Hello there 150

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI May: Create Along With Us challenge which allows anyone to select something that a PTI team member has created during the release that inspired you, and create your own version. I was inspired by Heather's fun card show below:

Here's my interpretation:

I combined several stamp sets to create my card including PTI Gran's Garden, PTI Background Basics: Newsprint, PTI Turning a New Leaf, etc... 

For card sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the FabFriday challenge:

I also have a 16" x 20" oil painting featuring a garden of peonies inspired by Bill Inman:

I'm linking my painting to the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Just A Little Note 32

Hi! Tina and I spent the weekend helping Angie relocate to San Diego. Angie is now in France for another U.S. Cycling team competition. Today I'm playing along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where the theme is to "Mask a Sentiment".

I created a card featuring a masked sentiment from the PTI Floral Sketches stamp set with beautiful blossoms and foliage from the PTI Gran's Garden stamp set.

Up next is an 8" x 10" oil painting featuring a vase of roses:

I'm joining along with the following card challenges: for sketch inspiration, the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, the Fab Friday challenge:

I'm linking my painting to the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Congratulations 22

Hi there! Today I'm joining along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring Ink Blending on Colored Cardstock. I made a card for sweet daughter Angie who will be graduating from college this week.

I randomly stamped, heat embossed then blended coordinating ink around the butterflies to create the background. For the focal point, I stamped then heat embossed the larger embossed butterfly from the What The Doodle: Mini Butterfly stamp set as well.

In case you missed my post (HERE), Angie is currently a member of the US Cycling team. Several weeks ago, she traveled to Hiroshima, Japan and placed second on the podium (far left):

This past week, Angie traveled to Sydney, Australia where she placed second ago:

Here's Angie defying gravity in Australia!

I'm joining along with the additional following challenges: for sketch inspiration, the Just Add Ink challenge:

 for color inspiration, the Color Throwdown color challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be sweet ;)

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Just a Note 15

 Hi! Today I have a few projects to share. First up is a generic sentiment greeting card featuring a fun faux cracked glass jar full of seashells:

I combined a few of my favorite stamp sets including PTI Friendship Jar, PTI Friendship Jar Summer Fillers and PTI Friendship Jar Spring Fillers: 

Up next is an oil painted garden of irises on a 12" x 12" canvas:

For the card color and theme inspiration, I'm joining along with the Inspired by All the Little Things challenge:

and for sketch inspiration, the TGIF challenges:

I'm linking my painting to the Paint Party Friday site where they are celebrating their 7th birthday:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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thinking of you 15

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI Make it Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a color wheel card. Here's my interpretation:

I created a floral color wheel featuring pretty flowers from the PTI Floral Sketches stamp set:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

Up next is an oil painted field of irises on an 8" x 8" canvas:

I'm linking my painting up with the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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thanks 21

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI "Transformation Tuesday" challenge. This challenge is to take a card which you’ve made in the past and transform it in some way. Here's my original card which I made March 22, 2017 and may be seen here:

 Here's my new interpretation / transformation:

This time around, I opted for a softer pastel look featuring watercoloring. I combined pretty flowers from the PTI Vintage Linens set with the thanks sentiment from the PTI Wet Paint Cuts die collection along with a beautiful flourish from the PTI Fanciful Flourishes stamp set:

 For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Color Throwdown color challenge:

Up next is an 8" x 10" oil painting featuring a garden scene that was inspired by Ginger Cook. I'm entering this painting in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge~Day 27:

I'm also joining along with the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be Sweet ;)

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hello 17

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the PTI 11th Anniversary challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring stripes. For the stripes, I die cut a piece of Story Sky striped patterned paper:

For the focal point, I stamped a pretty peony from the PTI Pretty Peonies stamp set then added a coat of sugary like glitter:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Color Throwdown color challenge:

Up next is a very small 4" x 6" oil painting featuring a lilly pond.

I'm also linking my painting to the Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for looking!
Be Sweet ;)

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