Pretty Bow Tutorial

Last night was the Paper Pretties release and Pajama Party and we had a blast! Towards the end of the night we go to talking about making bows and how hard it can be to get the perfect bow every time.I posted last weekend that my SU! Demo taught us last Saturday night how to create a perfect bow every time by using a fork, so I promised to post a tutorial on the technique....so here we go!First you need a four pronged fork and a long piece of ribbon. Wrap the ribbon around the fork, prongs pointing towards you.Then take the left side of the ribbon and pull it over the fork, then pick up the right side piece and thread the ribbon through the center two prongs over the piece of ribbon.Next pull it tight, and move the ribbon up on the fork. Then thread the piece of ribbon left on your side through the center two prongs, under the piece of ribbon already threaded through the two center prongs.Flip the fork over so that both ends of the ribbon are pointing towards you. Then take both ends and tie a knot, tightly.Once you have adjusted your bow and sides so the ribbon lays straight slip the bow off of the fork. Trim the sides to the appropriate length and attach to any card! Simple, and after a few tries you learn pretty quickly. I think its a neat way to get a smaller bow, but beware of the width of your piece of ribbon, if it is too wide the fork may be too small. Be sure to stop by tonight for my card for the Wednesday Pretties Challenge and stay tuned over the next few days I will be posting my Pajama Party creations!

This is the Life

Seriously! I want to be Sophia, lounging around all day looks like a great idea to me! Today's sneak peak features Sophia from the main image in the set, Soak Up the Sun, to be released tonight over at the Paper Pretties Forum. I really do love this image and I just had to feature Miss Sophia in all her glory! I used the sketch Danielle posted in the Paper Pretties forum as the weekly challenge. If you did not know every week Danielle posts a wonderful challenge in the forum for everyone to give a try, this weeks sketch looked like so much fun I had to give it a go and this Sophia image is just perfect as the focal point of the entire card. I also love this paper I picked up this Friday night at A.C. Moore and let me tell you it was well worth the trip to the store! This paper along with several other designs from this line were in clearance and I had to grab some knowing that this cute set was being released! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girls blogs for more sneak peaks today and stop by the Paper Pretties Forum at 8pm EST to be a part of the Pajama Party, its sure to be a blast!
Stamps: Soak Up the Sun Paper Pretties; Paper: Summer Sun, Green Galore, Lakeshore, Cloud 9 Designs Hit the Beach DP; Ink: B00 Frost Blue, B05 Process Blue, C1 Cool Gray1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, Y00 Pale Lemon, Y38 Honey, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Yellow Brads, Paper Piercer, Mavry Mega Circle Punch, Mavry Giga Scalloped Circle Punch

Catchin' Rays!

Have you checked out the Paper Pretties main page today? If you have you saw the post about the Guest Designers this term and I am one of them! I was asked by Jessie to stay on as a Guest Designer for Paper Pretties another term and I jumped and the chance, I am still not completely over the fact that I am back again! The Pretties Girls are some of the best and I am thrilled that I will be joining them until September! Woo-Hoo! Okay...now to the reason you came her today, another sneak peak of some more wonderful stamps that are begin release tomorrow night at 8pm EST in the Pretties forum. I created this bright summery card using the main image from the Soak Up the Sun set that is to be released along with some wonderful sentiments and Off to School Sophia. Now look at Sophia in this pose, I am telling you this girl has the life! I love the palm tree in this set too, look how detailed it is, it goes perfectly with this great lounge chair. There are four great sentiments with this set and for this card I decided to use 'Catchin' some rays' which completely describes the scene. I hope you like it, there is only one more sneak peak coming so get ready, the release is almost here! Be sure to stop by the Paper Pretties forum tomorrow night and join in the fun for three great challenges to be hosted by Charmaine!

