Paper Pretties 2nd Anniversary

So, today starts the festivities over at Paper Pretties. Here is all the info!!





Happy Anniversary! Today our celebration begins for 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?



I am suffering from a Prettie(hehe) severe migraine, so my stamping time has been cut out the last couple of days. Be sure to check out the hop and collect your clues for today, and I will be back later tonight with a sneak peek and tomorrow I will be back to start tomorrow's hop!!! What are you still doing here??? Go get your clues!!!! Thanks and have a great day!!

Not So Prettie Wednesday....

What can I say, I am not very happy with this card. Not so much the layout, it is this weeks sketch challenge, which I love. It's not the colors, I LOVE this paper from SU. It isn't the super cute stamps...gotta love a cute little puppy running in a rain puddle!! It's the coloring....NOT GOOD. It isn't my fault though, I had no choice...CHARMAINE made me do it!!! Two weeks ago, Charmaine challenged the Prettie Girls to use Chalks/Pastels on our cards...let's just say I failed miserably. I TOTALLY colored with the chalks, but I SERIOUSLY did a horrible job doing it...and my poor puppy, I had to color it about 5 times til I got it the way I wanted it...and I STILL don't like it. I cut him out too, which looks kinda bad, but I digress......hey, give me a break, ALL the girls were whining(just ask my email, it was BURNIN up tonight trying to keep up with the constant flood of emails)!! So, I already told you it was the sketch, the paper is from the Prestwick DSP which I paired with Basic Grey and Brocade Blue, and the stamps are from Paper Pretties(Rainy Day Friends). I used my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties to cut it and it's layers out. I added crystal effects to the water and embellished it with some silver Robin's Nest Dew Drops. The ribbons are from SU(Brocade Blue grosgrain and Basic Grey taffeta). I punched my sentiment out with my oval punches and it was done!! I am SUPER excited because this week ALL the new Prettie Girls will OFFICIALLY be playing along AND my pal Jana is BACK, WAHOO!! Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the other Pretties to see what they have created, and if you wanna play along, please do, just leave us a link!!

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

Welcome to the Heartbreaker Hop!!

ETA: The Blog Candy from this post is now closed!! Thanks to all that played!!


WELCOME to this month's BCDzyns blog hop!! Today(like right now), My Favorite Things is releasing the new BC Dzyns set Heartbreaker!!Not only that, we are also releasing a new set for the MFT Presents line!! I previewed it on Monday, but in case you missed it, it is a sayings set to go along with the PaperDolls set by Stephanie Fizer. So, if you are just now joining the Hop, you need to head to KIM's BLOG to get started and see all the other FABULOUS samples with these new sets, but be sure to come back so you can register for my BLOG CANDY!! That's right, I was lucky enough to receive two sample sets of the Paperdoll Sayings, so all you have to do to win is leave a comment on this post, and I will pick a winner on Friday morning(just so you know, a sample set is the same as what you get from the MFT store without all the fancy packaging)!!

Ready to see my samples? GOOD!! For the hop today, I made two samples, one for each set. They both also tie into today's What's Up Wednesday challenge being hosted by me in the MFT member forum!! My challenge is to use LOTSA ribbon on your cards, specifically, at least 3 different kinds!! I used 4 on each, which is a ton I know, but I LOVE my ribbon!! For my first card, I used the new Spring Digital paper from Stephanie Fizer and printed it out on Shimmery white paper. I stamped my Isabelle on Gina K. white and colored her with my copics. I added a ton of glitter dots, and all my ribbon. The two ribbons on the clip are shimmery ribbons that I got from MFT, the other two are from SU(although the organdy is retired). I just LOVE this sentiment from the new saying set, it is TUTU-RIFIC(hehehe)!! I did color her dress with Angel Wings Shimmerz after I was done, to add some sparkle!!


For my next card, I used the new BCDzyns set, Heartbreaker. The shirt and heart were paper pieced with some paper from my DCWV Rockstar stack. I stamped my sentiment, We Belong Together( sing it with me) after paper piecing it. I then colored the rest of her with my copics, and I even gave her a sassy highlight. Isn't she KEWL!! She was paired with Basic Grey and my last lonely piece of Basic Black. I also added a Black Prima, which I colored the dots in with my Copic and a yummy clear heart from Heidi Swapp. The ribbons are all from SU, except the wide Black which came from Jody(texasjodylynn), who is coincidentally the next stop on the hop!! So, after you get done entering my contest, hop on over to Jody's blog to see what GORGEOUSness she has for you....and while you are at it, break out your ribbons in play in my challenge!! Thanks and have a great time on the hop!!

Bunny Hop and Some News

So, on January 25th Paper Pretties will be two years old, how awesome is that!! I feel so fortunate to have been a part of this company for as long as I have been and I look forward to working with them in their third year...and many more!! In honor of our Anniversary, we are having a celebration!!! Here are 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!

I am so excited about this month's celebration, the stamps are to die for, and the prizes ROCK. Also, the thought of a 3 day blog hop makes me giddy!! Wahoo!! So, since I can't show you any of the new stuff, which is WAY painful for me, I am showing you the next best thing!! This is Bunny Hop Sophia and she is the February stamp of the month. She will be sent out to SOTMC subscribers in February which means you will receive her about a month before anyone else will. If you want more info on the SOTMC, you can check out this link here. For my card today, I paired my Bunny Hop Sophia with SU Georgia Peach paper. Jodi is ALWAYS using this paper, and I gotta say, I kinda LOVE it now...which means I am almost certain it retired and I didn't order any extra...and so it goes. I have to tell you, I am the WORST SU demo ever..that is why it is just a hobby(I seriously DON'T have a catalog yet and I have NO CLUE what actually retired...yayy me-NOT). Anywho, I colored Sophia with my Copics and then cut her out and her Old Olive layer with my Oval Nesties. The ribbons are both from SU, as well as the punches used to create my sentiment tag. The other colors on this card are So Saffron and Regal Rose, by the way. I used the Photo Corners punch to make the photo corners, added some silver brads, piercing and it was done. Isn't she gorgeous!! I just love her!! Alright, that is it for me now...off to play with my nephew some more, he should be waking back up any minute now!!

Feel The Love

So, this months DD/DDA challenge(that is Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni) for this month was hosted by my girl Jodi(kharmagirl). The name of her challenge is Feel the Love. Here are the requirements!!

Challenge Focus: A Valentine's Day/Love-y Dove-y card!!

Required Element: Texture!! Anything you can *feel* (ie: Fun Flock, Crystal Effects, Embossing/Debossing, velvet ribbon...and I am sure there are a million more things that I cannot think about!!)

Restricted Element: No RED!! Pink is ok...but no red...let's see what other colors we can use for Valentine's Day!

So, since it is the 20th, I decided to combine mine with Celebrating MFT day. Celebrating MFT(My Favorite Things)day is the 20th of every month. Basically, by this point, you should have received all the goodies you ordered from the last release and be ready to play with them. You get a bonus for using the signature MFT color combo, pink black and white.(okay, not a REAL bonus, but you know what I mean right?!!). I have SO many MFT stamps that I love, but this cute little bunny was begging for me to get him inky, so how could I resist?? I stamped the bunny twice on Gina K. 120lb white and cut the whole bunny out of one, and just the head and ears out of the other. I cut and embossed my layers with my Rectangle Nestabilities. I then added my bunny to the top of it, and adhered the extra head. To give the ears some dimension, I glued his head to the original head, but put the ears up on pop dots. The heart was colored with my Copics and then I painted over it with Angel Wings Shimmerz. I used some YUMMY MFT Digi paper from the Stephanie Fizer Spring pack. The button is from Basic Grey's Bittersweet pack and the clear Heidi Swapp heart is from MFT too. Since Jody says I can't leave my buttons bare, I put some white satin ribbon through it. For my texture, besides the shimmerz, I embossed the black panel at the top and added the textured black ribbon from May Arts on the side. The brads are from SU, part of the Soft Subtles pack. I used Jen del Muro's SFYTT from last weekend.

Wahhhooo, It's the Weekly Wow!!!

(There is a card in this post, keep scrolling down)
I swear, I am so lame some time...but seriously, I LOVE THIS STUFF!! I mean seriously, NOTHING makes me happier then being able to tell you about a special, or sale, so that you can get the most bang for your stamping buck!! This week's WOW is(and yes, I stole this from the boss, I am too lazy to write my own, and who can say it better than Kim herself, right!!):















It’s that time again! Something to look forward to after a relaxing weekend, the MFT Weekly WOW! This week, we’ve got something quite special. Monday thru Friday, if you purchase both the Spring and Winter Ribbon Bundles, you’ll receive the coordinating digi papers packs for FREE!
What’s in the Ribbon Bundles? 5 yards each of 5 sumptuous ribbons, for a total of 25 yards!
What if I already have the Spring and Winter digi papers? Then choose two you don’t have! The coupon code will work just the same!
How do I get the digi paper packs? Place the two digi packs into your shopping cart along with the ribbon bundles, and then at checkout, enter the code MFTRIBBONWOW to receive the discount.
What do I do then? Log back into your account after the payment is completed, and you’ll see your paper packs download link!
How do I use digi papers? Jody has done a very thorough how-to, so you’ll be a pro after going through her tutorial!
The coupon code will only work on purchases of ribbon bundles, the discount is not valid for other purchases.




WAHOO...let me tell you, YOU WON'T be disappointed in the digi papers, and you KNOW how I feel about ribbon!! Anywho, this week, we are releasing TWO new sets over at My Favorite Things. The first set is the Paper Doll Sayings set that goes along with the SUPER CUTE Stephanie Fizer Paper Dolls set. I keep seeing all these ADORABLE cards using the bear costume from that set, so you know I had to go for it!! I stamped the bear and the girl separately, colored just her face(that would peek out of the hole) and the whole bear outfit with my SU markers, and my Copic markers. Someone asked me if these blend well, heck no, they are a HOT mess together, BUT, I only have one set...and not a durn thing to color skin with, so a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!! I cut just her face out(just so you know, I didn't eyeball this, I stamped the bear over the girl so that the face was perfectly centered-I am no where near that good-Stephanie HUSH, hehehe) of one and the entire bear out of the other. Next, I used my Cuttlebug and Oval Nesties to cut out a Gina K. white layer, Real Red, and then Tempting Turquoise...WOW!!! It has been a LONG time since THAT color got used, but my paper made me do it!! The DP, which is GORGEOUS, is part of the Stephanie Fizer Summer Digital Paper Pack(see, use the special up there to get it...trust me, you won't regret it)!! For the rest of the card, I used some Real Red striped ribbon from SU, along with their tag punches and large oval punch for my sentiment, some Michael's Bride Confetti flowers, Bold Brights brads, and my Swiss Dots folder. The white layer was embossed with the Swiss dots, by far my FAV of all the folders. For the little turquoise circles under the brads, I used my handheld 1/4circle punch...not ideal, but I keep the "receptacle" empty, punch my circles, then empty it and viola!!
Okay, seriously, I LOVE THIS CARD, LOL!! It is so bright and cheerful..makes me long for summer!! That is it for me now...thanks for stopping by, have a GREAT day!!

FS102 Stamp_Momma

Today's Featured Stamper was none other than Lori Craig, Stamp_momma. Lori is part of the SCS team, and although I don't know her personally, she is SO sweet and helpful and encouraging...not to mention a ROCKIN stamper!! I had a hard time picking one card to CASE, so I decided to do two in one. The one I REALLY wanted to do was a past sketch challenge, so I decided to use the image from it, and combine it with this card. I have had this stamp set, from Our Craft Lounge, since they opened and have JUST NOW got around to using it(we won't talk about the four other sets I have that I haven't inked...shakes head). It is from the set Dr. Peanut and let me tell you, it is SO CUTE!! I stamped the main image, hearts, grass, flower and sentiment on Gina K. 120lb white with Memento Black ink. I used my Copics and a couple of SU markers to create my scene. My sky is kinda wacky, but I like it, makes it look more real(work with me here people). I stamped the Be Mine heart separately and popped it up. After coloring all of it, I added some Crystal Effects to the hearts and the flower. I followed the layout on this card, and really tried not to change to much. Basically, I changed the image, colors( Rose Red and Regal Rose paired with Basic Grey Bittersweet), and didn't do the stitching...pretty good for me huh!!!

Well, that is it for me for now, thanks for looking and have a great day!!

All Day Inspiration

So SERIOUSLY, it took me all day to FINALLY decide on what to do for today's Inspiration challenge. The sad thing is that I saw this challenge last night and STILL couldn't decide which picture to be inspired by. I finally decided that my Fabulous Flowers set was starting to feel unloved, so I chose this room to be inspired by. I stamped the flower 4 times with Regal Rose ink and cut it out in different layers. I then embossed each layer with clear embossing powder and put the layers together using dimensionals. The glitter dots in the center were bought from All That Scraps, and I SO wish I hadn't put them on here...it was ALMOST an SUO card...poop. I used Sweet Always DSP from SU along with Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip. I did a lot of piercing, added some grosgrain ribbon from SU, and then added my sentiment from All Holidays at the bottom. I *think* this is super close to last weeks SFYTT, but I didn't print it out, so I may be wrong wrong wrong(and I was, oh well..LOL)....definitely wouldn't be the first time!! That is it for me now...back to the stamp table!!

Yep, I Did It AGAIN...

I scrapbooked, yayy me. Now, if I could just make pages for ME not someone else I would be cooking with Crisco, LOL!! I am not REALLY a scrapbooker, but I admire people that are. I love the personal touch it gives photos and the memories that they represent. Let's face it, it is WAY better than having all your photos sitting in a shoebox(or forgetting to take your camera everywhere which I am FAMOUS for). I made these two 6x6 pages as part of a gift the Prettie Girls and I got together for our fellow Prettie, Jana. She was SUPPOSED to have her son Jackson in December, but since he came WAY early, we finally got her package out to her. We each sent a gift, some homemade, some not...but let me tell you, it was a box FULL of LOVE!! Now that I KNOW she has received it, I can show you all the pages I made. Instead of cards(which I think we all sent anyway, but hey, she has a HUGE jump on a scrapbook), we decided that we would all make her 6x6 scrapbook pages using the same paper. It was up to each person to decorate them the way they wanted, but we all had to use the same paper. I opted to use my NEVER BEFORE INKED(shameful I tell ya) I'm Here set from SU. I stamped the hand and foot with Soft Sky ink , then I used Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the I'm Here. For the writing, I printed the info out on the computer and then stamped the foot over it. The ribbons are from SU and the brads are from American Crafts. The brads and DP(by American Crafts too, The Muffin Man line) were both purchased in the Paper Pretties boutique(ETA I have had a couple of people ask me for if ALL the DP is part of this line, yes it is, but it is sold out in the boutique, sorry)!! The blank Chocolate Chip spaces are for Jana to add pictures, not that you needed me to tell you that, LOL!! These are pretty simple, but I love them..and I can't WAIT to see them once Jana puts pictures on them!! Thanks for looking!!

Freebie Friday!!

MFT is kicking it up AGAIN for 2009! Freebie Friday is a brand spankin’ new promo we’re starting….TODAY!
What is it? One order number, placed on Friday only (Eastern time) will randomly be selected for a prize!
What do I get? This Friday, up for grabs is a brand spankin’ new, unreleased MINI set! It releases on Jan 21st, but you’ll get it one week early, and for FREE!
How do I win? Simply place an order today, Friday, Jan 16th! That’s it! I will take care of the rest!
The Fine Print? If your order contains only digi papers, your prize pack will be shipped with your next order.
How do I know if I won? I will post the winning order on my blog!!!!