Wedding Card

German Phrase of the Day: Er ist nicht sehr witzig. = He is not very funny. This is what I often say of my husband...he has a strange sense of humor that not everyone can appreciate. Fortunately for him, his daughter thinks he is hilarious, so he always has someone to laugh at his ridiculous antics. Thanks everyone for your sweet comments about Julia's card...she LOVED hearing them!

Here is the wedding card I made for Julia's kindergarten teacher to match her gift (I'll show that tomorrow.) I used the same layout and sentiment from this card, just changed the colors and embellishment. I'm quite happy with how this turned out...may have to keep this layout on hand for MORE cards! :-)

A quick post today since I'm exhausted and am going to take a nap now if Julia will cooperate! :-)

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Full of Life
CS: Taken With Teal, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Porcelain Prints DSP
Ink: Taken With Teal, Certainly Celery
Acc: pretties kit, glue dots

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Guest Blogger Julia

German Phrase of the Day: Ich habs gemacht! = I made it!

Mommy gave me this stamped image to make a card with. I put a piece of paper on the other side next to the cowboy girl after I colored her in. I stuck a piece of ribbon on her tie so it would look kinda like real cowboys. When I wrote my name on it I wrote my full name (Jana's note: her own spelling!) and when I wanted to make it I already had the image in my mind. And when I got the image in my mind after the card was made I asked mommy if she could put some ribbon on there. See the gingham ribbon on the side? Mommy tied that bow for me.

Sometimes Auntie Prettie sends me some of my own stamps, and I like that.

Thanks for looking at my card.

-Julia suzin wevr

(Note from Jana: I typed what Julia told me for this post [including the German Phrase of the Day] and she typed her own name at the end. I love how she spells Susanne, and I image her 2 grandmothers [where the name came from] will love it too! Pretty impressive for 5.5, huh???)

Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking...

German Phrase of the Day: Die Auffuehrung war sehr beeindruckend. = The performance was very impressive. I would love to go to a performance! I told my husband that for my birthday next year, I want to see the latest Cirque du Soleil performance in Vegas, The Beatles, Love. Not sure how we can work that with a baby in tow...but if there's a way I'll figure it out! ;-) Oh...and do you all like my new countdown to the move? It's actually quite helpful for me to keep track!

Earlier this week I was trying to catch up on some challenges, and decided to combine the last 2 weeks of Prettie Challenges from the challenge forum hosted by Danielle. Last week she gave us this awesome sketch to use, and the week before she challenged us to use Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Creamy Caramel and Whisper White on a card. I think our little Howdy Gal looks great in pink, don't you agree? And don't forget the only way to get this li'l lady before September is to join the Stamp of the Month club over at Paper Pretties BEFORE July 31st!! Be sure to tell Christie I sent ya on over.

She's on Stamper's Select White and colored with my Prisma pencils, then I cut her out with my coluzzle and mounted her on a scalloped circle punched with my Marvy Giga punch. I put a regal rose dot in each bump for some added effect, and cuttlebugged the creamy caramel layer with my paisley folder. I stamped the lower circles with the Prettie stamp Sassy Circles, and punched the sentiment with my word window punch. It was lots of fun to put together!!

I know I said I'm taking weekends off until after we've moved and gotten settled in, but tomorrow I'll have a guest blogger - my daughter Julia! She created a gorgeous card with this Howdy Girlfriend set and can't wait to share it with everyone. So be sure and leave her lots of love tomorrow when she posts her card.

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend and Sassy Circles by Paper Pretties
CS: Stamper's Select White, Creamy Caramel, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Brilliance black, Regal Rose
Acc: Prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, marvy giga scalloped circle punch, coluzzle, white taffeta ribbon, Paisley cuttlebug embossing folder, copic gray 01 marker

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SFYTT with Festive Favorites

German Phrase of the Day: Warum lachst du? = Why are you laughing? Possibly because I just love this snowman stamp...I think they are hilarious all standing around chatting to each other.

This card was made for Jen's Sketch for You to Try from LAST week, but I turned it on it's side. Yeah, I know, I'm a little behind! But, it is a Christmas card, so that part is ahead! I used my soon to retire Festive Favorites set (which I LOVE and will SOOO miss!) and since I don't have my tag punches anymore, I hand cut the tags for the top. Everything was colored with SU! markers, and I even used some retired SU! DSP. The trickiest part of the whole thing was stamping just the tag outline and then filling it in with the snowflakes for the middle tag...but I think it turned out pretty well!

