Wade E Bug!

***Please scroll down to see the Inky Impressions Blog Hop! These ladies are just so cute!***

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 Wendy! 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 great challenge, to create a masculine birthday card, then you will have until April 6th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Wade E Bug! I wanted to go with a sort of monochromatic look for this card, seemed manly to me at the time. You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Bugs and Fishes and Wade E. Bug being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! 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

Frances Byrne

Heather Lee-Reppen

Wendy Bond
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC97!

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 ! I can't wait to see what you create! Your next stop on the hop is to visit Frances' 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: Bugs and Fishes from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, SU! DP, Dark Brown; Ink:Memento Tuxedo Black, E52 Milky White, E47 Dark Brown, E71 Champagne; Accessories:Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon

Inky Impressions Blog Hop and Release!

Today is finally here! I am thrilled to say that today is the Inky Impressions New Release Blog Hop! I can't believe that today is my first release as part of the Inky Impressions Design Team! I am so excited to get the chance to share these brand new cuties with you!
If you didn't hop over to my blog from Chris' Blog, be sure to head on over Inky Impressions Challenge Blog to make sure you don't miss one bit of this great release hop, there is some hidden blog hop candy along the way, so get hopping! Oh, also in addition to this great release, Nicole is offering a 15% off discount for you order! You have from now until Friday, April 2nd at midnight EST to take advantage of this great order, just be sure to add 'Blog Hop Discount' to the comments section of your order!

I have the pleasure of sharing with you Beach Bound Lili! This adorable stamp shows Lili on her way to the beach in an adorable outfit for some fun in the sun! And, since Lili is always prepared she is wearing her flip flops, bringing a tube for some fun, and of course no trip to the beach is complete without a towel, sunblock, and an adorable beach bag! I wanted to go with bright summery colors for this image so I used this bright yellow, this bright green, a light pink, and this lovely deep bright purple! Not only is she super cute, but if you look I am using one of the brand new beach charms being released today as well! These new charms are prefect for the new releases this month and you are going to love them too!

I hope you enjoyed stopping by my blog today, the next stop on the Inky Impressions New Release Blog Hop is Kim D! I just know she will be rocking her new images as she always does! Enjoy the rest of the hop ladies, and get ready to fill those shopping carts! Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: Beach Bound Lili from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Green Galore, Summer DP from DCWV, Pretty Pink; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E51 Milky White, RV19 Red Violet, Y11 Pale Yellow, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: Beach Charms from Inky Impressions, Ribbon from Inky Impressions, Pop Dots, Nestabilities Labels Four, PTI Buttons, Glue Dots, Silver Cord

Pretties Peeks!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you another great Pretties Peek for this month's release on April 1st! This month we are releasing 5 new rubber sets, 3 super cute digis, and previewing our next Sophia! Today I get to show you our fabulous preview of the next Sophia set, Wheel Chair Sophia! I simply love this stamp set, as always Sophia is adorable and is a great addition to any collection!

I just love how sweet this Sophia is, I think she would be prefect for a feel better soon or a thinking about you card. I decided that I wanted to go with a focus on shades of pink and make this card super girlie! I hope you like it!

Here are the other fabulous Pretties' sharing with you there peeks of some of these great sets, they are all wonderful!

Jules
Frances

Hope you are enjoying the peeks! Have a great day all, I can't wait till you see all the wonderful releases! There are only two more days to come before these go on sale, it's almost time! Have a wonderful day all, and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Wheel Chair Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Bubble Gum, Sweet Blush, Basic Grey Sugar Rush DP; Ink: BV02 Prune, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, Y11 Pale Yellow, W1 Warm Grey No. 1; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Circle Nestabilities, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Prima Flowers

Think INK

It's time for another Artful INKables Think INK challenge! Our new Think INK Challenge is being issued by Michelle and it is to use any CD/album cover for inspiration!

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?! 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, April 12th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, April 13th, 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 AIC17.

Be sure to stop by here on Saturday to see my creation for the current Think INK Challenge! I hope you have a great day all, and I can't wait to see what you create for this one!

Go Team Ho!

