New Blog On The Block!!

If you haven't heard the news, there is a new blog in town and I am HONORED to be a part of it!! This new blog is called Crazy 4 Challenges, and when you see the SUPER talented ladies that I am working with you will understand why!!

The members of the C4C group are

Barbara Anders
Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone <----that's me PEOPLE!! Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Turner
Lori Boyd
Lynda Benden
Mercy Kerin
Robin Willis
Vickie Garrett

Be sure to check out the blog for more details and to add it to your reader or whatever you use!!

Oh Boy....

This card KICKED MY BUTT!! Seriously, I am still not happy with it, and I am posting it anyway because when you spend THREE HOURS working on a CASE, people need to see why!!LOL!!

This is my card for this week's Featured Stamper challenge. This week's Featured Stamper is Darlene(akronstamperdpk). She has a fun filled gallery, and I chose this card to CASE. For my card, I used the new My Favorite Things set, Plant a Seed of Love. I started by stamping my image on an MFT Perfect Panel, then I colored it in with my Copics.

The cardstock colors are Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, and Creamy Carmel. I used some retired SU DSP, but the name escapes me...sorry. My ribbon is from SU, as well as the brads, but the spiral clips are not. I messed up my sentiment, so I punched one out with my scalloped oval and put it over it...yep, I hate it but it is what it is!!

So it isn't the worst thing I have ever made, but it CERTAINLY is not what I expected and DOES NOT do this gorgeous new image justice!!

Before I went into my migraine funk, I made a card for last week's Featured Stamper challenge. Last week's Featured Stamper was my fellow Trend Setter, Joanne(jojot).

I chose this card of hers. For my bee's, I used the Whipper Snapper set, Little Critters. The DP is from the Imaginisce Twitterpated line. I used my SU Oval punch for the main images which were colored with my Copics. The border punch is from SU, and I added some silver brads along the edge. The colors are So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Real Red. The ribbons are from SU, and the spiral clips are from Joanne's. I added some glitter with my Sakura Stardust glitter pen to their wings.

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

FINALLY, I'm BACK!!

Hello everyone!! Earlier this week I came down with the worst migraine I have ever had. I was so sick from it, I could barely open my eyes or sit up. I spent three days in bed and could only check my email if I wore sunglasses in my dark bedroom. It was AWFUL. I also didn't eat for almost two days due to the nausea, so I got pretty weak. I am just now getting back to stamping and I am WAY behind. I missed it, but I am having the hardest time getting my mojo back. Since this month's My Favorite Things teasers started today, I thought I better start there...good idea huh!

I decided to do this week's MFT sketch using the soon to be released Coffee? Tea? set. I stamped my image on an MFT Perfect Panel and some Cottage Wall DSP from SU. I then paper pieced the dress and colored the rest with Copics. My cardstock is Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence. All the DP is from SU, and the accessories are from SU as well except the spiral clips.

For more info on this week's sketch, check out this thread here!! I will be back tomorrow with another teaser or two!! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Jacque!!

Hey everyone, welcome to Jacque's Birthday Blog Hop!! The hop started at Frances' blog, so be sure to go back there if you are just getting started here. My girl Jacque is amazing, as a friend and a fellow DT member. She is so cute, and spunky and FUN!! Around these parts, she is referred to as the officer...cause she tries to keep us in line..but seriously, she is usually the one that shoves us out of line, lol! I still love you though sister!!

By now, you have picked up on the whole TWILIGHT theme...cause we Pretties are obsessed with our werewolves and vampires...me, I am partial to a werewolf, one very hot but very young, lol, werewolf!



So Jacque, I hope you don't mine but I brought my friend Jacob to the party!! One word ladies...YUMMO!!



Anywho, since we were going for the Twilight theme, we chose to use a Red, Black, and White color scheme...I hope you LOVE it Jacque!! I used my FAVORITE Sophia Image, Cuddle Up and colored he with my Copics. I then colored her bear with my Sakura Stardust Glitter pen and added an E to his belly, so he is now her Edward teddy bear!! I bet Jacque already has one, but I made her another, teeheee!! All my accessories, papers, and supplies came from SU, and my sketch is one of the Mojo Sketches from this past week.

