March Papertrey Blog Hop

Hi!  It's been a while, and I'm so glad you stopped by today.  I couldn't resist playing along with Papertrey's Blog Hop this month.  My sister's birthday is in a few days, and she loves the colors in the inspiration photo, so I made this card for her.  The irony of the card (and difficulty in photographing it!) is that today was anything but a sunny day.  In fact I can still hear the beautiful sound of rain as I type.

PTI Inspiration Photo Source

The star of the show here is PTI's Blue Skies stamp set.  I adore the fonts and cheerful nature of this set.  (BTW, you know you've made a good purchase when you are ridiculously happy the entire time you are using your new stamp set.  And because I used my never-before-used-schtuff, I'm also entering this into Darnell's latest NBUS Challenge #4.)  My card was inspired by the color scheme of the photo, including the grey floor.  I had so much fun making this one.  I chuckled to myself over and over again looking at those plain cupcakes anxiously waiting to be decorated with the colorful sprinkles falling from the sky.  Ahhh...it's the little things.

Speaking of cupcakes, they were inspired by The Card Concept's Cupcake Challenge.  See how the frosting is similar and how the star/heart mimics the raspberry on top? And instead of an overlapping vertical row, I went with an overlapping horizontal row.

Though it is rare for me, I stamped on the inside of the card as well.  I used Blue Skies again with a little selective inking of the birthday sentiments.  I topped the cupcake with some sprinkles and number "candles".

Well, that's it for me today!  Thanks again for stopping by and happy hopping! :)

Supplies (all PTI unless otherwise noted)

Stamps: Blue Skies, Inside & Out: Love, Tremendous Treats: Birthday, Tremendous Treats: Valentine

Ink: Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Soft Stone, Summer Sunrise, Tropical Teal, True Black, Unicorn (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, Stamper's Select White