Some Prettie News!!!

So, last night was the Stampin In Your Jammies party over at the Paper Pretties forum. We had a FABULOUS time, and did lots of talking, sharing, and made a few FUN announcements. First of all, I would like to congratulate the winner of the November Cutie Pie contest..Lee Murphy(luvlee)!! She made THIS super cute card with the Snowflake Kisses set that was re-released last night. Congrats girl..you are a ROCKSTAR!!

Second, my girl Christi Thorsen(cici510) got promoted to the Jr. Design Team...yaHOOOO!! We are getting ready to close our Design Team, but we HAD to keep her around. Christie and I have talked about it a lot, and we get too attached to our guest designers!!LOL!! We have a hard time letting go, and it was SUPER hard to only let a few stay and not all of them...I still miss the guests from the last two rounds..pitiful huh!! I was SUPER thrilled to see Christi make it in before the doors closed though..she is so sweet and SO talented!! Big Congrats girl!!

On the Paper Pretties blog, The Paper Clip, our super talented blog Diva, Jodi(kharmagirl), has posted this weeks Spotlight on Shopping post. She is spotlighting the stamp, Angel Wings. For the next week, Angel Wings will be discounted, so if you have been holding out, NOW'S your chance!!

Pheww, okay, I think I am done, LOL!! Onto what you REALLY come her for...the eye candy!! I made this card for one of the challenges at the PJ party last night. Charmaine challenged us to make a card using pink and blue. Well, I must have been temporarily INSANE because I used Regal Rose and Night of Navy....WOW...they look BRIGHT together, LOL!! I stamped my newly released Trim the Tree image on Whisper White paper and colored her in with my SU markers. I added a pink jewel to her ornament and pierced a border around the image. It is layered with my card colors(WOW). I then added two spiral clips with some silver ribbon on them and added my layered snowflake sentiment embellishment. The snowflake is from Hero Arts, and the layers were cut out with my SU punches. My sentiment was punched out with the word window punch, and then I added two silver brads to the ends. The Regal Rose layer was run through my Cuttlebug with the Ornaments folder and them I added large silver brads to the corners. Well, that is it for me, yet again today!! Thanks for stopping by and have a Prettie Day!!

Home For Christmas-Color Challenge

When I first saw this set in the SU mini catalog, I wasn't sure if I even liked it. Then slowly but surely after seeing all the FABULOUS creations with it, I had to have it!! I decided when I saw today's Color Challenge over on SCS, that I would FINALLY get this set inky!! I started by stamping my image with Vanilla Craft Ink from SU then stamping the image again with Sahara Sand to give it the 3D effect. I layered it with Very Vanilla, Basic Black and then Vanilla again. I added some piercing, gold brads, gold spiral clips, and Vanilla taffeta. The base of the card uses the same colors, and I ran the Sahara Sand layer through my Cuttlebug with the houndstooth folder. I also used my Cuttlebug and Ribbon Slide Tag dies from Spellbinders to make the sentiment panel. I threaded some Black Organdy ribbon(retired SU) through it and tied it around. I added a piece of cream organdy and gold cord(both SU), did some more piercing and added a couple more gold brads. It image isn't as WOW as I would like it to be, but I am pleased with the outcome. Well, better get back to entertaining my nephew!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Day Two- Another MFTeaser for You!!

