Another Pretties Peek!

I can't believe that it is almost time for the Paper Pretties release! So for today's post I am sharing with you a card I made using the super cute Aloha Sophia, you will remember her from a past Stamp of the Month! She is so much fun to use and she works wonderfully with any color! For this card I decided to use some of my new SU! papers and dig out a few Primas from way back when. This past weekend while in Ohio I also found some wonderful nailheads in purple which would be perfect for this card! I really like how she looks in these shades of purple! So in case you missed it, here is the scoop on whats happening at Paper Pretties:

On Saturday, August 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be having three challenges, so be sure to come and play along! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing two new sets, Aloha Sophia to the public, and introducing our new Stamp Of The Month. Sneak peeks start on Wednesday July 29th!! Hope to see you there!!

Be sure to check out tomorrows posts to see the last sneak peek I have to share with you then its on to the party! You are going to love these stamps! Hope you enjoyed todays post! Have a great day!

Stamps: Aloha Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pale Lavender, Rich Razzelberry, SU! Cottage Wall DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, V12 Pale Lilac, V15 Mallow; Accessories: Prima Flowers, Pop Dots, Nestabilities Labels Four, Purple Nailheads

Big INKable News!

Ladies, just look at this post from Kristin at Artful INKables, I am thrilled to sat the least:

Let's All Welcome the New Recruits!
That's Right! It is time to announce the new Artful INKables INK girls. First let me just say, I am tickled to have such a fun and talented group coming in to work with us for the next six months. I'm sure you all will be as impressed as we were with their talents, style and their personal blogs. So please welcome the new team by leaving them a big hello either here or on their blogs (which can be reached by clicking on their names).

Lisa Kind
Crystal Irwin
Julie Murray
Sherry Campbell
Jen Pahoulis
Jackie Rakoski
Deborah L. Young
Emily Niehaus

I am also happy to announce that both Joy Stagg and Holly McMillen have agreed to stay on as members of our newly formed Senior Design Team. They will be taking the reigns of the DT and adding their own special flair to how we do things around here. In other words, they will be taking some of the load off of me...isn't that sweet of them? :) Seriously though they have some great ideas that we will introduce in the next 6 months and I KNOW they will continue to inspire our readers with their creations as they help make Artful INKables an even greater company.

Though we will soon be saying goodbye to the rest of our current DT we will not make today's happy announcement sad by dwelling on that now. Happily, they will be with us for a few more weeks as they help get the new team acclimated and share some final projects and tutorials with us. So we shall save that thought for another day and add to the the festivities by adding a bit of blog candy into the mix. I will draw a name on Sunday from all those commenting here to welcome the new INKgirls and the winner will get the set of her choice! SO...ON with the CELEBRATIONS!

Thank you so much Kristin! I can not wait to get to know the Artful INKables INK girls! They have already been super sweet! I know the next six months are just going to be amazing to say the least!

Pretties Peek!

I hope you are as excited for this release as I am! I am thrilled that Jessie let the team start the sneak peeks one day early this month, because they are all so precious! Today's card features a soon to be released stamp set called Summer Fun! You may remember our past Stamp of the Month, Make a Splash, well this stamp set is an add on for that cute image! Not only does this stamp set come with seven summery images, but it also includes seven great sentiments! I mean how can you go wrong with all those goodies to play with! I can't believe that is is almost that time of the month again! A Pretties release is almost upon us which means sneak peaks and Pretties News! So in case you missed it, here is the scoop on whats happening at Paper Pretties:

On Saturday, August 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be having three challenges, so be sure to come and play along! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing two new sets, Aloha Sophia to the public, and introducing our new Stamp Of The Month. Sneak peeks start on Wednesday July 29th!! Hope to see you there!!

I hope you like today's peak! I am just loving how cute this set is, in fact this card is going to my sister. She starts college in South Carolina soon where she plans on studying marine biology, perfect for this adorable little dolphin, wouldn't you say?!

So clear your calendars! You are not going to want to miss this release, and wait till you see them all in their entirety, they are just too cute!

