Happy Birthday, Marybeth!

Two wonderful friends, Joyce (Card by the Sea) and Cathy (Empty Nest Crafter), were so sweet to plan this blog hop to celebrate Marybeth's (Marybeth's Time for Paper) birthday.  Well, it's really a belated birthday party since her birthday was earlier this month but who wouldn't want two parties! So Marybeth, we hope you have a wonderful repeat celebration! Just want you to know how much we all love you. I feel so very fortunate to have met you through this crazy little stamping hobby! Enjoy your cards and every minute of this special day!! 

Photo Courtesy of Bubble and Sweet

For my card I used my new PTI 'birthday' die that I have wanted for ages and it just came in the mail and a Mama Elephant set that is one of my favorites. I couldn't decide on colors so went to Nichole Heady's blog where she has posted color combos for the upcoming Blog Hop. Her inspiration photo is a layered cake and while the above picture is different, it looked like something you might enjoy for your celebration.

Below is a list of all the other guests who made cards. 

Joyce

Cathy

Ally

Bev

Bonnie

Carol J.

Carol S.

Christina

Darnell

Helen

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kelly

Kim

Lisa

Nancy

Renee

Sharron

Sue

Tracey

Vickie

Thanks so much for coming to the party and helping Marybeth celebrate! 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: So Breezy (Mama Elephant); Say It Loud-Winter Holidays (WMS)

Cardstock: Ballet Slippers (WPlus9): Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Hey Birdie (Kaiser Craft)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Stickles, Copics: Onyx Black Ink (Versafine)

Guess Who's 3!!!

Hey, Lil' Inker---Happy Birthday!!! There's a celebration going on over at the Lil' Inker blog--and there are prizes! So you won't want to miss out!!

I wanted to do a card with all Lil' Inker products but then decided to add the embossing too. I love using rainbows for birthdays. Actually, I just love rainbows!! So I got out my rainbow, sun & cloud dies and used a couple of wonderful Lil' Inker sentiments. And of course, my stitched rectangles and circles. I don't think there is any other thing that I use more often than the stitched rectangles dies. Now I just need to get the squares!! 

Here's looking forward to another wonderful year for Lil' Inker Designs---and even more fabulous products!!!!

Thanks for letting me share. And don't forget to visit the Lil' Inker party!!!!

Smiles,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Rainbows and Clouds, Sun Sentiments (Lil' Inker)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Blueberry Sky (PTI); Old Olive (Stampin' Up); Textured Blue (Bazzill)

Dies: Rainbows and Clouds, Large Sunshine (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Sunrise Impression Plate (PTI); Red Pearls (Queen and Co.); Memento Inks

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Carnival Craze

Imagine a carnival and a hot air balloon ride on your birthday! One of the cutest balloon images is from WMS so I chose this one for the new Curtain Call Challenge. Looks like she's enjoying her ride!! Also I love when I can paper piece an image and this one was super easy. 

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my entry. There's lots of inspiration over on the Curtain Call blog so be sure to check out all the DT samples. Hope you're having a great weekend,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Half Pint Heroines (WMS); Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold (PTI); White (WPlus9): Unk Blue (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: Summer Fresh (Simple Stories)

Additional: Stitched Rectangles Dies (Lil' Inker); Copics

Congrats to the Happy Couple

Quick post this morning--no challenge, just needed a wedding card! And I got to use my new WPlus9 feather dies--LOVE!! I was up very late last night deciding on a design and finally came up with this. Thanks to Kara, KandRdesigns, for the idea of 'dipping' the feathers! Sorry the silver is so hard to photograph--looks so pretty IRL!!

Have an awesome Saturday!!

Sharron

Stamps: Heartfelt Mix (WPlus9)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); True Black (PTI)

Dies: Fanciful Feathers (WPlus9)

Additional: Vines Embossing Folder (Life Style): Silver Embossing Powder (Ranger); Pearls (Recollections)

The 12 Kits of Holidays: July

It's that time again!! The last day of the month is that special day when each member of the 12 Kits group gets to share what they made with the fantastic supplies that were mailed out the first of the month. We are now on the 19th month with this amazing concept and I feel just as excited each month when my kit arrives as I did the first time. This month the theme is Birthdays and our wonderful hostess is Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts. Thanks, Christina, for making this month seem like a party! Your kit was awesome!!

The photo below, taken by our very talented photographer, Kara, gives you a snapshot of the gorgeous goodies we received. I LOVED the papers and all the great elements--every one so perfect for a birthday celebration. I instantly had so many ideas of things to make and only time kept me from making more cards than I have posted.

PHOTO BY KARA

Christina send us several sentiments with parts embossed in gold. I wish the gold on the 'SPECIAL' photographed better but it is gorgeous IRL! I had seen a similar card, which I loved, using banners with a sentiment and using wood hearts some time ago . Unfortunately I can't remember where and on whose blog but to whoever you are, thanks for the inspiration!

My last two cards are almost alike but still I bit different. I made these for our granddaughers' birthday. They were 10 on Sunday!! 

You can find a complete list of supplies on Christina's blog. I did add a few items: the wood veneer butterflies, the sentiment on the third card which is from PTI Strictly Sentiments-Birthdays and the tiny bow on the last two cards. It is from Lil' Inkers Flip Flop dies.

Below is the list of all the other 12 Kits participants. Don't miss any of the blogs. There is always wonderful things to see. 

Thanks so much for visiting! We'll see you next month when our hostess will be Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise.

 Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea

   Renee, It's a Patchwork Life

   Tracey, In My Creative Opinion

  Sharron, On Papillon Wings  You are here!

Marybeth, Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne, A Kept Life

Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts

Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise

Kim, Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara, KandRdesigns

  Kelly, Gingham Girl

Jessica, The Paper Parade

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Feeling Nautical

There's an exciting new challenge that started this month called Curtain Call!

I wanted to give it a try but wasn't sure what I could use. I keep seeing really cool nautical dies that I plan to order but--well, you know how that goes! Then I remembered about this Wilson Designs set that I haven't had out for TWO years!! Wow, time flies!

So with no dies, I stamped the wheel and anchor and fussy cut them! Usually I love doing this and find it relaxing. However, these are VERY small and getting around the anchor especially was a bit of a challenge! Definitely not a mass production project!!

I cut two of the Lil' Inker Stitched Circles and glued a piece of blue cardstock over part of the back. I stamped the sails but did the boat separately, gluing it so it overlapped the bottom of the cardstock. Then I paper pieced the sails--so the 'sky' would show in the background. After attaching the two pieces of patterned paper, I glued the circle on top, lining up the boat so it barely overlapped the bottom piece and hopefully giving the idea of water.

This has been a fun challenge. Be sure to check on all the DT projects made with wonderful Verve stamps and dies. There is still plenty of time to enter--deadline isn't for 3 days yet!

Thanks for letting me share,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Nauti-Cool (Wilson Designs)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Unk blue (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: Oxford Lane (My Mind's Eye)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker); Double-ended Banners (PTI)

Inks: Paris Dusk (Memento); Toffee (Amuse)

Additional: Button Twine (WMS)

Mojo Monday Sketch: Happy 300!

Congrats to Verve's Mojo Monday 300th Challenge! Wow, definitely a reason to celebrate! There is quite a party going on and if you haven't already, please sure to check out everything HERE. There are some awesome prizes too! So as luck would have it, my WMS order came today!! And I couldn't wait to use the feathers. I am soooooo in LOVE with these new stamps! So here is my first try with the feathers.

The top one I stamped with Potter's Clay. The second was first stamped in blue, then overstamped in brown. And for the last one I used grey with some black on the feather tips. All were fussy cut.

I don't usually use so many layers so I struggled a little but it was fun! The patterned base is from a Bo Bunny Country Garden pad. The scalloped circle was stamped with a wreath from Rustic Branches which I colored with Copics. The little tag is a Milk & Cookies die stamped with sentiment and bird from Teeny Trees.

Hubby came up as I had everything out and asked me if I had enough stamps--lol!! Just shows how you need a variety from lots of companies to find the perfect thing you need!!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Fine Feathers, Teeny Trees (WMS); Rustic Branches (PTI)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Spring Rain, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream (PTI), Textured Gold (Unk)

Patterned Paper: Country Garden (Bo Bunny)

Dies: Labels 1 (Spellbinders); Half & Half, Limitless Layers 1 1/4" (PTI); Milk & Cookies (WPlus9)

Ink: Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Potter's Clay (Memento); Slate (Amuse); Aegean Blue (VersaMagic); Onyx Black (Versafine); Copics

Embossing Folder: Leafy Branch (Cuttlebug)