Angel Wings

I hope you all had as much fun with the Hip Hop yesterday as we all did! Today is monday so its time to share another Pretties creation! This time I decided to use my Angel Wings Sophia, who I love, and make a simple holiday card. I used some of this great winter paper I got from the Paper Pretties Store and some simple ribbon, brads, and of course some pop dots. I colored this beautiful little angel what seems like forever ago, but I found her again today so I had to dress her up. I hope you like today's creation! Have a great week!

Stamps: Angel Wings from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate; Ink: B00, E21, E31; Accessories: Pop Dots, Brads, White Ribbon

Happy Birthday Jillian!

Its Jillian's birthday today! That's right one of the Pretties Girls is celebrating a birthday so we are having a party! That's right, a virtual birthday party to celebrate the occasion. This time were are doing things a bit differently, we are having a blog hop! Woo-Hoo! The first Pretties Blog Hop! If you are starting here, please hop on over to the Paper Clip (our super new and awesome blog) to start. If you are joining my blog from Jacque's blog, welcome! I was asked to bring the streamers to the party so I decided to use the Stamp of the Month, Trim the Tree. Isn't she super cute?! Not only can she decorate a tree but she can help decorate for a mean birthday party! Thank you for stopping by, be sure to continue the Pretties Birthday Blog Hop by continuing on to Jessica D's blog! Oh, and if you can leave some birthday love for Jillian at her blog Ink, Stamp and Scrap, I know she would love to hear for you!

Stamps: Trim the Tree from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Glitter Sweet Stack; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R37 Carmine, Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Pink Grosgrain Ribbon

Shake Your Tail Feathers

This week I got the chance to play along with the Wednesday Challenge in the Unity Forum and I had a blast! I really do enjoy card challenges, they make me think of new things to do, plus if its a company sponsored one I use more of my stamps! So when this challenge to create a child's card using Primary colors was posted I jumped right on board! I pulled out my Hey Chick stamp set and got to work coloring these adorable little birds! It was the first time I got the chance to ink up this set and I am loving the results, I will definitely be using this stamp set again soon, its just so cute! I also love to use this type of bow, you start off making a bow as you would normally, but instead of cutting the ribbon even on both sides, you adhere the bow to the card and run the other leg of the bow to the end of your paper. I've tried this technique a few times and I just love the results, no I did not see this some where, just did it one day. Well I hope you like today's shared creation. Hope you all have a great weekend, I'm off to watch my brother's football game...Go Vikings!
Stamps: Hey Chick from Unity; Paper: Pacific Point, Pure Poppy, DCWV Nana's Nursery DP; Ink: B05 Process Blue, R08 Vermillion, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Watercolor Geraniums

This month the MFT Guest Designer Challenge was to create a card using water coloring. I was having a hard time deciding which set to use, when the new releases arrived in the mail, and they are all too cute to deny! So I decided to ink up this new Scented Geranium and not only water color, but use a few layers to give the image more depth. I used my aqua painter to watercolor the Scented Geranium then paint over another copy and layers they two together to give the card more layers.Then to make the main image sparkle I added my Spica pen and layered everything on Pacific Point and Spring Moss paper. I think the colors really work well with this image. Then I added some fun shiny May Arts ribbon and this great background paper from Basic Grey. I really liked my creation this month, hope you liked it too!

Stamps: Geranium by Annie LaPointe from My Favorite Things; Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Basic Grey DP, Spring Moss; Ink: Pacific Point, Memento Tuxedo Black, Apricot Appeal; Accessories: May Arts Sheer Stripped Ribbon, Glue Dots, Spica Clear Glitter Pen

One Layer?!

Two weeks ago Jules challenged the Pretties Girls to create a one layer card with score lines on it...talk about a challenge! I had the hardest time picking which stamp to use and then what to do with it. I finally decided on Angel Wings Sophia and framing her with some score lines and then finishing off the look with some pretty May Arts ribbon. The biggest problem I had with this card is I could not decide on how to color in Sophia, I ended up deciding to use my Copics for her hair and shin and color in the rest of the image using Shimmerz. I am loving these Shimmerz, if you hadn't realized yet, they add such a nice shine to any image, and they seem to work perfectly on this card. Hope you enjoy today's creation and be sure to check out the other Pretties Girls creations, they are sure to be wonderful as they are every week!

Stamps: Angel Wings Sophia; Paper: Kraft; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Burgundy Shimmerz, Butter Cream Shimmerz, May Arts Ribbon, Scor-Pal

A Little Prettie

Have you heard?! Have you seen?! Paper Pretties now has a blog, that's right! We have our own blog and it looks fabulous! The Paper Clip has been transformed and you are going to love it! If you haven't stopped by yet, be sure to do so, it will keep you updated on all the Paper Pretties happenings that your not going to want to miss. Today I am ufortunatly a little late, but here is the card I created for yesterday. Still feeling under the weather and not to creative, but I'm trying! So sorry this is a bit late but I hope you like this little Drummer Boy, I know I do!
Stamps: Pa Rum Pa Pum from Paper Pretties; Paper: Basic Grey DP, Whisper White, Kraft; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E35 Chamois, R37 Carmine, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Velvet Ribbon, Mavry Giga Scalloped Square Punch

Little Tees!

