It's Almost Time!

Good afternoon! Today is the LAST day you can sign up for this Months Stamp of the Month, Give Thanks from Paper Pretties. You have until Midnight tonight to sign up for the Stamp of the Month Program and still receive this adorable Sophia on your doorstep! I love how adorable this little girl looks, so for my last card before I have to put her away, I know its horrible isn't it, I decided to create a pink and green card. I love how these two colors look when you use them together, she looks even cuter in these colors! Plus, I got to use more of my new Nestabilities, she looks even better! On the Monday, the 1st of June Paper Pretties is having another wonderful party to celebrating the new release! That's right Make a Splash will be released to the public on Monday! You know you don't want to miss this Party! Here is all the information:

On Monday, June 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be issuing only one challenge, so be sure to come and play along! Besides the challenge, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing Make a Splash Sophia and introducing our new Stamp Of The Month. Hope to see you there!!

You know that sounds like so much fun, I really do hope you join us, and trust me knowing Charmaine the challenge will be fabulous! Have a great day, and be sure to stop by tomorrow for my Monday Pretties Post, and possibly a Sneak Peak of the next Stamp of the Month!

Stamps: Make a Splash from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pir, Kiwi Kiss, MFT Winter DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, RV21 Light Pink, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, Silver Cord, PTI Pink Buttons, Labels Three Nestabilities

Snuggle Bunnies!

This week is the last week of My Favorite Things Idol and I just can't believe how the time has flied though! This week being the last challenge, the topic was open ended and I had no idea what to create, but then I heard all this baby talk on the thread and thought baby card! Plus I had yet to ink up my new Cuddle Bunnies stamp set so I got to work! I went blue for baby boys,

as of right now I have no plans to send this card to someone, but it is always great to have a baby card on hand for anything unexpected. Aren't these two bunnies just adorable?! I love how they are snuggling on a moon, with that little hanging star, the perfect little touch! I also got to use my cuttle bug a bit for this one and I really had a lot of fun with it. If you haven't heard yet, Shannon (Mrs.Mac on SCS) WON the competition, she has now been named the My Favorite Things Idol! Congrats Shannon, your creations were wonderful the entire competition, and congrats once again to all of the finalists throughout the entire process! Hope you got the chance to participate, and if not make sure you don't miss it in the future! Have a great day!

Stamps: Cuddle Bunnies from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Spring Rain; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, BG01 Aqua Blue, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, MFT Sheer Ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Swiss Dots Cuttle Bug Embossing Folder, Swirls Cuttle Bug Embossing Folders, Labels Two Nestabilities, SU! Ticket Punch, Gold Glimmer Shimmerz Blingz, Pop Dots

Pretties Pretty!

Today is Wednesday which means it's time for another great Paper Pretties Design Team challenge! Today I get to share with you the card I created for Jackie P's challenge issued two weeks ago to create an all white card with the exception of the image. Talk about being intimidated by a challenge! But, with all the great Pretties Girl's I know these cards are going to be wonderful! For my card I decided to use a stamp set that has been collecting dust recently in my collection, Soakin Up the Sun. This stamp set is still one of my favorites, but since the weather was cold I couldn't bring myself to use this beauty, but the weather this past week has been beautiful so I think a little bit of sun would be perfect! I decided that pink would be best as the main color of the image, I even lined the edge of the main image with a line of pink to break up the background a bit. Thank goodness I have my cuttle bug and nesties! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations!
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse
This challenge was a challenge indeed, but I think the results are really worth it, I think you should give this challenge a shot if you haven't its a bit tough, but fun! Thanks Jackie for the great push! Hope you have a wonderful day, thank you for stopping by!
Stamps: Soakin Up the Sun from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Gina K Pure Luxury CS; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, RV000Pale Purple, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV21 Light Pink, V000 Pale Health, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Cuttle Bug Embossing Folder Argyle, Sheer May Arts Ribbon, PTI White Buttons, Quickie Glue Pen, Large Scalloped and Regular Rectangular Nestabilities

Shopaholic!

