Another Pretties Peek, Brew Your Coffee!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you another great Pretties Peek for this month's release on March 1st! I still can't believe the news this month, if you haven't heard we will be now releasing not only our wonderful rubber images every month, but a selection of our new releases will now be released as digital images! Today I am sharing a new peek called Brew Your Coffee, which is one of our rubber releases this month! I simply love this stamp, it is just super cute and all sorts of fun!

Here are the other fabulous Pretties' sharing with you there peeks of some of these great sets, they are all wonderful!

Christi

Jana

Hope you are enjoying the peeks! Have a great day all, I can't wait till you see all the wonderful releases!

Stamps: Brew Your Coffee from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper, Basic Brown, Nook and Crany DP; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No. 1, C3 Cool Grey No. 3, C5 Cool Grey No. 5, E55 Light Caramel, E93 Tea Rose, RV11 Pink, RV13 Tender Pink, RV42 Salmon Pink, Y000 Pale Lemon, Y02 Canary Yellow, Y38 Honey, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four, Stitched Brown Ribbon

Crafty Ho!

Since today is Sunday it's time for another Crafty Ho's Challenge! That's right, a great group of friends of mine, to who we call the 'Ho's', kicked off a new challenge blog last Sunday, called Crafty Ho's Challenge Blog!

So for our second week our challenge is to create a one layer card and use both ribbon and buttons on it! That's right, only one layer plus some great embellishments! Here are all the rules for our challenge so that you can play along and maybe win some goodies:

1. Please use only original artwork designed for this challenge - not previously made for other challenges, swaps, etc. Feel free to combine your project for this challenge with any other challenges, only required to be something new.

2. You may submit as many entries as you like, just make sure that they are all different.

3. Challenges will be posted every Sunday and will run til 11pm EST the following Saturday. This should give you plenty of time to get them done and entered.

4. Post your link directly to the post for this challenge project - not a general link to your blog - to Mr. Linky.

5. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know, we are here to be as supportive and inspiring as we can:)

So for my card I used this adorable stamp set called Chocolate Bunny form My Favorite Things! I wanted to make a fun and simple card, and since it was supposed to be a one layer card I used my scor-pal to create a little grid in the background then I used a sponge and shaded the areas outside the main image. I also used these cute buttons and added this great twill I got from PTI. Be sure to check out the rest of our great group of Hos!

Audrey
Jeanette
Michele
Rae Anne
Sandye
Scrappy
Tammy

You are going to love these ladies and all of their creations and I can't wait to see what you create along with us! Hope to see you back here next Sunday for our next challenge! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny from My Favorite Things; Paper: Cream; Ink: Spring Rain, Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Glue Dots, Spring Rain Buttons, Enchanted Evening Buttons, Twill Ribbon

Birdie Fun!

Good morning all! It's Saturday which means that it's time for me to share another Artful INKables creation! For today I decided to ink up one of our newest stamp sets, Any Birdie Home. I just love this set, the images included are so pretty, and they look great in a variety of colors! Speaking of colors, since I thought this stamp set really would work with any color combination, I decided to play along with this weeks current Color Throwdown Challenge!
So for this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge Kristin issued the challenge to use Brown, Pink/White, and Olive! The pink and brown was simple enough to use, and I got to also finally use this adorable leaf edging on my card as well, but I wasn't too sure about the olive. I decided that the leaves could simply all be done in olive and use the card base in the same color to tie it all in together! I hope you enjoy my creation for today, I had a lot of fun with it!

Just a little reminder today is the LAST day to apply to be an INK Girl for the next term, if you are still wishing to submit make sure you get your submission in by Midnight MST, time is about to run out! All the information can be found on the blog, at Design Team Call! I can't wait to see who the next INK Girls will be, I do know that this team was fabulous and I will miss working with each of you immensely! Have a wonderful weekend all!

Stamps: Any Birdie Home? from Artful INKables; Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Basic Brown, MFT DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E57 Light Walnut, RV11 Pink, YG95 Pale Olive; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Nestabilities, Leaf Edging

Apple of My Eye

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 Heather! 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 challenge which is to use embossing, heat or dry on your creation, then you will have until March 2nd to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Apple of My Eye, and I went with dry embossing on the background as well as some dry embossing the scallops on the main image mount. Since my yesterday card was all red apples I decided to use green apples on this one, you know 'mix it up' a bit! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Apple of My Eye and Apple of My Eye Scripture 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! 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

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC92!

