Greeting Farm Fun!

Right now The Greeting Farm is having a Twelve Days of Sketches on their blog and I have been loving the idea. This past weekend I sat down and started working on these sketches and I am really loving how these are starting, plus some of those stamps that have been screaming for some ink are seeing some! For my first card I tried the 3rd Sketch and pulled out one of my new Twinkling Tots, this little Madelynn is totally adorable! I thought she would look pretty in greens and yellows and coloring her in was a lot of fun!

For my second sketch I used this adorable Miss Anya Love and went for all pinks on pink! I can not for the life of me find my oval nestabilities either, so I used this one instead and I think it still works. In fact not only are these card for the great Sketches that The Greeting Farm is hosting, but I am also using these cards for swaps I am in on SCS.

Stamps: Twinkling Tots Medelynn from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Certianly Celery, DCWV Citrus Stack; Ink: E00 Skin White, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y13, Y15, G24 Willow, YG03 Yellow Green, E31 Brick Beige; Accessories: Self Adhesive Rhinestone

Stamps: Miss Anya Love from the Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Luxury DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, R39 Garnet, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R35 Coral; Accessories: Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Satin Pink Ribbon

Altered Journal!

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 for this or alter a notebook/journal challenge, then you will have until January 5th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Home Sweet Home to create a journal for me to keep track of peoples addresses in, to be honest if you know me at all then you know I am horrible at keeping track of where people live and a journal just for that will certainly help in the New Year! I used some light blue and kraft paper to alter the notebook, then I added this fun DCWV DP that really brightens it all up. I then picked this cute little house to put on the cover to complete the look. 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
Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC82 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, January 5th.


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 or alter a notebook/journal to record blessings in for the New Year - Happy 2010! 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: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, DCWV Citrus Stack DP, Kraft; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, E11 Bareley Beige, B14 Light Blue, G05 Emerald Green, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Journal, Pop Dots, Sticky Strip

A Pretties SALE!

Good morning all! I almost forgot to share with you the Sale going on at Paper Pretties! Here is all the information so you can take advantage of this great sale!

Merry Christmas to all of you! As a Christmas treat, we'll be giving away a free Around the Block Antiquing Tool to everyone who places an order between now and New Years Day. No coupon code, we'll add it to your order for you. Also, be sure to stop back on Boxing Day when our boxing week blowout begins. We'll have everything Christmas related - stamps, ribbon, paper - all on sale for 45% off! No coupon code needed. Sale will run until New Year's Day!
Here's a little bit of info about the antiquing tool for you:

This little tool gets a big thumbs up from me! It has a very ergonomic little handle that is very easy to hold and work with. One end of the tool is a little ink pad (brown in this case) and the other end is a little sanding disc. The ink pad end comes with a little plastic cover so that the ink doesn't dry out. This end works really nicely on the edges of cards stock before or after they are sanded as well as for "swiping" over card stock to give it an aged appearance.

The sanding edge works so nicely both on the edges of cards and to sand the surface of white core card stock or photos.

I hope you get the chance to take advantage of this great SALE! Have a great day all and thanks for stopping by!

Hunny Bunny!

I hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas and enjoyed the time they had to spend with their family yesterday. I know we had a very relaxing up lovely holiday. We opened gifts, made breakfast together, watched It's a Wonderful Life, had Dinner followed by dessert, then all watched the new Night at the Museum Movie. Overall it was a quiet day at home with lots of wonderful family time. I do hope you also had a great holiday to remember! Since today is Saturday that means it's time for me to share with you a fun Artful INKables creation! I know that Christmas was only yesterday, but today I am sharing with you a cute little box I made for Valentine's Day!I used the sentiment stamps from Creature Comforts and an adorable Ghirardelli Box tutorial I found on SCS to make a super sweet Valentine's Day Treat! I love all sorts of chocolate and I have a baggie filled with these yummy wrapped squares of Ghirardelli Chocolate, so I thought what better thing to share today then some sweetness! I do hope you like my little box, it was a lot of fun to make! Have a wonderful Saturday, and be sure to rest from all your Christmas excitement.

Stamps: Creature Comforts from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Green, Cloud 9 Design Sparkle Cardstock; Ink: Hibiscus Burst; Accessories: Sticky Strip, Scor-Pal, Scalloped Edge Punch

Valentines? Already?

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 Jana! 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 for this Valentine challenge, then you will have until December 22nd to try this one out for yourself! Make a valentine without using ANY Red or pink! (That means Sophia can't be wearing red or pink either! Ekk!) For my project today I decided to ink up Snowbunny, in fact I went in completely the opposite direction then I intended, I decided to stick with all neurtals for this one and I think it works. This adorable Bunny was part of our last release and I only just realized that I had yet to share anything with him on it, so that had to be fixed! I made a nontraditional Valentine's Day card, but I love how it all worked out. 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
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco

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 PWC83 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, December 29th.

