Chichiboulie Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Chichiboulie Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

For my card today for the Hop I decided to use the adorable Cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top, I ordered this stamp when she was first released, but I forgot all about this cutie until I was digging around and deciding which stamp to use! Then I remembered the DP from one of the DCWV Baby Girl pack and thought it would be perfect for this image, isn't this paper just perfect for this image! I had a lot of fun with this card, hope you like it too!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Meahn! Enjoy the rest of the hop, I know it is going to be fabulous!Stamps: Cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top from Stamping Bella; Paper: Whisper White, DCWN Nana's Nursery Girl DP ; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E50 Egg Shell, E57 Light Walnut, G24 Willow, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1. R37 Carmine, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Slef Adhesive Rhinestones, Nestabilities Labels Two

Halloween Happy Birthday!

Today is Saturday which means that I get to share with you another Artful INKables creation! One of the ladies at work has a friend whose Birthday is on Halloween, so at work this week she asked me to make her two Halloween themed Birthday cards that she could give to her friend. I must say I had no idea where to start with this one, but after chatting with her for a bit, she wanted a Orange and Black card with an older feel, but to still be birthday at the same time. I decided that the Artful INKables set Halloween Hauntings would be perfect! When I took the set out again I gravitated towards the house as a main image, I thought it looked aged and matched this paper wonderfully at the same time! The background paper is all glittery, which is I love, plus the ribbon across the bottom of the card is glittery as well! I do how you like the finished project, not your typical birthday card, but I think it works. Have a great day all, thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Halloween Hauntings from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Going Grey, DCWV Hauntings DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Ribbon, Kaiser Pewter Self Adhesive Pearls, Pop Dots, SU Scalloped Oval Punch, SU Large Oval Punch

Artful INKables Winter Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! I hope you enjoy the party! Some of the Design Team members are taking part in what we are calling a Winter Blog Hop for Artful INKables! If you haven't come here from Jen's blog, then you will want to start at the Artful INKables Blog so you don't miss anything along the way! Make sure to comment on everyone's blog as you take part in the Winter Blog Hop, because one lucky commenter somewhere along the way will find some hidden candy! For you chance to be entered into the blog candy draw you have until midnight Sunday, November 1st to comment!

Today I'm showing you a card made with the 'retro' stamp set Snow Play! I am loving this adorable winter stamp set, there are some fun images, plus amazing sentiments! I used the little girl image as my main focus and the 'Let it Snow' sentiment! Since it was snow I had to add some snowflakes, so I pulled out my Cuttlebug and got to work, first with the Nestabilities and then with my Snowflakes embossing folder. I hope you enjoy my card, this set has really been a lot of fun to use!

Kristin

Jen

Jackie

Joy

Lisa

Deborah

The next stop on the hop is daiseyfreak.blogspot.com/">Joy's blog, so get hopping and make sure you journey to the very end! Have a wonderful day, and remember to stop by each blog and leave a little love to be entered to win some blog candy!
Stamps: Snow Play from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Brocade Blue, Going Grey; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B32 Pale Blue, B45 Smoky Blue, E00 Skin White, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Large Deckled Rectangle Nestabilites, Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

Artful INKables Customer Blog Hop Coming....

To celebrate the upcoming movie NEW MOON, we're having a Customer and DT Twilight Blog Hop on November 20th!!!! Did you know that Artful INKables has some fang-tastic sets perfect for Twilight Fans? Even if you're not a fan...you MUST know someone who is.......

Check out the Twilight Inspired Stamps: Into the Moonlight and Fictionally Inspired and the Vampire Romance Themed Charms available from AI!

DETAILS:

* You must use the stamps and/or charms from Artful INKables for the Hop....if you don't have them...you still have time to get them!

* You must have a blog to participate

* Email Jackie at babitoons@gmail.com with your name and your blog address by November 13, 2009 (that's me!)

