Paper Pretties Whatnots Release!!

Introducing Betty!!

How cute is she mixing up a batch of loveliness! This is one of the latest digital images that Artish has created for Paper Pretties, and just in time for Valentine's Day!

I colored the image with copics and cut the cake out of the rectangle to make that cake stand out (I've been watching carbs so even that paper cake looks delish!!). I used some super cute paper from Little Yellow Bicycle that went perfectly with this image. I added the embossed red half circle to give the card a bit of an apron feel. I thought her expression said it all, so no sentiment, but a pretty double bow and some brads were all this card needed. Stop by Paper Pretties to see the other delicious images this week and check out the creations from my super talented team mates!!

TFL and have a great day!!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Betty

Paper - Bazill red, brown, cream; Little Yellow Bicycle Savor dsp

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF, brads, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Recipe for Love

This is my second post for today so if you are looking for the Paper Pretties birthday blog hop, please scroll down below this post. Thanks!!

Here is a card I made for the My Favorite Things February Guest Designer challenge called Recipe for Love. The challenge was to make a card with one patterned paper, 2 cardstock colors and 3 embellishments, all to a Valentine's theme.

For my card I chose this Pure Innocence image holding a cupcake. She is so sweet. I paper pieced her dress with the sparkly polka dot paper (my only patterned paper here) and colored the rest with copics. I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop (SSS93) as my design. For the two cardstocks, I chose pink and red of course. I embossed the pink and the red cardstock with Swiss Dots. Everything is up on dimensionals so this card is not one for the postal service!!For my embellishments I used a grosgrain bow, a button and some white brads (I didn't count the twine since I used the ribbon too.). The sentiment is from a different MFT set, but fit with the image, theme and layout.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:
Stamps - MFT Hello Cupcake; MFT What's Up Cupcake
Paper - Bazill pink, red, Taylored Expression white; Doodlebug designs dsp
Ink - Memento black; Stampin Up Red Riding Hood
Accessories - Grosgrain ribbon, twine, button, copics, brads, Cuttlebug EF, dimensionals

Happy Birthday Amber Hillman!

We are celebrating a Paper Pretties birthday today, for the very talented Amber Hillman, and in true Paper Pretties fashion, we are hosting a Birthday Blog Hop for Amber!! Hopefully you found your way here from Katie's blog. If not, start back at the Paper Pretties blog to see all of the wonderful creations.

For Amber's card, I chose this super sweet fairy digital image - I just love the eyes. I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest of the image with copics. I sponged some light purple around the edges to soften the white. The same was done to the sentiment. The card design follows the sketch challenge at Splitcoast this past week. I embossed the light purple with Swirls and Birds, and used this same embossing folder on the background polka dot paper. The horizontal panel matches the dresses.

Thanks for stopping by today. The next stop on the birthday hop is Lisa!!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties digital; Paper Pretties sentiment

Ink - Stampin Up Almost Amethyst

Paper - Bazill purples, white; Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, organza ribbon, button, sponge

Inspiration Challenge

Here is my card for the inspiration challenge (IC269) at Splitcoast, which was a collection of room designs from an amazing designer. I was inspired by the pinks and yellows of the room, the stripes and the florals.

I chose this flower from the Bloom set from There She Goes (one of my favs) and colored the flower with copics to match the paper. I sponged some Memento Cantaloupe around the edges (love that look!). I embossed the horizontal panel with swirls and added a ribbon and scallop border. The sentiment is softened with the yellow as well. I added a simple bow at the top to fill in the corner.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Bloom; Stampin Up sentiment

Paper - SU Purely Pomegranate, So Saffron; Basic Grey dsp

Ink - Memento Black, Cantaloupe; SU Purely Pomegranate

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, Spellbinders Nestibilities; sponge, grograin ribbon, scallop border punch, dimensionals

MFTWSC4 Happy Birthday Maria

Here is a card I made for a very good friend, who happens to be a big fan of yoga. She has tried to get me into it, and I admit I was a critic, but it is a great exercise! I am a runner so I had a hard time believing you could work up a sweat doing poses on a mat - I was sooo wrong!

