Little Paper Shop Monday

So, I know that last week was my last official week as a guest designer for the Little Paper Shop, but I still LOVE their stamps so I am still going to play along with their Monday Blog Challenges. Today's challenge was a sketch provided by Allison, and it is a GOOD one!! You KNOW how much I love a sketch right?! For today's sketch, I used the GORGEOUS new Garden Gate stamp set. I started by stamping my main image, which is all one image, on an MFT Perfect Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then colored it in with my Copics. It was layered with Cameo Coral and Kiwi Kiss. The DSP is from the Walk in the Park pack from SU. All my ribbons are from SU, and the spiral clips are ones that I bought at Joann's over the weekend. They actually came with letter charms attached to them, but I just took them off. I used my scalloped edge punch to create the scallops and did a bunch of piercing.

Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for looking, and don't forget to enter for my BLOG CANDY!!

FS126 CASEing Sandra!! and BLOG CANDY

So when I saw that this month's Guest Designer for the Trendsetters(There She Goes) was Sandra(B-Gin-R), I was THRILLED. Her work is BEYOND amazing, and I have admired her for a long time!! When I saw her card for the last TSG blog hop, I was in AWE. Then today when I found out that she was FINALLY the Featured Stamper at SCS, I knew I was going to CASE it!! To start, I stamped my image, from the TSG set Bloom, on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored it with my Copics, and cut it out with my Circle Nesties. The colors on my card are Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, and Chocolate Chip. The DSP is from the Afternoon Tea pack from SU(retired). I did a bunch of piercing, used my small oval punch for the sentiment, and the scalloped edge was done with my SU eyelet border punch.

Now for the FUN part!!! Last month was my month to give away some There She Goes BLOG CANDY...and I forgot, so I am doing it now!!LOL!! So, all you have to do is leave a comment on my blog telling me your favorite stamp set from TSG. The winner will receive the $15 set of their choice, or $15 towards the set of their choice. Sounds great right? You have until Tuesday at 12pmCST to get registered and I will announce the winner at 1pmCST!! Good luck!!

Happy Birthday Charmaine!!

Today is our very own Prettie Girl, and Mama(x4) to be, Charmaine(charmwarm)'s birthday. To celebrate, the Prettie Girls and I are having a birthday party BLOG HOP!! So, first things first, if you are just now seeing this hop, head on over to my girl Jodi's blog to get started!! Be sure to follow the hop all the way through, and at the end we will send you to Charmaine to say Happy Birthday!! If you are here now, you should have come from Jackie's blog, where I am sure she has WOWED you with her creativity!!

For my card today, I wanted to find a cake to be inspired by. Awhile back, Julie directed us all to this super awesome website, Pink Cake Box, for inspiration(at least I think it was her), and I have become OBSESSED with looking at their cakes...they are amazing!! I saw this cupcake cake, and I HAD to use it as my inspiration!! Since it was so close to this week's Prettie Challenge, I decided to go ahead and make my card for it as well. I also used Jen's Sketch from Saturday. My colors are Vintage Violet, Sage Shadow, and Close To Cocoa. The DSP is from the Close to Cocoa pack. I used the super cute Lovebug stamp set from Paper Pretties for my main image, and the sentiment is from the Bugs and Fishes set. Charmaine has a thing for ladybugs, so I wanted to use this image for her!! I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on an MFT Perfect Panel and colored her in with my Copics. The ribbons are from SU, as well as all the brads. I ran the small Violet panel through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.

Well that is it for me now!! The next stop on the hop is Frances' blog!! Have fun and HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARMAINE!!!

Happy Birthday MFT!!!

This weekend marks My Favorite Things OFFICIAL 3rd Birthday and we are celebrating all month!! To start we are having a weekend long sale that you are NOT going to want to miss!! Here are the details!!

This weekend ONLY (July 4th and 5th), we are offering a Buy 3, Get 2 FREE promo!
Purchase any 3 full priced stamp sets (Excludes July New Releases) and they will add:
1) One set from our Get Sentimental category (we will select the set for you) AND
2) A FREE set of YOUR choice! (Excludes July New Releases)
The July New Releases are excluded from this promotion. They don’t count as either your Buy 3 sets OR the 2 FREE sets.)
They are:
Catch Some Rays
Puttin’ on the Glitz
Puppy Chow
Purrfect Treat
But since we know the new stuff is on your wish list, we are EXTENDING the 10% discount on these sets through Sunday, July 5th as well!

So seriously, if you are still here that is sweet of you to pity me and look at my card...but I know what you are WANTING to do, lol!! Now, when you see this card, DON'T FAINT!! I know I claim to be white spaced challenge, and one layer card challenged as well...well, this isn't one layer, but for me three might as well be one, LOL!! As far as all the white, it just felt right. See, I made this card for today's Inspiration Challenge over at SCS. The challenge was to pick an inspiration piece from Posters.com and use it to make your card. I chose THIS PIECE as my inspiration. I loved the bright funky flowers and to stay true to the piece, you see where all the white came from!! I couldn't leave it ALL white, so I added some MFT Plaid Ribbon and a black button from PTI. My sentiment, from You Take the Cake, and main image, from the Sara Williams set Funky Flowers, were cut out and embossed using my Nesties and Cuttlebug. The flowers were colored with my Copic markers. and the vase was covered with Crystal Effects to make it shiny. This card will soon be on it's way to Kim, Happy Birthday Boss Lady!!

God Bless America!!

With the Independence Day holiday coming up, I was feeling VERY patriotic tonight, so I decided to use the super cute Lady Liberty Sophia for my post today.She is from Paper Pretties. I stamped her on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored her in with my Copics. She was then cut out and embossed using my Cuttlebug and Oval Nesties. I did some piercing around the scallops as well. The ribbons and brads are all from SU. The DP is from one of the Level One Hostess Paper Packs from SU as well. The colors on this card are Real Red, and SHOCKINGLY Brilliant Blue. I used my Round Tab punch to make the sentiment panel at the bottom.

That is it for me now, be sure to check out the Paper Clip to see all the Prettie happenings this week!! Have a good day, thanks for stopping by!!

My Favorite Challenges

It is time for this week's My Favorite Challenge and My Favorite Sketch Challenge. This week's Sketch was drawn up by the fabulous Frances. For her sketch, I used my new Puttin on The Glitz stamp set. I started by stamping my girl on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored her in with my Copic markers. The DP is from the Pink Flamingo DSP and the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. I used Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise as my colors. The circles were punched out using my SU circle punches, and the sentiment was added with my Oval Punches. I added some SU Satin ribbon to the center as well. The white brads are also SU.
For this week's My Favorite Challenge, Joanne challenged everyone to go Green!! The challenge was to reuse something that you would normally throw away or something that was just lying around your house. I used a dry erase board that one of the local banks was handing out a the Father's Day Car Show. It was ready to hang with magnets on the back, so I decided to cover the front with some Pink Flamingo DSP. I then added a panel for my countdown circles. Basically, it is a countdown to vacation calendar. The circles are attached with reposistionable tape so that they can be taken off and on. For each day that passes leading up to your vacation, one of the circles can be taken down....for instance, my vacation starts on the 25th of July, so I put on enough circles leading up to the 25th. Each day, starting with today, I will take down a circle until there are no more. Then it will be time for VACATION!! I personally think this will be a great way to get excited about your vacation, especially if you have kids...they will LOVE taking down a circle everyday, and it also saves you having to answer the question-Is it time yet?? The VACATION sentiment is part of the set, but I used my Computer to make the numbers and the Countdown To. I stamped the umbrella on some DSP and cut it out, and my sunbathing girl on an MFT perfect panel and colored her with my Copics and then cut her out. I plan on laminating the base and the little cirlces for future use. That way, I can use the nifty dry erase marker that came preattached to it too!!
Well, that is it for me now!! Be sure to check out the MFT forum for more info on this week's challenges!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Prettie Wednesday- Masking

Two weeks ago, my fellow Prettie Girl-Charmaine, challenged the rest of the Pretties(and all of you), to make a card using the masking technique. I hate to admit it out loud, but I am way to lazy of a stamper to mask anything...in fact, I hate to even do it. Since I whine and cry about just about every challenge that Charmaine throws at us(I still luv ya), I decided to NOT whine about this one and to just do it!! For my card, I used the August Stamp of the Month, Story Time. She is part of the Stamp of the Month Club at Paper Pretties. Basically, the SOTMC is a hassle free subscription that has a SUPAH cute Sophia arriving at your door once a month. This stamp will be sent out sometime in August, so make sure you get signed up before July 31st so that she can be your first SOTM!! For my technique, I cut out an extra Sophia and laid her over the original one I had colored. I then stamped the flowers from my Rainy Day Friends set, and colored in the sky, grass, and the flowers. My DP is from the Walk In the Park DSP pack. I paired it with Regal Rose, So Saffron, and Kiwi Kiss Cardstock. The flower is one that my fellow Prettie, Danielle sent to me. I used a large SU silver brad in the middle. My sentiment was punched out with the Word Window punch. All my ribbons are from SU, and the brads are from Creative Express.

Well, that is it for me now, be sure to blurf around and see what the other girls have created for your viewing pleasure!! Have a good one!!
Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jana Weaver
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro
Jessica Diedrich
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Welcome to the Hop!!

Hello and welcome again to another My Favorite Things Release Party Blog Hop!! As always, the hop started at our FABULOUS leader's blog, so if you haven't been there, go to Kim's Blog to get started. If you are back, you should have come from the VERY talented, Jody Morrow's blog!!


Before I get to my projects, here are some details you may want to know!! First of all, the first 50 orders at the release tomorrow night will receive a Memento Dew Drop as a free gift. Also, the winner of the One Click Collection challenge will be announced at the release party, and I can't WAIT to see who won!! Be sure to be there for the release party chat so you can see who won along with me!! On Thursday, the new My Favorite Challenge and Sketch Challenge will be posted too, and you KNOW I love a good challenge!! The chat starts at 8pm EST, so be there or be square!

For today, I have two projects to share with you. The first uses the new Amanda Baird set, Puttin' On The Glitz. I started by stamping her on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored her in using my Copic markers. The cardstock colors are Regal Rose and Kiwi Kiss. I used some DP from the Walk in The Park DSP pack. The brads and ribbons are all from SU, as well as the circle punches used to make the sentiment panel. The Spiral clips are from Creative Express. I did a ton of piercing on this one as well, I know you aren't shocked.
For my next project I used the new Purrfect Treats. It is another label set that is part of our Perfect Packaging line. The DP I used is from the new Razzleberry Lemonade DSP pack from SU. I used Pumpkin Pie, Taken With Teal, and Rich Razzleberry CS. The ribbons I used are from SU. The kitty was stamped and colored separately and then added on. I filled the jar with little toy mice I found at Walmart for around $2. I don't know if cat's are like how my old dog used to be, but if you give them all the toys, they lose all the toys. I thought this would be a super cute way to store the extras for when you need them!!
Well, that is it for me for now. It is time to continue on your way, so the next stop on the hop is Frances' Blog. I am sure she has something FABULOUS for you!! Thanks for stopping by!! Have fun!!

A VERY Difficult SFYTT!!

When I saw this weekends Sketch For You To Try on Jen's Blog, I was a little skeerrred. Seriously, she comes up with AMAZING sketches, but this one had me stumped. Then I finally got it....and boy do I LOVE this card now!! I decided to use my friend Jessica's(pinkgirl76) new set from The Greeting Farm. I showed a card using it on here yesterday, but since she is my girl and I do LOVE this set, I decided to use it again!! Here is some more info about this set and how you can win it!!

Want to WIN this set? Leave a comment on Jessica's blog telling her what you like best about the set or what the first thing that came to your mind was when you saw it! She'd love to hear from you!

Want another chance to win? Multiple entries will be accepted for this Blog Candy contest! All you have to do is post to your own blog about Jessica's brand new set through The Greeting Farm, come back to Jessica's blog and leave her another comment letting her know you did, and you'll get another entry into the contest!

There will be lots of ways to WIN THIS SET throughout the week, both on Jessica's blog and The Greeting Farm, so good luck and have a whimsical day!

Sounds good right??? I thought so too!! Okay, now for my card!! I started by stamping the butterflies from this set twice. I colored all four with my Copic markers. I then cut out two of them, and the other two I punched out using a 1 1/4in circle punch. I then layered them with Regal Rose for the pink one, Pumpkin Pie for the orange, and Chocolate Chip. To give the butterflies dimension, I took the two I cut out and glued them to the circles, but just in the center so the wings could move. The DP is from the SU Sweet Always pack and my ribbon is from SU. The brads are from Creative Express. I did a bunch of piercing and it was done!! Super cute huh!! Don't you love that cute little butterfly and the GORGEOUS sentiment, I sure do!!

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

MFTeaser-Catch Some Rays

Here is a card I made using the new Catch Some Rays set being released by My Favorite Things tomorrow night at 10:00 EST. For my card, I started by stamping my Who's That Girl image on an MFT perfect panel. I then colored it in with my Copics. The drink was stamped and cut out separately. I also added some Crystal Effects to make it shiny. For her bathing suit, I paper pieced it with some of the MFT Summer DP. Speaking of Paper Piecing, that is this week's My Favorite Challenge, which you STILL have time to enter, so be sure to get your entry in by 10AMEST to qualify. Just upload it to the SCS gallery using the keyword MFTMFC5. My red ribbon is from the Summer Ribbon Nest. The white is from SU. As always, the brads and spiral clips are all from Creative Express. They were purchased at Hobby Lobby. I did a ton of piercing on this one as well. The colors of CS I used are Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, and Real Red.
Well, that is it for me now!! Be sure to come back tonight for the MFT Blog hop!! Hope to see you then!! And don't forget, you still have time to enter the One Click Collection challenge...the deadline is tonight at 10pm EST!! Good luck!!