Stamps: Summer Fun from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Only Orange, Gable Green, Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Collection DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, B95 Light Grayish Cobalt, C1 Cool Grey No.1, R08 Vermilion, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Large SU! Oval Punch, SU! Oval Punch, SU! Scalloped Oval Punch, Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon

Pretties Picnic Peak!

Today is Wednesday which means that it is time for another wonderful Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! Plus, not only is today the weekly Design Team Challenge, but it is also the first day of our Pretties Peaks for the August 1st release! So for today's card I get to share with you the creation I made for Jodi's favorite embellishment challenge! Now if you know me, I don't have only one favorite embellishment, so I decided to use all the ones I love! So I pulled out my Nestabilities and my May Arts Ribbon and went to town! Plus, this adorable card uses one of the soon to be released stamp sets, Everyday Picnic! That's right its almost that time of the month again! A Pretties release is almost upon us which means sneak peaks and Pretties News! Here is the scoop on whats happening at Paper Pretties:

On Saturday, August 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be having three challenges, so be sure to come and play along! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing two new sets, Aloha Sophia to the public, and introducing our new Stamp Of The Month. Sneak peeks start on Wednesday July 29th!! Hope to see you there!!

Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:
Charmaine Ikach

Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds

Frances Byrne

Jackie Pedro

Jana Weaver

Jessica Diedrich

Jessie Rone

Jodi Collins

Julie Masse

So clear your calendars! You are not going to want to miss this one, and wait till you see all of the new releases, they are just too cute! Have a great day all, and be sure to head back here for more previews!
Stamps: Everyday Picnic Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Sweet Blush, Rich Razzelberry, SU! Cottage Wall DP; Ink: Lavender Moon, E53 Raw Silk, E55 Light Caramel, G00 Jade Green, R37 Carmine, V12 Pale Lilac, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y21 Buttercup Yellow, YG95 Pale Olive; Accessories: Nestabilities Labels One, Sponge, May Arts Ribbon

Time to Celebrate

Good morning everyone! Another birthday is coming up at work, tomorrow in fact, and I was once again asked to create a birthday card for the occasion. In fact, almost once a week now I have a coworker come up to me asking for a card of some sort. So how do I decide what to create? I start with the basics, what colors, what sorts of sentiment, any particular image. Sometimes these questions help and other times it seems to confuse people, so I now send them either to my blog for them to browse or a link to my SCS gallery. For today's card one of the secretaries are turning 60 tomorrow and I was asked to create a red, white, and black card. I was also asked to use the image from my My Favorite Things stamp set Pamper Yourself, unfortunately I can't find that set! So I went searching through my other stamps and decided that although this wasn't the image I had intended to use, nor the sentiment, it would completely work! So this cute set finally got some ink, and since it was a big birthday I had to make it dressy.

Hope you like today's creation and be sure to come back here tomorrow, not only is it Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge time, but tomorrow also kicks off the Sneak Peeks from the August stamp release at Paper Pretties! Here is the release information:

On Saturday, August 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be having three challenges, so be sure to come and play along! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing two new sets, Aloha Sophia to the public, and introducing our new Stamp Of The Month. Sneak peeks start on Wednesday July 29th!! Hope to see you there!!

You do not want to miss a second of these great stamps! Have a great day!
Stamps: Putin' on the Glitz from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, True Black, Pure Poppy, PTI Bitty Dots DP; Ink" Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Self Adhesive Pearls

Pretties Monday!

It is once again Monday which means that it is time for another Paper Pretties creation! So for today I decided that I would create a card for this weeks Paper Pretties Challenge! Each week Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge in the Paper Pretties Forum and this week its time for another Sketch challenge! Isn't this sketch lovely, she really does a great job with these challenge! I am loving how there are four seperate boxes, perfect for different papers!

I created using the Stamp of the Month, Story Time Sophia! Isn't she just too darn cute!? Unfortunatly this little cutie has to go away for a little while until you can order her yourself, but you still have time to join the Stamp of the Month and have her arrive on your door step!

Here are all the details challenges so that you can play along! The rules:

How to Enter: make your card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC62.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, July 29th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Hope you get the chance to play along, this sketch is super fun and I know you will love it! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Story Book Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, Pacific Point, DCWV Spring Stack DP; Ink: B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Green Nail Heads, Pop Dots, Scalloped Oval Mavry Punch, Oval Mavry Punch

It's a Pretties Birthday Hop!

Ladies, today we get to celebrate another wonderful Pretties Birthday! Today is our wonderful Jessica's Birthday! And as you all know, us Pretties Girl's can be pretty sneaky so today we are hosing a hop in celebration of the Birthday Girl! If you only just started the hop, make sure you head to Christie's blog first to kick things off! If you are joining me from Frances' blog then you are at the correct stop on the hop!Each time a Pretties Girl celebrates another wonderful year we all take the time to wish her our best wishes with our very own style of a blog hop. For today's festivities I decided to bring to the party butterflies! If you know anything about our lovely Jessica, then you that she LOVES butterflies, and I mean who can blame her, they are just so pretty. So for my butterfly creation I used our cutie Flutter By Sophia and some amazing goodies I found to match. I am loving this new DP from SU! called Raspberry Lemonade, so many great colors are in this paper and the patterns are just yummy! I thought this paper was a perfect match for a birthday butterfly card, I also got the chance to use my new Labels Four from Nestabilities, loving this die!

Make sure you take the time to continue on the Hop! In case you get lost along the way, here is the order to today's celebration:

Christie Ortman
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne

Jackie Rakoski

Jacque Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jodi Collins
Jessie Rone
Julie Masse
Jessica Diedrich - BIRTHDAY GIRL!!

The next stop on your hop after visiting me is to fly on by Jacque's blog for more birthday fun! Also, be sure to land at Jessica's blog at the end of the Pretties Birthday Hop and wish our little butterfly some Happy Birthday wishes! Hope you enjoy the celebration!

Stamps: Flutter By Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Hibiscus Burst, SU! Raspberry Lemondae, Yo Y Yellow; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, G82 Spring Dim Green, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV13 Tender Pink, RV21 Light Pink ; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Pop Dots, Nestabilities Labels Four, Quckie Glue Pen

Pretties Wednesday!

Today is another wonderful Pretties Wednesday which means that it is time for another Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! I love Wednesday just for the challenges! Today I get to share with you the card I create for the challenge that Jessie issued to the team two weeks ago. This time Jessie decided that we should all try our hands a a sketch she created for us, and you know how I love sketches!Now, not only is today the day to share my card for Jessie's sketch, but we also know that the super sweet Miss Jessie had oral surgery on Monday, and we want to send her some get well wishes, so today is Jessie's "Get Well Wishes" blog hop!

Jessie is not only the Paper Pretties Design Team Coordinator, but she is also one of the sweetest ladies I have come across, and I know I speak for all the Pretties Girl's when I say that we hope she feels better soon! If you've been following the hop then you should have arrived here from Julie's blog, if you didn't head here from there, please hop on over the Christie's blog and start all over again! If you get lost along the way here is the hopping order:

Christie
Julie
Jackie R.
Jana
Jackie P.
Jodi
Christi
Frances
Danielle
Jessica
Jessie...wish her some love!

Get well soon Jessie! We can't have a Pretties Girl down! Hope you like today's sketch, it was super cute wasn't it?! Today I also get to challenge the rest of the Pretties Girl's! So for my challenge this time around I want to see every card sparkle, glitter, and shine! That may mean glitter, or shimmerz, or pearls, or even glossy paper! Just make those cards shine ladies! Adda little bling, because we all know one can never have too much bling! Enjoy your day!

