Friendship Swap

Oh.  My.  Dear.  Was I ever totally spoiled me.  After a bleah day at work and the "worst blizzard of the century's coming your way" reports we've been getting all day, finding my giftie in the mailbox was a treat.  Fortunately, my camera was charged and ready to capture every wonderful thing inside.  So, settle in and prepare to have your jaw drop a little further with each passing pic:

First, I opened a standard USPS mailing box to see this:

Love the heartsy tissue paper. 

Which revealed a treasure trove of all things sweet and pink:

An altered paint tin of Hershey Nuggets. 

 

A cupcake notepad, custom cover, and matching pen.



A cutesy pot-holder (which is truly too cute to use) and ...

A beautiful, handmade card and note inside.

Audrey, thank you so much for everything.  This totally made my day.  I'm humbled by the time, effort, and thought you put into making this gift so special.  Pink.  Cupcakes.  Tiny Treats.  It's got your signature all over it.  I love it!!  You are an amazing crafter & a great online friend.  {{hugs}}

Blessings!

tiny treats valentine

Just a quick little Valentine's day post.  I love mini cards and decided to keep this simple.  The base is a 4.25" square, so that it will still fit into a standard A2 envelope.  I'm still trying to get all of my Valentine's Day cards and gifts together before the big day.  So far, so good.  Only a few more cards to go and I'm all set. 

Hopefully, I'll have some of my gifties put together soon to share.  I would love to get them done soon, but, I'm planning to make & bake some tasty treats from Our Best Bites.  If you haven't checked this blog out yet, WHAT are you waiting for?  Getting going. 

Well, I am off.  Thanks for swinging by for a visit. And don't forget that tomorrow is Papertrey's Blog Hop. I can't wait to share what's up my sleeve with you all!  

Supplies:  All PTI unless otherwise noted

Cardstock:  spring rain, solar white (Neenah)

Specialty Paper:  cork (unknown)

Stamps:  Tiny Treats Valentine

Nestabilities:  Labels Three (Spellbinders)

Other:  Copics, baker's twine, pure poppy button

sweet, little baby

What I absolutely love about the Tiny Treats sets is how well they co-ordinate with other Papertrey sets.  For this cards, I combined the sailboat image from Tiny Treats Valentine with a sentiment from Baby Button Bits to create a sweet baby card. 

Of all the cards that weren't picked up by CARDS this month, this lacy creation is my absolute favorite.  I started out with a Crumb Cake base and dragged the edges through some Fresh Snow ink to soften the edges.  A Wilton doily was the base of the oh-so layered focal image.  The Pure Poppy circle was popped up on foam dimensionals as was the sentiment banner.  I hand cut the banner to follow the sentiment, and trimmed the ends to look like the double-ended banner die.  The layered gingham and satin ribbons are my favorite part of the whole card. 

Even with the lace and satiny bow, I think this card would work for either a boy or a girl.  What do you think?  I just found out this week that my classroom assistant is expecting in June.  And to think I thought I had no one to give this sweet baby card to.  Problem solved! 

Hope you enjoyed your little visit with me today.  It's such a thrill to have people who follow and visit.  And actually read my ramblings.  Thanks for humoring me.  You guys rock.  Have a blessed day!!

Who loves you?

In my feeble attempts to challenge myself, I am trying to use a wider variety of sizes for my card bases.  This tall & slim creation uses a lot of PTI products.  In fact, I think it's almost all PTI.  I have to confess, I am hard pressed to break up with SU Crumb Cake. 



To dress up the interior, I used a little Crystal Effects from SU on the heart balloons.  WOW.  In real life, they have so much shine and dimension that they look like really expensive embellies.  Crystal Effects also makes the pink ink look so incredibly rich.

Thanks for visiting today. 

See you all soon!

Suzanne

Supplies (all PTI unless otherwise noted)

Paper:  crumb cake (SU), stampers select white, dark chocolate, happy spots (printed)

Stamps:  Tiny Treats Valentine, Love Songs

Ink:  rose bud, tuxedo black, rich cocoa (Memento)

Other:  Take Three die, Limitless Layers

kiddie's christmas

Today's post is a sneak peak at the card I made for my youngest nephew.  I love how the distressing on the paper looks a little like snowflakes.  Very festive.  And very much a coincidence. 

I still have to start planning their gift tags/tree ornaments.  When they were younger, they use to hang the tags on their tree.  Well, they're now 11, 13, and 15 and they still expect tags that can be used on the tree.  I love it.  I especially love when you see the ornaments and tags you made a few years ago still being used.  Talk about warm & fuzzy feelings. 

Enough gushing and reminiscing for one day.  What are your special family traditions?  I'd love to hear about them instead of the usual comments. 

Have a blessed day, friends!

Details
Paper:  Certainly Celery & Kraft (SU), Christmas Words (Echo Park), yellow (Bazzill), Solar White (Neenah)
Stamps:  Tiny Treats: Christmas (PTI) *love*
Colouring Mediums:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics
Other:  Tag Sale #1 and Limitless Layers (both PTI), grosgrain ribbon (from stash)