Stamps: Soak Up the Sun from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Green Galore, Pink Passion; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R20 Blush, RV13 Tender Pink, V000 Pale Health, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y28 Lione Gold, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Pink Passion brads, Yellow brad, Calypso Prima flowers, Paper Piercer

Gift Tags

The first time I saw this set from Paper Pretties my attention drew to the main image of Sophia an her cute little dog Soakin' Up the Sun but the second thing I saw was this adorable beach bag! So when it came time to make my first card I just had to use the cute beach bag! I decided to make two fun gift tags, perfect for a beach party gift or a card attached to your hostess gift at the next BBQ you attend. This new set from Paper Pretties is a lot of fun, I have been enjoying myself while creating things with this set so make sure you come back to see what else I create! Also, if you haven't signed up yet you have until tomorrow to sign up for Paper Pretties Stamp of the Month Club! Not only will stamps arrive at your door step every week but you will get these stamps before anyone else can! I invite you all to join in on the Pajama Party on July 1st in the Paper Pretties forum, there will be all sorts of fun and we would love to have you celebrate the release with us!

Stamps: Soak Up the Sun from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Bliss Blue, Aqua Mist, Cloud 9 DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, B21 Baby Blue, B24 Sky, BG10 Cool Shadow, BG13 Mint Green, R20 Blush, R22 Light Prawn, RV13 Tender Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Mavry Giga Square Punch

Baseball Birthday

Thursday was my brothers 16th birthday and he is all about baseball so I decided to pull out my cute Changito baseball stamp and create a fun card for his birthday. I wanted to go with a car theme, but all my car stamps have girls driving them not guys! I used some scraps around my room for this card and a Gina K. 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from the Tickle Your Funny Bone set and I think it turned out nicely. He seemed to like it, of course he liked the movie money more then the card I am sure, but it was nice to give him a card that has something to do with his sport. Come back later today for some sneak peaks at the soon to be release Paper Pretties sets!

Pretties Bella Kit!

As I mentioned yesterday I am ready to share my creations using the March Stamping Bella Kit from Paper Pretties. This box of goodies arrived a while ago but I haven't had a chance to play with these things yet until now! I created the sample card from the March Stamping Bella Kit and my own take on the box supplies. I love the color combination that Christie put together plus all the matching embellishments, love it all! Do you see the coloring technique I used here? I am starting to figure it out but apparently you can use the Colorless Blender marker from Copic to remove color from an image and I gave it a try yesterday, I still need to work on it, but I am learning as I go.For my take on the box contents I went with a simple card using the brown and teal cardstock to layer this great designer paper. I think the paper and the colors really work nicely together, I didn't add any embellishments to this card since I thought the paper and the bright colors seemed to be enough. Hope you enjo them!

I also have some exciting Paper Pretties news the next release will be taking place on Tuesday July 1st at 8pm EST. Please stop by and join in on the fun, Charmaine will once again be hosting three challenges for us and if they are anything like her past challenges we are in for some fun! And there is more!

The Cutie Pie Contest is BACK!!

How would you like to be Paper Pretties Cutie Pie? I thought you would!! All you have to do is make a card using your Paper Pretties stamps and send it to Christie at christie@paperpretties.net and she will chose a winner from the entries. Besides getting to call yourself a Cutie Pie, you will also get all the stamps from this release for free!! You have until June 30th at 8pmCST to get your entries in!! Good luck!!

Plus Christie will soon be announcing the new Guest Designers for Paper Pretties so be sure to stop by the website to see who is joining the team for a few months and sharing their creativity with us all! And if you haven't yet check out the Stamp of the Month Club and get these cute stamps sent to your door step once a month!

