happy BIRTHDAY 20

Hi! Tonight I'm joining along with the January PTI Blog Hop. Shown below is the photo for inspiration:

I created a birthday card inspired by the fun and colorful birthday scene:

I stamped a variety of flowers and foliage from the PTI Gran's Garden stamp set as well as a sentiment from the PTI Pretty Peonies stamp set:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ happy hopping!
Be Sweet ;)

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Love You 9

Hi! Today I have a rather clean and simple Valentine's Day card to share featuring a stamped image from the PTI With All My Heart stamp set which I bought at least a year ago and neglected to use it until today! 

I stamped the heart on a heart die cut from the PTI Limitless Layers: Heart Dies set then topped it off with a pretty butterfly from the PTI Love Lives Here stamp set. The background was embossed using a very old embossing folder from my stash:

I'm joining along with the following challenges ~ for sketch inspiration, CAS(E) this Sketch! sketch challenge:

 and for color inspiration, the Global Design Project:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Love You! 10

Hi! Today I have a card to share featuring a couple of layered PTI Stitched Primitive Hearts:

I stamped the smaller die cut primitive heart using the PTI Background Basics: Newsprint stamp, stitched around the edges then topped it off with a homespun die cut paper flower. The background was created by inking up a Tim Holtz embossing folder then sending it through the die cut machine:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Color Throwdown color challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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It's a day to Celebrate 18

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the January PTI Create Along With Us challenge where we are challenged to select something that the DT team has created during the release that inspired us and create our own version.

I was inspired by this pretty card created by Betsy Veldman:

Here's my interpretation:

 I created a birthday card using a combination of pretty flowers from the PTI Floral Sketches stamp along with pretty berries and a sentiment from the PTI Beautiful Berries: Spring stamp set:

 For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Color Throwdown color challenge: 

and for sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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birthday wishes 16

 Hi! Today I have a clean and layered style birthday card to share that I created for a dear friend:

 My card features a glittery sugar like coated cupcake from the PTI Baby Button Bits stamp set which I topped off with a fabric flower from my stash along with a sprig of die cut PTI Fancy Foliage:

 For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Dutch Card Lovers challenge:

 as well as the Card Concept challenge for color and theme inspiration:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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birthday wishes 19

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where DT member Michelle is challenging all to create a project featuring a Heat Embossed Stenciled Background. Here's my take on the challenge:

I created a birthday card for a dear friend of mine featuring a honeycomb heat embossed stenciled background along with a couple of pretty blossoms from the PTI Rosie Posie stamp set:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Fusion 4th Anniversary challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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wishing you a Lovely birthday 22

 Happy New Year! Today I'm joining along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge theme is A La Carte. I was inspired by Stephanie's pretty card shown below where she created a card featuring Twine and Ribbon wraps:

Here's my interpretation:

I created a card featuring a pretty glittered blossom from the PTI Vintage Linens stamp set perched on a PTI Twig Wreath for my dear DIL, April who will be celebrating her 28th birthday later this month:

For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Sunday Stamps weekly challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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