Ok...back to work now. But...I did manage to finish up the stationary set for Julia's teacher's wedding gift this morning...only 3.5 hours...not bad! I'll post photos of that soon. Have a great day!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Festive Favorites
CS: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Retired Seasons DSP
Ink: Basic Black, various markers
Acc: Ticket corner punch, word window punch, sponge, silver brads

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Prettie Wednesday Challenge...a bit late!

Ok...I think my brain has taken a vacation and left the rest of me behind because I am really out of it this week! I forgot to post my challenge to all the Prettie Girls (and any of YOU who care to try!) on Wednesday...even though I posted my Prettie project on Tuesday. How sad am I?!? I'll just have to use the preggo excuse I guess! Sorry Pretties!!

I LOVE sketch challenges. To me, it takes the hard part out of designing a card and makes it all so easy! However, I have NEVER created a sketch for someone else to try. In fact...I never sketch out cards...I just start putting together cardstock until I like it. For this sketch, that is in fact what I did...I've already created my card for this challenge, and then I based the sketch on my card! Yeah, a little backwards, but it works for me! :-)

You'll be able to see the creations of all the Prettie Girls (including mine - because my card also includes a prettie peek of a new set that will be available on August 1st!!) in 2 more weeks (July 30th to be exact!)

Speaking of Prettie Peeks...any of you SCS subscribers notice a few peeks our own Prettie girl Jodi snuck into her Dirty Dozen creations this month??? Are you all drooling yet?? See if you can pick out the stamp that I fell so in love with earlier this week! I am busting at the seems wanting to share my latest creations!!!

Ok...I"ll post a card a little later today. Now I need to go make up a stationary set for Julia's teacher's wedding which was like 3 weeks ago now!!

Another Baby card

German Phrase of the Day: Dann geh zum Arzt. = Then go to the doctor. I feel like that's all I do nowadays...go to the doctor!

So, as you all saw I was a day ahead of myself yesterday (I guess better than being a day behind, right??) so if you came looking for my Prettie Wednesday project, scroll down a little and it'll be there.

Here is a card I made to go with the name frame from Monday. I used the same color scheme and Berry Bliss DSP along with the Full of Life set for the greeting and the retired Bundle of Joy set for the giraffe. The giraffe was stamped with Basic Black ink on watercolor paper and colored with my aquapainter and inkpads. I finished it off with some May Arts brown polka dot ribbon.

Have a wonderful day everyone...and be sure to check the other Prettie Girls' blogs for their Trash to Treasure Prettie Wednesday projects today!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Bundle of Joy, Full of Life
CS: Close to Cocoa, pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White, Watercolor paper, Berry Bliss DSP
Ink: Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, pretty in pink
Acc: aquapainter, may arts ribbon

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Prettie Wednesday - Trash to Treasure

German Phrase of the Day: Mit-Mach-Muehle = Made with trash. This is actually the name of a program on the children's station here in Germany, and my daughter loves it! She hates to throw ANYTHING away, and is always coming up with new things she can "craft" with the treasures she finds. No wonder our house is always a mess!!

ETA: I just NOW (about 4 hours after posting this!) realized that today is TUESDAY, not Wednesday!! Guess I got a little ahead of myself, sorry Prettie girls!!

2 weeks ago Jules challenged us all to rescue some trash and turn it into a treasure. Now I know, you're going to say what I used isn't all that original, but right now, almost EVERYTHING in our house qualifies as trash...we're in major purge mode right now! So, in going through some items in my craft room I came across these old coasters from Chili's which I never used, and was about to toss into the recycle bin. Instead, I thought I'd make something fun to send to Jules.

I wanted to make a "Sophia for all Seasons" wall hanging...and it turns out there really is a Sophia for all seasons! I used some SU! Designer Prints paper in Apricot Appeal, Real Red, Old Olive and Buckaroo Blue to cover the coasters, and stamped my Sophia's onto Stamper's Select White to color them with Prisma pencils. I used my SU! jumbo eyelets and some white taffeta ribbon to attach the coasters together. Seriously, the thing that took the longest was coloring all these adorable little girls in! I think this could be a cute wall hanging for a little girl's room...too bad I don't have that great SU! set with all the seasons...would have been perfect! I have included close-ups of each of the 4 panels if you would like to see a more detailed view of the images. I hope you like it Jules!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Rainy Day Friends, Soakin Up the Sun, Off to School, Snowflake Kisses by Paper Pretties ,
CS: Prints Designer Paper from SU!
Ink: Brilliance black, apricot appeal, real red, old olive, buckaroo blue
Acc: prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, coluzzle, sponge, large eyelets, white taffeta ribbon

