Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary: Celebrating 2011

Hello! I am so excited to be able to participate in some of Papertrey's anniversary challenges this month! Nicole Heady has been highlighting each year Papertrey has been in business on her blog. Papertrey's fifth year was 2011.

I chose to use Harvest Berries for my card for 2011. I just LOVE this sentiment - it is so encouraging!

I stamped The Ginkgo leaves around the outside of the Green Parakeet card and added pearl drops using Viva Paper Pen - opal. The sentiment in the middle is stamped in Versafine black Onxy.  Hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges also! Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary: Celebrating 2010

Hello! I am so excited to be able to participate in some of Papertrey's anniversary challenges this month! Nicole Heady has been highlighting each year Papertrey has been in business on her blog. Papertrey's fourth year was 2010.

I chose to use Love Lives Here for my card for 2010. I can't tell you how many times I have reached for this set to make a card! I love everything Melissa Phillips creates!!

I die cut two of the little houses and stamped them. They are mounted with foam tape. I used three of the little hearts in-between the houses. I might just use this card as a "We've Moved" card this fall! Hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges also! Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary: Celebrating 2009

Hello! I am so excited to be able to participate in some of Papertrey's anniversary challenges this month! Nicole Heady has been highlighting each year Papertrey has been in business on her blog. Papertrey's third year was 2009. Her challenge each day is to create a card using a stamp set from that year, or use one of the cards on her blog as an inspiration if you do not have a set from that particular year. I have SO MANY Papertrey stamps - I don't think I will have a problem not having a set from every year!!

I chose to use On My Couch for my card for 2009. I just love paper piecing the furniture in this set!

One of my quilting girlfriends is sick, and I used this set to make her a get well card. I was even able to put her initial on the little mug and a title on one of the books "Quilt". How fun!  Hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges also! Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary: Celebrating 2008

 Hello! I am so excited to be able to participate in some of Papertrey's anniversary challenges this month! Nicole Heady has been highlighting each year Papertrey has been in business on her blog. Papertrey's second year was 2008. Her challenge each day is to create a card using a stamp set from that year, or use one of the cards on her blog as an inspiration if you do not have a set from that particular year. I have SO MANY Papertrey stamps - I don't think I will have a problem not having a set from every year!!

I chose to use Bitty Baby Blessings for my card for 2008. This is such a wonderful set to make baby cards with - I still pull it out for new baby cards!

I stamped the onesie and colored it with copics. I used the colorless blender to add polka dots. Patterned paper along the bottom is a Sweet Blush pattern. Hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges also! Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary: Celebrating 2007

Hello! I am so excited to be able to participate in some of Papertrey's anniversary challenges this month! Nicole Heady has been highlighting each year Papertrey has been in business on her blog. Papertrey's first year was 2007. Her challenge each day is to create a card using a stamp set from that year, or use one of the cards on her blog as an inspiration if you do not have a set from that particular year. I have SO MANY Papertrey stamps - I don't think I will have a problem not having a set from every year!!

I chose to use Beautiful Blooms for my card for 2007. It was such fun to pull it out and use it again!

I stamped one of the floral outline images repeatedly on watercolor cardstock and colored them with my Zig markers. I added some leaves to fill in spots and then a sentiment from the set. I love how cheerful this card came out! Hope you get a chance to play along with these challenges also! Have a great day!

Papertrey Make it Monday #272: Masked Heart Wreaths

Hello! Thanks for stopping by! Melissa Phillips shared a great tutorial over on Nicole Heady's blog here about using a mask to create a heart shaped wreath. I just loved this idea and couldn't wait to try it out. My heart shaped wreath was made using a mask created with the Limitless :ayers Hearts. I chose to work with the scalloped edge one. The stamps I used to stamp over the mask to create the wreath were flowers and leaves from Bitty Bouquets, and swirly shapes from Embellishments. I cut the bottom edge with a scalloped edge die to mimic the scallops in the heart. The sentiments are also from these two sets.

I loved the results! So I decided to try out this technique with another shape. I used one of the butterflies in Beautiful Butterflies to cut out the mask, and then several of the smallest butterflies in the set, as well as flourishes from Embellishments to stamp around the mask. The sentiment is from Embellishments also. I really love this one too!

Such a fun and easy technique! Thanks for sharing it Melissa! And thanks for stopping by my blog!

Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4: Winter

Hello! I found a few minutes to make some tags to enter the Concord and 9th "Where creativity meets C9" challenge. The challenge this month is "winter".

My first tag uses the large tree from the "Christmas Cottage" stamp set, along with a sentiment from the same set. I used two different green dye inks to stamp the tree, then used a water brush to watercolor over it. The tree looks so wintery with the snow on it - I thought it could be used all winter instead of just Christmas!

My second tag also uses tress from that same "Christmas Cottage set", but this time I used the smaller trees as a border on the bottom of the tag. I stamped the trees in green inks and watercolored around the trees and the sentiment. The sentiment is from the "Holy Night" set.

My last tag uses the Mary figurine from "Holy Night", which I watercolored using Zig markers. I also watercolored blues in the background as a starry night backdrop for her. The sentiment is from "Holy Night" also.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my tags! I think I will put these on a couple of the special gifts under the tree!