* Details will be sent to you via email regarding the hop details after November 14, 2009- with plenty of time to get your post ready for the hop on the 20th

Tell your friends and save the date!!!!

Keeping it Clean and Simple

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Julie! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!

We are all sharing with you our cards from this CAS (clean and simple) challenge, then you will have until November 3rd to try this one out for yourself! Our challenge to you is to chose any one of the layouts the Prettie Girls are showing off today and make a card with it!For my project today I decided to ink up Love Is, this stamp is Julie's newest release from the Precious Pretties line, and I decided that since she was hosting this challenge I would use her new to be released stamp! I simply love this statement, it was one of my favorites before I knew we were coming out with a stamp on it! I hope you like my Clean and Simple card, and if you can't tell the entire text panel has shimmerz on it! I thought the card could use some simple bling! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

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

How to Enter: Make a project using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC75 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to create a Clean & Simple card using any of the Fall To Layouts from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog - they are all linked an listed on their right-hand sidebar! I can't wait to see what you create!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Love Is from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, PTI In Bloom DP; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pixie Dust Shimmerz

My First Pretties Peak!

Today is the second day in the Pretties Peaks this month! Each Prettie is sharing with you their 'Favorite Things' based on the lyrics from 'A Few of My Favorite Things'! My lyric for today is "cream colored ponies" PLUS I am sharing with you a Peak of Beary Best Friend, our newest Cooper stamp set! This adorable little boy is all ready for bed with his teddy bear! Before I tell you a bit more about my card, here are all he details for you about our Pretties Peaks this month!

Welcome to our Prettie Peeks for Paper Pretties November Release! This month we thought we'd have some fun and give you a chance to win the new releases. Since our Pretties are some our favorite things, our peeks will be based on the lyrics to 'A Few Of My Favorite Things'. Each day two of the Pretties Girl's will upload their challenge cards based on a new lyric. If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on what your 'FAVORITE THING' about her card is, you'll have a chance to win the new set that has been used in that challenge - make sense?

The contest will end November 2nd and the winners will be posted on the Paper Clip. You can find the link to the specific cards in the Paper Pretties Gallery on each blog post. So, lets get started! Today there are three Preties Girl's sharing with you their 'Favorite Things' so make sure you stop by Jules', Frances', and Jackie's (you are here!) blogs and leave a comment in the gallery for them all for your chance to win!

Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum on November 1st at 8pm EST when all the stamps will be released for sale.

I am so excited about this release, I mean look at how cute this little guy is! I hope you liked today's peak, I went off of the lyric 'cream colored ponies'. When I read that line over a few times I knew that the card had to be shades of cream and brown, so not only is the layers and embellisments in those colors, but I also colored in this cutie Beary Best Friend in the same tones! Make sure to stop by the Forum and check out my card HERE to be eligiable for winning this adorable stamp for yourself! Be sure to check out the other two Pretties sharing their creations with you today, I think you will enjoy what you see! Have a great day, and be sure to stop by tomorrrow for our new Pretties Weekly Challenge!
Stamps: Beary Best Friend from Paper Pretties; Paper: Kraft, Cream, SU! DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E53 Raw Silk, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, Satin Ribbon

Think INK!

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your sixth issued challenge from 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?!

For this week Sherry Campbell is hosting and her challenge is to use any technique or create any 3D item that you have never tried before. 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!**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, November 9th, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, November 10th, 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 AIC06.

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

Prettie Peeks Begin Today!

Welcome to our Prettie Peeks for Paper Pretties November Release! This month we thought we'd have some fun and give you a chance to win the new releases. Since our Pretties are some our favorite things, our peeks will be based on the lyrics to 'A Few Of My Favorite Things'. Each day two of the Pretties Girl's will upload their challenge cards based on a new lyric. If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on what your 'FAVORITE THING' about her card is, you'll have a chance to win the new set that has been used in that challenge - make sense?