A few months ago I signed up for a Little Tees swap hosted by Gabby on SCS and I took three spots. Today I thought I would share one of my creations for the swap, with the three spots I took one in each groups which were humor, naughty and nice. This card was my nice spot, I wanted to use a winter theme, but I also wanted to use some colors I typically don't use with winter so I pulled out a few plum colors and got to work. I hope you like it, I had a lot of fun creating this card, in fact I love all these cute stamps! I have a few more Little Tee creations I will be sharing with everyone soon, hope you enjoy them all! Have a great weekend!

Stamps: Little Tees and A Magic Christmas from Gina K; Paper: Whisper White, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon; Ink: Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Ballet Blue; Accessories: Metallic Purple Ribbon, Mavry Mega and Giga Scalloped punch

Valentines!

This month we get to use the next Stamp of the Month from Paper Pretties, isn't she just the cutest?! Sophia looks so busy creating these great valentines to send to some loved ones, this little cutie is called Sending You Love and she is the December SoTM. Which mean, if you have yet to sign up for the Paper Pretties Stamp of the Month Club what are you waiting for! Go sign up and let Christie know that I sent you her way, she will be thrilled to hear it. I created this card for one of the challenges from last weeks release party, the challenge issued by Charmaine was to create a card that had nothing round or oval on it, so I went all rectangles and hearts on this one! Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Sending You Love from Paper Pretties; Paper: DCWV Petal Prints, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette; Ink: E00, R17, R20, R22, RV13, RV42, Y11, Y16; Accessories: Heart Brads

Pretties Wednesday!

Two weeks ago Jackie P. issued the Paper Pretties Girls to create a card with a scored background and I am thrilled about it! It means I get to use my Scor-Pal which I absolutely love, it makes scoring so much easier. I decided to use my Angel Wings Sophia since I haven't been able to all month, its been so hard not to grab this little cutie and ink her up! So without further ado, I give you Angel Wings Sophia in all her scored glory. To add more shine I used not only my Butter Cream Shimmerz but also this super pretty May Arts Sheer Ribbon. She looks so peaceful, hope you like today's creation and be sure to check out the other Pretties Girls creations, they are wonderful, as always. Oh! And if you have yet to check out the Paper Pretties store and the massive 75% off everything in the store sale (excludes Paper Pretties stamps and Swarovski crystals). So get shopping if you haven't gone yet, its a huge sale!
Stamps: Angel Wings Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey Periphery DP, PTI Cream; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B23 Phthalo Blue, E00 Skin White, E71 Champagne; Accessories: Shimmerz Butter Cream, Scor-pal, May Arts Sheer Ribbon, Binder Clip

Party Fun!

So today I thought I would share one of the cards I created for the Paper Pretties Party! We had a blast the other night and if you weren't there then you missed out! The first challenge of the night was to create a gatefold card, definitely a fun fold that I've used a few times but that I was thrilled to try again. I decided to make this card simple and I used the new set The Nativity as my main image, isn't this little guy the cutest! I think these stamps are too cute for their own good. Hope you had a great day!

Stamps: The Nativity from Paper Pretties; Paper: Spring Moss, Whisper White, DCWV Christmas DP, Glorious Green; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, G14 Apple Green, W1 Warm Grey No. 1; Accessories: Dew Drops

A Little Fun

I've been joining more swaps recently, and one of the last swaps I joined was a color challenge where you had to send your secret sister six cards based on her color preferences and card type. My secret sister had selected black, teal and blue so here are two of the creations. The first one is a simple card I created using on of the super cute The Cats Pajama's birthday stamp sets! I love this little image, and the penguins are just too cute! I used a few primas to spice it up a bit.

The second card I created uses one of the cutest little girls that is a High Hopes stamp, one of their older stamps but still wonderful! I used my copics to create a super cute teal colored image with some royal blue accents. So I hope you like today's cards, I will be posting more details about last nights release party tomorrow! Have a great Sunday!

Party Time!

That's right its party time at Paper Pretties and the releases are coming! Four new stamp sets and the wonderful Angel Wings Sophia, so stop what your doing and run to Paper Pretties while you still can! We have three great challenges tonight and a huge sale! Here are all the details for today's Sale!

SALE! Paper Pretties is moving and we need to clear out our inventory because we do NOT want to move it! So, beginning November 1st almost everything in the Pretties Boutique is on sale for 75% off - yes that was 75% you read - below wholesale!!! The exceptions are the Pretties Stamps and the Swarovski crystals - everything else is being cleared out! The prices have already been changed for you so you won't need a coupon code! Happy Shopping!!