Anyway, back to the card! I made it for the MFT sketch challenge #4, which is called for the use of their new dies, which are must-haves! I don't have them but improvised. This image is a rectangular format, so I cut out the border around it and put it on a circle nestie. Before doing so, I paper pieced the shirt and colored the rest with copics. Since I don't have the die for the circle border, I used a bigger nestie, cutting out a piece of coordinating paper. The background is the same paper used for the shirt, only embossed with distressed stripes to match the white circle, for kind of a nature feel. The rest of the card was a bow to match the sketch and a sentiment. This will be a birthday card, but I thought this sentiment worked!

Supplies used:

Stamps - MFT Namaste

Paper - Stampin Up Purely Pomegranate; Bazill coral, white; Stampin Up dsp

Ink - SU Purely Pomegranate; Memento Black

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Nestibilities; Cuttlebug, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Here is a card I made for the Sweet Stop sketch challenge this week. I inked up this image from There She Goes (Wonderful Winter Wishes), which is so adorable. My one year old had her first real winter in the snow this year and really enjoyed playing in it. This reminded me of her!!

I colored the image with copics and sponged some light tan around the edges. This smaller image worked perfect for the sketch. The sentiment; however, was not as cooperative! (but I just love it!) I embossed the background pink with swirls to match this pink heart dsp. There is a pink grosgrain ribbon with a pink gingham layered over it. Underneath the ribbon is a scallop border to match the sketch. Three brads along the image were the final parts of the sketch and of my card!
TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Wonderful Winter Wishes

Paper - Bazill pink, browns; Taylored Expressions white; Basic Grey dsp

Ink - Memento black, brown

Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, brads, sponge, Cuttlebug EF, gingham ribbon, scallop border punch

Chinese New Year

My Mom has a good friend who celebrates Chinese New Year and she always has trouble finding a card in the store. So for the past few years, I have made one for her and was so happy to find this digital image at Paper Pretties. Isn't Sophia just beautiful in this outfit??

Wednesdays are Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge day and this week the challenge (PWC 138) is to use sewing on a card. I love the way sewing looks on a card and it does take a bit more time but so worth the effort. (My sewing machine is now part of my stamping room!!) I colored the image with copics. I chose two different papers to go with the colors of the outfit and followed the SFYTT sketch for January. The background coral is embossed with Swiss Dots. I sewed around the edges of all four elements and then put the card together according to the sketch. I added a double ribbon treatment. I didn't have a Happy New Year sentiment so I added a circle of more dsp to follow the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and head over to Paper Pretties to join the challenge too!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties digital Fantastic Sophia

Paper - Stampin Up River Rock, Bravo Burgundy; Bazill coral, white; SU dsp

Accessories - Copics, sewing machine, scallop circle punch, circle punch, grosgrain ribbons, Cuttlebug EF

Color Challenge

Here is a quick card I was able to make for the color challenge (CC307) over at Splitcoast, to use Soft Suede, Red Riding Hood and Elegant Eggplant.

I chose this cute image from There She Goes - Wonderful Winter Wishes, and colored it with copics to match the challenge colors. I embossed some suede colored paper in the background with snowflakes. I added a grosgrain bow and a button tied with twine as embellishments. The image and sentiment are popped up on dimensionals.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Wonderful Winter Wishes

Paper - Bazill tan, red; Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant; Taylored Expressions white; Cosmo Cricket Winter Mittens dsp

Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, Cuttlebug EF, button, twine, dimensionals

MFT Sketch Challenge

Here is my card for the weekly sketch challenge at My Favorite Things (MFTWSC3). I have long been a fan of these Pure Innocence girls and this cupcake image is no exception!

I paper pieced her dress with polka dots to match the background paper, which is embossed with swirls. The rest of the image, including the delicious cupcake, is colored with copics. To follow the sketch, I added some flowers (MFT used a snowflake) punched out of the same dsp, layered them and added them to the top left corner of the image with a brad. The plaid background is embossed with swirls as well. I added a ribbon to each panel, including a bow with the top one. Finally, the sentiment is sponged with pink and I place it at the bottom of the image instead of the top because the cupcake got in the way!!

