Five for Friday

It's been a while since I posted a Five for Friday post....

1. I am loving that spring is starting to arrive!
We've had temperatures above zero this week and the snow is melting!
I'm thinking I'll probably be able to take out my bike on the weekend...


2. With spring's arrival, I've been daydreaming about spring clothes!
I've ordered two pairs of pants and can't wait to wear them....
I got these from Ricki's (click!) and these from Old Navy (click!).
I'm thinking they will both look great with navy tops (including this one that I got from Ricki's)
Now, I'm on the hunt for some cute navy flats....

                                           3.

Did you know that I have been a designer/educator for Paper Crafter's Library for
about a year now?
This means that I make about 6 or 7 videos a month for Paper Crafter's Library
and they post them on their site, along with PDFs with supplies, instructions, etc.
It's been such a great experience and I'm really enjoying it!
If you're interested in seeing the projects/videos I've made for PCL, click here.


4. I want to share a card that was posted earlier this week on the Chickniddy Crafts Blog
that I made using some Chickaniddy Crafts Scrumptious products.

I trimmed my Chickaniddy Crafts Scrumptious patterned paper to 4x5.25" and diecut a heart using 

the largest heart dies from Reverse Confetti's Heart to Heart Confetti Cuts from the patterned paper.

I diecut three more hearts from white cardstock.

 I adhered my patterned paper panel (sans heart) to a 4.25x5.5" panel of white cardstock, and stacked the three hearts and adhered them in the spot where the patterned paper heart was removed.

 I stamped the "love" from the Date Night Clear Stamps on the patterned paper heart

and adhered it over the cardstock hearts.

 I diecut my "sending" (from PTI's Wet Paint Cuts III) from black cardstock and adhered it to my card.

Here's a photo from the side, so you can see the dimension the stacked hearts add to the card. 

5. And, I also want to share a card that I made for The Card Concept #30: Thinking of You:

I love this gorgeous photo and just had to create a card for it!

My card style is Clean & Layered.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the jar from Lawn Fawn's Summertime Charm stamp set

and heat embossing it in white.

I repeated this with the sentiment (from Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals) and 

the swirls (from PTI's Hanging by a Thread stamp set).

I stamped the jar onto a post-it note and cut it out by hand, using it as a mask for my jar

while I applied some sweet blush ink to my background using a Tim Holtz blending tool.

I stamped my PTI Bitty Bouquet flowers both on the background and on the coordinating diecuts.

I cut a slit at the top of the jar and insert the stems into it.

Here's a close-up of the embossing on the jar.

Thanks for looking!