Stamps: Savyshopabella from Stamping Bella; Paper: Bazzill Cinnamon CS, Bazzil Bahama CS, Bazzill Lakeshore CS, Bazzill Lizard CS, Ultrasmooth White CS, Daisy D's Sheheazade DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG05 Holiday Blue, E00 Skin White, E25 Chamois, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y28 Lionet Gold, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Chatterbox Olive Ribbon, Bazzill Sparkle Brads

KIT Club

Last Saturday my SU! Demo hosted our KIT Club meeting and we had a blast. I thought I would share with you two of the three cards we created at the meeting. They aren't so much my style but I had a lot of fun getting together with the girls and chatting it up while stamping a bit. The first card we used watercolor crayons and paint brushes to add a little bit of color as we went, I like how light the image came out and how crisp the final card is. The second card we used markers and colored pencils again for a watered down look to the image. We also used a fork to create the super cute little bow on this card. Definitely something different but a lot of fun to try! We also did one more card that I think I will share this weekend or next week sometime. Tomorrow I am going to post my March Paper Pretties Premium Bella Box card both the card from the kit and my own version, so stay tuned ladies! More to come!

Be Happy Sophia

Well today is Wednesday so you know what that means....Pretties Wednesday! That's right boys and girls today I am posting my creation for the challenge Joni (our wonderful illustrator!) issued to create a card with a something you doodled on it. For this challenge I drew out a few different things, but I ended up just drawing a boarder around my main image and adding a sentiment. I decided to write 'Be Happy' on this card because Sophia is just so happy in this image, a great pick me up card! This image will be released in July as part of the monthly release but Off to School Sophia was the Stamp of the Month Club first stamp, be sure to check out the SoTM Club, its a great price for some wonderful stamps to arrive on your door step once a month!

Stamps: Off to School Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Real Rust, Brocade Blue, Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B21 Baby Blue, C1 Cool Gray 1, E00 Skin White, E97 Deep Orange; Accessories: Crystal Effects, Prima Flowers

Gina K. Thanks

This month Gina K. Stamps released all sorts of amazing sets and issued two challenges with their release party. Both challenges were sketches so I decided to try out one of the layouts. I think this card really works, hope you enjoy it! I love this Basic Grey paper, its called Stella Ruby and the colors are so bold and wonderful. Hope you like the contrast, I think the colors really bring the card together, plus I love the way I colored in my rose image, what do you think?!

Stamps: Spring Blooms from Gina K. Stamps; Paper: Certinaly Celery, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Stella Ruby Basic Grey DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R20 Blush, RV13 Tender Pink, G24 Willow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: 5/8 Brown Grosgrain Ribbon

Going Black and White

Every now and then when my new stamps come in I get all excited and share my new rubber with my family. My Mom and Sister especially love to see what I am creating up in my room so I update them on not only my new supplies but also my newest creations. This past weekend I was showing my mom these super cute Magnolia stamps that I ordered from Dream Cottage (main website for these great stamps) and she loved this particular image, Tilda in France. In fact she looked at it for a while then said this image would look great on a black and white card, do you think that sounds good? I would love to see something.....so I got coloring! I used two greys to create the tones in this image and I think it really works. The greys I used were C1 and C7 from Copics and to be honest it was all I needed, to get darker tones I put layers of ink and the really dark areas I used the C7 for. Hope you like this card as much as I do, my mom issued an amazing challenge, I will have to let you know her thoughts on the final creation!

Pretties Wednesday!

Orange you glad today is Wednesday?! That means another wonderful challenge with the Paper Pretties Girls! This week the challenge was to create a bright card with orange as the stand out color. I pulled out my Off to School Sophia and got going! I love how playful this image is, you ladies are going to love her too! Now remember this adorable Sophia will not be released to the general public until July, but she is included in the new Stamp of the Month Club through Paper Pretties, which you need to get in on! Thanks for the great challenge girls, I love these weekly get togethers!

Father's Day!

So here it is, I forgot to take a picture yesterday of the card I created for my Dad for Father's Day so today I borrowed the card to photograph it and share it with all of you. I tried to go for something simple with several colors that seem to go nicely together. I used some DP from a Paper Pretties Box and the super cute image from Gina K. Stamps called Hiking With Dad....love it! I ordered two single Dad images from Gina's Kindred Spirits line and I just had to color this one, the other I ordered is called Just Me & My Dad. At the end of this week Gina is releasing new stamps, so parties to come! Hope you enjoy my Father's Day creation!

Challenge Time!

