My Heart a Flutter!

Good morning all! I have finally made my way home from CHA and my extended vacation in California and man did I have a great time! I did miss making cards almost every day though, so I am glad to be back to creating! So I set out making another fun Artful INKables creation! For today's card I wanted to make a Valentine's Day creation using my Steampunk Sarah set, one of my favorites! I used some simple pinks and reds for this card, and I really think that the dots work so well with this card too! I know this is a simple card, but its also bright and fun so I hope you enjoy my creation for today! Have a wonderful day all!Stamps: Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Kraft, Pure Poppy, Candy Lane DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, R20 Blush, R29 Lipstick Red, R35 Coral; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Rectangle Nestabilities, PTI Satin Pure Poppy Dotted Ribbon

Birthday Buttons Everywhere!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Me! That's right, this week I get to host the challenge! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also celebrating Wendy's birthday! That's right, its time for a Pretties Birthday Celebration! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!

We are all sharing with you our cards for this fun button challenge, then you will have until February 2nd to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Made with Love, one of our sweet sets featuring cooking. You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Made With Love and Dream Boat being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! For my card I added three cute buttons with some silver cord so that they aren't what some call 'naked' buttons. Then I used this yummy purple satin ribbon and my nestabilities to create this fun birhtday card for Wendy! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

Wendy Bond

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 PWC88 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, February 2nd.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to use buttons! 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! Make sure to hop all the way to the end and stop at Wendy Bond's blog to wish her a very Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!
Stamps: Made with Love from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Nana's Baby Boy Stack, Lavendar Moon; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BV02 Prune, BV13 Hydrangea Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1; Accessories:

Some Early Easter Fun

Good morning all! I am still one vacation, but I wanted to schedule a post for you while I was gone outside of my Design Team requirements. I participate in a lot of swaps from time to time and most recently I added another Greeting Farm swap to my list. I created this cutie card using a digital image I got from the Greeting Farm from a while ago, I think sometime last spring and I had never used it, but when I saw a sheet of cardstock filled with images I just had to use it! So when this swap came up I created this fun Easter card and sent them on their way! Oh and if you are wondering about my desk background, I attached and completed the cards while at work on my lunch break before these were sent out and that is my desktop at work, pretty huh?! I hope you like my creation for today, I had a lot of fun with this one! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Digital image from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Lavender Moon, DCWV Nana's Baby Boy DP; Ink: BV02, BV13, E00 Skin White, RV14, Y13, Y15; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Pop Dots

THINKing Spring!

Good morning all! Today is Saturday, which means that it's time for another Artful INKables creation! I am sharing with you my take on the current Artful INKables Think INK challenge! This week we have two customers hosting our Think INK challenge, and boy do I love this challenge! Jenn K and Tami are hosting a challenge where we all need to 'Think Spring'! What a perfect challenge for this time of the year, don't you think?

You will have two weeks to complete the challenge and add your link to the main post over on the Artful INKables Blog to have your entry counted! Now how does that sound? Pretty neat, right?! Head on over to the Artful INKables Blog for all the little details and be sure to play along, it is sure to be a great time! Here are a few further details for you!

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

* You have until Monday, January 25h, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

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

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC12.

I had a lot of fun with this one as I am all about Spring getting here quickly! For my card today I used our fabulously Spring set called A Bird's Song, I went with bright and springy colors. I also used this great Nestablities Die called Peony, I have had this one for a while, but this is the first time I opened the package and just love the way in which these Nestabilities cut! I hope I inspired you to get Springy too! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for coming by today!

Stamps: A Bird's Song from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Berry, Kiwi Kiss; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E31 Brick Beige, Y11 Pale Yellow, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Accessories: Peony Nestabilities

Pink, White, and Your Pick!

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Kristy! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place!

We are all sharing with you our cards for this multi-part challenge, you must use Pink, White and your favorite color - PLUS use Ribbon and a new technique, then you will have until January 26th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Simply Special. You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Simply Special and Unknown Blessings being featured, but if you decide to order either of these featured stamp sets this week they are both on sale for 20% off the regular price! So after you get your inspiration for the week, you may just want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Store and see where is takes you! Did you read that challenge, oh my I had no idea where to even begin with this one! I decided that I should start with the colors I wanted to used with the White and Pink and go from there. I decided that Green was the way to go for my color choice plus I wanted to use the tile technique I saw on SCS somewhere, so I set off to create! I went super simple on this one, but I like how the main image turned out, not sure if I did this correctly but I like it anyway! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations.

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin
Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC87 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, January 26th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to use the colors Pink, White and your Favorite color, plus use ribbon and try a new technique! 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: Simply Special from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Spring Green; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, RV21 Light Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow, YG23 New Leaf; Accessories:Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon, Self Adhesive Kaiser Rhinetones

Pink Hearts the INKY Way!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 28 to be exact, which is to use pink and hearts on your creation! What a perfect challenge for the next holiday on your calendar, Valentine's Day! So why not get ahead of your calendar and play along with us this week!

Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! For my card today I used Cowgirl Lili, who is just precious, who I thought would be a lot of fun for this challenge. I thought she would look wonderful in not only pink but some brown as well, I mean she is a cowgirl, right?! When I thought pink, I thought bright pink and I think it worked nicely. I used three different shades of pink that I think seem to compliment each other, I had a lot of fun with this one.

I hope you like my take on the current Inky Impressions Challenge, be sure to join in on all the fun over at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the Inklettes have created, they are sure to impress! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Hibiscus Burst, Razzelberry Lemonade DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, RV14 Begonia Pink, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Heart shaped Pearls, Bright Pink Satin Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Clue Dots, Prima Flowers

A Good Work

Today I get to share with you another one of our wonderful new releases from Paper Pretties! Our release party took place on Friday night in the Pretties Forum and it was wonderful, not only was there a big celebration and great chat, but we also released six fabulous stamp sets! I got to show you our newest scripture, A Good Work, from one of our newest lines designed by our one and only Jules!

I love the look and to our scriptures, the fonts are alway so pretty and the quotes have been amazing to fit a range of things, and I love how certain works within the scripture are accented, it looks so pretty! I went with a really simple and sort of classy card, I hope you like it. Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: A Good Work from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Ocean Tides, Green Tea Leaves DP; Accessories: Pop Dots, Satin Ribbon, Labels Three Nestabilities

Think INK

Welcome to Think INK Tuesday! It's time for your twelfth 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 we have two wonderful customers hosting! Both Jenn K and Tami have challenged all of us to Think Spring and create a springy creation! 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, February 1st, 2009, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, February 2nd, 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 AIC12.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates, I will be sharing my card on Saturday, so be sure to stop by then! Have a wonderful day all!

Color Throwdown Lili!

Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge! I had the joy of meeting a few of the Design Team members over at the Color Throwdown Challenge and I have been wanting to play along, but I am finally getting the chance to do so today!I decided to use this adorable stamp from Inky Impressions called Lili's Stuffed Bunny, isn't she just too cute! I wasn't sure if I had the paper for this color combination since I have been using more PTI cardstock recently, but I found all that I was looking for in my paper stash, perfect to play along with! I really how these muted colors all worked together to create my card, I really think that Lili looks wonderful in these shades and colors. I had a lot of fun with not only the color combination, but also with some matching embellishments. I love this satin ribbon I used and the rhinestones have quickly become a must use on my cards recently, I love the little bit of sparkle they add! Well I hope you enjoyed my card for today, I had a lot fo fun with this one!

Stamps: Lili's Stuffed Bunny from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green, SU! DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E55 Light Caramel, G21 Lime Green, RV02 Sugared Almond Pink, Y11 Pale Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Satin Green Ribbon, Curved Rectangle Nestabilities

Tickled Pink!

Good morning all! Today is Saturday, which means that it's time for another Artful INKables creation! I hope you enjoyed the "Charm"ing Hop yesterday, I know that I had a blast! As you can clearly see Artful INKables sells all sorts of charms to match perfectly with our wonderful stamps, a must have if you ask me! For my post today I decided to ink up our wonderfully cute farm set Down on the Farm. I was going through my Artful INKables stamps and I realized that I never shared any creations using this sets cute littl piggie, he was the first image I freaked out about in this set, so he needed to be inked up and shared! I used a few differnet shades of pink and I used just a simple diagonal cut on the background paper to give the card a different look. I hope you enjoy my creation for today, I had a lot of fun making this one!