Well, that is it for me now!! The next stop on the hop is Christi, so be sure to check her out now!! Happy Birthday again girlie!! Here is the hop order in case you get lost!!
Frances
Jodi
Jackie R
Danielle
Jana
Christie
Jessie<---you are here!! Christi
Charmaine
Jessica
Jacque for Bday wishes...yayy!!

There She Goes Birthday Bash!!

There She Goes Stamps is celebrating it's FIRST birthday on September 1st, and I am THRILLED to be a part of this team, company and celebration. In fact, I would consider Jessica to be a VERY close friend now, luv ya girlie!!

To start out this week's celebration, we are having a whole slew of fun activities. Be sure to check out the BRAND NEW BLOG for all the details!! Today's challenge is to make a Birthday Card!! I decided to use the super cute Special Delivery set. My image was stamped on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored with my Copics. I used Liquid Applique for the cupcake frosting as well. The DP is from the Riding Hood Red stack and the Hawaiian Papaya DSP. All my ribbons and brads are from SU. My cardstock colors are Riding Hood Red and Kiwi Kiss. My sketch is also this past Friday's Taylored Expressions Cupcake Sketch!!

Well, that is it for me now!!! Be sure to check out the other Trendsetters!!

Take Time To Enjoy...

I love this new set from Paper Pretties called Everyday Picnic. It is so fun to color, and I LOVE the sentiments that come with it. I made this card for the Paper Pretties Stamping In Your Jammies release party.

The challenge was to use only buttons for an embellishment....you all know me, this was TOUGH!! I was a good girl though, and not only played in the challenge, but I completely followed the rules....I even used paper to go through my button holes so they wouldn't be naked!!LOL!! My DP is from the Bella Rose Pack, and all my CS(Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red) and my corduroy buttons are from SU as well. The image was stamped on Gina K. White, and then colored with Copics. Thanks goodness piercing was allowed, or I would have cried!!
Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Just Wanted You To Know...

That There She Goes finally has Bloom back in stock!!YAYYY!! I have said it before, will say it again too probably, but this is by far and away my FAVORITE stamp set from There She Goes. I seriously have to stop myself from using it all the time...and I don't do a very good job of it, lol!!

For my card today, I used Wednesday's Sketch from SCS. The images was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored it with my Copics. The image was then layered with Regal Rose, Rose Red, and Old Olive. All my ribbons are from SU, as well as the brads, and the spiral clip is from Joann's. I did a lot of piercing, and it was done! The DP is retired Rose Red DSP from SU, btw.
Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Prettie Wednesday- Vellum

Happy Wednesday everyone!! Another week half way over, WOOHOOO!! Is it just me, or is time FLYING anymore though? Anyway, Two weeks ago, Christi challenged the Prettie Girls to make a card using vellum. Well, me being me, I assumed that I had a ton of this stashed somewhere...hmmmm, nope.LOL!!

I actually went to make my card tonight and could not find any ANYWHERE!! The only vellum I could find was this Dragonfly vellum that SU carried YEARS ago. I decided it would have to work though since I needed a card by morning...stupid procrastination!! For my image, I stamped the super cute Give Thanks Sophia(from Paper Pretties) on an MFT Perfect Panel and then cut her out using my Circle Nesties. She was then colored with my Copics, and paper pieced with some Thoroughly Modern DSP. The scalloped layer is Soft Suede. I attached my vellum using silver brads. Under the vellum, there is more DP, as well as under the image. All of it is from the same collection. The ribbon is from SU as well, but the spiral clip is from Joanne's. I used this past Saturday's Sketch For You To Try for my card as well.
Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Be sure to check out the other Pretties to see what they have been up to!!
Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jana Weaver
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne

Some Bunny Is a Chocoholic!!

I seriously can not believe that I haven't posted this card yet!! I was going through previous posts and noticed that it was NOWHERE to be found on my blog. For shame!! This card was made with a past weeks Cupcake Sketch and the SUPAH cute new Chocolate Bunny set from My Favorite Things. Being the rebel that I am, not, I decided to color my Flopsey Pink. There is a huge debate as to whether or not Flopsey is a boy or girl...but ladies, no REAL bunny would be caught dead in that shade of pink, lol!!