The contest will end November 2nd and the winners will be posted on the Paper Clip. You can find the link to the specific cards in the Paper Pretties Gallery on each blog post. So, lets get started! Christie's blog is first on the hop so get on over there and make sure you stop by and leave a comment in the gallery for her for your chance to win! Today there are two other Pretties sharing there peeks, make sure to also stop by and see Danielle and our newest Prettie Heather!

Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum on November 1st at 8pm EST when all the stamps will be released for sale.

I will be posting one of my Sneak Peek cards tomorrow, so be sure to come by, I can't wait to share with you not only one of the new releases, but my 'Favorite Things'! Have a great day and be sure to play along, there are prizes involved! Plus, there is still time for YOU to become a Prettie! Check out all the details here :

Don't You Want to be a Prettie Too!, that's right we are having a Design Team Call! Be sure to check out this post on the Paper Clip for all the details!

Sarah's THINKing!

Good morning all! Since today is Saturday that means that its time to share another Artful INKables creation! Plus, I never posted my card for the current Think INK challenge, so this card is based on the sketch below! For this round Jen Pahoulis is hosting and her challenge is a sketch challenge! You know how much I love sketch challenges! 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!

**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, October26th, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October 27th, 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 AIC05.

So for my card I used Steampunk Sarah, who is still one of my favorite stamps form Artful INKables! I thought that she would be perfect for this sketch too, I mean, she was made for this layout! I decided to use not only the sketch provided for this current Think INK challenge but to use this beautiful paper I used as a color palette. I really like how different this card came out, she looks just too cute in these colors and all here little details really made the color palette work. I hope you enjoyed my card, I can't wait to see your creation for this one! Have a wonderful weekend all!

Stamps: Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Kiwi Kiss; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG10 Cool Shadow, BG23 Coral Sea, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, R20 Blush, YG03 Yellow Green, Kiwi Kiss; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, PTI Buttons

Halloween Fun!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the project I made for our next challenge, issued by Frances! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place! We are all sharing with you our creations from this Halloween treat challenge, then you will have until October 27th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Pick of the Patch, I just think Cooper is totally adorable in his punpkin costume! So for my 'treat' I made a bag topped for a baggie full of candy corn, yummy! I don't think I have ever actually crafted a bag topper before, but this one came out pretty cute. I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

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

How to Enter: Make a project using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC74 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, October 27th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to create a Halloween Treat! I can't wait to see what you create! I mean, just think of the possibilities...a bag, box, lollipop holder, anything!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Pick of the Patch from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, ; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, G14 Apple Green, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: Curved Rectangles Nestabilities, Sticky Strip, Candy Corn, May Arts Ribbon

Hanna-versary!

Today Hanna Stamps is having a Customer Blog Hop in celebration of the Second Hanna-versary! How much fun is that?! Well since I love Blog Hops and I love Hanna Stamps I just had to sign up, and I am glad to see that I am not the only one that wanted in on the fun! Here is the complete list of today's Hanna Hoppers!

Frances

Cindy

Silke

Sandra

KelliJo

Mary

Gina

Jacquie

Kimberley S

Jen

Maria

Jackie (you are here!)

Joycelyn

Joy

Tracey

Sparks

Lorie

Tanya

Laurie

Bek

Janet

Kelly

Michele

Angela

Pretty nice sized list if I do say so myself. I know this Hop is going to be a blast! Now on to the details of my card creation for today!When it came to starting my card today it was just so hard to decide which stamp to use! I ended up using the new Hanna Stamps set Detective Hanna, I just love how snazzy she looks when she is in pursuit of a mystery! I thought she would like one of the old time detective if I used brown as an accent color and a darker olive green as a main color. Not really my typical colors, but I think that this stamp is perfect for the feel of this card. I really had a lot of fun with this card and her overall look, its a bit hard to see but there are foot prints that Hanna is following, hopefully they will lead her to the truth! Hope you enjoyed my card for today's hop, I know I had a blast with it!

