Spread Your Wings and HOP!!

Hello, and welcome to this month's There She Goes blog hop!! The hop started at Jessica's blog, so if you are just now getting here, better head back there to get started!! This month There She Goes is releasing one new set called Spread Your Wings, and it is GORGEOUS!! I LOVE butterflies, and this set has so many gorgeous ones, you will have all you would ever possibly need!! The sentiments are fabulous too, especially this one...I need to repeat this one to myself every day, don't ya think? For my card, I started by stamping my butterfly on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored it with Copics. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on a piece of Gina K. White and then cut it out using my Labels 4 Nesties and Cuttlebug. The DP is from the new SU pack, Cottage Wall. I used my Top Note die from SU to cut it and it's layer out. The layer is Orchid Opulence, and the card base is Rich Razzleberry. I did some piercing, and used my SU white organza for my bow. The dew drops are from Robin's Nest.

Here is all the need to know TSG news before I let you leave!!

Release Challenge
This months Release Challenge is Wings & Things. The challenge is to use a image that has wings. This can include bugs, birds, angels, fairies and anything else that has wings! Jessica will have a Mr. Linky added to the bottom of her post for you to add your name and link to your project for the chance to win the new stamp set Spread Your Wings. She will chose the winner on Monday July 27th. This challenge is open through Sunday.

Blog Hop Challenge
As always, be sure to go through the entire hop and comment on all the Trendsetters blogs. When you are done, head on back to Jessica's blog to get signed up to win this set for free!! The winner will also be announced on Monday, July 27th.

Release Party Chat
The release chat will be on the forum on Saturday the 25th from 6-8 PM. Jessica will show the new set in its entirety during the chat and the set will go live on the website at the end of the chat!!!

Alright, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!! The next stop on the hop is the fabulous Joanne's blog!! Enjoy!!

Jessica - http://jessica-thereshegoes.blogspot.com/
Angela - http://aninkandasmile.blogspot.com/
Becky - http://www.lakeshorestamper.com/
Christi - http://cici510.blogspot.com/
Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/
Holly - http://toyzhaven.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jessie- http://canyousayaddictedtostamps.blogspot.com/
Joanne - http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/
Jodi - http://stampingalatte.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://stampsandtaxes.blogspot.com/
Maki - http://makinkstudio.blogspot.com/
Silke - http://silkeledlow.blogspot.com/
Wendy- http://wickedlywonderfulcreations.blogspot.com/

Dare To Get Dirty!!

I don't know if you have been playing along, but it is Dare To Get Dirty time at SCS!! The fun started yesterday, when Jen kicked everything off with a fabulous challenge!! These challenges are for fan club members, so if you aren't already a member, now's your chance to join, and join in the fun!! I was honored that fellow DD/DDA member, Deb Saaranen(DeborahLynneS) asked if I would like to make a sample for her challenge.If you can't tell by my card, her challenge was all about texture, and there is a TON of it on my card!! My main image is Angel Sophia from Paper Pretties. She was stamped on watercolor paper and then watercolored using my SU reinkers and an aquapainter. I cut her out and added her to my SU Whisper White oval. It was then layered with Not Quite Navy. The wings have a touch of glitter on them from my Sakura Stardust glitter pen, and the trim on her dress was done with Liquid Applique. The DP is from Heidi Grace, and has a ton of texture to it as well. The White layer on the back was run through my Cuttlebug with the snowflakes folder. All my ribbons are retired SU, the brads are from Hobby Lobby, and my sentiment is from the retired SU Season's Greetings(I think).

Well, that is it for me now, be sure to check out the challenges and play along!! Have fun!!

Makin' a Splash with the Prettie Weekly Challenge

Hey everyone, Happy Friday!! If you didn't already know, every week on Thursday, Danielle announces a new challenge in the Paper Pretties forum. This week's challenge is this super cute sketch!! I am LOVING it. If you want to play along, be sure to check out the challenge forum at the Paper Pretties website and use the PWC62 keyword when uploading there and on SCS(or whatever gallery you use). Then be sure to post in the challenge thread with a link to your card!! We can't wait to see what you came up with for this awesome sketch!! For my card, I chose to use the SUPER cute Make A Splash Sophia. She was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel, and then colored in with my Copics. I layered her with Kiwi Kiss. The DP is all from the Good Morning Sunshine DP pack from SU(now retired), and was also paired with Pacific Point and Summer Sun. I added Joann's spiral clips with SU ribbons on them. I also used Hobby Lobby silver brads. The sentiment was punched out with my SU word window punch.
Be sure to play along, and I can't wait to see what you come up with!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!!

