Hello there 149

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI May: Create Along With Us challenge which allows anyone to select something that a PTI team member has created during the release that inspired you, and create your own version. I was inspired by Heather's fun card show below:

Here's my interpretation:

I combined several stamp sets to create my card including PTI Gran's Garden, PTI Background Basics: Newsprint, PTI Turning a New Leaf, etc... 

For card sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the FabFriday challenge:

I also have a 16" x 20" oil painting featuring a garden of peonies inspired by Bill Inman:

I'm linking my painting to the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Happy holidays 21

Hi! Hope you are having a great week! Today I'm joining along with the PTI October Release 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 beautiful card created by Betsy Veldman:

Here's my interpretation:

I combined a couple different PTI stamp sets including the PTI Wreath For All Seasons along with The Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers. For the focal point, I stamped then heat embossed the twig wreath from the Wreath For All Seasons stamp set:

Since it was rather a clean and simple card to create, I created a set of 4:

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

Up next is an 8" x 10" painting that I painted for my sweet sister who loves hummingbirds:

This is my first attempt at painting both hummingbirds and hollyhocks. I'm up against the clock to get this painting in the mail to my sister because her birthday is October 25th and she is the dear sister who is battling terminal breast / brain cancer.

I'm linking this painting to the current Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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