Good morning ladies! I wanted to share with you all that I am currently joining some fabulous ladies as part of Team Ho in The Greeting Farm Battle of the Design Teams! That's right, my team consists of some amazing fellow Hos, specifically Joy Stagg, Rae Anne Springer, Yoorah Lee, Sandye Curry, and ME! This amazing card for our first entry was created by Miss Yoorah, and is based on a fun image that we were to use for our color combination, plus our card had to be Retro! We each created a card and voted on which card was the best way to proceed, then we all made comments and suggestions to help out!

If you get the chance, please take a moment to vote for your favorites, you get three votes each week. I would also like to ask you to please vote for us, it would be greatly appreciated if you did so!

Here are the details on how you can place your vote:

1. Go to http://thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/
2. Click on Register and fill out the form.
3. You will be sent confirmation info to your email and you must click the link to officially be activated. If for some reason you do not receive it, just email me and I will manually activate your registry.
4. Once you are activated, go back to http://thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/ and login.
5. Once you are logged in, go to Contest/Challenges > TGF ROYAL BATTLE > Week 1
6. Vote for your top 3 choices. When you comment, that counts as your vote. So Comment on your top 3 choices.

The link to our direct card can be found Here!!!

Thank you ladies for taking a moment to help us out in this contest, its been a blast! Hope you have a wonderful day all!

Inky Impressions Blog Hop to Come!

Have you heard the news?! Inky Impressions will be having a blog hop on the 31st, that's right that means that there is a NEW release coming to Inky Impressions! I can not wait to share with you the amazing images coming your way this month! Just wait till you see the hop, you will love the new stamps! So for today I thought I would share with you a card I created not only using this adorable and Springy Inky Impressions image, Flower Lili, but also I wanted to play along with the current Color Throwdown Challenge! This week the challenge is to use the colors Baja Breeze, Garden Green, and Certainly Celery, what a great and bright color combination! I just had to use this fun paper from Cosmo Cricket its from the Material Girl line, and its so bright and perfect for this combination!

I hope you like my bright and sunny Lili, she was a lot of fun to create! Be sure to be checking out my blog through out this week, lots of great stamps to come! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: Flower Lili from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Material Girl DP from Cosmo Cricket; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, G17 Forest Green, G24 Willow, RV11 Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Nestabilities Labels Ten, PTI Buttons, Twine, Satin Ribbon, Illuminate Smooch

Pretties Peeking Penny For Your Thoughts!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you another great Pretties Peek for this month's release on April 1st! This month we are releasing 5 new rubber sets, 3 super cute digis, and previewing our next Sophia! Today I am sharing a new peek called Penny For Your Thoughts, which is one of our rubber releases this month!

I simply love this stamp set, it is just super cute and all sorts of fun! When I saw this stamp set I just knew that I had to use this adorable sentiment! Plus, this paper is so much fun, I had to go with this color combination, it was too cute!

Here are the other fabulous Pretties' sharing with you there peeks of some of these great sets, they are all wonderful!

Jana
Wendy

Hope you are enjoying the peeks, you are simply going to love the whole release! Have a great day all, I can't wait till you see all the wonderful releases!

Stamps: Penny for You Thoughts from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Be Loved DP, Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy; Ink: E31 Brick Beige, R02 Flesh; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive

Crafty Hos!

Since today is Sunday it's time for another Crafty Ho's Challenge! That's right, a great group of friends of mine, to who we call the 'Ho's', kicked off a new challenge blog last Sunday, called Crafty Ho's Challenge Blog!

So for our sixth week our challenge we are creating a card based on some inspiration, Jelly Bean Prayer! Here are all the rules for our challenge so that you too can play along:

1. Please use only original artwork designed for this challenge - not previously made for other challenges, swaps, etc. Feel free to combine your project for this challenge with any other challenges, only required to be something new.

2. You may submit as many entries as you like, just make sure that they are all different.

3. Challenges will be posted every Sunday and will run til 11pm EST the following Saturday. This should give you plenty of time to get them done and entered.

4. Post your link directly to the post for this challenge project - not a general link to your blog - to Mr. Linky.

5. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know, we are here to be as supportive and inspiring as we can:)

So for my card I used this adorable stamp set called Spring Fling from The Cat's Pajamas! Did you know that I have Cat's Pajamas stamp sets too?! I do! I never get the chance to ink them up, but I simply love all of the pengins and the cats and just so cute! Be sure to check out the rest of our great group of Hos!

