Happy Birthday, Paper Sweeties...

My friend, Debbie, is celebrating the 1-year birthday of her Paper Sweeties Stamps, and I'm happy to be celebrating this milestone with her by participating in the Paper Sweeties birthday blog hop! You may have arrived here from Tina's blog...if not, and you'd like to start back at the very beginning, start here with Debbie's Paper Sweeties blog and join in on the fun!

I especially get a lot of use from the smaller sentiments in Debbie's line...I often use small tags as part of my card sentiments...and so many of Debbie's sets are perfect for this and for banner sentiments!  In addition, her stamp line includes adorable paper dolls with themed outfits and background images for them.  You can also find some beautiful accessories in her Paper Sweeties shop, such as oodles of colors of dyed seam binding sold in generous 4-yard bundles.

The birthday blog hop celebration will be going on for three days...August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th...with different participants each day. Here's a full link list of all the blogs participating on day one:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jinny Newlin

Amy Tsuruta

Teresa Kline

Pattie Goldman 

Tina Milbourn

Kathy Montgomery (you're here! )

Michelle Bala

Jessica Kephart

Karen Letchworth

Lori Ulrich

And here's the fun part...Debbie will be giving away a prize of the ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE to one lucky person during the month of August...there are 5 sets to be released, and that's a total retail value of $50.  Here's what you need to do to be eligible for the prize...

Follow the Paper Sweeties blog

Like and Share Paper Sweeties on their Facebook Fan Page

Comment on any Paper Sweeties August blog post - mention that you follow the blog and Fan Page!

So without further ado, here's the card I created, using Paper Sweeties Occasions and You Make Me Smile sentiment sets...a bright and summer-colored card filled with flowers...

And just a couple closeup pictures of the rose clusters surrounding the large daisy center flower, atop die cut cardstock flourishes. They all rest inside and on top of a Tattered Angels chipboard frame that's been inked and coated with clear coarse glitter...

The entire "happy birthday" sentiment actually fits on one small tag, but I thought it was more fun to have each word on its own tag inside the embellished memo pin  :) ...

Supplies:

Sentiment stamps:   Paper Sweeties "Occasions" and "You Make Me Smile" sets

Patterned papers:   My Minds Eye Miss Caroline/Fiddlesticks collection (stripe), Dolled Up collection (dot), and Howdy Doody collection (floral and damask)

Dies:   My Favorite Things Royal Leaves;   Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork

Punch:   Martha Stewart Doily Lace          Chipboard frame:   Tattered Angels          Paper roses:   Wild Orchid Crafts

Daisy and lace:   local craft store          Pearls:   Recollections          Memo pin:   Tim Holtz (embellished)

The next stop on the hop is a visit to Michelle's blog to peek at her wonderful project. Have fun on the blog hop, and don't forget the steps to be eligible for the fun August prize!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today...