For today's card I used the stamp set being released tonight Nativity, and I love it. I pulled out my brayer to give the background another go, hope you like it! Have a great night hope to see you all soon!

Stamps: Nativity from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E97 Deep Orange, G14 Lime Green; Accessories Brayer

Worship Him

Today is Sneak Peak #2! There are some great sets being released tomorrow night at the Paper Pretties Release party and you are going to love them! Today I am sharing a card I created with the stamp set called Worship Him, it comes complete with this wonderful image of the wise men, plus two wonderful sentiments, one shown here, and a super cute star to complete the story. Don't these wise men look wonderful, I decided to use this fun rock star paper in the background, I thought all the stars would be perfect for this trio. Don't forget all the great Paper Pretties news! Tomorrow is the release party at 7pm CT where Charmaine will host three great challenges, all four new stamp sets and Angel Wings Sophia will be released on the site, plus we are kicking off an amazing sale! If you didn't read all the details from yesterdays post, here is the sale recap!

SALE! Paper Pretties is moving and we need to clear out our inventory because we do NOT want to move it! So, beginning November 1st almost everything in the Pretties Boutique is on sale for 75% off - yes that was 75% you read - below wholesale!!! The exceptions are the Pretties Stamps and the Swarovski crystals - everything else is being cleared out! The prices have already been changed for you so you won't need a coupon code! Happy Shopping!!
Stamps: Worship Him from Paper Pretties; Paper: the Rock Star Stack, Going Grey, Whisper White, Baja Blue; Ink: B05 Process Blue, B23 Phthalo Blue, B29 Ultramarine, BG15 Aqua, BG72 Ice Ocean, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, Y28 Lionet Gold, YR23 Yellow Ochre; Accessories: SU Word Window

Hip Hop Hangover!

Yesterday was Unity's Hip Hop Thursday and as every week has been so far, I had a blast chatting with some wonderful ladies and gentlemen in the SCS Unity member forum. Of course there were two wonderful card challenges, I was only able to complete one of the issued challenges but I had a lot of fun! The challenge I completed was to make a card about something sweet, so I thought the stamp 'so & so loves' would be perfect to use! This stamp just came in the mail earlier this week and I love it. Hope you like today's post as well, be sure to stop by later to see another wonderful Paper Pretties Sneak Peak!
Stamps: so & so loved from Unity; Paper: PTI Kraft, Whisper White, SU Prints Sampler; Ink: Pretty In Pink, Pink Passion; Accessories: pink grosgrain ribbon

Sneak Peak Day 1!

Its that time of the month when the Pretties Girls get to share some sneak peaks to the up coming stamp release! I love the new stamps to come, they are all within the holiday theme and I know you are going to love them as well. To be honest this little drummer boy is my favorite, he is just too cute! This stamp set is called Pa Rum Pa Pum and he will be released on the 1st of November! Just wait until you see the rest, they all work so nicely together, its great! Make sure to stop by the other Pretties Girls blogs, there are all sorts of sneak peaks to see! So get going there and enjoy this months creations!

Now a recap of the all great Paper Pretties News!

~Paper Pretties is moving and we need to clear out our inventory because we do NOT want to move it! So, beginning November 1st almost everything in the Pretties Boutique is on sale for 75% off - yes that was 75% you read - below wholesale!!! The exceptions are the Pretties Stamps and the Swarovski crystals - everything else is being cleared out! The prices have already been changed for you so you won't need a coupon code! Happy Shopping!!

~Cutie Pie Contest!!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 upload it to the Cutie Pie Contest gallery on the Paper Pretties forum, and Christie will chose a winner from the entries. Besides being able to call yourself a Cutie Pie, you will also win the entire release!! You have until October 31st at 8pmCST to get your entries in!! Good luck!!

~On Saturday, November 1st, Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 7pm CST and will last until 10. We will be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing 4 new sets and the Angel Wings Sophia stamp. Hope to see you there!!

~You have until October 31st at midnight to get signed up for the Stamp of the Month Club and get the Trim the Tree Sophia stamp before it is officially released in December. So get clicking and join while you still can!

Stamps: Pa Rum Pa Pum from Paper Pretties; Paper: PTI Craft, Whisper White, SU! Prints Sampler; Ink: E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E35 Chamois, G21 Lime Green, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Green Dew Drops, Mavry Mega Oval Punch, Mavry Giga Scalloped Oval Punch

Pretties Wednesday

So two weeks ago I challenged the Pretties Girls to use their brayer, I knew the challenge may be a bit hard, but I have seen so many great brayered creations I wanted to try using mine more as well. So I knew if I issued the challenge I would have to play along, sorry it this challenge was a bit much, but its a technique that looks so great when you get the hang of it. So without further ado, here is my brayer creation for today! I decided I wanted to give this little Sophia a nice backdrop for her trip to school, doesn't it look lovely. I think this technique actually worked out pretty nicely today. I used a brayer to create the foreground first then I masked the edges and brayered the sky, then to add a little more I sponged the ground a little bit to add some texture. Then to create he path I added a little bit for sponging in brown to complete the overall look.