Audrey
Jeanette
Michele
Rae Anne
Sandye
Scrappy
Tammy

You are going to love these ladies and all of their creations and I can't wait to see what you create along with us! Hope to see you back here next Sunday for our next challenge! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: Spring Fling from The Cat's Pajamas; Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Pure Poppy, Love Me Doo Blooming Love; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R27 Cadmium Red, Y15 Cadmium Yellow,B02 Robin's Egg Blue, RV02 Sugared Almond Pink, E55 Light Caramel, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Pop Dots, Twill, Peony Nestabilities

Pretty, Pretty Peacock

Good morning all! Once again the weekend has arrived and I am thrilled to relax a bit, and with every Saturday comes a Artful INKables post! For my card today I wanted to share with you the design I created for a card front swap that I am participating in while at a Shoebox swap today! In fact, most of you will be reading this while I am at the SBS! I decided to use the fabulous new Peacock set from Artful INKables called Paisleys & Peacocks as my main image, I just simply love this set!

I wanted to go with bright and fun colors in my Peacock so I used a light blue, a pale yellow, and a green for the outer part of the feathers. I used one of my new Nestabilities, Labels Eleven, for the main piece and then sponged the edges in a light blue. I got this wonderful ribbon that I think makes the whole look pop a bit more, and no card is complete with out some fun embellishments, so I used these great Prima flowers I picked up from my local Michael's. I had so much fun creating todays card, and I hope you love it as much as I do! Have a wonderful day all, see you all soon!
Stamps: Paisleys & Peacocks from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sping Rain, Certianly Celery, America Crafts a La Carte Pumpernickle; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Light Blue, Y11 Pale Yellow, G24 Willow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Sponge, Nestabilities Lable Eleven, Grosgrain Ribbon, Prima Flowers

Have An OWLy Birthday!

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 we are also having a Happy Birthday Celebration for our wonderful Frances! 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 OWL challenge! That's right this week's challenge in honor of Frances' Birthday is to create a card using Owls! You will have until March 30th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Lady Sophia for a sort of royal birthday wish headed Frances' way! I used this great paper from the Green Stack that DCWV cam our with, it includes this cute DP with this fabulous owl on it, perfect for this particular birthday card! I decided that this piece of DP would not only be my inspiration for today's card, but I would use the piece as a background too! So I pulled the colors from the patterned piece of DP and use the Owl as a part of the card! I just love this cute little Owl almost as much as I love this Sophia! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Make A Wish and Lady Sophia being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! 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

Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco
Frances Byrne (the birthday girl!)

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC96!

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 brithday card using an Owl in some way! I can't wait to see what you create! Your next stop on the hop is to visit Heather's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share. Be sure to hop all the way to the end so that you get to stop at Frances' blog, make sure to send her lots of brithday love too! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!
Stamps: Lady Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, the Green Stack DCWV, Bermuda Bay; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG13 Mint Green, BG49 Duck Blue, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois; Accessories: Pop Dots, Illuminate Smooch, Sheer Ribbon

A Bit of Bugaboo

Last week I shared with you a card I created for the Bugaboo Challenge, today I wanted to share with you a card I created using Bugaboo Stamps for a great digi card swap hosted by Michele on SCS, in fact Michele is one of my good friends and fellow 'Hos' too. The both of us will be traveling to a shoe box swap this weekend for a day of card making fun, I have been busy working on the card fronts and card kits for my projects, so I decided to show you a card I created two weekends ago when I bought this cutie digi image!

This adorable little girl is from the Bugaboo Brats line, specifically BB Desiree. When this line showed up on the Bugaboo Site I had to order a few, they are just too fun and cute to pass up! I went with some bright colors on this card since I was making a fun kids card, I added some red rhinestones and a great big white satin bow to finish off this card. I do hope you like it, and I hope that all the ladies who receive one of my cards in the digi card swap enjoy this creation too! Have a great day all!
Stamps: BB Desiree from Bugaboo Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Cosmo Cricket DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, RV11 Pink, R29 Lipstick Red, G24, C1 Cool Grey No. 1; Accessories: Large Regular Oval Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Red Rhinestones

Artful INKables March Release!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! We are celebrating the March release at Artful INKables with 4 wonderful sets and a super fun new mini set! Trust me, you are going to love this release, there is something for everyone!