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 ! 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: Apple of My Eye from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, PTI Bitty Dots, Melon Berry; Ink: E33 Sand, G82 Spring Dim Green, YG03 Yellow Green, Y13 Lemon Yellow, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, White Ribbon, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, CB Floral Screen Embossing Folder

A Pretties Peek!

I love this time of the month, that's right, today marks the first day for Paper Pretties Peeks! I am so excited to start the Peeks for this release, in fact this month we have some big news and a few changes happening at Paper Pretties, you are going to love them too! First off we will be releasing a total of seven sets this month and previewing the next Sophia stamp! You are going to love this release ladies! So on to my creation...for today I am sharing a creation using a new DIGITAL set called Apple Basket! That's right, you read that right, Paper Pretties will still be releasing rubber images, but a select number of sets each release will now be released exclusively as digital images. How neat is that?! This month of our seven releases, three sets will be exclusively digital sets!

For my card I used a few different colors and I like how it all came together, the light green and the light pink I think really works, plus I love how cute the little basket came out. I really wanted it to stand out from the rest of the card, so I kept the base and the acessories to a minimum. Now, I am not the only Prettie sharing with you peeks of our March 1st release today, so be sure to check out the other great creations that I am sure will make you squeal! Here are the other fabulous Pretties' sharing with you there peeks of some of these great sets:

Jules
Frances
Kristy

You are going to love these sets ladies! Be sure to check back tomorrow for our Pretties Weekly Challenge and more Prettie Peeks to resume on Thursday so get ready to see all the great stamps we have coming your way! Have a wonderful day all, see you tomorrow!
Stamps: Apple Basket from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Certianly Celery, Sweet Blush; Ink: C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E35 Chamois, G24 Willow, R35 Coral, R37 Carmine, RV11 Pink; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinetones

Paper Pieced Dance!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, I know I did! I got the chance to work on a bunch of cards and today I thought I would share with you the card I created for one of the ladies I work with. One of the secretaries in the office celebrates their birthday this week, and I have two different people I work with asking for some fun birthday cards. For this one she wanted something classy, sort of party girl, and fun so I pulled out my Dance the Night Away set from My Favorite Things!

I also wanted to use purple as my main color since I know that she really likes purple, so I used this lavender lace cardstock and this fabulous DP from Wisteria Paper Pad from Basic Grey. Since I was taking the time to create another card I decided that I would use the chance to play along with a challenge that I saw Joanne post earlier this week in celebration of her Blogaversary! The challenged she issued to use paper piecing, which I thought would be perfect for this birthday card anyway, so why not give it a shot and play along! I hope you like this one, it has a lot of layers to the base, not as many as I usually use in one card but I thought it seemed fitting some how. Enjoy your week!

Stamps: Dance the Night Away from My Favorite Things; Paper: Rustic Cream, Lavender Lace, Basic Grey Wisteria DP, Basic Black; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E42 Sand White, E43 Dull Ivory, V06 Lavender; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Satin Ribbon

Crafty Ho's Challenge!

Today myself and some great friends are kicking off a new challenge blog! That's right, a great group of friends, called the Ho's, are starting a challenge blog, called Crafty Ho's Challenge Blog!

So for our first week of challenges, we are hosting a Think Spring Challenge! That's right, we all want Spring to come I think, and using that season as inspiration is a great way to kick off our Challenges! Here are all the rules for our challenge:

1. Please use only original artwork designed for this challenge - not previously made for other challenges, swaps, etc. Feel free to combine your project for this challenge with any other challenges, only required to be something new.

2. You may submit as many entries as you like, just make sure that they are all different.

3. Challenges will be posted every Sunday and will run til 11pm EST the following Saturday. This should give you plenty of time to get them done and entered.

4. Post your link directly to the post for this challenge project - not a general link to your blog - to Mr. Linky.

5. We will be using random.org to choose our challenge winner so that everyone has an equal chance of winning.

6. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know, we are here to be as supportive and inspiring as we can:)

So for my card I used this adorable image from Taylored Expressions that I got while at CHA, I thought it would be perfect since when I think about Spring I think of all the love that seems to be in the air. I used some great paper that I got in a paper sample and I used some matching linen ribbon with some fun self adhesive rhinestones to match! Now let me introduce you to our great group of Hos!

Audrey
Jeanette
Michele
Rae Anne
Sandye
Scrappy
Tammy

You are going to love these ladies and all of their creations and I can't wait to see what you create along with us! Hope to see you back here next Sunday for our next challenge! Have a wonderful day all!

Stamps: Whales in Love from Taylored Expressions; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, Stripe DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, B05 Process Blue, BV17 Deep Reddish Blue, C1 Cool Gray No. 1, R35 Coral, RV14 Begonia Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Scalloped and Regular Oval Nestabilties, Linen Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Naughty or Nice!

Today is Saturday, and you know what that means! It's time for anotherArtful INKables post and today I am sharing with you my card for the current Think INK Challenge, Naughty or Nice! I love the idea of this challange, plus it lets us use all of our newly released stamps in a great way! For my card entry I decided to ink up our new Baby set called Newborn Blessings. I love all the really cute baby related images that come in this set, but as soon as I saw it I had to ink up this litte bubble bath baby! I decided that this cutie was a baby boy so I used lots of blues and some green, I had a lot of fun with this one, you really should consider getting this cutie baby set, it is great for any baby occasion!

Here is some information for our current challenge, you have one week left 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, March 1st, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, March 2nd, 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 AIC14.

I hope you get the chance to play along with us, it's sure to be a good time! Have a great day all!

Stamps: Newborn Blessings from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B21 Baby Blue, C1 Cool Gray No. 1, C3 Cool Gray No. 3, E00 Skin White, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Green Nail Heads, Satin Ribbon

Rockstar Blog Hop!

Good morning all! Today is a very special day, today there is a group of us that are supporting one of our great friends, Miss Gabby, a Rockstar to say the least! I have known the wonderful, compassionate and talented Gabby for a few years, in fact she is part of my group of friends, the 'Hos'!

Circumstances change from time to time, and I am very sad to say that our Gabby girl is going through some hard times, but we are taking the time to support her anyway we can. In fact, we aren't the only ones to say the least, the image I used for this card is from Paper Makeup Stamps is all about supporting Gabby too! When I saw this image and the fact that the sales of this rockin' image was going to Gabby and her family I had to get it asap! If you only just found my blog, please start the hop at Joni's blog, here is the whole list in case you need it!

Joni
Melyssa
Sheri
Melissa
Cheryl
Sarah
Michele
Tammy
Audrey
Laura Jean
Kelli
Sandye
Roxie
Yvonne
Robin
Jackie (you are here!)

Su

I am your last second to last spot for the hop, I do hope you enjoy the hop, and big hugs to Gabby and her family! Now please head over to Su's Blog for the next spot! If you are interested in knowing more about this great image, check out here! Have a great day all, and keep your head held high to Miss Gabby Green Eyes!

Stamps: Moody for Rock from Paper Makeup Stamps; Paper: Whisper White, Blush Dark Red, Black, MM Black and White; Ink: E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R29 Lipstick Red, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Miss Anya and My Guy Ian

Good afternoon all! For today I wanted to share with you these two fun cards I created for the wonderful Miss Gabby’s Miss Anya and My Guy Ian’s swap! I have a pretty large collection of stamps from The Greeting Farm, in fact I think I need to order some more after seeing their newest release, but a of now I am being ‘good’ and not ordering anything. When Gabby posted this swap I totally wanted to play along, in fact I had yet to ink up the My Guy Ian set so that had to be remedied! I tried to make his card sort of manly, so I stuck with a grey and maroon color combination plus I pulled out my diamond plate embossing folder to make it even more ‘manly’. I had no idea how to finish this card though, I finally decided that I would create an overlapping of satin ribbon and offset the main image in the upper right corner.

