It is already the 25th of the month again!! Must be time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. For the month of April the focus is on fun florals, damasks & polka dots.  Throw in the fun color scheme, and you have a recipe for the perfect project.  Use the inspiration piece as a jumping point for your color scheme, pattern combinations, overall design or whatever else inspires your creativity. 

I chose to focus on the pretty pinks and flowers. I pulled out an old favorite - Beautiful Blooms II. The sentiment is from the newly released Framed Out #3. 

I hope you have fun hopping!! I will actually have to hop when I get home. I'm currently hopping shopping in Austin, TX.

I inked up this sweet set - Heart 2 Heart #1. Did you notice the rising steam from the cup? It is from the Candy Cane Collection.

I love the orange cozy stamp with its many swirls but I have LOST IT!! I have looked everywhere and so far no luck. I am hoping that it is stuck to another set and will show up soon.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Rhonda

Papertrey Ink's  Make It Monday #62 is all about the process! I love this week's video. We are to feature two cards in a step out style like Betsy's.

The first card is very simple with a basic stamp border and a die cut raised with some foam for a little dimension.

supplies used:

stamps: PTI - Mat Stack #4; Verve - Words of Wisdom

paper: PTI Fine Linen, True Black; October Afternoon - Thrift Shop (polka dot)

ink: PTI Fine Linen; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

Want to see more of the Round Top treasures? My friend Robin and I left on Tuesday and returned late Thursday. The amount of goodies is mind boggling.

I promised the perfect craft storage idea yesterday. I have 2 different styles. Which one do you love? closed or open storage???

I wish I had a better picture of this pillow. Can you see the OLD door handle at the top? Burlap at its finest. 

Burlap was EVERYWHERE! Need a new bag?

Remember me saying metal was abundant? what would you use these for?

Need a new bar stool? 

or some decorative bottles??

I love cactus. Perfect for the center of a outdoor table.

Come back later this week! I'll show you what came to my house. ~Rhonda

 

Last week I had the opportunity to go Round Top, Texas for the Marburger Farm Antique Show. (yes, we were on the road as tornadoes were in our hometowns. Lots of frantic phone calls were being made. ALL safe thankfully.) 

Apparently these shows have been happening for the past 40 years. There are several pastures that are FULL of booths with every imaginable treasure you can think of. Someone said it is 10 miles of junk treasures. The Marburger Show had more high end goodies but the inspiration was incredible. They didn't want you taking pictures of their fabulous displays etc. but the eye candy was overwhelming. The pastures were a mix between junk sale and why didn't I think of that items.

Look at this gorgeous dress!!!
 

LOVE the spray painted candle sticks!! Think I would chose a different color candle. Don't you have candle sticks in a cabinet that you want to pull out and update???

 
 

Thankful Thursdays are my opportunity to "Up My Gratitude." The goal is to make at least one card a week to thank someone. I LOVE when you play along by linking up below. 




Did you see Heather Nichol's post using store bought note cards and adding a little extra? I was in Target on Tuesday and saw the same cards. They jumped into my cart. :) I'm so glad they did because time is short this week and I needed another Thank You card obviously.

There are 24 cards in the set. I decided to do 4 different sentiments using PTI's Simple Sentiments set. These fit perfectly on the doubled ended banner die.

I created a birthday card for the Monday with Melis challenge (Melissa Phillips on the PTI Design Team) that she posted. The elements were a heart, Birthday themed, scallops, background stamp, and buttons! I think I can check everything on the list. A great way to start a Monday. I'm glad I had time to play.