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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thinking of you 16

Today I'm joining along with the PTI 11th anniversary day 8 challenge where the challenge is a color challenge. I was inspired by the pretty color scheme shown below:

I created a greeting card featuring a double layered heat embossed pretty butterfly from the Life is Beautiful stamp set:

I embellished with a homemade flower that was die cut using a PTI Beautiful Blooms die along with a stitched on button:

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

Up next is an 8" x 8" oil painting featuring a tuscan scene and was inspired by Ginger Cook. I'm entering this painting in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Day 14:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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love you 15

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI 11th anniversary day 7 challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring dies only. I created a valentine's day card featuring a variety of die cuts including a sentiment made using dies from the PTI Wet Paint combined with the Wet Paint 11 collection. The heart was die cut using a double layered PTI Primitive Heart die cut with the bottom layer being white card stock and the top layer vellum: 

I stuffed the stitched heart with gold and white sequins then embellished with a homemade flower that was die cut using a PTI Beautiful Blooms die along with some die cut white PTI Fancy Foliage:

For color and theme inspiration, I'm joining along with the current  TIME OUT challenges which is to create a project inspired by the pretty photo shown below:

and for sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the current TGIF challenges sketch challenge:

Up next is an 8" x 8" oil painting study featuring a couple of pears. I'm entering this painting in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge~Day 11:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Thank You 26

 Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI 11th anniversary day 5 challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring a stamp set that is on the 2018 retirement list. I created a thank you card featuring pretty butterflies from the PTI Butterfly Dreams stamp set:

I stamped the background with one of the smaller stamps in the set then embellished with a layered die cut / stamped larger butterfly. It doesn't matter to me if this set is being retired, I'll continue to create cards with it :)

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

Up next is a 12" x 12" oil painting featuring a vase of daisies and delphiniums and was inspired by Nancy Medina. I'm entering this painting in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge~Day 9:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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