My Favorite Sketch with Birthday Flopsey

This week's My Favorite Things sketch was provided by Cindy, and it is simple but awesome!! I had to make my card a little longer than she called for to fit all my stuff in, but I am LOVING this card!! I stamped my Birthday Flopsey on an MFT Perfect Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored him in with my Copic. I then cut him out and carefully trimmed around his ear for an out of the box look. I then layered it with Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip. The DP is from the SU Sweet Always pack, and all the ribbons and brads are from SU as well. The sentiment was punched out with my SU square punches. Wanna play along? Just upload your card using this sketch by Wednesday, May 20th. Be sure to use the keyword MFTSC81 when uploading to SCS. All entries will be in the running for a $5 store gift certificate. Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Prettie Wednesday- Favorite Color Shades

Two week's ago, my fellow Prettie Girl, Jackie R, challenged us to make a card using our favorite color. We were to pick our favorite and then use a shad lighter and a shade darker. I love purple the most, but I wasn't really in the mood for purple tonight, and everything I made was horrible, so I decided to go with my backup color, Pink. I LOVE pink, cause I am a true girly girl, so I chose a Red(Riding Hood Red) and a light pink(Pink Pirouette) as my colors. The main image is from the Paper Pretties set, Soakin Up The Sun. I stamped Sophia on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored her in with my Copics. I then cut her out and layered her with my colors. The DSP is part of the Bella Rose collection and all of the accessories are from SU. I followed Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try for this card...I love a good sketch ya know!!LOL!!

Well, it was short and sweet, but that is all for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Don't forget to check out what the other Pretties have been up too!! Also, tomorrow, Danielle will be posting a new Prettie Weekly Challenge, so you won't want to miss that!! Thanks again!!

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

You Make My Heart Sing...

Isn't that just the cutest saying?? I love this new set from There She Goes, and all the sentiments are so cute and clever, I just love them!! My card today is for last Monday's Mojo Monday Sketch. I started by stamping my tree from the TSG set Happy Day on Gina K. White with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then stamped it on another paper, colored both trees with my Copics, and then cut out some of the leaves to layer on the first image. The bird was then stamped and colored as well. My DP is from the SU Delicate Dots DSP, which was a Sellabration freebie. I added a bunch of piercing, and some ribbon and brads from SU. The Spiral clip is from Creative Express. Well, that is it for me now, thanks for stopping by!!

Little Paper Shop Monday

I can't believe it is time for another Little Paper Shop blog challenge, I swear my week's are just FLYING by!! This week's challenge was a fabulous sketch provided by Cindy Haffner...I just love her sketches, LOL!! Anyhow, I had to flip the sketch to make it work for my sentiment, but if you look at it sideways I totally got it, LOL!! I did a very simple card using Gina K. White, Tempting Turquoise and Pink Flamingo DSP from SU. I stamped the sentiment from Bound By the Heart, and then cut it out using my Cuttlebug and Label 4 Nesties. I then stamped the butterfly from the new Butterflies set, colored it with my copics, and then cut it out. My ribbon and brads are from SU. Don't you want to play along? I thought you might want to! You'll have until Friday, May 15th at 7AM CST to upload your sketch to your blog or SCS using keyword LPSC15.
One random winner will be drawn to win their choice of TWO free digital images! How fun! Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!

Who's That Girl...

Hello, everyone! This week, I am filling in for the fabulous Joanne Basille as the hostess of the Who's That Girl Monday Challenge. For my challenge this week, I decided to use the Who's that Girl set, Call Me!!The challenge, however, is this: Use Paper Tole in your card or creation. For more info on Paper Tole, you can check out this post!!

I started by stamping my Call Me image on an MFT perfect panel 3x's, and also on three different pieces of the new Chocolate Kiss paper. I then cut out, colored, and layered all my pieces to create depth for my image. I followed this past Friday's Taylored Expressions Cupcake Sketch. The colors on this card are Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip. The ribbons are from the MFT Chocolate Kiss Ribon Nest. The brads are from SU, and the spiral clip is from Creative Express. If you decide to play, use the keyword MFTWTG34 when uploading. Upload your creations by midnight Wednesday, 5/13 for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to My Favorite Things!

That is it for me now, thanks for stopping by!!

A Prettie Birthday Party!!

Here we are celebrating another Prettie Girl birthday and I am so excited!! Today is my fellow Prettie, Christi's birthday!! The first stop on the Birthday Party Blog Hop is Christie's blog, so if you haven't been there yet, go there to get started!! I am the last official stop on this celebrational hop, so when you leave here, I am going to send you off to Christi to wish her a happy birthday!!

For today's party, I decided to bring some entertainment, so I used Ballerina Sophia. I stamped her on Gina K. white with Memento Tuxedo Black. She was then colored in with my Copics and layered with Bashful Blue and Pacific Point. All the ribbons are from SU, as well as the brads. The spiral clip was bought at Hobby Lobby. My DP is from the Basic Grey Marrakesh line.

Well, that is it for me now, thanks for stopping by!! Now, off to Christi's!! Happy Birthday Girl, we luv ya!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the mom's out there, but ESPECIALLY my own mom, I LOVE YOU!!!

A Challenge, ON TIME!!

I should be in bed, but it has been SO long since I played in an SCS challenge on time that I just had to play!! I decided to participate in today's Inspiration Challenge, which I paired with this week's Sketch Challenge. For today's Inspiration, we were to be inspired by something on the Bonjour Mon Cousin website. I chose this pillow as my inspiration. I used the colors, and I don't know if you can see the shoes stamped on the middle strip, but they were stamped with Versamark. The colors are Eggplant Envy and Kraft. I stamped the main image, from the There She Goes She's A Lady Set, on Gina K. White with Memento Tuxedo Black. The image was then colored in with my Copics. The purse was stamped separately and then added on. My ribbons and punches for the sentiment are from SU, the brads are by the Paper Studio.

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

Thank You!!

I just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your emails, comments and kind words!! When I am having an off day, they will certainly help to lift my spirits!! I have a HUGE headache, and I haven't had a chance to stamp today, but LUCKILY, I have a few cards that I haven't shared, so I thought I would show this one today!! I made it a few weeks ago as part of the Little Paper Shop's April release. I used the new Forest Critters set. I stamped the cutie patootie porcupine and tree on Gina K. White with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then paper pieced the tree with some Hawaiian Papaya DSP(which is what the rest of the card uses as well). The rest of it was colored with my Copics. I used SU ribbons and brads, and a Creative Express Spiral Clip...by the way, for those of you that are always asking where I get these, I just ordered some from AC Moore, yayy!! My sentiment is from the Little Paper Shop Puppy Love set. It was punched out with my SU oval punch, and then layered on two SU circle punches. The colors on this card are Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss. The sketch is one of Taylor's Cupcake Sketches from a few weeks ago. Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Personal Post and a Prettie Share

So, I let some people know my "news" tonight at the My Favorite Things release party, so I figured it was time to share it here. Recently, I was away from my blog, and stamping for about two weeks. I am NEVER absent, and in fact used to post everyday. I am still working on getting back to that, but I feel the need to explain my absence....don't ask why, I have no clue. Honestly, I think it is therapeutic for me to talk about it out loud, in a sense. So, on March 13th, FRIDAY March 13th, my (now ex) husband decided that he no longer wished to be married. I was SHOCKED to say the least, and completely overwhelmed. Within two days, with the help of my AMAZING family, I had packed up and moved every thing that I could possibly want out of the house(except for the hand mixer-got no CLUE why I didn't grab that-oh ya, I hate to cook). Within a week, we were both in the lawyers office, and by the first week, yes I said FIRST week of April, we were divorced. INSANE RIGHT?? Before you all start to worry about me and feel bad, which you may still, I am doing REALLY good. I am stamping, which is what I love, and my family has stepped up and taken care of me. I am now living with my Dad(and sister part time), which is a tad demeaning, but very cost effective, and still carrying on life as usual. Eventually, I will have to get a job where I actually get paid(I was watching Jared for free...I still watch him, but I do get paid a little now), but for now, my situation is good and my spirits are high. In fact, I can't believe how depressed I had let myself get, until it was over. I had known for awhile that things were not the way they should be, but I guess I had turned a blind eye because him making the decision completely caught me off guard. Apparently, I took vows, he just "repeated after me", if you know what I mean!! Don't get me wrong, I am still terrified of the unknown. I have always wanted kids, and I am afraid that with my infertility issues, I won't ever be able to have my own. I am terrified that I will end up alone and broke...but for now, I am taking things one day at a time. This too shall pass, and I will be better for it!! With all that said, I want to publicly thank all the FABULOUS Design Teams that I work for for being so sweet, supportive, and understanding. To all my friends that have sent me RAK's, countless PM's and emails, and gifts galore, I want you to know that each and every one of you mean more to me than you will ever know. I look at your cards everyday and I wonder how I ever got so lucky to meet so many beautiful, kind and caring people. You really, truly mean the world to me and I don't know how I would have made it through without yours and my families support!!

Okay, are you still here and thoroughly depressed?? SORRY if you are, but I do have a VERY PRETTIE card for you!! It was made with the June Stamp of the Month, Give Thanks. I actually made this card as part of one of the Prettie Pajama Party Challenges, and Danielle's sketch from this past Thursday. I started By stamping my GORGEOUS Sophia...yes she is my favorite, feel free to laugh..I know I say that about all of them, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then stamped the girl on a piece of Hawaiian Papaya DSP. The dress was paper pieced and the rest of the girl was colored in with my Copics. I then layered her with Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip and Kraft cardstock. The Chocolate DSP is from the same Hawaiian Papaya pack. The Tangerine Tango layer was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. I stamped my sentiment with the same ink and paper, and then punched it out with my SU oval punches. The ribbon is from MFT, part of the new Chocolate Kiss bundle, and my spiral clip is from Creative Express. I used two Corduroy buttons from SU with a tiny piece of Tangerine Tango threaded through them. Isn't she a CUTIE PIE!! You have until May 31st at midnight to get signed up to have her mailed to you before she is released to the public, how cool is that??!!
Well, that is it for me now..thanks for stopping by and for listening, if you actually read my post. Have a great day!!

My Favorite Sketch Thursday

So, did you go to the My Favorite Things release party tonight?? It was SO fun, and there were a TON of awesome cards shared!! I have a bunch of extras, so you will be seeing them soon, but for now, I have a card that I made for this week's MFT sketch!! I used my new Owls and Bluebells stamp from the MFT Presents line...I just LOVE Stephanie Fizer's images..how about you? I stamped my image on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored it with my Copics. It was then cut out, along with it's More Mustard layer, using my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties. I then cut out a piece of Pink Flamingo DSP from SU and a Tempting Turquoise layer using my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties. The sentiment was stamped the same way, but I punched it out with my SU circle punches. The ribbon is from SU as well as the brads. I just LOVE this layout, and The colors are just too fun!! What do you think? Wanna play along, just use the keyword MFTSC80 when uploading your cards.Upload your card to the gallery by midnight 13th May to be in the running to win a $5 store gift certificate. Sound good?
Well, that is it for me now..thanks for stopping by!!