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - MFT Pure Innocence Hello Cupcake

Paper - Bazill pink, white; Echo Park Little Girl

Ink - Stampin Up Purely Pomegranate, Memento Pink

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, grosgrain ribbon, brad, Taylored Expressions Friendship Bloom dies, dimensionals, sponge

Happy Birthday Jessica Fick!!

Happy Monday and a very Happy Birthday to Jessica Fick! She is a Prettie Girl and we are celebrating at Paper Pretties with a Birthday blog hop to honor her. For the festivities and also to mark another great Paper Pretties Whatnots release, I chose this adorable and luxorious cat, PuRRRty Girl for Jessica's card. Isn't that cat too much! I colored the image with copics and chose some girly touches for this card, including the floral papers and the prima flowers. For the flowers I used a prima on top and cut two additional flowers out of the same designer paper using dies. All of the panels are framed in white for a crisp look.

Before you continue on the blog hop, check out this too cool bear - Pauly the Guitarist, another fabulous release from Paper Pretties Whatnots. I am always looking for masculine images and this is a perfect one for that. I colored Pauly with copics to match this peace sign designer paper left over from my daughter peace sign phase (Lucky me!) and matched that with the blues. I added a sentiment to the horizontal panel along with a double ribbon treatment.

Next stop on the Birthday Blog Hop is Lisa. If you didn't reach me from Katie's blog, start at the beginning with Jackie! Have fun!! And Happy Birthday to Jessica!!

Supplies Used:

PuRRRty Girl

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnot PuRRRty Girl; Paper Pretties sentiment

Paper - Bazill corals, white; Stampin Up dsp

Ink - Stampin Up Groovy Guava

Accessories - Copics, primas, brads, Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms dies, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Pauly the Guitarist

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Pauly the Guitarist, Sentiment by CC Designs Olivia's Birdies

Paper- Bazill blues, white; Reminisce Peaceful dsp

Ink - Stampin Up Baja Breeze

My First Easter card!!

Not that I make that many of them! However, I wanted to play along with the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS today (FS207), featuring Emily this week. I chose a card of Emily's that was clean and simple and had an image from Pink Cat Studio cut out.

For my card, I printed the Easter Lily image from Pink Cat Studio and followed Emily's idea of cutting it out. If you are not aware, I have difficulty with the whole Clean and Simple design. I love the look of it and I did try to accomplish that, but as you can see from the card, I strayed a bit!! I used the new Little Girl paper from Echo Park (sooo cute) for my background and added a horizontal ribbon panel on top. I embossed the white of this panel with distressed stripes. All of this because I wanted to added this beautiful gingham ribbon. The bottom of this panel has a scallop border. Finally the sentiment is from Paper Pretties and is punched out with Labels Nestibilities, with a pink background. I sponged the sentiment with pink as well.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Pink Cat Studio Easter Lily; Paper Pretties sentiment
Paper - Bazill pink, white; Echo Park Little Girl Jody's Stripe
Ink - Memento Pink
Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, Spellbinder Nestibilities, scallop border punch, gingham ribbon, sponge

IC268 - Inpsired by Barbie !!!!

Growing up I was not a Barbie girl, though my mother did try. She also tried ballet and tutus with me and that didn't work out either! My daughters, however, have somehow inherited the gene and cannot get enough Barbie. It's an inside day today due to the cold weather, so they are already fussing with the dream townhouse!

Anyway the inspiration challenge at SCS today is to make a card inspired by Barbie. I love the yellows and plaid of this doll, All That Jazz, and came up with this card. I also needed a baby card for a shower - how perfect!!

I used Papertrey's Bitty Blessings for my card today, choosing a favorite method of mine - paper piecing. I embossed the carriage piece to match the background panel. The rest of the card is all scallops in greens. Hoping to get some more time stamping today while the girls are in Barbie world!

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:


Stamps - Papertrey Ink Bitty Blessings
Paper - Bazill yellow, green, white; Echo Park dsp
Ink - Memento black; Stampin Up Certainly Celery

Accessories - Copics, satin ribbon, scallop border punch, dimensionals, Spellbinders Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF

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SSSC100 Wrapped in Joy!