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend, I know that I did! The best part about having a three day weekend was that for once I actually got everything I wanted to do complete, and I know that never seems to happen. I was able to catch up on a lot of swaps that I had fallen behind on, in fact I still have a few more I need to complete, but those aren’t due until early next month so I should be fine on those. The card I am sharing for today I created for Scrappy’s Elzybells card swap. It has been so long since I’ve inked up on of my Elzybells to create with and not stamp out images for a friend, and this little girl is one of my favorites, Shopaholic! I don’t know about you, but there is a little part in me that really identifies with this lovely lady. When I see new stamps I just want to click that ‘buy now’ button, but I know better. Okay, so I do buy a lot of stamps, but I try to be good from time to time, I think you know what I mean. Not only was I thrilled to use this stamp, but I was thrilled to use this adorable paper! This weekend I finally got up to AC Moore and they had these big boxes of 200 sheets of DP on sale for $14.99, I was so excited to see that when I got there I got the last box! So far I have used several different designs and I know I will be using this paper a lot more! Hope you enjoy today’s post! Have a great day!

Stamps: Shopaholic from Elzybells; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, K&Co Pretty In Pink Box DP; Ink: BG10 Cool Shadow, BG72 Ice Ocean, E00 Skin White, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, SU Scalloped Edge Punch

Pretties Monday!

Not only is today Monday, which means another Paper Pretties post, but it is also Memorial Day, and being such I just had to use one of the newest Sophia's, Lady Liberty. I also wanted to create a card for this weeks Paper Pretties Challenge! Each week Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge at the Paper Pretties Forum, this weeks challenge is super simple! In fact, it's easy as 1-2-3! This weeks challenge is to create a card using one piece of ribbon, two buttons (or brads), and three layers! Anything else goes! See, easy as 1-2-3!
Here are this weeks challenge details:

How to Enter: Make your card using the above rules and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC53.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, May 27th*

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

So be sure to get to work, you know these challenges are always a lot of fun! Hope to see your creations in the Pretties Gallery! Have a wonderful Memorial Day!

Stamps: Lady Liberty from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, K&Co Pretty in Pink Box DP ;Ink: BG01 Aqua Blue, E00 Skin White, E51 Milky White, E55 Light Caramel, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: PTI White Buttons, May Arts Ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen

The Case of the Curious Card!

I have always watched as some adorable challenges have been hosted at The Greeting Farm, but I never seem to take the time to play along, but this time I got the chance to create with everyone else! This past week a new Case of the Curious Card appeared on The Greeting Farm Blog and I took the time to try it out. Here is the card we had to use as inspiration: I loved how all the papers seemed to work together in some way, and the fact that the papers were angled I thought worked wonderfully. So when I started my card I knew that I just had to use one of the Wild Sprouts I ordered a few weeks ago at a Farmer's Market. I love these adorable stamps, in fact I now have a nice sized collection of stamps from The Greeting Farm and I am working on creating more cards with them. I used some fabulous May Arts ribbon as the based to the card, plus I used my ink pads and a sponge to create a nice triple layer flower that I used a button to center the flower. I really like how the layers turned out on this card, enjoy! I hope you like today's post, I know I had a lot of fun with this card!
Stamps: Dahlia from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, MFT Winter DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Prima, Sponge, Pop Dots, Koh-I-Noor Colored Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits, PTI Button, Coloring Stump

Red, White, and Blue!

Yay! Okay, here is the post you were supposed to see this morning, I am finally home and able to post today's post!

Welcome to the last day of my Unity All Week Long! I have had so much fun this week sharing with you cards that I've created with my most recent Unity stamps. For today I am sharing with you a card I created in resp once to both of the wonderful challenges that Jeanne posted for Hip Hop! I love the weekly Hip Hop and the challenges are always a lot of fun to play along with. This weeks first challenge was to create a card using stars and the second challenge was to create a card with the sentiment as the main focus to the card, simple to combine! I pulled out my January Kit of the Month - Love Ect. for a great star image and my CONFESSION: i {luv} unity Scrapbooking kit! This sentiment, 'Free', is perfect for any Red, White and Blue card!

I also figured since this weekend was Memorial Day, this card would help celebrate the freedom that our fine Men and Women have maintained for us with their services. I created a simple one layer card, complete with some fun ribbon, and super wonderful stars! I hope you liked today's post, I love how this background came out! Oh, and we have a winner!

I randomly selected one winner from all of yesterdays posted comments, and the winner is:

jan farnworth said...
i love your flowers. this is one of my favorite stamps out of this kit that i have not inked yet i just got my kit yesterday but yellow is one of my fav colors anyway.

Congrats Jan! Please e-mail Eryn at Unity and let her know that I selected your name from the comments during my Week Long Unity posts! I hope you enjoyed today's post! Have a great weekend!

Stamps: January Kit of the Month - Love Ect. and CONFESSION: i {luv} unity from Unity; Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy; Ink: Pure Poppy, Pacific Point; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

A Bit of a Delay....

