Thinking of You

I wasn't going to do this, but I had absolutely no motivation to stamp today, so I decided that I would show you one of the cards that I made for the Dirty Dozen gallery. If you aren't a fanclub member, the new gallery opened on the 15th and it is well worth the money to join the club and look at these WONDERFUL and TALENTED ladies work. And let's face it, if you use the SCS website even a little you already know that the resources, the forums, and the challenges are worth WAY more than the member fee...so just do it!!
Anywho, after a certain amount of time we are allowed to show our creations on our blogs, and when I decided to do it, I knew this was the first card I wanted to show! I made this card as part of the December Obscure Holidays gallery. My card was for June 12th, which is Red Rose Day...it also happens to be the birthday of my SUPAH cute nephew!! I used the GORGEOUS set from Gina K., A Year Of Flowers. It was designed by my amazingly talented, and fellow Dirty Dozen Alumnist, Melanie Muenchinger. The flowers were all stamped with Stazon and colored with my SU markers....those were pre copic days, lol! I then cut them all out and popped them up. The leaves were made with my Martha Stewart branch punch. I used Chocolate Chip. Old Olive and Real Red. The bottom panel was run through my Cuttlebug with the Argyle folder. The sentiment, from the Gina K. Thinking of You set(Rupa Shevde), was cut out with my Cuttlebug and the label dies from Spellbinders. All my ribbon is from SU, as well as my brads.
Well, that is it for me now! Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Jackie!!

Today is my fellow Prettie girl, and friend, Jackie Rakoski's birthday!! Happy Birthday Girlie!! Since you know we Prettie girl's love our hops, how could we not celebrate Jackie's Day with a hop?? We couldn't!! Today's hop started at Jacque's blog, where she is SURE to entertain you!! From there you should follow the hop, where you will end up here from Frances' Blog.

For my card today, I used the SUPER cute Lovebugs set from Paper Pretties. I love this cutie little girl, so I couldn't wait to ink her up!! The sketch is this week's Prettie Weekly Challenge(PWC65). The sentiment is from the Bugs And Fishes set. I used Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, and Bermuda Bay cardstock along with my thoroughly modern DSP. The brads are from SU, as well as the ribbon, and the spiral clips are from Joann's. The image was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Copics!!


Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!! The next stop on the hop is Charmaine's Blog!! Here is the list of the hop order, just in case you get lost!!





Jacque
Frances
Jessie<----you are here!! Charmaine
Jodi
Jules
Danielle
Jackie R. to wish her a Happy Birthday!!

Nothing New....

ETA: I just saw today's LSC, and even though my card isn't new...it is new to all of you, so I am including it in that challenge, lol!! The challenge was to make a card using a summer activity as the theme. Well, for me, swimming is DEFINITELY a summer activity!!

My nephew is still here, so instead of stamping a new card, I decided to show one that I made for the Paper Pretties Stamp of The Month gallery. It used to be a private gallery, but now that it is open to the public, anything we make is fair game!! I used the SUPAH cute set, Make A Splash, and if you haven't seen the new add on set, it is FABULOUS too!! The DP is from the Slumber Party DSP that retired from SU. I used Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze DSP, and all my accessories are from SU. I LOVE this card, so I am so thrilled to let you all see it!!

Well, I better get to bed, who knows what he has in store for me tomorrow..but good news, my sister is on the mend. Hopefully she will be fully recovered and soon because she is missing him PRETTY bad!! I however am still trying to adjust to having him around. I am fine to take care of him during the day, but keeping him all night is an adjustment. Let's just say we both didn't get as much sleep as we should have...but we made up for it today with some spectacular naps!!LOL!! Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Peace, Love, Literature....

Usually I post on Thursday's with my card for the My Favorite Things sketch...but I am keeping my nephew right now and just never got a chance to get a card done using it. So instead, I am going to show you a little something I made using my new FAVORITE stamp set, I {heart} Books!! I am an avid reader, and although I love a good story, I absolutely refuse to read the same book twice. My mom, sister, grandma, friends, can all read the same book over and over again, but if I have read it, I don't want to read it again. Strange, I know. Well, I am pretty fond of a certain few authors, and I keep running into books at different places and I am never sure if I have read them or not. My step mom has the same problem, and to keep herself from re-buying a book that she already owns, she now keeps a list in a notebook by author of exactly what books she has purchased so that she is sure to not buy them twice......GENIUS!!!

I mean seriously, that is brilliant if you ask me!! So, when I saw this month's new set, I KNEW that I had to make myself a notebook to do the very same in! I used some retired Washington Apple DSP, and paired it with Riding Hood Red, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. I used my Cuttlebug and Oval nesties to cut out the sentiment and it's layers. My main image was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel, and then I colored it with my Copics. My buttons are from Basic Grey. For the spirals at the top, I used SU ribbons to decorate them...cute, huh!!

Well, that is it for me now...better head to bed(I am writing this Wednesday night) because Jared will be up early and I don't want to be exhausted!! Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Don't forget, the new MFT Kits are on sale!!

Also, this week’s spotlight with My Favorite Things is on the pearlescent watercolors and Copic markers.
From 8/12 through 8/14 save 10% on pearlescent watercolors and/or purchase a set of 36 Copic Ciao markers for $125.00.
If you’re among the first 50 to place an order, you’ll receive a free Memento Dew Drop in Danube Blue.

Happy Birthday Danielle!!

Hey everyone and WELCOME to Danielle's Birthday party blog hop!! By now you should have been through the whole hop..but if you are just now starting, head on back to Jodi's blog to get started!! If you are hear now, you should have come from Jacque's Blog!!

For today, which is normally Prettie Wednesday, we decided to still do Jacque's FABULOUS color challenge, but we all made our cards for our girl Danielle!! I chose to use Canadian Sophia for mine. I masked her flags and shirt so that I could add a D for Danielle on mine!! My image was colored with Copics after being stamped on an MFT perfect Panel. The sentiment is from the Bugs and Fishes set and was punched out with my SU oval punches. The DSP is from the Thoroughly Modern DSP pack, and I paired it with the challenge colors of Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede. All my accessories are from SU, except for the spiral clips.

Well that is it for me now, and you have reached the end of the hop!! So, now it is time to hop onto Danielle's blog and wish her a Happy Birthday!! Thanks!!

Here is the hop order, just incase you get lost!!

Jodi

Jackie R

Jessica

Frances

Jules

Christi

Jackie P

Jessie

Danielle

It's Tme For The August Kit!!

It is time for My Favorite Things to release this month's MFT Kit!! Here is a picture of it in all it's GIFTY goodness!!



This month's Gifty Girl Kit Contains:

Your August MFT Kits Collection contains:
6 Shopping Tote Die Cuts ($6.00 value)
1 Package Perfect Paper Panels (24 panels) ($3.95 value)
2 yards Red/White Polka Dot Ribbon in 3/8” ($2.00 value)
2 yards Black/White Polka Dot Ribbon in 3/8” ($2.00 value)
50 Silver MINI Round Brads ($2.50 value)
50 Red MINI Round Brads ($2.50 value)(brads are packaged in an adornments case)
Exclusive, UNRELEASED Gifty Girl MINI stamp set ($9.00 value)

All for $25!

Also:
An EXCLUSIVE offer good only for those who order the August kit! Details will be included with your kit!

So basically, get SHOPPING!!!

Here For You

I know I have said it here before, but I really dislike making sympathy cards. Basically, I don't make them until I need them. Well, unfortunately I need one, so I used my go to sympathy set from There She Goes, Here For You. It is simple and STUNNING and always makes the most gorgeous cards. I started with this past weekend's Weekend Sketch Challenge.

I stamped my main image with Memento Rich Cocoa on Gina K. White, and then cut it out using my Nestabilities and Cuttlebug. I then layered it with Chocolate Chip. The other card stock color is Baja Breeze,and my DP is from the retired Parisian Breeze pack from SU. My ribbons and brads are from SU as well. I did my normal piercing, and it was done. This card is pretty simple, but I think it is lovely!!
That is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!

Little Paper Shop challenges...

While I had all the stuff out working on my Featured Stamper card, I decided to finally play in last week's Little Paper Shop challenge. It was a sketch challenge, which you know I love! Coincidentally, I saw that this week's challenge is to make a card using your favorite color combo...and anything that has purple in it is my favorite combo, so I think this works!!

For my card today, I used the super cute new Beary Special Katie. I think she is adorable!! I paper pieced her dress with some Cottage Wall DSP, and then colored the rest of her with Copics. She was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel though first. The base is more of the Cottage Wall DSP, which was paired with Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, and Old Olive. I used SU punches to do my sentiment panel, and the ribbon and brads are from SU as well.

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

FS131 SleepyInSeattle..

Hey everyone!! I am getting a late start today, but I finally got a card done for the Featured Stamper challenge. Today's FS is Joanne aka Sleepyinseattle. She has a fabulous blog and wonderful gallery full of yummy eye candy!! I finally settled on this card, and I changed the DP, colors, added layers and piercing, changed from pearls to buttons.

This card is also an SUO card, so yayy me!! The only thing that ISN'T SU is the Oval Nesties, but now with the addition of the ovals to the line of dies offered for the Big Shot, I think it is close enough!! My DSP is from the Cottage Wall pack, and I paired it with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. My White is Whisper White, and all the ribbons and the buttons are from SU. I colored the image with SU markers. I did outline it with my BG10 Copic though...oh well!

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

Happy Birthday Katie!!

Today is my niece's fourth birthday, so if you get to see this...Happy Birthday Baby, I love you!! Katie is the youngest of my three niece's and is a PEACH!! She has the BEST personality and is so sweet she just oozes!!

LOVE HER!! Of course, I love all my other nieces just as much, but it isn't their birthday!! But I love you guys too!!

Okay, for today, I have a birthday gift card holder that I made using the super cute new Make A Wish Sophia from Paper Pretties.

She is just so dainty and pretty, I love her!! I stamped her on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored her in with my Copics. I added some glitter to her wind over the candles to make it sparkle.

The base of this card is Melon Mambo, and I paired it with Orchid Opulence. The DP is from the Cottage Wall DSP pack. I used SU ribbons, and SU punches for my sentiment. I didn't have a birthday gift card to put in here, so I covered the one I did have with DP to make it match the card.

Well, that is it for me now...thanks for stopping by!

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