Brimming with Birthday Wishes

One last project to share today.  I remember when Erin first shared the cupcake wrapper card she made using the Cupcake Collection dies.  Such a fun birthday card.  This inspired me to look in my collection of dies to see what else I could find to "stack."  Teacups.  I had die cut and stamped the strawberry and green leaf cups for a previous project and ended up not using them, so they were my starting point for this card:

Lots of  old favorites on this one:  Victorian Lace border die, In Bloom impression plate, Tea For Two Additions and Little Bitty Bird.  Plus all of the bright pink colors that cheer me.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Pretty Packaging Part 3

Hello once again!  This is my final project in the pretty packaging series today.  I was inspired by this simple brown lunch sack packaging idea from Pinterest:

 

And here is my take on it:

I die cut the top of the bag with the large Edgers #4 die.  I die cut a tag from the Tag Sale #1 die from patterned paper and embellished it with the die cut mug and image from Warm Happiness.  I die cut the longer double edged banner from kraft paper and stamped "Enjoy" from "Enjoy the moment" from Mega Mixed Messages.  The tag is tied  to the bag with some My Mind's Eye baker's twine.

I'll be back with one more project, a card inspired by a one of Erin Lincoln's.

Pretty Packaging Part 2

Hi again!  I'm back with a couple of decorative bags I embellished for Valentine's Day goodies.  I was inspired by this photo on Pinterest:

My first bag features a white paper doily under a die cut stamped with a solid heart image in Berry Sorbet from the Heart Prints collection and the open scalloped limitless layer heart die cut in Berry Sorbet bitty dot patterned paper. I topped off all those hearts with some pink twine and two paper flowers.

My second bag is a mini pink chevron bag from Michaels. I punched out a couple of hearts and adhered them to a doily die cut and then topped that off with some pink and red gems.  Inside are some Dove chocolate hearts.

Thanks for visiting!

Pretty Packaging

Happy Weekend!  I'm back to share some packaging I created for Valentine gifts, which is timely given today's Papertrey Ink anniversary challenge.  A few weeks ago Melissa Phillips shared these darling decorated mason jars for one of the Senior Design Team tips:

 I decided to do something similar, but rather than decorate the sides with stamped images and paper layers, I decided to pull out some floral stencils and acrylic paints and add a red rose.  I added a Martha Stewart doily accent and punched a heart from cardstock, then stamped "Sweet" from part of a sentiment from the Cupcake Collection set and adhered the whole thing to the lid, then tied a bow with Pure Poppy saddle stitch ribbon.

Here's a look at the top of the jar:

 

I filled the jar with dark chocolate Dove candies.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by.  I have some more packaging projects to share and will be back in a few minutes with those.

Designing with Digital Images Part 6 (Final)

The last image I worked with tonight is the "Love You" sign language tag from Lexi.  I stamped a little heart from the Heart 2 Heart #3 set on the hand in the tag as a little extra detail.  Definitely a clean and simple card.

Sorry for the terrible picture.  Taking photos at night, even with an Ott light, is not ideal.  Thanks for visiting my blog!  Hopefully this series of posts tonight makes up a little for the fewer posts I've had in general.

Designing with Digital Images Part 5

I can never have enough birthday cards in my stash.  The color scheme of this one is perfect for spring or summer.  For Lizzie's image I embellished the candle flames with yellow Stickles for some added pop.

Just one more card to go!
 

Designing with Digital Images Part 4

This card with Maile's digital image is my second favorite of the night.  I love the gradient pink color in the image.  It was a perfect companion to this collection of Basic Grey True Love papers.  Finally using up some of my patterned paper stash.  Too bad this didn't make a dent in my collection.  Sigh.

Just two more cards to go--#5 is next.