Paper Dolls Challenge #51

Hi everyone! It was my turn to host this month's challenge over at The Paper Dolls. It's my birth month, so I decided to make a birthday card challenge, with a twist...use birthday wrapping paper on your card! So here is my creation:

As you can see, I used my SU circle punch to cut out a couple of the cakes from the wrapping paper.

Paper Smooches front and center, of course :) 

I colored the sweet dog with Copics. That is a PTI Mat Stack behind him, and PTI cardstock, and the PTI double ended banner die for the sentiment.

The little pearls on the cake are from Recollections. The Twine is from the Twinery.

PTI actually had a challenge for the blog hop last December to use left over wrapping from your Christmas gifts and I had fun doing it, so I thought it would be fun to repurpose this challenge into a birthday one. If it sounds fun to you, please join in and play along with the Paper Dolls, here!

Happy Birthday, Joyce! & Paper Dolls Challenge #47, & Freshly Made Sketches #33

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!

Kim - http://cupcakescardsandkim.blogspot.com/

Renee - http://itsapatchworklife.blogspot.com/

Cathy - http://emptynestcrafter.blogspot.com/

Michelle - http://michellesambajon.blogspot.com/

Kara - http://www.kandrdesigns.blogspot.com/

Gayatri - http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com/

Tracey - http://inmycreativeopinion.blogspot.com/

Marybeth - http://marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com/

Kristin - http://kristinshappy.blogspot.com/

Jessica (that's me!) - http://thepaperparade.blogspot.com/

Christy - http://giftingit.blogspot.com/

Sharron - http://onpapillonwings.blogspot.com/

Jeanne – http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://madskydesigns.blogspot.com/

Paper Dolls: Spring Bling

I am really excited to be a member of a very talented group of ladies called The Paper Dolls. They've been around for over a year now (maybe two?) and have their own challenge blog! This is my first time participating as a member of the Dolls. I played along with the first challenge of the year put on by Suzanne and Renee, Spring Bling. You can check it out, here. Now on to my card:

I just got my PTI package in the mail yesterday, and in there was the Little Bitty Bird Additions set (I actually don't own the original, but you don't need it because this one comes with its own birds!) The fence, music notes, birds, and sentiments are from the set. I also used the Mat Stack #5 die in kraft.

The Double Ended Banner Die was in my package, too. At the shoebox swap I went to last Saturday, Sarah used it in this way by scoring it, and I thought it was such a great idea!

The grid stamp is from Market Street Stamps, the ribbon is from Amuse, and the cardstock is from PTI. And how could I forget an important part of the challenge? Bling!! I used a whole row of rhinestones to the left of the ribbon to fulfill this aspect ;)

This challenge was easy and fun, and there's still time to play along, so go check it out and link up your card!

And don't forget to check back tonight (or tomorrow) because its time for another round of the 12 Kits of Christmas :)