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 eyelets on your creation, simple enough, right?! 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: Snowbunny from Paper Pretties; Paper: Cream, Kraft, Soft Suede; Ink: E71 Champagne; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Large Regular Circle Nestabilities

Inky Embossed Glitter

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge which is to use Embossing AND Glitter or Flocking! Talk about all sorts of fun to be had! I don't know about you but I simply love embossing, but not so much glitter. I love the shine of glitter, its so pretty, but I hate the mess it makes! I know...I am a bit of a neat freak about some things.

Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! (I know, that includes me! Woot!) For my card today I used the Fairy Lili stamp, one of my favorite's from Inky Impressions, and added all sorts of glitter to her wings and skirt. Not sure what started the color combination for today's card, but I thought that she had to be a bright fairy, sort of spring like, so I went with bright greens and yellow. If you can't see the embossing, its a bit hard to notice, but the paper is embossed, loving this!

I hope you like my take on the current Inky Impressions Challenge, be sure to join in on all the fun over at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all and hope you are all ready for the holidays! Stamps: Fairy Lili from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E57 Light Walnut, Y02 Canary Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green, YG06 Yellowish Green, YG11 Mignonette; Accessories: Frosted Lace Stickles, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Glue Dots, Green Satin Ribbon

Think INK New Year's Style!

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your ninth 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 Michelle Bartnett is hosting and her challenge which is to create a card based on your New Year's Resolution! 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, January 4th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 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 AIC10.
Today I am sharing with you my New Year's Resolution card! Ihad a lot of fun with this one, I even got to ink up my oh too cute Creature Comforts stamp set from Artful INKables! My New Year's Resolution this coming year is to try and relax more and spend time with those that I love, so I thought that both this image and sentiment match perfectly with my intentions for the New Year. I hope you have a great day!

Stamps: Creature Comforts from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Berry Sorbet, DCWV DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, B14 Light Blue, E55 Light Caramel, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Pop Dots, Ticket Corner Punch

A Eyelet Kind of Day...

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 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 cards for this eyelet challenge, then you will have until December 22nd to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Unknown Blessings and I am loving this color combination of Yellow, Blue and Green, plus I added 3 little eyelets. In fact I had a bit of help this week, I asked my guy what colors he would like to see this week and this the color combination he picked. I really had a lot of fun with this weeks challenge, made my card more soft for some reason too. 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
Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC82 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, December 22nd.

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 eyelets on your creation, simple enough, right?! I can't wait to see what you create!


But before I send you off for today, I would suggest you check out the Paper Pretties Website...you may start seeing changes! In fact, head over now and not only will you say the new website but you will also find a SALE! You know how I love that word! Here are the details for you: We are having a SALE for 35% everything in the store and the coupon code will be "newsite" - no spaces, and case sensitive. You have until Saturday night at 11:59pm, so get shopping! Have fun, I know I will!


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: Unknown Blessings from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, DCWV Nana's Nursery DP; Ink: B32 Pale Blue, E55 Light Caramel, G24 Willow, G28 Ocean Green, N1 Neutral No Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Green Satin Ribbon, Pop Dots, Labels Four Nestabilities

Happy Birthday Kristy

Today is my fellow Prettie Girl Kristy's Birthday! That's right today we are celebrating Kristy's Birthday with a very special Birthday Blog Hop! As always we all offer to bring goodies to the party and today I decided that you can never have too much cake, so I brought a giant cake for all to share in today's festivities!

So here is the HOP! We are starting things off with Christie's blog, so if you didn't start there make sure to hop over so you don't miss any of the celebration, it's always a blast when there is a birthday around here!

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse
Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski

Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond
Jennifer Greco

Jane Matsumoto

Kristy Ketterlin

Thank you so much for stopping by and celebrating with us today! Make sure to hope on over to Christi's blog next and don't stop hopping until you get to Kristy's Blog blog, and be sure to wish her a very Happy Birthday! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Time for Cake from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Greeting Farm Birthday DP; Ink: RV11 Pink, RV13Tender Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Black Satin Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch

Happy Birthday Kristin!

Have you heard?! Today is Kristin, the Artful INKables Fearless Leaders', Birthday! You know Kristin from not only the owner of Artful INKables but she also illustrates the stamp sets, and let me tell you her stamps are simply adorable! I am glad that I get the chance to celebrate her birthday with her and the INK Girls! A very, very Happy Birthday Kristin, I hope you get everything you want, and then some!

I wanted to create Kristin a birthday card, but I didn't know where to start, I eventually picked this stamp set Snow Play and got to work! For the sentiment I used on from the same stamp set that says' "Fun Is In The Air", what a great Birthday Day sentiment! I hope you have a great day Kristin, and be sure to stop by the Artful INKables Blog for some more Birthday Wishes! Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Snow Play from Arftul INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Kraft; Ink: Memento Bkack, BG10 Cool Shadow, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, E77 Maroon, G24 Willow, G82 Spring Dem Green, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, RV11 Pink, RV13 Tender Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots

Inky Snowflakes!

Good morning all! Today I am sharing with you the card I created for the Inky Impressions Challenge, which is currently to use snowflakes! I don't know about you but I love snowflakes, but not so much the cold.If you haven’t heard the news yet, I have been selected to be a Designer on the Inky Impressions Design Team and I am SO excited about joining these amazing ladies and using these adorable stamps! For my card today not only did I use snowflakes, I also used this adorable digi stamp available in the Inky Impressions store called Rachel's Gingerbread Christmas! This image is simply perfect for any holiday card, and this adorable Rachel is decorating the tree for the holidays, I just love it! This is just a super cute image and I had a lot of fun coloring in all the lights, baubles, and little details! I don't know about you, but I think that this tree is rocking!

I hope you like my take on the current Inky Impressions Challenge, be sure to join in on all the fun over at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all!Stamps: Rachel's GIngerbread Christmas from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Enchanted Evening, PTI Bitty Dots DP; Ink: B05 Process Blue, B12 Ice Blue, B21 Baby Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, G17 Forest Green, G21 Lime Green, G24 Willow, R17 Lipstick Orange, R27 Cadmium Red Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Frosted Lace Stickles, Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewarts Snowflake Punch, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

A Ski-ing Cutie!

Good morning all! I hope you are enjoying your weekend, I know I am and planning on getting some holiday shopping done too! So I am sharing with you this adorable little box in a bag I created used the one of the new stamp sets from Artful INKables, License to Chill! I am loving this stamp set, and this cute little penguin may just be my favorite stamp in this set, I mean how can you not love this little cutie! I used this great DP from DCWV Christmas Stack, I think it matches this adorable guy wonderfully!

Stamps: License to Chill from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Christmas Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, YR68 Orange; Accessories: Scalloped Edge Punch, Tag Punch, Sticky Strip, White Satin Ribbon, Crop-a-dile, Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities

A Scrapbook Page?!

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 Christie! 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 for this 6x6 scrapbook page challenge, then you will have until December 15th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Lady Sophia, and let me tell you I am not sure if I like this page, but I think it works. This little picture to the side of my page is of me during my Junior Prom, hope you like it, I had the hardest time finding an image that works with a photograph I have, and I think it does work, just not as I was envisioning it of course. 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

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC81 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, December 15th.

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 6x6 scrapbook page! 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: Lady Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, V15 Mallow, V17 Amethyst, V93 Early Grape; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Bridal Flowers

CAS Think INK!

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your ninth 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 Emily Niehaus is hosting and her challenge which is to create a CAS, or a Clean and Simple card! 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, December 21st, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, December 22nd, 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 AIC09.

Today I am sharing with you my CAS card for this challenge! I had so much fun with this challenge and I got to use not only my new License to Chill set, but I also used this cute card for my spot on the SCS AI Swap being hosted by Holly! I used this adorable little polar bear who was obviously enjoying a snow day plus I added these cute little snowflakes from this great punch I recently got. I hope you enjoyed my clean and simple Artful INKables posting day! I hope you have a great day!
Stamps: License to Chill from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, DCWV DP; Ink: BG34 Horizon Green, E31 Brick Beige, E57 Light Walnut; Accessories: Pop Dots, Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Island Lagoon Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Triangle Chipboard!

Good morning all! I hope that everyone had a wonderful week, but I for one am thrilled that the weekend is here! So for today's Artful INKables post I wanted to share with you this super fun triangle box I made and decorated using A Bird's Song stamp set. This creation is also my example for the current Think INK challenge to use chipboard on your creation!

I wanted to make a treat box, so I decided to try this one, I had never made a triangle shaped box before and went with some red, yellow, brown and greens. I know these aren't really your typical colors to add with snowflakes, but I got this amazing SU! Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit from my secret sister and I just HAD to use it plus I used this wonderful birdie image and this fun snowflake chipboard piece! Here is a recap for you if you missed it for the current Think INK Challenge!

For this week Deborah Young is hosting and her challenge which is to use chipboard! 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, December 7th, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, December 8th, 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 AIC08.

Thank you for stopping by, I do hope you enjoy my creation for today, I had a lot of fun with this one! Hope you have a great day!

Stamps: A Bird's Song from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Ripe Avocado, Lemon Tart; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: SU! Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit (paper and chipboard), Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones Lippy Red

Stamping Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blop Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you arrived from Dana's Blog - Dana's House of Cards, then you are in the right place! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.
For my card today I wanted to use one of my uninked stamps, so I pulled out my Flamenca Ketto and got to work! Whenever I see this stamp I always think it would look fabulous in a few rich colors, so I pulled out my new Saffron DP from DCWV a started playing with some great colors. I used two different sheets that have very different but complimenting patterns and colored in my Flamenca Ketto to match. I do hope you like my card, it was just so much fun to make!

Here is a bit more about the hop! Guess what?! Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!! Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Monday, December 7 at the Stamping Bella Blog. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Sara's Blog - Expressions of a Creative Mind! I know the rest of the hop will be amazing, so enjoy the rest of your ride!

Stamps: Flamenca Ketto from Stamping Bella; Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, DCWV Saffron Stack; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B39 Prussian Blue, BG09 Blue Green, E00 Skin White, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilies, Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones Island Lagoon, Gold Ribbon

That Krafty Santa!

I still can’t believe it is already December, I know I have said this before but my goodness, where has this year gone?! With the mark of a new month comes another My Favorite Things Guest Designer Challenge! This month the challenge was to create a card using Kraft as the focus, I love my Kraft paper but I just don’t use it often enough, in fact for the longest time I had no Kraft paper in my room, I know that I reached for it a few times and I was all out! I finally reordered some from PTI last month when I got some other goodies, so I was able to participate in the challenge! I decided to ink up my new Santa Baby stamp sets, this poor set has been sitting there wanting to see some some ink! As soon as I saw this set I knew I would love it, and I simply do! I love the playful feel of this image and all the matching sentiments and images that compliment it! I thought a holiday card would be totally awesome to make, since I haven’t really made many yet this year…but you will be seeing more of them, I have several people who have ordered Christmas and Holiday cards from me this year, so I need to kick it into high and get creating! Hope you enjoy my card for today, and be sure to stop by tomorrow too! Not only will I have my weekly Artful INKables creation, but the Stamping Bella Blog Hop will be coming through too! Have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Santa Baby from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Pure Poppy, DCWV Christmas Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R29 Lipstick Red, R39 Garnet, W7 Warm Grey No. 7; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones Wine, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

A Joyful Sketch!

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 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 cards for this sketch challenge, then you will have until December 8th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Joyful Heart, in fact a friend of mine Cheryl requested that I use this stamp after she saw this stamp in the Pretties Gallery. I do hope that I did this stamp justice, there are so many little details to this beautiful snowman and I decided to use this fun DP I found in a local craft store I just this it has some great shades to it. This sketch was a lot of fun to work with, hope you like what I came up with. 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
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC80 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, December 8th.

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 following 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: Joyful Heart from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Ripe Avacado, Spring Rain, Anne Griffin DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, BG01 Aqua Blue, G99 Olive, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, R14 Light Rogue, YG03 Yellow Green, YG23 New Leaf; Accessories: Pop Dots

Unknown Blessings Peak and Release Day!

It's that time of the year again ladies! It's Prettie Peek time! I can not believe another month has come and gone, but alas it has...now on to the Peeks! Here is all the information for this month's release and peeks:

Welcome to our Prettie Peeks for Paper Pretties December Release! We had so much fun last month using a well known song for our peeks that we thought we'd try it again, and since we love giving things away, we'll have the same rules for prizes as last month - leave a comment on a card from the new releases in the Paper Pretties Gallery and we'll pick names for you to win the new releases. This month, in keeping with Christmas we've chosen a well known Christmas carol - Winter Wonderland!

Each day three or possibly four 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 her card, you'll have a chance to win the new set that has been used in that challenge - make sense?

The contest will end December 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! Jules, Frances, Kristy, and Jackie (you are here!) are sharing with you their lyrical creations for today, so get on over there and make sure you stop by and leave a comment in the gallery for these Pretties for your chance to win!

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

For today I am peeking our new stamp set Unknown Blessings! For today's Peak I had the lyrical line "As we dream by the fire", so I decided to use this pretty floral mailbox from this new set. I don't know about you, but when I am experiencing winter I think of the the spring, so this image I thought was perfect for this line! Of course any springy card needs to have bright colors, so I used pink, yellow and green! I really had a lot of fun with this one, I do hope you like this, this mail box set is just so pretty, and I am loving these roses that are growing up the mailbox!

Thank you so much for stopping by, be sure to check out the other's Girl's creations for today, and head back over to my blog on Tuesday, that is my next Peek for you! Hope to see you at the Release Party on the 1st, it is sure to be a blast! Have a great day!
Stamps: Unknown Blessings from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Heidi Grace Designs DP A Little Bird's Tale; Ink: B02 Robin's Egg Blue, E55 Light Caramel, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, R37 Carmine, RV34 Dark Pink, Y06 Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Long Regular and Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones