Beautiful You

Well, yesterday I had some HAPPY mail!!! I received my blooms from Paper Blooms that I won recently. Here is the picture of the goodies that arrived

If you think they look good on the screen it is nothing compared to how nice they are in person, you can get your own HERE!!! I would highly encourage checking them out. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted to do with them, but since they have arrived and I got to see them in person that has all changed LOL! My first thought was of my Grandma when I saw them. She just hosted Easter and she is really a neat woman. Izzy loves her very much and it is neat that she takes the time to do something special with her. So I went over to the Paper Blooms Blog and saw that they have a new challenge posted. What a great time to use my first pretty.

I knew after Easter that Grandma needed a card. My Grandfather passed away 3 1/2 years ago now. I also had the paper bloom challenge and the Verve release week sketches in mind. The hardest part was a title or sentiment that started with B.....until I thought of Beautiful you from Verve. Then it hit me. How many times does Grandma get called beautiful now a days? Not nearly as many times as when Grandpa was here that is for sure and what girl dosen't love to be told they are beautiful? Here is the sketch that can be found here.

This is my take on the two challenges.

What do you think? I am really liking it and I think my Grandma will love it. Some of the neat, but hard to see details are the paper piercing around the main image and the bling on the butterfly to match the center of the flower.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted
Stamps: Verve Beautiful You

Paper: Close to Cocoa, SU retired dsp, PTI vintage cream and hibicus burst

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Paper Blooms Flower, Glue dots, Stampin Dimensionals, vanilla hodgepodge hardware, matt pack, paper piercer, Michaels rinestones, martha stewart butterfly, PTI ripe avacado twill

Last Minute Easter Blessings!

Can you believe that Easter is tomorrow? Where does the time go? Well, I wanted to make something special for Izzy's Sunday school teacher and Izzy loves cupcakes, so this is what we came up with.

I combined quite a few challenges this morning to put everything together. I really like how it turned out even if the colors are not at all traditional Easter colors. I got my color combo from Kristen Werners Color Challenge #49. Isn't that funky!!! Well I also combined Paper Blooms Challenge #2 which was to decorate a box or basket for Easter. Well Stamp TV's April 3-D Challenge was to make a 3-D item and a card to match. Well isn't it awesome how all of these went together.
Here are the Easter cupcakes Izzy and I made this morning. She loved putting the "grass" and "eggs" on the cupcakes. If you look closely you will see my Ocean Tides Kitchen LOL! It makes the best paint color as well as paper color.

Here is the set.

Cupcake box, I used the MyTimeless Templete called For Keep Sake. Isn't that fun. When I do this again, I would not have put the ribbon and cut out the holes in the top of the box. It is fine, but it looked a little funny to have a bow on top and a knot on the box. I needed the knot on the box to attach the tag, so there you have it LOL!

I really like the card as well. I think it would make a super cute guy's birthday card as well.

What do you think? I hope everyone has a blessed Easter Holiday with their families.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

All Supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Background Basics:Retro, Everyday Classics, Tags for Springs

Paper: Stampers Select White, SU Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Rose Red, Good Morning dsp

Accessories: Pacific Point ribbon, Black satin ribbon, linen thread, stampin dimensinoals, glue dots, Mytimeless templates, acetate, scallop punch, nesstabilities