Tuesday Morning (or Evening!) Sketch

Hello friends! I've just finished making my first card in my new little stamping area. Ahhhh!! I spent the end of last week working like a little beaver to move my office and stamping desk into separate areas of our basement. And I just love it down here! Granted it may be a little (or a LOT) chilly during the winter, but hopefully a little space heater will help that. :-)

My card todays uses an old sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches (#3). They're celebrating their birthday this month and it looks like there are lots of prizes up for grabs. How fun!! I used the Baby Love and TagLines sets that I got from Paper Garden Projects, along with some dp from an older Debbie Mumm mat pack that I found again when I was moving rooms. ;-)

Thanks for dropping by! I saw a few more challenges that I would like to play in this week. We'll see how many I get done! :-)

Blessings!

Tricia

Another Hero Note

I pulled out all my goodies from Paper Garden the other day to make another hero card for Operation Write Home. I used this adorable little hedgehog from the "Wonderful Day" set, words from the "TagLines" set and dp from the Pink Paislee 365 degrees pad. The ribbon is from my stash. The hedgie makes me smile because he looks like he's standing proud and pledging allegiance to the flag. :-)

I'm having fun adding to the pile of cards that I'm going to send to OWH. I think K Joy and I will go together and make up a box. What a treat to be able to do something for those who do so much for us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Tricia

Take Care!!

I was so excited to use this new Penny Black set from Paper Garden today! You know how much I love the little Penny Black critters!! This set is called Wonderful Day and it's chock full of adorable hedgies, ladybugs, bees and butterflies. What fun! Plus I have some new dp to work with ... Pink Paislee 365˚- and I found that the Mojo Monday sketch for this week was perfect for showing it off. Not too fancy on the card... I colored the hedgie with copics, added some stickles to the flower, and sponged and stitched the edges. The sentiment is from a beautiful Flourishes set that I also got from Paper Garden called Taglines.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings!

Tricia

Let's Party!

I have a fun card to share today using my new Penny Black "It's Your Day" set from Paper Garden Projects. I followed the Taylored Expressions sketch, because it worked perfectly with the three little party goers on the bottom of the card. I colored all of my critters with copics and used some Kaisercraft paper, stitching, dew drops and ribbon. What fun! You'll see me work more with this set as the month goes on. No Fooling! :-)

Blessings!

Tricia

Pansies

I think some of my favorite spring flowers are pansies. Pansies and tulips. Pansies and tulips and lilacs. Pansies and tulips and lilacs and lilies of the valley... OK - so all spring flowers! :-) These particular pansies are from a Flourishes Set called Year of Flowers 1 that I got at Paper Garden Projects. These stamps are really easy to color. Something I just love! To color the pansies, I simply started in the center with my TerraCotta Promarker, then colored a little B02, then a little B00, Then a little Goo and then filled in the flower with E41, my new favorite color. I dabbed in a little yellow pastel around the outside and cut the focal image out with a classic rectangle nestie. Since this card is for the Paper Garden Embossing Challenge, I embossed a piece of River Rock cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder that I had inked with River Rock ink. Then I sponged a little Soft Suede around the edges for some definition. The paper is Farm Fresh by October Afternoon.

I really hope you'll join our challenge this week! There's a fun prize up for grabs!!

See you there!!

Tricia

Forget Winter! Think Spring!!

I tried. I really, really tried to come up with a "final farewell" to winter card for this month's Fourth Friday Challenge over at Paper Garden Projects. But, well, nothing says "farewell to winter" like a little hedgehog carrying flowers, right??? LOL!!

My little hedgie is from Critter Party, and the sentiment is from a clear Impression Obsession set called "Cupcake". I used some pretty Farm Fresh dp by October Afternoon, and just kept the card clean and simple. I really hope you'll join in on the challenge. Just make a card that says "Goodbye to Winter" - whether that means one last winter card or a spring card - and link it to Cathy's blog. We'll be drawing a name from all those who participate and the prize is wonderful!! Check it out over on Cathy's blog!!

Here's my card in full...

Don't forget to check out my other post today! See you tomorrow!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Penny Black Birthday

I don't know what it is about these little Penny Black mice, but I just *adore* them! This little birthday celebration is from the Critter Party set. I colored it with copics and added a little bit of Stickles for sparkle. The flower is punched with the Boho Blossoms SU punch and the little frond punch is by Martha Stewart. I started out following the Sketch Saturday sketch and using the Penny Black Saturday challenge colors of green, yellow and pink. Well, I got the colors ok... but the sketch took on a life of its own! :-) Here's the finished project...

I have a full week of blogging planned if all goes well... a digi card tomorrow, one of my sweet Magnolias on Wednesday, the PaperTrey blog hop on Thursday, Friday is the Paper Garden Fourth Friday Challenge, and Saturday I'll post my Clearly Inspired Challenge card... although you can start on that challenge on Friday as well! Hope you'll be able to drop by!

Blessings!

Tricia

Fifth Friday Challenge!

Edited: The drawing is closed! The winner is #6 - Lisa Lara! Congrats!! I'll get your gifty in the mail shortly!! Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Hello friends! I know, I've had gobs and gobs of posts today, but it might be worth your while to read this one... just sayin'....

Today is Paper Garden Projects Challenge Day and there is *such* a cool prize for the winner!!

The challenge is... "Pulling on your heart strings", and our challenge to you is to create a Valentine or love themed project that includes ribbon. And if your projects also includes buttons, you will get a double entry!

For my project I used my - oh, so adorable - Penny Black set again "Every Which Way" and pulled out my prismacolors and oms, of all things! They have felt *so* neglected since I got my copics!! I used two of Paper Garden's Paper Kits for my little folder. The dp is from the Frosted Winter kit and the rest of the cardstock and ribbon and buttons are from the Hearts Bloom kit. Oh! Did I say 'folder'? Is this not a card??? Nope! Look inside!

I see some sweet kitties peeking out! They are saying, "If you leave a comment on this post before Sunday at midnight, I might come live at your house!" And I might just include some chocolate, too. What's Valentine's Day without chocolate?? OK - so leave your comment (and be sure I know how to reach you if you win!), and then put together a card using buttons and bows for the Paper Garden Challenge and link it up before midnight EST on Feb 5th... or maybe you'll want to stop by the store and pick up a paper kit and some cute Penny Black stamps first... just be sure you leave me one of those Farmyard Friends stamp kits with the cute Pink Cat Studio farm animals and the fun paper. I need that one!!! :-)

See ya' Bye!! And remember there are still more CDS sneak peeks tomorrow!!

Blessings,

Tricia

Paper Garden Romantic Garden Walk

Welcome to the Paper Garden Projects Romantic Garden Walk!!
(Do my cute little Hedgehogs count as romantic? They're adorable, anyway!!)

Grab a cup of coffee or tea and take a stroll through the blogs of all the Paper Gardeners for some "heart-felt" inspiration.

As you visit, subscribe to each Gardener's blog, if you haven't already, and take note of each designer's name and their "Romantic Word" . Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their Romantic Word.

Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and words will be entered in a random drawing to win a sweet Valentine prize!! You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on January 26 to sent your list.

And the prize? The super cute Penny Black clear stamp set called Every Which Way... which just happens to be the set I got to play with for today's Garden Walk!!! :-)


For my project today, I decided to alter a little empty notecard box that I found in my stash using some of the papers and doo-dads from the Valentine's Paper Kit that Cathy just put up in the store. I love this kit!! I've made a ton of cards with it, in addition to this project. In fact I think I've almost used it up... and that's a lot of paper!!!

Here's the box with the coordinating set of little 3x3 love notes. I used the little hedgies with hearts and followed the same basic layout for each of them. They are colored with Copics and were very quick and easy. One little design note... I added some *texture* to each hedgies balloon with a white gel pen. One has dots, another stripes, and another hearts. It's a quick way to make something looked paper pieced, without all that cutting and pasting. :-)

Here's another picture of the box from the side. That yummy ribbon is part of the paper kit, too!
Oh, I almost forgot!! My romantic word is heart. Now off you go! Don't forget to gather your words and designer names for a chance to win this adorable set!! And don't forget to come back next Friday for our monthly Paper Garden Challenge!

Here's your list:

• Cathy


• Melissa (Mel)


• Tracy


• Amber


• Lorelie


• Tangii


• Tricia (You are here!)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Blessings,

Tricia