Altered Pretties Style!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the altered project I made for our next challenge, issued by ME!! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations for this new challenge, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, or if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place! We are all sharing with you altered items from my challenge, and then you will have until October 6th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Danielle's new stamp set that will be released tomorrow, Season Of Joy. I have so many different items that would be perfect for altering but for today I decided that this silver tin would be a wonderful match for the up coming holidays. I can easily use this tin to be part of a gift package, so with that thought in mind I used the main image of Season of Joy as well as the sentiment 'May the Joy of Christmas light up your heart & home'. I used this fun Holiday paper from Chatter Box called Holiday Candy to cover the tin then I pulled out my stamps, nestabilities and ribbon. I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create for today's challenge, but I know whatever it was all these creations will be amazing! So, be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds
Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Here are all the details challenges so that you can play along with us this week! The rules:

How to Enter: Make a project using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC71 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, October 6th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Now that you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to alter something! That's right it's my turn to host the next Pretties Weekly Challenge! My challenge to you is to alter something.

Simple enough I think, I know I always pick things up at the store with the intention of altering them, and nothing ever gets done! So if your like me, now is your chance to get to altering some of those goodies! I can't wait to see what you create!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Season of Joy from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Chatter Box Holiday Candy, Ridinghood Red; Ink: E33 Sand, G24 Willow, R08 Vermillion; Accessories: Sticky Strip, May Arts Green and Red Ribbon, Pop Dots

Pretties Peak Princess Style!

It's time for another Pretties Peak! I love when I get to share with you a Peak at what is to come, and trust me you will love this one! In addition to the wonderful snowman, Frosty, that I shared with you on Sunday I also get the chance to share with you the newest Prettie Royalty, Lady Sophia! Isn't she just super cute! I love her whole look, the pretty flowing dress with all the layers, the great princess hat (I always wanted one myself!), plus this adorable little bird signing it's song, I mean what more could you ask for! Here is a little blurb about what is upcoming for Paper Pretties:

On Thursday, October 1st at 8pm Eastern, Paper Pretties will be having their next Prettie Pajama Party and will be releasing 9 new images and revealing the next Stamp of the Month! Be sure to join us in the Paper Pretties forum for a great time, you will not want to miss all the fun!

For my card today I thought that Lady Sophia would look wonderful in blue, so I picked two shades a light and darker blue to compliment each other. I also decided that use so stunning floral paper that I have had lying around since this paper was released and make it really pop by using white paper behind it. I also used my Deckled Nestabilities dies to create some nice layers to the main image. Of course no proper lady would be complete without some shine, so I pulled out my May Arts Sheer Metallic Blue Ribbon to complete the look. I hope that you are loving what I have been sharing with you! Have a great day, and get ready for a fabulous release!

Stamps: Lady Sophia from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, PTI In Bloom DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Sheer Metallic Blue Ribbon, Glue Dots, Large and Small Deckled Nestabilities

Think INK!

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your fourth issued challenge from Artful INKables! Every two weeks one of the Design Team members will host a challenge of their choice for not only the other Design Team members to participate in, but we also invite you to join us! You will have two weeks to complete the challenge and add your link to the main post over on the Artful INKables Blog to have your entry counted! Now how does that sound? Pretty neat, right?!

For this week Lisa Kind is hosting and her challenge is to 'use something that sparkles'! How fun is that! Head on over to the Artful INKables Blog for all the little details and be sure to play along, it is sure to be a great time! Here are a few further details for you!

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them!**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, October12, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October13, 2009 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

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

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC04.

I will be sharing with everyone the project I created for this challenge on Saturday, my new Artful INKables posting day! Hope to see you then! Have a great day!

Some Sketching!