My Favorite Things Sketch

It's Thursday, so it is time for another My Favorite Things sketch to be announced. I am LOVING this week's sketch, and as soon as I saw it I HAD to get to work. This week's sketch was provided by Cindy, who you know just rocks!! I started by stamping my Cupcake Flopsey on and MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored him in with my Copics and cut it out using my Oval Nesties and Cuttlebug. I then decided to color another Flopsey, cut out just the top half of him(from his cupcake up), and then added it onto the original Flopsey. That allowed me to make my cupcake, which was paper pieced with some My Mind's Eye DP, to hang over the DP panel. The colors of CS are Pumpkin Pie and Cool Caribbean. All my ribbons are from SU, and the brads are as well. All punches used for my sentiment panel are from SU too, as well as the scalloped edge at the bottom. Isn't it cute?? I was sorta proud afterwards, especially with my bow!!
Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!!

It's Jessica's Birthday, woot woot!!

Today is my good friend, and fellow Prettie Girl-Jessica Diedrich's birthday, and you KNOW we pretties LOVE our birthday hops, so of course we had to have one today to celebrate our girl Jessica, LOVINGLY known as NJ(if you want to know, she may tell you)!! The Hop started at Christie's Blog, so you need to go there to get started!! For her party today, I of course had to use Pink and Butterflies...cause they ARE her favorite!! I started by stamping my Flutterby Sophia on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored it in with my Copics, and layered it with Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, and Old Olive. The butterfly was cut out separately and then added on. I added some white brads, ribbon from SU, and used my SU oval punches to do my sentiment. The sentiment is ACTUALLY from Jessica's very own set recently released by The Greeting Farm. The DP is from the Razzleberry Lemonade pack from SU.
Well, that is it for me now...now it is time to hop on, so head on over to Julie's blog!!
Here is a list of the blog hop participants, just in case there is a break or you get lost along the way!! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go wish Jessica a HAPPY BIRTHDAY at the end!!

Christie Ortman
Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Rakoski
Jacque Pedro
Jana Weaver
Jodi Collins
Jessie Rone
Julie Masse
Jessica Diedrich

Prettie Wednesday- My Sketch

ETA: I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all my fellow Prettie Girls for their surprise hop for me today!!! If you didn't get to see it, go to Christie's blog!! I really needed this today too! The swelling set in yesterday, and last night was pretty rough. I am trying to take it easy today, so far so good. Thanks for all the well wishes girls, you are the best!!



So, two weeks ago I challenged my Prettie Girls to make a card using a sketch I had drawn up. I loved my sketch so much, you may be seeing a lot of it!! Basically it is one that I use as my go to sketch, which I think we all have!! For my card, I decided to make a masculine birthday card, I don't know about you, but I am a girlie girl. I NEVER think about making masculine cards until I need them, so it is kinda nice to be ahead for a change!! I started by stamping my Luke image from the Paper Pretties set, Right on Par. I stamped it on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored him with my Copics. His shirt was paper pieced with a piece of Prestwick DSP(retired SU). I then cut him out and embossed him with my Cuttlebug and Oval Nesties. The layer is Garden Green, and the othe color on the card is Brocade Blue. My sentiment was punched out with the new modern label punch. I added Brocade Blue wide grosgrain from SU , white brads from Hobby Lobby, and a spiral clip from Joann's. The Blue layer was embossed with my Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Well, that is it for me now!! I am so excited because the next Paper Pretties release is coming up and the new sets are TO DIE FOR!! The peeks will start a week from today, so stay tuned!! While you are at it though, blurf around and check out what the other girls have been up to!!

Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jana Weaver
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro
Jessica Diedrich
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

There She Goes Weekly Challenge

Did you know that There She Goes has weekly challenges? Yep, they do!! They are just for fun, but fun they DEFINITELY are!! This week's challenge is brought to you in part by Holly. We are going to have an inspiration beach party! The website Touch Of Class has lots of gorgeous stuff to oogle and this week we are going to take pieces from their tropical artas inspiration for a card/project. Please link directly to your project in this thread so we can all check out your work and if you upload to an online gallery, use the keyword TSG12.

For my card, I chose this piece as my inspiration. It inspired my colors, style of flower, and layout. My colors got a little brighter than this, but the general orangish feel is there. I also mimicked the blocking in the back with my DP's. My colors are Groovy Guava, Certainly Celery and Tangerine Tango. The brads are from Hobby Lobby and all the ribbons are from SU. The main image was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with Copics. All the layers have piercing. I did use a white gel pen to add something to the flowers. I used the Bloom set from TSG, unfortunately it is out of stock, but will be back in a few weeks....trust me, when it comes back, I will DEFINITELY let you know. It is by far and away the most gorgeous flower set EVER in my opinion.

And don't forget about the sale going on at the There She Goes website! Enter the promo code july09 in the code box located in your shopping cart and you will receive 15% off your entire order! This sale is going on through this Saturday.

Celebrate MFT Day!!

It is the 20th of the month, so it is Celebrate My Favorite Things Day. We have changed things a little, and here are the details!!

Each month, between five and eight stampers will be invited to the Celebrate MFT Blog Hop – and the participants will be a secret until the day of the party! To see who’s been asked to hop, you’ll have to join us on Monday, July 20th! Joanne will kick off the blog hop that morning, and then you can hop all around to visit our fabulously talented friends!!

Of course, you’re all invited to join us in the Celebration! Simply add your sample to the “Celebrate MFT” gallery on Splitcoast by using the keyword (CelebrateMFT0709). The final stop on the blog hop will lead over to the Celebrate MFT gallery! And don’t forget to play along, because your entry might get you invited to the following month’s hop.

Customers will be selected based on entries to the weekly My Favorite Challenge, MFT Sketch Challenge, as well as the monthly One Click Challenge, Ambassador’s Challenge and Celebrate MFT participants!

Here is a card I put together using the new Feelin Fruity set from MFT, as well as the Stamp A Sweet Impression sketch from this past week. I started by stamping my cherries twice, and coloring them with Copics. I then cut out just the boy cherry and popped him up. They were both covered with Crystal Effects. The colors on my card are Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, and Basic Black. I used some retired Rockabilly DSP as well. My ribbon is from MFT, except the Kiwi which is from SU. I used Spiral Clips and Brads that I got at Joann's. My sentiment was cut out with my ribbon slide dies from Spellbinders.

Well, as you are reading this, I am probably at the dentist or recovering from my surgery. Hopefully all went well!! See you soon! Thanks for stopping by!!

Little Paper Shop-Jena Rain

I was up late(probably nerves) and saw this sketch on my friend Jessica's blog, so I decided I would play long(it is for the Little Paper Shop challenge). It was a fabulous sketch, drawn up by one of my favorite sketch artists, Cindy!! I used the super cute digital stamp, Jena Rain. I printed her out, heat set her, and then colored her with my Copics. She was cut out and embossed using my Cuttlebug and Oval Nesties. The colors are Rose Red, Bashful Blue, and Certainly Celery. The DP is from the retired Cutie Pie DSP. I added spiral clips with SU Grosgrain ribbons on them in all my CS colors. The sentiment was punched out with all SU punches. The sentiment is from the Take Time set.

Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!!

FS128 For You

Happy Sunday to you all!! Hope you are having a great day. As I am typing this, I am making plans with my mom to go see the new Harry Potter movie.....yayyy!! I need a little distraction before the big day tomorrow. Thank you to all of you for your support and advice. I am going to Walmart tonight to get some Frozen Peas to use as an ice pack...that seems to be the general consensus of things I MUST have. I am still dreading it, and I probably won't sleep tonight, but it must happen so, I am going to suck it up and just do it!! I think I can, I think I can......

My card today is another SUO, YAYYY!! I decided to play in today's Featured Stamper challenge, and it was a totally new gallery for me. Today's FS is Dianne(minnidr), and her gallery is amazing. I chose this card of her's to CASE. I changed a few things, as per the rules. I changed the amount of layers, eliminated the stamping on the base and added DP, added brads, used an oval for the sentiment, changed the ribbon, and added piercing. My colors are Apricot Appeal, Sage Shadow, and Basic Black. The DSP is the new Nouveau Chic. My image from One of a Kind was stamped three times-once on Whisper White with Sage Shadow, once with Basic Black, and once on Sage Shadow with Basic Black. I colored the Apricot layer with my SU markers(Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal), and popped it up. The middle part of the Sage layer was cut out, and then I punched a hole in the center with my 1/2in circle punch. The brads and ribbon are all from SU. I don't know about you, but I think it is about time they FINALLY made some black grosgrain...took them long enough!!

Well, that is it for me now!! I need to go get ready to go!! Have a great day!!