Just Dandy: My Mother, My Friend & Polka Dot Parade #1

We are half way through this months Papertrey Ink countdown. YEAH! So happy you all have stopped by to say hello. I have more projects for you today using My Mother, My Friend and Polka Dot Parade #1 and it's another lengthy post so I'm going to jump right into it.

For today I went a little big and prepped a LARGE amount of my embellishments before I started. I also created a few fabric flowers that I thought would be fun to use on a card or two. I'm so addicted to beautiful fabric and can't get enough of it. The striped fabric flower you see is what inspired my color combo for today. That particular fabric is from Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane collection.

Let's switch things up a bit and start the day off with a card using Polka Dot Parade #1. The little bunny is perfect for creating a baby card and that's just what I did here. I mixed the word 'BUNNY', from Polka Dot Parade #1, with 'Welcome, little baby bee' from Baby Button Bits. I just didn't ink up the 'bee' and replaced it with the 'BUNNY'. I stamped a small flower, from My Mother, My Friend, on the bunnies tales in Pure Poppy ink and gave the bunnies floppy ears by lightly scoring across their ears and folding. A bit of lace and a Pure Poppy button were added to complete this one.

Here is another 'BUNNY' card featuring a little peek-a-boo bunny. I stamped my sentiment onto a die cut frame from My Mother, My Friend. The tiny flowers along the bottom are from the Polka Dot Parade #1 set.

The flowers around the frame were die cut from the My Mother, My Friend die collection and stamped with the flower images from the set. I added a bit of cream twine and Pure Poppy button to finish this one off.

This card features a couple of the My Mother, My Friend die cut frames and large die cut flower. The letters to spell out 'MOM' were die cut using the Block Alphabet die collection. 'Thanks for believing in me' is also from My Mother, My Friend.

I added a couple of pearls and a couple of die cut leaves from Heart-2-Heart #7 to finish it. I have to say that Heart-2-Heart #7 has been coming in quite handy. I seem to be using those leaves a lot lately! :)

'Happy Birthday My Friend' ...using more images and dies from My Mother, My Friend. Lots of flowers and lace on this one.

And last but not least...here is a card using one of those fun fabric flowers that I created. This fabric is also from the Heather Bailey collection I mentioned above, Nicey Jane.

And that wraps up day three for me. You'll want to be sure and stop by to visit these ladies...

I'm off to start my day with a special friend of mine who is celebrating her birthday today. Looking forward to our favorite coffee shop and some great girl talk. Thanks so much for stopping in... I hope you all have a fabulous day!

~Melissa

*ALL SUPPLIES ARE PAPERTREY INK UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE*

WELCOME, LITTLE BABY BUNNY:

STAMPS: Polka Dot Parade #1 & My Mother, My Friend (available February 15th), Baby Button Bits

CARDSTOCK: Rustic Cream, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss