Friday, October 9, 2009

Canadian Thanksgiving Sale at Paper Pretties!!!!

Hello all! I hope everyone had a wonderful week! Things are finally calming down for us after a crazy crazy week. The kids still have hair cut appointments at 3:00 today and then after that I plan on doing NOTHING all weekend. We need some major R&R so hopefully we have zero unexpected happenings this weekend!

For all of my Canadian friends, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

To celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, Christie is having an awesome sale in the Paper Pretties Boutique! Be sure to hop on over there today to take advantage of the BIG Thanksgiving Sale.
Canadian Girl and all Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Christmas sets are on sale for 20% for this weekend - Oct 9 - 12! No coupon needed, the stamps have already been marked down for you!

Here is a card I made with Pilgrimage Sophia. Isn't she just adorable! I know I say that about every single Sophia but seriously...I've never seen a cuter pilgrim!


I also wanted to send out a big Congratulations to Prettie Girl Julie Masse and family who today added a brand new baby boy to their family! Congratulations!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget about my blog candy giveaway! You still have a few days to enter! I hope you all have a terrific weekend!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

It is time for some blog candy!

Hope everyone is having a great week. Beckett is recovering well from his tooth infection and I have actually managed to get a little bit of sleep this week, YAY!!!
Today I wanted to share another Halloween card I made with the new {Jena Witch} stamp set from Little Paper Shop. I just adore this little cutie. She is so fun to color. And for some reason I just can't help but add some glitter to her.


It has been a while since I gave away some blog candy so I put together a fun little package of goodies for one lucky blog reader. I will leave my blog candy open until Monday Oct 12th at 7 am CST. There are a few ways to get your name entered into the drawing:
#1. Just leave me a comment telling with favorite color combo - there is entry #1.
#2. If you are a follower of my blog, leave me a comment on this post telling me so and there is entry #2.
#3. Join the Little Paper Shop Forum and add me as a friend - there is entry #3
#4. Make a card with one of the FREE digi stamps found on the LPS forum and leave me a link to your card - this is entry #4

So there you go, there are 4 ways to get your name added to the drawing. Now, I suppose you want to see the blog candy. The blog candy consists of 2 super fun stamp sets from Little Paper Shop as well as 3 Studio G sets and some Making Memories Crystal brads. If I get more than 25 different people entered I will add some additional goodies!

Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for a new Paper Pretties challenge and blog hop! This week's challenge comes from Prettie Girl Danielle! She has an absolutely fabulous sketch for us this week. We would love for you to ink up your Paper Pretties stamps and play along with us. One lucky participant will win a $15 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique. Here are the challenge details:
How to Enter: make a card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges album and use keyword PWC72.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, October 13th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique


Here is the sketch:


I have been having so much fun playing with my new Sophia stamps that I made 2 cards for today's challenge. This first card uses the adorable Make A Wish Sophia. This image just screams GLITTER to me. I love adding lots of sparkle to this sweet little thing! She reminds me of my own little cutie!
The weather here has been in full Fall mode for a couple of weeks now. Our tree is turning colors and it is only a matter of time before we have to start raking. With all of the fall festivities going on I couldn't resist inking up Falling For You Sophia for my 2nd card. I absolutely adore this image. Isn't she adorable! I'm the last stop on this week's hop. If you are just starting at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start from the beginning. You definitely won't want to miss any of the stops!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

We hope you all had a great start to your week. It is time for another fun Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge. This week the challenge is to make a project using only Black, White and 1 additional color! We'd love for you to play along with us. If you do, make sure you leave a link to your creation on this post and/or use keyword JBE074 when uploading to SCS and PCP.

Also...the storewide sale going on at Jacksonbelle has been extended until Thursday! It is a great time to stock up on all of the fun new products Lindsey has in the store...Stampavie, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey, Prima and more. Get 25% off your entire order when you use promotion code FALL (all caps) at checkout.

Here is my card for today's challenge. I used some fabulous Jenni Bowlin designer paper and this gorgeous Inkadinkado rose stamp. I struggled with this challenge at first but loved how my card turned out in the end.


For more inspiration, check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

SCACD WCMD challenge

I hope you all had a great weekend. Did you get lots of stamping done on WCMD? Unfortunately we spent most of WCMD dealing with doctors and dentists. Beckett woke up Saturday morning with half of his face completely swollen. Unfortunately a couple weeks ago when he hit his chin at the hotel, he not only cut his chin open but he cracked a tooth. Ever since the accident his tooth can been bothering him but we just thought his jaw was sore from the fall. Unfortunately for 2 weeks the cracked tooth just got infected. Saturday afternoon after a trip to the urgent care and then to the emergency dentist he had to go through a very traumatic tooth extraction.
Here is a picture of him and his poor swollen face:
Thankfully the antibiotics and pain killers have helped out a lot. He seems to be doing a lot better today. He still looks awful but the swelling should start going down soon.
So with all of that craziness yesterday, my WCMD stamping had to be postponed until today.
I got a little bit of time to stamp this afternoon so I decided to play along with the challenge posted over on the SCACD blog. They had a fun 2 part challenge...sketch & color. The color requirement was to use Christmas colors: red, green, gold, silver, white.
Here is their sketch:
I flipped the sketch to work with my image. I used this adorable Victoria Case image "Matthew" from SCACD. Isn't he so cute...totally reminds me of Beckett. (Sorry for the wonky lighting - I just finished my card at 7pm and the natural light is zero. I'll try and take a better photo in the morning)
Check out the resemblance between the card and the picture of Beckett...the fact that he is wearing a red shirt with a green dino is a total coincidence.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all had a great weekend!