If you read my posts then you know that I love a good sketch challenge so for today I thought I would share with you two sketches I created cards for recently, both of which happen to be from My Favorite Things! For my first card I wanted to share with you this fun Tea Time creation I made for the My Favorite Things MFTSC99 last week, I liked how the main image was supposed to pop over the rest of the card, it gives the card a different look.I was thrilled when I got the chance to create a fun card for this one! I decided that Tea was the way to go, and when I think tea I think of a simple and distressed look. I set about adding some paper piecing and some rough edges plus lots of layers! I then added two different ribbons, one yellow twill and one scalloped trim to create a different kind of look. Lastly, I added some bling in the right corner, I know its a bit hard to see in this picture, but the color matches the darker color in the background paper and paper pieced area. I hope you enjoy my take on the sketch!The above sketch I really, really liked, not only was it another wonderful My Favorite Things Sketch, but it was also their 100th sketch so I just had to play along! I love the layout on this one, it looked like it was going to be a lot of fun to try and of course I wanted to use one of the stamp sets I had yet to ink up so for this sketch I selected I {heart} Books! To be honest, I truly do {heart} books, I am constantly reading something, and right now I finished all the books I have, eek! So trust me a visit to the library will be happening shortly. I decided that this sketch would look nice in shades of blue which would make it perfect for a guy card, hope you enjoy this one, I like the final look. Hope you enjoyed my sketch inspired cards for today! Have a wonderful Monday all!
MFTSC99- Stamps: Coffee? Tea? from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Dark Chocolate, Pebbles Linnie Bell DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, R27 Cadmium Red; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Red Wine Rhinestones, Yellow Twill, Scalloped Edge Trim
MFTSC100- Stamps: I {heart} Books from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Pacific Point DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B24 Sky, B39 Prussian Blue, B95 Light Grayish Cobalt, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3; Accessories: Dark Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Blue Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Pop Dots, SU Scalloped Oval Punch, SU Large Oval Punch

Pretties Peak - Frosty!

Good morning! Do you know what today is?! I do! Today I get to share with you one of the soon to be released stamp sets at Paper Pretties! I have been looking forward to this time of the month as soon as I saw the new images, let me tell you that this release is like no other! That’s right, we not only have amazing sets from our fabulous Joni and our lovely Danielle, but we are also welcoming a new illustrator to our team! Please welcome Jennifer Lambien! Trust me you are going to fall in love with her adorable stamps!

This month we are doing our sneak peaks a little differently, every day for an entire week leading up to the October 1st Paper Pretties release different design team member will showcasing some of the soon to be released stamp sets, and trust me there are plenty of stamps to showcase! Are you ready, are you sitting down? Okay, here it goes...we are releasing 9 stamp sets and a new Stamp of the Month! I know, read that number again in case it didn't sink in the first time. There will be 9 different stamp sets released this month on October 1st at Paper Pretties!

So for today I am sharing with you one of the wonderful stamp sets to come, Frosty! One of the things I love about winter is the snow and getting the chance to spend times in the wonderful winter wonderland. This adorable little snowman, Frosty, is just perfect for that snowman building time! I just love how cute this little guy is! I also used one of the matching sentiments for this card, the full sentiment reads 'Feeling a little Frosty', but I decided that I wanted to use only part of the sentiment for today, so I punched out 'a little Frosty', hope you like it! Be sure to check out the other Pretties Girl's blogs today and the next few days, you are going to love these new releases! Have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Frosty from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Aqua Mist, Bermuda Bay; Ink: BG10 Cool Shadow, BG23 Coral Sea, E43 Dull Ivory, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, R27 Cadmium Red, YR68 Orange; Accessories: Nestabilities Labels Three, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Snowflakes, May Arts Ribbon White and Teal Striped, SU Slit Punch, Pop Dots, SU!Modern Label Punch, Kaiser Self Adhesive Pearls Bliss

Saturday Scales!

