I've Got a Dirty Little(okay huge) Secret!!

We interupt this regularly scheduled Prettie Wednesday post to share with you some breaking news...yours truly is a DIRTY GIRL!!!!WAHOOO!!! I FINALLY did it!! One month, and a few LONG days ago, Jenn Blacer herself called me to ask me if I would like to be a Dirty Girl. Once I quit crying and screaming(inside, not on the phone, who could scream at her, she is so sweet), I immediately said YES YES YES. I mean, seriously, who can say no to that?? So, I have been keeping this HUGE secret..which I will be honest, has been eating at me!! I am super excited to be sharing a "room" with the SUPER TALENTED Lisa Zappa(lzappa). Check her out at her blog, ShabbyChick Junk. Congrats roomie, what a ride!! Know what's funny, I had my "pick my name " contest on here, and the DAY after I posted it, Jenn called me!! To keep it a secret, I went ahead and picked a winner and had Jenn change it...but no offense, I will take Splicoast Dirty Dozen over the Layer Queen anyday!!

Okay, back to the business at hand!! Here is my card for Prettie Wednesday! Two weeks ago, Jodi(kharmagirl) challenged us to make a card using Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie. Lucky me, I had just ordered some Sweet Always paper from SU, and it worked perfectly for this challenge. I used the Look Who's Perky set, and I paper pieced my image. I then layered it with the challenge colors and did some piercing. The polka dotted layer is the reverse side of the paper I pieced with. I stamped my sentiment directly on it, and then layered it with some Chocolate Chip. What you can't see is that I did a TON of piercing, and then covered it all up...smart huh, NOT!! Anyway, the sketch is Beates' Weekend Sketch Challenge. I did add some ribbon to the side and my silver brads. Of course, what would a card be without my spiral clips, huh?? And to all of you that were worried, never fear, I found a place that sells them, and I ordered 100, wahoo!!!

So now I am pooped,and I am headed for bed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Be sure to check out the other Prettie Girls to see what they have been up to!! This weeks challenger is Jackie R., so I will be anxious to see what she has in store for us. Speaking of Prettie Girls...did you hear we have a new Prettie Girl!! Welcome Jessica Diedrich to our wonderful family!! She is super talented and sweet, and I can't wait to see what she can do!!

Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jillian Winters
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski

Jackie Pedro

Who's That Girl-Going Places

So, I meant to get this posted yesterday, but I had a meeting last night, so it just didn't get done! This is my card for Who's That Girl Monday Challenge in the MFT member forum. This weeks set we were required to use was Going Places. The other catch to the challenge was that we had to use eyelets. This set has a special place in my heart...it was one of the sets that was released during my run as a guest designer for My Favorite Things...and now that I am an official sistah, I couldn't be more excited!! To enter this challenge, and be eligible to win the $5GC, be sure to get you card uploaded to the MFT gallery and posted to the Who's That Girl thread for October 13th. You have until tomorrow night(Wednesday, October 15th) at midnight to get yours uploaded, just be sure to use the keyword "MFTWTG5". For those of you that want to plan ahead for next week, the next set will be Bunny Slippers. Anyway, I didn't actually use my girl in this card, I used the plane and banner. All three images were stamped with Black Stazon. The sentiment doesn't come curvy like that, but that is the beauty of curved stamps, I placed it on the block curvy so that I could stamp right in the banner...cool huh!! I colored my images with my SU markers and used some yummy Junior Varsity paper from SU. The colors on this are So Saffron, Old Olive, and Bashful Blue. I am not a huge fan of eyelets...although I don't know why, so I really would prefer some nice silver brads where the eyelets are, but honestly, for this card, they kinda work. That is it for me now, I need to get myself out the door so that I can get up to my sisters. She asked me to come up there to watch my nephew...how do you say no to that!!Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!! I will be back later with some my Paper Pretties card...if Jared cooperates!! Ya right...

Acordian/Stairstep Card

So, Jared is being VERY co-operative today, which means I got to participate in the technique lovers challenge...Yayyy ME!!! I normally don't like this challenge(are you all sick of hearing me say that), but when it is as COOL as this technique, I make exceptions!! For this card, I cut my Chocolate Chip piece of cardstock and scored it following the instructions in this post. I then layered each "step" with a piece of DP from the Autumn Vine pack, SERIOUSLY love this stuff!! The pumpkins are from the SU set, Autumn Harvest, and were stamped with Brown Stazon on Whisper White. Then I colored them in with my SU markers and added brads and spiral clips with ribbons to the corners. The leaves are also from that set. They were stamped the same way and colored with my Sage Shadow marker. Two of them I cut out and adhered directly to my pumpkin panels, the other two I used my SU circle punches to punch them out. The sentiment is from the Anna Wight set called Give Thanks from Whipper Snapper. I cut it and its layers out and then attached them to a tag I cut out(using my tag nesties)of Sage Shadow. I added a BUNCH of gold brads and it was done. I am still debating on whether or not I should go back and add the faces to these super cute pumpkins...what do you think??