So today I created two cards, one for my Dad for Father's Day and a card created using Danielle's Weekly Challenge on the Paper Pretties forum. The Father's Day card I created is simple using some Gina K. Stamps, but I forgot to take a picture of it, so I will be taking a picture of it tomorrow and posting it here for all to see. After we had dinner and went to the movies to see Indiana Jones 4 I came home and got crafting. This weeks challenge features a fun sketch using triangles! I pulled out my Sealed With a Kiss set from Paper Pretties as the main image on the card and got going. I used some fun black and white paper from a Specialty Cardstock pad that I purchased yesterday from Michael's. Enjoy ladies and thanks for the great sketch Danielle!

Stamps: Sealed With a Kiss; Paper: PTI Lavender Moon, MM Black, Whisper White, PTI Kraft, Me and My Big Ideas DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BV02 Prune, C1 Cool Gray, C7 Cool Gray, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R20 Blush, V04 Lilac, V12 Pale Lilac; Accessories: Black and White brads

Baking Tilda!

Today I decided to give one of the 'Friday Sketchers' sketches a shot. A few weeks ago a group of ladies from all over the globe started a blog that features sketches every Friday. Not only do they post a great sketch to try each week, but they also share their creations and randomly draw one participants name to win some great stamping prizes. I hope you like my entry for this week, I was able to use some paper from my great paper stash sent my way from Christie at Paper Pretties and a few of my Primas. I also created a few other cards today that I will post over the next week so stop by, you may even see a Father's Day card coming in the mix!
Stamps: Baking Tilda; Paper: PTI Craft, Paper Salon Cross Hatch DP, Bazzill Olive CS, PTI Lavendar Moon; Ink: BV00 Mauve Shadow, BV02 Prune, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E35 Chamois, R00 Pinkish White; Accessories: Big Brads, Primas

Framed Flowers

I thought it was time to share another Gina K cretaion I made for one of the wonderful swaps hosted by Joanne B through the SCS forum. This card I created to showcase the stamp set called Framed Flowers, the images are bold and solid but a lot of fun to ink up. I went for a classy look with all sorts of fun scallops and dots and simple white grosgrain ribbon. I am workng on getting those stamps that are growing dusty on my shevles some ink time. In fact I have some plans for a few Paper Pretties stamps this weekend as well, and then who knows what will come! Maybe even a My Favorite Things card or a another Magnolia creation. Oh I can't wait to get stamping some more ladies, did I mention that my Paper Pretties Monthly box arrived last week so I have the Mother's Day Stamp set and all sorts of goodies to use with it....stay tuned!

Make it New Again

Its Pretties Wednesday! Jillian's challenge from two weeks ago was to make it new again, take a stamp that was one of yours first and create something. Well....I decided that since I have not been exploring all of my stamp lines that I should do so and the line that I seem to be using the least at the moment is my Magnolia's. So this card is created from a stamp that was from my first order of three Magnolia stamps. I love this line but I never seem to have a chance to play with them! Isn't this image adorable! Perfect for the weather we have been having in New Jersey too....hot, humid and gross! Do you love the Primas? I picked them up last ngiht at Michael's and I love them! They come in these super cute and jam packed tins of flowers! Hope you enjoy!

Finding Friendship

I joined a Gruffies card swap over on SCS so I thought I would share the card I created for it. This Gruffie is called 'Finding Friendship' and it is SO cute! If you haven't seen the Gruffies stamps yet, you really should check them out. I ordered 5 different stamps a few months ago and I have yet to ink up two of these, which is not a good thing, but I am getting to them! All of the stamps from the Gruffies line are adorable, I ordered mine from HM Stamps. HMs stamps has excellent customer service and Dick, the store owner, keep all his customers posted through wonderful monthly newsletters. Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

MFT Guest Designer Challenge

With each MFT stamp release Kim holds a wonderful challenge where one person is selected to be a Guest Designer for My Favorite Things based on an item they created for a challenge. Last night I gave the challenge a shot and I love how my card came out! I used Prima Sprites as my inspiration and went from there. The challenge was to create a card using black cardstock and black embellishments, but I had no black paper! I had to stop by the store before trying this challenge and I am glad I made that trip to the store! Hope you enjoy it!

