Alleluia! Happy Easter

It's Easter week and I have so much to do, baking, shopping, playing with grandkids...

but somehow I found time to be in the craft room (early morning!) and create a card

for PapertreyInk's new challenge: Transformation Tuesday.

This week Melissa Phillips took a beautiful card she made, and simply 

changed colors and styles. 

I did a card for the Card Concept Challenge with Brushed Birds,

and a cover plate with branches.

With a few birds left over, decided to do the second card using the Shape Shifters: Circle 1 die,

together with Beautiful Berries: Spring, changing up the colors from aqua & yellow, 

to Amethyst and Yellow. I added a bit of glitter to this one as well.

I enjoyed this challenge, transforming or tweaking a card a bit, using the same or similar elements

and stamps.

Find Melissa's cards here:

           Transformation Tuesday with Melissa Phillips           

A peek inside 

also playing along with this weeks' Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Challenge #328 - #329 - Anything Goes

Below is a list of PTI products I used. If you click on the item,

it will take you right to the product.

Brushed Birds Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Circle 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Infinity Frames Die

Beautiful Berries: Spring Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Berries: Spring Die

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Winter Wisteria - Inkpad

Perfect Match Blueberry Sky - Inkpad

Perfect Match Stormy Sea - Inkpad

Perfect Match Mint Julep - Inkpad

Perfect Match Prairie Grass - Inkpad

SAF '17 with Stephanie Gold: Cotton

Stephanie Gold in her very 1st SAF, made a glittery card full of cotton candy!

Well, it certainly looked every bit like the real thing.

One of the things she showed us on her video, was applying glitter.

And that's one of the things I used on this card.

Using double sided tape in 1/4 & 1/2", I sprinkled on black German Glass Glitter, pressing it

down for even cover. Stephanie suggests topping off with GA to seal it. I didn't. 

My cotton is cotton string, dyed with Terracotta Tile reinker. Rather turned out pink, but like

the ombre effect on the string.

Gran's Garden & Scripted

Projects coming soon! Isn't this fun? 

Back in a flash.

2nd Anniversary Tradition, Cotton - with Stephanie Gold

Virginia's View Challenge #17: Embellishments!

Had to play along with 'Virginia's View challenge', 

and squeaking in at the last minute!

We are asked to embellish!

I just know I'm not the only compulsed collector of every form of

embellie, from glitter paper to rhinestones and pearls of every 

color and size, to clips, buttons, twine and ribbon!

You see? I just had to play along!

Great excuse to embellish with freedom!

A shot of the inside where I 'embellished with embossing powder 

& gold stripe washi tape.

I'm doing a bunch of these for a craft fair in November.

The fun papers make it easy!

Memory Box: Clairmont Ornaments & Merry Christmas dies.

White with Gold Dot paper (Indian) & PapertreyInk Shimmer blue.

American Crafts: Red Glitter paper & gold foil card stock

Inside: PTI Vintage Ornaments & Wet Paint Holiday

Recollections red rhinestones.

Virginia's View Challenge #17