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Favorites Friday

I'm not sure if I can ever be counted on to make this an every Friday kind of post... but I thought I would post some of my favorites today... and it IS friday! LOL! 'm not one that has a lot of favorite things. I tend to like A LOT of things. There are a few stand out things that I just HAD to share... because they are SO good. Today's aren't "directly" crafting related however I must admit that I DEVOUR these or at the very least, crave them when I AM crafting!

First off...  PROBAR 

                       

This one is the one I crave. Love the little "healthy" marshmallows that it has.  I've really been trying hard to eat with health in mind. These are wonderful and I actualy do feel more enerjetic after eating them. Those natural oats carry great energy for me. (great for late night stamping!)

                       

I really like this one too... OH, and this one DOES have something to do directly with crafting. I have one of these bars featured with my Spa Day Party Ensemble in the new Party Ensemble book by Paper Crafts Magazine!

G.H. CRETORS popped corn!

                             

Yep... I'm a Carmel Corn lover! I've been realy good at not diving in for almost a year. Then, as Chris and I were double cart shopping at Costco (We always need two carts!) I spied this beautiful bag ... loved the graphics.... then my heart stopped when I saw the caramel! I tried to resist, but I admit... I was weak. I proceeded to show my family my best vacum impression as I enhaled a boat load of the bag. (Hey... I did wait until I go into the car!) Now... at first I thought that this would be gross to eat cheese and caramel together. I tried it and loved it! Somehow it works! The Costco bag is 26oz. It's a steal! After feeling a heavy guilt I read the ingredients and was happily surprised that It really was a healthy version of what I love. I'm SO sold. Now, if I could buy my favorite PROBARs at my Costco... I would be a really happy girl!

What is YOUR favorite snack... maybe a semi healthy one? Please share what your go to is!

Thanks for poppying by, friends!

 

March 2012 Papertrey Ink release

I've been a busy bee creating my Papertrey Ink March assignments! Here they are...

World’s Greatest is a super fun masculine set!

 My hubby wears a tie every day to teach early morning Seminary... and to work. He has the most fun colors... even a pink one that Ella bought him for Father's day! 

 I look forward to sneaking this to him!

World’s Greatest Husband

• Stamps- World’s Greatest
• Ink- Blueberry Sky, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Orange Zest
• Paper- Blueberry Sky, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Orange Zest, Rustic Cream
• Other- Spring Rain Baker’s twine,  Limitless Layers 2.25" Oval dies 

 We don't golf at all... but On The Links is pretty fun to play with.

 Now... to find someone to send it too! :)

For Your Birthday

• Stamps- On The Links, BB: Medallions 
• Ink- Simply Chartreuse,  Spring Moss,  Dark Chocolate, Fresh Snow
• Paper- Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, Fine Linen, Summer Sunrise, White
•  Other- Kraft Button, Button twine, Table Service Die Collection 

 For my Little Bitty Birds additions project, I went for a hand cut speech bubble.

 It was the first thing that popped into my head when I first saw this sweet set. I also stamped the birds in their belly color first then the top color.

Celebrate Birdie chat

• Stamps- Think Big Favorites #13, Little Bitty Birds additions 
• Ink- Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Fine Linen, Kraft
• Paper- Kraft, Rustic Cream, White Cream
• Other- Dark Chocolate Baker’s twine, Spiral Notebook, Page die

 I love this little Elephant from Tremendous Treats: Birthday.

 He's SO cute!

 The cotton string is rolled in Harvest Gold ink before I adhered it.

Thank You Elephant

• Stamps- Background Basics: Circles, Framed Out #1, Tremendous Treats: Birthday
• Ink- Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores 
• Paper- Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, White, Raspberry Fizz Stripe
• Other- Heart Border die, Framed Out #1 die, Zva Crystals, Cotton string.

 Recently there was a speaker from our church that talked about Forget-Me-Not's.

 I made this little wrap using Back Pocket Basics. The little pot inside has those fun flower seeds in a little grow kit! 

Forget Me Not wrapping

• Stamps- Back Pocket Basics
• Ink- Fresh Snow, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening
• Paper- Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, White
• Other- Spring Rain Baker’s twine, Back Pocket Basics dies, Corner rounder, Score-buddy, Yellow Stickles.

