PTI It's In The Bag Challenge! - 2 BAGS (Scroll Down to See)!!!

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 2nd anniversary and one of the contests this week is "IT'S IN THE BAG CHALLENGE". So both my Mom and I decided to play along. The first bag is my Mom's (Jerri) and the second is mine. We had a lot of fun making these! Hope you enjoy!

BEE Mine by: Jerri Klusmeyer (aka My Mom)

Close up of BEE Mine!

Ice Cream for AVA!
Close up of Ice Cream Cone

BEE Mine:

Stamps: Honey Bees, Heart Prints, Rustic Branches (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Rasberry Fizz Mix (PTI)

Ribbon: Sheer White Polka Dot (PTI)

Ink: Rasberry Fizz

Ice Cream for AVA:

Stamps: Trajan Monogram Addition, Borders and Corners Monogram Edition (PTI)

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye (Hobby Loggy)

Cardstock: Tempting Torquoise, Green Galore, Creamy Caramel (SU), Rasberry Fizz (PTI)

Ink: Tempting Torquoise (SU)

Thinking Spring....Blue Butterflies and Green Grass

Oh how I wish the cold days of winter were through. I drew a sketch of my card and I think it actually came out the exact same way that my sketch looked.....that doesn't happen very often! I got to play with two new sets that I've had for a little while, just no time to play with them. I used Flight of the Butterfly, Inspired by Nature, and Stem Sayings, all from Stampin' Up! I love this color combo.....Certainly Celery and Tempting Torquoise. I got some new celery grossgrain ribbon that I love too! Notice my stiching along the edge of my card. Well, I got my sewing machine out to use the other night and it wouldn't work. I guess it comes in handy to be married to a mechanical engineer! (Please don't tell him I said that!) :-) He fixed my sewing machine.....yeah! So I'm sure I'll be playing with it a lot more often now that it is fixed! This is where I got my inspiration for this card!

Take a look at my sketches too. I have 2 drawn so hopefully I'll get to those in the next few days! I'd love to see what you can come up with for my sketch that I did today. Just leave me a message so I can take a look. Thanks for stopping by!!

My New Tree and Ava's "mask"

I have been wanting this tree from SU since I first saw it in their Decor Elements line. I finally got it yesterday and I inked it up quickly before I headed to the hospital with Ethan. This set is called "Thoughts and Prayers" and the images and sayings are wonderful. I bought the Decor Elements tree too for Ava's room and it is so pretty. I'll add a picture of it so you can see. Ava is standing in front of it with her breathing mask from when she was doing breathing treatments for RSV last week. She thought she was such a big girl walking around her room with her mask on! I'm going to add a saying to her wall that says May all your DREAMS come true! It's a quick post as I've been gone all day or Ethan's check up and I'm back to work tomorrow. Life is always busy and crazy around here!

Birthday Card Box

I FINALLY got my Birthday Card Box made. I got the idea from Lauren Meader. She has step by step instructions. You can purchase her All Boxed Up Template from PTI. They are fun and easy to use. I decided to us my favorite PTI set, Green Thumb. The colors are from SU, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, and Close to Cocoa. I love this color combo and the strawberry is just too cute. This project takes a little while to complete, but it looks so cute sitting on my work space and holds all of my birthday cards for the year.....what a great idea.

Here's a look from teh front. I think this would make a great gift for anyone. If I can find the time to do it, so can you!!! I'm very excited to hear all of the new things going on at PTI this year. Be sure to check out Nichole's blog. There are a lot of great prizes being given away.

I haven't updated about my son for a little while and thought I would. He's doing great. He is taking a new oral med and seems to be tolerating it very well. We are very pleased that he is on this new drug and hope and pray that it keeps his disease in check or completely rids him of it. Thanks so much to all of you that say so many kind words and prayers for our little guy. I really appreciate it. Have a great Monday!

Lily and LOVE Challenge

I just adore Pink Cat Studio's Lily and Billy. They are just too cute and remind me so much of my kids. I think that is why I like them so much. There is a DT challenge called LOVE and your creation has to be made with the letters from the word, i.e. L - Lily, O - Ovals, V - Valentine, E - Eggplant Envy. That is what I used for mine....what do you think??

I'll be back tomorrow with my Birthday Card box. This took me a while to complete, but I love how it turned out!

Saturday Sketch

It's Saturday and boy are we glad the weekend is here. I got to stamp with my Mom yesterday while the kiddos were napping and I have 2 creations from myself and one from my Mom to share with you. These are all using Lauren Meader's Saturday sketch. The first is my first time using Pink Cat's Studio's new set Lily and Billy Sweathearts. This card took me a lot longer to make than most of my cards. It has a ton of "bling". I just love this set! Aren't Lily and Billy too cute!

Here is my Mom's card. She used her new cupcake set from Maya Road that she got for her birthday last weekend. The paper is from Papertrey, Rasberry Fiz. She added some bling too to both of the hearts on the side and to the cupcake heart topper!

Last but not least! I love my new SU set called Cheers to You. I paired it with Pinch Proof, also from SU. I've been wanting this set for a while now. My husband and I are both engineers and where we went to school in Rolla, MO, St. Patrick's Day was a HUGE party. They painted the streets green, served green beer, had a St. Pat's Board, and the list goes on and on. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Engineers so that is how this tradition started. I love St. Patrick day cards. Can you see the green beer in the mug? One time my husband and I went to this bar during St. Pats (we got 2 days off of college for this holiday!) and we brought our own food coloring because we didn't think this bar would have any. Needless to say, we got a new beer since we dumped almost the whole thing of food coloring in it! Here's my first St. Pat's card for the year! CHEERS TO YOU!

Be sure to check out the other gals cards too. Thanks for stopping by!

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T.G.I.F.

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! I think all my posts start with "What a week it has been!" and this one is no exception. It's been crazy with Ethan going to the hospital to see if he was eligible for his next treatment, a surprise stay in St. Louis due to the weather and his new med schedule, coming home to Ava being very sick, back to the doctor with Ava to find out she has RSV, and trying to keep a 4 and 2 year old separated for the last 2 days! It's been exhausting and we are ready to be back to normal....or at least our "normal". Ava is better, but still has her cough, but her runny nose is a ton better. Ethan is still full of energy and is taking his medicine like a champ!

Here's a birthday card that I made last weekend for my sister-in-law's birthday. I actually cased the layout from one of my stamp club members. She'll be so excited that I used her card to case. She gave this to me for my birthday all in green tones. I would take a picture, but Ava got ahold of it one night when we ate spaghetti and well, it doesn't look quite the same as when I first received it! This if the set Flight of the Butterfly from SU. It's a great set.

Thanks for stopping by. I have 3.....yep 3 cards to show you tomorrow for Lauren's sketch. Two from myself and one from my Mom. We worked hard during naptime to get these finished!

Have a great Friday!