Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop

Hello all,  

Just popping in for a bit to share my bright and cheery SPRING card!  A friend of mine had her baby today, so with that in mind I decided to make a baby card.  

hobbiesbyhollie: Designed by Hollie Shepard

I kept it simple with just a little masking of the cute flowers from the Sweet Spring set. 





Thanks so much for stopping by,

Hollie

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Papertrey Ink Building Blocks Design Challenge

Hello, All,
I find myself saying the following a lot " this is my favorite Papertrey Ink Stamp", when in fact that is impossible!  Every stamp set I pull out I love and today I pulled out Rosie Posie and found myself saying that phrase again!  I forgot how great this set is, I only wish I had more time today to play ideas.  The truth is I'm not completely happy with it.  I was trying to balance helping my children finish a V-Day gift and the desire to really want to play along with this challenge. Anyway,  what I really loved about the challenge was the challenge :) !

My Building Blocks were:

  1. Dark Chocolate
  2. Orange Zest
  3. Aqua Mist
  4. Kraft
  5. congratulations
  6. water coloring
  7. glitter
  8. seam binding
Now that's a lot more "building blocks" than I normally use, and Orange Zest isn't really a color I use a lot. Don't ask me why I have it, but turns out I like it paired with Rosie Posie!

So here's my card, with some poor lighting! :)



Thanks for stopping by, 

Hollie 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Hello, Baby!

Today, I am sharing a couple baby cards I included in some gift sets for a couple friends.  

HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Designed by Hollie Shepard
 I love this first card so much!  I love the flair and that bow OH MY! I love bows! 
It's also 98% Studio Calico kit material (cardstock is Papertrey Ink)!  

HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Designed by Hollie Shepard

The blue ink is Pool from Hero Arts and I look for a reason to use it on any card, it is just the perfect mid-tone color to pair with the darker blue.  I love blue and it seems to make an appearance on a lot of cards.

HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Designed by Hollie Shepard
Look at those flowers!  I LOVE them! The patterned paper is part of the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Parade.
I seriously love everything from the Dear Lizzy collection, !

HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Designed by Hollie Shepard

I used the Headline letter dies from Papertrey Ink, and I don't for a day regret buying those!  
They come in so handy!

Hollie

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Papertrey ink Birthday Card: Challenge #5

Hello all,

Stopping in to share my Happy Birthday card for Papertrey Ink!  Today's inspiration for my card was my favorite things from Papertrey Ink; Doily dies, Mini Bloom Stamp Set and my all time favorite color is Aqua Blue!  Not the best picture, geez :) 





Here is a picture of me and the card in my craft room.  Can you see the blue on the wall?  Its pretty darn close to Aqua Mist!  :)

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Papertrey Ink: Free Image

Hello,

Just popping in to share my card using a FREE image from Papertrey Ink.  I love these free images every year!  Today I chose Betsy Veldman's image,  I was really drawn to her colors and also that fancy lettering! I kept it pretty simple, I stamped Chevron Stripes in Aqua Mist and then added the enamel dots from My Mind's Eye.



Look at all these free images! Super cute and I plan to use them all!



Thanks for stopping in, 

Hollie

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Papertrey Anniversary: Color and Sketch Challenge

Hello all,

I always get very excited when February comes along and the Papertrey Festivities start. This time of month I literally get a cup of coffee in the morning and check out Nichole's Blog first thing. But  with the Anniversary comes challenges, I LOVE the challenges so much, my husband even knows not to schedule anything, because I have PLANS!

Anyway here we go with the first challenge,

My recipe cards:





Again, I chose Mini Blooms and combined masking.  I promise I have other stamp sets :) ! 


HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Papertrey Ink Anniversary Challenge

HOBBIESBYHOLLIE: Papertrey Ink Anniversary Challenge

Thanks for stopping in, 
Hollie