A few weeks ago I ran into this really great idea on Ali Edwards blog. She made this fun piece of framed art using only patterned paper and paper punches. I thought to myself, even I can do that, how fun! =) So I filed it away as an idea to try out….soon. My walls [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Butterfly Art
Posted in General, Home Decor, Personal on February 28, 2009 | 8 Comments »
February Blog Hop – Spring Card
Posted in Cards, PTI, PTI Blog Hop on February 25, 2009 | 27 Comments »
I am participating in my first Papertreyink blog hop! Been wanting to do that for a while now but never got around to it. The challenge for this month was to create something "springy". That is right up my alley. I cannot wait for the weather to improve and for the first flowers to make [...]
Dawn’s Favorites Color Challenge
Posted in Cards, Color Challenge, PTI on February 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
wow, one more challenge. I am on a roll this week. =). Quick post though cause it's almost dinner time.I picked a color combo from Day 5. It was the "Just Because" card and the colors, white, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart and Chocolate. Here it is: Seriously, I gotta work on my photography skills. [...]
CPS 102
Posted in Cards, PTI, Sketch Challenges, Valentine's on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I decided to participate in another challenge this week. This one is from the Card Positioning System blog. The sketch was for the card only, but since it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, I thought I would make a little box o' chocolates to match for my sweet husband. =) He already got it (since he reads [...]
Friends ’til the End Challenge
Posted in Cards, PTI on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today's challenge from Papertreyink celebrates friendships. To participate, you have to create a card for your best friend. Well, I have four most wonderful, faithful, beautiful and kind best friends, so I am assigning this card to all of them. =) They are the kind of friends you can trust completely, the kind that is [...]
Bitty Dot Sketch Challenge
Posted in Cards, PTI, Sketch Challenges on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick post tonight, I have a lot of things to do but I wanted to squeeze in the time to participate in PTI's challenge for today. Here's the card I made using the sketch from the "connect the dots puzzler". I really enjoyed using the color combo from yesterday's challenge, so I decided to [...]
Over the Rainbow Challenge
Posted in Cards, Color Challenge, PTI, Simple Goodness on February 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Papertreyink is hosting another fun challenge and a chance to win free products today. I am so excited! =) This one really was a challenge for me because I don't normally use this many colors on one project. I tend to work with only a couple of colors at a time or with shades in [...]
A New Baby Girl
Posted in Altered Items, PTI on February 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My sister-in-law just had a baby. =) A sweet little baby girl. I am heading over there today to visit and to drop off a dinner for the new little family. I had planned to bring a little gift with me to the hospital but I was not so organized that I got it done [...]