Welcome to another Saturday with Arful INKables! I am still loving the two new stamp sets the went on sale on the 14th at Arful INKables. Have you checked out the store yet to order? If you haven't taken the time to visit the store, why not head over while its on your mind, just in case here is the link: Arful INKables! For today I thought I would share with you a card I created using the stamp set South of the Border from last months release! I just had to use this snake image with this cute matching sentiment 'Hey Hot Stuff'! I used the sentiment to create a bit of a background to the card. I then layered the main image of the card on the matching paper in a darker tone of green then the base and the main color of the card. I also added some May Arts Ribbon in both a dark green and a red, both accenting the main image. Hope you like today' card! Have a great weekend, be sure to stop by tomorrow to see a Pretties Peak!

Stamps: South of the Border from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Ocean Tides; Ink: Ocean Tides, Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, G24 Willow, R29 Lipstick Red, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

More September Release Verve Challenges!

For the September release, Verve celebrated the release with some great challenges leading up to the party last Friday night! I only got the chance to complete four of the five issued challenges, so I thought that I would share with you the other two I created! I try to play along with as many challenges as I can when it comes to Verve, I love all the various types of challenges they issue within their forum on SCS. This first card I created based on a color combination challenge. This challenge was to create a card using the colors of Orange Yellow, Cream, Deep Brown and Grey Green. I had so much fun with this one, in fact I inked up two of my new stamp sets from last months release, both A Cup of Life and Bountiful Backgrounds and I really like how the distressing turned out on this one!

This challenge was a wonderful sketch that Julee created for us to use! I love sketch challenges, so this was certainly a challenge that I had to complete! I had a lot of fun with these colors, the light blue and light green always looks so nicely together, and I really wanted a bit of pop so I used Enchanted Evening ink from PTI for the blooms and the sentiment. I hope you have a wonderful Friday and you enjoyed the Verve creations for today!
Cup of Tea - Stamps: A Cup of Life, Bountiful Backgrounds from Verve; Paper: Cream, Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Summer Sun; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ocean Tides; Accessories: May Arts Twill Ribbon, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Sponge

It's You Day - Stamps: Budding Blossoms from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Bashful Blue; Ink: Spring Moss, Enchanted Evening; Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pop Dots

Pretties Peaks Start!

Good morning all! I just wanted to share with you that today the Paper Pretties Sneak Peaks begin! In fact, today there are two Pretties Girl's sharing wonderful creations with you today, so hop on over and take a peak...

Christie, Charmaine, and Danielle

Here is a little blurb about this month's release coming on Thursday, October 1st!

Its time for Prettie Peeks! The time of the month we begin to show you what we have in store for you on the 1st at our Prettie Pajama Party release! This month Paper Pretties be releasing 9 new images for you plus revealing our next Stamp of the Month!

I can't wait to share with you my peaks, for that be sure to stop by on Sunday, that's when my first peak will be posted! I can't wait to share with you some of these wonderful stamps!

Farm Fresh Friday

Hello all! I thought for today I would share with you the card I created for this past week's issued Farm Fresh Friday challenge over at The Greeting Farm! I have been adding these challenges to my list to complete every week, but it always seems like the deadline arrives and no card is created! So when I got the chance to play along on Sunday evening I was thrilled! This week's challenge was to create a card using embossing in some way, so I got to work on just that! I used the cutie Wild Sprout Edward to create this grey and red card! I first heat embossed Edward so that he would pop out on the paper, then I ran a sheet of Going Grey cardstock through my Cuttlebug and Embossing folder to create this fun textured background.

Then had to add more, it just needed more, so I used on Candy Lane DP in the background on a smaller piece of paper and layered the dry embossed piece over that. I am loving how all these layers came out, it looks a lot better then I thought it would...lol....Then of course it was time to pull out the embellishments! I decided that Edward needed some matching ribbon so I pulled out my PTI Satin Dotted ribbon and created this cute little bow. This bow in particular is created separately then attached to the strip of ribbon on the paper piece by a glue dot, one way to get the perfect looking bow! I also grabbed my silver nail heads, I love these things, and I think it really pulls the whole card together! Hope you liked today's card! Have a great day!
Stamps: Edward from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Going Grey, Candy Lane DP; Ink: Versamark, C5 Cool Grey No. 5, Cool Grey No. 7, E00 Skin White, R29 Lipstick Red, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y15 Cadmium Yellow; Accessories: Argyle Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Pop Dots, Silver Nail Heads, Pure Poppy Dotted Satin Ribbon, Black Embossing Powder

