Beach Wedding Wishes

Hello!! And Happy Mother's Day to everyone :) Hope you all had a fantastic day! I've been really behind on posting my recent cards and thought this would be a nice one to welcome summer!

Our pool is finally clean and at the perfect temperature for some swimming as I did the last couple days...and I even got to lay out...lol I'm trying to get my "tan" back (who am I kidding..the last time I was "tan" was prom). But it was absolutely gorgeous outside.

I love this card :) I think it's so fun...and I finally got to use this awesome material that's actually some European bouquet wrap. Pretty neat, huh?

The detail of the starfish is actually thick embossing powder adhered with a glue pen! It was really tough finding something that looked like real sand, but I found it!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon :)

All ingredients are from Papertrey Ink (PTI) except twine, bouquet wrap and thick embossing powder.

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Happy Happy Birthday!

New PTI goodies!

I am in LOOVE with this color: It's the new Hawaiian Shores from PTI / Papertrey Ink

Yummmm-ooooo!

Not only that, the Delightful Dahlia is gorgeous in this color -- whether you stamp it in white against the turquoise or you stamp it in the turquoise on white paper -- either way...divine!

recipe:

stamps: PTI - Delightful Dahlia and Fillable Frames #1

paper: Stampin' Up (SU!) kraft cardstock, PTI Hawaiian Shores cardstock

ink: Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores, Fresh Snow and New Leaf

misc: Stampin' Up (SU!) leaf die cut

twine from Walmart; pearls from Kaiser Craft, pins from Michaels

SU slot / ticket punch

I made this card for my bestie -- she was in town for the day and we went to the Farmer's Market downtown with her hubby and their little dog, Mac. So much fun! Can't wait to go back soon! ...Our birthdays are only 10 days apart....leave it to us to buy each other baking pans as our gift to each other...while in the store (Sur la Table)...and then exchange them with each other when we left the store. Priceless!! Definitely will make this a tradition :)

Papertrey Goodies!!!

....happiness is......

a montly routine of Papertrey goodies

this month's purchase:

-every accessory in the new color: Hawaiian Shores

(including buttons, satin ribbon, ink, paper and FELT!)

-plum pudding ribbon (yum!)

-the Ric Rac die cut - my favorite purchase!!

-Delightful Dahlia stamp set

-Year of Flowers: Violets stamp set

-Fillable Frames #1 stamp set

-Recipe Box Label stamp set (because I love the vintage type labels)

What did you get this month?!?!

Rubber Duckie....

Sorry for the unsightly picture! Since my husband installed Windows 7 on my computer, I haven't had photoshop :( It's coming soon, though!!

The rose is from my backyard (ya, gorgeous right?! AND it smelled aaaa-maaazing! Not only that, but it lasted like 5 days...can't wait for my next one to bloom :)

My husband and I went to our first co-ed baby shower a couple weeks ago for one of his buddies. It was so much fun!!

They are having a little girl, Ariana...who should be due any week now!

This card was super fun to make and here is the recipe:

stamps: PTI Retro Background, Bitty Baby Blessings and Scattered Showers
ink: Brillance - gold

misc: stickles, ricrac, PTI button, Doodlebug flock, Nestabilities die cut set

paper: PTI rustic cream and Berry Sorbet

Martha Stewart border punch

You're My Cup of [Peppermint] Tea

Ok...so this was one of my Valentine's Day cards that 1) never got sent out and 2) never got posted to my blog. lol, I am so bad!!

You should check out Unity Stamp's Kit of the Month Club...the stamp set I used for this card is from the December kit. Cute, right?!

Sorry to keep it short, but hubs and I took a nap on the beach today and I got sunburned, so I'm a little tired! (there's something wonderful about a sunburn, though, don't you think!?! ) It was just such a gorgeous day today that we couldn't resist spending the whole time outside!

Where are you and how's the weather there?!

recipe

stamps: Unity Dec KOTM, Close to My Heart - Lace

paper: PTI Pure Poppy and Rustic Cream

misc: Joann Fabrics lace; Basic Grey Bling

ink: PTI Vintage Touch inking system; CTMH red; staz-on brown

punch: SU! slot punch

p.s. peppermint is my favorite tea that my husband makes me...especially when i'm not feeling well. he's so sweet!

It's March....?!

Holy Cow, is it really March?

(Happy Birthday Month to me!! lol)

I keep going MIA on my blog and for that, I'm very sorry! I really, really want to be better at posting. We'll see what happens :)

So, I placed a Papertrey Ink (PTI) order and it came in the other day...very exciting! So here's what I made:

...Don't be too impressed with me (cause I know it's SUPER cute) because I totally scraplifted the whole thing from Lisa Johnson (Poppy Paperie). I changed the sentiment and tag layout slightly, but other than that, I pretty much copied everything (even down to the colors) lol! She's a much better stamper than I am, but I think mine came out ok anyway.

Enjoy!

recipe

stamps: PTI - Dot Spot (new!) and sentiment from PTI Everyday Button Bits

paper: PTI rustic white

ink: PTI - orange zest, raspberry fizz, lemon tart and plum pudding

misc: bling from Basic Grey and pearls from Kaiser