just for you 37

Hi there! I'm so excited to be joining along for the first time with the PTI Make it Monday challenge. This week, the challenge is to stamp on a Mason (Ball) jar. When I saw this challenge, I knew immediately that I wanted to make a project combining both PTI stamps and papers from the Pion Design Siri's Kitchen collection.

I've been refinishing and painting furniture with Angie over the past few months so I have accumulated quite a collection of chalk paint from various manufacturers. I pulled out one by Martha Stewart to paint this Ball jar, allowed to dry then stamped and heat embossed little flowers from PTI Beautiful Blooms.

I topped off with a crocheted doily and tag that was made using fun papers from the latest Pion Design Siri's Kitchen collection along with many PTI dies and stamps from PTI Friendship Jar.

 I also made a coordinating card featuring the fun label from the Pion Design Siri's Kitchen collection:

 The tag was stamped stamped with a sentiment from PTI:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)







Pion Products used:
Siri's Kitchen ~ Porcelain PD5302 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ Aconitum PD5305 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ Labels PD5309 front

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Joy 34

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Finishing off a project with a stamp is just the thing, and the perfect way to end our STAMPtember celebration!

I had fun creating a holiday inspired canvas:

One of the many things I love about the holidays are the fun shaped ornaments. To create this holiday inspired canvas, I added  added Texture Paste along with the Harlequin stencil then topped off the canvas with a trio of heat embossed ornaments:

Thank you for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!
Be Sweet ;)

Products Used: Simon Says Dies and Stamps Decorative Ornaments, Ranger Texture Paste, Tim Holtz Layering Harlequin stencil, Memento Luxe Ink Pad Rose Bud, Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Fine White Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz DISTRICT MARKET 2013 Burlap Panels BARE 4 x 6 Set of 2, Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER STASH FRENCH INDUSTRIAL 12 x 12, Bazzill KRAFT Classic Paper Pack Heavy Weight 12 x 12 Cardstock, 

Prima Flowers JEANS BUTTONS Tiny Junkyard Findings Vintage Trinkets, Tim Holtz Idea-ology WINTER TINSEL TWINE, Tim Holtz Idea-ology WIRE PINS, Tim Holtz Idea-ology LINEN RIBBON

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enjoy this moment 47

Hi there! I hope you are enjoying the weekend! Today I have a layout to share that I created just for fun featuring a trio of photos of my sweet husband Scott and I on our wedding day over 10 years ago already! Time sure does fly doesn't it?

 Here are some closeups:

I combined pretty 7 Dots Studio patterned papers with fun stencils and stamps that were designed by my ever so talented blogging friend Kasia:

 I embellished with a trio of die cut Fancy Butterflies:

For the title, I used fun PTI stamps and dies:

 For theme inspiration, I joined along with the 7 Dots Studio challenge where the theme is "A New Beginning" ~ (I think wedding photos covers this one ;)

 For color inspiration, I joined along with color throwdown color challenge and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with Stuck?!Sketches sketch challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Peace...PTI Blog Hop 32

Hi there! It's been a few years since I joined along with the PTI blog hop! I recently rearranged my crafting supplies and came across my stash of PTI stamps and dies. It was like Christmas morning!!! I showed them some love and made this card:

For color inspiration, I referred to the color inspiration recipe shown below. (I don't own PTI autumn rose as of yet so I had to go with PTI Raspberry Fizz).

I combined a few PTI stamps with various dies including a beautiful PTI snowflake. I was pleasantly surprised that the Enchanted Evening ink pad was still good as new even though I haven't used it for quite a long time!

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Fusion sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!
Be Sweet ;)

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hello... 28

 Hi there! In case you missed yesterday's post ~ click HERE ~ Pion Design is celebrating their 5 year anniversary and along with their celebration, they are giving away no less than 5 complete of Siri's Kitchen in all different sizes! For complete details, please be sure to visit the Pion Design blog HERE. Good luck! Today I have a card to share featuring a combination of papers from both Siri's Kitchen 12 x 12 and 6 x 6 collections:

 To create this card, I used a PTI die to cut the tag featuring the vintage telephone, stamped a sentiment then layered on top of pretty papers from the Siri's Kitchen 6 x 6 collection:

 For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge and for theme inspiration, I joined along with the current Scrap Africa challenge where the theme is Vintage.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / night!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products:
Siri's Kitchen ~ Tags PD5312 front
Siri's Kitchen 6" x 6" ~ PD5401

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Siri's Kitchen Giveaway... 20

Hi there! Today I have a few exciting things to share! First, I would like to share with you that Pion Design is celebrating their 5 year Anniversary and along with the celebration, they are giving away no less than five complete collections of Siri’s Kitchen in all different sizes! For complete details, please visit the Pion Design blog HERE and please let them know I sent you over :) Here's a look at the beautiful collection:

It's always like Christmas when the FedEx man delivers a box full of Pion Design papers right from Sweden! Today I had the day off from my "real" job so I jumped right into the box of fabulous papers and made a few cards.

For the first card, I featured a beautiful image from Porcelain along with a coordinating homemade rose made from Images:

Next up, is a card featuring a sweet image from Images:

along with a butterfly from Borders as well as a variety of other papers from Siri's Kitchen collection all noted below:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current retrosketches sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed my projects and be sure to stop by the Pion Design blog HERE for a chance to win an amazing prize!
Be Sweet ;)






Pion Design products:
Siri's Kitchen ~ Porcelain PD5302 front
Siri's Kitchen ~ Porcelain PD5302 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ Aconitum PD5305 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ By the stove PD5306 front
Siri's Kitchen ~ Blueberries PD5308 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ Borders PD5310 front
Siri's Kitchen ~ Images PD5311 front
Siri's Kitchen ~ Images PD5311 back
Siri's Kitchen ~ Labels PD5309 back

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ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS... 37

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Don't forget, it's Stamptember over at Simon Says Stamp and I really hope you'll join us for a month long stamp party full of inspiration and celebrations. It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Whether you stick with STAMPtember stamping or mix it up and pull out a stencil - this week we want to see how you stamp or stencil your way into crafty fun this week!

I was inspired to create a mixed media style card using both stamps and a stencil:

I love t0 create layers on my projects using both stamps and stencils. This week, I inked up a fun sentiment from Apothecary Labels surrounded it with various flowers including die cut roses.

For the background, I combined a variety of Distress Inks and added texture and design using the Latticework stencil.

Thank you for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!
Be Sweet ;)

Products used: Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Apothecary Labels Stamp Set, Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Latticework stencil, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain BROKEN CHINA Ranger, Prima Flowers ROSES Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain MOWED LAWN Ranger, Prima Flowers FLOWERS Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets, Ranger TEXTURE PASTE, Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SLATE Gray, Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO Media, 

Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp SPECKLES Stampers Anonymous, Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK, Simon Says Stamp PAULINA BUTTERFLY Die, Simon Says Stamp DEVONSHIRE BUTTERFLY Die, Tim Holtz Core'dinations DISTRESS Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock, Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink

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