Last one....

For now...This card marks the end of the my cards for Manda's Monthly Bella Card Swap,but have no fear I signed up for another Manda swap, but not a monthly. We had a theme of our choice in one of the spots and I had to go with my Savy Shopabella which I love, a simple but fun card. I love these colors, as you can tell I am sure, I use them all the time and I think they work for so many things. Hope you enjoy this card, hopefully I can post my MFT Challenge card, the challenge is to use black cardstock and black embellishments, so I had to take a trip to the store tonight. Hope to see you here again tomorrow!

Pretties Wednesday!

Today is Wednesday so that means its Paper Pretties Challenge time! This week I am sharing the baby card I created based on Jana's Baby card challenge. I used the Cuddle Me Sophia for the main image and paper pieced her dress and bow to match the background. I then mounted the background paper on white paper and scalloped the base. The to add a bit more I used 5/8" thick grosgrain ribbon and the sentiment 'Made with Love' to finish it off. I love this color challenge and how simple the card is, its classy but not over done. Hope you enjoy it ladies, make sure you stop by the other Pretties Girls blogs, there are some great baby cards out there to check out! Have a great night!
Stamps: Cuddle Me from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, SU! Rose Red, SU! Prints Sampler DP; Ink: Noir Black, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: May Arts 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder

Soul Sisters

Another Stamping Bella card I created for Manda's Monthly Bella Swap! That means that I only have one more to share with you, woo-hoo! I love using my Bellas, but I only pull them out when I have a reason, so they sit in their little Stamping Bella Bindahs, poor things. I decided to use some of my new PaperTrey supplies for these cards so I pulled out the newest PTI paper colors of Kraft and Lavender Moon to get started and finished the card using some of the decorative paper found in the 12 x 12 Bitty Baby Blessings paper pack. I love the PTI colors and I have been using them on many of my cards recently, in fact I am already looking forward to the next colors that must be coming out, if they are anything like the colors that have already been revealed I can only imagine what will come next! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for Pretties Wednesday, the challenge was most definitely a challenge, but I got just the thing.

For Hope

So today I thought I would share a card I created what seems like ages ago, but in reality was a little over a month ago. This card was for one of the Gina K. Swaps that Joanne B. has hosted through SCS’s Gina K. Stamps forum. I took two spots in the swap, but we aren’t supposed to share them until everyone has received their cards, we don’t want to spoil the surprise! Now that the swap is completed I can share my creations with my neglected Gina K. stamps. I love Gina’s stamp lines and I own more than I can count, but I seem to have them arrive, I cut them up to get them ready but I do not grab them enough. I am trying to work on using the stamps that I own which is why I signed up for two different Gina K. swaps, these swaps help me stay on point and get those stamps in my collection some quality ink time. Tomorrow I have another Stamping Bella card to share; this one is another card for Manda’s Monthly Stamping Bella swap! I am finally done with all of the cards for this swap and I am thrilled! I will be making a stop to the post office this week to get that one out along with a secret sister swap package that needs to go postal. After these swaps I may be sticking to only the Wish RAK Secret Exchanges for a while, I have been horrible with swap deadlines and it is not fair to the hostess and participants, hopefully I will get more time this summer and I can join in on the fun once again. Hope you enjoy my Gina K. swap card; I can’t wait to share the other one with you too! I love the ribbon I used on this card, I just remember that it is a May Arts ribbon and it is totally yummy!

Off to School Sophia

Here she is, and isn't she totally adorable! During the Paper Pretties stamp release Pajama Party Charmaine posted a challenge to use button and I could not find my button collection any where. After combing through everything I found these cute button brads I had purchased through Gina K. Stamps and decided to use them in place of the little buttons on Sophia's dress. Now how do you order this stamp you ask? Off to School Sophia will not be available until July, but if you sign up today for the Paper Pretties Stamp of the Month Club she will be showing up on your door step during the month of June! Today is that last day to sign up for June's SoTM, so be sure to sign up today! These stamps are sure to be wonderful each and every month!
Stamps: Off to School Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: SU! Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White; Ink: B00 Frost Blue, B05 Process Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Pastel button Babies from Gina K.

Patriotic Bella!

I had wanted to post a card for the last few days but I have been in a bit of a 'funk' about some things so I didn't feel up to sharing with anyone, but today I am feeling so much better. I had the intention of posting a picture of the cute Miss Sophia from Paper Pretties but I forgot my markers at work today so she is almost done, but not yet! Tomorrow I will share with you Sophia and today is all about Bella! This is another card I created for Manda's Monthly Stamping Bella Swap with the theme of 'patriotic'. I made the card a little more chic than I typically do, but I love how it came out. I centered the image, but shifted it to create more of a dynamic card, then I accented the card base with some red and blue baubles. There is something about Cosmobella that I just love, and I think she really pulls this card together. Be sure to stop by tomorrow, I am out of my 'funk' and Sophia (with some buttons) is out coming to play!

Fun in the Sun

Yesterday Wish RAK hosted card challenges for all of its members, I in fact was one of the 12 hostesses we had. If you stopped by at all you would have enjoyed all of the challenges we whipped up, the rules were simple, use at least one item on your card that you received through Wish RAK and note which item it was. As a hostess I created 3 simple fun example cards using my challenge which was 'Fun in the Sun'. There are so many possibilities about what you think about when you think about the summer, so each sample represented another way of thinking. Hope you enjoy my simple Wish RAK cards, it was a lot of fun yesterday, and if you are participating, you have until tonight to post your cards!

Flocked Fun

Did you stop by the Pajama Party last night over at Paper Pretties? Last night the party was so much fun and all sorts of gals came out to party with us. All three new sets were released last night and can now be seen in the Paper Pretties store and they are great! Charmaine hosted three challenges as well last night and they were great! This card I made from the color challenge she posted, chocolate chip, light blue, and celery. I thought about it and decided I wanted to use some of my fun flock, so I dug through all my goodies to find one that fit that color challenge! I think the card came out nicely, the fun flock really adds some nice dimension. Two more challenges to share, make sure to stop by this weekend to see what else I created.

Stamps: One of Those Days by Paper Pretties; Paper: SU! Celery, Basic Grey Blush, Whisper White; Ink: B00 Frost Blue, E31 Brick Beige, Y21 Buttercup Yellow; Accessories: Caramel Latte Tan Flock, May Arts Ribbon

Sweets for the Sweet

It is almost Pajama Party time over at Paper Pretties....are you ready?! As promised here is my last sneak peak before the release tonight, this image comes from the third stamp set Sweets for the Sweet. I love how this set coordinates so well with the previously released stamp sets, always thinking those Pretties Girls are! For this card I used the cute pie image and some Basic Grey paper from the Blush line. The sentiment I picked to use is the 'Hey good lookin, what ya got cookin?' matching perfectly with all the images. This set comes with six sentiments and seven different baking related image, making this set super versatile. Are we all ready to party! Stop by the Paper Pretties forum soon for the party, it is sure to be a blast!

Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet from Paper Pretties; Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, PTI Kraft, Basic Grey Blush; Ink: E31 Brick Beige, E50 Egg Shell, R17 Lipstick Orange; Accessories: Real Red Brads, Mavry Giga Scalloped Oval Punch, Mavry Mega Oval Punch

Bestest Bella Friends

Ladies! I have been super busy creating cards; I only have one more to create for Manda’s Monthly Stamping Bella swap after all that card making! I had intended to take pictures last night of all the cards I created, but alas that did not happen so I do not have my last sneak peak ready to post for tonight’s release yet, but as soon as I get home that ‘Sweet’ card is going up! In the mean time I thought I would share one of my recently made Bella cards for Manda’s Swap. Can you guess the theme to this one? I would think you could tell, or at least I hope that I made it clear enough, but it is all about ‘Bestest Friends’. I used Huggeybella and the cute ‘Bestest Friends’ sentiment for this card. I also dug out my dusty Copic glitter pens to add a little shine to the girls, I think it works. I love the decorative paper I used on this one, to be honest I don’t know where I got it from but I have a pad of paper from this collection and I love it! Be sure to stop by tonight for my last sneak peak for tonight’s Paper Pretties release, and don’t miss out on the Pajama Party tonight over at the Paper Pretties forum, its sure to be fun!

Look Out World

Ironically, I shared a sneak peak with you yesterday for the new Paper Pretties stamp set One of Those Days and today was in fact "One of Those Days" at work. But alas, I survived so that I could share with you today another wonderful sneak peak of one of the three stamp sets to be released tomorrow night over at the Paper Pretties forum. Today I am sharing with you a really cute set featuring Cooper, the newest Paper Pretties character. This new set called Look Out World comes with this adorable Cooper stamp and the matching sentiment 'Look out world, here I come!' fitting perfectly with the set name. I decided I should make Mr.Cooper (how cute does that sound!) his own masculine card with some antique brass embellishments. So what do you think? Are you ready to come out tomorrow night and join the Paper Pretties team. I can't wait to see you all there, three new stamp sets and three challenges, its going to rock! If you have yet to stop by the Paper Pretties forum make sure to drop by and register before the festivities begin so you can join in on all the fun!

Stamps: Look Out World from Paper Pretties; Paper: SU! Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Grey Mellow; Ink: Noir Black, B29 Ultramarine, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, G02 Spectrum Green, G05 Emerald Green, G17 Forest Green, Y06 Yellow; Accessories: Brass Eyelets

One of Those Days....

This first card I am sharing with you features the new Paper Pretties stamp set One of Those Days. This little chick just makes me smile. I stamped the image twice, once for the chick and egg shell, the other for just the egg shell. I also used the Paper Pretties stamp set Rainy Day Friends for the rain drops and puddle to make this poor chicks day even worse. I love the sentiment that goes with this set; the first time I read it (backwards of course in the acrylic) I started laughing. Of course that drew some attention so I had to let me my and sister see the image, they loved it and you will too! The new stamps that are being released this Thursday are a lot of fun and seem to coordinate with the rest of the stamp line nicely. I feel so bad for this little guy, but at the same time I know what he's going though and this card would surely brighten someone's tough day. Stop by tomorrow for more sneak peaks, there are two more sets to share!

In addition to the great stamp sets being released, there is a special going on for people who order during the release party! 'Anyone who orders Paper Pretties' Stamps during the release party will recieve a 25% off coupon for their ENTIRE next order!' So stop by, partake in challenges and order some great stamps.

Stamps: One of Those Days and Rainy Day Friends from Paper Pretties; Paper: PTI White, SU! Apricot Appeal, SU! Bashful Blue, PTI Summer Sunrise; Ink: SU! Bashful Blue, Noir Black, Y000 Pale Lemon, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: PTI Summer Sunrise Grosgrain Ribbon, Pop Dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Swiss Dots

Release News!

Guess what?! Paper Pretties is releasing 3 new stamp sets on Thursday, May 22nd so be sure to stop by the Paper Pretties forum to join in on the Pajama Party Challenges to be hosted by Charmaine. This Thursday is sure to be a blast and we would love to have you join in the festivities. The party starts at 8pm EST with three releases and three challenges, what more could you ask for! Tonight I will be posting a sneak peak and let me tell you these stamps get cuter with each release.

On the swap front I have completed two more cards for the monthly Bella Swap, which I will post here most likely this weekend, its nice to get some of my creativity back. Hope you stop by to see the new releases and soon some fun swap cards! Have a great day, “see” you all soon!