Here is my card for this past Sunday's Sweet Sunday sketch challenge (SSSC100). I borrowed this adorable set from my good friend Jodi and couldn't wait to ink it up!

I have been on a bit of a paper piecing kick this week but it is such a nice accent to a card. This time I paper pieced the dress with the same polka dot paper used in the background circle. A plaid purple is the perfect background. Actually this card is totally purple, a color I do not use that often, but I love how this all went together. The color choice was because of the Winter Mitten paper that I just got my hands on (thanks again Jodi!!). The rest of the image was colored with copics.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Wrapped in Joy

Paper - Bazill purples; Taylored Expressions white; Cosmo Cricket Winter Mittens

Ink - Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant

Accessories - Copics, satin ribbon, scallop border punch, Spellbinders Nestibilities, dimensionals

PWC 137 Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge

I know it's Thursday, but it's not too late to take part in the weekly challenge held at Paper Pretties every Wednesday! This week the challenge is to use paper piecing (PWC137), which is a technique I use frequently!

For this challenge, I chose one of Julia's digital images which was perfect for this technique. I paper pieced that main part of the dinosaur with the polka dot paper and colored the rest of this adorable dinosaur with copics and cut the image out with a circle Nestibilities. The backside of this polka dot paper is the plaid, which worked perfectly with this design. I embossed the background with Circles and added a Happy Birthday sentiment with a masculine bow.

Thanks for stopping by and challenge yourself with this technique too! Enter the challenge at Paper Pretties to win a prize!!

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Dino Digital, Paper Pretties sentiment

Ink - Stamping Up Wild Wasabi

Paper - SU Night of Navy, Lt. Blue; white; Echo Park Rad Plaid

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Feel Better

Here is a card I made for yesterday's sketch challenge at SCS (SC316). I chose this image from MFT Pure Innocence - My Umbrella - isn't she so sweet?!

I colored her with copics and paper pieced the umbrella to match the horizontal panel. I added an embossed square of pink to match the sketch. Finally, I finished the card with a grosgrain bow and some brads to match.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - MFT Pure Innocence My Umbrella

Paper - Stampin Up Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, pink; white; Girls Paperie dsp

Ink - Memento Black; SU Purely Pomegranate

Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, brads, dimensionals

Taylored Expressions January Blog Hop!!

Welcome to my stop on the Taylored Expressions blog hop. I am so thrilled to be part of the festivities today!

For my card I chose to use Taylor's Berries and Cherries set to go with the "Love" theme this month. I also chose to use the wonderful sketch by Sankari Wegman, though I switched the position of the vertical panel. For the main image, I used a carton a strawberries and colored it with copics. I chose a perfectly coordinating designer paper from Cosmo Cricket and used reds and greens throughout the card. The red background is embossed with Swiss Dots. I used a scallop border punch for the horizontal panel and tied that up with some bakers twine. The sentiment and main panel have the green scallops as well. Some white brads are the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Berries and Cherries
Ink - Stampin Up Red Riding Hood
Paper - Bazill green, red, white; Cosmo Cricket dsp
Accessories - Copics, scallop border punch, scallop circle punch, circle punches; brads, bakers twine, scallop scissors, dimensionals, Cuttlebug EF

Delightful Birthday

Here is my card for the color challenge at Lori Boyd designs (BLDC-1), their first challenge. I chose this adorable Lollipop Ella for my image. These images all remind me of my little girls - so sweet. The challenge was to use these colors here:

I colored the main image with the pinks and greens of the challenge and picked up the blue in the designer paper, sponging and the ribbon. I cut out the image using a scallop oval Nestibilities and sponged some blue around the edges. The circle panel is Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday - Sunday paper, which combined the colors perfectly. The striped panel is the back side of this same paper and I added a double ribbon and sentiment to this panel. The pink background is embossed with Swiss dots. A few brads at the top were the finishing touches. TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Lori Boyd Lollipop Ella; There She Goes Wrapped in Joy

Paper - Stampin Up Old Olive, Bazill pinks; Taylored Expressions white; Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Sunday

Ink - SU Old Olive; Memento blue

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, Spellbinders Nestibilities, grosgrain ribbons, brads, dimensionals

Who Loves You?

Before I get started on the card, how do you like the new blog design? I have been looking for a design with shamrocks and stumbled upon this cute design.

Now about the card :). I chose this cute image from Paper Pretties digital stamps "Owl Always Love You" to make a card for the weekly sketch (SSS91) at The Sweet Stop. This sketch had a spin to use dry embossing, which is not a problem for me! My challenge would be to make a card without it!!

I colored the owl with copics, cut it out and popped it up with dimensionals. I went with the browns and reds to match the image. This image did not really call for a sentiment but the sketch did so I added a lovely thought! TFL and check back tomorrow for the Taylored Expression blog hop!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Digital image; Stampin Up Love Ya Bunches

Paper - Bazill browns; white; SU dsp

Ink - SU Red Riding Hood

Accessories - Copics, twill ribbon, dimensionals, Cuttlebug EF, scallop circle punch, circle punch

Thankful for You

Kids home from school and super cold here so we're all hanging out in my stamping room! Here is a card I was able to make today for the Clean and Simple challenge at SCS, to be inspired by Cindy's lovely card.

Clean and simple is not my usual but I love how they look and they are a fresh change from my usual. I used Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms stamps and coordinating dies to make the flowers and for the sentiment. I used dimensionals to pop them up on the back panel of dsp, cut out using a Nestibility. I added a grosgrain ribbon across this flower panel to match the inspiration. The top satin bow was inspired by Cindy's design as well!

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms
Ink - SU Certainly Celery
Paper - Bazill pink, white; Girls Paperie dsp
Accessories - TE Friendship Blooms dies, grosgrain and satin ribbons, dimensionals, Spellbinders Nestibilities

It's Monday - Paper Pretties Whatnots Digital Release!!

Happy Monday once again and time for another amazing release from Paper Pretties! I have two cards for you again this week, one of the adorable George Luge Puppy and cute little Romeo cutting out his valentines!

This first card features George riding his sled down the hill and so reminds me of my 4 year old this past week when we went sledding. I colored him with copics and went with the bright blues for his sled. I picked a bright background paper to bring out these blues. The horizontal panel is embossed with circles and finished with a bow. I used a sentiment from a Cooper stamp that went perfectly with this image.

This second card features the ever so cute Romeo hard at work. I colored him with copics and cut the image out with a Nestibility. I sponged some light pink around the edge and then used a larger red circle as a background for this panel. I found some sweet paper to match this image and to keep with the valentine theme. I finished this panel with a grosgrain ribbon, button and twine. Finally, I added a background panel of kraft.

Thanks for looking! Check out the other wonderful creations from the Paper Pretties digital team on my sidebar!

Supplies used:

George Luge -

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnot; Paper Pretties Look Out World

Paper - Bazill blue; SU Pacific Point; Taylored Expressions White; Cosmo Cricket Snorkel;

Ink - SU Pacific Point

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, brads, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Romeo -

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnot; Paper Pretties sentiment

Paper - Bazill pink, red, kraft; Taylored Expressions white; Cosmo Cricket Girl Monday;

Ink - SU Red Riding Hood

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, Spellbinders Nestibilities; grograin ribbon, button, twine

Being Cute

Here is a card I made for the Wednesday sketch challenge at My Favorite Things (MFTWSC2). This is probably one of my favorite images from the Pure Innocence line. I colored her with copics and cut the flowers slightly out of the shape to fit the sketch. I also sponged the edges with some yellow to soften the look. The background panels are all about polka dots and red! I sewed around the edges of both of these panels. Finally, I used my Nestibilities to cut out two circles, embossed the top one and cut them in half to fit the sketch. Some brads and ribbon accents were the finishing touches. I also added a sentiment from another set, just in case this card didn't have enough going on!!

TFL and have a great day! Please come back tomorrow for the latest Paper Pretties Whatnot release!

Supplies used:
Stamps - MFT Pure Innocence
Paper - Bazill red, yellow; Taylored Expressions white; Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Farmers Market and Cherry Pie
Accessories - Copics, sewing machine, cuttlebug EF, Spellbinder Nestibilites, brads, grosgrain ribbon, sponge, dimensionals.

Hugs and Free Digital Images!!!!

Here is a card I made for the Ways to Use It challenge (WT305) at Splitcoast today, which was to use butterflies. I chose this super cute digital image from Paper Pretties and picked a background paper that was full of butterflies!!

I colored the image using copics to match the coral color of the background papers. Isn't her face so sweet?

I embossed both background paper (papers are from Cosmo Cricket - Pixie Licious) with swirls. I added a Hugs sentiment to cheer up the recipient of this card!

A polka dot grosgrain ribbon and some brads up top are the finishing touches.

Grab this adorable image over at Paper Pretties store.

If you would like some free digital images, register to be a member of the Paper Pretties Forum (it's free!!) and click on the forum for "Freebies and Specials".

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Digital stamp

Paper - Bazill Dark and light coral, white, Cosmo Cricket PixieLicious

Ink - Memento Black, SU Groovy Guava

Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, brads, scallop circle punch, circle punches

Baby Blessings

Here is my card for this week's featured stamper challenge at SCS (FS 205), which was Julie. Her cards are beautiful, often with layers of white with lots of embossing and sponging. That is what I tried to capture here with my Baptism card. I stamped a cross is a light pink and used the same pink to sponge around the edges of the scallop oval. I then used a darker pink for the sentiment. The background panel and the ribbon panel are embossed with swirls. I accented with pink accessories to tie it all together, softly.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Stampendous cross; PTI Bitty Blessing sentiment

Ink - SU Pink Pirouette, Purely Pomegranate

Paper - White, pink

Accessories - Cuttlebug EF, Spellbinders Nestibilities, scallop border punch, grosgrain ribbons, brads

Paper Pretties Whatnots Release!!

Happy Monday! Time to celebrate another awesome release from Paper Pretties Whatnots - digital images offered by Paper Pretties. This week features the release of two whimsical images from Artish - Grace and Crunch and Cincinnati Flying Piggy. I chose to showcase the flying piggy on my card shown here.
I colored the main image using copics and cut it out using Spellbinders Nestibilities. The background panel is embossed using distressed stripes. I was more than happy to use my new scallop border punch (you'll be seeing that alot!!) for the ribbon panel. This was a fun image to color and his big smile is too cute!!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Cinncinnati Flying Piggy

Paper - Bazill coral, white; PTI Everyday Blessings

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinder Nestibilities; grosgrain ribbon, scallop border punch, Cuttlebug EF, brads

Since Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, I thought I would add this card in with my post to feature this Lil' Stinker. How cute is he! My baby is my Lil' Stinker so this card is for her :). I colored the main image using copics to match some Basic Grey paper in the background. The red panel is embossed with swirls. I added a gingham ribbon with a red accent to finish the card. Check out this stinkincute image (if I may!) and others at Paper Pretties!

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Lil' Stinker

Paper - Bazill red, black, turquoise, white; Basic Grey Urban Prarie

Accessories - Cuttlebug EF, gingham ribbon, grosgrain ribbon, copics

Here's to You!

My girls invaded my stamping room yesterday so I couldn't get near my stamping table! After they went to bed I was able to make this sweet card for the sketch challenge at My Favorite Things, MFTWSC1. I chose this so cute Pure Innocence image, An Apple for You and colored it with copics. I chose the colors to match this paper from My Mind's Eye and I used the red of the apple to add pops of red throughout the card. The sentiment and main image are popped up on dimensionals.

TFL and have a great day!!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Pure Innocence An Apple for You

Paper - Bazill turquoise, pink, red; white; My Mind's Eye Be Loved

Ink - Memento Black; SU Red Riding Hood

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Nesties, Scallop border punch, grosgrain ribbon

Gliding By

Here is my card for the Wednesday Challenge over at Paper Pretties, which is a sketch challenge this week (my favorite!) PWC135. I used an old favorite of mine, Gliding By. We are big fans of ice skating here - my older girls just got their first pair of skates from Santa and my four year old just had her first successful ice skating lesson (with Mommy!) this past weekend. So fun.