I'm really loving the new Heart-t-2Heart #2 set! I thought of this card right away too...

 The thought of the one standing out, being important... that's what came to me!

 Bright Birthday Balloon

• Stamps- Heart-t-2Heart #2
• Ink- Fine Linen, New Leaf, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate
• Paper- Hawaiian Shores, White, Dotty Biscotti
• Other- New Leaf Baker’s twine, Corner Rounder, Glitter

 A more formal feeling card using Framed Out#2.

The curves on this frame are super fun!

 

Hello There

• Stamps- Framed Out#2
• Ink- Dark Chocolate, Orange Zest, New Leaf
• Paper- Kraft, Rustic Cream, Friends ‘til the End, Orange Zest
• Other- Framed Out#2 die, New Leaf Satin Ribbon, Rose and Flourish (Zva Creative), Glitter, Eyelet Lace Border die

 Ok...that pretty much wraps it up for this month! Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions! I will answer them in the comments. 

Here are the links to the other DT member blogs...

• Ashley Cannon Newell
• Betsy Veldman
• Danielle Flanders
• Jess Witty
• Erin Lincoln
• Maile Belles
• Nichole Heady
• Dawn McVey
• Debbie Olson
• Heather Nichols
• Melissa Phillilps
• Michelle Wooderson

Thanks for poppying by, friends!

 

Super Stars

The Papertrey Ink design team has another group post for you this month! We are all sharing projects using the fun new star products that are being released this month. We also are sharing an inspiration photo. You will just LOVE what we've all come up with! :) 

(Photo Credit)

 Here is my project using these great new star products with the inspiration from the photo from above. (Doesn't this photo make you crave summer?! It does that for me!) I wanted that clean feeling to come through as well as the angles that are in the photo layout. Very fun!

OH Boy! I've always LOVED stars and how versatile they are! Super Stars not only has fantastic star designs but there are SO many stars to build on in the set. They all work wonderfully to create your own patterned paper!  I loved creating the background paper for this card. 

I love the sentiments too... very apropos. I used Pure Poppy, Spring Rain and Enchanted Evening. I sometimes forget how wonderful white is to use as an accent. This die cut star was fun to make... and it just SHINES in person.

I love that I can layer the various stars... that just makes it so there are unlimited possibilities with this set! Look how fun the new Super Stars border die is too!

I just love this color combination... and while I LOVE Independence Day, I think we sometimes peg red, white and blue as being just a patriotic color combination. Oh... it's SO much more!

Here are the links to the other DT blogs! Have a blast checking them all out!

• Nichole Heady
• Erin Lincoln
• Maile Belles
• Betsy Veldman
• Dawn McVey
• Heather Nichols
• Melissa Phillips
• Danielle Flanders
• Jessica Witty
• Ashley Cannon Newell

Please le me know if you have any questions!

Thanks for poppying by, friends!

 

 

Sweet Stars

• Stamps- Super Stars 
• Ink- Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening
• Paper- Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, white
• Other- Tag Sale #3 die, Seeing Stars Die collection, Glitter, Zva Creative Crystals,  Pure Poppy Baker’s twine

Birthday Bash

Time to share some projects again! Ahhh... it feels good to share. The posting/creating break has been really nice but it's nice to pop in and share too! It's group post day at Papertrey Ink and we have some great projects to share with you. It's all about the new 2012 Birthday Tags stamp set!

I LOVE this new set and the elegance that Nichole brought to it. It's going to be a staple item for my birthday and other celebration creations. (That's my gut feeling right now.)

This first card has a bright and cheery feeling!

I used the Wish Big Gingham tag from the 2012 Birthday Tags stamp set. Stamped the Tag in Harvest Gold then in Pure Poppy... trimming out the sentiment portion. Such a pretty tag image!

I love how so many images in this set coordinate with the Limitless Layers 2.25" Oval dies.

The backgrounds are stamped with Stitches & Swirls and the new Background Basics: Wrought Iron. I just love the sunny feeling I get using yellow and red together!

Next is a little tag using that same Wish Big Gingham tag. Lovin' the new Blueberry Sky ink too. SO PRETTY!