Now its time to head on over to the next place on the hop, Joycelyn! I am sure she will have something amazing to share with you! Enjoy the rest of your journey, I know its going to be all sorts of fun!
Stamps: Detective Hanna from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, SU! DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, G21 Lime Green, G94 Grayish Olive, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Pewter Pearls

There She Goes Birthday!

I am horrible about making birthday cards, I never have enough around for birthday and I typically don't realize I was supposed to send out the card until the persons birthday has passed. This card I created a few months ago for another coworker, her teenage cousin was celebrating her birthday and she requested me to make a card fashioned after a There She Goes card from a while ago. I had brought in a bag full of cards that might work as birthday cards and she saw my pink, blue, and yellow card (Sent with Love) and she wanted the same thing in pinks and black. I really like this layout, its simple but fun. Hope you like this card too!
Stamps: Special Delivery from There She Goes; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E51 Milky White, E55 Light Caramel, N1 Neutral Gray No. 1, RV21 Light Pink, YG11 Mignonette; Accessories: Taylored Expressions Twinklets, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen, Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities

Birdie Time!

Today is Saturday which means that it is time for more Artful INKables creations! I decided to use one of the new releases from Artful INKables, this one is called A Bird's Song and I just love this birdie! The whole set is wonderful, but as soon as I saw this image I just had to use it first! I decided that this little birdie looked like a Robin Redbreast, I hope you like my take on this card! I really had a lot of fun with this color combination and this ribbon too! Plus, to add a bit of shine I had to use some pewter pearls on the corners of the main image, I am loving the results too! Hope you enjoy my card and have a wonderful weekend! I am looking forward to some down time after a long week.

Stamps: A Bird's Song from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R27 Cadmium Red, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Pop Dots, Large and Small Deckled Rectangle Nestabilities. Kaiser Self Adhesive Pearls

Wedding Wishes

Last week one of my coworkers asked if I could create a card for her to use for the Wedding she would be attending this weekend. I was finally able to sit down and create this card for her. She said that the Wedding colors were Cream and Brown and that anything I thought would work would make a good card. I have made cards for her in the past and she seems to like my style, so I hope this card will be up to her expectations. I decided to use my Verve stamps and create an elegant card for this Wedding, I really like how simple this card is. I used the stamp set called Wishful Elegance and used not only the sentiment 'Wedding Wishes' but also this great background stamp, I just love the way these stamps stamp solid images! Hope you have a wonderful day, thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Wishful Elegance from Verve; Paper: Cream, Soft Suede; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Twill Ribbon

Artful INKables Release Day!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! I hope you enjoy the party! We are celebrating the October release at Artful INKables, trust me you are going to love both of the new sets that are coming your way with this release! If you haven't come here from Sherry's blog, then you will want to start at the Artful INKables Blog so you don't miss anything along the way! This time we are changing things around a bit, make sure to comment on everyone's blog, because one lucky commenter somewhere along the way will find some hidden candy! For you chance to be entered into the blog candy draw you have until midnight Sunday, October 18th to comment!

Today I'm showing you a card made with a new set called Down on the Farm! These little animals are all adorable, and always Kristin's sentiments are rockin'! For my main image I picked the cow cutie, I think it's a she, what do you think? Well since it was a farm card I wanted to make a brown cow, this cow sort of reminded me of a cow that used to graze on part of my Grandma's property when I was little. I also picked two shades of green to match the brown cow, and of course added one of the new wonderful sentiments 'What's Moo!'. This set is just so much fun to work with, hope you like it!

Here is the list and order of today's hop in case you missed a spot along the way, you will certianly want to back track, you don't want to miss out!