Welcome to day two of my MFTeasers!! Today I am featuring the new set, Snowbunny Flopsey, isn't he/she?? cute!! I just LOVE it!! My DH walked in the room while I was working with this set, and he usually doesn't comment on my stamping, but he took one look at this bunny and said " I love the big ears"...LOL!! So do I dear, so do I!! This set, along with two others, will be released Wednesday, December 3rd at 10:00pmEST. Be sure to join us in the MFT member forum for all the fun and chatter!! The release party starts at 9pmEST and will last until 10, when the sets will be released!!
Anywho...I decided since Flopsey was warming up with a nice hot cup of cocoa, why not make a hot chocolate holder for her?? I used a template that I got AGES ago(and if I could find one like it, I would totally link it) to make my cup. I cut it out of Night of Navy CS, then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Snowflakes folder. I then cut out my sentiment panel with my Cuttlebug and Oval Nesties. The sentiment was stamped with Black Stazon on Whisper White and then layered with Night of Navy and Baja Breeze. I covered the entire Whisper White panel with Versamark and then heat embossed it with some Irridescent Ice EP. After embossing, I punched two holes and threaded some yummy ribbon from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts through it and tied a bow. The silver snowflakes are some more embellishments I got from the craft department at Walmart, yayy!! The bunny was stamped and colored separately, cut out and then popped up. I added some large silver brads and it was done!! Isn't it cute!!
Be sure to check out all the other designers creations...this month, some of the MFT girls are taking some time off, so we have a special team of guest designers working with the new sets and they are AWESOME!! Be sure to leave them some love!!
Maren B.
Natalie D.
Kerry J.
Julie D.
Candice L.
Christina F.

Here is the gallery on SCS FULL of the new goodies for you to oogle!! Have a great day!!

Today's the Day!!

In just a couple of hours(less than 2, yayy), Paper Pretties will be having their Stampin In Your Jammies Partay and I am SUPER EXCITED!! Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have had to miss the last two so I have been missing all the fun, and fun is what they are having, let me tell you!! LOL!! Be sure to join us in the member forum to chat with the DT, play in the challenges, and be in on all the fun!! I made this card to show you one more look at the Snowflake Kisses set being re-released in RUBBAH tonight. Isn't it FABULOUS!! I love this cute little Sophia making a snow angel. I colored her with my SU markers and then used a glue pen and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to add some "frost" to the snow. The buttons on Sophias jacket are some that I found at Wal-mart(awesome!!). I layered the image with Green Galore, Garden Green and Ruby Red. The base is the same colors and some DP from the DCWV Christmas Stack. I used my paper piercer and white gel pen to make the stitching. The ribbon is retired white organdy from SU, and I used my SU punches to make the sentiment panel. That is it for me now..my sister kept my nephew home today due to the nasty cold we are both nursing, so I have been TRYING to get my Christmas decorations up. Now THAT is a full time job!! Thanks for stopping by, and we hope to see you at the party!!

MFteasers Start Today!!

My Favorite Things will be releasing THREE new sets on December 3rd at 10:30pm EST. Since I have seen them all, I can officially say that they are AWESOME!! LOL!! I had a SUPER hard time deciding which set to preview today, but I decided I would go with the very first card that I made. I made my card using the new set, Tote-ally Fantastic.......DOESN'T IT ROCK!! ACKKK!! Purses, and purses, and more purses...oh my..LOL!! I stamped my main image on Whisper White card stock as well as some Georgia Peach DSP from SU. I paper Pieced the background and her skirt, and then drew in a sidewalk line and created a sidewalk for me to walk my dog on(LOL). The rest of the image was colored with my SU markers and then layered with So Saffron, Regal Rose and Old Olive. For the rest of the card, I added some silver brads, silver spiral clip with white taffeta from SU on it, some So Saffron poly twill ribbon, and a bunch of paper piercing. The sentiment, which "toteally" ROCKS, was stamped directly on my Georgia Peach DSP. The So Saffron layer was run through the Cuttlebug with my Houndstooth embossing folder. Well, that is it for me now!! I will be back later with some more stamped goodness!! Be sure to check out this thread to see all the GOODIES from the other DT members!!

Snowflake Kisses

So, here is a look at the Snowflake Kisses set that will be re-released in RUBBAH tomorrow at Paper Pretties. If you didn't already know, Paper Pretties has decided to now make all their stamps in RUBBAH, which I LOVE!! We will be having our monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party tomorrow night at 6pmCDT(in other words 7pmEST). It will last until 9pm and there will be a challenge issued every hour. On top of all that, we will be chatting and having a great time, I really hope you can join us!! Also, there are still three hours left in the Cutie Pie contest, so if you planned on entering, you better get going!! You have until 8pmCDT(9pmEST) to get your cards uploaded to the Cutie Pie Submissions gallery over at Paper Pretties. The winner will receive all the new releases for this month as well as get to call themselves a Cutie Pie.