Stamps: Down on the Farm from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Melon Mambo, TGF Birthday Paper; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E31 Brick Beige, R20 Blush, RV11 Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Bridal Flowers, Self Adhesive Kaiser Rhinestones Wine

Bundle Up Cooper Revealed!

The day has come and gone and the party was rocking last night at Paper Pretties, I still can't believe we have hit the Three Year Mark! Woot! Today I get to reveal that adorable Cooper I peeked on Wednesday, I am loving this little guy! We released Bundle Up Cooper and I think he is oh so sweet! Thank you for all the wonderful guesses on what our cutie Cooper was doing, they were wonderful!

So now on to my card! I decided to go in a different direction then I typically go with winter cards and I used this wonderful paper from the Basic Grey June Bug DP, this was another one of the fabulous gifts I received this Christmas! I thought that a Brown and Red card would be perfect to spice things up a bit! I hope you enjoy the reveal, I think it turned out wonderfully! Hope you all have a wonderful day and be sure to check out the Paper Pretties Store and pick up our new stamps!
Stamps: Bundle Up from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Rich Cocoa, Basic Grey June Bug DP; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Organza Brown with Gold Accests Ribbon, Spica Pen

The "Charm"ing Hop!

Welcome to the Artful INKables “Charm”ing hop! If you arrived here from Jen’s blog, then you are in the right spot! If not, you should begin the hop on Kristin’s Blog, so that you can get the full show, trust me you are not going to want to miss any of the stops!

Plus, there will be a prize giveaway at the end of the hop, but you need to leave a comment on the blogs along the way in order to be entered into the random.org drawing.

For today's "Charm"ing Hop I am using this adorable little armadillo charm, which compliments our South of the Border set wonderfully! I love how our South of the Border set is is perfect for a party, and I just had to use this armadillo stamp to match the cute little charm! Plus, I just had to use the matching 'Fiesta Time' sentiment! I really had fun with this one and I used some colors that I typically don't pair together, but I think it works out well.

Now its time for the rest of the "Charm"ing Hop, so head on over to Crystal's blog and see what she has in store, I know its going to be fabulous! Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the rest of the HOP!

Stamps: South of the Border from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sunrise, DCWV Citrus Stack DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, YG63 Pea Green, YR23 Yellow Ochre; Accessories: Armadillo Charm, May Arts Ribbon, Glue Dots

Just a Stitch In Time

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Wendy! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but we are also kicking off our Three Year Anniversary Celebration! The festivities star off at Christie'sblog, 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! Here is all the information about our celebration:

Welcome to Paper Pretties 3nd Anniversary Blog Hop! We're celebrating in true Prettie style and you won't want to miss out! This release we will be having a week long Blog Hop - starting today! Remember that on the 15th at 8 pm EST we'll all meet in Forum at Paper Pretties to celebrate and find out who the grand prize winner of our Blog Hop contest is!

This hop is not like our typical release hops, instead the Design Team will not only be showing you previews of all the wonderful stamps we will be releasing this month, but we will also be show casing one super cute stamp that you get to try and guess what our adorable Cooper is doing! In order to win our super cute Cooper from this hop, you'll need to collect all of the clues from the blog hop - 10 in all and submit your answer to Jackie (babitoons@gmail.com). All answers must be in by 8am on the 15th to qualify.

So now it's time for my CLUE....get ready...are your ready?! Here it is...Gloves

We are all also sharing our peek cards with you for this great stitching challenge, then you will have until January 19th to try this one out for yourself! Now, since we are having a contest to see what Coope is doing in this stamp, I can't show you the full card until Saturday, but for now you get to see a piece and I promise there is stitching included in the full card, even if you can't see much now! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman

Julie Masse
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC86 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, January 19th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to use stitching on your creation in some way! 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: New Cooper Stamp from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Rich Cocoa, Basic Grey June Bug DP; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Organza Brown with Gold Accests Ribbon, Spica Pen

Some More Greeting Farm Fun!

Good morning everyone! I thought for today I would share with you the two other cards I was able to complete for The Greeting Farm 12 Days of Sketches to kick off the New Year! I had hopes of completing all 12 sketches, but unfortunately I was only able to complete 4 of the 12, but I had a lot of fun with all of them. I did also start three other sketches, but as of now they are only colored images cut out and ready to go with no card to attach them to, but hey I tried. So let’s talk about the two I am sharing today that I did get completed. The first card may be the starting point for my 80s swap that Gabby is hosting on SCS, I do love how black and purple look together, but not sure if I like the finished product, I think I was thinking of something else when I started so I may try this one again before sending in my 80s cards to Miss Gabby.