If you haven’t come here from Marti’s Blog, be sure to hop on over to the Artful INKables Blog, you don’t want to miss anything for today’s hop! Make sure to comment on every one's blog, because two lucky commenter along the way will find some hidden candy! One winner will receive In My Garden and Epic Tales and the other will win Peacock Pagentry and Paisleys & Peacocks. Please leave your comments by Thursday, March 25th, at 12pm Eastern Standard Time. The winners will be randomly selected on Friday, March 26th.Today I get to share with you my creation using one of the brand new stamp sets called In My Garden! I totally love this adorable set and trust me you will too, this little girl image is the focus of this stamp set. For my card I decided to make this one image pop a bit more by adding layers to the image herself, I layered her head, hat and flower pot as well as her cute little boots! I also used one of the super sweet sentiments that are included with the stamp set that says 'Plant Seeds of Happiness & water a Friendship Grow', perfect for this adorable image!

Thank you for participating in today’s blog hop, no hop on over to Patti's blog and enjoy the rest of this wonderful release!Stamps: In My Garden from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Sending Love Specialty DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E33 Sand, E35 Chamois, G17 Forest Green, R29 Lipstick Red, RV11 Pink, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Ticket Corner Punch

Crafty Ho's!

Since today is Sunday it's time for another Crafty Ho's Challenge! That's right, a great group of friends of mine, to who we call the 'Ho's', kicked off a new challenge blog last Sunday, called Crafty Ho's Challenge Blog!So for our fifth week our challenge we are using this great sketch created by Scrappy! Here are all the rules for our challenge so that you too can play along:

1. Please use only original artwork designed for this challenge - not previously made for other challenges, swaps, etc. Feel free to combine your project for this challenge with any other challenges, only required to be something new.

2. You may submit as many entries as you like, just make sure that they are all different.

3. Challenges will be posted every Sunday and will run til 11pm EST the following Saturday. This should give you plenty of time to get them done and entered.

4. Post your link directly to the post for this challenge project - not a general link to your blog - to Mr. Linky.

5. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know, we are here to be as supportive and inspiring as we can:)

So for my card I used this adorable stamp set called Loads of Love from There She Goes! I also decided to play along with this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge and used the colors Taken with Teal, Soft Sky, Black, and Tangerine Tango. I wasn't too sure about these colors, but I really like how everything came together on this one! Be sure to check out the rest of our great group of Hos!

Audrey
Jeanette
Michele
Rae Anne
Sandye
Scrappy
Tammy

You are going to love these ladies and all of their creations and I can't wait to see what you create along with us! Hope to see you back here next Sunday for our next challenge! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: Loads of Fun from There She Goes; Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Soft Sky, Tangerine; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, R02 Flesh, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, BG13 Mint Green; Accessories: Twine, Pop Dots, Prima Flowers, Glue Dot, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Happy Birthday Arful INKables!

Today is another fabulous Saturday which means I once again get to share with you a creation I made using Artful INKables stamps! For my creation today I created a birthday card using the super fun stamp set called Birthday Best! I decided to use the big cake image as my focus for this bright birthday creation. In fact this stamp reminded me of the Alice in Wonderland, so it sort of had a double meaning!

You too can play along with the Think INK Challenge, be sure to hop over to the Artful INKables blog to see all the details and play along for yourself, in fact there is a great grab bag full of stamps just waiting for one lucky player, so join in on the Birthday fun, and don't forget there is a great SALE going on now! Be sure to take advantage of it while you still can! Have a wonderful day all, and thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Birthday Best from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Spring Stack, Yo Yo Yellow, Pacific Point; Ink: Cadmium Yellow, YR16 Apricot, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, B12 Light Blue, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Jules' Birthday Hop!

Today is a Pretties Birthday Hop! Today our fabulous Jules'! That's right, its time for a Pretties Birthday Celebration! 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!

