Pretties Peak!

Today is the second day of sneak peaks here at Paper Pretties! All of the new and wonderful stamp sets the Pretties Girl's are peaking with be released on Tuesday, September 1st! So for the second day of sneak peaks I am sharing with you the card I created featuring one of our Thanksgiving day sets called Pilgrimage! I wanted to create the traditional Pilgram with this card, but the more I did, the more I thought it would look really nice in just a simple black and white, so this is what I came up with. I do hope you like it, its a bit out of the box I think, but Sophia just looks so darn cute! Be sure to check out the rest of the Pretties Girl's posts featuring more of Pilgrimage and another great set called Season of Thanks:

Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jana Weaver
Julie Masse

Here is all the Pretties Party information:

On Tuesday, September 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 5 new sets, including Story Time Sophia some other wonderful stamp sets! Sneak peeks have already started! Hope to see you there!

Plus! We are having a SALE! Here are all the details!

We also have a BIG new promotion for you in case you've had your eyes on some of the Pretties' stamps that you just can't live without. Our ABC promotion in honor of back to school will kick off September 1st. Here's how it works:For each day of the week - beginning the 1st - all of the stamp sets that begin with the appropriate letter for that day will be on sale for 25% off - THAT DAY ONLY! Check the Paper Pretties' home page for the appropriate coupon code for each day.

I hope you enjoyed today's Pretties Peak! This set is just perfect for the soon to come Thanksgiving celebration! I can only imagine the great table decorations you could create for your dining room on Thanksgiving day! Have a great day, be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Pretties Peaks!
Stamps: Pilgrimage from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Going Gray, DCWV Black and White Prints Stack; Ink: C5 Cool Gray No. 5, C7 Cool Gray No. 7, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, May Arts Linen Ribbon, Pop Dots

Pretties Peaks!

Today is the first day of sneak peaks here at Paper Pretties! All of the new and wonderful stamp sets the Pretties Girl's are peaking will be released on Tuesday, September 1st! So for the first day of sneak peaks I am sharing with you the card I created featuring the new gamer stamp set called Game On! I was so excited to see the stamp set because I am a gamer, did you know that? Well, now you do and when I heard that this stamp set was in the works I was thrilled! I decided that these adorable little controllers would be perfect for a fun gaming card, and I love seeing this set in red and green! Plus this paper I picked up was just perfect for this stamp set! I found this paper pack a Joanne's while I was in Ohio, and I just love it! I also used one of the sentiments that comes with this stamp set, in fact this new set comes with 5 different sentiments, you are sure to find one that is perfect for your card!

For this release at Paper Pretties, each day we will be previewing two stamp sets to be released on September 1st, so be sure to check out the rest of the Pretties Girl's posts featuring more of the stamp set Game On and another great set called Pulling for You featuring the adorable Cooper:

Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne

Jana Weaver

Julie Masse

Here is all the Pretties Party information:

On Tuesday, September 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 5 new sets, including Story Time Sophia some other wonderful stamp sets! Sneak peeks start on Sunday, August 30th! Hope to see you there!

I hope you enjoyed today's Pretties Peak! This set is just perfect for the gamer in your life, they will love to see what you create! Hope you enjoyed today's Sneak Peak! Have a great day, be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Pretties Peaks!
Stamps: Game On from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, DCWV Generation Tech Stack; Ink: B05 Process Blue, N1 Neutral Gray No 1, N3 Neutral Grey No 2, R29 Lipstick Red, Y17 Golden Yellow, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: SU! Large Oval Punch, SU! Scalloped Oval Punch, Pop Dots, Silver Cord

Artful INKables!

Another Saturday has arrived which means that it's time for another Artful INKables creation! I decided that for today I would post another creation using one of the newest Artful INKables stamp sets, Steampunk Sarah! I really am enjoying this stamp set! I decided that for this card I would use the large background stamp that comes with the set, it was just screaming to see ink! So I pulled out my brown ink from Memento, Rich Cocoa and I love how this iamge looked stamped in brown! I added some red and pink to the balloon, which I really think is the main part of this image, then I colored in the various sprockets and such in shades of brown. I also used some wonderful red and pink paper to layer the main image on this adorable decorative paper that I recevied in my most recent kit from Taylored Expressions, its called Linnie Bell from Pebbles, and I just love it! It has such a contrast to it, and I thought it would look wonderful with this image! Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!
Stamps: Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Linnie Bell collection by Pebbles; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, E33 Sand, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R08 Vermillion, RV11 Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Rhinestones

Little One!

Good morning all! I thought that since this cards recipient has received her package I can share this card with everyone! I made this card to match a onesie I made for miss Charmine and her new little wonder Isabelle! I had so much fun with these little creations and it was great to finally stamp with this stamp set. I have had Little Lady since it came out and I never had a chance to use it!

Here is a picture of the rest of the package I sent along, I sent her two little cutie outfits I found, some hair bows, the onesie I stamped, and of course some baby embellishments! I don't make baby things very often but I love to create baby things when I can. I hope you liked today's post, I thought it would be nice to share on a Friday! Enjoy your day all!

Stamps: Little Lady from PaperTrey; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pure Poppy; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon

Back to School Hanna Style!

This month Hanna Stamps is hosting another great monthly challenge, this time to use the primary colors to create a card! I thought this School Sophie was just perfect for just that! I wasn't able to find any paper with just Red, Yellow, and Blue, but this paper is so very close...I do hope you like it! I also created this card for a swap in the forums being hosted by my girl Deej! As with most swaps there needed to be at least two layers and one embellishment, super simple! No other requirements besides that the cards had to feature a Riley or Sophie stamp so I dug out my newest Hanna Stamps and picked this cutie! I bought this adorable stamp before she was released while at the HPC in Ohio, Kristi was sweet enough not only to join us and bring us some goodies to purchase but to also show us the newest stamps before they were released! It was so nice to finally meet Kristi after all this time! I've been chatting with Kristi off and on through various stamping places, and when Deej said that Kristi would be joining us I was thrilled! She was even better in person then I could have imagined, hopefully we will meet up again soon! Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: School Girl Sophie from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Srping Rain, DCWV the Summer Stack; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, B14 Light Blue, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut; Accessories: PTI Buttons Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart, Sticky Strip, Large Rectangle Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, May Arts Ribbon

Pretties Scraplings!

Today is Wednesday which means that it is time once again for another Paper Pretties Weekly Design Team Challenge! Today I get to share with you the card I created for Frances' challenge from two weeks ago. Frances challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a 'scrapling', which means we are to create a card no larger then 2.5 inches! How fun is that! I wasn't sure where to start on this one, but I knew something would come to mind. I eventually decided that Flirty Fortunes was the way to go! This poor set has been lonely in my Pretties Binder and we can't have that now can we! Be sure to check out the Pretties Girl's creations:

Charmaine Ikach

Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds

Frances Byrne

Jackie Pedro

Jana Weaver

Jessie Rone

Jodi Collins

Julie Masse

I hope you enjoyed my 'scrapling' it was so much fun to create! Thanks Frances for such a fun challenge! Have a great day all and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Flirty Fortunes from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Sping Rain DCWV Summer Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pure Poppy, B12 Ice Blue, R29 Lipstick Red, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Green Nail Heads, Sponge

Pretties Birthday Blog Hop

Can you believe that we have another Paper Pretties Birthday today! I know it's shocking, and as we must do with any Pretties Birthday we are having a Birthday Blog Hop! For today's hop we are celebrating the Officers birthday, or at least that's what we call her around here...a very Happy Birthday to Jacque! We wanted to kick off the celebration this time with a theme, a theme that would be fitting of our wonderful Jacque, so we decided to create a Red, White, and Black card in honor of Jacque's favorite series Twilight! You should have arrived here from Jodi's blog, if not, be sure to hop back over to Frances' blog to kick things off!
We have all sorts of goodies coming to the Party and I believe a few guests, but with all that I decided to bring a Twilight birthday cake! So using our current Stamp of the Month, Make a Wish was just perfect! I used one of my favorite Nestabilities to create the great shape perfect for this image, and I mixed it up a bit, the sentiment before the image! I used not one but two shades of red in this card to try and give her layered dress a little more pop too! Now, on to the rest of the party here is the run down of today's Pretties Hop:

Frances

Jodi

Jackie R (you are here!)

Danielle

Jana

Christie

Jessie

Christi

Charmaine

Jessica

Jacque...for B-Day Wishes!

A very Happy Birthday to the Officer, Jacque! I hope today is just the best, and I am sure it will be with the Twilight celebration! I can only imagine the reaction now, have a wonderful day all! Your next stop is Danielle's blog for more Prettie Birthday fun, and be sure to end your hop at Jacque's blog and wish her a day of happiness and celebration!

Stamps: Make a Wish from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Grab Bag DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, R27 Cadmium Red, R29 Lipstick Red, W7 Wamr Grey No. 7, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Nestabilities Lables One, SU! Large Oval Punch, SU! Scalloped Oval Punch

Pretties Monday!

Can you believe that a new week has once again started! For today's Pretties card I decided to create a card for this weeks Pretties Weekly Challenge! Each week Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge in the Paper Pretties Forum and this week its time for a fabulous color challenge! It's time for another Mystery Color Challenge! This week you need to use the following color combination of Black, Green and a mystery color! How much fun is that! The mystery color challenges are so much fun! I decided that my 'mystery' had to be brown which would be perfect for this adorable picnic basket from the stamp set Everyday Picnic.

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 PWC66.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, August 26th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

I had a lot of fun with this cute little picnic basket, I think these colors really work well with this stamp set! I hope you enjoyed today's post. Have a great day!
Stamps: Everyday Picnic from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, SU! Merry Moments DP; Ink: E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, G24 Willow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Nestabilities Labels Four, May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Self-Adhesive Rhinestones

Mojo On The Farm!

This week Mojo Monday celebrates 100 sketches! How exciting is that and in celebration the Mojo Team has been posting a new sketch every day! I have been following the celebration trying to find time to create a card or two with all these great sketches being posted and Saturday afternoon I finally got the chance to play along! I used this totally adorable stamp from The Greeting Farm called Megan from their Wild Sprout collection! When I looked through all the sketches so far this week at the Mojo Monday I thought that this sketch would be prefect for this image! Not only would it suit this adorable stamp, but I thought that Megan would look wonderful in scallops! I love how bright this card came out, in fact I made it for a The Greeting Farm swap I joined in the swapping forum on SCS, Tammy is hosting this one, and I hope all the ladies love it! Have a wonderful Sunday! Hope you enjoy today's creation!
Stamps: Megan from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Only Orange, Sweet Blush, SU! Simply Sweet DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E57 Light Walnut, R22 Light Prawn; Accessories: Mini Self Adhesive Pearls, Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Rectangle Nestabilities, SU Scalloped Edge Punch, Small Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities

Think Ink!

Hello ladies, today it's time for my weekly Artful INKables post! For today I am sharing with you the 'card' I created for Joy's Artful INKables challenge! You may remember that earlier this week Artful INKables kicked off their Think INK Tuesday Challenges! The first challenge hosted by Joy was to create something in Red, White, and Black! Since we want to spread the love for these challenges different design team members will be posting on different days, and my weekly post is on Saturdays! Woo hoo! My Saturday posts used to be random, and sometimes non existent, but no longer! Each week I will be posting a Artful INKables creation on every Saturday! For this challenge I decided to use one of the new stamp sets just released from Artful INKables! Have you checked out the new release yet? If you haven't what are you waiting for? These stamp sets have been so much fun! For today I am sharing with you a little 'Hot Stuff' Gum box I made, it my first shot at trying to make a box from scratch but I think it turned out to be a lot of fun! I used Pure Poppy as the box base then I created some background paper using the chili pepper from the South of the Border set, which was released last Saturday at Artful INKables! I am having so much fun with this set and when I saw the Big Red gum while standing in line at the grocery store a gum box had to be made! The little chili peppers took forever to color in but I really like the final look and it really shows how versatile this set can be. Thank you for stopping by, be sure to join the Artful INKables INKgirls and create something Red, White and Black this week, here are the details if you missed them:

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them!

* You have until Monday, August 31, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 1, 2009 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC01

Hope you have a great day and you enjoyed today's creation! I had a lot of fun with this one!
Stamps: South of the Border from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R05 Salmon Red, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Red Sticky Strip, Large Regular Circle Nestablities, Scor-Pal, May Arts Ribbon, Slit Punch

Verve-ing!

This month marks the Anni-VERVE-sary at Verve! I can't believe it has been two years from when Verve began, I know that I have loved the entire ride! In celebration of their two year Anni-VERVE-sary Julee posted five wonderful sketches. For this card I used the second sketch supplied and decided to make a little Verve DP, can you see the swirls in the paper, those are all Verve images from the Beautiful Kindness! I hope you link this one, its pretty simple, but I think sort of cute.

For my second card in this post I used the third sketch that Julee posted. I got this wonderful paper for my birthday from Jodi and I have been happily using it since it arrived, you may notice it from my AI post this weekend! Thanks Jodi, you know much I am enjoying this paper pack! Hope you all have a wonderful day, enjoy!
Butterfly - Stamps: Beautiful Kindness from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening; Ink: Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening; Accessories: Kaiser Rhinestones, Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities

Hearts - Stamps: Hearts on Fire from Verve; Paper: SU! Simply Sweet, Whisper White, Sweet Blush,
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R35 Coral; Accessories: Moonlight Smooch, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities Pop Dots, Kaiser Self-Adhesive Pink Pearls

What Prettie Vellum!

Well today marks another Wednesday, and you know that means, its time for another Paper Pretties Design Team challenge! Two weeks ago Christi challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a card using velum. Talk about blast from the past, I didn't even know where my velum was, it took a bit of doing but I finally dug it out. I decided that I have been seeing people ink up there embossing folders and running vellum through their cuttlebug to getting really nice results, I should give it a try to! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse

I hope you liked today's card, I had a lot of fun with it, its been a while since I've used vellum. Thanks for the super challenge Christi, it really was a challenge for me! Hope everyone has a great day! Stamps: Give Thanks from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, PTI Bitty Dots, Sweet Blush, Vellum; Ink: Lavender Moon, Memento Tuxedo Black. E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, G21 Lime Green, RV11 Pink, Y134 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Cuttle bug Embossing folder birds and swirls, May Arts Ribbon

Think INK Tuesday!

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! This week we are kicking off a new challenge at Artful INKables! Every two weeks one of the Design Team members will host a challenge of their choice for not only the other Design Team members to participate in, but we also invite you to join us! You will have two weeks to complete the challenge and add your link to the main post over on the Artful INKables Blog to have your entry counted! Now how does that sound? Pretty neat, right?! Well with the first challenge kicking off today, one of our new Design Team Coordinators Joy Stagg is hosting! She has challenge everyone to create using the colors Red, White, and Black! How fun is that! Head on over to the Artful INKables Blog for all the little details and be sure to play along, it is sure to be a great time! Here are a few further details for you!

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them!

* You have until Monday, August 31, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 1, 2009 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC01

I will be sharing with everyone the card I created for this challenge on Saturday, my new Artful INKables posting day! Hope to see you then! Have a great day!

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 challenges! I am loving the simplicity of this sketch!

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 PWC65.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, August 19th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

For this weeks sketch I decided that I wanted to use the stamp Howdy Girlfriend, this sketch needed a bit of cowgirl don't you think! I wanted to make a bright and fun card so I used some paper I picked up from DCWV in the Teen Prints Paper Pack. Hope you enjoyed today's card, be sure to play along! Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, DCWV Teen Prints Paper Stack; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, RV11 Pink, RV14 Begonia Pink, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: Corner Rounder, Gold Nail Heads, May Arts Ribbon

Artful INKables Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! I hope you enjoy the party! We are celebrating the August release at Artful INKables, trust me you are going to love the three new sets that are coming your way with this release! If you haven't come here from Crystal's blog, then you will want to start at the Artful INKables Blog so you don't miss anything along the way, and be sure to follow us all the way to the end because you never know what you'll find at the end! Here is the complete blog hop list, in case you get lost along the way:

Artful INKables Blog
Lisa Kind
Crystal Irwin
Jackie Rakoski
Holly McMillen
Joy Stagg
Julie Ranae
Jen Pahoulis
Deborah L. Young
Emily Niehaus
Sherry Campbell

Today, I'm showing you a card made with a new set called Steampunk Sarah! I am loving this stamp set, the images are just so unique and they have a really nice look to them, plus not only are wonderful images in this set, but it also included four excellent sentiments. I decided to make a card for today's hop all about time, and the cute little clock really works with the main image of Sarah, plus one of the included sentiments. Hope you enjoyed today's card, you are going to love this stamp set!

The next stop on the hop is Holly's blog, so get hopping and make sure you journey to the very end, you never know what may be awaiting you if you know what I mean!
Stamps: Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, SU! Sweet Always DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, B05 Process Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, RV13Tender Pink, RV21 Light Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Pop Dots, Small Regular Circle Nestabilities, Gold Nail Heads

A Verve-y Birdie Birthday!

This month marks the Anni-VERVE-sary at Verve! I can't believe it has been two years from when Verve began, I know that I have loved the entire ride! In celebration of their two year Anni-VERVE-sary Julee posted five wonderful sketches to create with plus the Design Divas are hosting challenges all week long. This card I created using the fourth sketch that was supplied! I had so much fun with this paper and the colors just really pop! Not only did I use one of the sketches from this releases challenge, but I also added Amber's Giveaway challenge to this, which was to create a birthday card. I hope you like this card, I really had a lot of fun with it! Have a great day! Enjoy!
Stamps: Birthday Surprise from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, Nana's Nursery Baby Girl DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, G14 Apple Green, R35 Coral; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Regular Circle Nestabilities, May Arts Ribbon, Green Nail Heads

Happy Birthday Danielle!

Welcome to another Paper Pretties Blog Hop! I love these things and today is a Birthday Celebration! That's right! Our very own Danielle celebrates her birthday today! Woo hoo! The party started over at Jodi's blog so if you haven't been there yet, be sure to hop on over so you don't miss anything! Here is the full run down of today's hop, so you can find your way:

Jodi
Jackie R
Jessica
Frances
Jules
Jackie P
Jessie
Danielle

For today's Birthday card we also had to incorporate Jackie's Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge from two weeks ago and make that card into a birthday card for our wonderful Danielle! Jackie challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a card using the colors Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede, simple enough! Then I decided since Danielle released her very first stamp set I just had to use that set for her birthday card! I pulled out her stamp set Home Sweet Home, the first in I hope many stamp sets coming our way from Fat Cat Designs! I picked my favorite home form the set, the apartment building. I don't know what it is about this image, but whenever I reach for this set this is the image I want to always use, I have to behave sometimes and pick another one so the other stamps don't get too lonely. I only did a bit of coloring on this image, I really wanted to home to pop off the card, I also did something a bit different with this card, I cut out a rectangle to place the main image on, and within that shape I used the same Nestability to cut a hole, if you look to the left of the main image, there is exposed stripped paper behind the pop up image. Just trying some new things to see what works and what doesn't work. Hope this one worked out!I hope you liked today's card! A very Happy Birthday to Danielle, be sure to make your way all the way through the hop so that you can wish Danielle a wonderful day! Now make your way over to Jessica's blog to see what she brought to the party! Have a great day all!
Stamps: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, SU! Thoroughly Modern DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG13 Mint Green, BG49 Duck Blue, E57 Light Walnut, G21 Lime Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities

Happy Day!

Earlier this month there was a There She Goes release, and as with most releases there was a card challenge. Jessica posted a challenge where you had to make a card that used wings in some way. At first I was completely lost, wings? I mean what did I have that had wings? Then I remembered that I had bought the stamp set Happy Day from There She Goes and it had yet to be inked! So I pulled out my Happy Day set and created a scene using the main images of the set, these adorable birdies singing on a line with a lovely background behind them. I pulled out my copic markers and started coloring the scene, my sky still needs a little work, but I really like how the tree ended up. I decided that Green and Orange would be my focus of this card, not your typical color combination, but I think it works with the papers I picked out and how the image is colored. I also got the chance to use the nail heads I found at Archiver's while in Ohio, I am so glad I picked up a bunch of these things because I am loving them! Well I hope you have a Happy Day! Thank you for stopping by, and be sure to come back tomorrow!

