Earthy and Perky!

This week, my good buddy from the North has challenged us all to use Earth Tones on our cards. I have to admit, I don't often use JUST earthy colors. So, this was a little challenging for me. As usual we're hopping along today, so if you didn't get here from Julie's head on back to Christie's so you don't miss any of today's lovliness.

This week we're featuring Look Who's Perky and  Happily Ever After - two fabulous sets! They are both on sale this week for 40% off too - WOOHOO!!! I used the super fun Look Who's Perky set along with this week's CPS Sketch #166. I used some Reflections Fall dp, and watercolored the coffee pot with a combination of Really Rust and Ruby Red.

I added the rhinestone swirls as steam coming out of the pot, and stamped the greeting.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone, and hop along to Jackie now to see what Earthy Goodness she has to share.

LLWWC38: Anything Goes!

Gotta love this - Kim gave us a by this week and the challenge is to create whatever you want!! And since she's using Mermaid La-La, that stamp is 20% off all week!! I just got this cute little Pepper with Cake stamp recently I wanted to ink him up and start playing. I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch (SSS55) for my layout, and some great dp I got from Frances for my birthday last year.la

I stamped Pepper with Palette Noir ink on an MFT Perfect Panel, then colored him with my copics. I tried to keep this a fairly masculine card, and think it still can be, even with the filligree brads  - don't you?? Perhaps I'll save this for my husband's birthday card later this month. See...I even finished off the inside again!

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to head over to the La-La Land Craft's blog to see all the great samples for today, and to enter YOUR card starring a La-La Land stamp - perhaps you'll win $10 to spend in the La-La Land Crafts boutique!

MFT's SFYTT

This week, Kim from MFT is sponsoring Jen's Sketch for You to Try - so of COURSE I had to play along! I pulled out my brand new Beach Bum PI girl and my equally new Oasis paper from SU! and had some fun.

I colored this little sweetie with my copics (of course) and than paper pieced her suit. Her sand castle is stamped on the new cork sheets from MFT. I thought it would be fun to have her holding the flag from the castle and I pieced that with some only orange cs then drew in the line for the stick. I added some buttons at the bottom and some ribbon to finish it all off.

I finished off the inside as well with a little more dp, the sentiment, and our little cuties pail and shovel.

Have a great day!

Happy Mother's day to ALL you Mom's out there!

Happy Mother's Day everyone. I hope you are celebrating with your mom or kids in some way. Julia took me out to a very nice dinner (she even had money to pay from her dad!) and dh stayed home with Jackson so that us girls could have some special time together.

This card is one I made up quickly on Friday when I had a rare few minutes of Jack-free time. It uses this week's MFT WSC sketch from Frances, and the wonderful set Clearly Sentimental About Mothers from MFT. I picked up this gorgeous Bo Bunny paper at my LSS recently and hadn't had a chance to use it. Since I just made the card on Friday I know my mom wouldn't get it (and I already sent her THIS card) but I figured this way she get's a second card online!

I used the SU! Old Olive Satin ribbon, a PTI button and some burlap twine from Limelight. The flowers were in my cute birthday drawer set from my wonderful friend Jane, and the brads in their centers are from my SU! Pretties kit. It was a fun card to make, and the sentiment is VERY true of me and my mom. I hope she enjoys this virtual greeting as well.

Enjoy your day everyone!

SU! Friday Watercoloring with Markers

I'm back with an SU! Friday project at long last. I made this card 2 weeks ago at the hostess club my friend, demonstrator (and former downline!) Michelle does with a group of us. I chose the technique this time since I was the hostess, and I really loved this card by Ilina Crouse - and thought watercoloring with markers would be something new for many of the ladies to learn. I love this technique, and was happy to be using it again!

Since Michelle and I both had the same set Ilina used, we went with that (Flower for all Seasons). Isn't it just adorable?? For the large white panel, we embossed with the new textile embossing folder - LOVE it!!

I just got my first order of stuff from the Summer Mini yesterday, so hopefullly I'll find some time to play soon and will have some more SU! Friday posts for you soon (or perhaps it will move to SU! Saturday since I'd love to start doing the Bellarific Friday challenges more!!)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

LLWC37 - color challenge fun!

This week, I'm the hostess of the La-La Weekly Wednesday Challenge (now that I'm a regular ole DT member there!! WOOHOO!!) and I wanted to do a color challenge with my new favorite combo. As long-time readers might know, I'm not overly fond of orange. I don't have a strong negative reaction to it like some colors (who will remain nameless but are disappearing from SU! anyway so I don't have to worry about them any more - orchid opulence - oops, it slipped out!) However, ever since getting the new Basic Grey Green at Heart collection, I'm rethinking my position on Orange.

This color combination comes straight from those papers (which of course are what I used for my card) and I LOVE it! We'd love to have you play along with us this week as well...so get out your orange, and your purple and green and pink and create a card feature a La-La Land Crafts stamp (or digi stamp) then head back to the La-La Land blog to link it up - you could win a top 3 badge of honor, or $10 towards some fun new rubber from La-La Land Crafts!!

I used Window La-La this week (which means she is 20% off in the store this week!!) for my card, and the layout is this week's Monday Mojo sketch #137 - LOVE IT! (You gotta sing that out just like Wheezy from Dragon Tails - come on you moms...you know you were thinking it!!)

Now go check out all the amazing work of the La-La Land Crafts Design team, and then get crackin on your own orangey-pinky-purpley-greeny card to share with us! Good luck!

PWC102: Another Prettie Sketch!

And it's ROUND!!! I have to admit, I really don't like round cards...but this one was fun!! And since I know Frances loves them...I suppose I can deal! This week, we're featuring two fabulous Sophia sets, Aloha Sophia (which I used) and Storytime Sophia - which means they are both on sale for 35% off this week - WOOHOO! If you didn't get here from Julie's blog, head on back to Christie's so you don't miss any of this gorgeous roundness!

I used my nesties to cut the layers of this fun tropical SU! dp. I added the rik-rak piece then put little Sophia on with some ribbons. tada!

Now head on over to Jackie's blog to see what amazingness she has for us today. And have a wonderful Hump Day, and Cinco de Mayo!!pap

MFT using Fabric

This month's MFT Guest DT contest is to use felt or fabric on a project. I had this sweet little Jolinne colored and pieced already, and she perfectly matched some fabric scraps I had left over from an as yet unfinished project. I picked up these quilting squares from the M'Liss collection at CHA back in January.

I love this sweet little Jolinne sitting with her big hat and delicate dress. I used my Basic Grey Kioshi papers to paper piece her hat and outfit. I punched an oval out of some grey cardstock to make a rock for her to sit on, and tucked it behind the flower fabric i had cut around. Then I layered on some green grass.

The background is a blue paper from the Kioshi pack, and I used this lovely sunny yellow gingham ribbon from MFT and finished it off with a sizzex cut fabric flower and a button. At the last minute (actually, last night as I was writing this post and uploading photos!) I decided it needed something at the top, so I added the scallop punched white border to mimic some white puffy clouds up above.

Toonie Tuesday at Paper Pretties!

This week's Paper Pretties Toonie Tuesday deal is: Queen & Co. Ancorettes normally $4...on sale for $2 while supplies last (there are a couple different styles)! Go check them out NOW!!!

Happy Birthday Prettie Mama!

Today is a special day, because not only are we releasing some adorable new stamps (in both rubber and digi format) but it is our Prettie Mama, Christie's birthday today! We decided to combine our new release cards with Christie's birthday hop, and I was lucky enough to get the new So Sweet stamp to work with! If you didn't arrive from Julie's blog, head on back there so you won't miss any of the fun birthday hop, and be sure to wish Christie a very happy birthday at the end.

I LOVE this new stamp - it's so much fun to color and play with!! Next time I'll have to paper piece parts of it...but this time I just wanted to use my copics. I also used the gorgeous new Basic Grey Green at Heart paper, and a new color combo inspired by this paper that I never would have dreamed of, but which you'll be seeing from me a LOT in the coming month I think! I also added some little pearls to the cake stand...love those things.

I finished of the inside as well using the adorably illustrated sentiment that comes with these fun cupcakes but just stamping it simply and not coloring it in - I love the versatility of that!

 Now hop along to Jackie's blog to see what she's got for you all, and be sure to go check out all the new stamps on the Paper Pretties website!

Bellarific Friday - gettin inky!

This week's Bellarific Friday challenge was to ink up a Bella stamp that had yet to see any ink. I was lucky because I got a shipment of new (to me) Bellas just 2 weeks ago and I hadn't had a chance to play yet. So yesterday I finally inked up this adorable doggie stamp that I've been dying to use. Aren't they just adorable??

I stamped the image with palette noir ink and colored it with my copics. The background uses some MME Quite Contrary dp. I added some red satin ribbon, and the sentiment (also from Bella) and that was it. I'm into keeping things simple!

Have a great Friday everyone, and don't forget tomorrow is the big Paper Pretties release, be sure to check out all the new stamps on the home page. Oh...and the 50 cent Friday special this week is all Bo Bunny papers are on sale for 50 cents a sheet - wow, what a great deal!!

MFT WSC KISS CPS Sketch

How many acronyms can I use in one title?? That stands for My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Keep It Super Simple (or Keep it Simple Stupid is how I've often see KISS) Card Positioning System. I made up this card for this week's CPS sketch that MFT is sponsoring using this adorable new little PI Boy and his Dog set. I won this set at the last release party and finally got to ink it up! Isn't his big bald head just the cutest?? My little Jack is finally getting some hair...but this little guy still makes me think of my Jack-Jack.

I kept everything pretty simple, coloring with copics and no extra layering...so I think this should count! Oh...I did add some punched grass though...finally using my new MS Grass punch I was so desperate to have! I used my black mulitliner to add the trunk of the tree to the side behind the cute little dog. I like how the scene turned out!

Have a great rest of your day folks...hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some more eye candy!

PWC101: Gettin' Punchy

This week Heather challenged us all to get punchy. And we're featuring two fabulous stamp sets, Soakin' Up the Sun and Rainy Day Friends (which are both on sale for 35% off this week!!). Now if you didn't get here from Julie's blog, head on back to Christie's so you don't miss any of the fun!

I decided to use this fabulous palm tree from Soakin' Up the Sun. I stamped it in black stazon on watercolor paper then colored it with my SU! markers and an aquapainter. For the sunset background I just did a basic wash with my ink pads and aquapainter. I stamped a sentiment from the same set...but I've got a great idea of a new sentiment we need - Wish WE were There!

Keep on hopping along to Jackie's blog to see what she's cooked up for us today!

LLWWC36: Altered Embellies!

This week, Maureen has challenged us to take a store bought embellishment and alter it somehow. I decided to use some SU! chipboard that I haven't used yet, and spice it up with some glitter and crystal effects a la Jen Del Muro. Be sure to head over to the La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog to see all the wonderful creations by the La-La DT. And since Maureen is using Birthday Cake Maya this week, it's on sale for 20% off in the La-La Land Crafts boutique - woohoo!!

I decided to ink up my new Princess La-La this week, and use these beautiful new papers that came in my DT kit this month - aren't they beautiful?? I used copics to color La-La, then cut her and her matting out with nesties. The layout is from Mercy's Tuesday sketch last week (I know...I'm way behind on my sketches right now!) just changed up a bit.

And here are my glittered chipboard flowers - aren't they just so sparkly?! LOVE em!! Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

Another Prettie Peek...

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend as much as I am. Since dh took Friday off, we got to have a 3 day weekend, and last night finally went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday (since dh was in China for the actual day!!) It was just Chevy's, but it was still good, and I even had a margarita - MMMMMmmmmm!

Today I'm showing another of the new sets that will be released on Saturday, May 1st - it's Wheelchair Sophia which I previewed last month. We actually started the process to order Jack's wheelchair this past week, so I've still had wheelchairs on the brain, and actually know a lot more about them now (like how much they cost - WHOOOWEEEE - and what colors they come in!) For Sophia's chair, I went with a neon orange, although for Jack we are getting a cool metallic blue one. I used some more of the Basic Grey Kioshi paper, as well as some great lace and fun new paper flowers I just got.