I decided to use this fabulous Sophia, Under the Sea, for my main image to create this fun birthday card for Jules! I went with a teal and pink color combination, which was a lot of fun to color! I didn't want to use the typical birthday image, you know a cake or balloons, I wanted to do something bright and cheery, especially with spring trying to sneak it's way back into the area. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Jules' earlier this year in the fall and she was more wonderful then I thought she would be, I do hope she has an amazing brithday, cheers! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski (you are here!)

Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

Wendy Bond
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco
Julie Masse (birthday girl!)

I hope you enjoy the rest of the Hop, you know I am loving getting the chance to celebrate another wonderful Pretties Birthday! Now hop on over to Frances' blog, she has more great celebration goodies for our Jules', and be sure to hop all the way through and wish Jules a fabulous birthday! Have a great day all!
Stamps: Under the Sea from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Intense Teal, Baby Pink Medium, My Mind's Eye Ooh La La; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG13 Mint Green, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, N1 Neutral Gray No. 1, RV13 Tender Pink; Accessories: Raspberry Candy Dots, Pop Dots, Teal Thin Ribbon

Skelekinz Sketchy Love!

So today I wanted to share with you the card I created for the current Bugaboo Challenge! This time the challenge is to follow a sketch that my friend Michele created, and knowing that she was hosting this one I HAD to play along! I love how fun this sketch was, the hardest part for me was picking which image to use! I have started my own little collection of these digi cuties and picked Skelekinz Love for my image and I had a lot of fun coloring her in! I used lots of pink and had a blast with a bit of purple punches, I hope you enjoyed my creation!

Stamps: Skelekinz Love from Bugaboo Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, My Mind's Eye Ooh La La, Baby Pink Medium, Classic Magenta; Ink: E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, E49 Dark Brown, R35 Coral, V06 Lavender; Accessories: Raspberry Candy Dots, Scalloped Edge Scissors, Pop Dots

Baby Gamble Box!

Good morning all, just wanted to share with you a fun gamble box I made the other day using one of adorable Artful INKables sets called Newborn Blessings. I wanted to create a littl girl baby creation, and decided that a simple gamble box would be perfect for just little goodies! I am still very in love with the February releases from Artful INKables, but it is almost time for our March releases to be revealed and I can simply not wait to hear your reaction to the sets that are to come and the amazing new Design Team that will be a part of this new release. Have you seen our recent news, Artful INKables is celebrating Two Years this week, and not only do we have a fabulous Birthday Think INK Challenge going on right now, but we are also having a massive Sale!

To celebrate our birthday, we are offering you a sweet deal on any order you place this week. Enter Code AIBDAY2 into the coupon field when you check out to get 15% off a $35 order. This coupon is only good until next Sunday (21st) so be quick like a bunny to take advantage of this SALE!

Be sure to take advantage of this fabulous sale while you still can, I will see you all here again on Saturday with my Think INK creation! Also, on Monday the 22nd we will be kicking off our new releases for the month of March with an amazing blog hop, you will not one to miss a minute of this! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Newborn Blessings from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Nana's Nursery DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hibiscus Burst, E31 Brick Beige, E33 Sand, RV11 Pink, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Scalloped Oval Punch, Sweet Blush Grosgrain Ribbon, Mavry Circle Punch

Eggstra Special!

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 Jules'! 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 great color challenge to use Yellow, Aqua, and Kraft with any Neutral color! You you will have until March 23rd to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Eggstra Special Easter, and of course use the great color combination that Jules put together for us, this is perfect for Spring! This week I went for a clean and simple look, I really like how this turned out, Cooper looks so darn happy for Easter! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Eggstra Special Easter and Love You This Much being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! 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

Frances Byrne

Heather Lee-Reppen

Wendy Bond
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC95!

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 ! I can't wait to see what you create! Your next stop on the hop is to visit Frances' 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: Eggstra Special Easter from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Cream, Aqua Mist, Bitty Stars DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG13 Mint Green, BG49 Duck Blue, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Inky Impressions 32!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 32 to be exact, which is to be Green for your creation! Now this 'Green' theme is all about recycling something and making it part of your creation!

Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! For my card today I used Lili's Slumber Party, I really think this little guy is adorable! I used an old empty Prima tin for my 'green' item, in this case I used one craftying pacakge for another! I think it would be a great container to pack along for a night away somewhere, it would look so cute!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 and see what the rest of the Inklettes have created, they are sure to impress! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: Lili's Slumber Party from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B93 Light Cockney Blue, BV04 Blue Berry, BV17 Deep Reddish Blue, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, E97 Deep Orange, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Prima Flowers, Quickie Glue Pen, Sticky Strip

Think INK!

It's time for another Artful INKables Think INK challenge! This time our Think INK Challenge is hosted by Joy and it's to make a Birthday card or project in celebration of Artful INKables Birthday!

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?! 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, March 29th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, March 30th, 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 AIC16.

Be sure to stop by here on Saturday to see my creation for the current Think INK Challenge! I hope you have a great day all, and I can't wait to see what you create for this one! I had a lot of fun with this one, lots of bright colors!

Any Birdie Home!

I have to apologize for my absence for the last two days. I had this post scheduled and for some reason never posted and I was supposed to post something on Sunday for the Crafty Ho's Challenge, but I lost power on Saturday and it didn't return until Sunday, of course the power outage made the sump pump turn off, so the basement flooded and we got a lovely phone call from the power company telling us that for the next 24 hours we were subject to random power outages. Needless to say I didn't turn my computer on until today, and only briefly.

I wanted to share with you this little address book I made using the Any Birdie Home set from Artful INKables, I had something else planned to share on Saturday, but when I went shopping this weekend I found this cute little address book and just had to use it! There is SO much going on at Artful INKabless right now, in fact here are all the fabulous details:

Artful INKables is TWO Years Old this week!

To celebrate our birthday, we are offering you a sweet deal on any order you place this week. Enter Code AIBDAY2 into the coupon field when you check out to get 15% off a $35 order. This coupon is only good until next Sunday so be quick like a bunny to take advantage of this SALE!

Also be sure to check back tomorrow for our next Think INK challenge and to see who won the last challenge. And mark your calendars for NEXT MONDAY because we will be having our NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP featuring all of our new, uber-talented INK girls and FOUR new stamps sets you will surely LOVE!

And finally, if you are located in the Salt Lake City area of Utah, be sure to come visit our booth at the SCRAPBOOK USA expo in Sandy on March 26th and 27th. Click HERE for directions and information.

Exciting things going on for sure at Artful INKables! I do hope you take advantage of this sale and stay tuned for next weeks Release! It is going to be fabulous and you are going to simply LOVE all the new Ink Girls!
Stamps: Any Birdie Home from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Be Loved; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, RV11 Pink, E31 Brick Beige; Accessories: Sticky Strip, Scissors, Address Book

Loving Chemistry

Good morning all! For today I wanted to share with you the card I created for Joy's Card Kit Swap! I have been enjoying this swap immensely! I am in two groups and for the second group I wanted to use this adorable set that was release in February from There She Goes for Valentine's Day. Not only do I think this set is wonderful, but added to the great images is the fact that my friend Michele worked with Jessica to bring about such a fun theme to an entire set of stamps! I wasn't sure where to start with this one, but after finding this great DP at Michael's I knew what the color palette had to be simply Cream, Pink, Blue, and Green! I just love the graphic look to this paper, it really pops. I used my Nestabilities to cut and emboss my main image then I used pop dots to bump it out off the base. I also used my Illuminate Smooch over all three beakers to add some shine and finished the card off with some simple ribbon! I got these great straight pins but I haven't had a use for them, then I saw them while I was making this card and just had to use them to finish it off, I pulled out the Prima flowers that I found on clearance this weekend and added the flowers to the pins before inserting it into the ribbon that fronted the card. I do hope you enjoy this card, I really had a lot of fun with this one! Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: Chemistry from There She Goes; Paper: Rustic Cream, Sweet Blush, America Crafts A La Carte Croissant; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, B21 Baby Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, G94 Grayish Olive, RV11 Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Maya Road Pins, Prima Flowers Teal, Sweet Blush Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, Illuminate Smooch

Inspiring Slippers!

