How cute is this??

So today, I had the opportunity at my LSS to attend a FREE treat bag make 'n take using the

new MFT Pure Innocence stamps hosted by Kim from MFT!  These stamps are brand spankin' new and UNRELEASED!!!

They even had the new September Die-namics there for purchase too!  I just had to buy a few!

You will not want to miss the release of these dies!

I chose to use the new PI Halloween bumblebee!

I did a horrible job coloring (so please forgive me) as I was late for the class and barely had time

to color the image before the next class rolled in!  So I had to assemble this cute treat bag at home.  The image was colored in with a mixture of ZIG markers and some Copics. 

Can I blame the coloring on that?  hehe

They even had these fancy decorated cupcakes for all of us too using the Pure Innocence stamps

as cupcake picks!  They colored them in and even did paper piecing!  I had to take a picture before

my daughter devoured it!!

There you have it.....what do you think?  Cute right?

August 2010 Papertrey Blog Hop!

It is officially Papertrey Blog Hop time!  This is one of my favorite times of the month!

This month's blog hop challenge was this:

"In honor of school going back into session everywhere, we thought it would be fun to issue a Brown Bag

Challenge. We want to see what you can do to dress up, alter, change an ordinary brown lunch bag into

a paper crafting work of art."

I received my new Papertrey goodies in the mail yesterday and broke them out to use for this card.

Leaf Prints.....awesome stamp set. Love love how you can stamp the veins in different colors over the leaves. And can you say matching dies? I am soo giddy over dies lately.....I think it has something to do with Papertrey! {wink}

I used my brown paper bag as the base of my card and I used my new leaf dies to die cut some leaves.  The leaves were stamped and crumpled up.....love that look! 

Have fun blog hopping with Papertrey!!

{Happy Fall}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Leaf Prints, Falling Leaves

Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Terracotta Tile, Rustic White

Ink:  Chai Tea Dye, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Summer Sunrise, Terracotta Tile

Misc:  Woodgrain IP, Linen/Canvas IP, Leaf Dies, Mat Stack #4 Die, Terracotta Tile button, button twine, Vintage Cream saddlestitch ribbon, pop dots  

Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #16: A sketch

This challenge is for the Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #16 hosted by Lee Ann.  It is based off a sketch from Go-To Sketches magazine and is a sketch by Betsy Veldman.  Here is my card....kinda fun.  I sent this card off with my daughter for one of her friends' birthday parties this weekend.

I, like some others, didn't have any round cards so I had to draw my own and try to cut out in a circle! 

That was really really hard.  I need to invest in larger circle Nesties!

I am loving this sweet baker's twine from Martha Stewart that I got on

clearance last year after Christmas.

Here is the sketch that my card is based off of. 

Why don't you come and play along with our challenges?  We keep them open for 3 weeks for you to link

up your cards!!  We'd love to see what you make!!

{You're so Sweet}

All supplies PTI unelss stated.

Stamps:  Cupcake Collection

Paper:  Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, Rustic White, Bitty Box DP

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist

Misc:  Bakers twine (MS), pop dots, Nesties (Spellbinders), Medium scallop die, brown pearls (Michaels), Prisma glitter

Happy Birthday

I just had to make another card with the CHA exclusive set:  Four of a Kind. 

Truly a wonderful stamp set!  I love how this card turned out!

Nothing fancy to explain here today.....it's the weekend! Hope you have a great one!

{Happy Birthday}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Four of a Kind, Fillable Frames #2 and #4, Polka Dot Basics II

Paper:  :Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Rustic White

Ink:  Fresh Snow, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate

Misc:  Bakers twine (MS), pop dots, Scallop border punch (SU), Pure Poppy buttons, corner rounder (CM)

I'm so grateful for you.....

I visited my LSS the other day and found they had a small area of MFT products there.  I was super excited as I had been eyeing some more of their Die-namics and Pure Innocence stamps. 

They even had the Sheltering Tree and Leaf Duo Die-namics....the one I was wanting! 

Whahoo.....I didn't have to pay shipping and it was a tad cheaper than the MFT store!

So I went in search of a card to CASE and found this beautiful card

by Melody on her blog A Paper Melody.  I didn't change very much except for the pattern papers on here!

I made this card for a very good friend of mine, Laurie, who shopped for me at CHA during her vacation with her hubby.  I am so grateful that she proxy shopped for me!  Thank you Laurie!

Well, she mentioned that she went to the MFT booth just to get the Rolled Flower die and they

were sold out!  So when I saw that my LSS had them......I went and bought her one as a thank you!

She got this card in the mail yesterday so I am safe to post it now!  LOL

This last photo actually shows where I stamped some text from PTI onto the blue DP

in Vintage Cream.  Like I said, I CASE'd this a lot if you look at Melody's card.

Thanks for taking a peek today!

{I am so grateful for you}

Stamps:  BB: Text Style (PTI), Framed Greetings Stamp and Die set (MFT)

Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Enchanted Evening, and Rustic White (PTI), Wisteria Paper Collection (Basic Grey)

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, and Spring Moss (PTI)

Misc:  Sheltering Tree/Leaf Die-namics (MFT), Framed Greetings Die-namics (MFT), pearls (Recollections by Michaels)

Just for You

Hope everyone is ready for the weekend........I know I am!

These MFT dies were just staring me in the face so I broke them out and made this card.

I also used the Library Ledger paper from PTI.  Ummm.....can you say yum?  I am in LOVE with this paper collection.  The colors and patterns are just fabulous.

I found these embossing strips from Cuttlebug and I'm sure they are nothing new but I fell in love with them and thought they could add just the right touch to cards sometimes.  I used one of them on the side of the sentiment here.  I also used the sketch from Get Sketchy for this one.

Thanks for stopping by!

{Just for You}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Around and About Sentiments

Paper:  Kraft, Ocean Tides, Library Ledger DP

Ink:  Tea Dye Duo, Dark Chocolate

Misc:  Embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Rolled flower die (MFT), Tree/leaves die (MFT), Open scallop border die (MFT), Notebook page die, Vintage Cream saddle stitch ribbon

Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #15- Bright, Bold and Beautiful!

I am behind on challenges.......I'll admit it.  Sorry girls!  I will get a card made for every challenge.....I totally missed the InLinkz to one but I will post my card!  This particular week's Papertrey Paper Dolls challenge was hosted by non other than Bonnie Rose.  Please check out her blog......she updates her blog daily with some great creations!  Bonnie's challenge was a photo inspiration challenge using this photo.

I had a very difficult time with this one.........but here is what I finally came up with.

I finally went simple with this challenge.......with COLOR!!  Since Bonnie's challnege was bright and bold, I broke out my copics and colored some butterflies!  Adding a bold sentiment from Giga Guidelines in the center was just what it needed!!

Thanks Bonnie Rose for giving me a challenge to work on! 

Come play along with our challenges!  Link them up so we can see your cards!

{Just Because}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Butterfly Dreams, Giga Guidelines

Paper:  Stamper's Select white

Ink:  True Black, Memento Black

Misc:  Copics, pearls, Scor-tape, Scor-pal, Butterfly die