becky's daughters Easter dresses. I wanted to use this

Pure Innocence image and just got it yesterday. It is a digital done by Heather Ellis. For her dress I stamped circles using one of the single stamps in Polka Dots Basics and colored around them with a Copic marker (Dark Brown). I added some brown dots on some and colored a few green (New Leaf).

I punched out the small white dots and colored a small dot in each. The sentiment is from Wonderfully Whimsical. The button is one of PTI's Vintage Buttons-Ripe Avocado. I thought it was fun that there

was a heart to match the pocket on the dress. I cut an image with my new PTI dies for a backing.

Supplies:

Stamps: Pure Innocent Digital (Heather Ellis), Wonderfully Whimsical (PTI)

Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Bitty Dots-Ripe Avocado (PTI)

Additional: Ribbon (LSS), Button (PTI), PTI Beautiful Blooms Die, Copics

Have a great week and don't forget Earth Day is April 22nd. This year is the 40th anniversary! Think of what things you can do to help protect our precious planet.

Sharron

Flying By to Say Hi!

Inside of Card below:

Hi everyone, such a gorgeous sunny but not too warm day here! Today's card is one I made for one of the doctors where I used to work. I always did cards for their birthdays when I was there. He has a plane and loves to fly so I thought he would enjoy this whimsical card. This is also the first card I have made with the new Wonderfully Whimsical set. it is so much fun--love it!! The little plane is from Tiny Treats and the sentiments are from Bird Watching and Around and About Sentiments. Hey Peeps, remember how Aimes recently used a sentiment from this set for her 'flutterby' trail. Thanks Aimes!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical, Tiny Treats, Around and About Sentiments (all PTI)

Cardstock: Spring Rain, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Stamper's Select White (all PTI)

Patterned Paper: Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)

Additional: Copics

Happy, happy Spring.............

Sharron

Compose A Card Challenge: Week 7

I thought this patterned paper would work perfectly for this week's CAC Challenge. It is the from the new Vintage Blue line by We R Memory Keepers. The bird and branch are a Stampin' Up punch. I don't have any felt so had to settle for paper! I found this cool button in my batch of Ripe Avocado PTI buttons. Look closely to see the leaf design. I have this thing about 'naked' buttons so added some black embroidery floss. The leaves on the Spring Rain cardstock are from Turning a New Leaf and stamped in Vintage Cream. Sentiment is from Butterfly Dreams (PTI).

Becky's challenges are such fun! And I am so glad to be back stamping.........
Sharron


Supplies:
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Butterfly Dreams (both PTI)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Spring Rain, Black (all PTI)
Patterned Paper: Vintage Blue (We R Memory Keepers)
Ink: Vintage Cream (PTI), Memento-black
Additonal: Ripe Avocado Buttons (PTI), Embroidery Floss-black, Stampin' Up Punch, Rain Dot, American Crafts Galaxy Marker-black

I'm Home!

Hi everyone! We're finally home from vacation. It is so wonderful to be back in our own home even though we had a wonderful trip. We had time to visit family and an old friend plus see lots of birds. I actually got 24 new life birds. For those non-birders, a life bird is one you count the very first time you see it. The weather was perfect in southern Texas but just a little too early for many of the birds to migrate through. It is always so hard to judge when the best time will be.

I will be working tomorrow but will have time on Saturday to do some stamping. My last PTI order is still waiting in the box it was shipped in because we left right after it came! Just wanted to say 'hi'! I hope to have some time to check blogs in the next day or so.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and Easter......

Sharron