Blog Hoppin'

I am excited to participate in PTI's Blog Hop for the first time. I am so inspired by the cards I have seen posted on so many blogs and in PTI's gallery. I want to thank you now for your inspiration and your enabling. As we all know, seeing what many talented crafters create with these stamps motivates us to add another stamp set or two or three to our wish lists or shopping carts.

Nichole chose a color I love --a soft yellow. In fact years ago when the school system was painting classrooms, I chose a soft yellow for my room; the painter didn't even laugh when I asked him to match the paint to a yellow Kleenex. I was sad five years ago when they repainted and the county insisted on painting it a different color. My family room is also painted a shade similar to Lemon Tart, a sunny, happy color.

So, thinking yellow as a spring and summer color, I chose to use the recently released set Bird Watching for the two cards I made because summer means watching the hummingbirds and gold finches at the feeders outside the kitchen window and watching the birds bathe at the waterfall. The first card -Welcome Home uses the bird house image from the set.

I colored the houses with Prisma Pencils, trying to match PTi colors--Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, and Lemon Tart. The bird theme was continued with the embossing. The sentiment "Welcome Home" is computer generated. A welcome home card is so nice for someone who has been away on business, on vacation, or in the hospital.

For the second card, I used Background Basics Text Style as well as Bird Watching.

The twine on the card refers to the rough texture of a bird's nest. (I photographed the card beside an empty bird's nest I found last summer when I was trimming the vines on the arbor. I keep it on the shelf on my potting table.) The button colors repeat the flowers in the printed paper.

I hope these cards brighten your evening. Thanks for stopping by, and any comments are most appreciated.

Cammie

Supplies:

Welcome Home: Stamps-Bird Watching (PTI)

Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Cardstock: Lemon Tart, Berry Sorbet (PTI)

Other: Prismacolor Pencils, Cuttlebug embossing folder, button (Paper Studio), ribbon-twill lemon tart (PTI)

Flying By: Stamps-Bird Watching, Background Basics Text Style (PTI)
Ink: Spring Rain (PTI)
Cardstock: Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist (PTI)
Other: Printed Paper-Floral Frenzy (Making Memories), buttons (Paper Studio and PTI), hemp twine, oval Nestabilities