Wednesday, February 25, 2009

February Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink

Here's this month's challenge:

Easter and other spring celebrations will be here before you know it! And besides, there's nothing better to beat the winter doldrums than to turn our minds towards those first spring flowers bursting through the ground and the birds returning with their sweet songs. Your challenge this month is to put a little "spring" into your step, by incorporating the flowers, familiar sights and colors of spring into a project. Think birds nests containing newly laid eggs, flowers in pretty pastels, new green leaves, baby chicks and anything else that speaks to your creative soul! We look forward to seeing all of your interpretations of this fun challenge!


I used my favorite Papertrey color - Aqua Mist. It's actually one of the first colors that Papertrey ever came out with in cardstock, ribbon, and ink. And I still use it more than any other in my papercrafting. I paired it with three stamp sets from Papertrey Ink - Birds of a Feather, Out on a Limb, and one of the new sets, Beyond Basic Borders.

It seems that lately, my friends are popping up pregnant all the time! So now I have this card all made and ready to send off the next time I know someone who makes that special announcement!


posted by Jennifer Kirk at 10:10 AM

51 Comments:

Blogger AKiteFlier said...

Very pretty - I started out trying to work with the nest also but don't have a set with a branch yet and somehow the nest on the ground looked lame LOL. You on the other hand did a LOVELY job with this. Kudos.

4:48 PM  
Blogger Jak Heath said...

Simply Gorgeous in every way.

4:59 PM  
Blogger Natasha said...

What a perfect spring card- the colours, the theme, that sentiment! Love it all!

5:03 PM  
Blogger Ink, paper and BLING! said...

Very fresh. I love the little nest!
R

5:03 PM  
Blogger Dana Gustafson said...

What a pretty card! It's so.....soft. Perfect for the expecting moms you know. I love the whole thing

5:03 PM  
Blogger Mara Campbell said...

So so pretty!!! Love that nest, you made it look easy. And the tied bow is perfect!!

5:06 PM  
Blogger Dana said...

Oh how pretty. Your nest looks like I could touch it through the screen! Those blues make me long for Spring!

5:07 PM  
Blogger BethieJ said...

This is card is LOVELY!!! I soooo need that border set!! and that color is my fav. too! I cant stop using it! LOL!!
Happy Blog Hoppen!

5:09 PM  
Blogger karla said...

This is great! Love your layout!

5:10 PM  
Blogger Michelle said...

Oh that's exactly what Nichole was talking about with spring and the bird's nest - soooo sweet this is!

5:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love it! That little nest is adorable! Beautiful card!

5:11 PM  
Blogger Leigh Ann Baird said...

oh, WOW! Stunning!

5:11 PM  
Blogger Kristie Larsen said...

such a sweet card. I love it! Great combination of stamp sets.
k

5:11 PM  
Blogger Lizzie Jones said...

I love your card! Out On A Limb and Birds of A Feather work so well together. Great job!

5:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! I love this fun color!
~Lacey

5:16 PM  
Blogger Melissa said...

I love these PTI sets! Great color combo!

5:20 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I love the colors, and how you combined the stamp sets!!

5:20 PM  
Blogger Regan said...

such a stunning card!

5:20 PM  
Blogger peggysue said...

Oh is that lovely! Now I wish I'd used aqua mist!

5:22 PM  
Blogger Jessica said...

So pretty! These sets all work together so well!!

5:24 PM  
Blogger Babies-Beth said...

Just perfect! A lovely 'Welcome Baby' card!

5:25 PM  
Blogger Vicky said...

This is really beautiful! So classy and serene.

5:25 PM  
Blogger Kay D said...

Beautiful! I do so love that color.

5:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

{gasp!} this is beautiful!

5:29 PM  
Blogger whoistracy said...

This is so pretty Jennifer!

5:31 PM  
Blogger Gwen said...

this is simply gorgeous!!!

5:43 PM  
Blogger Marge said...

What a gorgeous card - love everything about it!!!

5:48 PM  
Blogger verna said...

I love the nest nestled in the branch!

5:51 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

this is lovely! love everything about it!

5:54 PM  
Blogger Deanna said...

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! Love the little peek on the scallop pattern paper down the side!

5:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh this is gorgeous. I love the cleanliness of it and the colors and image are fabulous!

Tonya

5:57 PM  
Blogger Bonnie said...

Absolutely beautiful! Love that basic borders - which I didn't buy.....grrr.....

5:57 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Just lovely! I love the fresh feel, very pretty!

5:57 PM  
Blogger Kimberly said...

Your card is so pretty, but your blog banner made me LOL. Such a cute picture, someone looks like he's not ready for Spring yet.

6:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love how all the combined sets worked together for you - beautiful card!

6:10 PM  
Blogger LaurieG said...

wow, what a pretty card. Love it.

6:11 PM  
Blogger Donelda said...

I love how you combined the different sets!! I love the shadow stamped sentiment!! And the beyond borders set is wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing!!

6:12 PM  
Blogger Terri Trotter Earley said...

I am digging the color combination and the stamp set combo!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

6:17 PM  
Blogger Sara said...

This is really pretty! I love the little birds nest. More stamp sets on my wish list now. lol.

http://blog.papersandplums.com/archive/

6:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh i love it! Such a perfectly spring card!!! Everything works so well together!

6:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love aqua mist too. Beautiful card. Love the next.

6:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This really looks like Spring!

6:41 PM  
Blogger Daniela Dobson said...

Beautiful. I think I will have to get this color next!

6:49 PM  
Blogger Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

This is so fresh and just BEAUTIFUL!

7:20 PM  
Blogger Lee said...

Very pretty. I love the border. Can't wait for my stamp set to arrive.

7:21 PM  
Blogger Jennifer Holmes said...

Wow, this is so pretty! I love the color combo and the simple, soft design.

7:29 PM  
Blogger Karen said...

So soft and beautiful! I love how you combined all the different sets. Love this! :>

8:43 PM  
Blogger Jeanne said...

Wonderful card. I can't wait to see the robin eggs this spring.

9:07 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

It's absolutely beautiful.

2:08 AM  
Blogger Ari Vega-Macias said...

beautiful card:))))

6:26 AM  
Blogger Cassie_lu said...

what a sweet card. beautiful.

6:43 AM  

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