For my second spot I used Rain Miss Anya image from the set Rain Snow Shine. I think this may be one of my favorite Miss Anya’s in fact after I made this card I love this stamp even more. You know I have been on a bit of a ‘where is spring’ kick and this card is just perfect for spring! I used yellows and blues to create this super fun and cute Rainy day card! I also used my Swiss Dots embossing folder for the background on this card to go with the dots in her little umbrella. After I finished all the cards for the swap I realized that I didn’t even use any decorative paper, and that never seems to happen anymore! I do hope you liked both cards for today; I had a lot of fun with them!

My Guy Ian – Stamps: My Guy Ian from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Scarlet Jewel, Shadow Grey; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B14 Light Blue, E00 Skin White, E55 Light Caramel, E57 Light Walnut, R39 Garnet; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, CB Embossing Folder Diamond Plate, Pop Dots

Rain Miss Anya – Stamps: Rain Snow Shine from The Greeting Farm; Paper: Whisper White, Enchanted Evening, Yo Yo Yellow; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, Y13 Lemon Yellow, Y15 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Pop Dots, CB Embossing Folder Swiss Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, May Arts Ribbon

It's a Crafty Emergency!

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 Jane! 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 challenge, which is to CASE a card from the Paper Pretties Gallery, and we must change at least 2 things! You will have until February 23rd to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Crafty Emergency! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Crafty Emergency and Game On 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 decided to CASE one of Julie's cards in the Paper Pretties Gallery, entitled Wild Side -Sleigh Bells. Now since we had to change two things I first picked a different color combinations to blue and summer sunrise. Then I used rhinestones instead of brads and not only moved the bow location and type of ribbon but I also used a different punch for the sentiment. I hope you like this one, it was so hard to pick just one card in the Gallery, but I finally picked one! 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

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC91!

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 ! 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: Crafty Emergancy from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, PTI Friends Till the End DP; Ink: B12 Ice Blue, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, Y38 Honey; Accessories: Pop Dots, May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, SU! Punch, Nestabilities Labels Three

Pastels with Inky Impressions!

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 30 to be exact, which is to use Bright or Pastel colors on your creation! There are just so many choices with this challenge, it was so hard to pick where to start from!

Today the Inky Impressions Design Team will be sharing our creations for the current Inky Impressions Challenge! For my card today I used Lili's Secret, and the thought of using pastel colors was wonderful! I love the fact that spring is coming up, and this card makes me feel like it is closer then it was before, snow or no snow I want spring to be here already! I used some of this great DP from Basic Grey called Urban Prairie, isn't this pattern pretty! I just love the look to this, I also used some great pink rhinestones and this pretty ribbon to bring out the orange I used throughout the card.

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: Lili's Secret from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Aqua Mist, Basic Grey Urban Prairie DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, G00 Jade Green, RV21 Light Pink, Y02 Canary Yellow, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Naughty or Nice Think INK!

It's time for another Artful INKables Think INK challenge! This time our Think INK Challenge is to create something that is either Naughty or Nice! I think it is perfect for the new sets we released, 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, March 1st, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, March 2nd, 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 AIC14.

Be sure to stop by here on Saturday to see my creation for the current Think INK Challenge! I hope you have a great day all, and I can't wait to see what you create for this one!

Some Bugaboo!

So the Olympics have started and there are a few companies hosting Olympic challenges, in fact a large group of my Stamping Buddies are on the Bugaboo Stamps Design Team, so in an effort to support them all I am playing along this week! I used this cute butterfly bear image I got myself the other day and I had a lot of fun with this one! I used my Cuttlebug to cut out the rings for the challenge and background then I colored my main image in the USA colors! I hope you enjoy, I had a lot of fun with this one!

Stamps: Butterfly Bear 2 from Bugaboo; Paper: Whisper White, Enchanted Evening, Yo Yo Yellow, Shadow, Pure Poppy, Green Galore; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B29 Ultramarine, E31 Brick Beige, E47 Dark Brown, G82 Spring Dim Green, R29 Lipstick Red; Accessories: Pop Dots, Large Regular Circle Nestabilities, Rhinestone, Grosgrain Ribbon

Artful INKables February Release Hop!

Welcome to the Artful INKables blog hop! I hope you enjoy the party! We are celebrating the February release at Artful INKables, trust me you are going to love all three of the new sets and the super cute mini set that are coming your way with this release!

If you haven't come here from Joy's blog, then you will want to start at the Artful INKables Blog so you don't miss anything along the way! Make sure to comment on every one's blog, because one lucky commenter somewhere along the way will find some hidden candy! So as you hop leave a comment to win a chance at some great stamps!

For my card today I am using the brand new mini stamp set called Fanciful Flowers! This set is just so much fun, not only are there two great flower images, but there is also a pair of matching leaves and a stylish swirl AND a simple sentiment of 'Just Because'. I really love the sweet look to this set and I decided that a fun bright and sunny card would be the way to go for today's hop! I pulled out my June Bug paper from Basic Grey, I am really loving that pad! For my focal point to the card I used the large flower in this set and masked it several times over to create this sort of sprig look, I do really like how this came out, I hope you like it as much as I do. I don't know if you can see it, but I used some of the new Illuminate Smooch on the blossoms, I love how it makes the center of each flower shine. The best part of this set is that the possibilities are almost endless, you have so many options and choices of what to create with these images, you will love this mini set!

Have you guys been reading the Artful INKables Blog recently? If not you are missing the chance to become and INK Girl! That's right, our current Design Team Term is almost done, which means that we are looking for some wonderful ladies for next term! Be sure to check out the INK Girl call, here is the direct link to the post so you don't miss anything: Become an INK Girl!

Well, now that you've hopped here and I hope left a comment, be sure to hop on over to Jen's blog now. I know that she has something sweet in store for you! Enjoy not only the rest of your day, but the rest of the hop, trust me some amazing samples are to come!
Stamps: Fanciful Flowers from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sunrise, Yo Yo Yellow, June Bug DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow, Y38 Honey, Summer Sunrise; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Orange Rhinestones, Pop Dots, Smooch Illuminate, May Arts Twill Ribbon

Happy Valentine's Day!

Good morning all and a Very Happy Valentine's Day to you all! I wanted to share a v-day card today, but I wasn't sure which one. While I did make one for my guy, he hasn't received it yet, so I won't be posting that here today, but I will be sharing a card today that I made for one of the guys at work. I have a few people I work with who love the cards I make so every now and then one will ask for a card made for a special occasion, which was the case for today. I was asked to make a 'girlie' Valentine's Day card, but no roses. So I decided that Hearts were the way to go for this one! I pulled out my Hearts on Fire stamp set from Verve and some of my Be Loved paper from MME and got to work. I have already made this same guy a Birthday and Christmas card for his wife, so I wanted this card to not compete or compare to those creations. I do hope you enjoy this card, I had a lot of fun with it! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day all, I will see you back here tomorrow bright and early for a wonderful Artful INKables Blog Hop and new release!

Stamps: Hearts on Fire from Verve; Paper: Rustic Cream, Pure Poppy, Be Loved DP; Ink: Pure Poppy; Accessories: Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Pop Dots, Pure Poppy Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots

Artful INKables Color Throwndown Style!

Good morning all! I hope you had a wonderful week, mine was a bit touch and go, but I survived to say the least. So since today is Saturday it's time for another Artful INKables creation! I decided that since I have been enjoying the Color Throwdown Challenge recently to play along this week with my weekly Artful INKables post for double the fun! How does that sound?! I think its a great idea!This weeks Color Throwdown Challenge is being hosted by Bar who picked the colors Blush Blossom, Sage Shadow, and Riding Hood Red, in fact she said she picked this color combination due to the wonderful decorative paper called Be Loved from MME. After hearing about the inspiration for this color combination I just had to use some of this great paper too! It seemed fitting since I was using this lovely Valentine's Day paper to pull out Creature Comforts, the prefect set for a lovey card! I decided that these cutie bunnies was going to be my focus to this card, this little lady bunny and the strong manly bunny, they look so adorable! I had a lot of fun with this card it uses lots of layers and lots of few fun embellishments, all matching the color scheme of course. I do hope you like today's card at least half as much as I do.

I used to use a lot of 'naked' buttons and now I sometimes 'dress' my buttons and I like how these finished buttons seemed to complete my card for today. I love a good challenge, and this paper makes you want to make something wonderful and using Artful INKables stamps always does that! Have a wonderful weekend all, and be sure to hop on over here on the 15th, you may find some new goodies from Artful INKables...but you won't find out unless you stop by, so see you then!