So anyway, here is my card for today's Featured Stamper Challenge. This weeks FS is Dawn(flowergal35). Her gallery is fabulous, and I chose this card to CASE. I changed the main image(Snowflake from the Snowflake Kisses set by Paper Pretties), the colors(now Bravo Burgundy, Regal Rose and Old Olive), the DP(now Paper Salon's Dazzle Strips and Snowflake, on sale in the Paper Pretties Boutique), the embellishments(now Burgundy Wide Grosgrain and Silver brads and cord from SU), and I changed the sentiment panel just a little(used SU scalloped circle punch and added the sentiment from Snowflake Kisses on top). I did some paper piercing around the pink layers on this card for some added embellishment as well. The image was colored with my SU markers and then I added some Perfect Pearls by Ranger on top of it. Isn't it CUTE!! Well, I need to head back to the stamp table....thanks for looking and have a great day!!

RAK's and Awards

ETA: hehehehehe, I am a big ol dork and hit publish before I added the pictures, LOL!!

I have been a MAJOR slacker in posting all the fabulous RAK's and awards I have received lately, so bare with me, this post is LONG!!

This first card was sent to me by the fabulous and SUPAH TALENTED Donna Baker. You can check out her work at her blog, Serenity in Stamping. Thanks Donna, you made my day!!

This next card was sent to me from one of the Paper Pretties guest designers, Christi Thorsen...isn't it AWESOME!! I was TOTALLY having one of those days when it arrived, so it couldn't have come at a better time. Be sure to check her out at her blog, Story of a Girl. Thanks Christi, you rock!!

My next card was sent to me from miss There She Goes herself, Jessica Knutsen. If you didn't already know, There She Goes is a new company that is ROCKIN my stamping world!! In fact, Jessica(supah talented stamp designing diva) is releasing a BUNCH of new GOODIES tomorrow, so be sure to check that out!! Thanks Jessica, sorry I lost some of the bling..blame the Post Office!!

This card, and YUMMY ribbon, was sent to me by the SUPAH talented and absolutely wonderful Jody Morrow!! I can't even begin to tell you how thrilled and honored I am to have a creation by Jody, who in my opinion, is a stamping ROCKSTAR!! Thanks Jody, I LOVE the ribbon and the card!!

I received this card in the mail from my friend Becky Givans. Becky and I were at the Arlington stamp day together and ended up sitting at the same table A LOT!! We got to know each other that day, and then to top the day off, I won the door prize that she had brought(the best one there IMHO)!! I loved getting to know her, and can't wait to see her again!! Thanks Becky!!

This is a thank you card that I received from one of the winners of my blog candy giveaway. I thought it was SO SWEET that she would send me a card thanking me, don't you!! Thanks so much Karen, I love it!!



And last, but definitely not least, I was given this award from the super talented Teresa Kline. She sent it to me forever ago, and I just NOW remembered to put it on here and pass it one. Please forgive me, I have blond moments....lots and lots of blond moments. Here are the rules!!

Rules for the Kreativ Blogger Award are:
1.The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person that sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.
*****
1. Jodi-Stamping a Latte
2. Christie- Little Pink Flowers
3. Kelly Lunceford- Flutter by Atomic Butterfly
4. Amy Sheffer- Pickled Paper Designs
5. Jody Morrow- Confessions of a Ribbon Addict

Well, now I feel better!! Stay tuned, another post will be here shortly!!

Some News!!

Sorry everyone, I am still feeling pretty crummy!! Hopefully I will be back to normal tomorrow because I have a TON of stamping that has to be done, and soon!!! I do have some news from Paper Pretties to share with you, and hopefully tomorrow, I will have some eye candy!!


Cutie Pie Contest!!
How would you like to be Paper Pretties Cutie Pie? I thought you would!! All you have to do is make a card using your Paper Pretties stamps and upload it to the Cutie Pie Contest gallery on the Paper Pretties forum, and Christie will chose a winner from the entries. Besides being able to call yourself a Cutie Pie, you will also win the entire release!! You have until November 30th at 8pmCDT to get your entries in!! Good luck!!

