Happy Wednesday! Day 4 of the Papertrey Ink countdown is upon us and I have a few more cards for you using both of my new sets...My Mother, My Friend and Polka Dot Parade #1. I want to thank each of you for visiting everyday...your positive comments and e-mails mean so much to me! A lot of you have sent sweet notes about how my cards make you 'smile'....THAT makes me extremely happy. If I can put a smile on your face then my day is perfect. :)
Let's get to our projects for the day, shall we!? The cards I'm sharing with you today are ones that I created when I was creating my projects for day 1. So if you are wondering WHY more cards with the same colors...that is why! :) **It has nothing at all to do with that fact that I am completely addicted to using these colors all together...nope, nothing at all!**
I'm keeping my first few cards pretty clean and simple...no layering or extra embellishments, which was a nice change for me. I am loving the solid frames in this set. I started with a basic piece of white cardstock (4" x 5.25) and then started stamping my frames. One of the nice things about these frame images is that they nestle perfectly together...kinda like a puzzle piece. Those were stamped in Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy and Summer Sunrise. I then used the long vine image and stamped on both sides of my frames in Simply Chartreuse. For a last touch I added a little bird, from Tweet Talk, and my sentiment, from Flower Fusion #2.
Next up is a Happy Birthday card for Mom. For this one I used both the long and short vine included in My Mother, My Friend. In between stamping the vines I stamped the three different sized flowers and also stamped a few tiny flowers.
'Happy Birthday' is from Think Big Favorites #12.
More colorful and cheery flowers on this Mother's Day card. I first stamped my sentiment and then stamped my flowers above. The leaves are from Heart-2-Heart #7.
A bit of rustic twine and a Hawaiian Shores button complete this.
And up last for today is a sweet bunny card featuring the little bunny from Polka Dot Parade #1. I started by stamping my bunnies across my white cardstock and then stamped the grass image from Hanging Out underneath them. The little flowers you see are from the set as well.
The bunny tails were die cut using the coordinating die collection and then adhered with dimensional adhesive. Lastly, I added a couple of doilies and a cute red gingham bow.
Just one more day to go until the sets can be seen in full but until then there is still more to see today from the rest of the PTI gang...
Enjoy your day!
~Melissa
*ALL SUPPLIES ARE PAPERTREY INK UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE*
MOM:
STAMPS: My Mother, My Friend (available February 15th), Tweet Talk, Flower Fusion #2
CARDSTOCK: Stampers Select White, Hawaiian Shores
INK: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Smokey Shadow, Simply Chartreuse
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM:
STAMPS: My Mother, My Friend (available February 15th), Think Big Favorites #12
CARDSTOCK: Stampers Select White, Summer Sunrise
INK: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow
FRIEND ON MOTHER'S DAY:
STAMPS: My Mother, My Friend (available February 15th), Heart-2-Heart #7
CARDSTOCK: Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy
INK: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow
ACCENTS: rustic twine, Hawaiian Shores button, lace doily (Wilton)
HAPPY EASTER:
STAMPS: Polka Dot Parade #1 (available February 15th), Heart-2-Heart #7
CARDSTOCK: Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores
INK: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse
ACCENTS: lace doily (Wilton), gingham ribbon (Michaels)
TOOLS: Polka Dot Parade #1 die collection (available February 15th)
Those bunnies are so adorable! I also love the flower image from My Mother, My Friend. Can't wait to order.
Posted by: Chris K | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 07:17 AM
Oh Melissa!!! I can't even tell you how much I'm loving your new stamp series Polka Dot Parade!! Your sweet little bunny has stolen my heart!! You are amazing my friend!!
Posted by: Kristii | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 07:18 AM
Amazing set of cards! Love them all!
Posted by: Kristie | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 07:34 AM
I just love your sets for this month. Your bunny is so adorable and I look forward to see the other Polka Dot Parade goodies. Your cards today are just so much fun...loving the colors!!!
Posted by: Karen Ramsey | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 08:26 AM
super cute cards and stamp!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 09:58 AM
You always remind me to think about pretty color combinations!! Bright and cheerful!
Posted by: jan m | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Great projects today Melissa I really like the bright colour scheme you used and I really like that solid frame too.
Posted by: Tracey McNeely | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 10:50 AM
FANTASTIC!!!! love them :)
Posted by: janet wilson | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Today's cards are so adorable! Love the colors and the darling images in these sets! :)
Posted by: Mendi Yoshikawa | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Polka Dot Parade #1 is #1 on my list next to MINI BLOOMS:)
Posted by: Laura Jane | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 01:47 PM
Love all of your cards, but the Polka Dot
Parade #1 bunny absolutely takes the carrot,
er, I mean the cake....just adorable.
Posted by: Sherry in MI | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 06:21 PM