Kristin

Julie

Holly

Emily

Joy

Deborah

Jen

Lisa

Sherry

Crystal

Jackie

I am actually your last stop on the hop! I really do hope that you not only had a great time, but that you were inspired by the creations we all got the chance to share with you! Have a wonderful day, and remember to stop by each blog and leave a little love along the way to be entered to win the entire release!
Stamps: Down on the Farm from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Gable Green, DCWV Nana's Baby Boy DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E55 Light Caramel, G14 Apple Green, R11Pale Cherry Pink; Accessories: May Arts Twill Ribbon, SU! Paper Piercer and Template, Pop Dots

Color Combo Creation!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the project I made for our next challenge, issued by Christi! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!

We are all sharing with you our creations from this color combination of Barely Banana, Ruby Red, and Not Quite Navy, then you will have until October 20th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Praise & Thanksgiving, this stamp is from the new collection Precious Pretties, from one of our new illustrators Jules! That's right, if you missed it our very own Jules now has her own line of stamps, and they are just inspiring. I hope you like my simple but clean creation for today's color combination challenge. I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

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

How to Enter: Make a project using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC73 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, October 20th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to create a card using the color combination of Barely Banana, Ruby Red, and Not Quite Navy! I can't wait to see what you create!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Praise & Thanksgiving from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Not Quiet Navy, Ridinghood Red, Patterns Pack II; Ink: Barely Banana; Accessories: Scalloped and Regular Rectangle Nestabilities, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Think Ink Sketching

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your fifth issued challenge from 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?!
For this week Jen Pahoulis is hosting and her challenge is a sketch challenge! You know how much I love sketch challenges! 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!**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, October26th, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October 27th, 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 AIC05.

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

Bunny Snuggles!

Well, this week is the start of the new My Favorite Things new contest, 'So You Think You Can Stamp'. Each week there will be a challenge that we will need to base a card on, talk about ekk! This weeks challenge was to create something based on the West Coast Swing, so after thinking about it for a long, long time, I created this card. This stamp set is one of my favorites, these bunnies are just too cute to pass up!It is a spinner/suspension card that also rocks. Its sort of hard to photo, but the main image on both sides rock left and right, plus the central piece spins too! I hope you enjoy it, and I went with pink, lots of pink! Plus no card is complete without some bling and ribbon!This is the front when it 'swings' or 'rocks' to the left. I really love how sweet the card turned out, I ahve never made a rocking card so that was a new things for me, and its been a while since I have create a spinner card. Hope you enjoy my entry, I really did enjoy myself with this one!

Stamps: Cuddle Bunnies from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, PTI In Bloom DP, Hipiscus Burst; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, RV14 Begonia Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Some Taylored Expressions

A few weeks ago Taylored Expressions celebrated their first birthday with a huge birthday bash! I know, how exciting! I had started to post the cards I created on that Saturday here on my blog for their 13 challenges, but I have four cards to still share, so I thought I would do that today! I had so much fun playing along! I created this first card based on a great inspirational challenge, I really like the way this card turned out muted and pretty at the same time.

For this second card I not only combined the distressing and button challenge, but I also added the paper tole challenge to this card! Its packed with challenging fun! I had never really distressed a card like this and I had just tons of fun with this, in fact I even got the chance to use some of the great distressing ink I received as a gift too! I relaly love how this cutie bear turned out!

I created this card based on two different challenges from that day! I used not only an inspiration challenge but also I paper pieced! I had so much fun with this card, and it was great to use some of the supplies that I had in my Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kits, plus some of this ruffled ribbon I ordered a while ago.

For my last card to share with you today, I used more cupcakes! I created this card using both a sketch and an inspiration challenge. I like the bright colors that I used on this one, plus the decrative paper is totally adorable, and it is also something I recevied from a Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit! I hope that you enjoyed my cards for today, they were all so much fun to create! Have a great day!

Muted Cupcakes - Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Very Vanilla, Light Teal, Light Pink, SU! DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG23 Coral Sea, BG72 Ice Ocean, RV11 Pink, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Kaiser Pearls, Pop Dots, Pink Grosgrain Ribbon

Teddy Bear - Stamps: Beary Special from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Very Vanilla; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Old Paper; Accessories: White PTI Buttons, Pop Dots, Gold Nail Heads, White Twill Ribbon

Ruffled Cupcakes - Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocloate, SU! Sweet Always, Light Pink; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E33 Sand; Accessories: Pink Ruffled May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Pearls, Pop Dots

Single Cupcakes - Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Pure Poppy, Tempting Turquiose, Certianly Celery; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No. 1; Accessories: Green Grosgrain Dotted Ribbon, Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities

A Holiday Treat!

For today's card I thought I would share with you my Arful INKables card using Holiday Treats & Tails that I created for LJs swap on SCS! One of my fellow Ho's on SCS is hosting a Sweet Shop Swap, where we are required to make a card that has a bit of something sweet. I thought that this adorable little guy would be perfect! In fact, last weekend I traveled to my friend Michele's house to meet up with both Michele and LJ for a bit of quality time! While there we had a great day, a nice and relaxing sort of day, and of course there was stamping involved. That's where I made this cutie, thank you to Michele for sharing her supplies with me, I really had a great time and I hope you enjoy the results of that get together!

Since today is my posting day for Arful INKables I also wanted to share some news from Arful INKables! It is almost time for our next stamp release, I know! How exciting! The next stamp release from Arful INKables will be on the 15th of this month, so be sure to stop by on Thursday to see what great new stamps are being released! Toy, one of our DT coordinators is also hosting an Artful INKables Swap on SCS, be sure to hop on over and join us, it's sure to be a blast!

For this card I really love this image, and the fun sentiment, which I thought was perfect for a Sweet Shop Swap, 'A Holiday Treat from me to you'! Plus this ribbon is beyond yummy, I bought more from Michele in fact after seeing it! Hope you enjoy today's card, have a great Saturday!
Stamps: Holiday Treats & Tails from Artful INKables; Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Christmas DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E57 Light Walnut, E43 Dull Ivory, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Glue Dots, Satin Ribbon, Bridal Flowers, Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Do you know what today is?! It's Canadian Thanksgiving! So, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! Did you know that Paper Pretties is a Canadian based company? Well if you didn't, now you know! So with our celebrating of Canadian Thanksgiving, we have a SALE going on! That's right, here is all the details, be sure to stop by!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! Be sure to hop on over to the Paper Pretties boutique today to take advantage of our big Thanksgiving Sale.

Canadian Girl and all Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Christmas sets are on sale for 20% off this weekend - Oct 9 - 12! No coupon needed, the stamps have already been marked down for you!

So for today I thought I would share with you a card I created using one of the stamps that is on sale this weekend, the cutie pie Sophia in this Christmas stamp set, Trim the Tree Sophia! She is one of my favorites, okay all the Sophia's are my favorites, but just look how cute, I mean how can you go wrong?! I hope you like my bit of Christmas card, I had a lot of fun digging through my older stamps to find something fun for today!

So what are you waiting for! Hop on over to the Paper Pretties boutique and order some goodies! You know you want to! Since this sale sounded so great I just had to ink up one of my Paper Pretties Cuties to let you see what is available this weekend at a discount!

Stamps: Trim a Tree Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Chatter Box Holiday Candy, Ridinghood Red; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E57 Light Walnut, R27 Cadmium Red, YG11 Mignonette; Accessories: May Arts Twill Ribbon, Pop Dots, Shimmerz Blingz Pixie Dust, Kaiser Self Adhesive Wine Rhinestones

Fall Time with Hanna

Good morning all! I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far! I don’t know about you but this past weekend I received some new stamps and I had to use them right away! Do you get the feeling too? You get new stamps and you need to make something as soon as you get the chance? Well I do, so once my Hanna Stamps order arrived I just had to use this adorable Fall Hanna! I decided that I would use her for one of the swaps I joined on SCS that Audrey is hosting, where we had to try something different. So I picked my technique from a list supplied in the thread and I did a bit of paper piecing! I love paper piecing, but since I do it more often then most I also added some dry embossing using my pumpkin Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and I used my Long Rectangle Nestabilities!

I really like how this image looked after I colored and paper pieced, I really think this Hanna may be my current favorite! I just love her fall look, and she’s more of the ‘old style’ of Hanna’s which I seem to gravitate to more. To finish off this card I pulled out my May Arts Ribbon and decided on some dark brown twill, but it still needed something else so I went though a bunch of my embellishments and decided that brown buttons would be prefect! I really had a lot of fun with this card; I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Have a great day!Stamps: Fall Time from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B14 Light Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E53 Raw Silk, E57 Light Walnut, G24 Willow, RV21 Light Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Long Rectangle Scalloped and Regular Nestabilties, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, May Arts Twill Ribbon, PTI Dark Chocolate Buttons

Prettie Sketchy!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Danille! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!We are all sharing with you our cards from this weeks sketch challenge, and then you will have until October 13th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Snowy Snuggles, one of our newest released! Isn't this adorable snowman couple just the cutest! I love how nice and in love they look here in this image. I love a good sketch challenge, and today's sketch is wonderful! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

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

How to Enter: Make a project using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC72 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, October 13th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to use the provided sketch! I can't wait to see what you create!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Snowy Snuggles from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Going Grey, Light Grey, Real Red, Candy Lane DP ; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No. 1, C7 Cool Grey No. 7, E55 Light Caramel, R29 Lipstick Red, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: Shimmerz Blings Pixie Dust, Stickles Frosted Lace, Paint Brush, Nestabilities Labels Seven, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Bridal Flowers, Quickie Glue Pen, Tiny Twinklets

Think INK Reminder

Just a little reminder about the Think INK challenge, you have one week left to play along, here are all the details again if you missed them earlier!

For this week Lisa Kind is hosting and her challenge is to 'use something that sparkles'! How fun is that!

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

**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

** You have until Monday, October12, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October13, 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 AIC04.

I hope to see you play along with us!

Bling it On!

I hope you are having a great weekend, and I also hope you got the chance to participate in the World Card Making Day Festivities somewhere! For today I am sharing with you the card I created for the current Arful INKables Think INK Challenge! This round the wonderful Lisa Kind is hosting and her challenge is to 'use something that sparkles'! Well, picking just a few things that sparkle was quiet a predicament! So for this challenge I used some wonderfully shiny ribbon, some sparkly rhinestones, some stickles for some garland on this adorable tree, and some glittery decorative paper! What do you think, does this card shine?! I think it does, plus anything having to do with a Christmas tree needs to have a bit of bling! So have you picked up this adorable stamp set yet? Holiday Treats & Tails has so many cute images and wonderful sentiments, I do hope you at least consider purchasing this stamp set, I know you will love these little guys as much as I do! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Holiday Treat and Tails from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Ridinghood Red, DCWV Christmas Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E43 Cull Ivory, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, G17 Forest Green; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestablitlies, Pop Dots, Satin May Arts Ribbon, Frosted Lace Stickles, Quickie Glue Pen

Paper Pretties WCMD - Challenge #3

Are you ready for your Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day fun?! Okay, it's time to continue with our day of fun! The first two challenges have already been issued on the Paper Clip and now its time for the last challenge of the day to being! Our lovely Danielle is hosting the last challenge for the day, and what a great one it is! Danielle has issued a challenge to use corrugated cardboard with the top layer peeled back on your card!

A few Pretties Girl's playing along with this challenge, be sure to stop by their blogs to see their amazing creations:

Christie Ortman
Danielle Lounds

How to Enter: make a card using the challenge, use corrugated cardboard with the top layer peeled back, and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery, using the keyword WCMD

Deadline: 11pm EST on Monday, October 5th

Prize: One winner will be selected from the entries to win our newly release stamp set Season of Joy!

So get creating! I can't wait to see what you come up with during out Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day celebration!

Paper Pretties WCMD - Challenge #2

Are you ready for your Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day fun?! Okay, it's time to continue with our day of fun! The first challenge has already been issued on the Paper Clip and now its time for the second challenge to being! I am hosting the second challenge for the day! For my challenge I was thinking about how Summer has quickly turned into Winter, so on that train of thought, my challenge is to create a card based on your favorite season! Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall...which one will you pick to be your favorite? I can't wait to see!
For my card it took a bit of thought, but I finally decided that my favorite season is Spring, and when I think of spring I picture all the baby animals and blooming. So I thought that this image would be prefect! For my card I used one of our newest stamp sets from our new line, Petite Pretties, called Happy Birth Day Lamb! This image is just the cutest, and I thought it would look perfect in shades of pastels! I hope you like my bit of inspiration, I can't wait to see what you create and which season you pick!

A few Pretties Girl's playing along with this challenge, be sure to stop by their blogs to see their amazing creations:

Charmaine Ikach
Julie Masse
Jackie Rakoski
Frances Byrne

How to Enter: make a card using the challenge, make a card based on your favorite season, and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery, using the keyword WCMD

Deadline: 11pm EST on Monday, October 5th

Prize: One winner will be selected from the entries to win our newly release stamp set Season of Joy!

So get creating! I can't wait to see what you come up with, plus make sure to stop by again this evening to see what our last challenge of the day is for you during the Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day celebration!
Stamps: Happy Birth Day Lamb from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP; Ink: 21 Baby Blue, BG10 Cool Shadow, BG13 Mint Green, C1 Cool Grey No.1, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow, YR16 Apricot; Accessories: Pop Dots, Nestabilites Labels One, PTI White Buttons, Glue Dots, Ribbon

Paper Pretties WCMD - Challenge #1

Are you ready for your Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day fun?! Okay, it's time to get started! The first challenge has been issued on the Paper Clip! Pretties Girl sweetheart Jana has started the day off with a color combination card! Here are your challenge colors: light pink (pretty in pink), darker pink (regal rose), black, and beige (sahara sand) you can also include white.

A few Pretties Girl's playing along with this challenge, be sure to stop by their blogs to see their amazing creations:

Christi Thorsen
Jana Weaver
Heather Lee-Reppen

How to Enter: make a card using the challenge colors - light pink (pretty in pink), darker pink (regal rose), black, beige (sahara sand), and white and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery, using the keyword WCMD

Deadline: 11pm EST on Monday, October 5th

Prize: One winner will be selected from the entries to win our newly release stamp set Season of Joy!

So get creating! I can't wait to see what you come up with, plus make sure to stop by again both this afternoon and this evening to see what other great challenges we have in store for you for the Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day celebration!

Paper Pretties' World Card Making Day!

Welcome to Paper Pretties' festivities for World Card Making Day! We are so happy you decided to join us and we are really excited about today's challenges. We'll be posting 3 challenges for you today. One challenge will be issued in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. You can pick one to do, or all 3 if you would like. On the 5th at 11:00 pm we'll draw a winner from the entry's in the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery, please use keyword WCMD when you upload your card, to receive a Season of Joy stamp set - one of our brand new releases. That means you'll have all weekend to work on your challenge card. You can use any products you like but the main image must be one from Paper Pretties.

The winner will be posted on the Paper Clip on Tuesday, October 6th!

Also, don't forget that ALL DAY today you can get 15% off your entire order - even clearance merchandise! Just enter the coupon code wcmd (case sensitive, no spaces) when you check out!

Pretties Release Day!

It's finally here! Today is October 1st, which means that today is the new release at Paper Pretties ! Tonight at 8pm EST we will be rocking in the Paper Pretties forum celebrating a fabulous release! At the Pretties Pajama Party we will be releasing 9 new images and revealing the next Stamp of the Month! Are you ready to party?! I know I am! I can't wait to head home after work today and join in on the fun, I hope to see you there! It is sure to be a great night!