Well, that is it for me now, thanks for looking and have a great day!!
stamps- Autumn Harvest(su) and Give Thanks(WS)
paper- Really Rust, More Mustard, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Autumn Vine DSP
ink- Brown Stazon
tools-gold brads, chocolate, mustard and sage grosgrain ribbon, Circle punches, SU markers, Cuttlebug, tag dies, gold spiral clips

Whipper Snapper Release!!

So today is the day that Whipper Snapper Designs is releasing 4 new cling sets designed by the SUPAH talented and SUPAH sweet Anna Wight. I made two cards with this first set, and I gotta tell ya, I am IN LOVE with it!! The set is called Penguin Antics, and normally you wouldn't get both of them in one post, but I seriously couldn't decide which one I loved more, so I am showing them both!! The first one was made using Jen del Muro's sketch for you to try from this weekend. I stamped the penguin, chick, bird and snowflake with Black Stazon and colored them in with my SU markers. The snowflake wasn't colored, but I did go over it with my Sakura glitter pen. I used my Cuttlebug and Circle Nestabilities to cut out the penguin and its layers, and my SU circle punches for the smaller circles. On the penguins hat, I added some liquid applique to make it puffy. The DP is from the Four Seasons DSP from SU(retired). It was layered with some silver cardstock from DCVW and Night Of Navy. For my embellishments I used some silver satin edged ribbon from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts and some Navy grosgrain, silver brads and clips, and I did a lot of piercing.

This second card was stamped and colored with same way(SU markers, liquid applique). It was layered with Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. The DP is the Ski Slope DSP in the Holiday Mini Catalog from SU. My embellishments are all from SU, except the spiral clip. Don't you just love that penguin with his head stuck in the snow...cracks me up!!

That is it for me now..Jared will be here early, and I am already sleepy as it is. Be sure to check out what the other Featured Designers have in store for you!!

Sherry Cheever (BadSherry)Blog:http://sherrycheever.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/badsherry

Denise Marzec (peanutbee)

Blog: http://thepaperlandscaper.blogspot.com/

SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/peanutbee

Paula Williamson (paulatracy)

Blog: http://paulatracy66.typepad.com/paper_possibilities

SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/paulatracy

Sharon Harnist (StamperSharon)

Blog: http://paperfections.typepad.com/paperfections

SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/stampersharon

Anna Wight

Blog: http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com/

SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/sweetmissdaisy

Featured Stamper Sunday

Today's Featured Stamper on SCS is the fabulous Anne Ryan. She is super sweet and is so good about leaving you the sweetest comments. I for one know that I have several that I need to repay her for, I am a horrible commenter anymore, but I am trying to get back to my normal 100-150 a day. Anyway, I chose this card of hers, and I will tell you, it was the title that drew me in. She named it "Even I Know This is an Ugly Card". First of all, Anne, if you are reading this, it is NOT an ugly card, in fact, it is a great card. I decided to use a bicycle image from the SU set Time For You(retired). I stamped it on watercolor paper and then colored it in with my SU markers. It was layered with Really Rust, Sage Shadow, and Chocolate Chip. I added some metal clips(sadly, I am out of silver spiral clips, and I can't find any to buy, so I am going on a MASSIVE hunt today) with some sage shadow and chocolate chip taffeta on them. The DP is from the SU pack, Autumn Vine, which is in the Holiday Mini. I connected the two panels with Chocolate Chip double stitched ribbon. At the bottom, I added some more ribbon and then stamped the sentiment directly on the DP with some Chocolate Chip ink. Four silver brads and it was done. That is it for me for the moment...I am getting ready to make another post, that you DON'T want to miss!!

Harvest Blessings

So, this card was made for today's limited supplies challenge over on SCS. Of course, it has 13 layers, so I am PRETTY SURE that disqualifies it, but I seriously can't help myself!! I love this image from Anna Wights Harvest Blessing set she designed for Whipper Snapper. It has some of the cutest fall images in it, and I love this super cute GIRL scarecrow. That's right, she is wearing a dress people, she HAS to be a girl!!hehe!! Anyway, I colored her in with my SU markers after stamping her on Whisper White with Black Stazon. I stamped it again on white and some Autumn Vine DSP from SU. I cut out the shirt from the paper, and colored just the scarf on the white and paper pieced them on(shhhhh, I know that it makes it 14 layers, technically...SHHHHH). I added some piercing and antique brass brads to it, as well as some wide Chocolate Grosgrain, narrow Sage grosgrain, and chocolate gingham. I stamped the sentiment on some more of the Autumn Vine paper and glued it on....in reality, I wanted to layer it...but didn't want the Challenge Police to come get me...scary!! The colors on this card are Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow and Really Rust. The DP is from the Holiday Mini, and I LOVE it. I debated on whether or not to order it, and I am totally glad that I did. Well, that is it for me now..Jared has had all of his bouncy seat he cares to tolerate. Looks like it is time for a nap!! I will be back later, if he cooperates...LOL!!

