thanks 21

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI "Transformation Tuesday" challenge. This challenge is to take a card which you’ve made in the past and transform it in some way. Here's my original card which I made March 22, 2017 and may be seen here:

 Here's my new interpretation / transformation:

This time around, I opted for a softer pastel look featuring watercoloring. I combined pretty flowers from the PTI Vintage Linens set with the thanks sentiment from the PTI Wet Paint Cuts die collection along with a beautiful flourish from the PTI Fanciful Flourishes stamp set:

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

Up next is an 8" x 10" oil painting featuring a garden scene that was inspired by Ginger Cook. I'm entering this painting in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge~Day 27:

I'm also joining along with the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be Sweet ;)

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Happy spring 24

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where Betsy is challenging us to create a project featuring the Mask and Stack technique. Here's my interpretation of the technique:

I inked up an image from the retiring PTI Butterfly Dreams stamp set, masked and stamped the background then stamped another image from the set to feature as an embellishment:

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

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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Easter wishes 34

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI February Blog Hop. The challenge is to create a project inspired by the fun photo shown below:

Here's my take on the inspiration photo:

I was inspired to create an Easter card featuring a jar a fun little jar from the Friendship Jar Summer Fillers stamp set full of easter eggs from the Friendship Jar Spring Fillers stamp set:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with The Paper Players challenge:

 and for color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Inspired by All the Little Things challenge:

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

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hello 17

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI 11th Anniversary challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring stripes. For the stripes, I die cut a piece of Story Sky striped patterned paper:

For the focal point, I stamped a pretty peony from the PTI Pretty Peonies stamp set then added a coat of sugary like glitter:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge:

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

Up next is a very small 4" x 6" oil painting featuring a lilly pond.

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

Thanks so much for looking!
Be Sweet ;)

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