Papertrey Princesses Challenge!

Time for another challenge from the PTI Princesses Blogging Group! Lovely Leah posted her challenge - read about it here. I needed a quick birthday card for my Uncle and this is what I came up with.



Super simple, super quick - I think I had it done in under 10 minutes. The hardest part was making sure I didn't leave inky fingerprints on it! I did have to re-do it because of that, but oh well!



I cut the center hole out using my Nestabilities and the paper and stamp set are from Papertrey Ink of course! The stamp set is the freebie you get when you purchase 12 sets throughout the year. You can read about it here. I don't know if they are going to continue doing it again this year - I hope so! You can't go wrong with free stamps!



And finally a closer picture of the inside. Again, simple and quick! If I would have had more time, I probably would have gone back and added some Stickles or glitter or something, but no time for that today!

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Remember......

It's Memorial Day today. A day set aside as a national holiday to remember all of our service members, past and present, who have given their lives or are currently serving our country. I'm proud to say that my son is one of them. He is currently half way through his second tour over in Iraq. My cousins' daughter is another. She has served one tour in Iraq and is currently half way through her first Afghanistan tour. My other cousins' son has just completed his first tour over in Iraq. We are a military family if you haven't figured that one out yet! So while these brave young people serve their country, today we will honor them and those who went before them.

Which leads me to today's card....Remember. What a fitting sentiment to use on a Memorial Day card! It comes from Lisa Johnson's set which, I'm sure, she didn't think would be used on a card for Memorial Day, but it certainly filled the need!



The stars along the left were punched out of the blue piece of scrap paper that I had in my stash. Once it was glued to my Pure Poppy red, I added Diamond Stickles to the shapes, because I'm all about the bling where ever I can get it. The ribbon is from Reasonable Ribbon.com. The flag is actually a punch I have. I punched it out of Stampers Select white cardstock and layered it on to a piece of Pure Poppy red and then added some dimensionals to the back of that so it would stand out a bit. The word, 'Remember' is stamped in Pure Poppy ink and adhered to the side of the flag.




And of course, I decorated the inside. I just used some of the stars that were punched out of the blue piece. Nothing fancy, but it continues with the theme from the outside of the card.




A fun little tidbit for you. Does this look backwards to you? This is the flag patch that my son wears on his uniform.



I asked him about it one time. He told me that the reason the flag is 'backwards' is because a soldier is always in motion. And since a soldier is always in motion, the flag is 'waving' behind them. Kind of like the soldier is a flag pole, and the flag on their shoulder patch is waving as he walks.

Also, if you have time, Cards For Heroes.org is having a big Memorial Day blog hop. Stop over there if you have a minute. You will be inspired by the blog hop and with what they do there. And take a minute to watch the video on their home page....try not to cry!

Remember.......

Waltzingmouse Stamps!!

My dear Ireland friend, Claire, has come out with her very own STAMP LINE!!! Check out her blog to see her adorably cute stamps and order some. And while you are there, check out the amazing things this woman has created with her new stamps. Then stay on her blog a while longer and see how talented she is with other people's stamps and paper! She is truly an artist!

Thank you berry much!

The Papertrey Princess Blogging Group is running challenges, and I thought I would play along this week. The challenge this time is brought to us by the uber-talented Michele! So playing along, I hauled out my Green Thumb PTI stamp set. While this set has seen some ink, I haven't used it in many months so I thought I would see what I could come up with.



The white paper with the dots stamped on it was done using the Polka Dot Basics set and after I stamped the dots, I ran it thru my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder and gave it an extra bit of dimension. All the dots on the paper and the Pure Poppy Swiss Dots ribbon just played right into all the dots on the strawberry!



And I had to do the inside too! But no embossing this time - who could write anything if there was!!



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Blog Makeover!

I've changed my blog around a little bit. Still trying to adjust the header....not sure if I like the whole thing, but Deb sure has some cute backgrounds! And best of all, they are FREE!! Thanks Deb!

Let me know what you think of my blog makeover! Thanks for stopping by!

A pink happy birthday

This card is using Papertrey Ink's Raspberry Fizz for the main card base with PTI patterned paper for the dots. The felt flowers are by Petaloo. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from a PTI stamp set - not sure which one, as I made this card many months ago. It's punch out of PTI Stamper's Select White cardstock with a Stampin' Up! Curly Label Punch. Very simple.



And here is a quick peek at the inside. I try to decorate the inside of cards as much as possible. Sometimes I won't stamp a sentiment on the inside, but at least have some element that coordinates in some way with the outside. That way, all I have to do is stamp something and writing a little note on the inside.



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