BTW- Whipper Snapper is having a release on Monday for FOUR new cling sets..WAHOO!! Can't wait to show you what I have done for this(errr, once I get it done of course, but trust me, total CUTENESS). Anna has been giving super sneaky peeks on her blog, so be sure to check them out...they ROCK!!

Window Shopping

Today is sketch day over at the MFT member forum, yayyy!! I have been so busy/tired the last few weeks, I haven't had a chance to play in the sketch challenges. I am still tired, but I am taking care of my nephew at my sister's house tomorrow, so I won't be able to stamp like I normally do in the morning, so I HAD to stay up and stamp, right? RIGHT!! Anyway, I used the newly released Window Shopping set from My Favorite Things. I stamped the main image on watercolor paper and some SU Junior Varsity paper. I cut the dress out of the DP and then colored the rest of the image on my watercolor paper with my SU markers. I layered it with Old Olive, Bashful Blue, and Rose Red. I added some white dots to my scalloped layer that was cut out with my Square Nestabilities. The DP is from the same paper pack and my ribbon is also from SU. I added some big white brads from Bazil and a lot of piercings. The sentiment actually comes as one whole stamp, but I separated it so that I wouldn't have to cover up to much of my image. Be sure to upload your card to the gallery by midnight October 13Th to be in the running to win a $5 store gift certificate. The winner of this challenge will also be thrown into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift certificate! Also, be sure to use the keyword MFTSC51!! That is it for me now, I need to get to bed!!! Have a great day!!

A Personal Post

So, I have been promising pictures of my nephew Jared, and some of you have been asking for them, so here they are!! No cards, just CUTENESS!!LOL!!

Here For You

So, this is my first time using the Here For You set from "There She Goes" and I LOVE IT!! It is full of fabulous sayings and images that make sympathy cards, which are normally a chore for me, very easy and heartfelt. The sentiments say just the right things, at least, I think they do. I made this card for today's sketch challenge over at SCS. I stamped my bird and branch image on Very Vanilla with Chocolate Chip ink and layered it with Wild Wasabi and Chocolate Chip. The first DP(the WW) is from the retired Afternoon Tea DSP and the Chocolate polkadots is from the Bella Rose pack. I did a lot of piercing, used some vanilla brads from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts, brown gingham from Joanns and cream wide grosgrain from SU. I did lightly sponge the edges on the main image to give the image some depth. That is it for me for now...my nephew is sleeping, so I am trying to hurry!! I realized that I haven't posted any pictures of him recently, so maybe later today I can get him to lay still long enough to let me take a photo!!

Prettie Wednesday-Fancy Folds

So, two weeks ago, Danielle challenged the Prettie Girls to make a card using a "Fancy Fold". She said we could pick whatever we wanted, just couldn't be a standard or normally folded card. As soon as I saw this challenge, I decided that I was FINALLY going to try making a free standing pop up card that I had seen on SCS a few weeks ago. I am not going to give directions for this technique here, but here is the SUPER fabulous tutorial that I used to make mine. Great pictures and directions, and so easy to follow, especially for someone like me who doesn't enjoy doing stuff like this!! LOL!! Now with that said, how can you NOT like this, it is so FABULOUS!! Yes, I love myself, hehehehe!! Anywho, this card was made using a Basic Black Base that I layered some paper from the SU Ghostly Greetings pack on. The tag features the soon to be released stamp set, Pick of the Patch from Paper Pretties. Isn't Daisy too cute!! She and Cooper are all dressed up and ready for Trick or Treating, although, Daisy doesn't look all that thrilled, LOL!!! I stamped both images on watercolor paper and colored them with my SU markers. Cooper was layered with Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Basic Black. Daisy was layered with just a scalloped circle cut out of Basic Black. I added some piercings and brads and attached the images to my tag base that was made with BB, PP, OO, and some more GGDSP(like all my abbreviations..lazy, what can I say). The tag at the top was made using my SU Round Tab punch and a large eyelet. All the ribbons on the tag and base are from SU. The sentiment panel on the bottom was made with my large oval punch and circle punches. I accidentally punched an extra hole, so I decided to add some brads to it.. I think it is super cute...IMHO!! This "card" is on its way(as soon as I get it in the mail...yikes) to Jackie R., I sure hope she likes it!! Well, that is it for me now, I will be back later with my sketch card, hopefully!!

Be sure to blurf around and check out what the other Prettie Girls have created for this challenge. It is my turn to challenge the girls again, due to some schedule changes, so here is my challenge for you ladies....make a card that SPARKLES!! So get out your glitter Pretties and lets see what you can do!! Please, as always, feel free to play along, and if you do, leave a link on this post so that we can all see it!!

Julie Masse
Charmaine Ikach
Jana Weaver
Jillian Winters
Danielle Lounds
Jodi Collins
Jackie Rakoski
Jackie Pedro