Stamps: Bunny Slipper Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, Whisper White, MFT Sweet DP ; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, RV11 Pink, R22 Light Prawn; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Regular Oval Nestabilities, Pink Self Adhesive Pearls

Good Knight

I was sorting through my card gallery and files and I never shared this cute My Favorite Things a few months ago. I created this card for the Guest Designer Challenge where we were asked to create something based off a painting that was posted to the challenge thread as inspriation. When I looked at the painting it made me think of little kids, bright colors, sort of childish, so I decided to use the colors from the painting and create a card that I thought a child would like. I thought the Good Knight set would be perfect for a fun child card, so I made a fun simple and brightly colored scene. This was the first time I tried top ink up this set, and while the card turned out really simple, I really like the overall look. Hope you have a great day! Enjoy!
Stamps: Good Knight from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Aqua Mist; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B05 Process Blue, E55 Light Caramel, G14 Apple Green, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, R08 Vermilion, Y08 Acid Yellow; Accessories: MFT Skinny Summer Ribbon Bundle, Pop Dots

A Bit of Reading

Good morning! Today is Monday which means that it is time for another Paper Pretties post! I thought I could share another card I created using the Stamp of the Month, Story Time Sophia! Isn't she just too darn cute!? I know I say this every month, but I love how these get cuter and cuter as the months roll by! I just had to use this cutie in pink, lots of pink! So I pulled out my May Arts ribbon, some copics, and these aodrbale preals and this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy today's card! Have a great day!

Stamps: Story Time Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, Pretty Pink DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, Y11 Pale Yellow, G21 Lime Green, R32 Peach, BG01 Aqua Blue; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, Self Adhesive Pearls, May Arts Ribbon

A Bit of SU!

I never share any of my SU! cards, so I thought today I should do so. About once a month I get together with some wonderful local ladies for a group that we call 'KIT Club'. In fact I've been a member of this group for a few years now, one of the ladies is a demp and she always designs the nicest cards and projects for us to try out. These are some of the things we made a few months ago, we have all been so busy that we haven't seen each other recently, but I can't wait for the next 'meeting'. Hope you enjoy today's cards!

Pretties Wednesday!

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, and you know what that means! Its time for another wonderful Paper Pretties Weekly Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share with you the card I created for Danielle's challenge from two weeks ago. Daniellechallenged the team to create a card using use a random item in your house or yard and create a background. Talk about craziness! I had no idea where to begin with this, and I decided that I should use some of all that packaging paper that comes in my stamp boxes. I picked three colors from my ink and paper stash that I thought would work wonderfully with this image. Have you seen this stamp yet? This is the new Stamp of the Month, Story Time Sophia! With this little cutie coming to your door, who wouldn't want to sign up to be a member of the Stamp of the Month program at Paper Pretties! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse

Hope you all enjoyed the card, I had a lovely time trying this challenge out, a daunting task, but its doable! I had a lot of fun with the colors this time too, these three tones really seem to work well together. Well thank you for stopping by, have a great day! Stamps: Story Time Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Glossy White, Scarlet Jewel, Melon Berry; Ink: E00 Skin White, E37 Sepia, E31 Brick Beige, BG01Aqua Blue, YG03 Lettuce Green, R29 Lipstick Red, YR09 Chrome Orange, Melon Berry, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Pretties Monday!

Today is Monday, which means it's time for another Paper Pretties creation! So for today I decided that I would create a card for this weeks Paper Pretties Challenge! Each week Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge in the Paper Pretties Forum and this week its time for a Sketch challenge! Isn't this sketch lovely, she really does a great job with these challenge! I am LOVING all these circles!

Here are all the details on the challenge rules:

How to Enter: make your card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC56.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, July 15th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Hope you get the chance to play along, this sketch is super fun and I know you will love it! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Beach Bum from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, SU! Rainbow Sherbet DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, G05 Holiday Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Carmel, G14 Apple Green, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities

Wish RAK Cards for Troops!

Last weekend in the Wish RAK forum at SCS some wonderful ladies hosted a cards for Troops challenge weekend! I got the chance to be one of the many hostess and I challenged the ladies to create cards following a sketch I created! You know how I love sketches, so when there was still one spot open for hosting the sketch challenge I hopped aboard and got creating! After a little bit of thinking I finally got a simple sketch created that I thought others would enjoy, here is what I came up with:Also as a hostess you needed to create at least two samples showing how to create something for your challenge. Of course since it was challenges based in the Wish RAK forum, you had to use at least one item that came to you from a wish being granted to you. So I shifted through all my wonderful images and picked two that I thought would be a lot of fun!

Isn't this little mouse just the cutest thing! This little guy is from Whiff of Joy, just too cute! I love me some cupcakes, and after receiving some images of this stamp, he is SO on my wish list! I had to try him out in pink, lots and lots of pink! I mean look at that cupcake, super yummy!Of course I also had to use this cutie Stamping Bella stamp, actually shortly after I got some of these images I bought this stamp too....I tend to use the image then decide if the stamp is right for me. Love it! I hope you liked today's cards, I really had a wonderful time hosting the challenge, especially one for such a great cause! Have a beautiful day!
Stamps: Henry Celebrating Mouse from Whiff of Joy; Paper: Whisper white, Pink Passion, Scarlet Jewel; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No 1, YR16 Apricot, B21 Baby blue, R20 Blush; Accessories: Bridal Flowers, Pop Dots, Large Rectangluar Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities

Stamps: DaiseyBella from Stamping Bella; Paper: whisper white, pacific point, spring rain, DP; Ink: E00 Skin white, B14 Light Blue, RV14 Begonia Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Bridal Flowers

There She Goes Again....

I got the chance to participate in another one of Kate's great Swaps for There She Goes, after the first card I made with this stamp set really turned out nicely, I just had to use it again, with Red as the main color! I love the two tone look I was able to create. I found these tins at Joann's and they were on sale, so they were just perfect for the altering swap I joined for the May stamp release at There She Goes. I think this stamp set is currently my favorite stamp set from There She Goes right now, its so versatile, and the sentiments are so much fun! Here is a close up of just one tin, I really like how it came out, unfortunately I couldn't find any ribbon in my massive stash to match! How upsetting is that! I hope you have a great day!
Stamps: She's A Lady form There She Goes; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, DCWV Spring DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, Y11 Pale Yellow, Pure Poppy, R37 Camine, R05 Salmon Red, BG05 Holiday Blue; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities

A Bit of Baby

Happy Thursday everyone! It’s almost the weekend, well sort of; anyway I have another card to share with you today! For the April release at There She Goes Kate hosted a swap on SCS and I just had to sign up! This card I created for the second spot I had in the swap and I just loved how this one turned out! I went for a girlie baby card, and I think that is how this card turned out. I thought that the light yellow and white would accent the pink nicely, plus I love using scallops and ribbon, so of course I pulled both of those goodies out. The little carriage for this cute little birdie was a genius idea for this stamp set! Hope you like today's card, have a great day all!

Stamps: Tweeterpated from There She Goes; Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Lemon Tart, K&Co Pretty In Pink Box DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Y11 Pale Yellow, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Pop Dots, SU! Scalloped Edge Punch

Home Sweet Home

Today is Wednesday, so you know what that's mean. Its time for another Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share with you a card I created for Jana's challenge to make a moving card from two weeks ago! Did you know that several of the Pretties Girl's are moving? Well now you know, our Prettie Mama Christie just moved. I have no plans for moving, but you never know what may come around the next corner. For today's card I just had to use the wonderful Home Sweet Home, perfect stamp set for a moving card! Of course with any moving card one needs to have not only a destination but also a moving truck! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations!
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse

I hope you like today's card! I don't know why I went so dark with the colors for this card, but I really like the color combination and the way it all turned out! I really think that the dark brown and avocado color look so nice together, and the yellow gives it a bit of a 'pop'! Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Ripe Avocado, Yo Yo Yellow, Dark Chocolate, PTI Bitty Dots DP; Ink: E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Sepia, G99 Olive, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: May Arts Rick Rack, Pop Dots, Large Regular and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities

Some Catching Up!

I thought I would take today to catch up on some cards that I never posted on my blog, but were posted in my gallery! Both cards for today are from My Favorite Things, in fact both of these cards I created during the My Favorite Things Judges Challenges. This first card is from the challenge where we were supposed to use the stamp Birthday Flopsey. He is just too cute for words! I love this Bitty Dots paper from PaperTrey as well, it always looks so nice on any card.

The second card I created for the second challenge for the Judges Idol Challenge, this one was to use masking! I used these adorable geraniums to create a shelf. I really like the way that this masking turned out, I wans't too sure that it was going to work, but I think it ended up all right.

