Papertrey Anniversary Tag Challenge Take 2

After the Superbowl (Yay Packers!!!!), I created another card using PTI's free anniversary tags. It is the exact opposite of my first card.

My stitching is NOT perfect by any means, but I thought it turned out cute. I love the rainbow tag and see myself using it a lot in the future.

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Papertrey Anniversary Tag Challenge

The anniversary festivities are still in big swing at PTI! Nichole and the PTI design team gave us a wonderful gift for their anniversary....FREE digital tags!!! LOVE them all!

Nichole also gave us a challenge: create a project with one or more of the tags by Monday 7:00am EST (that's 6:00 my time!) Oh, Nichole, you are KILLING me! Its Superbowl Day and my beloved Green Bay Packers are playing!

I ran to my craft room and whipped up a quicky wedding card with my husband's cousin in mind. He is getting married next month and I was so inspired by Beth's sentiment tag, I had to quick make a monochromatic card for the happy couple.

I kept it simple and all in white. Added a little bling, and called it good.

Here's a close up of the tag with that sentiment that I just love.


Also, an FYI that my sister-in-law had her baby yesterday. We traveled a couple of hours to get a peek at that little bundle. Actually, he was quite a big bundle, coming in at a whopping 9.1 lbs! Welcome to the world, sweet baby Marcus Daniel!

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As part of the BIG anniversary party over at PTI, there is a contest for a HUGE give away of over $700 worth of PTI goodies. One way to win the loot is to re-post your favorite project using PTI products over the past year. I only just discovered PTI last summer, and because my husband was laid off, I haven't been able to buy as much from my new FAVORITE store as I'd like. But what I did buy, I put to use.

My favorite project from last year was the very first project I made with my very first PTI products. The project also happened to be my very first PTI blog hop!

The challenge for this blog hop was to use a plain ol' paper bag in your project. I loved the idea so much, I created my blog so I could participate.

So, PTI has been a big part of my life since July 2010. I have truly loved getting to know PTI and cannot wait to see what's in store for 2011!

A Gift for Marcus

Well, my sister-in-law still hasn't had her little bundle yet. Today is her official due date, and tiny Marcus has yet to make his appearance. And its a good thing, too. I just finished his gift 5 minutes ago!

I got it in my head to make onesies using PTI felt and Simple Alphabet. I think that they turned out nice. Let me know what you think.

Here is the star onesie. I used Simple Alphabet to stamp "Twinkle" under the felt star. I think "A star is born" would be a cute sentiment, too.

Since little Marcus is coming so close to Valentine's Day, I thought a little heart was fitting. Again, Simple Alphabet was used to stamp the sentiment, "Made with Love" Other sentiments I thought of are "Sweetheart" and "Heart Breaker"

Here are the two onesies together. I really enjoyed making these. I have tons of ideas for more designs using felt and punny sentiments. I am thinking about making some and opening an Etsy shop. I'd love to get your feedback.

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Lunchbox Note Die Valentines

When I saw these Lunchbox Note dies during Papertrey's January release, I thought that they would make ADORABLE Valentines for my oldest son's preschool class. I thought it would be cute with one of PTI's small glassine bags tucked inside with a little treat. Wouldn't ya know that those little glassine bags are the PERFECT size! So, this is what I came up with:

Here they are all grouped together. I love how coordinating projects look in groups like this!

This is the inside. There are 2 heart shaped Hershey chocolates in that little bag. Fits perfect. I did put a dab of re-positionable glue on the flap so the treats wouldn't pop open in transit to school.

This is a close up of the girls' treat. My son picked out the cupcake image from Tiny Treats: Valentines. I love that I got to decorate it all girly since I have 3 boys.

And this one is for the boys. It had to be approved by DJ to make sure that it was "boy" enough!

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Birthday Treat Cup

I made a fun little treat cup for a co-worker's birthday a few months back and just stumbled across the picture today. I actually really like how this turned out. Take a peek.

Sorry about the poor picture quality. I took this during the worst of my camera trouble last fall. I used Papertrey's 2010 anniversary set, Round and Round, and paired it with a great freebie template from Waltzingmouse Stamps. Its the same template that I used for treat holders at my sister-in-law's baby shower.

Get the template here.

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A Baby Card and a Gift for the Big Sister

My sister-in-law is due any day now. ANY day now. So, I made a baby card with little Marcus Isham in mind. I really liked how my thank you card for Amy turned out in the last post, so I kept most of the same design for this baby card. It also coordinates with the baby shower decor that I made earlier this month.

Simple and cute. That seems to sum up my style!

And, for my 9 year old niece, the big sister, I made some pony tail holders based on the ones that Maile Belles created a while back on her blog post here.

Maile used a flower die, but I used one of the dies from Papertrey's Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Collection.

I also did a star like Maile's.

Here they are together, just cuz they are so darn cute!

I packaged them very simply (hey its just gonna get torn up getting out the goodies anyways!) in a cellophane bag with a die cut of Stampin' Up's Top Note to seal it up.

I have it in my mind to make a onesie for little Marcus, but I am still experimenting with ink and felt. I hope to have it done this weekend (as I said, she is due ANY day) and then to post it if it is a success.

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