Valentine's Day Envelopes

Happy almost-Valentine's Day! I'm one of those people who truly loves Valentine's Day, even if my "valentines" happen to be friends or students. Unfortunately due to my extremely hectic schedule I didn't get to do a whole lot of Valentine's Day crafting this year, but I did make some adorable Valentine's Day envelopes using fabulous products from Two Berry Creative!

Let me just start by saying - I am in LOVE with these polka dot kraft bags. Like, absolutely in love. I love polka dots and these are SO cute! How could you not want to embellish them?! They could be used for so many different projects. 

To embellish my envelopes, I used washi tape, twine, dry erase board labels, Thickers, and some SRM Valentine's Day stickers. These were easy and simple to make and would even work well for a kids craft!

Here are the products I used from Two Berry Creative: - Dotted Biodegradable Kraft Bags - Valentine's Day Red & Pink Baker's Twine - Red Hot Hearts Washi Tape - Pink & Cream Diagonals Washi Tape - Rectangle Whiteboard Labels
That's all for me today! I will be back tomorrow, FINALLY, with a catch-up post and a recent Project Life spread. Have a fantastic rest of your day!

Bikini Ellie

Good morning and Happy Memorial Day! I hope those of you who have a long weekend are enjoying it - I know I sure am. The weather here hasn't been all that great (cloudy, rainy, and in the 60's) so I've been inside doing a bit of crafting these past couple of days.

Today's the start of a new challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls challenge blog and it's all about ribbon & lace! I used some fun Heidi Swapp trim along with the Bikini Ellie stamp on my summer-themed card:

I used paper and embellishments from the "My Girl" collection by My Mind's Eye. Such a fun collection! The "so sweet" sentiment is an SRM sticker (love these!) and I bordered the tab with some Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery.

Bikini Ellie is colored with the following Copics:

One lucky winner of our challenge will receive this awesome, scrappy prize pack! The top three submissions chosen by the design team will also receive their choice of one digital stamp. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

You Are My Happily Ever After

It's that time again - time for another Whimsical Wednesday challenge! We have a fun one for you this week - mixed media!

I'm not a regular mixed media gal, but I do like to try some mixed media techniques here and there just to experiment. For this challenge I decided to make a tag using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and I used a technique very similar to this one. 

The inks I used were: Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar, and Worn Lipstick. Such a pretty color combo! I was in the mood for purple and pink - no idea why!

After distressing the tag and letting it dry overnight, I stamped the sentiment and the heart from the "With Love" stamp set from Whimsical Designs. I also added some lace trim and a flower that I distressed as well to match the tag.

The pearls are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies and I added an SRM Sticker to the bottom and then embellished it with Flamingo Liquid Pearls. I love how it all came together!

Our sponsor for the mixed media challenge is Tabitha's Designs. One lucky winner will receive 2 digi paper packs of their choice!

Hope to see you linking up! Don't forget to stop by the blog for more DT inspiration. :)

Life is Sweet!

Happy Monday! It's the start of a new Paper Nest Dolls challenge - all about pearls! I'd like to share with you the card I made for the challenge using the super cute and adorable Ice Cream Ellie stamp!

I love the color scheme of these papers!As soon as I saw the ice cream cone background I knew this collection would be fun to work with for this card.

I chose to use a sentiment from SRM Stickers to accent the card. The "Life is sweet!" sticker is from We've Got Your Sticker - Sweet. I love how they're stickers - yet so transparent! You would never know it wasn't a stamp just by looking at it. :) The heart up in the top right of the card is also an SRM Sticker from the same set as the sentiment.

I colored litle Ellie using these Copics:

One lucky winner of our pearls challenge will win this awesome prize pack!

AND the top three submissions (chosen by the design team) will receive their choice of one, free digital stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls!

Hope to see you linking up! Happy Monday!

A Peachy Flower Vase

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! I hope you all spent it doing what you love - I know I sure did! I actually kicked off the party early and got crafty all day, yesterday, too! Couldn't help but take advantage of the (very rare) two days off in a row!

One of the projects I worked on yesterday was a creation for this week's challenge over at Peachy Keen - 3D and flowers! How fun!

Using a glass vase and some leftover Easter grass, I made a vase of Peachy flowers! The flowers are from the Silhouette store and they are adhered on paper straws. 

Using SRM Stickers, I made a little thank you card to attach to the vase. The zig zag border is from the We've Got Your Border - Valentine set, and the {thanks} is from the Quick Cards - Thanks set. Paper is DCWV and pearls are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies. 

I stamped faces on the flower centers using PK-493 Everyday Character Face Parts and More. They're stamped in Memento ink and the eyes are colored in with a white gel pen. The papers are DCWV and I distressed each of the flowers with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Dusty Concord, Stormy Sky, and Victorian Velvet. 

Have a lovely rest of your weekend!