I stamped Flopsey on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored him with my Copics. The chair was paper pieced with some Sweet Always DSP and then I cut the entire image out. The circles were cut with my Nesties. I used Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip Card stock. My ribbons are from SU, and my spiral clip was from Joanne's. I did a ton of piercing, and it was done!!
Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

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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Welcome Little One

Hey everyone!! I was up late stamping due to a rather long nap with my super sweet nephew, so I decided to mark a few challenges off my list of things I want to do!! The first challenge was this past week's There She Goes challenge, to use whatever you have been hoarding...for me, it was this super cute My Mind's Eye paper. I have had it for awhile, but I have up until now refused to cut into it. The other was this Monday's Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. I love a good sketch challenge, don't you? In fact, I have about 10 printed out that I keep planning to use, but haven't' got around to it...I need to stamp more apparently!!LOL

Anywho, I stamped my chick from the Tweeterpated set on Gina K. White. I then stamped the shell on some of my DP , and cut it out. The chick was colored with my Copics, and then I added the shell. I cut it, and it's Pretty In Pink, Cool Caribbean, and Pumpkin Pie layers out with my Cuttlebug and Circle nesties. My ribbon and brads are both from SU.

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

My Favorite Sketch

Hey everyone!! It is Thursday, so it is time for another My Favorite Things sketch challenge. For this week's challenge, I used the super cute new Trick or Treat set that was released last night.

I stamped my main image from the new Trick or Treat set on an MFT Perfect Panel and then paper pieced the floor, drew in the faux panelling, and colored the rest with Copics. My DP is from an old SU Halloween Pack, and I paired it with Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black. All my ribbons are from SU, and my brads were purchased at Hobby Lobby. I used a white gel pen to do the faux stitching around the border. MY sentiment was punched out using the modern label punch from SU.

Be sure to check out the MFT website to see all the new release items!! Enjoy!

Prettie GLITTERY Wednesday

Well, today is Prettie Wednesday and we have a SUPAH sparkly challenge this week!! This week's challenge was given out by Jackie R, and she challenged us to make it shine, sparkly and glitter! Well, I don't know if you have noticed, but my blog isn't very sparkly...in fact, I hardly if ever use glitter. So basically, this was challenging to say the least. It doesn't help that as I was finishing my card I spilt my glitter all over my table and will now be covered in glitter for weeks to come! Oh well, right? Such is the life of a late night stamper, lol!!

Any who, my card was made using the SUPER cute new Stamp of the Month, Make a Wish Sophia from Paper Pretties. She was colored with Copics, and then I added glitter to her hat, waist, and shoes. The ribbon is from SU, and my glitter dots were bought from Gina K. The DP is part of the DCWV Glitter Stack. I paired it with Lavender Lace and Barely Banana card stock.

Well, that is it for me now! Be sure to check out the rest of the girls and see what they have been up to! And if you haven't already, be sure to check out the new releases, they are FABULOUS!!

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 to this months My Favorite Things Release Blog Hop!! Today's hop started with Kim, so be sure to head to her blog to get started!! If you are back, you should have come from Jody's!!

For my first card, I used the new Grow Love set. I am LOVING these super cute new trees!! This one is one of my FAVES! The leaves, swing, and trunk come as separate stamps so you are free to use them whatever way you choose. I stamped all mine with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on an MFT Perfect Panel. I then colored it all in with my Copics. My grass was also drawn in with my Copics. My DP is from the Good Morning Sunshine pack from SU. All the accessories except for the spiral clip, came from SU as well. I did a bit of piercing, and it was done!

For my next project, I used the new Trick or Treat set. I used the Round Top Box template from the SCS website, which I printed out onto Pumpkin Pie card stock. I then cut it out, and stamped the pumpkins from the set all over it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then stamped one of the pumpkins on a Perfect Panel. The pumpkin was then colored with my Copics. I cut it, and it' s layers out with my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties. The sentiment was stamped and then cut out with my Ribbon Slide dies. All the ribbons are from SU, and the spiral clips are from Joanne's. This is also my project featured in this month's How'd They Do That Tips and Tricks, so be sure to check that out!!
Well, that is it for me now!! The next stop on the hop is Frances' blog!! Have fun! Just incase you want to start planning ahead, here is all the need to know info about the release!!

Release:Trick or Treat with Who’s That Girl $15.95 (WTG set)
Chocolate Bunny (Flopsey) $9
Grow Love $15.95
I {Heart} Books $17.95

First 50: Memento Dew Drop Collection, week 6! color: Dandelion
Hook up: Purchase the August one-click collection at a 10% discount: $52.95 (retail $58.85)