Flattery Will Get You Far...

Isn't THAT the truth!! I know you aren't surprised at this point, but I am LOVING this new set from Paper Pretties. I still have one card from this set you haven't seen, and I decided to use it for today's sketch challenge and Jana's Prettie Wednesday Challenge. Jana gave us some of the strictest rules for today's challenge...and I am STILL not sure I followed them correctly. Here were the rules:


Create a card or scrapbook page using the following items:
1 dry embossed piece (embossing folders and texture plates count!)
2 pieces of patterned paper
3 colors of solid card stock (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 card stock. 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!





I think my sentiment may have broke the 5layer rule, but I am so close I am not going to worry about it. Oh, and if paper piercing is an embellishment just pretend you don't see it, kay??For this card I used some Hawaiian Papaya DSP to paper piece the take out box and for the panel behind it. I paired it with Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss card stock. I made a slight Shadow around the box and fortune with my Copic W1marker. The Kiwi Kiss layer was ran through my Cuttlebug with the Hounds tooth folder. For my embellishments, I used all SU ribbon, a Heidi Swapp Ghost heart, a Bella Bloom button, and some silver brads. That is it for me now...I will be back in a moment to announce my BLOGAVERSARY candy, yayy me!! Be sure to blurf around and see how the other Pretties did with this weeks challenge!!!
Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jana Weaver
Jillian Winters
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro
Jessica Diedrich
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Guess What??

Emily, the regular host of the color challenge at SCS is off having a ROCKIN good time at CHA, so she asked for volunteers to host this weeks color challenge. Since I have ALWAYS wanted to host one, I jumped at the offer and she said OK!! YAYYY!! I am super duper excited, and I got a big ol box of Stampin Up goodies today, so I was anxious to use them. I still haven't placed a new catalog order, I am waiting for Saleabration, but I had some stuff I wanted to get before it all retired, and the Bella Blossoms set FINALLY made it into my hot little hands....YAYY!! I have been LONGING for this set ever since it came out, and have just now FINALLY broke down and bought it....and I couldn't be happier!! I stamped the flower three times, once in Pacific Point for the base of the flower, once with Baja Breeze and some Pacific Point on the edges, and once with Garden Green for the stem. I used some Muirfield DSP and LOTS of SU ribbon. The sentiment(my new favorite way to do them if you haven't noticed) was created using my tag punches from SU and the middle sized oval. This card is about as close to SUO as I get, but those spiral clips...they are my weakness....like you didn't know!! Anyway, I HOPE you all play along...I can't wait to see what you create!!

Are You Ready??

So, I haven't mentioned it yet, but my blogaversary is in 3days!! Yayyy me!!! Stay tuned for BLOG CANDY!! Last night was the Paper Pretties release party and we had a BLAST!! Lots of prizes were given out and I think we made a lot of new friends!!! The new sets are ready to order, so if you haven't ordered them yet, better get going!! I gotta tell ya, I am IN love this this new Flirty Fortunes set...even though I can't color a fortune cookie to save my life, LOL!! I made this card as a sample for the party using Jen's SFYTT. I finally broke out my Haiku DSP and paired it with More Mustard and Tangerine Tango(totally makes me want chinese food...yummy tangerine chicken and eggrolls...yummm). The ribbons are both from SU, and I used my new Pinking Circles Nesties from Cut at Home. Super cute huh!! Better get going, Jared is here and he is not always very happy to come back on Mondays...I think he misses his mommy!! Poor kid, bet she misses him too. Here is some BABY EYE CANDY for ya!!!

Don't Forget!!

Paper Pretties 2nd Anniversary party will be tonight at 8pm EST in the Paper Pretties forum!!We'll be announcing our grand prize winner of a 6 month Stamp of the Month subscription and giving away one of our new stamp sets to another lucky winner. We'll have prizes every 1/2 hour during the party BUT you have to be there to win! Also, everyone who orders on the 25th OR joins the Stamp of the Month club will receive a free roll of American Crafts ribbon!


Be sure to check out the Paper Clip(which is the Paper Pretties own BLOG) for a look at the FULL sets we are releasing tonight...except of course, our new Stamp of the Month...you gotta be at the Partay to see her!! Hope to see you there!!

FS103 Vicky Gould!!

Yayy Vicky!! Congrats on being this weeks Featured Stamper over on SCS.
I was SO excited to see that Vicky had been chosen this week. She truly does have a heart of GOLD, and is so talented. We have RAK'd back and forth a few times, and she is just the sweetest! As soon as I saw it was her, I had to play!! Going through her gallery, THIS card immediately jumped out at me. I just recently caved in and bought the Mailbox Greetings set from Papertrey Ink, and I was super excited to FINALLY get a chance to use it!! I stamped the main image on Gina K. White with Memento Tuxedo Black. I actually stamped it twice and cut out just the mailboxes on one. The image was colored with my copics, an I added some Crystal Effects to the "snow" at the base of the mailboxes. I layered it with Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, and Kraft. The kraft layer was stamped with my Canvas BG stamp from SU and then the sentiment was stamped over that. I changed a few things from Vicky's card like: the ribbon placement, colors, image(although it is similar), added dimensionals and brads. That is it for me now, thanks for looking!!