Stamps: Happy Day from There She Goes; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Spring SP, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG01 Aqua Blue, E33 Sand, G02 Spectrum Green, G14 Apple Green, Y08 Acid Yellow, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Green Nail Heads, Pop Dots

Just One Click

This month's My Favorite Things release is almost here and with each release comes the chance to be selected to win the entire months release, or better known as the 'One Click' challenge! How exciting is that! Each month I always add this on my list of things to do and never get the creations completed, but this month I got a bit of time and this is the first thing I just had to do! The challenge this month was to use gingham, so after sifting through all my paper I found a yellow and purple gingham I really liked and went from there. I love paper piecing and I thought that this image would be perfect for that, these two cute little bunnies just make an adorable pair and I love seeing them in gingham! Hope you enjoyed today's card! Enjoy!
Stamps: Cuddle Bunnies from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, Plum Pudding, Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Coll Grey No. 1; Accessories: Thin Purple Grosgrain RIbbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Glue Dots

Let's Get INKY!

I decided that since I am now on the Artful INKables Design Team I should start to share some of the cards I have made using their stamps, how does that sound?! Honestly, the last few days I have gotten the chance to start to get to know my fellow Design Team members, and I can already tell that the next 6 months are going to fly by in a whirlwind of fun! While on my Ohio trip the HPC I got the chance to meet up again with Joy Stagg, one of our new Senior Design Team members, and I just had to make an Artful INKables card! I decided to use two of the newest released stamp sets called Into the Moonlight and Fictionally Inspired. Both stamp sets are just so much fun and inspired from the Twilight series from Stephanie Meyer, if you haven’t read the books yet I would recommend them, I found them to be light and enjoyable reading. This image is I think my favorite, but you may know by now that my favorite stamps change constantly, and the sentiment goes perfectly! Well I hope you liked today’s card and don’t you worry plenty more Artful INKables will be coming your way! Have a great day!
Stamps: Into the Moonlight and Fictionally Inspired from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, SU! Urban Garden DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B05 Process Blue, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, E79 Cashew, 100 Black; Accessories: Thin Grosgrain Blue Ribbon, Pop Dots, Glue Dots

Pretties Wednesday Shines!

Can you believe it’s already Wednesday again! But you know what that means, it’s time for another Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share the card I created for my own challenge! That’s right; two weeks ago I challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a card that shines! Now, I love bling so it could be glitter, shimmerz, gems, or crystals, anything that would make that card shine! For my card I just had to use one of the new stamp sets and I decided that the newest Stamp of the Month, Make a Wish Sophia would be perfect for a little bling! I know, I really do say this every month, but these Stamp of the Month images really do get better as time goes on. This adorable Sophia is blowing out her birthday candles, a must have for any Paper Pretties collection! For my bling I used this super cute Nana's Nursery DP Glitter paper, tiny cystals around the scalloped edges, and in case that wasn't enough bling, I added some Pixie Dust Shimmerz! I think this birthday card turned out to be just too cute! Be sure to check out the 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 liked today’s card and challenge, I know I had a lot of fun with this one plus I got to participate in my own challenge! That makes it even better! If you haven’t checked out the new Paper Pretties releases yet, be sure to hop on over to the Pretties Store, you know you want to! Have a great day all! Stamps: Make a Wish from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Sweet Blush, Nana's Nursery Baby Girl DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, G07 Nile Green, R35 Coral, RV21 Light Pink, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, May Arts Ribbon, Pixie Dust Shimmerz

Hanna's Beach Body!

A fellow 'Ho' Deej, who I got the immense pleasure of meeting at the HPC recently, hosted a great Beach swap on SCS. When she posted the details I just had to sign up, I mean I had just ordered my newest Hanna Stamps set at the time and I needed an excuse to ink this bad boy up! I wanted to use some bright colors, and I decided that these two images from the set would be perfect together for a bright and fun summery card! I also wanted to use some fun embellishments, so I pulled out some tropical primas and buttons, I mean you can't have a naked flower! Every flower has to have a center and I love using buttons as my center! Now I ran out of the yellow flowers, so I completed the set with blue flowers. I hope you like today's creation, it was so much fun to create using this set. Have a great day!
Stamps: Goes to the Beach from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Gable Green, Summer Sun, Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Collection DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B05 Process Blue, BG72 Ice Ocean, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, E55 Light Caramel, R29 Lipstick Red, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, PTI Buttons, Glue Dots, Prima Tropical Flowers

A Bit of Cooper!

Today is Monday which means that its time for another Pretties post! Over this past week I have made so many cards and each one was so much fun! One of the ladies at work asked me to make a birthday card for one of our coworkers last week, she wanted something with drums that was fun. So I pulled out this adorable Cooper stamp from Paper Pretties and got to work! I used not only the drummer stamp that she wanted me to use, but also the color combination too! The funniest thing is that my coworker who this card is made for looks just like this stamp! I had so many people I work with come up to me and not only say how cute they thought the card was, but how much it reminded them of Andrew, whose birthday it was! It gave me a good chuckle! Hope you like today's card, I had a lot of fun with it! Have a great day all!
Stamps: Pa Rum Pa Pa Pum from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Charcoal Black, Only Orange, ; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, Y11 Pale Yellow, YR07 Cadmium Orange, W1 Warm Grey No. 1, W3 Warm Grey No. 3

Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop!

***Third Post for the Day***Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!
For my card today I just had to use the stamp set Up, Up and Away I really just love this set, I think it may be my favorite Verve stamp set! Of course with the use of any great stamp set you have to use your newest goodies! So I grabbed for my new SU! cardstock and decorative papers, Soft Suede and Thoroughly Modern DP! I really love who this set and the papers seem to work so well together. Of course no card is complete unless there is ribbon on it, and not just any ribbon but yummy May Arts ribbon!

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to lmurph’s blog, Forever Embossing, for a little more Verve-y goodness. Enjoy the rest of the hop, I know its going to be amazing! Have a great day!

Stamps: Up, Up and Away from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, SU! Thoroughly Modern DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG01Aqua Blue, E43 Dull Ivory; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, Pop Dots, May Arts Beige Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Pearls

Happy Anyaversary!

***Second Post for the Day***Today marks the Two Year Anniversary at The Greeting Farm and what better way to celebrate then to have a ANYAVERSARY Blog Hop! As a customer of The Greeting Farm everyone was invited to participate in the Blog Hop and create either a birthday card or project using Anyas! Super simple and as always lots of fun! Today's festivities kicked off at The Greeting Farm Blog, and there are masses of participants! For my birthday creation I decided that a card was the perfect way to go! Of course it couldn't be just any card it have to be all about the cupcakes! I pulled out my Showtime stamp set and decided that this cutie Anya would be perfect for a cupcake-licious creation! I just love these patterned papers and the embellishments are just super yummy! I received these supplies from a Cupcakes Key Ingredients, and I love everything that was included! Hope you enjoyed today's ANYAVERSARY Blog Hop post! I had so much fun with this one, enjoy the rest of the hop! Be sure to hop back over The Greeting Farm Blog or The Club Anya Blog for more fun, or hop on over to Spike's Gallery at PCP for you next stop!

Stamps: Showtime from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Razzleberry Light Prism Papers, Razzleberry Medium Prism Papers, Doodlebug Cupcake Collection DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, R27 Cadmium Red, RV02 Sugared Almond Pink, RV06 Cerise, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Ink Swiss Dots Grosgrain Ribbon, Doodlebug Cupcake Braddies

Today is the Pretties Release!

I can't believe that today is already the 1st! My how the days have just flown by! Today is not only the Paper Pretties release, today is also the day that I get to share with you this month's new Stamp of the Month, Make A Wish Sophia!Isn't she just super adorable! I love how sweet she is leaning over and blowing out all her birthday candles, I know shes on your wish list! Here are all the details for tonight's party:

Tonight, 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. Hope to see you there!

I can't wait to party with you all this evening, don't be late you won't want to miss a minute of all the fun! Hope to see you all soon! Have a very Prettie Day!

Stamps: Make a Wish Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, PTI Bitty Dots, Pacific Point; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, G07 Nile Green, N3 Neutral Grey No 3, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Nestabilities Labels One, SU! Slit Punch, Kaiser Rhinestones, SU! Silver Cord, White Ribbon