Fun with Foam!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post all of the Pretties Girl's will be sharing with you what they created for Christie's challenge from this past week, to use Fun Foam in some way! After some discussion, we decided that we will be posting our creations and issuing the challenge in the same week to give you some inspiration instead of posting our cards after the deadline. So, we are re-issuing the Fun Foam challenge to be due on Tuesday, September 29th. Plus, we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!

For my card today I decided to ink up Game On! I thought that this stamp set would be a lot of fun to use with some Fun Foam! I decided that in order to use Fun Foam on my card, I would cut squares and tile the background together, honestly this one I thought up while driving, I think that is what I have my best moments! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Here are all the details challenges so that you can play along with us this week! The rules:

How to Enter: Make a card using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC70 to be entered!

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

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Your next challenge is issued by Christie to create a card using Fun Foam in some way! Now that you have seen the Pretties Girl's take on this one, you are sure going to make something wonderful and I can't wait to see what you decide on sharing with us!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Game On from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Only Orange; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B24 Sky, G14 Apple Green, N1 Neutral Grey N0. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, R29 Lipstick Red, YR16 Apricot; Accessories: Pop Dots, Fun Foam, Silver Cord

Artful INKables Reminder!

Today I wanted to give you a reminder that you still have almost a week left to enter in the current Think INK challenge. I got the chance to host the current challenge which is to create a card using the following recipe:

1 Image
2 Different Ribbons
3 Layers
Plus, there must be Scallops too!

I also wanted to share with you the tutorial I created for Artful INKables! This past Sunday it was my turn to host a tutorial on the Artful INKables blog, I had SO much fun with this one! Here is the direct link to my little Gum Box Tutorial. You may remember the little Gum Box I created a few weeks ago using the South of the Border set, and since I had such a good time creating that one I decided to give it another try and share how to create on for yourself! This time I used the fun Halloween stamp set just released by Artful INKables called Halloween Hauntings! I picked this fun decorative paper from the DCWV Halloween stack I got and paired it with purple and orange! I hope you liked my little Gum Box, I think they are a lot of fun and easy to make too! Have a great day!
Stamps: Halloween Hauntings from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Only Orange, Lavender Moon, DCWV Halloween Stack, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Large Regular Circle Nestabilities, Sticky Strip, Magnets

Pretties Monday!

Good morning all! For today I thought I would show you one of the cards I created for the September 1st Paper Pretties Pajama Party and release! If you have never been to our releases, you are really missing a great time! Each release we have a party the evening of the stamp release and not only do we chat and have a great time, but our sweetheart Charmaine also hosts three challenges! The card I am sharing with you today I created for the first challenge of the night, which was to make a back to school card. Simple enough, and I wanted to use one of the newly released images, so I just had to use this cutie Cooper in the new set Pulling for You! I also used the sentiment from the Off to School Sophia stamp set and the little lunchbox from Look Out World, another wonderful Cooper stamp set! I also wanted to remind you that you still have a bit more time to enter the Paper Pretties Challenge! This week we are creating a card using Christie's challenge which is to use Fun Foam on our card! Be sure to stop by here on Wednesday to see what the Pretties Girl's created and find out who will win the $15.00 gift certificate to the store! Here are the details in case you missed it:

Hello Prettie Fans! We've decided to combine the fun Pretties Wednesday Design Team challenges with the weekly customer challenges we have issued in the past. This way you can play along with the Pretties Girl's! Challenges will be issued on Wednesdays and you will have one week to enter the contest! The following Wednesday the Pretties Girl's will reveal their takes on the challenge! To make the challenges even more fun one winner will be selected from the participants and will receive a $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique! Woo hoo! We are looking forward to seeing all of your fun creations!

