It's Blog Hop time at Papertrey!! This is only the second one I've been able to participate in, and the last one for me was MANY months ago...so I'm excited!! The challenge this month is to use scallops...in about whatever form you want, I think. I used Papertreys largest scallop die and papers from the Raspberry Fizz Mix pad...

One little scallop strip is from some My Mind's Eye paper--I liked how it brought the pink and green together. Each scallop on the bottom strip is stamped with a flower from Beautiful Blooms, with little rhinestones for the centers. The upper portion is stamped with Background Basics.

For the focal point, I've used some seam binding, a Tattered Angels chipboard frame, and a bling-y button that matches the Raspberry Fizz color perfectly. If nothing else, I hope this card and it's colors remind us all that Spring IS coming!! (It HAS to...SOON!!)

Thanks so much for visiting!! I can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with!!

Geri

Happy Birthday, Carol!!

This post is for a wonderful blogging friend, Carol. She turned 60 last week...one day before my own birthday (O.K., I turned 47!) She's having a great little week long celebration on her blog for all her bloggie friends, and she's giving away wonderful goodies!! All you have to do to participate is create a birthday card incorporating a flower or flowers, and finish the inside (AND it would probably be REALLY nice if you wished her an extra happy birthday). Anyway, she's a talented lady, a Papertrey fan, a GREAT recycler, and has been a wonderful encourager and supporter of mine since almost the very beginning. She's also a little more "clean-cut" than I am so I tried to go a little more clean and simple in her honor...Hope you like this Carol...

This is ALMOST a pure Papertrey card (I thought she might like that, too!). I used my new edgers and some BB dies for the flower. Oh, yeah,...she wanted "happy" colors...this card features Sweet Blush and Berry Sorbet. I think the next shot shows a peek at the inside...

The sentiment reads, "Hope all your birthday wishes come true" from Papertrey's Heartfelt Basics. It's a little too high to see.

Well, there you go Carol. Hope you're enjoying "the week after". I really should have done something to make mine last a whole week!! (Maybe when I'm 50!) Thanks so much for the fun challenge!! HAPPY 60th!!!

Thanks for visiting, today!!

Geri

Hey, you little sweethearts. Hope you check this before the day is out...for one last Valentine treat!! Although THIS little treat potentially could be used for all kinds of sweet little occasions, and was a royal TREAT to make. Unfortunately...this wasn't my original idea. You can find more of them on Melissa Phillips' blog, and UNFORTUNATELY...hers are much more delicious than mine. I just can't find QUITE the time I would like to spend on things like this. But I know my friend, Susan, will be tickled pink with it. AND I am trusting she won't check my blog before I have a chance to deliver this later today. (Don't look yet, Susan!!!)

Anyway...gotta hurry...It is a little gift bag made with Papertrey's largest (5 1/5" x 8") glassine bag. I folded up the bottom a couple inches and creased. Unfolded, then cut paper to fit this small section. Stitched that on. Added the trims to the top of that section, which is really the bottom of the original bag. Folded this trimmed out section back up and stitched up the sides, tucking the extra trim behind. When that is done you have this...

with the new trimmed-out lower pocket, and the taller pocket from the original bag.

I found all these goodies for $1 each at JoAnn's.

Here are the post-its tucked in the back tall pocket...

And here it is totally stuffed...

There are two plain Prima flowers, a bow, applique, a little house from Love Lives Here...all attached with a trinket pin only so that, if she wants...she can dis-assemble and utilize them all again.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?!?

LOVED making this...you gotta try it!!

And I GOTTA go get the critters!!

Happy Valentine's Day!! Take care of your sweethearts!!

Geri

Hey, everyone!! Time for the drawing for these little ladies...I have to go back to church a little later and thought I had better get this done...

I first want to thank each and every one of you who got involved and made this so much fun!! Again--I appreciate you all so much!! This little blog would be nothin' without YOU! I hope you ALL keep on coming back, and that we can get to know eachother even better in the year to come!! And since this give-away thing was so much fun...I HAVE thought about doing it more often. (Maybe not with 4 items at a time, but...a pin cushion here...a pin cushion there...who knows what I might come up with!!)

A little housekeeping next...there were 50 slips of paper in this black hat.....

I had 25 comments on the Blog-a-versary post. Those were numbered in order with the matching name. (There were no duplicate first names.) I then went to the sneak peek posts and added in a name for each comment on each sneak peek post. That gave me 50 to choose from.

Then I rounded up the most honest (and CUTE) group of people I could find to help me draw...MY KIDS!! (They were so excited!!)

I picked out the first name....

It's Judith!! Judith has been following me for a month or maybe two--(Correct me if I'm wrong, Judith!) Thanks so much, and Congratulations!!

Jonah pulled out the next name...

He was so excited...(so were the rest of them!!). Susan is my best friend right here in Brazil who never misses a chance to encourage me here on my blog. She is quite the crafty girl, herself, and packages up the sweetest little treats for my children, for each and every special day in their little lives. Congratulations, Susan!! (Jonah felt like the little hero who had pulled out the name they all had been chanting!) And don't worry, Susan...no pressure this morning at church AT ALL...we all knew those threats were just in jest!! :)

Caleb pulled out the next name...

Sylvia has been following me almost from the get-go...she is one of the earliest followers I can remember. We met in The Shabby Tea Room, if my memory serves me right. And her blog-a-versary comment said she collects pin cushions...PERFECT! Congratulations, Sylvia--I hope you enjoy this one!!

Jillian (known around here as Jilli-bean) pulled out the last name...

Beth is a brand new follower and I am so glad to have her. I believe she came to me from the Papertrey website. Congratulations, Beth!! Thank you for all your sweet comments--you did a lot of catching up!! I look forward to getting to know you!!

Well, there you have it!! So happy for the winners--So WISH I had something for EVERYone who brightens my day on a regular basis, and helped me celebrate!!

If the winners would e-mail me with your 1st through 4th preferences. I'll start with the first e-mail I get, and give you your highest preference from what has not been taken. Use the names I assigned on blog-a-versary day: Blue Belle (upper left), Miss Pinky (upper right), Sage (lower left), Rosie (lower right). Be sure to include your complete mailing address. One thing I hadn't thought of was what I will pack these in, so please be patient as I round up some small but sturdy boxes this week. I will e-mail you when your box is sent out. Looking forward to hearing from you!!

Thanks again, everyone, for joining my celebration!! Happy Sunday, and have a great week!!

Geri (kfreeman4004@aol.com)

Hello, all!! A little card to share for a contest and a challenge. The Shabby Tea Room has this photo for inspiration this week...

And to get in on Papertrey Ink's drawing for today, I've chosen this favorite color combo of Betsy Veldman's to work with...

Really loved these colors and thought they would work well with what I had in mind...these little love birds... Aren't they too sweet. I have used Papertrey's bird cages and sentiments but I thought these two little guys (well, obviously a guy and a girl, I guess) were just too cute. They were from a $1

set by the cash register at JoAnn's a couple weeks ago and I couldn't resist. I cut a solid heart from watercolor paper and stamped the cages with distress inks and misted the paper. I wanted the cages to be soft and faded. (Those cages are just a faded memory now, ya know...these birdies were destined to be TOGETHER!!) (Oh, the drama!!) Then I embossed the happy couple on top. Used the smallest BB die from Papertrey and a couple other punches to create the flowers. The papers are from Prima and 7 Gypsies. I didn't have any Scarlett Jewel paper. What I think I'm using is SU's Purely Pomegranate.

Hope you like it. I thought it turned out kinda sweet.

Thanks for visiting!

You can check out my give-away here, if you haven't already!

Geri

Ahh, my last entry for Papertrey's downloadable tag projects...

One more card...

The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye...everything else is Papertrey. I meant to add a little glitter to the tag image...realized I had forgotten after taking picture!!

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Geri

Another Papertrey Entry!

This is another entry using the downloaded tags from Papertrey...a pretty little card...

3 projects on separate posts for this contest! I'm off to post the last one!

Thanks for stopping!

Geri