Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop - Birthday Girl

Here I am late again at these challenges. Sigh! This layout is based on a cute card from a Stampin' Up mini catalog earlier this year.

One of my favorite color combos was posted back in March on Nichole's blog. Its from Mish:

My photo doesn't really capture the lemon tart butterfly. Thanks for stopping by.

Card Ingredents (all Papertrey Ink except where noted)

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams

Paper: Spring Moss, white

Ink: Aqua Mist, Lavender Moon, Lemon Tart, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board

Other: tag with string (office supply store), button, foam tape (3M)

Spread Your Wings and Fly

I'm barely on time with this one. Kristina's deadline is in less than 5 minutes! Ack. Here's my card for the Kristina's Reader's Choice Color Inspiration No. 4.

The colors this week are from a great bright and colorful photo. I remember voting on this particular image. I love jelly fish! I didn't want to shy away from the bright colors. I designed about 4 versions of this card and I kept coming back to the photo. The bright blue and pumpkin pie orange had to be dominate in my design. So, I went with it. The SU! butterfly stamps were a great surprise gift from Makeesha Byl who lives in Australia. Thanks, Keesh! I should've used the sentiment that came with the stamps, but I used a sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Butterfly Dreams set. The Prima rhinestone pearls give my butterflies motion. That's it! Have a good day!


Card Ingredients
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink), Butterfly Prints (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Pacific Point, So Saffron, Whisper White, retired SU! designer series paper
Ink: Bashful Blue, Pumpkin, Ruby Red
Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Other: rhinestones (Micheal's & Prima), foam tape (3M), Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Phoebe's 80th Birthday Party - Tags for Favor Bags

Hi everyone! Here are some tags I designed last month for Angie (one of my favorite front-office people at school). She organized the 80th birthday party for her mom, Phoebe, this past weekend, and needed help with the favor bags. When I found out that Phoebe's birthday was June 12th, I was even more excited about the project. My husband and myself share the same date with Phoebe.

I originally designed about 7 or 8 different tags. Phoebe loves purple, so I made sure each tag had some purple. Angie couldn't choose just one design, so she narrowed it down to 3 designs. I'm showing 4 here, because I accidently created a 4th design when I glued the wrong side of the Stampin' Up paper. Duh!

The tags are 2 inches in diameter. I created the text in Microsoft Word. After I printed out the text, I used my 2" circle punch to cut out the tags. I layered on the Stampin' Up designer series paper and strips of Crushed Curry (or Basic Black) paper. The butterflies and hearts are mounted on the tags with foam tape. I finished off the tags by punching holes with my Crop-a-Dile. Angie didn't need ribbon from me since she bought her own.

Tip: If you have this 3 In 1 Classic Butterfly punch, it works well for cutting the small butterfly from Papertrey Ink.

This project was fun. Angie gave me a birthday gift before school ended. I got pretty silk flowers and a gift card to Michael's. So sweet!

Have a good one!

Tag Ingredients
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Crushed Curry - textured, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant DSP, & Rose Red DSP (Stampin' Up), white parchment paper (CA Paper Goods), Wildflower (Only the Best)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant (Stampin' Up), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Tools: Big Shot with scallop Nestabilites, heat gun, 2" circle (EK Success), Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Classic Buttefly punch, 3 Hearts punch (Stampin' Up), Crop-a-Dile (We R Memory Keepers), Microsoft Word with the following fonts: Shruti, Century Gothic, and Lucida Handwriting
Other: Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, foam tape (3M), Stickles, mini rhinestones (Michael's), clear embossing powder

Let Your Dreams Take Flight - Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Time sure flies fast. Time again for the Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop. This month our challenge was to use felt. I had to use the Raspberry Fizz felt from PTI. Great stuff! This card design was based on a cute card in a previous Stampin' Up catalog.

I stamped the butterfly in Brilliance ink on vellum and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

The felt was cut with a die from Papertrey Ink. The beads and wire were added to the vellum for the butterfly's body.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a good one!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Certainly Celery (SU!), vellum (CA Paper Goods)

Ink: Brilliance White (Tsukineko), Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Big Shot with Fillable Frames #3 (Papertrey Ink), embossing gun, Crop-a-Dile, paper piercer

Other: rhinestone brads (Making Memories), wire (Making Memories), beads (from my stash), clear embossing powder, Glue Dots

Happy Birthday, Vero!

Hope you're having a good Monday. The rain finally stopped this morning. It's gorgeous outside.

Today is one of my best friends birthdays. Here's her card. I made this for Becky Oehler's Compose a Card Challenge. I love the black felt from Papertrey Ink. It cuts like "buttah".

I've got to run. I'm helping set up the science fair displays at school in half an hour. I'm not even dressed yet. See you later, Chicas!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Background Basics Text Style II (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Cream textured card base (my stash), Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink), Que Sera Sera (K & Company), Kiwi Kiss (SU!)

Ink: Basic Black (SU!), Vintage Cream (PTI), VersaMark

Tools: Scallop border punch (SU!), Big Shot, Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix die (SU!)

Other: Black Felt (PTI), Pearls (Want 2 Scrap), foam tape (3M)

Birthday Card and a Blogaversary

Hope you're having a good weekend. We spent the day with family. My in-laws and niece are here from Southern CA for the weekend. My parents, sister, and niece are arriving in 3 days from New Mexico. So exciting!

Here's a card I made last week for a Cards blog challenge to use eyelets. I have SO many eyelets! How about you? These are tiny ones. I used this Papertrey Ink color combo and the new PTI set, Butterfly Dreams:

I wish I would've have made the Lemon Tart decorative border wider so you can actually see it. It's very hidden behind the ribbon.

I almost forgot that today is my 2-year blogging anniversary for Chavez Designs! I've actually been blogging for over 5 years on my son's blog. I started Chavez Designs to post a card in Kristina's first ever color inspiration challenge, so I owe it to her for getting me started on this blog. What made you start your blog?

It's been so fun meeting several of you along the way. I'm sure I'll get a chance to meet many more of you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink except where noted)

Stamps:  Butterfly Dreams

Paper: white, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss

Ink: Aqua Mist, Lavender Moon, Lemon Tart

Tools: Scallop Trim Border Punch (SU!), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Making Memories Eyelet Setter

Other: mini eyelets (Making Memories), Lemon Tart ribbon, foam tape (3M)

Thank You - A Very Late Challenge Entry

I intended to submit this card for the last Everything But the Kitchen Sink Challenge, which was a sketch challenge based on Kelly Marie's headboard. I thought this design for the Silhouette looked a lot like her headboard. This card is a 4.25" square. The chocolate chip design is elevated on foam tape. The card is very basic. A sentiment and a button finish it off.

Life's been busier than usual. My son had a nasty intestinal virus for almost a week. I was "home schooling" for 3 days; not easy. Helping at school was also crazy busy. We were getting ready for a visit from a team that could recommend us for a California Distinguished School Award. We got their recommendation, so yay!

As always, thanks for the lovely comments and have a good one!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: white (Papertrey Ink), Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Tools: Silhouette with design, 3/4" square punch

Other: button (Making Memories), linen thread (SU!), foam tape (3M)