Stampin In Your Jammies!!
On Monday December 1st, Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 6pm CDT and will last until 9pm. 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 Trim the Tree to the public as well as re-releasing Snowflake Kisses in RUBBAH. Hope to see you there!!


And one more thing...don't forget that you have until November 30th at midnight to get signed up for the Stamp of the Month Club and get the Sending You Love Sophia stamp before it is officially released in January.

Thanksgiving Blessings

Hello everyone...hope all of you that are celebrating Thanksgiving today, as well as everyone else, are having a happy and blessed day. I have come down with some sort of bug, but never fear, I still ate til I was so full I thought I might burst!! Of course afterwards, I spent the rest of the day laying on the couch whining about how bad I feel. My throat is so sore I could cry, don't you hate that?? I wasn't going to post today, but then I remembered this card I had made back when I was a featured designer for Whipper Snapper, and I decided to share it today. I made this card using the Give Thanks set from Whipper Snapper. I stamped the wheat bundles(I THINK that's what they are) with Creamy Carmel and So Saffron ink on Whisper White. I layered it with So Saffron and Bravo Burgundy CS which was cut out with my Rectangle Nestabilities. I used some retired Four Seasons DSP from SU and added silver brads, white taffeta, a spiral clip, and some cream and Burgundy grosgrain.

Well, that is it for me now...I can hear my couch calling me!!! Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed holiday!!

Prettie Wednesday- Pearls

Two weeks ago, I challenged my fellow Prettie Girls to make a card using pearls on it...easy peasy right!! While I was at Walmart, I bought this SUPER GORGEOUS pearl snowflake buttons, so I KNEW that I wanted to use them on my card today. My card was made using the SCS sketch challenge along with the SOON TO BE RELEASED to the public stamp, Trim the Tree. Trim the Tree will be released by Paper Pretties on Monday, December 1st at our monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party. She will be released along with our Snowflake Kisses stamp set which will be RE-RELEASED in RUBBAH!! The fun starts at 6pmCDT(here is a time zone converter to help you figure out what time that is in your neck of the woods) and will last until 9pm. We will be issuing a challenge every hour as well as talkin up a storm. So, be there, or be square, LOL!! Also, you have until the 30th of November at 8pmCDT to get your entries in for the Cutie Pie contest, just be sure to get your card uploaded to the Paper Pretties Cutie Pie submissions gallery. The winner will get both the Trim the Tree and Snowflake Kisses sets as their prize!!

Okay, enough blabber, onto the card!! I stamped my Trim the Tree Sophia on watercolor paper with Black Stazon ink. I then used my Not Quite Navy marker to color her in. After coloring her dress, I used an aquapainter to take away some of the color then painted the whole image with some December Sky Shimmerz...yummmo!!! It is rare that you can see shimmer in a picture, but I think it is VERY visable in mine!! The belt and sleeves on the dress are colored with my Silver Glitter Pen that I picked up at Target. The rest of the image was then colored in with my SU markers and outlined with my Cool Grey Prismacolor 20% marker. I pierced a border around the edges and added a spiral clip with some yummy Pink Hedgehogs Paper Crafts ribbon on it. The bottom corner has a snowflake that was punched out of my yummy Heidi Grace DSP (which is STILL ON SALE at Paper Pretties...go now!!!)(with one of the Martha Stewart Snowflake punches(Walmart)) and I layered one of my pearl snowflake buttons on top(also from Walmart). To get the button to sit flat, I just took a pair of scissors and cut off the loop on the back, easy peasy. The silver paper is from the DCWV metallic stack and it was paired with Whisper White and Not Quite Navy. I added some pearls to the edge as well as to her ornament. The ribbon is retired SU Silver Organdy with some silver cord. I did run the white layer through the Cuttlebug with my ornaments embossing folder. Well, that is it for me now...be sure to blurf around and see what the other Pretties have been up to!! I am sure they are amazing!!

Julie Masse

Charmaine Ikach

Jillian Winters

Danielle Lounds

Jodi Collins

Jackie Rakoski

Jackie Pedro

Jessica Diedrich