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Name Frame for Baby Aimee

German Phrase of the Day: Ich habe Bauchweh. = I have a stomachache. Thankfully, I actually don't - unless you want to count hunger pains! I'm waiting for my water to boil for my pasta...need to eat!! Sorry about the silence over the weekend...I've decided that until we get moved, I'm going to take weekends off from Blogging to focus on packing and spending time with Julia to help her through this tough transition!

Today I have another project I made for my friend Lisa. She requested another baby name frame like the one I made her last year here. Since I already sent my chipboard letters back to the states in an earlier load, I decided to use the sticky letters and glitter this time (which is why I thought to use them for the previous ROCK card!)

For this I used a light birch frame I had here already along with some Close to Cocoa cs and Berry Bliss DSP. I attached the sticky letters, then glittered them with the Rose Pink Cosmo Glitter. For the dot on the "i" I used some GinaK flowers and bling. Finally, I attached some Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon to the back with a bow to hang the frame from...it had to have ribbon SOMEWHERE!!! :-)

Ok...finally finished up my project for this week's Prettie challenge from Jules which you'll get to see on Wednesday...and then got to do a little more stamping for the next Paper Pretties release... all I can say is I am in love!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: None
CS: Close to Cocoa, Berry Bliss DSP
Ink: None
Acc: Sticky Cuts Letters, Fine Cosmo glitter, Flowers & Bling from GinaK Designs, Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon

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Red White and Blue!

German Phrase of the Day: Ich weiss. = I know. This has actually been a useful phrase since often I'm clueless though, I have to change it to Ich weiss nicht! (I don't know.)

Here's a quick post, with a quick card. I really love this Howdy Girlfriend set. She's just so darn cute with her little wink and boots!! And don't forget to sign up for the Stamp of the Month club over at Paper Pretties so you can get her in August instead of having to wait until September to order her!! Just dont' forget to tell Christie I sent ya, ya hear?

I really need to make a scrapbook page with her and my niece in her purple cowgirl boots...just need to print that photo!! I made this card last weekend and was thinking about missing the 4th of July when I made her, thus the color scheme. Being in a different country on the 4th is always weird...I mean...over here they don't even KNOW it's a holiday! ;-)

Anyway, I used some denim patterened paper from Mike's along with my SU! red gingham ribbon, real red and night of navy cardstocks. She's colored with Prismacolor pencils and outlined with my lightest blue Copic (one of 5 that I own!) I kinda wish I had the SU! star punch to add some stars around her...but I like her kinda plain too.

Have a great Friday everyone!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend by Paper Pretties (August SOTM)
CS: Stamper's Select White, Real Red, Night of Navy, Denim patterned paper
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, red gingham ribbon, copic marker blue 01

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Trying to get ahead...

German Phrase of the Day: Soll ich dir einen Witz erzaehlen? = Shall I tell you a joke? I'm actually not that great at telling jokes, and I certainly can't tell them in German!

So, I've been trying to get ahead in my stamping so I have things to show you after I have packed up my stamp room. So far...I'm doing ok...but I have more to get done so I guess I need to get stampin'! Today's project is one I made over the weekend my dh took dd to Hanover. A good friend over here often asks me to make cards or other projects for her, which I just love doing! This card was a birthday card for her dh...she wanted a Rock Star theme to it. I don't have any rock star type stamps, but I thought maybe the glittered letters on a black background would work well.

I really wanted it to say U rock, but I couldn't find a U I really liked, so I stuck with this. The glitter is from the Fine Cosmo glitter stack, and I used the sticky cuts letters for the word. I added thin strips of white cardstock to frame the word in somewhat, and some matching turquoise ribbon. It was a very fun card to make!

Have a great day, gotta go stamp now!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: None
CS: Stamper's Select White, basic black
Ink: None
Acc: Sticky Cuts Letters, Fine Cosmo glitter, Turquoise grosgrain

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Prettie Wednesday Green & White

German Phrase of the Day: Wir streiten uns oft. = We argue a lot. This is very true of my daughter and I, ESPECIALLY when Daddy is away. Something about not having that buffer really seems to set us off. I thought the arguments between mother-daughter were something for the teen years, but apparently they show up at preschool age!! Maybe by the time she's a teen we'll have gotten this all out and we'll be best friends already...I can only wish!

Today's card is for the challenge issues by Christie 2 weeks ago to make a green and white card. She posted this beautiful inspiration photo. So with flowers in mind I sat at my desk and flipped through my patterned paper collection. This beauty is from my Basic Gray Lily Kate 6 by 6 collection. I thought it captured the beauty of the green and white flowers perfectly! And of course, Sophia had to have a matching dress. I colored her with my prisma pencils and some Spica glitter pens. See the little bling I added to the flower center?? I love it! I made the scalloped piece with my SU! slit punch and tied some celery grosgrain and organdy around it. The sentiment is also from the Flutter By Sophia set.

This card will be flying to Jules soon...along with my project for her challenge from last week, turning Trash to Treasure! This week's challenger is Charmaine, so be sure to go check her blog for our next Prettie Challenge!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flutter By by Paper Pretties
CS: Stamper's Select White, Certainly Celery, Basic Gray Lily Kate
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: Spica glitter pens, prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, celery grosgrain and organdy ribbons, SU! slit punch, mini rhinestone

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Groovy Banana Chips Fairytale

German Phrase of the Day: Das ist gesund. = That's healthy. Julia always asks now if some food she's chosen to eat is healthy. We're trying to make sure she understands that it's best to make healthy food choices, and if you do that regularly, you can treat yourself with something special once in a while. I guess it's working!

I checked the color challenge this morning, and even though Carole was hosting for Emily, and she's the one who picks colors like Orchid Opulance - it was actually a very lovely combination! I had a sketch on my desk from LAST week's sketch challenge (that I never got to) and thought it might work well. Then, I just had to find the right stamp.

I really loved this set from the SU! Occasions mini, but haven't had much opportunity to use it. This sentiment works perfectly for this sketch, and allowed me to do a very elegant card. I'm quite pleased with the end result, and now my only problem is who to give it to??? It's too girly for my husband (although I was thinking of him when I chose the phrase) so perhaps it will make a good anniversary card for someone.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Full of Life, Floral background
CS: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Barely Banana, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava
Acc: cuttlebug embossing folder, pretties kit, glue dots

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Howdy Folks!

German Phrase of the Day: Hast du einen gruenen Rock? = Do you have a green skirt? You don't see the "ck" spelling in German very often, so it surprised me to see this is how you spell this word. It is pronounced just like it looks in English even!

How do you like our newest little Lady here? Isn't she just the cutest eveh?!? I was so excited the first time I saw her, and couldn't wait to get my hands on her. Of course, you all have probably seen her on all the other Prettie Girl blogs, but things take a little longer to get here to Deutschland, ya know?? Anyway, I used Julee's Mojo Monday #45 sketch for this card (although I did have to move the brads around a bit to fit better.) I used my retired SU! Outlaw paper, and my corner rounder to scallop the bottom (can't WAIT to get the new SU! scallop edge punch, come on August 9...hurry up and get here!) I did lots of sponging on this one, and colored her outfit to match the colors of the paper using an aquapainter and my ink pads. She is just TONS of fun to color...and the greeting that comes with her is so perfect. If you haven't signed up for the Stamp of the Month Club yet...you gotta to get this little sweetie before September! And when you go sign up, be sure to tell Christie I sent ya!!

Speaking of Paper Pretties, did you see the awesome product review Julie did of the Making Memories Ribbon Slides? And did you know that all the ribbon slides, and ric rac is on sale for 25% off throughout the entire month of July??? How cool is that?!? I know I'll be stocking up!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day, and I'll be back tomorrow with a fun project I did for a friend!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend by Paper Pretties
CS: Stamper's Select White, Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Outlaw DSP
Ink: Brilliance black, Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink
Acc: Aquapainter, corner rounder punch, sponge, chocolate grosgrain, antique brads

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Wasting away again in ....

German Phrase of the Day: Der Apfel faellt nicht weit vom Stamm. = The applie doesn't fall far from the tree. Isn't that the truth...my daughter is just as crazy and silly as my husband!!

