My FIRST EVER PTI blog hop and FIRST EVER JUGS Challenge

I'm so excited to share this project tonight!

Both of these templates come from Papertrey Ink, but the one on the left was a Lauren Meader design (before she left to start her own business!)...

I was so inspired by Nichole's back to basics project that I knew I had to try it soon! It was so simple yet beautiful!!

I found this adorable jewelry set for my sister-in-law's birthday and when I saw the blue and gray circles, it made me think of some patterned paper I had picked up back in December...and so I set to work!


Once I had all the boxes made up (one box per piece of jewelry), the circle paper tacked on, and the jewelry tucked inside, I added the beautiful two toned ribbon (again, just picked this up on one of my many trips to the local AC Moore shop!). But, I felt it was missing just a little something. So I decided to add a few tiny butterflies. I used one of the butterflies from Butterfly Dreams. I LOVED the lines on the stamp, but thought the butterflies were too big, so I used my small butterfly punch (martha stewart) to cut them down to size, and luckily they still looked complete! I then punched solid butterflies (same colors) and layered the solid ones with the stamped ones. I think it completed the project with a little touch of elegance!


One thing that's hard to tell from the picture is that the paper has a cool texture/shimmer to it. The blue circles are shimmery and the white ones are soft and felty! SO COOL!

Luckily I bought a set for myself, so you can see how the packaging goes nicely with the jewelry!!!

We also got her some of these little candies while on a recent trip to San Francisco. She LOVES these things!


I wanted to include them with the set, so I decided to make an Around Town tote to match! I used the same paper, and my Nestabilities scalloped ovals to add the sentiment...which was from the Signature Greetings Stamp Set.

Finally, I wanted to make her a special card to tie it all together...and I found a simple sketch and decided to give it a try. Again, I used the same papers, nestabilities, and butterfly stamp/punch. I think it worked together nicely! I can't wait to give it to her!!!

I hope you all enjoy! Let me know what you think! :-)
Can't wait to see what everyone else has been working on!


Supplies:
- Textured Cardstock from AC Moore (light gray, medium gray, light blue, medium blue)
- patterned paper from AC Moore's Christmas collection
- score tape
- templates: PTI Back to Basics box, PTI Around Town Tote
- nestabilities - scalloped ovals
- stamps: PTI Butterfly Dreams, PTI Signature Greetings
- punch: small butterfly - Martha Stewart
- ink: SU Going Gray
- ribbon: two toned ribbon from AC Moore (blue and gray)