{Just for Fun} Bloom

This afternoon I took a break and played along with the color challenge on SplitCoast.  Just a sweet simple card with some sponged Upsy Daisy DieNamics flowers from MFT and a sweet PTI sentiment taking center stage over a background stamped with the JustRite Filigree Leaves stamp from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Recipe:

Justrite Filigree Leaves Background

PTI Tag-Its #3

Lil Inker Stitched Rectangles

MFT Leafy Frond, Upsy Daisy, Well Worn Greetings DieNamics

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

Gold Spica Pen

MFT Buttons

PTI Spring Green, MFT Hot Fudge ink

PTI Thanks

Hi everyone!  I had a few minutes to play this afternoon and thought it would be fun to join in with the PaperTrey blog hop!  I chose to work with the green and yellow color palette and this cute sketch.  And since the theme was "Fast Food" I thought that fallish flowers in a Vintage Picnic Basket would be just the ticket. : )

Here's my inspiration recipe...

And here's my card...

Thanks ever so much for stopping by!!

Tricia

PTI Blog Hop - Christmas Inspiration

Tonight's Papertrey Ink blog hop is all about holiday inspiration. And because I got some wonderful Christmas gifts, (I hope you did to!!!) I decided that my inspiration would inspire me to make Thank You notes. :-) Here's my inspiration piece. This is one of my favorite decorations... a little quilted wallhanging that I made 5 or 6 years ago. I love the scene and how the fabric above the snowmen makes it look like it is snowing.

So... taking the idea of the snowy background, the trees and the stars, I pulled out my Vintage Picnic basket set (since I don't have the Holiday Button bits set or Pine's snowman set yet) and made a set of Thank You notes... which I will start writing in as soon as I schedule this post... LOL!!

(Colored with Copics, DP - Frosted Collection by Fancy Pants, Ballet Blue Ink, Large Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestibilites Dies)

And after I finish the thank you notes I can figure out how to spend the Christmas money that my wonderful husband gave me. He enjoys watching me try to decide what fun things I want most, since extra money that I have to spend on me (not on the kids or groceries or vet bills, etc., etc.) doesn't come around all that often. And I give him much amusement as I hem and haw. Should I get a new stamp set, or some copics, or a set of nestibilities? Wait - maybe I should get paper and buttons. But which ones? I can't afford them all! But what about that cross-stitch kit that I've really wanted? Or the Tiny Treats set? Which would I use more? But I really *need* some more cardstock, cuz I'm out of some colors - or maybe I should get some copic refills - but that's not as much fun...

And on and on it goes. Maybe I'll win a set tonight and it will cut down my options some!!

If you have a minute - I'd love to hear your favorite crafty Christmas gift!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

PaperTrey November Blog Hop

I'm excited to be able to participate in this month's PaperTrey blog hop because I have lots of little presents to wrap! This particular little gift includes a single serve package of Ghiradelli Peppermint Chocolate coffee and some peppermint stir sticks coated in chocolate. I even have a little box of Mrs. Fields peppermint chocolate truffles to go along with it... except I might eat them all first. They are *so* good!!

For my packaging, I covered an empty Planters Macadamia Nut Delight can with some dp from the PTI Rustic Snowflakes pack that I was given by a dear friend. (Thanks, friend!!) I made the tag by stamping the snowflake strip from Holiday Treats along the bottom edge of a piece of Poppy cardstock and mounting it on a handcut tag. The sentiment is from Holiday Treats as well. To give the little coffee cup in the middle of the sentiment some pizzaz, I colored around it with a BG10 copic. Then I added some steam and dotted my little cup with a white gel pen. I just attached the tag to the canister with pop dots, and then I stamped some tissue paper with the little snowflake stamp in the set, just so it would match. Fun, quick, easy... and it looks more expensive than it is!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Viva La Verve!!

I cut it to the wire with this month's Viva La Verve Challenge creations!!  They were supposed to be entered by the 26th at midnight and I think I uploaded them all on the 25th.  I used my Spring Craft Kit again (go figure!!) and my Verve Stamps except for the butterfly card, which is PTI.  I think I'll package these up and give to my mom to send out.  

Be sure to stop back later.  I have a Digital Stamp Oasis card in the works that I want to share!!

Blessings!  Tricia