Ah, Margaritaville! We actually went out for Mexican food this last week (but no margaritas for me!!) Germany FINALLY went smoke-free as of July 1st, so I could actually eat in a restaurant and not feel nauseous! What a treat. ;-) I'm one of those terrible vehemently anti-smoking people. I'm quite thankful that no one in our close family smokes. With Julia, I do whatever I can to keep her away from smoke because of her already compromised lungs. And of course now, I try even harder to keep myself away from the smoke - little baby doesn't need any of that! :-)

Today's card was for the sketch challenge at last week's Pretties SIYJ party. Again, I used that awesome palm tree, and this fun Margarita paper I picked up while in Florida back in February. I layered the paper on some Pumpkin Pie CS, and used that again behind the tree. Then, I added the 3 rhinestone brads to pick up the green in the tree. I'm quite happy with it...and wish I was laying under a lovely palm tree right now!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekends. DH left early this morning - crack of dawn (which is REALLY early here) and will be gone for 8 whole days. :-( I keep telling myself I can make it, but he's really spoiled me the last couple months with not having to travel, and helping with so much around the house. So, I apologize in advance for the extra whinging this week! The good news is, he's going to see our new rental house in San Jose and take lots of picture to send to me so I can have a better idea of where we're going to be living!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Soakin Up the Sun by Paper Pretties ,
CS: Stamper's Select White, Pumpkin Pie, Margarita paper by ??
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, rhinestone brads, word window punch

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Happy Birthday Charmaine!!!

German Phrase of the Day: Wie alt bist du? = How old are you? I won't ask Charmaine if she doesn't want to tell...but from all the photos I've seen I'm guessing she's about 22 - except she has 3 little ones!

Iin honor of Charmaine's Birthday (or Charlie as we affectionately call her!) we're throwing her a Virtual Birthday Party! Be sure to hop around and visit all the blogs listed below, because in addition to lots of Prettie Girls playing, we've also got Michelle from Stamper's Dream joining in the fun!

Carolina http://creativepad.typepad.com/
Christie http://www.littlepinkflowers.typepad.com/little_pink_flowers/
Colleen http://www.creative-expressions-papercrafting.blogspot.com/
Danielle http://www.fatcatstamper.blogspot.com/
Donna http://stampamaniac.blogspot.com/
Jackie  http://www.stampingsister.blogspot.com/
Jackie P. http://www.thescallopededge.typepad.com/
Jessie  http://www.canyousayaddictedtostamps.blogspot.com/
Jodi  http://www.stampingalatte.blogspot.com/
Julie  http://www.stampinwithjulie.blogspot.com/
Laurie http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Michelle: http://michellerodgers.blogspot.com/

I got to bring the Party hats! In surfing around looking for fun birthday party hats online, I found this adorable princess theme party hat at Dimples and Dandelions. It's a little more girly than I generally think of Charlie as being, but I couldn't resist all the wonderful textures!

For my card, I started with a regular 5.5 by 4.25" folded card, then cut off one corner and rounded the bottom to make this party hat shaped card with Pretty in Pink cardstock. Next, I covered the front with this wonderful pink with white polka dot paper I picked up a while back, then I added my wonderful white feather boa trim to the bottom and a little at the top with some red-liner tape (I had to switch the colors around since I only had white trim!) Next, I stamped Flutter by Sophia on some Stamper's Select White CS, and again on my polka dot dp. I colored her in with prismacolor pencils - check out that red hair!! Lots of prettie girls have been making red-headed Sophia's lately, and I couldn't resist for Charlie's birthday making a little Strawberry shortcake!! I colored her bracelets, beads and flower with my Spica glitter pens after piecing her dress on. I carefully cut her out with my craft knife (not an easy thing I might add!) and then I stamped her a party hat from my Crab & Company set.

Now, in the detail photo you might be able to see, but I added a few freckles to Sophia this time. I've never met a red-head without a few freckles, and our own little Blondie here has MANY of her own now, so I couldn't resist! Isn't she just the cutest??

We all hope you have a wonderful birthday Charlie, and that you enjoy celebrating your Grandma's birthday as well! This card will be on it's way to you soon.

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flutter By by Paper Pretties , Crab & Co. by Stampin' Up!
CS: Pretty in Pink, Stamper's Select White, pink polka dot from Mike's
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: White feather boa, Spica glitter pens, prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps

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Announcement

German Phrase of the Day: Die Baby ist ein Junge! = The baby is a boy! When I went to the doctor's office earlier this week we got a really good peek at the baby, and there is no doubt now, it's definitely a boy! I'm excited about this, and although my daughter's initial reaction was "Oh no!" she has come around to the idea now and is actually quite excited to be getting a baby brother. I'm excited that we can now finalize a name, although my husband still isn't comfortable naming this baby yet - I guess we know only too well how many bad things can happen between now and a healthy baby. So for now...we've tabled that.

This page is one I created for the Pretties SIYJ party Tuesday night (technically Wednesday morning for me!) The final challenge issued by Charmaine was to create a 6 by 6 scrapbook page. The picture is from an earlier ultrasound when I was still only about 13 weeks along, and I knew this sentiment from Cooper's Look out World would be perfect, and stamped it in Blue Bayou ink! I used SU!'s Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Whisper White cardstocks, along with the Soft Sky and Blue Bayou double stitched ribbons. The little tag was made with the tag corner punch, and I added a silver eyelet to tie the silver cord through for attaching to the ribbon since I have no silver jump rings. I finished off the card with these adorable silver brads from the SU! Silver hph kit that was in the Occasions mini. I've left some space under the photo to add some journaling, although I think I'll wait until we've finalized the name for that.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Look out World by Paper Pretties , Newsprint Alphabet by Stampin' Up!
CS: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Whisper White
Ink: Brilliance black,Blue Bayou
Acc: silver eyelet, silver cord, Soft Sky and Blue Bayou double stitched ribbons, tag corner punch, silver HPH

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Yawn - Pretty Wednesday!

German Phrase of the Day: Bist du immer so gereizt? = Are you always that irritable? No, I'm not, just when I get up in the middle of the night for a totally raging party! Ohmygosh...there were so many new faces there last night, it was a blast. We actually crashed the server! Now that's the sign of a successful online party, right?! :-)

So, did you miss my announcement? I'll make it here too...tomorrow! In the meantime if you're curious, you can go check out the Gallery from last night's stamping in your jammies challenges for a pretty big clue! My project for the 6 by 6 scrapbook page will give it away I think.

Today's card was actually for one of the challenges last night - to make a card using your high school colors. Since Danielle challenged us to use a circle of some sort on your card, I decided I could meet two challenges with one card and use this one! The layout is roughly based on a Mojo sketch of Julee's from a few weeks ago, and I used the colors Burgundy and White for my Bangor Rams. See...I even tried to write RAMS on her little lunchbox.

I colored Sophia with my prismacolor pencils this time...since I love them so. And I stamped the oval from Sassy Circles under her to give her a little grounding. Because believe me, this girl needs some grounding, just like my Julia!!

Ok ladies, off for a quick catnap before Kindergarten gets out! Have a great day!!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Off to School Sophia and Sassy Circles by Paper Pretties ,
CS: Stamper's Select White,Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: Prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, wine grosgrain, circle punches, black brads, eclipse masking tape.

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Mojolicious Pretty Peek color challenge

German Phrase of the Day: Das ist privat. = That's private. Now...when has that ever stopped me from sharing something?? However, today, I do have some news. I had a doctor's appointment, and we got a piece of information we didn't have yet, but which EVERYONE keeps asking. Wanna know??? Come to the Stamping in Your Jammies party tonight and find out! ;-) 8pm EDT...be there, or, well, you know the saying.

Today I managed to combine my prettie peek with the color challenge over on SCS, AND Julee's Mojo Monday #44! Wow...I was busy. Actually, I only had a little time so needed to try and be quick so I thought if I had a sketch, and my colors I could be. Hah!

I cut little Sophia out this time, and watercolored her with my ink pads and aquapainter thinking that would be faster than my prismas. It is. And don't you just love the little doggy water dish with the swirly straw?? How cute is that?! I bet Maisy would love a green and pink polka dot water dish. Might have to look for one for her when we get back to the states.

I still don't have a working photo corner punch (my own fault for never calling SU! about it!) so I have to improvise and use other square punches to make them. These turned out a little skinny...but considering how little spare room I had available that was probably a good thing!

Ok, gotta run. But I'll chat with ya tonight, right??

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Soakin Up the Sun by Paper Pretties ,
CS: Wild Wasabi, Stamper's Select White, purely pomegranate, certainly celery
Ink: Brilliance black, certainly celery, wild wasabi, purely pom, pretty in pink , blush blossom, close to coca, soft sky
Acc: sponge, aquapainter, purely pom double-stitched ribbon, circle punches, square punches, neutrals watercolor crayons

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