By the way, I was tagged by Lori!! The rules of the tag are were to tell 6 random things about yourself and then tag 6 others. I have NOTHING interesting left to tell you, so I am not going to play, but I did want to acknowledge that she did tag me, and I am SO appreciative!! Okay, now I am really done, LOL!! Thanks!!!

Saturday's Inspiration

So, I have been TRYING to get organized all day, and I finally threw up my hands and decided to stamp. Of course, this is my third card, the other two you can't see yet, but soon!! Anywho, I decided to participate in the Inspiration Challenge over at SCS. I chose this calendar to be inspired by. For my main image, I used the Gina K. set Home Tweet Home. I stamped my bird on Gina K. white and colored it in with my Copic markers. It was then cut out and layered using my oval nesties. For the base, I used some Washington Apple DSP, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, and Gina K. White. I used my SU scalloped edge punch to make the scallops and LOTSA SU ribbons. I also used one of Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketches(TECC52TV). That is it for me now...I need to unbury my stamp table and get back to work!! Have a great day/night!!

Day 3- Last Day of the Hop

So today is the last day of the Paper Pretties Anniversary Blog Hop, and I swear I am having SO much fun, how about you? Today's hop started at Jodi's Blog, so if you haven't been there yet, you need to go now!! If you have no clue what I am talking about, go to Christie's blog for the first day of the hop to get started!! Here are all the gory details!!

Today is last day of our 3 day mystery blog hop celebrating Paper Pretties' 2nd anniversary. We're celebrating in true Prettie style and you won't want to miss out! On the 25th at 7pm GMT 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 7-10.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?As always we are releasing a new Sophia stamp for our March Stamp of the Month Club. Your job is to guess what this Sophia is doing. Ready to put on your thinking cap?

No get to hoppin and guessing!!

Day 2- An Anniversary Hop

So, hopefully you participated in yesterday's hop and went around collecting clues. If not, go to Christie's blog and do yesterday's hop, then come back here to start today's hop!! Here are all the Anniversary details!!

Today is day two of our 3 day mystery blog hop celebrating Paper Pretties' 2nd anniversary. We're celebrating in true Prettie style and you won't want to miss out! On the 25th at 7pm GMT 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 7-10.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?As always we are releasing a new Sophia stamp for our March Stamp of the Month Club. Your job is to guess what this Sophia is doing. Ready to put on your thinking cap?

Okay, are you ready for today's first clue??? My clue for you is BOW. Nuff said!! Now, go to Frances' blog for the next stop on the hop!! Good luck!!

We Have A Winner!!

The winner of my MFT Blog Hop Candy has been picked!! The Paper Dolls sentiment set goes to
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:21
Timestamp: 2009-01-23 13:14:34 UTC

Number 21 said:

Julie said...
Awesome card, Jessie!! Love all the ribbons...the more the merrier in my book! LOL!
January 21, 2009 7:21 AM

Congrats Julie, I am emailing you now!!

Wanna Stay In??

So, here is a PEEK at the new set being released by Paper Pretties on Sunday, January 25th. Here are all the details:

January 25th will mark Paper Pretties 2nd year in business and we want to celebrate in true Prettie style with a mystery, lots of prizes, a party, and a ton of inspiration for you! We'll be releasing a new stamp set, revealing the next Stamp of the Month a little bit early and re releasing Sealed with a Kiss in RUBBAH!!!
Be sure to join us for all the fun. Our blog hop will begin on Christie's blog on January 22nd and the fun will continue for 3 whole days culminating in our party in the forum on the 25th at 8pm EST.
We'll be announcing our grand prize winner of a 6 month Stamp of the Month subscription and giving away one of our new stamp sets to another lucky winner. We'll have prizes every 1/2 hour during the party BUT you have to be there to win! Also, everyone who orders on the 25th OR joins the Stamp of the Month club will receive a free roll of American Crafts ribbon!

So, doesn't the hop sound like fun??? Today's peeks were awesome, and I am sure people already have guesses, but the next round starts here tomorrow morning at 7amCST!! I can't wait for you to see my peek, I am TRULY a tease, LOL!!

Anyhow, I had too much caffeine today trying to get rid of my migraine that WILL NOT let go, so I am here, blogging and stamping, fun for me(not so much for my headache, but I an NOT tired and totally sick of sitting in the dark)!! I decided to combine today's Ways To Use It Challenge and Friday's Limited Supplies Challenge for my card, I just love it when they post those early!! So, for the Ways to Use It challenge, you had to alter your DP, so I took my versamarker and used it and some holographic gold EP to add some sparkle to the centers of the flowers. For the Limited Supplies challenge, you had to use a black card base. Not my normal, but I KNEW it would work with this new set from Paper Pretties, and I think I was right!! I stamped my take out box on Gina K. white and on some Green Tea DSP from SU. I then cut out the white layer with my Oval Nestabilities, and then I paper pieced the box. I then layered it with Baja Breeze and added a spiral clip with the same color ribbon on it. The chopsticks are also from the set, and they were colored with Copics, cut out, and adhered to the main image. The sentiment pennant( I love it when Anna Wight does this, so I had to copy!!) was cut and glued down, then I added a Baja Breeze button with a black glitter dot to it.