My Paper Creations

Happy Mother's Day

How about some card details and then a little chit chatting?  This week's product spotlight at Stamp and Create is Wags 'n Whiskers stamps illustrated by Crissy Armstrong.  All stamps illustrated by Crissy will be 25% off.  You can see all the stamps on sale here and more info on the Stamp and Create blog.

I used the adorable Just for You image to create a Mother's Day card.  I paired the image with some patterned papers from the Material Girl paper pad by Cosmo Cricket.  Then, I added lots of stitching and cut apart my sentiment to add it in strips.  Last, I finished off my card with a few buttons.

So, how was your weekend?  Our weekend seemed to fly by.  We had a sick kiddo on Saturday.   Yesterday, both kids were a little sick with a cough and runny nose, but not feeling too bad so we went shopping to get both kiddos some new shoes and pants.  They've been growing like crazy!  Amazing how the day can really fly by and you don't feel like you got much of anything done! 

We got a couple new bookshelves, too, so I'm organizing books today.  Children's books are one of my favorite things and my kids both love to read.  We have our own library of books and read every night before bed for about a half hour (besides reading at other times during the day).  We could literally read at least a half dozen books or more a day and never read the same book twice in a year.  So, needless to say, I have some work to do organizing books today.  As a former teacher (I haven't taught since I had my son 6 1/2 years ago), I definitely believe in the importance of reading with your kids and it's something we all really enjoy doing.  It's been neat helping my son learn to read this winter/spring, too.  He is doing so well and is one of the top in his class.  (Sorry, have to have a little mommy bragging there as we are so proud of him!)  

Well, anyway, have I mentioned that I've been keeping a big secret since last fall?  I'm not one to put a ton of personal stuff out on my blog so I've just been keeping it to myself.  The theme of my card today could be seen as a big clue. *wink*  Anyone want to take a guess?

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Just for You (Wags 'n Whiskers), Mother (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white (Papertrey Ink), green (SU)
Patterned Paper: Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: tuxedo black (Momento)
Accents: terracotta tile buttons (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine

Wags 'n Whiskers Release Blog Hop

I had the opportunity to play along with the Wags 'n Whiskers design team this month to celebrate the the new "Let's Play" sports release.  The new images are so cute!  If you've been hoping around, you should have come from Nikki's blog.  If you're just starting the blog hop, head over to the Wags 'n Whiskers blog to start at the beginning.  Be sure to comment along the way because there will be four random blogs giving away blog candy.  You'll have four chances to win 2 stamps of your choice from the new release, but you won't know which blogs are giving away the candy so be sure to leave lots of comments.  The new stamps will be available at 7 am EST (information on where to purchase them here). 

When I was deciding which of the new release images to use for the blog hop, I had to use this adorable Let's Go Team image.  Isn't she a cutie?!  I paired her with some Urban Prairie patterned papers, kraft cardstock, and hawaiian shores cardstock.  I colored her with copic markers that coordinate with my patterned papers and then cut her out.  I sponged the edges of my patterned papers with tea dye ink before stitching them to their mat layers.  I tied a piece of hawaiian shores satin ribbon around my pink patterned paper, stitched a button in the center, and adhered it to my card.  Then, I cut a scalloped circle from kraft cardstock, stamped my sentiment, added some pink brads, and adhered it to my card.  Last, I adhered my cheerleader to my kraft circle using foam adhesive and added some stickles to her pom poms for some sparkle.

Now, head on over to the Wags 'n Whiskers blog to finish up your blog hopping! 

Happy Hopping!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Let's Go Team (Wags 'n Whiskers), All Star Additions (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, kraft, hawaiian shores (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Urban Prairie (Basic Grey)
Ink: tuxedo black (momento), tea dye duo (Papertrey Ink)
Accents: hawaiian shores satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink), button, pink brads
Tools: copic markers, scalloped circle nestability die (Spellbinders), sewing machine, stickles