Stamps: Off to School Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Baja Breeze, PTI Lemon Tart,B12 Ice Blue, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand; Accessories: Brayer

Little Pumpkin

So he's a little late, but here he is the cute little Copper in all his Halloween glory! With Halloween being this week I just had to use this stamp for my card this week, I think he looks wonderful in his Halloween get up. Plus, guess what ladies! The new stamps from Paper Pretties are coming out at the beginning of November...yay! Let me tell you they are just too cute to resist, so with that being said, here are all the details for the up coming events:

~Cutie Pie Contest!!
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 upload it to the Cutie Pie Contest gallery on the

Paper Pretties forum, and Christie will chose a winner from the entries. Besides being able to call yourself a Cutie Pie, you will also win the entire release!! You have until October 31st at 8pmCST to get your entries in!! Good luck!!

~On Saturday, November 1st, Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 7pm CST and will last until 10. We will be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing 4 new sets and the Angel Wings Sophia stamp. Hope to see you there!!

~You have until October 31st at midnight to get signed up for the Stamp of the Month Club and get the Trim the Tree Sophia stamp before it is officially released in December. So get clicking and join while you still can!

Stamps: Pick of the Patch from Paper Pretties; Paper: Spring Moss, Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, SU! Prints Sampler; Ink: E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, G21 Lime Green, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Accessories: Organdy Dotted Orange Ribbon

A littl Paper Trey

I could have sworn I posted this box forever ago, but it seems I was mistaken, so I thought I would share it today. I was in a Secret Sister Swap where we had to create something for our Secret Sister and my Sister was a massive fan of Reece's Pieces and I wanted to make something that looked super pretty. I used some of my PaperTrey DP and my Floral Frenzy set to create the little flower centers on each piece. Then placed everything into these cute little boxes I ordered a while ago to create different gifts from. I finished it all off with some ribbon and a great tag. Enjoy!
Stamps: Floral Frenzy from Paper Trey; Paper: PT DP, Lavender Moon, Whisper White; Ink: Lemon Tart, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding; Accessories: May Arts Grosgain Ribbon, Nestabilities

Hip Hop Hangover!

I have been having the greatest time hanging out in the Unity Stamps members forum at SCS every Thursday, in fact, last week Angela thought it would be a good idea to start a Hip Hop Hangover! That's right all the people who take part in Hip Hop on Thursday are welcome to post on their blog with their creations while at Hip Hop and I think its a great idea. I particpated in three challenges yesterday, the sketch challenge of the week plus the challenges hosted by Jeanne which was to create a card with pink and a card with stripes. Last month I signed up for the Unity Kit of the Month and I am so thrilled I did so! All three cards for today are created using the same stamp set, the October Kit of the Month called Thinking about the Good Times. There is such a variety of images to pick from its hard to decide what to stamp first! For the first card I decided to color in these cute little owls and create a more masculine card. For the second card I used the cute little three flowers stamp three times in a row to make a mega image! I used the same bright colors on the card base to complete the fun!For the last card I used this adroable house that also came in my kit, plus one of the several sentiments inside. I really like how this house looks like something you would find down a cobble stone road, so homey and roomy. I can't wait to see what next weeks Hip Hop brings our way, plus what the November kit will have in store for the subscribers. I know that everything coming our way is sure to be great! Hope you enjoyied my Hip Hop Hangover. hopefully I will be able to post something from now on using these fun stamps on Fridays!
Owls - Stamps: Thinking about the Good Times from Unity (October KotM); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Dark Chocolate; Ink: E71 Champagne, E97 Deep Orange, Y38 Honey, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Copper Brads, Prima Flowers

Flowers - Stamps: Thinking About the Good Times; Paper: Pink Passion, Whisper White, Glorious Green, DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E31 Brick Beige, G14 Apples Green, R20 Blush, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV21 Light Pink, Y02 Canary Yellow; Accessories: Dew Drops

Home - Stamps: Thinking About the Good Times; Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Pressed Petals Printed Paper Pad; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, C1 Cool Grey No 1, E31 Brick Beige, E33 Sand, YG09 Lettuce Green, W1 Warm Grey No. 1
Accessories: blue brads, Mavry Mega Circle Punch, Mavry Giga Scalloped Circle Punch

Pretties Wednesday on Thrursday!

I am back and I have a super cute card to share! But first I would like to say thank you ladies for the kind words, I really do appreciate it, your the best! Now enough about me....you want to hear about the card! Today I get to share a card I created for Jessie's glitter challenge and I hope you like it. I am not a fan of using glitter because it makes such a mess, but I love the effects of sparkle and shine on cards, it looks so pretty. So in order to not create a mess I used shimmerz for my card, a bit of cheating I think, but I just received 3 colors and I had yet to used them and we can't have that! This week on SCS the challenges are all pink in honor of the cause of the month Chemo Angels! Earlier this week the Pretties Girls decided that we would be donating our cards to the cause instead of sending them off to each other and I am thrilled! I try to help out and send cards when I get a chance and this is a great group to donate to. If you haven't heard before this adorable stamp Trim the Tree is the November Stamp of the Month at Paper Pretties, you can only get her if you sign up for the Stamp of the Month, you have until October 30th at midnight to get in on this offer. She will not be available until December 1st to the general public, so be sure to sign up today and let Christie know I sent you her way! Hope you enjoy today's card, its pink in honor of this weeks challenge on SCS and I think Sophia look super cute with my new Pink Shimmerz! Have a great day!

Stamps: Trim the Tree from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Moss, Pressed Petal Printed Paper Pad; Ink: E11 Barely Beige, E35 Chamois, R20 Blush; Accessories: Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Pink Shimmerz

A bit of a delay...

I am sorry to say that my Pretties card will be posted tomorrow with all its wonderful glitter as challenged by Jessie. I haven't been feeling well so I spent all day at doctor's offices and getting test done. I promise as soon as I get up and get a chance today's card will be posted! Have a great night until then :)

Hanna Fun

I just realized today that I had yet to share a few of the cards that I created for Hanna Stamps birthday celebration. The first card was created for a button challenge at the release party, and I just had to play along. I have always had buttons but only recently I started using them, I was saving them for some reason and I finally opened up one of the packages I had to create this fun cooking card. For the little bows I used some silver cord I had from SU! and threaded it through each of the button holes and tied a little bow. I love how it came out, it looks so cute and seems to work perfectly with this card.
The second card was an inspiration challenge where we were asked to use something in our home for inspiration. My mom has this beautiful heart shaped wreath that she added some dried flowers to a few years ago that now hangs in the dinning room and I decided to use the wreath for inspiration to create this card. I used the browns and pinks from the wreath and the style to create this card. I even got to use my Martha Stewart edge punch on something and I am thrilled with the results!
Buttons - Stamps: Kiss the Cook from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Dark Chocolate, Basic Grey Mellow DP; Ink: E00, Y11, E31, B00, BG05, E51; Accessories: Silver Cord, SU! Buttons, Prima Got Flowers
Ballerina Card - Stamps: Ballet Sophie G Moose from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Berry Sorbet, Whisper White, Dark Chocolate; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, E31 Brick Beige, E51 Milky White, R22 Light Prawn, R37 Carmine; Accessories: Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch, White Sheer Ribbon, Mavry Mega Circle Punch, Mavry Giga Scalloped Circle Punch

Triple T's!

I just had to use the November Stamp of the Month from Paper Pretties today featuring Sophia in Trim the Tree! I wanted to use the typical Christmas colors, but with a bit of a spin, so I went for my pinky paper and I think it really works well together. I love greens and reds together, but this combination is wonderful as well. I finished off the card with some Satin Dotted Ribbon from PTI, I love the overall look. Enjoy!
Stamps: Trim the Tree from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Berry Sorbet, DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack; Ink: E00 Skin White, E11 Bareley Beige, G17 Forest Green, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: SU! Large and Small Oval Punch, PTI Spring Moss Dotted Satin Ribbon, Mavry Giga and Mega Oval Punch.

A Little MFTs

This week I was able to play along with two of the challenges hosted in the My Favorite Things forum on SCS and I had so much fun! I am still working on using my stamps more often instead of pulling out the same sets all the time and these challenges are really helping some rubber get some love! The first challenge this week was the Whose That Girl challenge where we had to use the stamp set Going Places and eyelets so I went to town and used some fun papers that I typically don't use.The second creation was to make a box and use the set Window Shopping and I was in a very Halloween mood the other day so I created a box with a Halloween theme. I even pulled out my fun Halloween Glitter Stack and got to paper piecing, which as you may notice by now, I love it! I have to create a Halloween package for a secret friend though SCS and I plan on sending this box with all sorts of goodies, I hope she enjoys my creation! I hope to play along this week if possible, challenges have started to become something I ave to try!
Card - Stamps: Going Places from My Favorite Things; Paper: DCVW Black and White Prints, Whisper White, Basic Black, Ballet Blue, SU! Prints Brilliant Blue; Ink: B21 Baby Blue, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, G000 Pale Green, W1 Warm Grey No. 1; Accessories: SU! Ballet Blue and Black eyelets, dimensionals
Halloween Box - Stamps: Window Shopping from My Favorite Things; Paper: DCWV Halloween Glitter Stack, Whisper White, Summer Sunrise; Ink: Tuxedo Black, BG10 Cool Shadow, C1 Cool Grey No 1, E00 Skin White, G14 Apple Green, V06 Lavender, Y17 Golden Yellow, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Metallic Purple Ribbon

Happy Birthday!

Today is one of the Prettie Girls Birthday! That's right ladies, Jessie is celebrating her birthday today! Jessie keeps all of us organized and is always there to help us out, at least I know she helps me whenever she can, if you have yet to check out Jessie's blog you are missing out on some amazing work! In fact this week she was revealed as one of the SCS Dirty Girls, I mean it doesn't get bigger than that! So each of the Pretties Girls are bringing the party with them, I was asked to bring the music, so I decided to create a card with Sophia dancing to the music. If you look at her dress I paper pieced her dress so that the dots radiate out from the top of her dress and I know the results! Now that's a party! Be sure to check out all of the ladies blogs to experience the party! Here is all the ladies blogs, go party!

Charmaine - Birthday Cake
Christie - Party Hat
Danielle - Presents
Jackie P - Decorations
Jillian - More Presents
Jodi - Balloons
Joni - Party Snacks
Jules - More Balloons

So Miss Jessie have a wonderful Birthday, hope you enjoy YOUR day!
Stamps: Flutter By from Paper Pretties; Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Dot Swirl DP; SU! White Craft Ink, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG01 Aqua Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: White sheer ribbon, blue and white brads, SU! Small and Large Oval Punch

A Little High Hopes

I have a small collection of High Hopes stamps but I never dig them out, but the High Hopes DT has been cranking out some amazing creations recently so I used one of my High Hopes stamps for a friend of mine swap. The swap criteria was to use a stamp that had never been inked up and this Polar bear just jumped to mind. I really like this paper I think it works perfectly for this little guy, what do you think? Then I finished of the card with some snowflake brads and some yummy grey ribbon, which I adore. Just a simple card for today, but a fun one none the less!
Stamps: Bear-ly Warming Up from High Hopes; Paper: Whisper White, Sky Blue; Ink: E31, B00, BV12, E71; Accessories: May Arts Grosgrain Ribbon, Snowflake Brads

Pretties Wednesday!

Today is the day, the Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! Today the card I am sharing is from Jodi's challenge two weeks ago which was to use Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip as the color combination for the card. I don't think I have ever used these colors together but they work wonderfully! I picked Whiskers as my stamp, wanted to mix things up a little bit and give another super cute Sophia some stamping time. I have been having so much fun using layers in other challenges that I thought I would continue the layers with this card, hope you like today's creation! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girls creations, as always they are fabulous! Plus big news! I would like to give Jessica Deidrich a huge welcome, she has joined the Pretties Girls Team and we are thrilled to have her, she is sure to be a huge asset to the team, be sure to drop by her blog and give her a hearty welcome!

This week it is my turn to issue a challenge to the rest of the Paper Pretties Design Team. I had the hardest time picking my challenge, but after some thought I would love to see the Pretties Girls use their brayers! That's right ladies, I have been seeing some amazing brayer action recently and I would love to see what you can do with your Pretties stamps and a brayer! So get to work ladies, I know its going to be amazing!
Stamps: Whiskers from Paper Pretties; Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, SU! Jersey Shore DP, Whisper White; Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, E52 Milky White; Accessories: Brown and Orange Dew Drops, Brown and Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Mavry Giga Scalloped Oval Punch, Mavry Mega Oval Punch

Falling for MFT

Every week the design team at My Favorite Things hosts an 'Oldie but a Goodie' challenge and I played along this past week. The featured stamp set was Falling for You and I had a blast! I used lots of fun fall colors and I had a lot of fun using my dew drops and these cute fall leaf brads. I added a bit of ribbon to bring the colors from the decorative paper to the foreground. A bit of a different card for me, but I had a lot of fun with it, enjoy!
Stamps: Falling For You from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate; Ink: E00 Skin White, E51 Milky White, Y17 GoldenYellow, Y38 Honey; Accessories: orange and red dew drops, celery grosgrain ribbon, dark brown grosgrain ribbon, leaf brads

Pick of the Day

I have such a hard time picking which Paper Pretties stamp to use! My collection has grown leaps and bounds since my first little fella Snowflake all the way to the newest released cute stamp Pick of the Patch. So today I thought I would share the newest Cooper stamp with you today again, perfect for the fall season and the soon to arrive Halloween. I wanted to use bright colors with this little guy since he looks even better in bold bright colors than anything else, so I pulled out this fun Halloween paper and added one of the sentiments included in the Pick of the Patch set 'You're the Pick of the Patch'...prefect! Hope you enjoyed my Pretties creation for today!

Stamps: Pick of the Patch from Paper Pretties; Paper: Green Galore, Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, MFT Halloween paper; Ink: E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, W1 Warm Grey No.1, Y17 Golden Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Mavry Giga Scalloped Oval punch, Mavry Mega Oval punch, SU Large Oval punch, Halloween Crystals

Gina K Time!

With the latest Gina K Stamps release their wonderful design team posted three challenges. I was able to get all three challenges completed in time and they were so much fun! So I thought today (since I just got my new Gina K Stamps) I would share with you all three of my creations, so here we go! The first challenge was hosted by Joanne, we had to take her card and use the layout as our sketch. I just had to sit down and give it a try, the sketch was just too cute to ignore. So I pulled out my stamps and nestabilities and got to work!The second challenge was to use the colors red and white with a third color of our choice. Since the first card was a winter theme, I thought I should continue on the theme for all three challenges so I added green to the red and white. I decided to use my super cute Sandy Claws stamp and I was thrilled with the results.The last challenge was to use a new technique where you take glossy paper and run it through your cuttlebug then use ink and a brayer to bring out the texture of the embossed paper. I love the results! I decided to pull out my Snow Dots folder and flip the embossed part, so what is typically above, is actually below, giving this card a different look. Hope you enjoy my creations for today, and don't worry I have all sorts of cards to share!
First Card - Stamps: Got Snow? from Gina K Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Aqua Mist; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, B21 Baby Blue, BG10 Cool Shadow, C1 cool grey no. 1, E00 Skin White, G000 Pale Green, G00 Jade Green; Accessories: May Arts Satin Ribbon, Circle Nestabilities

Second Card - Stamps: Sandy Claws; Paper: Pure Poppy, Whisper White, Spring Moss; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No 1, R14 Light Prawn, R37 Cadmium Red; Accessories: Snowflakes CB embossing folder

Third Card - Stamps: Sandy Claws; Paper: Ballet Blue, Glossy CS, Whisper White; Ink: Ballet Blue, B21 Baby Blue, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Snow Dots CB Embossing Folder, Brayer, Snowflake Brad

Some Unity Fun!

Yesterday was Thursday which mean that things were HOP HOPping in the Unity forum all of their Design Teams blogs. All day long Angela and the girls from Unity party and I joined in on all the fun again this week. I have had a blast at these get togethers, lots of great conversation and every once in a while there is a challenge with free stamps on the line, so you have to partake! Last week I created a card using my Growing in Unity stamp set, the challenge was to create a card using your favorite sentiment, and its always been 'wish' so the card about is what I created. Then yesterday Jeanne posted a challenge to create a masculine card so I had to play along. I pulled out my Wispy Grass single from my last Unity order and got to work! I used my PTI Spring Moss ink pad and inked my stamp up, then I took one of my Copic markers and colored over a few parts for some pretty results. Hope you have a great day everyone!
Tree Card: Stamps: Growing In Unity from Unity; Paper: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Whisper White, Grab Bag DP; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Accessories: Copper Brads
Grass Card: Stamps: Wispy Grass single from Unity; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate; Ink: Spring Moss, E35 Chamois; Accessories: dew drops

Pick of the Patch!

Guess what?! Our newest Paper Pretties stamp Pick of the Patch is on sale now, so run on over and pick this little guy up, he is the cutest pumpkin in the patch by far! With fall arriving and Halloween not to far away this little guy is the prefect addition to your stamp sets! The set has several sentiments and two adorable images, the main image being Cooper in his best outfit. When we had our Pajama Party last week Charmaine issued three wonderful challenges and this little box is one of my creations for her Halloween challenge. I wanted to create something a little different than just a Halloween card so I decided to make a little treat sliding box, complete with chocolate, perfect for any Pajama Party!

Isn't he just too cute! I used my DCWV Halloween Glitter paper, which is super yummy especially for those of us that love bling, the perfect addition to any creation! If you haven't noticed yet I love glitter stacks of all sorts and having holiday ones are just a no brainer! I hope you enjoy my creation, be sure to add this little guy to your cart at Paper Pretties, he is too wonderful to miss! Have a great day!Stamps: Pick of the Patch from Paper Pretties; Paper: DCWV Halloween Glitter Paper, Whisper White, Summer Sunrise; Ink: E00, E31, G03, Y38, Y11; Accessories: Paper Piercer, Mavry Mega and Giga Circle Punch, MFT Ribbon

Pretties Wednesday!

You know what today is....Paper Pretties Wednesday Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share a card with you that I created from Danielle's challenge. She wanted all of the Prettie Girls to make a card using a "Fancy Fold", it could be any type of folder card as long as it was not the standard or normal card. So after thinking about it for a while I remembered seeing a card that had two flaps that I wanted to give a try, so after some searching I found out that it was called the 'Joy Fold' and I went to two. I wanted to create a fall card, but I don't have too much fall paper, instead I went for some fall colors, I think it works! I used my paper from the Pressed Petal Printed Paper Pad and selected some papers that complement each other in the fall spectrum. Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out all of the Prettie Girls creations, there are some fun folds to be seen! Have a great day!

Stamps: Falling For You from Paper Pretties; Paper: Summer Sunrise, Whisper White, Ballet Blue Pure Poppy, Pressed Petal Printed Paper Pad; Ink: B23 Phthalo Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E35 Chamois, R37 Carmine, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Dew Drops, Mavry Giga Scalloped Punch

Paper Piecing

This past week was the My Favorite Things release, and with any good release is a great challenge! This month MFT was all about paper piecing so I decided to go to town and stretch my possibilities, I pulled out my Here's the Scoop stamp set and got to work! I waded through my paper over and over again and I just kept pulling out this black and white dotted paper and I finally gave in. I decided to use the dotted paper for the couch and I cut out all the little pieces then colored them in seperatly. Then to add another layer I added the criss cross paper in the background as wall paper. I know its a little bold, but I had so much fun with the bright colors contrasting and all the pink, I even went a little over board. Then to complete the card I added three little scoops of ice cream as embellishments. Enjoy!

Stamps: Here's The Scoop from My Favorite Things; Paper: Sweet Blush, Pink Passion, Black, Whisper White, DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies Glitter Paper; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B00, E00, RV04, RV13, RV21, Y17; Accessories: Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Spica Glitter pen

Falling for Ribbon Weaving

Wednesday was our Paper Pretties Pajama Party and Charmaine really rocked those challenges! The first one of the night was to create a card using a technique that you had never tried before and I happened to received my TJN just the day before and inside was all different possibilities for ribbon. I decided to try the ribbon weaving for the first time and I just love it! Don't be surprised if I use it again, there is a lot of ribbon used, but the final product is just so much fun! I used the new Paper Pretties stamp Falling for You as my main image and some other great fall colors or brown, cream, and celery, a simple but fun card. Hope everyone had a great weekend and made some great cards for WCD. Have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Falling For You from Paper Pretties; Paper: Dark Chocolate, Certainly Celery, Whisper White; Ink: E00, E31, G99, YG03; Accessories: Cream Grosgrain Ribbon, Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

Time to Share

This week I particpated in the My Favorite Things 'Who's That Girl Challenge" on Monday and I had a blast! This week we had to use the set Walk the Dog and dress her up with dots, so I decided to use the circles stamp on my Basic Grey background paper, then I colored in some dots to add a little more dimension. The I added some of my organdy dotted ribbon and some fun primas to add more colors to the card. I have been having a lot of fun creating cards for challenges, they are so addicting! Hope you have a great Sunday!

Stamps: Lets Go For a Walk by My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate, Basci Grey Two Scoops; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, BG34 Horizon Green, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, E71 Champagne, Y21 Buttercup Yellow, W1 Warm Grey No. 1; Accessories: Got Flowers, Organdy Dotted Ribbon

Happy World Card Making Day!

Have you seen all of the giveaways today!? OMG, there are things going on all over the place. I hope you have a wonderful World Card Making Day! I have been playing with all sorts of stamps this week while I have been home sick, so I thought I would share with you one of my Hanna Stamps creations from this week. This week marked the one year nniversary at Hanna Stamps and Kristi and the entire Design Team hosted challenges, blog candy, and all sorts of fun. I was able to participate in all of the card challenges. This card I created for the challenge to use two embellishments, I used only two, but I really loved the stamp and went for it. Hope you enjoy my creation!
Stamps: Pirate Hanna from Hanna Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, DCWV Rock Star DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R14 Light Rogue, Y21 Buttercup Yellow, W5 Warm Grey No. 5; Accessories: Silver Cord, Black Brads, Spica Glitter Pens

Pajama Party!

Last night we had a great time at the Paper Pretties Pajama Party! We also got the chance to welcome our new Guest Designers and our wonderful Guest Designer Jackie Pedro joined the Powder Room! Now to welcome our new Guest Designers....I give you Jenn Diaz, Christi Thorsen, Stephanie Hargis, AND Frances Byrne. I can't believe these ladies, make sure to check out their work, I know we are all thrilled to have some fresh faces! Today I thought I would share the card I created for Charmaine's color combo challenge. This one needed to use Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, and Pink Pirouette. I hope you like it!
Stamps: Falling for You from Paper Pretties; Paper: Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White; Ink: BG72, E00, E31, R11, Y11, YG03; Accessories: leaf brad

Pretties Wednesday!

Today I get to share with you the card I created for Jessie's Paper Pretties Design Team challenge, which was to find my own inspiration for a card. So after a long time of searching through sites and pictures I decided to go with this adorable holiday cake as my inspiration. I also got the chance to use the new Stamp of the Month Trim the Tree stamp featuring the one and only Sophia! Doesn't she look darling in this adorable little dress, reaching up to decorate the tree all by herself....I love it! I added a crystal to replace the little bauble that she is putting on the tree, I think it adds a little more sparkle. I attempted to draw little springs of holly on her little dress, even though the markers started to run a little bit I think the effect is still there. I love how cute she looks, trust me you are going to want to sign up to get here for yourself. Tonight is the Paper Pretties Pajama Party! I can't wait to chat with the other Pretties Girls, and the challenges are sure to be a blast, be sure to stop by and join us!

Stamps: Trim the Tree from Paper Pretties; Paper: Glorious Green, Whisper White, Pure Poppy, the Glittered Christmas Stack; Ink: E00 Skin White, R27 Cadmium Red, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: White Sheer Ribbon, SU! Small and Large Oval punch, self adhesive crystals