Good morning! I am unfortunately having some ‘technical difficulties’ with my blog and the post I had ready for this morning to post. I still have all the text but my wonderful card images have disappeared! Unfortunately, I have work until late this afternoon, but as soon as I get home and have access to my images my Unity post for today (the last of my Unity All Week Long!) and I will post, and hopefully blogger will cooperate! In the meantime make sure you commented on yesterday’s post below for a chance to a free Unity single!

It's Hip Hop!

That's right boys and girls today is Thursday so today is all about the Hip Hop over at the Unity Forum on SCS, and you know you can't miss that! As with every Thursday, today includes a fabulous hop through the Unity Design Team members, stamp specials, challenges, and give-aways all day long! What more could anyone want for a fun filled day of Unity? Today I am sharing a card I created for my Grandma's birthday, her birthday was actually last week, but since she was coming to visit this week we are celebrating her birthday today! Today after work we are eating a nice dinner, cake, and of course presents! So when I was deciding which stamp to use for her birthday card I was instantly drawn to this wonderful Unity stamp from this months Unity Kit of the Month - ...another sweet day! I think this floral stamp is my favorite image that comes with this set, it is just so darn elegant! Plus, this card works perfectly with what I used to do while I visited my Grandma growing up. I used to spend hours upon hours on my Grandma's living room floor with a pair of scissors and construction paper, I think I've come a long way since then...but have I?Do you like the coloring details? I love how these flowers came out, I masked the first image after I stamped and duplicated the image. I used two shades of green on the leaves and two shades of yellow on the petals with my Copic markers and I think it really works well together. Plus the color combination of brown and yellow really pops off the page, I am hoping she likes what I created. And before I sign off for the day....be sure to leave a comment on this post to be entered to win a Unity single! That's right ladies, blog candy! Not any blog candy either, but Unity blog candy! I will select one winner to get a great Unity single, so be sure to comment! Have a great day everyone, enjoy the Hip Hopping!
Stamps: May Kit of the Month - ...another sweet day from Unity; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, G17 Forest Green, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, PTI Lemon Tart Grosgrain Ribbon

Paper Pretties DT Challenge!

Today is Wednesday which means its Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge time! This week I get to share with you the creation I made for Jodi's challenge from two weeks ago. Jodi issued a color combination challenge with the choices to include Apricot Appeal, Baja Breeze, and Pacific Point, what a great combination of colors! I had so much fun using this stamp set Home Sweet Home as well! Isn't this set just too cute?! I love the images that come with the set and the sentiments are wonderful as well, like this adorable 'For Sale' sign, perfect for any card. Hope you like this color combination, I know I sure do! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations! Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse
I can't wait to see what everyone else creates for today's great combination! Loving the combination Jodi!
Stamps: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze; Ink: B29 Ultramarine, BG72 Ice Ocean, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, YR31 Light Reddish Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Fiskars Scalloped Paper Edgers, Prima Flowers

More Unity Fun!

Today marks day three in my Unity All Week Long and I am thrilled that I can continue to share some Unity creations with all of you. Today I am sharing two cards that have shown up in the Unity gallery on SCS from me, but have never been posted to my blog and I doubt many people have seen either card. The first card was from Shannon's (Mrs.Mac) VSN challenge this past weekend on SCS. Her challenge was to create a card using food or drink as inspiration so I went the drink route! I have been eyeing this stamp set since it arrived on my door step and I was thrilled to find a challenge that would work well with these adorable drinks! Plus I love the bright colors that worked perfectly with the set and matching sentiment. For my second card I am sharing one of the cards I created about three weeks ago now for one of the Unity Anniversary challenges. Did you play along with the Anniversary challenges in the Unity forum? The whole week was a blast, unfortunately I only got the chance to complete one challenge for the week, but I had a blast none the less! This was the first card I created using my April Kit of the Month and I had a blast with it! The challenge was to create a card using the color combination of Kraft, So Saffron, Pacific Point, and Ruby Red. I know its a bit hard to see, but the leaves on the branch are actually So Saffron and I think it works. I love the soft look to this bird and the simplicity of this card was just wonderful. Hope you liked today's creations, be sure to check back to see what I have in store for tomorrow
Drinks - Stamps: Cocktail Party from Unity; Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Whisper White, Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf; Ink: Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen, May Arts Sheer Stripped Ribbon

Celebrate - Stamps: April Kit of the Month - Fresh Beginnings from Unity; Paper: Kraft, Pacific Point; Ink: Ruby Red, Pacific Point, So Saffron; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Pop Dots, Provo Crafts Scalloped Scissors

Beach Days with Unity!

Welcome to day two of Unity All Week Long! Today I decided that I would share with you some more cards I made for this weekends VSN challenges over on SCS. On Sunday I had the chance to participate in another super fun VSN challenge. When I read the challenge description I instantly thought of my Unity stamp set Beach Days and Sun Rays! I create these cards for the first challenge of the weekend Double Down, where you had to make two of the same card. The hostess also listed a few things that one may think of when they think fun times, and my mind went directly to the Beach! So I pulled out my Beach Days and Sun Rays stamp set and got to making some fun monochromatic cards! I have been trying to find some ink time for this stamp set since it arrived on my doorstep since there are so many great images in this set, and I finally got the chance to ink it up! I really like how my little 'Beach Days' list turned out. I started by cutting the edges a little roughly then sponging the edges with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, followed by crumpling the paper itself to look so distraught. I also included a few things on my list with a nice copper gel pen, gives it a bit of a shine. Hope you liked today's creations! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Unity fun!
Stamps: Beach Days and Sun Rays from Unity; Paper: Cream, Whisper White, Dark Chocolate; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Accessories: Pop Dots, Sponge, Copper Gel Pen

Let's Get Sketchy!

It's Monday, so you know what that means....Paper Pretties time! This week I am sharing with you something I made using this weeks Pretties Weekly Challenge. Each week Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge in the Paper Pretties Forum, and each week you can also view the weekly challenge at the Paper Pretties Blog, The Paper Clip. For this weeks challenge I decided to go monochromatic again, I think its just a mood I'm in recently. I used Melon Berry and Cameo Coral with some great decorative paper from my new DCWV the Spring Stack! Then for the circles I went buttons, lots of fun buttons!I also got the chance to use my this great Stamp of the Month, Giving Thanks, isn't she just to cutest! This weeks sketch was a lot of fun! I love how each week these challenges just continue to be so great, plus I love a good challenge! Here is the sketch that is for PWC52:Now that you've seen the sketch to try out, how about hearing some more about the challenge itself! Here are the details on our weekly challenges:

How to Enter: make your card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC52.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, May 20th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique. The winner will be randomly selected from among the qualifying entrants and announced after the contest has ended!

How awesome does that sound?! So what are you waiting for, get going and try out this weeks sketch, you know you want to! Thank you for stopping by to see my Pretties post for the day, hope you liked what you saw!

Stamps: Giving Thanks from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Melon Berry, DCWV Spring Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, R22 Light Prawn, Y08 Acid Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Quickie Glue Pen, Melon Berry Buttons, Silver Cord

Unity All Week Long!

I am thrilled to share with you all that THIS week I am hosting Unity All Week Long here on my blog! That means EVERY day this week I will be sharing at least one Unity creation and I can't wait to get started! Plus, not only do I get to share with you all sorts of fun creations all week long, but I also just received my newest Unity Kit of the Month - ...another sweet day on Saturday as well as two new stamp sets Everyday Adorable and CONFESSION: i {luv} unity, so my cards will be using the newest sets! How wonderful is that! I am so excited to share with you my creations with these new sets, I mean could I have asked for better timing or what?! So lets get started! For my first card this week I wanted to use my Everyday Adorable stamp set! I love how these adorable images come with matching sentiments, makes for an easy and fun card. Not only did I create this card for my first post, but I also use the VSN challenge Hitting the Tables for a starting point. The challenge was to create a Black and Red card with White as the only Neutral tone, and I love how this card turned out! I stamped the cute flower image first then colored in all the little dots that create the flower but, then I ran it through my Cuttle Bug using my Curved Rectangle Dies. I love the look of these dies and they seem to really work with not only this color combination but also with these cute images! I hope you liked today's post, be sure to stop by tomorrow and see the rest of Unity All Week Long!

Stamps: Everyday Adorable from Unity; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Pop Dots, Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, Pure Poppy Grosgrain Ribbon

Unity KoTM Hop!

Today is the Unity Kit of the Month Blog Hop! All sorts of wonderful ladies have signed up and are posting great creations as we speak! The Hop started at the Unity Blog, where Angela kicked things off, if you haven't stopped by, please make sure to start the Hop at http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ ! It's going to be wonderful! For my card I used my July Kit of the Month - It's the Little Things and I love this stamp, in fact it's one of my favorite stamps from a KoTM. I normally go really cutesy with my Unity images and card, but a friend from work had asked me to make a birthday card for his mom, using a butterfly and earth tones. So, when I was laying out my posts for this week I instantly thought of using a Unity butterfly for my card, and this one I thought would be perfect!I hope you liked my card for today, I love the elegant feel to this card, plus I think it shows how versatile Unity stamps can be!

The next stop on the Unity Kit of the Month Hop is Sherry at http://workingandstamping.blogspot.com! I can't wait to see what the rest of the Hop holds!

Stamps: July Kit of the Month - It's the Little Things fom Unity; Paper: Cream, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avacado, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, Pop Dots, May Arts Twill Ribbon

Verve-y

I sometimes make masses of cards and don't have enough time to share them all on my blog, and since I had nothing scheduled for today's post, I thought I would share a few cards in my 'to post' folder! For the April release party for Verve Stamps Julee issued three great sketch challenges and one fabulous color combination challenge. These are the last two cards from the three sketches that were posted for the April stamp release that I haven't had the chance to post about. I went with pink and more pink with this first cupcake card, isn't it just cute fun! I love this cupcake stamp set and all my little embellishments, not too much, but super fun!

I think this card is perfect for something baby, and after my sister saw this card she 'stole' it. Now let me elaborate on that a bit, after I create a card I share it with my family members, sometimes if they have an event or something coming up they ask if they can use it. Now, sometimes I create cards with an intention in mind, and sometimes I just create cards to have that creativity rush, this card had no intentions. So my sister decided that she would like to use this card as part of her friends baby shower card! She is thrilled that I let her 'steal' the card, hopefully her friend will enjoy this card as much as my sister does! Hope you like today's cards, tomorrow I will be posting my Unity Blog Hop post, then all next week I am hosting 'Unity All Week Long' so lots of Unity creations coming your way soon!
Cupcake Card - Stamps: Cupcake Affair from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Pink Pirouette, SU! Candy Lane DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, RV11 Pink, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, May Arts, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen

Bunny Card - Stamps: Practically Perfect from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, SU! Flowers For You; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, RV11 Pink; Accessories: MFT Adornment Crystals, Quickie Glue Pen, Pop Dots

Colors, Colors, Colors!

Today is Wednesday, which means Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge! This week I get to share with you a card I created for my own challenge! That's right, two weeks ago I challenged the Pretties Girl's to create a card using their favorite color and two shades of that color, one shade lighter and one shade darker. I love so many colors, but I would have to say that my favorite color would have to be blue, I am partial to teal, but blue is definitely my favorite color. I decided that Ballet Blue was my favorite shade, and Sky Blue and Pacific Point would be a great lighter and darker shade. I also wanted to use the new stamp Canadian Sophia, but blue just doesn't work, so instead I went floral! So she is a cheering Sophia, and I love it! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Charmaine Ikach

Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds

Frances Byrne

Jackie Pedro

Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich

Jessie Rone

Jodi Collins

Julie Masse

I can't wait to see what everyone created for this challenge, I know everyone did a great job, I mean they are the Pretties Girl's! Hope everyone has a great day!

Stamps: Canadian Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Soft Sky, Ballet Blue, Blue Spiral DP; Ink: B05 Process Blue, B21 Baby Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilities, MFT Crystal Brads, May Arts Sheer White and Gold Ribbon

More My Favorite Things

Good morning everyone! As the weeks go past My Favorite Things Idol has continued, each week getting more exciting! We are down to four more ladies, and as a Judge I am still playing right along. Last week the challenge was to create a card about Inspiring Women and using the colors Brown and Pink, simple enough. I try to get something for my Mom for Mother's Day every year that is about pampering her in some way, this year I got her a gift certificate for a Mani/Pedi plus I treated her to breakfast and made dinner for the whole family. She loved it, and no gift certificate is complete without a card to be inside of, so I used the My Favorite Things Idol Judges Challenge to create a card perfect to match the gift certificate. My mom is by far the most inspirational person in my lift and she loved the card! I hope you enjoy it as well, also be sure to stop by the forum on SCS to see who makes the top three after tomorrow night!
Stamps: Girls Day In from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Kiss DP, Dark Chocolate; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, R29 Lipstick Red, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: MFT Chocolate Kiss Adornments, MFT Chocolate Kiss Ribbon Bundle, Pop Dots

Pretties Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, today is Monday! With every Monday comes more Paper Pretties! I decided that today's post should feature this weeks Pretties Weekly Challenge, which is a color challenge! How fun is that, and its not just a typical color combo, its a mystery color combination! That's right, Danielle posted the color combination of Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy, Soft Sky, and any color of your choice. I picked brown for my additional color and I had to use the new Stamp of the Month for June, Giving Thanks. Here are the Pretties Weekly Challenge Details:

How to Enter: make your card using the provided color combo and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC51.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, May 13th*

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

The winner will be randomly selected from among the qualifying entrants and announced after the contest has ended. * If you do not have the above colors feel free to substitute with something similar!

Hope you get the chance to try out this weeks Pretties Challenge, trust me you will have a blast and you may even win something! Have a great Monday everyone! Hope to see you tomorrow!

Stamps: Giving Thanks from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Sky Blue, PTI Bitty Dots, Kraft; Ink: Not Quite Navy, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, Y17 Golden Yellow, YG09 Lettuce Green; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, Pop Dots, SU! Scalloped Edge Punch

Happy Birthday Christi!

Do you know what today is?! Well Mother's Day of course, but not only is it Mother's Day it is also Christi's birthday! That's right, today is fellow Pretties Girl's Christi's birthday! In honor of our Prettie birthday we are having a Pretties Blog Hop! The festivities started at Christie's blog this morning, and you should be reading me via Danielle's blog today! I love these hops, they are so much fun, and a great way to celebrate someones very special day! For Christi's birthday I offered to bring all the gifts, and I wrapped them all myself, I got a little creative with it as well, so what do you think? Did my idea work? I used one of the new stamps from the new Home Sweet Home stamp set, these presents are in fact moving boxes from the set! There is normally words on those boxes, but you can't see them anymore, that's right, I wrapped them all up! I hope you liked my idea, gave me a bit of trouble but I think it was worth it! Thank you so much for stopping by today, be sure to hop on over to the next stop on our Birthday Blog Hop and visit Charmaine, I wonder what she whipped up this time! Once you complete the hop please take the time to wish Christi a very happy birthday!

Stamps: Bugs and Fishes & ; Paper: Whisper White, Hibiscus Burst, Pink Pirouette, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: B45 Smoky Blue, B93 Light Crockery Blue, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV34 Dark Pink, V06 Lavender; Accessories: Silver Cord, White Satin May Arts Ribbon, Pop Dots, Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, Prima Flower, Labels Two Nestabilities

A Little Taylored

I am a member of the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Subscription Service, each month fun enough supplies to create all sorts of cards arrive on my doorstep! How fun is that?! Well, as a member you have a chance to order things from the store and have the shipping of those items combine with the kit that is already coming your way, plus you get and extra 10% off from the store! This past month I ordered the stamp set called Fresh Flowers, my very first Taylored Expressions stamp set! I was so excited when it finally arrived, but I've only had the chance to make a few cards with it so far. Yesterday after work I remembered that I had one more Mother's Day card to create for one of my coworkers so out came this Fresh Flowers set and I got to work! I decided to use this adorable flower and vase and the colors of Hibiscus and Lemon Tart. I am loving this new color from PTI and the way it matches the rest of their colors is great! I wanted a little bling do I added some Gold Glimmer Shimmerz to the petals and finished of the card with a simple bow over the sentiment. Hope you enjoyed today's post, I had a lot of fun making another Mother's Day Card! Have a great day!

Stamps: Fresh Flowers from Taylored Expression; Paper: Whisper White, Lemon Tart, Hibiscus Burst, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG01 Aqua Blue, G02 Spectrum Green, RV34 Dark Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, SU! Scalloped Edge Punch, Yellow Twill

Welcome Home

This past Friday Paper Pretties released three new stamp sets, included in those three stamp sets was a brand new line of stamps from one of the Pretties Girl's! That's right Danielle is now the extremely proud illustrator of a new line of stamps called Fat Cat Stamps! How is that for exciting news! During the release party Charmaine issues three great challenges and I just had to use this new set of stamps called Home Sweet Home for the great color challenge. We were asked to use Tangerine Tango, Kraft, and Chocolate Chip in one card and this super cute house image from the new stamp set Home Sweet Home was perfect! I used my new Curved Rectangle Nestabilities and some fun Bitty Dots paper. I really am loving working with this new stamp set, have you see some of the other great examples the Pretties Girl's have created with this set! I think we all are loving the new releases, be sure to stop by and view the Paper Pretties Gallery, there are so many great creations to ogle over! Hope you have a wonderful day! Stamps: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: E31 Brick Beige, E57 Light Walnut, G28 Spring Dim Green, YR09 Chinese Orange; Accessories: Pop Dots, Curved Rectangle Nextabilities, Sponge

Pretties Wednesday!

Today is Wednesday which means its Paper Pretties Design Team Challenge day! Two weeks ago, Jessie challenged the Prettie Girls to a use one of the older Prettie stamps and "Make It New Again"! How wonderful is that?! I did a lot of digging through my old Pretties stamps to find the Look Out World stamp set. I haven't used this poor Cooper stamp in what seems like ages, he really has been neglected, so glad that Jessie made us "Make it New Again" today! So I started using that Chatter Box DP that I have been using a lot lately, its just the perfect colors for a guy card, you know. I also wanted to add a little scallops today, so I pulled out the scissors and the Nestabilities for today's card! Thank you for stopping by to see today's creation, be sure to check out all the other Pretties Girl's creations!
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jana Weaver

Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins

Julie Masse

Hope you all have a great day today! Be sure to stop by tomorrow, I have plans to share another Pretties card! Sorry for such a late post, my blog wouldn't allow me to upload my image last night and again all day until now! Evil blog!

Stamps: Look Out World from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Ripe Avocado, Chatter Box DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ripe Avocado, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, G99 Olive; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Provocraft Scalloped Scissors, Sponge, Pop Dots

Viva La Verve!

I have a bit more Verve to share today! This past week I completed all the Viva La Verve challenges all with the 'twists' of course and I was eligible for the Viva La Verve Champion. Guess what?! I actually won, I am still in shock, my name was randomly selected and I will be getting an either release worth of stamps from Verve. Its been a few days and I swear I haven't come down from hearing that I won! So I would like to say thank you to Julee for having theses great challenges and prizes and thank you to Amber for posting some amazing sketches every week! Now on to the cards! Since I won for completing all 5 challenges, today I am posting all five cards together, hope you enjoy!

Surprisingly enough, each sketch I seemed to pull another color to use, what are the odds of that?! Honestly that never happens with me, I tend to get stuck in color families but not this time. My second card is my favorite sketch and favorite card from the grouping, although a lot of people seem to like the first card I posted above.I am a bit behind in my birthday card stash and the two cards above I plan to give out as birthday cards to friends and family. I can't wait to see the response I get from them, I have some people in mind for these cards too, I know they will love them!Both this Mother's Day card and the first card I made for one of the guys at work, I still have two more I need to complete for his cards. Can you believe that Mother's Day is almost here? Its already the beginning of May, I can't believe that its already that late in the year, where did half of 2009 go? Oh yea, I slept through about two months of it...oops!My last card I followed the sketch and made it a nice spring card, I love how I worked with the shades of these colors, I think it really works well. A little too simple maybe but fun all the same. Hope you enjoy all the cards I shared today, I really had a lot of fun creating cards for this challenge and thank you again to Julee for making the prize so amazing, I can't wait to see the next stamps to be released!

Card 1- Stamps: Because of You from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate,Ripe Avacado, PTI Green Tea Leaves Collection; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Accessories: white brad, pop dots, May Arts Ribbon
Card 2- Stamps: Because of You from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate,Ripe Avacado, PTI Green Tea Leaves Collection; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Accessories: white brad, pop dots, May Arts Ribbon
Card 3- Stamps: Because of You from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart; Ink: Baja Breeze; Accessories: Pop Dots
Card 4- Stamps: Happy Mother's Day, Wishful Elegance from Verve; Paper: Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus, Whisper White; Ink: Raspberry Fizz; Accessories: Hibiscus Buttons, Pop Dots, Provo Crafts Scalloped Scissors, May Arts Ribbon, Prima Flowers
Card 5- Stamps: Because of You from Verve; Paper: Ocean Tides, Whisper White, Aqua Mist, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: Ocean Tdes; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, May Arts Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, Pop Dots

Lady Liberty

Today is the beginning to a new week, which means it's time for me to share another Paper Pretties creation! I love kicking off each week with a new Paper Pretties card, today's card features one of the new stamp sets released this past Friday, May 1st. We released three new stamp set and re-released Rainy Day Friends in rubber! Today's stamp set is called Lady Liberty, and she is just darling. I recently received my Curved Rectangles Nestabilities and I can't seem to put these things down! I used them for one of the cards during the release party and now I can't seem to reach for anything else! I love how perfect these Nestabilities are for the stamps that were released over the weekend. I decided that I wanted to use the newest Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge for my card today. Each week in the Paper Pretties forum Danielle hosts a wonderful challenge, this week it is a sketch challenge! You know how I love sketch challenges too, so I just had to create something! Here is the fabulous sketch that Danielle created for us to try out!

Now you have to try this weeks challenge, you know you want to! So here are all the details:

How to Enter: Make your card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC50.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, May 6th.

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique. The winner will be randomly selected from among the qualifying entrants and announced after the contest has ended. I'm excited to see what you make with this sketch!

So try out this weeks challenge, we love to see our customers play along, and you never know, you may win, but you can't win unless you at least try! Hope you have a wonderful day. Enjoy!

Stamps: Lady Liberty from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Dark Chocolate, Chatter Box DP; Ink: E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, G21 Lime Green, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, Quickie Glue Pen, Pop Dots, MFT Crystal Adornments

Unity Lovin'

This week Unity Stamps celebrated their one year anniversary! All week long there was give aways, contests, challenges and all sorts of chatter! Not only was the week a wonderful celebration, but it was also May 1st which brought about a new Unity monthly challenge. Each month Unity will be posting a challenge on the first of the month and everyone will have until the evening of the second to create a card for that challenge using that month's Kit of the Month. Sounds simple enough, but what would one win you ask? A Guest Designer spot for the following month! How neat is that! So when I saw the sketch posted on Friday I took the time yesterday to create a card following the sketch. I had so much fun with this card! I used all bright colors and some really great stamps from the Kit of the Month for April that I had yet to ink up! After I completed the card for this sketch I decided that I really love it and it will be the card I give to my Mom for Mother's Day later this week, I can't wait till she sees it! Hope you like today's card, tomorrow is more Pretties time!
Stamps: April Kit of the Month Fresh Beginnings from Unity; Paper: Whisper White, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, SU! Tea Party DP; Ink: New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst; Accessories: Aqua Painter, May Arts Linen Ribbon, PTI Vintage Buttons White, Pop Dots, Sponge, Sticky Strip

A New Stamp of the Month!

Did you stop by the Paper Pretties party last night?! We had a blast, and guess what? I was awake for the whole thing this time too, of course I took a nap before, but who counts that! Charmaine hosted three wonderful challenges, the first being to create a card for Christie, the Prettie Mama, since it was her birthday! I was thrilled that we got to celebrate the Birthday Girl's day with a release party! What a great way to spend your brithday! I decided to use the newest Stamp of the Month 'Giving Thanks' as my main image for Christie's card! Isn't this Sophia just adorable! Plus, she is prefect for paper piecing, my favorite past time, doesn't she look fab in a floral dress! You are going to love this new Stamp of the Month, just wait until you get a peak at all the other Pretties Girl's creations with this stamp, you are going to need her too! Hope everyone has a great day!
Stamps: Giving Thanks from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Lavendar Lace, Floral DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, G14 Apple Green, RV34 Dark Pink, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, Quickie Glue Pen, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, Pop Dots

Release Day and Paper Pretties Blog Hop!

Today is the release day at Paper Pretties plus it's Blog Hopping time! We are celebrating our new Illustrator and new line of stamps! Here is all the information, big news, BIG, BIG news! Here we go, come one, come all, read all about it!

We at Paper Pretties are SO EXCITED today!! Not only are we introducing a BRAND new set by none other than our own Prettie Girl, Danielle Lounds, but we are having an EXTRA SPECIAL party! Today is Christie's, the owner and operator of Paper Pretties, birthday!! Please join us at the party tonight to wish her a VERY happy birthday!! The festivities start at 8pm EST, so be there or be square!!

If you made your way here from Jodi's blog welcome, if not be sure to start the Blog Hop where it all began today, at Christie's blog! Plus while you are there be sure to wish her a very Happy Birthday! You next stop on the Hop is Frances' blog, and be sure to hop all the way through, there very well may be a wonderful prize at the end of the hop! Today's set is called Home Sweet Home and is the first set to be released from Danielle as part of her new line of stamps called Fat Cat Stamps! I just love the title, and it's prefect for Danielle's stamps too! Hope you enjoyed today's peak, but wait till you see the whole set, your going to love it! Have a great day all, I hope to see you at the party tonight it is going to be awesome!

Stamps: Home Sweet Home from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Chatter Box DP; Ink: B14 Light Blue, BG01 Aqua Blue, E31 Brick Beige, G07 Nile Green, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3; Accessories: Tiny Twinklets, SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen, Large Regular and Scalloped Nestabilities