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

Sweet lil' Princess

Sorry I have been MIA pretty much all of the past week. I was back doing a 40-hr+ work week and also trying to get ready for vacation. When I took time out to make a baby card that I need, I realized I don't have a baby set--not even one! I haven't needed many baby cards but how awful to not have anything. Ugh!! I have been going to order Baby Button Bits but sadly haven't done so yet! I tried several different approaches with stamps I have but nothing seemed to work. I hate it when I can't seem to get inspired. Ultimately I went with this patterned paper and my ever faithful Daily Designs set! I wanted something soft and sweet and I think this works pretty well. Success at last.......

Supplies:

Stamps: Daily Designs (PTI)
Cardstock: Stamper's Select (PTI), ? Pink from Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper: Karen Foster Designs
Ink: Cinnamon (Versamark), London Fog (Memento)
Additional: Martha Stewart Border Punch, Circle punches, Ribbon (PTI), Pearls

We'll be busy all this next week but will check in when I can. I had hoped to get something made for the Poppy Seeds Challenge but couldn't find time. My PTI order came today though. I can hardly wait to try out the new stamps and dies next week when we get home.

Happy Stamping,
Sharron

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #3

This Papertrey Peeps Challenge was submitted by Kimberly. She had made a card for her sister's March birthday and decided to challenge us to play along:

"So that is the challenge: a feminine card featuring orange zest.  Bonus points if you work in Spring Rain, her second favorite color or a tea theme, since tea is one of her favorite things in the world."

I don't have the tea set but always love to use a Pure Innocence image. And what is more perfect for a birthday than a big orange balloon! I paper pieced her dress with Cosmo Cricket patterned paper and colored the image with Copics. For the side trim I used Background Basics: Tin Types and embossed in white. The little clover stamp is from PTI's Luck of the Irish set. 



Supplies:
Stamps: Background Basics: Tin Types, Luck of the Irish, Sign Language (sentiment)--all PTI
Main image: Pure Innocence digital
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Orange Zest, Spring Rain (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Fresh Snow, Orangerie (PTI); Copics
Additional: Filigree Embossing Powder-White (PTI); Nestabilities



Hope everyone is having a good weekend! I am filling in where I used to work for six days so it will be back to the old grind all next week! I was there on Friday and wow, I had already forgotten how little time I had left after spending all day at the office!! I think retirement is definitely better!

Anyway, don't know how much stamping time I will have for a while. We have a week of vacation following my week of work so I may not be able to check my computer as often! Now I need to get back to finishing the laundry and trying to decide about my PTI order. This month is really tough--way too much great stuff!!

Sharron

Compose A Card Challenge: Week 6

I just recently received my Papertrey order that included Butterfly Dreams and Turning a New Leaf. Wow, they are awesome--love them! I have been so anxious to give them some ink and decided to try them out on this week's Compose A Card Challenge. I have done every one and they are always so much fun! Here is a link to Becky's blog if you want to play along. I tried to post copies here of the recipe and inspiration photo but kept losing them. Tonight, along with watching the Academy Awards, I plan to spend time to check on what everyone else has done!

Hope you are having a good weekend!
Sharron

Poppy Seed Challenge #1

Oh my, talk about posting late! I so much wanted to do a card for Lisa's new challenge and have spent much of this week working on our local Garden Show! The challenge was to use a flower image, crystals and light yellow. My card is pretty simple but I like it. The flower is from Flower Garden (PTI) and I cut it out of Bitty Dot Basics paper. I didn't have any crystals so used pearls.

Supplies:
Stamps: Flower Garden, Communique Sentiments (PTI)
Cardstock: Lemon Tart, Plum Pudding, Spring Rain White (PTI)
Additional: Patterned paper is the back of some baby paper I had + the Bitty Dots for the flower, pearls, EK Success border punch, Quikutz Embossing Folder, Nesties, Memento Ink

I have some other things to post so hope to be back soon.
Have a good day,
Sharron

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #2

This week's Peeps Challenge was submitted by Aimes. We were to select one of the products from Dorsey Cereals to use as inspiration for whatever we wanted to create. HERE is a link for more information.

These all looked yummy and I love granola. Just reading all the ingredients would make you hungry! Anyway, I chose Marmalade Granola but borrowed a little inspiration from the Honey (think bees!) Granola too! I thought a bright, cheery color would be perfect--kind to celebrate that we had sun today even though a new storm is expected! I had little bee charm that I wanted to use so my sentiments came from Honey Bees, a set by PTI.


Supplies:
Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders, Honey Bees (both PTI)
Cardstock: Orange Zest, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Soft Stone (PTI)
Additional: Autumn Harvest Jewels (Paper Co. Studio), Bee charm
Hope you enjoyed our creations! There will be a new challenge tomorrow so check the Peeps blog so you can participate! Thanks for stopping by!!
Sharron

Compose A Card Challenge: Week 5

Hi all, happy Friday! And welcome to another of Becky Oehler's Compose a Card Challenges. How about some polka dots in happy red and white. Here's a link to Becky's post so you can see what everyone else has created.

Here's the Recipe

And here's the inspiration

My Interpretation!

I loved playing with these colors and one of my favorite PTI stamp sets. The heart chain (my new EK Success punch) worked perfectly to remind me of the rickrack. And the apples are picked from the canister above the cupboard. The molding made me think of adding some score lines for dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Vintage Picnic, Communique Sentiments, Polka Dot Basics (all PTI)

Cardstock: PTI

Patterned Paper: Bitty Dots Basics (PTI)

Extras: Vintage Buttons (PTI), Copics, Memento Ink, EK Success punch

So much to see this week. PTI's monthly Blog Hop was yesterday and Waltzingmouse Stamps is doing peeks of Claire's new sets. If you haven't already, you might want to visit. Enjoy your day and have a great weekend!

Sharron