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 great inspiration challenge, then you will have until March 16th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Bunny Slippers, isn't she just so fluffy and warm! I wanted to pull the colors from the inspiration piece and I also wanted to use a similar pattern as the background of the card. Then to spice up the look I pulled out my crochet flowers and used a sponge to add some color to the center then used a button with a bit of twine in a bow to complete the flower! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Hippity Hoppity and Bunny Slippers being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! 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
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen

Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC94!

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 ! I can't wait to see what you create! Your next stop on the hop is to visit Frances' 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: Bunny Slippers from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate, DCWV Citrus Stack; Ink:Memento Tuxedo Black, B05 Process Blue, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, E55 Light Caramel, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Nestabilties Labels Eleven, Glue Dot, Crocheted Flowers, Brown Button, Twine

Alota Fun!

Hello all, good morning! Today I wanted to share with you the card I made for the current Alota Stamps Challenge! I have been loving their stamps but I never seem to ink them up, but they are all so adorable so when I visited the blog this weekend and saw the new challenge, I had to play along! It's a fabulous sketch challenge, you know how much I love those! I even got to use one of the great images from Alota Stamps! It's like a two for one! For this sketch I used this adorable Donkey from the stamp set called Michelle's Sweet Little Donkey #2, isn't he cute! I really had a lot of fun with this one and I got to use more twine and some adorable paper I got in a paper pack from Cosmo Cricket! Have a great day all, thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Michelle's Sweet Little Donkey #2 from Alota Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Cosmo Cricket DP, Enchanted Evening; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, BV13 Hydrangea Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, C3 Cool Grey No. 3, R02 Flesh, R11 Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow, YG06 Yellowish Green, YG67 Moss; Accessories: Pop Dots, Twine, Button, Glue Dot, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Six Pack Butterflies!

Since it's Sunday morning, it's time for another Crafty Ho's Challenge, and this week is an interesting one. The theme of the week is 'Six Pack' to be interpreted in any way you seem fit. I decided to create a six 'pack' of butterflies! I used my new stamp set caller Butterfly Dreams from Paper Trey, this set is just so pretty and I decided to pick three colors and use them for the card. I really like how this one turned out, I picked the six larger butterflies in the stamp set and stamped two in Lemon Tart, two in Summer Sunrise, and two in Orange Zest. I also used some fun matching floral DP to go with the 'pack' of butterflies, after I stamped each image I cut them out, folded them and then used glue dots to attach them to the background. Be sure to check out the Crafty Ho Challenge Blog to see who else played along this week, everyone did a great job!
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams from Paper Trey; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, In Bloom DP; Ink: Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest; Accessproes: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Glue Dots

Artful INKables Think INK Sketch!

Good Afternoon all! Today I get to share with you my creation for the current Artful INKables Think INK challenge, which is this fabulous sketch that Holly put together for us! This one was more of a challenge then I thought it would be, but I had a lot of fun with it! I decided to use the new stamp set Any Birdie Home, this set is just precious! To make this challenge even harder for me I also played along with this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge! This week LeAnne hosted the Color Throwdown Challenge and picked the colors Not Quiet Navy, Old Olive, and Ruby Red!It took a bit of work to find these colors in my paper stash, but I came close to them I think! I had a lot of fun and was thrilled that I got to play a bit with this set some more, it is qucikly becomeing a favorite set of mine, like they all seem to do! For more information check out the Artful INKables Blog, ere are all the details for this weeks Think INK Challenge so you too can play along!

*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 will have until Monday, March 15th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 to win a RAB BAG od AI STAMPS!

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

*If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add keywork AIC15.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today, I hope you like what I created for today, it was a lot of fun! I hope you decide to play along too, I look forward to seeing what you make!

Stamps: Any Birdie Home from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG09 Blue Green, B93 Light Crockney Blue, E31 Brick Beige, G94 Grayish Olive, R35 Coral, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Thin Olive Ribbon, 1 3/4" Cicle Punch

An Inky Sketch

I wanted to play along with one of the SCS challenges this week, so I headed to the forum and found this weeks adorable and fun sketch challenge! I decided to use this great cauldron of gold from Inky Impressions as my main image for this sketch, I thought the shape of this image would be perfect. I also wanted to go with a color combination of Yellow and Purple shades, so I colored in the flowers with purple shades and used some great Razzleberry Fizz cardstock and some Razzleberry Lemonade DP. I wasn't sure what to do for the three separate panels that creates a line across the sketch, but I decided if I stayed with the same pattern line it would all work out. I really like how this all came together and it was so much fun getting a different look to this Pot of Gold, I do hope you like it! Have a great day all, I can't wait to show you more great creations tomorrow!