May Flowers

Woo-hoo! Another one bites the dust! I have now completed all of the image coloring and my second of the six cards, I am just flying though these things now...lol. The theme for this one is supposed to be May Flowers, but something seems off. I have been looking at this card and something seems to not fit, but both my mom and my sister say I am being over critical, oh well I tried. I am working on the friends card now with Huggyabella, I just love this stamp but it has so many little details that were driving me crazy. The little bits in images are pretty hard to color using Copic markers, even though the images are more vibrant, they sometimes take a lot more work due to ink bleeding. Hope you enjoy this Flowahbella card, she was one of my first Bellas and she is just too cute! I should be posting another card tomorrow, so stop by!

Not good...

Recently I have been a horrible swapper. I keep signing up for swaps without finishing the ones I am already in. I have posted several times before about Manda's monthly bella swap on SCS. I started out strong then it went down hill from there, I was late for the last two months and I feel horribly about it. Today I finally finished one of the six cards I need to send out and I think it turned out nicely. The problem I have with Bella cards is that I am too picky when I color in the images, I start out coloring and if I don't like it I trash it. Not the best thing to do with that many cards that need to go out, so now 1 down, 3 different main images are colored and they are all mounted. I need to pick two more Bellas to color in and get started on those...then I have a Gina K. Swap and a Gruffies Swap....talk about in over my head! So you should be seeing cards from all sorts of companies posted here as I complete these swap cards. Stay tuned!

Lovebug Window

So here it is the card I created for this weeks Paper Pretties Wednesday. This challenge was issued by Christie the mastermind behind Paper Pretties and is all about acrylic. As I said earlier I love to create magic cards with acrylic sheets, but since they were missing I decided to create a window card instead. I used my Scor-Pal to create diagonal score line accross the face of the card then I pulled out my Cuttlebug and my Rectanglar Nestabilities to create this lovely little window. Then I stamped this little buggie from the Love Bug stamp set. Most cards with this stamp feature both Mr. and Mrs. Wade E. Bug, but I thought Mrs. Bug has been in the background for far too long, she deserved a spot front and center. To finish off the card I added the one of the big brads from my Paper Pretties Bella Box to two sizes of Prima flowers to create a layered effect and added the included sentiment 'Be My Lovebug'. What do you think about the picture? I got home while it was still light out so I took this shot off the back yard deck. I love natural light if possible for my pictures. Enjoy ladies!

Stamps: Love Bug from Paper Pretties; Paper: SU Whisper White, PTI Summer Sunrise, PTI Lemon Tart; Ink: Noir Black, G24 Willow, Y000 Pale Lemon, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y38 Honey, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Embellishments: Prima Flowers, Jumbo Brad

Oh My....

So I already know what you’re thinking….where is that card she promised us? Well, after some issues I did create a card using plastic, note I say plastic…I can not find my acrylic sheets anywhere! I have an entire pad full of acrylic sheets and I can’t find it at all. I spent at least two hours tearing apart my room to no avail. I did finally use a clear card envelope for my acrylic, but it wasn’t thick enough for the magic card I had planned. Then once the card was done I couldn’t find my camera, it wasn’t in the case where I leave it, so after searching some more then I gave up and went to bed. Of course this morning while I was getting ready for work my camera was found! Someone in my family borrowed it for my brother’s baseball game. Once I get home tonight I am going to take a picture and post the card, it came out cute, but unfortunately not what I had planned for the challenge. Once I find the acrylic sheets I will make a magic card and it will be wonderful! Until later, have a lovely day!

Sale Time!

Everyone loves a sale…right? Well for a short while all of the chipboard available through Paper Pretties is on sale! Now why you ask….well Miss Jules is posting a product review of the Maya Road Chipboard Blossoms and for the next few days the Paper Pretties Store will be offering all chipboard at a discount! I say take advantage of a good thing while you still can. Be sure to stop by the Pretties Forum to check out Jules review, it’s sure to be great. I will be back later tonight with the weeks Pretties Wednesday Challenge. This week its all about the acetate as issued by Christie, we shall see how this one goes!