Anyway, I colored Sophia using copics in blues and browns to match the designer paper. I modified the bottom element a bit to fit the sentiment. I love how the browns and blues work together on this card with a pop of red. I embossed the ovals and sponged the inside of it with light blue. The blue vertical panel behind the image is embossed with snowflakes.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Gliding By

Paper - Bazill blue, brown, red, white; Echo Park Wintertime

Ink - Memento Black; Baja blue

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinder Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF, twill ribbon, sponge, dimensionals

Drakein the Dragon!!

Thanks for stopping by today. I made a card for the sketch challenge over at SCS and was very excited to use this new digital release from Paper Pretties, Drakein the Dragon. How funny is he. His expression is really cute, almost as if he doesn't notice the flames! Anyway I colored him with copics added a sentiment of my own to his sign. I flipped the sketch on its side to accommodate the size of the dragon, and even had to cut his feet and flames out to fit the sketch. Kind of out of the box! I popped up the yellow panel and the image panel on dimensionals. Even got to use my new border punch.

Sure will make a cute birthday card for my nephew!!

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Drakein the Dragon

Paper - Bazill Green, red; Taylored Expressions White; Echo Park dsp

Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, Fiskars border punch, brads, dimensionals

Clean and Simple today!!

Clean and simple is definitely my goal today as I try to clean up my house from the holiday break!

Here is my card for the Clean and Simple challenge today, to make a CAS card using the Kiss technique. I inked up the flowers in a light pink ink and then took a smaller flower stamp, inked it in a darker pink and then stamped the smaller stamp onto the light pink before I stamped the final image. I then used my very cool die cuts to pop out the flower shape. The center of the flower is stamped in green and popped out on top.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms; SU Girlfriend

Ink - SU Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate, Pink Pirouette

Paper - Bazill Pink, green, white

Accessories - Taylored Expression Friendship Blooms dies, grograin ribbon, dimensionals

Paper Pretties New Release

It's Monday and that means there's a new release of Whatnots digitals over at Paper Pretties. This week features three new images - the Berisova Ballerina, Drakein the Dragon and Gelasius Giraffe. The giraffe is a freebie over at Paper Pretties to celebrate the first official post of the new Digital Design Team! He's free for a week so hurry over to Paper Pretties to add him to your collection!

I chose the very whimsical Berisova Ballerina as my image for today's card. Too cute!! I colored the image with copics and paired it with some pink and green designer paper. I embossed the background with Swiss dots. Some Stickles add a little sparkle to the trim of the tutu and the collar. A final bow of pink gingham finishes the card.

TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Paper Pretties Whatnots Berisova Ballerina

Ink - Memento Pink

Paper - Bazill Pinks, white, SU dsp

Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, Gingham ribbon, Spellbinders Nestibilities

Paper Pretties Celebration!!

How cute is this giraffe!! This adorable image was created by Artish to celebrate the first post of the new Paper Pretties Digital Design Team. It's yours free for the next week - just stop by the Paper Pretties blog to grab this cutie!

To make this card, I colored the main image with copics, even that red heart tongue! I kept with the yellows and browns for the background and added a sentiment of my own that I thought was perfect for this giraffe!

TFL and have a great day!!

SFYTT Sketch Challenge

Here is a card I made for the sketch challenge over at iheart2stamp (SFYTT January2011) using my brand new set from Taylored Expressions - Friendship Blooms. My very cool SIL and friend got that for me as a belated birthday present. What a fun set to work with, especially with the coordinating dies to cut out the flowers. I stamped the flowers and stem on cardstock, cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. I added a sentiment to the main image panel as well. I love the bright colors of this card and how well it worked with the sketch.
TFL and have a great day!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms

Ink - SU Bermuda Bay, Cool Caribbean, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery

Paper - Bazill Pink, turquoise, TE White, Echo Park Walk in the Park Rain Drops dsp

Accessories - TE Friendship Blooms Dies, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals