Prettie Wednesday reject...

So for Wednesday I have to have a 1-layer card using only 1 image stamp, one greeting stamp, and one embellishment. Overall, not too hard for me since I love simple, and 1-layer, cards (unlike a lot of the other Pretties who've all been moanin' and groanin'!! ;-) So, I set to work on this card last week deciding to make it into an anniversary card for my parents. Tomorrow is their 47th wedding anniversary. WOW! And they were together for about 5 years before getting married since they were high school sweethearts!

So, I stamped the main image from Sealed With A Kiss (recently re-released in RUBBAH!) then masked over an area and stamped some hearts to create an outer border...and that is where I messed up! 2 image stampes!! Oh no!! Well...guess I have to redo my card for Wednesday, but I can post this one today! :-) I outlines the masked area with my black pen, and then covered the unmasked area with versamark and embossed with irridescent ice ep for some sparkle. Then, I colored in Luke and Lexi (AKA Jack and Sue!) stamped my greeting, then added some ribbon. Voila! Hope you like it mom and dad...it will be in the mail soon!

On Sunday March 1st, Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 4pm PST and will last until 7pm. We will be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing Bunny Hop Sopia to the public as well as a new stamp set!! Sneak peeks will start on Friday, February 27th - here and on all the Prettie blogs!! Hope to see you there!!

And, since Paper Pretties is having a release that means it is time for another CUTIE PIE CONTEST!!! All you have to do to enter is upload a card you have made using Paper Pretties stamps to the Cutie Pie Contest gallery over at the Paper Pretties website. Entries must be in by no later than 8pm CST on February 28th to be considered for the prize. Besides getting to call yourself a CutiePie, you will also receive all the new stamps that are released on the 1st!! Good luck!!

I also wanted to add on a note about my coffee with Jackie P. week before last (OMG has it been that long already??) It was so much fun to meet her in person, she is such a wonderful sweet individual! Here's a photo of Jackie holding Jack - gives you some perspective on just how huge this little guy is already!! He's for sure a big ole' Chunk - makes Jackie look even tinier than she is!! Thanks for meeting us Jackie...can't wait to see you again!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sealed With A Kiss by Paper Pretties
CS: Pure Luxury White CS
Ink: Brilliance black, versamark
Acc: Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, blending stumps, irridescent ice ep, SU! ribbon.

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Prettie Wednesday Color Challenge

I have to admit...when I saw Jessie's color challenge to use Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss and Cameo Coral together I thought she was nuts!!! I mean, coral with rose red?? That's just crazy talk. And even when I first pulled out the cardstock I still thought she must be insane...but as I started playing more I decided it wasn't as big a stretch as I initially thought.

I decided a beach theme would be fun, especially since that's what I'm dreaming of with this nasty cold rain we've been getting. I stamped the palm tree from Soakin' Up the Sun into the Kiwi Kiss ink first, then used a marker to color the trunk chocolate chip. After stamping, I took a blender pen and pulled some color in to color the leaves and trunk, but still leave a dark outline. Next, I cut out a mask of the tree (not easy, let me tell you!!!) and made one for the horizon line and then sponged on some color. I first added the cameo coral near the horizon line, then some rose red moving upwards. For the water I used Pacific Point, then added a little Night of Navy near the top to make it darker further away. Lastly, I used Creamy Caramel for the sand after moving the mask to leave a little white foam at the edge of the waterline.

Since this card was for a Jessie challenge--the layer and embellishment QUEEN--I had to really step it up from my usual simple cards. I have 3 layers (including the patterned paper from the Bella Rose pack which I've almost finished off!!) Then I added the Groovy Guava stitched ribbon because I thought it matched the coral pretty well. The main image is popped up over the ribbon, then I added the photo corners. I stamped a greeting from the set with black ink so it would stand out on the dsp. Lastly, I added the hardware with a little Kiwi satin ribbon because it was a very Jessie thing to do! :-)

After all that, I really like this card! It's something i can be proud to send along to my fellow Prettie Girl Danielle (who's much colder than I being in Michigan and all poor thing!) Have a very Prettie Wednesday everyone, and be sure to check out all the other Prettie blogs to see their creations.