How to Enter: Make a card using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC70 to be entered!

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

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

I can't wait to see what you create with your Fun Foam, and trust me, I had a lot of fun with my foam! Hope you enjoyed today's card, I know I had a lot of fun with this new cutie Cooper! Have a great day!
Stamps: Pulling for You and Look Out World from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No.1, C3 Cool Grey No. 3, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, R08 Vermilion, YG06 Yellowish Green, YG95 Pale Olive; Accessories: Silver Cord, PTI Buttons, Glue Dots, Curved Rectangles Nestabilities

Treats and Tails!

Good morning and welcome to another Saturday! I can't believe that the weekend is already here! For today's post I am sharing with you a project I made using the new Holiday Treats & Tails set from Artful INKables. This set is just a lot of fun, I was thrilled to see such a fun set when Kristin shared it with the Design Team, I mean what's not to love! For today's project I wanted to make a Christmas treat, unfortunately the stores are selling Halloween candy now and nothing for the Christmas holiday yet, so I instead decided to use some fun Avery Labels and create some holiday nuggets! I used the little Christmas light stamp for the little nugget wrappers, I am loving this stamp set, there are so many great images included! I used the light bulbs for the nuggets, and this cute little sprig of holly for the nugget cover! I also love the sentiments in this set, I thought this one was perfect for my little gift! I hope you liked what I shared today from Artful INKables, I had to much fun creating with this cute little gift, and I am continuing to enjoy this stamp set. If you are on the fence about this one, I suggest you take the dive and get yourself a super cute Christmas set! Have a great Saturday all!
Stamps: Holiday Treats & Tails from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, DCWV Christmas Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pure Poppy, Y28 Lionet Gold, Y13 Lemon Yellow, G05 Emerald Green, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Avery Address Labels, Hersey Nuggets

Enjoying Some Verve!

I can't believe it is that time again! It is time for another great Verve release and I can't wait! As with every Verve release there are some wonderful challenges being posted in the Verve forum to play along with! I got the chance last night to create two cards based on some of the challenges posted, I had so much fun using some of these stamp sets from the last release! The first card I created was for Charmaine's challenge to create a card using a great color combination! She decided that Deep Purple, Olive, Burnt Orange and Teal would be a great combination, I would never have put these together! The second challenge that I got to play along with was issued by Lynda to create a card and make it shine! So I pulled out this great foil paper that I've had for a while now and I thought it would look great with this super stylish heel from the Express Yourself set! I also had to add these great little pieces of bling, and since I haven't used it yet...some smooches!What more could be added to make a card shine! Shine on!
Enjoy - Stamps: Enjoy from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Cottage Wall DP, Tempting Turquoise, Plum Pudding ; Ink: Lavender Moon, Spring Moss; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Shine On - Stamps: Express Yourself from Verve; Paper: Whisper White, Raspberry Fizz, Rock DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Raspberry Fizz; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Moonlight Smooch

Hot Pink Party!

I finally got the chance to play along with this weeks My Favorite Things My Favorite Challenge! A very close friend of mine wanted me to make a hot pink and black guys card, and I instantly thought of this stamp set recently released from My Favorite Things, Party Girl! I knew it would be perfect, so when I heard that this weeks challenge was to use metal in some way, I had to play along and add them both together! I added some fun dotted paper from PTI and the whole lot of layers! I really wanted to layer this card up, hot pink and black, followed by more hot pink and black! I really like how this turned out, I hope you enjoy it too! He likes it...by the way. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Stamps: Party Girl from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Raspberry Fizz, Bitty Dots, Black; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E57 Light Walnut, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV13 Tender Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Silver Cord, Silver Nail Heads, Ticket Corner Punch

Prettie Inspirational

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I created from the challenge issued last week by Charmaine to create a card created from this inspirational picture! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!For my card today I decided to ink up Always in My Heart. Isn't this stamp just the cutest little thing ever! I must admit that I didn't know where to start at first with this one, but the more I looked at the quilt the more I realized how much I loved the colors within this picture! So I pulled a light and dark teal tone out for my main focus, with a bit of re and brown thrown into the mix of it all! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Here are all the details challenges so that you can play along with us this week! The rules:

How to Enter: Make a card using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC70 to be entered!

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

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Your next challenge is to use Fun Foam on your card or project in some way!

What a great challenge! I can't think of a time I ever used Fun Foam to be honest, I can't wait to see what you create, heck I can't wait to see what I create! I hope you get the chance to play along, Christie's challenge is sure to be a lot of fun! I just can't wait to see what everyone come us with!

Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Always in My Heart from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Bitty Dots DP, Bermuda Bay; Ink: BG13 Mint Green, BG49 Duck Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, R08 Vermilion; Accessories: Scalloped Oval Punch, Pop Dots, May Arts Twill Ribbon

Think INK!

This week I get the pleasure of hosting the Think INK Challenge for Artful INKables! These challenges have been so much fun, and I can't believe that today marks the start of the third Think INK challenge! This time it my my chance to host and I am issuing a recipe challenge, here are the ingredients:

1 Image
2 Different Ribbons
3 Layers
Plus, there must be Scallops too!

I can't wait to see what everyone creates! Here are all the rules so that you can play along too:

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them!**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, September 28, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 29, 2009 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

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

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC03

Hope you get the chance to play along, and I can't wait to see what you create! Have a great day, hope you like the card!
Stamps: Halloween Hauntings from Arful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, Going Grey; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Glue Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Pumpkin Harvest

Artful INKables Release Day!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! I hope you enjoy the party! We are celebrating the September release at Artful INKables, trust me you are going to love both of the new sets that are coming your way with this release! If you haven't come here from Julie’s blog, then you will want to start at the Artful INKables Blog so you don't miss anything along the way, and be sure to follow us all the way to the end because you never know what you'll find at the end!

Today I'm showing you a card made with a new set called Holiday Treats & Tails! I wanted to use red and greens, but with a bit of a twist on the traditional colors. I pulled out one of my Christmas DP Stacks from last year and shifted through the pack until I found papers that I thought would work together. I used shades of Kiwi Kiss and Berry Sorbet as my main colors and I really think it makes the whole card pop. Hope you enjoyed today's card, you are going to love this stamp set!

The next stop on the hop is Deborah's blog, so get hopping and make sure you journey to the very end, you never know what may be awaiting you if you know what I mean!
Stamps: Holiday Treats & Tails from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Berry Sorbet, Kiwi Kiss, DCWV The Christmas Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Berry Sorbet, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R22 Light Prawn, R37 Carmine, W3 Warm Grey No. 3, YG95 Pale Olive; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon

Border INKables!

Another Saturday has arrived which means that it's time for another Artful INKables creation! I decided that for today I would post another creation using one of the newest Artful INKables stamp sets, South of the Border! This dog is one of my favorite images from the set, its just so much fun! Not only is he styling, but he knows how to keep cool in the south, have a margarita! Have you been checking out the Artful INKables Blog recently? There is all sorts of news coming! That's right, on Monday, September 14th Artful INKables will be releasing two new stamp sets! Let me tell you, these sets are just too cute! I can't wait to share my creations with you using these new stamp sets! PLUS, a new Website has been launched! You really should take the time to look around, it looks wonderful! Here is a little blurb about the changes:

Now you can register with Artful INKables, keep a full shopping cart (even if you leave and come back), visit the easier to use inspiration gallery with multiple viewing choices, check out the AI forum (coming soon) and find out what's going on with the AI calendar. Also our improved navigation should make it alot easier to find all that you are looking for in the store.

So if you get the chance, stop by, I am sure you will love what you see! Get ready for the blog hop coming your way on Monday, its sure to be all sorts of fun! Have a great Saturday all!
Stamps: South of the Border from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Pure Poppy, Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Collection DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E33 Sand, R08 Vermilion, Y38 Honey, YG06 Yellowish Green; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Take me to the Circus!

Good morning! For today I thought I should share with you one of the card I created for the last The Greeting Farm DT call. The assignment was to create a circus themed card, and I wanted to use one of the Miss Anya stamps, since they are some of my favorites, but I didn't know where to start. I finally decided that a clown was not the way to go and a trapeze artist might work. I will say that this card turned out to be pretty elegant, but I don't think it was what my intentions were when I started this one. I did have a lot of fun color this cutie in and I do like the finished product, just not where I thought it was going to end up. Oh well, I hope you liked today's card, have a wonderful Friday! I will see you all tomorrow for another Artful INKables post!
Stamps: Miss Anya from the Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Going Grey, Pacific Point DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E35 Chamois, E55 Light Caramel; Accessories: Kaiser Blue Self Adhesive Gems, Silver Cord, Large Regular Circle Nestabilities, Scalloped Edge Punch

Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I created from the challenge issued last week by Danielle, a wonderful sketch challenge! This week we decided to not only share all of our creations but to make the whole thing a blog hop as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!For my card today I decided to ink up Falling for You, our cute fall inspired Sophia. Yesterday the weather was a little cool and it got dark earlier then it has been, which can mean only one thing, fall is creeping in. With that I am trying to embrace the season change and I thought that a fall card would be perfect for this weeks challenge! I had a lot of fun with this fall paper I had, I just love the deep colors that I pulled out for this card. I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Danielle Lounds

Charmaine Ikach

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen

Frances Byrne

Here are all the details challenges so that you can play along with us this week! The rules:

How to Enter: Make a card using the issued challenge and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery using the keyword PWC69 to be entered!

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

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Here is your next challenge! Create a card using the following image as inspiration!
I hope you get the chance to play along, Charmaine's inspiration challenge is sure to inspire all of us to makes some amazing creations! I just can't wait to see what everyone pulls from this image! Your next stop on the hop is to visit Christi's blog, I know she will have something wonderful to share with you! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

Stamps: Falling For You from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, SU! Autumn's Traditions; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E33 Sand, G85 Verdigris, R27 Cadmium Red, YR23 Yellow Ochre; Accessories: Pop Dots, Gold Sheer Ribbon

Taylor Made!

This weekend Taylored Expressions celebrated their first birthday with a huge birthday bash! I know, how exciting! On Saturday there were 13 challenges issued, one every hour! I just had to play along! I have plans to complete all 13 challenges, but as of now I have two left to complete. I thought that today I would share with you two cards that I created. My first card is based on three different challenges! I used not only a sketch challenge issued by Karen, a color combination challenge hosted by Jodi and also I pulled out my mom's sewing machine and got to work on Jackie's challenge! I had so much fun with this card, and it was great to use some of the supplies that I had in my Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kits, I have been loving my kits and having them all near by was just perfect for all these challenges!For my second card I not only created a card following Laura's sketch challenge but I also added Charmaine's color combo to this card as well. I have had these simply adorable floral stamp set since it came out, but I only had the chance to create a few other cards with this one, so it was nice for this set to get some time time. I also love how these three colors turned out looking like together, just so pretty! I hope you like the cards I shared today, I really did have a lot of fun with these challenges this weekend! Have a great day!

Strawberries - Stamps: Berries and Cherries from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Whisper White, Rose Medium, Sunflowers Medium, Bermuda Bay, TE KI Berries and Cherries; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG13 Mint Green, R29 Lipstick Red, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Sewing Machine

Flower - Stamps: Fresh Flowers from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Whisper White, Intense Kiwi, Nautical Blue Light, Sunflowers Medium; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B32 Pale Blue, Y11 Pale Yellow, YG03 Yellow Green; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestone