Happy Birthday

Happy Thursday!  This is Day 2 of Snow Days.  I am starting to get used to this.  Had some crafty time so I decided to play along with Papertrey's 7th Anniversary Celebrations Day 9 Challenge. 

This challenge was fun as well as challenging.  It forced me out of my comfort zone a bit so that is a good thing.

                                          



Here are my choices for my card.  I chose Random.org to make my selections.


 1. Ashley's Color Selection #1  No. 5 Hawaiian Shores
2. Betsy's  Color Selection #2  No. 4 Sweet Blush 
3. Christina's Color Selection #3  No. 3 Summer Sunrise.
4. Danielle's Neutral Color Selection No. 4 Kraft
5. Dawn's  No. 1 Sketch
6. Erin's Occasion Selection #3 Birthday Card
7. Heather's Technique Selection No.  4  Inlaid Diecuts
8. Laura's Embellishment Selection No. 3 Buttons
9.  Melissa' Fiber Selection No. 3 Embroidery Thread







I used all Papertrey Products to make my card.  As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty

Love You!

Happy Saturday!  We have a new and fun challenge for you this week at Crazy 4 Challenges!   Check out the C4C blog for more challenge details at Crazy 4 Challenges(C4C222).  

This week's challenge is 
all about glitter!   

I am playing along with Papertrey's Anniversary Challenges as well.  Today's challenge was to make an ATC card.  I started with a 3X4 piece of rustic white card stock.  I added PTI pattern paper in pure poppy gingham.  I ever so lightly ink distressed all the edges and added some sewing machine stitching.  I used my limitless layers hearts die.   The outer frame was die cut using PTI rustic white and the center frame using pure poppy.  I stamped one of the frames from With All My Heart stamp set using versamark and white embossed.  I added a red glittered card stock PTI heart border to finish off my ATC.  


Of course,  I then went ahead and used my ATC to finish a card.  I once again reached for the PTI rustic white.  I used the distressed dots designer paper pack in pure poppy.  I lightly ink distressed the edges, added some sewing machine stitching, then popped the ATC on top using some foam tape for added dimension.  I finished with a red seam binding bow and an extra touch of glittered card stock heart to the center.



Check out what the rest of the team did with this week's challenge!

• Anja de Regt 
• Barbara Anders 
• Betty Wright (<---ME...you're here) 
• Frances Byrne
• Heather Pulvirenti 
• Helen Cryer 
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak  
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Danielle Lounds (February Guest Designer)

As always thanks so much for stopping by!  

Betty

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop!

 

 I am playing along with this month's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!  I had a tough time narrowing down my choices.  I chose this one.  I tried to follow the sketch exactly, but in the end I felt like it needed a little something something so I added the butterflies. 


 As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty


Supplies
Half and Half stamp set
Rustic White, summer sunrise, hibiscus burst, aqua mist, and lemon tart card stock
hibiscus burst, aqua mist, and spring rain dp
memento tuxedo black ink
Rickrack border die, Signature Series butterfly die, and Love Lives Here butterfly die.
Spring Rain button

Flourishes Grand Opening Celebration!

Flourishes has been waiting to officially unveil its new home on the web for months and this week we're kicking off five days of fun and games to celebrate the big event! Today's challenge is a bit sketchy – literally. PageMaps.com hostess and Flourishes artist Becky Fleck whipped up a special sketch just for our celebration! Use it for your own creation, link up at the Flourishes blog post here and you could walk away the winner of our day one drawing for a goody bag from Flourishes (it's a fun-filled surprise!). If you upload to Splitcoast, please use the keyword FLLCCEL1. You have until Monday, March 15th at 6 PM EST to link up your cards!

For my card I am using A Year of Flowers 1 and Tag Lines.  I am using Flourishes Classic White cardstock.  I stamped my image using Momento Tuxedo black ink.  I colored the pansies using Flourishes Copic Color Collection in Delphinium, Hydrangea, Sky, and Fields.  I finished my card with some silver pearl accenting and black gingham ribbon!

Please check out the other designers to see what they created using the sketch!

• Maki
• Cindy 
• Barb
• Dee
• Julie
• Stacy
• Dawn
• Leslie

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

Your comments are always greatly appreciated!

Birthday Blessings to You!!!

Hello!!! It is the time of the month when the ODBD sneak peeks begin for the big release day on August 1st!!! I am using Happy Birthday!!! I am so excited about this set. It has two fabulous Happy Birthday sentiments as well as wonderful scriptures. I love the main image. It is fun to color and is perfect to go with many of your ODBD sets. I used copics to color.

Have you checked out the DARE TO GET DIRTY CHALLENGE ‘09 on Splitcoast? If you’re a SCS Fan Club member you can find out challenge information here. If you’re not a SCS fan club member, what are you waiting for? Are you all having fun participating in SCS Dirty Dare Challenges? Like many of you I need to combine a few.

For this card I combined these challenges.

DTGD09BevMom- Sew Unexpected!

DTGD09eggette - Flap Your Wings!
DTGD09One_Happy_Stamper Sketch Challenge

DTGD09KrystieLee - Clearly Creative!

I just want to say that I used a sewing machine and actually sew stitches on my card. I am amazed. I also sew the clear acetate to the card, too. I have done it only a few times, but I definitely need to try it some more. I think I need to have the space between the stitches longer.

Stamps

ODBD Happy Birthday

Paper

SU bermuda bay, soft suede, crushed curry, SU thoroughly modern dp, PTI bitty dot dp, gp white

INK

Palette Noir, copics, black staz on(acetate sentiment)

Accessories

Nestabilities, EK Succcess border punch, yellow brads(MM?), gold pearl domes, prima flowers, foam tape, foam dots, sewing machine, MS butterfly punch