For my second card I created a Mardi Gras inspired card for Kate’s Mardi Gras swap on SCS. I had a lot of fun with this one, I mean when I think Mardi Gras I think bright colors in shades of green, purple, an yellow with candy, beads, and masks. So I thought that lollipop Anya would be prefect for a Mardi Gras card, and of course I went with the typical colors associated with Mardi Gras. I really think that she turned out nicely, I love how the colors all work together and how I added the lollipops as an embellishment, in fact that may be my favorite part of the card. Hope you like both of my creations featuring stamps from The Greeting Farm. I did have a lot of fun with these! Have a wonderful day all!

80’s Anya - Stamps: 80’s Anya from the Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, SU! DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pop Dots

Lollipop Anya – Stamps: Lollipop Anya from the Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Glorious Green, Yo Yo Yellow, Lavender Moon; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, Y13, R27; Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Pop Dots, Stitched Yellow Ribbon

Pretties Peaks Begin!

Well, the day is finally here for some Sneak Peeks from Paper Pretties! Today I am sharing with you my first sneak peek for the Paper Pretties January Release! Here is a bit about our release this month:

This month Paper Pretties is celebrating Three Years, can you believe it's already been 3 years! Woot! So we will be sharing sneak peeks leading up to the new stamp release on January 15th, but be sure to check out our posts for the next week since we will be having a Blog Hop Anniversary Celebration on the 13th of January and you will NOT want to miss this one! Plus our Party this year has ALL sorts of fun and prizes in store, so make sure to stop by, it is sure to be an amazing PrettiesParty!

So for my peak today I am sharing with you our cutie Snowflake in his new stamp set Holy Mackerel! Now is this a cute penguin or what?! I love how large this Snowflake stamp is and how adorable he looks fishing, I mean we all know penguins fish, but here is our shot to see how they do so first hand! I started with one idea in mind for this little guy, but by the time I completed my card it looked completely different, but I think it worked out.

Christi and Jana also have peeks for you today, so don't forget to check them out, I know they are going to be wonderful! I hope you enjoy all the peeks and have a great Sunday!

Stamps: Holy Mackerel from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Spring Green, Apricot Appeal, DCWV Citrus Stack DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, E55 Light Caramel, G02 Spectrum Green, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, YR04 Chrome Orange; Accessories: SU! Punch, Tiny Twinkles, Pop Dots, Quickie Glue Pen

Monochromatic Think INK!

I can't beleive the weekend is here already! Since it's Saturday I get to share with you my Think INK creation for the current Artful INKables Think INK challenge! We are on our eleventh issued challenge from Artful INKables! This time though we have asked some of our customers to decide what THEY want the challenge to be! That's right, our current challenge was issued by Dina Kowel to create a Monochromatic card, I mean what a great idea!

You will have two weeks to complete the challenge and add your link to the main post over on the Artful INKables Blog to have your entry counted! Now how does that sound? Pretty neat, right?! Head on over to the Artful INKables Blog for all the little details and be sure to play along, it is sure to be a great time! Here are a few further details for you!

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them

**If you use AI stamps we will give you TWO entries for your creation! Just link your card to Mr.Linky Twice!

* You have until Monday, January 18th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

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

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC11.

For my card today I used one of my favorite stamp sets from Artful INKables, Creature Comforts! Not only is this set adorable, but it is the perfect time of the year to start thinking about your Valentine's and this set is just made for that! I used this cute spider couple and added not only some ribbon, but a bit of bling too! I hope you like my Artful INKables creation for today, I know I had a lot of fun with it! Be sure to hop on over to our blog and play along, you could win! Have a great weekend!

Stamps: Creature Comforts from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Wine; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Nuetral Grey No. 3, R37 Carmine; Accessories: Pop Dots, Wine Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Sheer Ribbon

Prettie Sketchy

Welcome to Wednesday! It's time for another Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge! For today's post I get to share with you the card I made for our next challenge, issued by Fracnces! Today we are not only sharing all of our creations, but to make the whole day a bit more fun, we are also hopping from blog to blog as well! We are kicking things off at Christie's blog, so if you haven't started there head on over, if you are joining me from Jana's blog then you found the right place! We are all sharing with you our cards for this great sketch challenge, then you will have until January 10th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up our cutie snowman, Frosty! You know how I love a good sketch and this one is just really cute! Tall cards are always a bit of a challenge, but this one was so much fun to make and Frosty really seems to fit well here! I know, that my card is turned, but I thought Frosty looks better this way, I really did have a lot of fun with this sketch! I can't wait to see what the other ladies decided to create, check out the other Pretties Girl's creations:

Christie Ortman
Julie Masse
Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

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 PWC85 to be entered!

Deadline: 6 pm EST on Tuesday, January 12th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

After you've seen all of the Pretties Girl's creations for this one, now its your turn to try it out! Your next challenge is to create a card using the attached sketch! 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: Frosty from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, PTI Bitty Dots; Ink: B93 Light Crockery Blue, E55 Light Caramel, N1 Neutral No. 1, R29 Lipstick Red, W7 Warm grey No. 7, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones Lippy Red, Scalloped Edge Punch

Let's Get INKY!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 27 to be exact, which is to follow this great sketch! Our wonderful Design Team member Domi created this sketch and it is just lovely! I had a lot of fun with this one plus I got to ink up my Lili's Slumber Party stamp.Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! For my card today I used the Lili's Slumber Party, isn't this stamp just adorable! I really am enjoying the fact that I get to use these stamps more then I was before! Now let me tell you this sketch was not an easy one for me, all the little embellishments are pretty, but man trying to pick out what to use was driving me crazy! I finally found these super cute Gems that I received as part of my Christmas Gift from the super sweet and talented Wendy Bond! Thank you so much for these gems girlie! Plus this sketch needed some fabulous ribbon and of course every card needs some Inky Dinky Drops!

I hope you like my tak98e on the current Inky Impressions Challenge, be sure to join in on all the fun over at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog! I can’t wait to see what you create! Have a wonderful day all!
Stamps: Lili's Slumber Party from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, SU! ; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BV02 Prune, BV04 Blue Berry, BV13 Hydrengea Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, Y06 Yellow, Y08 Acid Yellow, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Recollections Adhesive Gems, Glue Dots, Nestabilities Labels Four, Inky Dinky Drops Summer Sun, Quickie Glue Pen

More Hunny Bunny!

I had such a fun time making this adorable box the other day for my Artful INKables post that I just had to make a matching card to go with the box, creating a fun kit! I am loving this stamp set, its called Creature Comforts, and the sentiments and images are amazing! You totally need this stamp set if you are starting to get you Valentine's ready you would be better off adding this set to your collection. I really like how cute these little bunnies are! Hope you like today's card Artful INKables, I know I had a lot of fun with this! Have a great day!
Stamps: Creature Comforts from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Spring Green, Cloud 9 Design Sparkle Cardstock; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E55 Light Caramel, E55 Light Walnut, RV000 Pale Purple; Accessories: Glue Dots, Satin Red Ribbon

Some Inky Mojo!

A very Happy New Years to all! I hope yopu had a wonderful New Years celebration, I know I had a lot of fun visiting with some great friends of the family. Lots of chatter, laugher, and of course yummy holiday food.Today I wanted to share with you the card I created this week following the current Mojo Monday Challenge! I love the Mojo Monday sketches and I keep forgetting about participating in this one, but this week, with the new year pending, I am trying to participate in more challenges so I am inking up my Inky Impressions stamps and using them for some great Mojo Monday Sketch!I just had to ink up Angelica's Snowman for this one, she is just so darn cute and I got snow not only last night but the night before so I thought that a snowman would be fitting with my current weather patterns. I hope you enjoy my card for today, I had a lot of fun with both this adorbale stamp and this great sketch! Have a wonderful day and be sure to check back tomorrow for another stamped creation!

Stamps: Angelica's Snowman from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Yellow, Light Teal, Cosmo Crickets Jolly by Golly DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG72 Ice Ocean, BG75 Abyss Green, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, RV21 Light Pink, R9 Lipstick Red, Y08 Acid Yellow, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Inky Dinky Drops Summer Sun, Quickie Glue Pen, Large Regular Circle Nestabilities, Satin Teal Ribbon, Pink Stiched Ribbon, Fiskars Paper Edgers Scallop