I am so happy to be a part of a birthday blog hop for a very special crafty friend, Joyce! I am lucky to be in two groups with Joyce, The Paper Dolls & The 12 Kits of Christmas :) Joyce goes out of her way to comment on everything I make and is truly sweet. She has arranged several birthday blog hops for other members of our groups, so I'm thrilled that Kim has arranged one for Joyce and that I am a part of it! So without further ado, Happy Birthday, Joyce!
I used this sketch to create my card:
I'm also entering this card in our monthly Paper Dolls challenge which was to use fruit and a sketch. You can head on over to the blog here to find out more about it.
The patterned paper is PTI's Frutti Tutti. The "happy" die is from PTI's wonderful words. The birthday sentiment is also from PTI.
The strawberry picking girl is from MFT. The set is called "Who's that Harvesting Girl?" The curly label punch is from SU.
The twine is from the Twinery and the cardstock is PTI.
Joyce, I am truly happy to know you! You are a beautiful and wonderful person both inside and out and you are incredibly talented and creative! I hope your birthday this year is one of your best, and hope you get lots of crafty goodies as presents! Now head on over for the rest of your blog hop!
Michelle - http://michellesambajon.blogspot.com/
Jessica (that's me!) - http://thepaperparade.blogspot.com/
Christy - http://giftingit.blogspot.com/
Love the rich color combo! I'm sure Joyce will be thrilled.
ReplyDeleteStrawberries! Wow! I love the focal image and great colouring. Love your card and am sure Joyce will too :)
ReplyDeletereally great!! love the layout and you coloring!!perfect!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors...
and that delicious basket of berries!
Joyce will love this...
the colors...
the fun...
and because she is just such a special person!
We're all so lucky to call her "friend"! :)
HI Jessica! Those berries look so YUMMY! What a great bday treat for Joyce - She will love this!
ReplyDeleteOh this is spectacular!! I absolutely LOVE the basket with the embossing. I love all of the elements you used, the twine, the die cuts, the gorgeous colors. Love it all!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! I love all that yummy twine wrapped around the card! And the coloring is fabulous! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeleteJessica what a fun card for Joyce! She will love it I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteWow, Jessica there is so much to comment on here. I LOVE that Who's that girl image. You have created a great card not only for Joyce, but for your Dolls challenge to use fruit. I love how you add that texture to the strawberry basket. This is such a great card for Joyce, she'll love it...I sure do!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, this is just so adorable. That basket of strawberries looks good enough to eat! I know Joyce will just love it and appreciate all of the work that went into it. Thanks for playing along today.
ReplyDeleteAdorable, Jessica! You did a great job coloring. Love the twine!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card Jessica! Love that the shirt is paper pieced! Thank you for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches and happy birthday to Joyce!
ReplyDeleteYour paper is absolutely perfect with the image! Very cute! And happy birthday to Joyce!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card. I just love it. You are the best with sketch challenges, and I love that my card is a sketch challenge card. How fun and cheery with all that fruit, too. What a sweet touch to emboss the basket--so realistic looking. Thanks for helping me celebrate my birthday.
ReplyDeleteI love this basket of strawberries! The basket with the embossed detail is just perfect! You always make such fun happy cards.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet strawberry card! I just want to run my fingers over that basket detail!
ReplyDeleteJust love your card--there are so many fabulous details! The die cut 'happy', the embossed basket, the wonderful colors and those yummy strawberries! It's a really wonderful birthday card for Joyce!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the way you wrapped the twine on the side and added texture to the basket!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous card! Love the colors and the theme!
ReplyDeleteLove this MFT image, and the coloring is beautiful! And everything you put with it to create this card--perfect!!
ReplyDeleteWow! These are some beautiful card ideas. Why don’t you showcase them at some exhibition? There are many exhibitions like this that keep taking place in one or the other event venues. I will try to make one of these for my brother as his birthday is around the corner.
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