Papertrey'sJanuary Blog Hop Case

The Papertrey Blog Hops are always inspiring. Actually, incredible might be a better word! I always bookmark multiple cards, then, lol, rarely go back and make them. This past weekend I needed to make 10-20 baby cards, so I needed ideas to CASE.

I breezed through my bookmarks... and found this ... isn't it an incredible card??

Here's my version-

I used Spring Rain as the card base, so you can see the colors are a little bit off. Martha Stewart provided the patterned paper and the background doily. Well, actually, Kellijo sent me the MS doilies!


I must say, sometimes the Spring Rain ink works well, sometimes not. This time it did. The image from Mat Stack 2 stamps was stamped in Spring Rain then cut out with the matching >Mat Stack 2 die. I stamped the sentiment from Signature Greetings in Versafine Onyx Black. I know, I know, a bit crooked! The 1 3/4 inch Limitless layers Circle collection provided the perfect back layer scalloped circle, cut from Spring Rain cs. I sponged a bit of Spring Rain ink on the doily, just to help it stand out a bit. Lastly, the ribbon is Harvest Gold Twill.

Thanks, Jean for such an inspiring card!

Papertrey Ink Year of Flowers Roses

Being fast here, and downstairs with nothing written down. YOF Roses, of course; also Pure Poppy paper. A Spellbinder ribbon slider. Old SU organdy ribbon. The sentiment comes from Communique Curves Sentiments. The teensy little raised dots are the fingernail paint I got at a yarn show- great stuff! Basic Grey patterned paper, or it could be Memory Box?

I used three Copics in the red family, then removed some here and there with the blender. Lastly I placed some drops of dew on the petals with crystal glaze-

Papertrey Baby Tag!

I have always had lots of good muse during the Papertrey Anniversary weeks, lol... wish I could keep it going!

I can count on one hand the times I have downloaded a digital file for cards, and this one had color, and by golly, it worked!! What fun I have had today!

Lol, I sure hope it was ok with Maile to change up the sweet image~ but I had to make a baby card!


This card is essentially the same as the Valentine card (see the previous post below), but this time I used a doily for one of the layers. The doilies came to me from KelliJo (hello!!), the sweetest person you have ever met! She mailed them to me all of the way from Washington State, believe it or not, since I have not been able to find any around here. I am just in love with them!

2 of the tiniest pearls you have ever seen dress up the center of the wind mill fans. No lie, I had only four inches of a silk ribbon that matches Sweet Blush perfectly, but I can't tie something that small. DH to the rescue!!

4 pm here, and I have made 6 cards over the past 24 hours...with a house full of company, no less! I think I will have some coffee and chocolate and see if I can do some more before dark sets in!

Playing with Papertrey!

Lisa Johnson's tag- with Pure Poppy and Hibiscus Burst. Lol, I need 10 Valentines by the 12th, and 10 baby cards this week, so I couldn't splurge and just do a tag- it had to be a card!

The tag is layered on a Pure Poppy circle, then popped up onto a scalloped Nesty circle. That's all layered on a Pure Poppy Spellbinder die cut.

Don't so much believe the colors, here- I just wanted to get a clear closeup of the glitter and the fingernail paint. That's a SU red glitter. I used the Pure Poppy and Hibiscus Burst Copic trios to color. 'Love' is from the original Mixed Messages; it's just a perfect size to fit into the empty space beside the hearts. Finished size is 5 inches square.

But hey! I can't sit here typing, lol, I have to go see what kind of baby card I can make with those tags!!!

Too Much!

Too much of this...

...and too much of this...

Leads to much silliness...

Conquering Everest...

...and Jeannie hugging bears!!!

Is it Spring, Yet?

It's almost Valentine's Day. I should be making red shiny heart cards. Instead, I'm dreaming of tulips and flowers and trying to pretend there isn't 5 feet of snow outside the door. I'm needing Spring cards!!

In my bid to use up all premade cards, I opened this pack of 2 cards and envelopes. They are from Colorbok, and were Joanns very first $1.00 items I think. Eons ago!

SEI paper, from half an eon ago. My 2009 goal was to make my images match my paper, and I think I am getting much better at it!

That's a Hero Arts stamp, colored with Copics and Prisma markers. Watercolor crayons for the grass and sky, and 2 Colorbok flowers that match the cards.

Here's the boy version, using a Lockhart stamp. SET ribbon that matches the paper, with a weensy piece of SU 1/4 inch grosgrain tied into the bow.

Valentine #2

Isn't it cute? that's Papertrey's Simple Valentine paper layered on Pure Poppy. I did the white dots with the white Signo pen. The alphabet stamps are from Art Warehouse, then colored in with a glue pen and glitter applied. I hand drew the little box, did red dots with a Copic glitter pen, and added some bling and a glittery heart. The ribbon is a piece of Pure Poppy, of course.

I am just so loving the MS punches, and any brand that goes around the corner! Takes some skill to get the dimensions right, lol, as you can seein the upper left hand corner. The Love You stamp is from an old SU set named Big on Spring. I paper pieced the letters with more Simple Valentine paper, then made a Pure Poppy heart and covered it with glitter. More little red glitter dots tie it all together.

Waiting for the snow, here, 2 more feet expected. Gonna have to do something about the roof one of these days... I mean, get the 4 feet of snow off of it... not sure how you do that without killing yourself as you pull the snow off!