Stamps: Creature Comforts from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Blush Blossom, Be Loved DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E33 Sand, E37 Sepica, RV11 Pink; Accessories: Pop Dots, Red Buttons, Silver Cord, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Some MFT Umbrella Fun!

Good morning all! For today I thought I would share with you a super cute card I made using one of my new favorite stamp lines from My Favorite Things called Pure Innocence. This stamp line has so many precious images and for my card today I used this cute little My Umbrella! I picked up this super yummy paper at the Pine Cone Press booth at CHA and as soon as I saw it I knew that I had to use this paper with this adorable little girl! I created this card not only to ink up this cute little stamp, which needed some inky love, and use my new paper but also for a kit swap I joined that Joy is hosting on SCS. Each month by the 5th of the month the 'hostess' for the month sends a package to each of the group members with the same images and background paper plus embellishments. When everyone in the group recevies their kit they have to create something based on the contents of the kit adding their own adhesives, coloring, and of course cardstock. So far this swap has been a lot of fun and I hope the ladies like my kit for this month, I know I had way too much fun making this one! Have a great day all and thanks for stopping by once again!
Stamps: My Umbrella from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy, Ocean Tides, Pine Cone Express Heart Stripes DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, BG23 Coral Sea, E00 Skin White, E49 Dark Bark, R17 Lipstick Orange, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Large Scallop and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Silver Cord Pink Satin Ribbon

Let's Get Flirty!

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 Valentine's Day challenge, then you will have until February 16th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Flirty Fortunes, another set perfect for Valentine's Day! You will notice that we are featuring three great stamp sets this week, and not only are Sassy Circles, Sassy Shoes and Firty Fortunes 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 today I had a great time creating a Valentine's Day creation I used a fun color combo too. I picked out this cute DP from my Basic Grey Lemonade paper pad and set off matching it with my other cardstocks. I hope you like this one! 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

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC90!

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 something Valentine's Day for your sweetie! 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: Flirty Fortunes from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry, Always Artichoke, Lemonade Basic Grey DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzelberry ; Accessories: Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Pop Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Color Throwdown Inky Style!

Good afternoon all! For today I wanted to share with you a card I created for this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge! I had so much fun playing along a few weeks ago that I wanted to play again at the next chance I got which happened to be today! This week Broni is hosting the color challenge and would like us to use Soft Sky, Kraft, and Pink Pirouette. I think this color combination is really really pretty, perfect for the spring that I wish would just get here already!I used this adorable Lili's Prayer stamp from Inky Impressions for this weeks challenge, I thought she would look wonderful in all these pretty colors. I pulled out my Nestablities and these adorable heart shaped embellishments plus I added some soft pink ribbon, its so pretty! I hope you like my creation! Have a great night!

Stamps: Lili's Prayer from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B12 Ice Blue, E00 Skin White, E31 Brick Beige, E35 Chamois, RV11 Pink, RV13 Tender Pink; Accessories: Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, Heart Embellishments, Pink Satin Ribbon

Saturday Fun!

Good morning all! As I said on Tuesday, today I get to share with you the card I created for the current Think INK Challenge from Artful INKables! This time our fearless leader Kristin is hosting the Think INK Challenge and for this one she has created a fabulous sketch challenge to play along with! I loved the sketch once I saw Kristin upload it, but I wasn't sure which stamp set to use, so after rummaging through my Artful INKables collection for a while I selected License to Chill! I love this set, and with the winter storms that most of the country has been getting I thought it would be fitting to say the least. I used the adorable skiing Penguin as my main image and then used the 'License to CHILL' sentiment for the top band that the sketch has. Be sure to join in on the fun! Here are all the details for the current Think INK Challenge, so you too can play along:

* 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 15th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, February 16th, 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 AIC13.

I hope you liked my creation for today, I had a lot of fun with this sketch, this one came out a bit differently then what I thought would result to share with you, but I think it works as well. Have a great day all, stay warm!

Stamps: License to Chill from Artful INKables; Paper: Whisper White, Going Grey, Spring Rain, Snowflake DP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Going Grey, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, N1 Neutral Grey No. 1, N3 Neutral Grey No. 3, Y17 Golden Yellow; Accessories: Silver Nail Heads

Some Simple Innocence

I was sorting through my photos and I realized that I never posted my My Favorite Things card from a few weeks ago and I just had to share! I don't know if you follow MFT but each week Kim and her fabulous Design Team members are hosting a Wednesday Stamp Club! How fun is that?! The last one I participated in was all about using line images, but the catch was we were not allowed to color in the images, talk about oh no moment. I was so intimidated by this challenge, but at the same time I really wanted to try something new, so I created a set of four cards all four using the Pure Innocence line from My Favorite Things and not picking up a single coloring tool. I pulled out my Kraft paper, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, and some fun elements from around my work area and got to work. I used this wonderful Sugar Rush DP for my color palette and used it as a stepping off point in all four of my cards, and if you can't see it, I used just a bit of Taffy Smooch on each of the little hearts on the images.I really like the third card I made, the one above, not sure why, but the paper piecing is just so much fun! I think this may be one of my favorite images from the PI line, she is just so cute! Well, I take that back, My Umbrella is my favorite, but I haven't finished that card yet to share with you! So stay tuned, eventually that card will be done for you to see, in the mean time enjoy these creations!Even without the coloring, which is honestly what takes me so darn long to create a card, I really like how these cards came out, they all turned out simple and sweet, something I wasn't expecting to say the least. Hope you enjoy seeing some of my cards from a few weeks ago, have a great day!

Stamps: My Balloon, Flower Girl, Apple For You and Start the Day with WHEE from My Favorite Things; Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Grey Sugar Rush, Kraft, Spring Green; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Nestabilities Labels Three, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Scalloped Edge Punch, Crochet Flower, Glue Dot, Taffy Smooch

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 February 9th to try this one out for yourself! For my project today I decided to ink up Sealed with a Kiss, a set perfect for Valentine's Day! You will notice that we are featuring two great stamp sets this week, and not only are Sealed with a Kiss and Time for Cake 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 today I had a lot of fun with the Valentine's Day so its all pink and red with for some reason a touch of yellow...not sure where that came from but I love the look! I don't know why but I always seem to rotate my sketch cards, but again, I like the way it works with the main image this way, and yes the heart DP is from the heart stamp included in the set too! 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

We have changed our challenges up a bit but we still invite you to play along with all the fun! All you have to do is make a project following this weeks sketch and upload it to the Paper Pretties Gallery. We would love to see what you create, so be sure to upload your creation using keyword PWC89!

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 something following this 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: Sealed with a Kiss from Paper Pretties; Paper: Whisper White, Pure Poppy; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, E00 Skin White, E37 Sepia, E55 Light Carmel, R17 Lipstick Red, RV21 Light Pink, Y13 Lemon Yellow; Accessories: Yellow Thin Satin Ribbon, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Kaiser Self Adhesive Rhinestones

A Charming Inky Impressions Challenge

Good morning all! Today I get to share with you the card I created for the new Inky Impressions Challenge, number 29, which is to use a charm on your creation! What fun right! So why not 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 Lili's Birthday Cake, who I thought would be a lot of fun for this challenge since I have this adorable 'Made With Love' charm which I thought would be prefect for today. I thought she would look wonderful in pink as she always does as well as some fun red and blue to top it off! I picked up this paper while at CHA and I just love it, its from Pine Cone Press and I just love the cute little lines and adorable hearts! I thought this paper would match wonderfully with the Pink and Red I used for the main image.

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: Lili's Birhtday Cake from Inky Impressions; Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Pine Cone Press Heart Ribbon Stripes; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, B95 Light Grayish Cobalt, C1 Cool Grey No. 1, E00 Skin White, E47 Dark Brown, R17 Lipstick Red, RV21 Light Pink; Accessories: Made With Love Charm from Inky Impressions, Large Scalloped and Regular Circle Nestabilities, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Silver Cord, Pink Satin Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Punch

Think INK!

It's time for another Artful INKables Think INK challenge! This time our fearless leader Kristin is hosting the Think INK Challenge and for this one she has created a fabulous sketch challenge to play along with!
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, February 15th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, February 16th, 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 AIC13.

Be sure to stop by here on Saturday to see my creation for the current Think INK Challenge! I hope you have a great day all, and I can't wait to see what you create for this one!