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Soakin' Up the Sun by Paper Pretties
CS: Pure Luxury White, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Cameo Coral, SU! Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Cameo Coral, chocolate chip, creamy caramel, pacific point, night of navy, palette noir
Acc: ribbon, photo corner punch, hph, sponge

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A quickie Prettie Monday

It's almost 10pm Sunday night...and Jack is NOT happy! Not sure if he's over-tired or what...but this will be a quick post! ;-)

Here's a card I made back in December...and sent one to each of the Prettie Girls as their Christmas card. I so love this Gliding By Sophia...she's one of my favorites!! I colored her with SU! markers and an aquapainter...the cheaters watercoloring method. I then added some liquid applique to her earmuffs and muff, and of course some glitter to her line in the ice. The cardstock all came from the Pretties Boutique...LOVE it!!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday Monday! I know I'll enjoy having dh home to help out after tonight, I'm anticipating a long one.

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Gliding By by Paper Pretties
CS: Watercolor paper, Bazzill cs
Ink: Brilliance black
Acc: SU! markers, aquapainter, liquid applique, sakura glitter pen, dimensionals, slot punch, ribbon.

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Loving Prettie Wednesday

Guess what I"m doing this morning?? I'm FINALLY going to meet fellow Prettie Girl and San Jose resident Jackie P!!! I can't believe I've been living in San Jose for 6 months and we still haven't managed to meet up in person yet - shame on me! But today, we finally will! Guess I ought to bring my camera, huh? I suppose a Barista will be happy to take our photo! ;-)

On to this week's project. 2 weeks ago Jillian challenged us all to make a project that we love. We've changed things up a bit with our prettie challenge creations, and now some of them get sent to other prettie girls, some get sent to charities seeking cards, and others we get to keep for our own use. Since this was a week we get to keep for our own use, I decided to use this as an opportunity to get working on Julia's valentine.

I'll start off by telling you that my mom used to stay up all hours of the night before Valentine's day making valentines for myself, brother, sister and dad. She would use posterboard (like 11 by 14 or so sometimes!) and then cut things out of magazines and using construction paper and doilies etc. make these amazing Valentine's for us. They were truly works of heart...and I so wish I still had one of them today. Unfortunately, I wasn't as sentimental (or pack ratty) back then. But I do know how much I loved getting those Valentines.

Today, I have far more resources paper crafting wise than my mom had 30 or so years ago (OMG - 30! did I really say that?!?!) I started with this Colorbok (you'd think I would have figured out the keystroke for an oomlot by now but NOOooo, I'm too lazy!) heart shaped chipboard book from Mike's 1$ bins (I only bought 5 of them...wasn't I good?!) I covered it with paper from the Bella Rose collection (yup, still hooked on that paper!) sanding the edges and then sponging them with Bravo Burgundy ink. Next, I stamped flutter by Sophia onto some white cardstock and colored her in with my SU! markers. I stamped her again on the opposite side of the dsp used to cover the heart and paper pieced her dress. After coloring the flower and her jewelry with my Spica glitter pens, I cut her out and adhered her to the heart. Then, I stamped the word LOVE from an old retired SU! set, and hand wrote the rest to read "Things I LOVE about you!"

Now, on all the pages to follow I will include different things that I love about my little girl. I have managed to finish one of them, and it says "you make me smile" and includes a photo of me smiling. Now to finish the rest of the pages before Saturday...hmmm...I see a few late nights coming up myself!

Be sure to check out the amazing creations of the other Prettie Girls, and then go make something special for the people that YOU love!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flutter By by Paper Pretties , retired SU! sets
CS: Pure Luxury White, SU! Bella Rose DSP , Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Black, Bravo Burgundy, SU! markers
Acc: chipboard book, nesties, ribbon, spica glitter pens

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Prettie Challenged Monday

Happy Monday everyone! We had a good, but busy weekend. It seems there is never quite enough time to finish everything that needs to be finished...especially when one of us is always holding Jackson.

I did get some time to finish a card on Friday however - he napped for 30 minutes in the bed! WOOHOO!!! I wanted to use this great sketch by Danielle for this week's Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge (#38) Danielle comes up with these awesome challenges every week, and for those of you who want to play along from home, you can win a $5 gift certificate to the Prettie Boutique, how awesome is that??

For this card I used my favorite new set Flirty Phrases. I added a little shading to the box with my one gray copic marker, then left it. The designer paper is from the Bella Rose set from SU!, and I used that and some basic black cardstock to make the brads on the right. I love simple cards!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week...I'll be back on Wednesday for another Prettie Wednesday challenge (remember, Jillian challenged us all to make something we LOVE), and might even have something to post between now and then...who knows?!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flirty Fortunes by Paper Pretties
CS: Basic Black, Pure Luxury White, SU! Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Black, copic gray marker
Acc: build a brad

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Prettie Wednesday with Texture!

Here it is, Wednesday already. Boy the time goes quickly when you can't put a baby down...NOT! Ok, I'll admit it, I'm exhausted. Just trying to finish this card up and take photos was a trial. Jackson is very much a mama's boy...he does NOT want to be with Daddy in the evenings, just because that's when daddy happens to be around. Remember Dinosaurs? THIS is what poor Phil feels like (altho the episodes where the baby is hitting him with the frying pan while screaming NOT THE MAMA are probably more appropriate!

Ok...now that I got my little rant out...here's my Prettie Wednesday card. Danielle challenged us 2 weeks ago to add some texture to our card, and we couldn't use ribbon or primas. This was fun for me, since in Germany there are LOTS of different cut felt strips you can buy to decorate your table with. I purchased this strip of turquoise felt flowers for very little...and was excited to finally use it!
I used my Flutter By Sophia stamp since she goes so well with anything floral, and this favorite patterned paper of mine by SEI. I used GinaK's pure Luxury 120 pound paper for the base along wtih Tempting Turquoise and Pixie Pink for my colors. I colored Sohpia with my watercolor wonder crayons and aquapainter, then added some sparkle with my Spica Glitter pens. See that sparkle??I also stamped the inside of the card - and used the butterfly image from Rainy Day Friends since it matches so well...I even doodled the flight path! This card is going to Cards for a Cause, so I hope they'll like it.I hope you all have a wonderful day today...and I wish for you freedom to accomplish what you'd like, since I don't have much of that myself lately! (hmmm...maybe writing these posts at night after a long day isn't such a good idea!)

Ok...I feel like I need to include a cute photo of Jack I took earlier - if for no other reason than to show that he really is an adorable sweet little thing (all 15 pounds 14 ounces of him!)...and I'm just getting a little too tired! Recipe for the card is below Jack-Jack.Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flutter By and Rainy Day Friends by Paper Pretties
CS: Pure Luxury White, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, SEI Patterned Paper
Ink: Palette Noir
Acc: watercolor crayons, aquapainter , felt flower strip, nesties, spica glitter pens

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Dancing with sketches

I am really loving this newest Sophia Ballerina. She is just so soft and sweet!! You can get her in March by joining the Stamp of the Month Club this month...otherwise you'll have to wait until April 1st to order her!!

During Taylor's 52nd Cupcake Challenge week, there were several sketches that I loved and had to try, and this one was created by our own Prettie Girl, Jackie Pedro! I decided the soft colors from Basic Gray's Two Scoops papers would work perfectly, and got to work.

The card base is GinaK's Pure Luxury 120 lb. white. I cut Sophia and the scalloped piece underneath with Nesties, and the sentiment was punched with my oval punches. I colored Sophia in with my SU! markers (not too bad, huh?) and added some sparkle to her skirt with my Spica clear glitter pen. I also included some more of these awesome sparkling heart brads Jackie R. sent to me in the upper right corner. Having the sketch made this a relatively quick card...and one I am really liking! I hope you enjoy her too!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sophia Ballerina by Paper Pretties
CS: Pink Pirouette, pureluxury white, basic grey two scoops
Ink: Palette Noir, SU! markers
Acc: oval punches, ribbon, stickles, spica clear gitter pen, nesties, mm heart brads

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Prettie Wednesday...Prettie confusing!

Two weeks ago I challenged the Pretties to make a limited supply card...a 1 2 3 4 5 card you could say! What was I thinking??? So...here were the guidelines in case you forgot - Create a card or scrapbook page using the following items:

1 dry embossed piece (embossing folders and texture plates count!)
2 pieces of patterened paper
3 colors of solid cardstock (this includes any neutrals you use)
4 embellishments
5 layers

I started with Taylor's Cupcake sketch from this week (her 52nd!) and went from there. My dry embossed piece is the heart cuttlebugged pink pirouette layer. My 2 patterned papers are the stripes and burgundy piece, both from Basic Grey's Sugared collection. My 3 solids are whisper white, pink pirouette and always artichoke. My 4 embellishments are SU! button bouquet buttons, Making Memories glittery heart brads, pink pirouette striped ribbon and pink stickles. And from Sophia down to the base card is 5 layers. Phew!!! I think next time I'm picking a nice simple challenge!!!

In the meantime...you've still got time to order this Valentine Sophia and get your Valentine's made...so head on over to the store. Also, be sure to check out Tuesday's shopping day on the Paper Clip...Jodi has highlighted the Simple Special set this week...and it looks fabulous with those papers!

Have a very prettie Wednesday!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sending You Love by Paper Pretties
CS: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, basic grey sugared
Ink: Palette Noir
Acc: scallop edge punch, buttons, ribbon, stickles, nesties, prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, cuddlebug folder, mm heart brads

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What a Party, What a Night!

WOW! The forum was hoppin' last night...I couldn't keep up wtih Jackson in my lap for the first half, then having to sneak off and make/eat dinner then put Julia to bed for the 2nd half. But hey...it's almost 8am here and Jackson is still sleeping it off, so I can't complain! :-)

If you followed the blog hop, all the sneak peeks were revealed in the party forum last night, but if you missed it...here's mine! This little Sophia Ballerina is just so sweet. I truly love all the Sophias, and this is no exception. She is probably my 2nd favorite, after the Sophia in Snowflake Kisses - I just love snow angels!!!

Sophia is on some GinaK Pure Luxury White 80lb cardstock. I'm really liking this stuff...and I LOVE the 120 lb stuff!! She's colored in with SU! markers (gotta learn how to use Copics...then GET some!!) and cut out with my nesties. The scalloped piece is Pink Pirouette (perfect for our little ballerina!) as is the card base. The floral layer is from the Bella Rose DSP from SU!

I used WAY more accessories then I normally do on this card, but I wanted it to be "Fancy" (just like my sister, Nancy!) So I used 2 types of ribbon (May Arts polka dot organdy and SU! pink grosgrain) some flowers from the SU! pretties kit, and the metal bookplate from my silver hodgepodge hardware. Lastly, I used a tiny bit of stickles on the heart to give it a little shine.

This Sophia Ballerina is part of the Stamp of the Month club, and will be going out to all subscribers during the month of March! If you aren't a member, you'll have to wait until April 1st to order her...so bust a move and get on over there!!! Oh, and tell Christie I sent ya!!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sophia Ballerina by Paper Pretties
CS: Pure Luxury White, Pink Pirouette, SU! Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Black, SU markers
Acc: Grosgrain ribbon, may arts polka dot ribbon, HPH, stickles, pretties kit.

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Prettie Party TONIGHT!

So, let's bring in some food and settle in to chat! I LOVE this new set that you'll be able to buy starting this evening. The Prettie Party starts at 5pm Pacific Time, (8pm Eastern) in the 2nd Anniversary Party forum on the Paper Pretties site. We'll be chatting away about new stamps, showing full versions of the cute cards you've seen this week, and giving away LOTS of prizes - you really don't want to miss this!!

When I first got this set I was a little stumped, I'll admit. But then I saw what the other Pretties were doing with it and I was amazed! Such incredible creations...and so much fun! I was happy Jackson actually took a 1 1/2 hour nap on Friday allowing me to complete this card, inside and out!!

The images are all on GinaK's Pure Luxury 80 lb. white cardstock - and I must say I am loving the smoothness of it! I added some shading to the box with my grey copic marker, then colored the chopsticks with my SU! markers (creamy caramel, real red and basic black) before cutting them out. The box, black matting and red scalloped layer were all cut with my nesties (STILL so happy to have them finally) then I popped the chopsticks up on top. The designer paper is from the SU! Bella Rose DSP package, and the riding hood red layer was scalloped with my SU! scallop edge punch. The cute glittery heart brads are from my awesome Prettie Secret Santa, Jackie! Thanks Chica!! The card base is basic black. For a more detailed shot of the front, scroll all the way down!

Now, I have to say, I just LOVE this card...but look at the inside!! This set is SO much fun, and SO versatile! Such a perfect card for my dh for Valentine's day!!! Or, why wait? Maybe I should give it to him tonight before the online party as an incentive to let me chat longer! ;-) Think it will work??

There are several "fortunes" to choose from, as well as some other fun images you could put on the box, or use as backgrounds for your card. Trust me...I'm just getting started with this set, and I know you all would love it just as much as I do! You could even WIN this set for FREE at the party tonight...so be sure to come on over!

Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to chatting with you all tonight!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flirty Fortunes by Paper Pretties
CS: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Pure Luxury White, SU! Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Black, SU markers
Acc: Making Memories heart brads, nesties.

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Pretties Blog Hop Day 3

Hi everyone...and welcome to day 3 of the Paper Pretties 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. We're celebrating in true Prettie style and you won't want to miss out! Today is the final day of our 3 day hop, and tomorrow on the 25th at 5pm PST we'll all meet in the forum on the Paper Pretties web site to celebrate and find out who our grand prize winner is, as well as the winner of a few other goodies. We will be giving prizes away every 1/2 hour from 5-8 (8 to 11 for you Easterners, those in the middle can figure it out - you must be used to that!) Everyone who orders Sunday night will receive a free roll of American Craft ribbon.

Our hop this time requires a bit of work on your part. Paper Pretties is giving away a 6 month subscription to the Stamp of the Month Club. In order to win the prize, you'll need to collect all of the clues from the blog hop - 13 in all and submit your answer to Christie at christie@paperpretties.net. Answers must be in by 8am on the 25th to qualify.

Sound like fun?

As always we are releasing a new Sophia stamp for our March SOTM. Your job is to guess what this Sophia is doing. Ready to put on your thinking cap? If you're just starting, you can get the first clue from Day 1 on Christie's blog. If you're just joining for Day 3, you can start on Jodi's blog here, and if you've come from Jessica's blog...you're in the right place! :-)
My clue for you is an event my daughter will be participating in this coming June...a recital!

To get the finaly clue for today (and the 3 day hop) beebop on over to Charmaine's Oodabug Alley, then be sure to send your answer to Christie!

"See" you tomorrow night at the big party!!!

Pretties Party and Blog Hop

Happy Anniversary Paper Pretties! Today begins our celebration with a 3 day mystery blog hop for Paper Pretties' 2nd anniversary.

We're celebrating in true Prettie style and you won't want to miss out! On the 25th at 5pm PST we'll all meet in the forum on the Paper Pretties web site to celebrate and find out who our grand prize winner is, as well as the winner of a few other goodies.

We will be giving prizes away every 1/2 hour from 5-8. Everyone who orders that night will receive a free roll of American Craft ribbon. Our hop this time requires a bit of work on your part. Paper Pretties is giving away a 6 month subscription to the Stamp of the Month Club. In order to win the prize, you'll need to collect all of the clues from the blog hop - 13 in all and email your answer to Christie at Christie@paperpretties.net. Answers must be in by 8am on the 25th to qualify. Sound like fun?

I thought so! Let's get the party started! We are releasing a new Sophia stamp for our March SOTM. Your job is to guess what this Sophia is doing. Ready to put on your thinking cap? For your first clue and the kick off to the whole shebang head on over to Christie's blog and get going!

Prettie Pastel Wednesday

All the Prettie Girls were complaining about this week's challenge of having to use pastels to color their images. I have to admit, I wasn't even sure I had brought my pastels back from Germany...so I had to dig under lots of things to find them. I'm not sure if my application is cheating, since I actually did poppin' pastels with them...but that was all I could muster one-handed this morning.

I used the wonderful Sealed with a Kiss set, which I just love and which is being re-released in RUBBAH this weekend, paired with Julee's Monday Mojo sketch #70. I stamped the fun hearts image all over my white card base with pink pirouette ink to give it a subtle pattern, then I stamped the bunch of roses with my versamark ink. Using the applicators, I applied some Rose Red pastel to the roses, and some mellow moss to the leaves and stems. I finished with some so saffron to the baby's breath. I then punched it out with my 1 1/4" punch and layered it on a scalloped Rose Red square.

The patterned paper is from a retired SU! Holiday Happenings hostess bundle and is covered in XOXO's. The scalloped circle was cut with my Nesties (LOVE em!) and I adde the sparkles from a Heidi Swapp circle frames bling set. I used the 1 1/4" pink pirouette grosgrain ribbon and stamped the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment that comes in the SWAK set. A fairly simple card...but pretty good for having only one free hand most of the morning, don't ya think?

There's lots of excitement in the Prettie world as we're getting ready to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. WOOHOO Christie!!! Be sure to join us for all the fun. Our blog hop will begin on Christie's blog on January 22nd and will span 3 whole days, culminating in our party in the forum on the 25th starting at 8pm EST (5pm for us Westerners!)

There's a contest to go with this fun blog hop, and the winner will get a 6 month subscription to the Paper Pretties Stamp of the Month club!! WOW!!! At the party we'll also have prizes every 1/2 hour, but you have to be there to win...so be sure to come on over!

Have a wonderful hump day everyone!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sealed With A Kiss by Paper Pretties
CS: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Rose Red, SU! retired DSP
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Versamark
Acc: SU Stampin' Pastels, scalloped square punch, 1 1/4" square punch, Heidi Grace bling, 1 1/4" grosgrain, nesties.

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Prettie Friday, Pretty late!

Ok...I have no excuse other than a screaming baby for being so late. I think I'll have to switch days with someone. In the meantime...I did get a chance to stamp this little cutie on Wednesday (of course, couldn't take the photos until Friday morning...then never got a chance to type until today!)

I used Danielle's Pretties Weekly Challenge #34 sketch for the layout, along with Flutter By Sophia. If you haven't checked them out yet, Danielle does an awesome challenge every week! This week's challenge involves making a box with either Sweets for the Sweet or Made with Love. You can even win a prize for playing along!

Back to the card, I used some fun flowered patterned paper to paper piece Sophia's dress, as well as for the circular back. The pink is pink Pirouette (with matching ribbon) and the base of the card is Certainly Celery. I colored Sophia with prismacolor pencils, and the flower and her jewelry were colored with Spica glitter pens. Oh...and notice the lovely large scalloped circle?? I finally got me some Nesties!! :-) Oh...and I'm sending this card along for Jen Del Muro's blog tart contest to Texas...click through to her blog for more info on how you could win lots of stamping goodness!!

I also have to say a huge THANK YOU to all the prettie girls! They sent me the most amazing box of goodies!!! I'll post photos of some of the handstamped items throughout the coming week or 2, but here's a photo of the entire contents. Don't you all wish you were me?? One of the best things about it was they each made me a 2 page spread for a 6 by 6 album...I mean what a lucky little guy Jack is to have his first baby album completed by some of the most talented stampers out there?? I just love it!!!

I hope you all have a very Prettie Week...oh...and we have some fun coming up for you this week, so stay tuned, and be sure to watch ALL the Prettie Blogs - you could win something HUGE!!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Flutter By by Paper Pretties
CS: Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery Whisper White, PP ?
Ink: Palette Noir
Acc: prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, oms, grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder, nesties.

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Prettie Wednesday...and some MFT fun!

So today is Prettie Wednesday, and everyone is posting their CASE from the Prettie Gallery. I had not officially started playing yet when Julie issued that great challenge. I do need to be working on my pastel card for Charmaine's challenge to us all last week...guess I better make sure I still HAVE pastels!!! This week, it's MY turn to issue the challenge. I love the Limited Supply Challenges on SCS because I think it's fun to have to use certain tools, etc...so here's my challenge to you (should you choose to accept it!) Create a card or scrapbook page using the following items:

1 dry embossed piece (embossing folders and texture plates count!)
2 pieces of patterened paper
3 colors of solid cardstock (this includes any neutrals you use)
4 embellishments
5 layers

So, the dry embossed piece must be one of your patterned papers or your 3 colors. And, at no point should there by more than 4 layers under a top piece of cardstock. However, if you have your base card with a second layer on that...you may have multiple small pieces each with 2 layers under them...right? Oh...and you may use as many tools as you like. Guess this isn't so much limited as just very specific!

On to my creative share. Last week was the birthday of a very close friend of Julia. When I bought the Isabelle set from MFT it was specifically to make paper dolls for Julia and her friends. So, the first set I made was for her friend, Izabella!

I bought about 8 DVD tins from GinaK to have on hand to make these, got a package of magnetic sheet paper for your inkjet from the office supply store, and went to work. The best part was how thrilled Julia's friend was with her set of dolls...and the complete look of amazement on her face when Julia casually mentioned that I had made it. The only downside was that I still had not finished Julia's, so she was quite jealous that her friend got one before she did!! I'm still trying to get her's completed...but she's finished all the coloring, I just have a to finish decorating the front and cutting a few more things out.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Card Class anyone?

Here are some cards that my friend Michelle and I created for our upcoming Valentine/Birthday card class on January 25th from 1-4pm. We got inspiration for these from a few different blogs (most notably Stamp Your Heart Out and iStamp) as well as our own little minds! If you'd like to attend this class, please send me an email (using the link to the side) and I'll reserve your spot!

All the cards to the right use new stamps from the Spring/Summer 2009 SU! catalog. Several are hostess sets available only to folks who host a workshop...so if you'd like to earn stamps for free contact me (or your local Stampin' Up! Demonstrator) and I can hook you up! :-)

Starting at the top left the sets used are: Hand Drawn Bundle, Love You Much. Center is Game Night with matching DSP and in the front on the left is A Little Somethin' and right is Goody Goody Gumdrops. I'll show some close ups of a few of these cards over the next week.

Enjoy, and have a wonderful day!

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OMG - New Catalog is HERE!!!

I can't believe how much I love the new catalog. I am going to be completely broke!!! I truly think this is the best catalog since I started stamping in January of 2002!!!

Ok...back to my wish list. I'll be back later today with some eye candy...I promise!

Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail

Ok...so I'm only 2 days late! Here's my Prettie Friday post on Sunday. The card was done, but when I went to edit the images they were totally blurry. Then, it took me a while to figure out my camera's macro mode was on some weird setting so it wouldn't focus properly...but now I have good photos for you all!

This adorable Sophia is the February Stamp of the Month (SOTM). If you want to get her during the month BEFORE she's released to the general public, you need to join the SOTM club - and then you get a beautiful new Sophia delivered to your door every month before anyone else gets her! Isn't that cool??? It's almost like being on a design team. :-)

I used last week's Our Creative Corner sketch for the layout of my card - and I swear I did this even before seeing that my teammate Frances had done the same!! Guess great minds and all that.

I used some retired SU! Berry Bliss designer paper along with my old favorite Purely Pomegranate (amazing how pomegranates are the new IN fruit, huh?? That must have happened while I was in Europe!) I colored Sophia with my prismacolor pencils, which are fun to use again after such a long time without. I put the sentiment in some Hodge Podge Hardware and added a flower from the pretties kit along with my gingham ribbon. Overall it was a very simple card, but lots of fun to create.

So, while editing this photo I got a few others done, so I'll have more to post in the coming few days, don't worry. The only trick now is finding time when I have 2 available hands for typing because I'm just too verbose to type up a post one-handed!!

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Bunny Hop Sophia by Paper Pretties
CS: Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black, Whisper White, Berry Bliss DSP
Ink: Palette Noir
Acc: scallop edge punch, designer label punch, gingham ribbon, pretties kit flower, styled silver hodge podge hardware, prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, oms.

TFL!

Sophia's got Mojo!

Sorry again for the long silence, I've been meaning to post all week! I actually have been stamping, and so want to share some fun stuff I've made.

First up is this adorable Sophia card. I used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch along with the newly released Sending You Love Sophia. Isn't she adorable?? I stamped her with Palette Noir ink on whisper white cardstock, and colored her with my prismacolor pencils. I've missed those! The DSP is some I got from the Pretties Boutique last year...can't remember who makes it but thinking Bo Bunny? The ribbon I got just a few weeks ago (part of Christie's clearance sale!) and the buttons are SU! neutrals buttons. I punched the heart from Pink Pirouette paper using the new 3 heart punch.

I really just love this new stamp, and am sorry I haven't shared her with you before now! I"ll be back to Prettie Wednesdays after next week with Charmaine's challenge to use Pastels. Gotta dig through and see if I still have any!! Oh...and be sure to check out Jules' Jewels - case a card from the Prettie Gallery and you could win Cuddle Me Sophia!! (maybe I should try to win since I lost mine somewhere between Germany and California!)

Supplies: (all supplies from SU! unless noted)
Stamps: Sending You Love by Paper Pretties
CS: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, DSP
Ink: Palette Noir, Chocoloate Chip
Acc: heart punch, scallop edge punch, oval punch, gingham ribbon, stitched velvet ribbon, buttons.

TFL!