I have this love of blue gingham. It might be a Wizard of Oz thing. Oh... it might be that Chris bought me a really cute blue gingham shirt when we were engaged (20 years ago) and it still fits and is timeless in style.

I'm SO excited to have the new New Leaf ink!  It's perfect with the brighter colors that summer brings too. The flowers are from Zva Creative.

Last... a little invitation combining the new 2012 Birthday Tags and By Invitation stamp sets.

I've also used the new Card Base-ics #2 die.  I can see a lot of possibilities with this die.

The celebrate portion of the star on the vintage cream is trimmed out and adhered to the bottom to add some balance.

Well, that wraps up my post for today. Here are the links to the rest of the team so you can see what they've created!

• Nichole Heady
• Erin Lincoln
• Maile Belles
• Betsy Veldman
• Dawn McVey
• Heather Nichols
• Melissa Phillips
• Danielle Flanders
• Jessica Witty
• Ashley Cannon Newell

Please let me know if you have any questions! See you tomorrow for our last group post!

Thanks for poppying by, friends!

Sunny Birthday Wishes

• Stamps- 2012 Birthday Tags, Stitches & Swirls, Background Basics: Wrought Iron
• Ink- Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream, Harvest Gold, Fine Linen
• Paper- Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream, Harvest Gold
• Other- Pure Poppy Baker's twine, Harvest Gold Satin Ribbon, Limitless Layers 2.25" Oval dies, Button.

Blue Gingham Birthday Tag

• Stamps- 2012 Birthday Tags
• Ink- Blueberry Sky, New Leaf, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream
• Paper- Vintage Cream,  Blueberry Sky
• Other- Pure Poppy Baker's twine, New Leaf Bitty Dot Satin Ribbon, Limitless Layers 2.25" Oval dies, Tag Sale #3 die.

Celebrate Invitation

• Stamps- 2012 Birthday Tags,  By Invitation 
• Ink- Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate
• Paper- Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream
• Other- Aqua Mist Grosgrain Ribbon, Button,  Card Base-ics #2 die, Pure Poppy Baker’s twine

A Little Houskeeping and a little update.

Housekeeping first I suppose...

 

So... with the change of Papertrey's website my side bar links to my stamp sets weren't working.  I wanted to let you know that they are now updated to the new website and are working. Let me know if you notice something and I will take care of it!

Also, I changed domain servers back in December. Apparently Google readers hasn't figured out that it's the same website. (Silly ol' Google) If you are noticing that Poppy Paperie isn't showing up in your reader, please click on the +Google button on the sidebar ---> to add it to your reader again... if you still want to view it that way. Um... maybe you won't see this though? Hmmm. :)

And Vinegar? Well...It's my go to cleaning agent right now... love it! 

Now... a little life update. I'm not posting as much since I stepped down from the Papertrey Ink Senior design team (but am still with Papertrey Ink on their release team!)... so I thought I'd share a little.

 I hope you are all having a great beginning of March! Things are a little bit easier going with the recent changes I made with designing... so I've been enjoying more time with my girls and doing much more of that needed and precious one on one time. I'm guarding that time like a mama lion too. The past two nights I spent teaching Pepper to make Pizza so that she could take one over to a friend who just had a baby. :) I'm gearing up for some special programs for Ella's needs and am SO glad for the ability to have prep time for that without sacrificing sleep. I'm not good to anyone with a few hours of sleep. 

There are a few new publications that have come out that I had the opportunity to work on. I just received my copy of the new Party Ensembles book by Paper Crafts Magazine! Holy Moly... or as Ella would say, Devine Bovine! It's terrific! I have three ensembles in that book ... but my favorites are definitely not my own. I was blown away! Talk about feeding my color loving soul! Yes!

Ok... well, I know it's not a post full of projects... or even one... but I just wanted to say "HI" and keep you updated a little. How are you doing?

Spring is almost here!!! Whoohooo!

Thanks for poppying by, friends!

p.s. let me know if you have any questions!

EEK... I typo-ed and said I stepped down from the PTI DT on accident. I haven't!!! I stepped down from the Senior DT and am now only on the Release team... a much lighter load for me! Sorry about the typo and confusion. I better not write my posts so late at night any more huh! That SR. postion just got pulled out by my quick spell checking!. I've clarified a little back in the post.