Stamps: Pot of Gold from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Razzleberry Fizz, Razzleberry Lemonade DP, Lemon Burst; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, G24 Willow, V06 Lavender, V12 Pale Lilac, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Inky Dinky Drops Summer Sun, Smooch Illuminate, Quickie Glue Pen

Cuddle Me

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 great sketch challenge, then you will have until March 9th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Cuddle Me and had a lot of fun with this sketch! I pulled out this great Nook and Pantry DP and my new Terracotta Red paper and got to work! As you can see I used more twine in my buttons, I am loving this stuff! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Cuddle Me and Always in My Heart being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! 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
Kristy Ketterlin
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC93!

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 ! 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: Cuddle Me from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Terracotta Red, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, E57 Light Walnut; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Twine, Buttons, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities

Green the Inky Way!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 31 to be exact, which is to use Green on your creation! There are just so many choices with this challenge, it was so hard to pick where to start from!

Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! For my card today I used Fairy Lili, and ended up with a Green and Purple color combination when all was said and done! I used some of this great DP that I recevied as a gift, plus this adorable butterfly that I picked up at CHA from one of the booth. I then pulled out my Primas and used a button tied with Twine to complete the embellishments!

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 and see what the rest of the Inklettes have created, they are sure to impress! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: Fairy Lili from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Razzelberry Fizz, Green Galore; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin WhiteBV02 Prune, BV13 Hydrengea Blue, G82 Spring Dim Green, V93 Early Grape, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Butterfly Accent, Prima Flower, PTI Buttons, Twine, Grosgrain Ribbon

Artful INKables News and Think INK!

Today the new Design Team was annouced for Artful INKables, so here are all the new INK Girls!

Cheryl Walker

Patti Nelson

Kim Nath

Ann Vento

Marty Wills

Sammi Betbeder

Tanya Johnson

Dawn Knight

Alicia Ekermans

Plus, Michelle Bartnett will be continuing on this term since she joined the team late in last term.

The wonderful Joy Stagg will be continuing as a Senior Design Team member, but unfortunatly Holly McMillen will be stepping down.

Now here is the BIG news! I will be filling Holly's place and staying on the Artful INKables Design Team as a Senior Designer! I am so excited, I know I will miss the current Team since they are all amazing to say the least, but I am super thrilled to be able to get the chance to be able to continuing working with Artful INKables and having more involvement as well. So welcome to all the New INK Girls, it's going to be a great 9 months together!

Now on the the next Think INK Challenge!

It's time for another Artful INKables Think INK challenge! This time our Think INK Challenge is hosted by Holly and she has created a wonderful sketch to play along with! 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?! 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, March 15th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, March 16th, 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 AIC15.

Be sure to stop by here on Saturday to see my creation for the current Think INK Challenge! I hope you have a great day all, and I can't wait to see what you create for this one!

Paper Pretties Release day!

March 1st is finally here which means it time for another fabulous Paper Pretties release! You are going to love all the great stamp sets coming to the store today, we are releasing both Rubber sets and new Digital sets, in fact we are releasing 4 rubber stamp sets, 3 digital stamp sets, and previewing the next Sophia stamp! Today I am sharing with you my creation using one of our new rubber sets called Coffee Cool! Now I don't drink much coffee, in fact if it's not decaf with a ton of milk and sugar I can't stand the taste, but even that doesn't deter me from thinking I need an iced coffee as soon as I see this stamp! I do hope you have enjoyed all the peeks, and trust me you will love the release, so hop on over to the Paper Pretties site and pick up our new release!
Stamps: Coffee Cool from Paper Pretties; Paper: Nook and Cranny DP, Basic Brown, Whisper White; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, ) Odorless Blender, E55 Light Caramel; Accessories: Mavry Mega Circle Punch, Pop Dots, Gold Nail Heads