Stamps: Birthday Flopsey from My Favorite Things; Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Whisper White, PTI Bitty Dots DP; Ink: RV14 Begonia Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow, Memento Tuxedo Black, Hibiscus Burst; Accessories: Pencils, Gemasol, Blending Stumps, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen, White Gel Pen, May Arts Organdy Striped Ribbon, MFT Adornment Crystals

Stamps: Geranium from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Summer MFT DP, Summer Sunrise, Baja Breeze; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B14 Light Blue, B24 Sky, E11 Bareley Beige, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, R14 Light Rogue, R17 Lipstick Orange, RV32 Shadow Pink, RV34 Dark Pink, YR31 Light Reddish Yellow; Accessories: MFT Summer Brads, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Pretties Monday!

Another week is here, which means its time for another Paper Pretties post! This week I thought it would be nice to share a card I created with the newest Stamp of the Month! That's right, now that it's July we have a whole new Stamp of the Month! This month's stamp is Story Time Sophia, and she is totally adorable! So for this card I wanted to make some clouds above where Sophia was reading, and I love the adorable flowers on this DP over to the bottom left, I think the layout really comes alive and pops. I hope you enjoy today's card, I had a lot of fun putting this on together. Have a great day everyone!

Stamps: Story Time Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Ripe Avocado, DP; Ink: Spring Rain, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E33 Sand, R08 Vermilion, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Large and Small Deckled Rectangles, Pop Dots

A Very Pretties Birthday Charmaine!

Welcome to the Paper Pretties Birthday blog hop for our wonderful Charmaine! That's right, we have a PrettiesBirthday today, and we are having a hoppity hop! We kicked things off this morning at Jodi's blog. If you haven't been there yet be sure to start at the beginning, if you joined me from Jana's blog then welcome to the rest of the hop! For the fabulous party I decided to bring some decorations! That's right, lots of fun streamers being put up by none other then Sophia and Canadian Sophia! She really is a great stamp to have around! Here is the full blog hop list if you get lost along the way:

Jodi
Jana
Jackie
Jessie
Frances
Jules
Danielle
Jessica
Christi
Jackie P.
A very happy birthday to Charmaine! Your next stop on the Pretties hop is Jessie! Be sure to leave some wonderful comments for Charmaine at the end of the hop.

Stamps: Canadian Sophia and Bugs and FIshes from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Raspberry Fizz, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Sweet Sophia

Good morning everyone! Guess what?! Today is Friday and I have no work! I just love holiday weekends! So for today I thought I would share with you a card I created for the paper piecing swap I joined on SCS. I took two spots and I just had to use this Sophia for my second spot. Doesn't she look wonderful in stripes!? I am loving this new paper I got from the paper pack at Costco, so pretty. I also used some fun ribbon I had form a ribbon share I bought a few months ago, still one of my favorite ribbons. If you haven't seen her yet, this is Give Thanks Sophia from Paper Pretties, she is so cute! She was recently released at the Paper Pretties store so if you haven't ordered her through the Stamp of the Month program, now you can!
Stamps: Give Thanks from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Scarlet Jewel, Costco DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, G21 Lime Green, RV32 Shadow Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Metallic May Arts Ribbon

Masking Pretties Style

It's Wednesday which means that it's time for another wonderful Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share with you the card I create for Chamaine's challenge from two weeks ago. Charmaine challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a card using masking! Masking can be a lot of fun, but I had no idea where to start with this one for some reason. I finally decided I should use a set that I haven't used in a while, so I picked up my Sweets for the Sweet set and added it to a Sending You Love image, I think it worked out, a little messy, but it will do. Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations!
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse

Hope everyone enjoys today's cards, they really are a lot of fun and if you get the chance you should join the Pretties Girl's in creating some fun masking cards! Hope you have a great day!

Stamps: Sending You Love and Sweets for the Sweet from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Soft Sky, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B05 Process Blue, E00 Skin White, E51 Milky White, E55 Light Caramel, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Rectangle Nestabilities, Self Adhesive Pearls