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Mona Pendleton | Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 1:58 AM | Papertrey Ink , PTI

Hi there! It's been awhile since I've played along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge so I thought I would take the time to do so. This week's challenge is all about a fun technique referred to as Watercolor Smooshing.

Here's my take on the challenge:

I combined a couple of my all time favorite PTI stamps sets: Round & Round and Sending You. I completed it with a trio of sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

For color inspiration, I joined along with this weeks Pals Paper Arts challenge:

and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with the CAS(E) sketch challenge:

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

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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 7:38 AM | Papertrey Ink , Pion Design

Hi there! It's that time of year again when many of us have spring fever? I know I have been bitten by the bug ~ have you? The Major League Baseball has kicked off spring training baseball games here in Phoenix, both Angie and Meredith will be on spring break next week, the temperatures are in the 80's, the sky is blue, so many plants and trees are blossoming and allergy season is in full swing! Once can't help but have spring fever even here in the desert! With spring in mind, I pulled out one of my all time PTI stamp sets and made a couple of cards along with a combination of pretty patterned papers from a couple of Pion Design collections including: Vintage Wedding, My Beloved Son and Paris Flea Market:

One of the many things I love about Pion Design papers is their versatility and how easily they can be mixed and matched.

I even dusted off my stash of Copic markers!

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

I was also inspired by the card Concept challenge to create a Clean and Layered style card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
Vintage Wedding ~ Borders ~ PD5910B
My Beloved Son ~ My son ~ PD5501B
Paris Flea Market ~ Pink fabric ~ PD5704B
Paris Flea Market ~ Pink lace ~ PD5707F
Paris Flea Market ~ Borders ~ PD5710B

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Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 @ 9:39 PM | ColourArte , Die-Namics , Layout , MFT , Mixed Media , Pion Design , PTI , Spellbinders

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week so far! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my dear sister Tina that was taken more than 50 years ago along with beautiful papers from the newly released Pion Design Vintage Wedding collection.

The Vintage Wedding collection is quite versatile and may be easily used for any occasion type of project.

Tina's not only my sister but she's my best girlfriend :) There's nothing the two of us can't conquer together!

To create the background, I collaged a variety of Vintage Wedding papers then added colour using various inks including the pretty ColourArte Radiant Rain Sea Foam:

Once the background was complete, I embellished with die cut foliage, flowers from my stash, a stamped clock face and a duo of die cut hearts that were colorized using the pretty ColourArte Radiant Rain Sea Foam:

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

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
Vintage Wedding ~ Photo Frame ~ PD5901B
Vintage Wedding ~ Rose ~ PD5903B
Vintage Wedding ~ Wedding dress ~ PD5907B
Vintage Wedding ~ Borders ~ PD5910B
Vintage Wedding ~ Images ~ PD5911B
Vintage Wedding ~ Tags ~ PD5912B

Other products used: ColourArte Radiant Rain Sea Foam

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Mona Pendleton | Sunday, March 8, 2015 @ 9:01 PM | Layout , Mixed Media , Ranger , Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge , Sizzix , Tim Holtz

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge is ALL about the letter "B"!

I was inspired to create a layout featuring shades of blue, bricks and butterflies.

When thinking of the letter B, a brick textured and stamped brick background made for the perfect background for my layout featuring a photo of sweet Meredith that was taken more than 10 years ago while we were vacationing at the happiest place on Earth ~ Disney World :)

Pretty shades of blue and brown Distress Spray Stains made for the perfect color palette:

along with beautiful butterfly Remnant Rubs fluttering about:

Lots of bricks ~ both stamped and stenciled:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope you join along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge blog to see all the DT's fabulous inspiration!