Be sure to visit Jackie and Wendy to see some more cuteness today!

Prettie Peeks are here again!

Good morning everyone, I'm here with a Prettie Peek for you today of a new set Paper Pretties is releasing on May 1st! This great new set is called What's Up Pussycat? and is so much fun to play with. The sentiment comes separate, so you can stamp any greeting you would like in the little sign...isn't this kitty just adorable??

I only used 3 copics to color this image in...B0000 and R00 with a touch of C1 for some shadowing on my kitty. The papers are mostly Basic Grey Kioshi, with some SU! so saffron and mellow moss tossed in. I cut the image out with my circle nesties, then the matting is a new set of label dies I just picked up this week. LOVE this look!! Be sure to visit Jennifer and Heather both today as well to see some great samples with this adorable new set!

Pretties Weekly Challenge #100 !!!

WOW! I can't believe we're at weekly challenge number 100! Now, since we're celebrating such a big milestone, we have a big sale to go along with it!! And when I say big...I mean BIG!!!! How does 40% off ALL STAMPS sound to you?? To me, that sounds like a pretty HUGE sale!! So...hop on through to see all the lovely creations with this week's challenge, then be sure to hit the boutique and pick out a few of your favorites, ON SALE! This sale ends on Saturday, April 24th...so don't miss your opportunity!!

As usual, if you didn't get here from Julie's blog, head on back to Christie's so you don't miss any of the fun!! Our challenge this week comes from the wonderful Frances, and we are to make a tag, and somehow have polka dots on our project. The polka dots could be on the paper, ribbon, embossed, whatever. It just has to have polka dots. I chose to incorporate the polka dots into the main image itself! I love this Piggy Bank from the brand new Penny for your Thoughts stamp set. This time I decided to color just the polka dots and leave the rest of the piggy white.

I used some SU! designer paper for my tag, and added this wonderful sentiment to the bottom, along with some ribbon. I hope you've enjoyed today's project, and don't forget to go check out the amazing sale to celebrate our 100th challenge! If you'd like to play along, we'd love to see your creations. Be sure to upload them to the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery along with the keyword PWC100. Now hop along to see what amazing creation Jackie has for us all today!

La-La gets Shabby!

This week's La-La Land challenge is to get Shabby...Shabby Chic! Now, I'm not sure how Chic my card is, but it's certainly Shabby! I used the lovely Mermaid La-La again, because I just can't get enough of her!

I used my MME Quite Contrary paper and roughed up all the edges for my layers, then added some lace, a Prima flower and buttons for a more Shabby look. The main image was colored with copic markers. I just love this mermaid so much...and you can color her so many different ways!!

Head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog to see all the Shabby creations the design team has put together this week, and then head to the store where Princess La-La is on sale this week for only $9.60 - a 20% savings!

Toonie Tuesday at Paper Pretties!

Toonie Tuesday is back and this week we're featuring We R Memory Keepers Promenade chipboard words.

These words are very sturdy and feature sticky backs that keep them nicely adhered to scrapbook pages as well as cards!  The regular price for these are 4.99 but today you can get them for $2.00!!!
Paper Pretties also carries the We R Memory Keepers Promenade cardstock to coordinate with the chipboard!
You can get yours HERE & H

MFT Wednesday challenge...

Howdy folks...sorry for the long silence...everyone in my house has been sick (except Julia - she's just been BORED!) But before I got real sick I managed to finish up this card for last Wednesday's WSC with My Favorite Things. I also used last week's CPS sketch...again!

I used this adorable little Pure Innocence girl I already had partially colored, and I just added the paper piecing of her jumper. I used some MME paper for the jumper, and the houndstooth is the reverse side of the newsprint paper I used a while back on THIS card. Since I've already made a couple of April Showers cards with the Umbrella Girl PI, I stuck with the challenge was to use a homemade embellishment, and used these crocheted flowers with some corduroy buttons in the centers.

Tomorrow Kim will have a new challenge posted to her blog...hopefully I'll get to play again!!