alphabet soup

one last anniversary post on this lovely valentine's eve - a quirky little love note using 4 out 5 letters in my last name . . .

 

stamps:  stampin' up, papertrey ink, studio calico, heidi swapp
papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink, we r memory keepers
dies:  papertrey ink
punch:  stampin' up
embellishments:  black stone - my stash

snail mail

sending some love to the crew at papertrey ink's warehouse . . .

stamps:  papertrey ink
papers:  papertrey ink

cootie catcher colors

this was a unique method of creating a color combo:

 

 

 

and I love the results!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

papers:  stampin' up, watercolor paper

dies:  papertrey ink

other:  prang watercolors



squares squared . . .

more of Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary fun . . .

Here's the challenge:
1. Create a new card that features nine 1-1/2" squares, each altered in a different way.  Mount them all onto a 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" square card base.
2. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product.  

And here's my take:

 



stamps:  papertrey ink
papers:  papertrey ink, stampin' up
die:  papertrey ink
embellishments:  washi tape - stampin' up; baker's twine - the pebbles in my pocket; jumbo paperclip

scrap valentine tag

5 MINUTE GRAB CHALLENGE

 

I always do a little prep work prior to Papertrey Ink's anniversary festivities and stamp-a-faire (it really narrows my focus and thus, I become much more productive).  The most important thing I do is make a list of projects I need to create and a few ideas for each . . .

 

I wanted to create something vintage-ish to really make my mother's valentines day gift special (she's 85) so I grabbed my folders of red patterned paper scraps, and the black one, too. I had already decided to make a tag, so I grabbed a tag die, heart die, a  stamp set and it's coordinating die - I thought about crocheted lace, but settled on a scrap of wrinkled seam binding.

 

It just took some trimming and distressing of all the scraps and . . . voila!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  scraps

dies:  papertrey ink, stampin' up

embellishments:  seam binding - stampin' up; pearl - darice

 

 

 

 

color & pattern

WARDROBE INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Unfortunately, I don't have anything in my closet that's "inspiring" in any way, shape OR form!!!!
(but I had pinned this cute fabric mini bag, mostly because I loved the color/pattern combo, so this became my inspiration for this challenge)

 

 

here's my colorful creation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink, stampin' up

papers:  papertrey ink

die - my favorite things

embellishments:  washi tape - unknown brand; button - papertrey ink

 

no pink . . .

It's one of my FAVORITE times of the year  :)

 

 COLOR RECIPE CHALLENGE

I loved all of the color recipes, but I wanted to try a color combo I wouldn't normally use, so I chose Melissa's beautiful soft colors.  I didn't have exact matches (I'm going to have to order autumn rose, because it really is pretty with the lavender moon), so my card turned out quite bright!

I'm always drawn to pink, so I tried Amy's recipe next because it didn't include pink . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  papertrey ink, stampin' up

die:  papertrey ink

punch:  stampin' up

embellishment:  sulky thread