Happy St. Patrick's Day

I really don't like St. Patrick's Day cards.  I don't really use them, so I usually don't make them.  The prompt for the Scrappin'-n-Chattin' 52 Week card challenge though was to make a St. Pat's card.  So I did.

I knew I wanted to use the current sketch at My Favorite Things.  I really love their sketches each week.

I wanted a really cute image to create my card and I found one at Doodle Pantry.  I used the Irish Birdie digi, along with digital paper also at Doodle Pantry.

 



I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Cut It Up Challenge - Green and a Die Cut  (background paper and scalloped circle)
Red Carpet Studio - The Lucky One  (lucky clover on the birdie's hat)
Cardz TV - St. Patrick's Day
Digi Sketch Challenge - Cute Challenge  (cute birdie)
Pause Dream Enjoy - Any sketch  (MFT Sketch #166)
Catch The Bug - Feeling Lucky  (lucky clover on birdie's hat)
Through The Purple Haze - Use digital elements   (birdie and background paper)

Thanks for stopping by.

Another Birthday Card

For my 52 Weeks Card this week, I created another Birthday card.  Not sure who this will be for, but it's ready when I need it.

The challenge this week for the card challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin was heat embossing.  I heat embossed the sentiment, which from the Paper Smooches, Sentiment Sampler set.

I followed this week's sketch from My Favorite Things.  I really love this sketch....

I used 2 of the dies in the MFT Die-namics Designer Label Stax Set 3 to create this card.  I love this shape.

I used papers from the Simple Stories Summer Fresh 6 x 6 pad.  I love this set of papers.  I have used 3 sets of the 12 x 12 papers.

I am also entering this card into this week's challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  It's Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope everyone is having a crafty weekend.

TPV Party - Day 2

If you are here for the TPV blog hop, click here.

Wow, what a fun blog hop we have going. What do you think of the awesome projects the design team created? They always amaze me. Such awesome work. If you haven't checked out the hop, be sure to head over to The Paper Variety to start. In addition to the hop, we have 5 challenges this week, with a prize for a random winner of each.

Today is Day 2 of our celebration. And here is the awesome prize for this challenge - Nikki Sivils "Blueberry Hill" collection.


The theme of our celebration is our "favorite things". I was so excited about the challenge for today. The challenge is to create a paper project using your favorite paper crafts company products. Of course, my favorite papers/products come from Echo Park. I used the Little Boy collection to create a layout.

As I tried to find a sketch to use for my layout, I checked out Sassy Little Sketches. I used one of the August 30th sketches, though I didn't enter the page into the challenge. I thought this sketch would work well with the photo and the papers.

The layout contains a photo of my nephews when they were babies. It doesn't seem like that long ago, but they are now 12. Where does the time go? I also included an image from My Favorite Things stamps, Cuddle Up Carter. I love that you can color the images to match your project.


I hope you will show us a project created with products from your favorite paper crafts company. Be sure to check out the rest of TPV's Design Team A's favorite paper company's too. And if you haven't hopped yet, please do. There are several dt members offering blog candy along the way. And be sure to check The Paper Variety tomorrow for another new favorites challenge.

Happy Anniversary TPV!!

Welcome to The Paper Variety's one year anniversary celebration! We will be having 5 daily challenges this week throughout the celebration. And there will be 5 great prizes awarded to 5 random winners. Our theme this week is all about our "favorite things"! Please join us each day to see the great projects that the team came up with.

Today's fun starts with a blog hop. If you have come to my blog from Rachel's blog, you are right on track. If you are just visiting my blog, thank you, but you will want to start at the beginning at The Paper Variety's blog. Our 1st challenge is sponsored by My Favorite Things stamps. Each designer chose an image or stamp to create their project for our hop. Make sure to hop to all 12 designers on this hop and check out the awesome projects that were created using MFT stamps. There are also many dt members also offering blog candy of their own.

Our first of the 5 challenges is to create a paper project including stamps - clear stamps, rubber stamps, image stamps, sentiment stamps. My Favorite Things stamps is awarding a random challenge winner with a $25 gift voucher to their store!

You'll have until Tuesday noon to enter your project TPV for a chance at the voucher prize.

For my project, I created a card. I chose a digital image from MFT called Amanda Baird's Love Birds. These birds are just so cute. I couldn't resist. Thank you, MFT!

I have already given this card to my boyfriend. We have had a tough week, with not much going right. It was a nice pick-me-up for him.

Now, before you head to the next stop on the hop, I have some blog candy to giveaway!

I am offering a $15 Michael's gift card. You do not need to enter the challenges at TPV to win my blog candy, but I do hope that you will help us celebrate by creating a project. To win my blog candy, all you have to do is become a follower and leave a message on this post. I will choose and announce a random winner on Tuesday, September 13. Dont forget, there will be other challenges and prizes daily until Sunday at The Paper Variety inspiring you to use your favorite things! Check out TPV at our Facebook page for an additional giveaway there as well.

To continue on our hop, head over to Sandi's blog. You are going to love the project she created with her MFT stamps.