Happy Wednesday!

I hope everyone is having a great week!  It is time for another fabulous Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge!  The challenge this week, in honor of Christmas, is to make a birthday card!  We'd love for you to play along!  If you do, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the Paper Pretties blog!

For my card this week, I used the Paper Pretties set "Happy Birthday Lamb".  This set comes with 1 main image and 7 coordinating sentiment stamps for only $8! 

As a special Christmas gift to all of our loyal friends and customers, Paper Pretties is having a sale now through the end of the year.  Use discount code:  MERRYCHRISTMAS to save 30% off your entire order at the Paper Pretties store!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday!  It is time for another fun Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge!  This week our challenge for you is to make a masculine/boy themed card.  We'd love for you to play along.  If you do, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the Paper Pretties blog!

I still haven't had any crafting time (Beckett still hasn't gone back to school) but thankfully I made all of my December cards back around Thanksgiving.  For today's card I inked up Cowboy Cooper.  I think this is the CUTEST cowboy image I have EVER seen!   The Cowboy Cooper set comes with one main image and 6 coordinating sentiment stamps for only $8!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Paper Pretties December Release Day!

Welcome to the Paper Pretties release day blog hop!  All 7 new sets are now available to purchase in the Paper Pretties store!  If you arrived here from ARTish's blog you are on the right path.  If not, head back to CINDY'S BLOG to start the hop...you won't want to miss anything!

The sets this month are:

 Elegant Sentiments

 Scout Sophia

 Love Fairy Anna

 Timeless Love

  Scout Cooper

Love Birds

Message Pup

Unfortunately I do not have a card today.  We have had an absolutely HORRIBLE week with 2 ER visits and a hospital stay for Beckett...leaving zero crafting time.  I'm hoping to get back in the swing of things in the  next few weeks.  Thanks to everyone for sticking by me during my blog post drought.  I hope you all have a wonderful, healthy weekend!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday!  It is time for another fun Paper Pretties challenge!  With the craziness of Thanksgiving and family and shopping upon us, we decided to go with a simple challenge this week...Clean and Simple that is.  We would love for you to play along with us.  You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing (the prize this week is JOYFUL HEART) ! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC129. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of the challenge post on the Paper Pretties blog!

Before I get to my card I wanted to mention that Paper Pretties is having a Thanksgiving sale...15% off your entire order Thursday-Sunday.  Use coupon code: GIVETHANKS when checking out!


 CAS is NOT easy for me.  I am just not a CAS kind of girl.  This was definitely a challenge for me but in the end I had a great time.  I ended up trying several different CAS layouts.  I used stamps from the Paper Pretties sets SNOWFLAKES,  SNOWFLAKE KISSES SOPHIA and SNOWFLAKE MITTENS.

I liked how this first card turned out so much that I made it in 3 different colors (actually I decided to mass produce this one for Christmas so I ended up making 40 of these)

I saw a card very similar to this when I was cruising blogs this week and just had to CASE it  (sorry I can't remember whose blog it was).

I was having so much fun with the mittens that I made one more.

Here are a couple more easy snowflake cards.  The SNOWFLAKE set is so much fun and so versatile!

Thanks for stopping by today!  For those of you traveling for the holidays, may you have a safe journey.  I am so thankful for all of you!   I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday ARTish!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!  Today we are celebrating the birthday of our very own ARTish with a birthday blog hop!  If you arrived via Wendy's blog you are on the right path...if not be sure to start back at Cindy's blog so you don't miss any of the birthday inspiration!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTish!  

I hope you have an absolutely wonderful day!

As part of our birthday celebration we are also releasing our Monday Whatnot images a day early!  We happen to be releasing a couple birthday whatnot images this week so we thought it would be perfect to use them for ARTish's birthday blog hop!

For my card I used ARTish's new digi DESMOND DONKEY.  I think this image is absolutely HILARIOUS!  I love it!  

You can finish up the hop by heading on over to ARTish's blog to wish her a happy birthday!
Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday!  It is time for another fun Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!
We have another easy challenge for you this week.  With Thanksgiving right around the corner, our challenge this week is to make a THANK YOU card.   We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "AHOY MATEY". You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC128. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of the challenge post on the Paper Pretties blog!

For my card this week, I used one of our new ARTish digi images, HAPPY BABY...the sentiment is from our new set EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS.

I used the sketch from the FUSSY and FANCY challenge #23.

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

Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots...What's Not To LOVE!

Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  It is time for our Paper Pretties Monday Whatnot release!  ARTish has 3 absolutely wonderful digis for you this week!  All 3 are available in the Paper Pretties store in the digital image section.

Pink or Blue?

Happy Baby

Night Night Baby

For my card today I used Night Night Baby and paired it up with a sentiment from Garden Fairy Katie.
My sketch comes from the current Friday Sketchers sketch challenge #128. (I flipped the sketch).

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

OWH Blog Hop Candy Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us in the OWH Valentine's blog hop!

The lucky random winner of 3 digi images from Paper Pretties is...

Here are your random numbers:

15 

Timestamp: 2010-11-15 02:19:43 UTC

Cleota said...
Too stinking cute! Pun intended. :)

November 13, 2010 12:11 PM

Congrats Cleota!  Please email me at hlrcrafts at hotmail dot com with your choices.  You can see all of the Paper Pretties digi images HERE.

OWH Valentine's Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Valentine's Blog Hop!  If you've arrived here from Katlyn's blog you are on the right path! 

Operation Write Home's Mission: To support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.

Operation Write Home is currently accepting Valentine Cards (The Christmas card deadline has passed, please do not send any Christmas cards at this time).  The DEADLINE to get your Valentine Cards to OWH is Jan 7th, 2011.  Be sure to read all of the submission guidelines for Operation Write Home.

OWH is a finalist in the Joann's Craft For a Cause contest.  Please go HERE and vote for OWH.  You can vote once every 24 hours! 

For my card today I used one of the new Paper Pretties digi stamps, "Lil Stinker".  The sentiment comes from the Paper Pretties set "Sealed With A Kiss"

Thanks for joining us in our hop today!  As an added bonus I will be giving away 3 free Paper Pretties digi images to one lucky person who leaves a comment on today's blog post.  You have until 6PM CST Sunday Nov. 14th to leave a comment.  Winner will be posted here on Sunday night.


The next stop in the hop is SAMANTHA'S BLOG.

Paper Pretties Release Day Blog Hop!

Happy Friday!  Welcome to the Paper Pretties November release blog hop!  If you arrived here from ARTish's blog you are on the right path!  If not, be sure to start back at the beginning (CINDY'S BLOG).  We have 7 AWESOME guest hoppers joining us this month and you definitely don't want to miss a thing!  The projects are all fabulous!

All 7 of the new sets are now available in the Paper Pretties store!

For my card today, I used two of the new sets:  SURPRISE SOPHIA and EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS.

Thanks for stopping by today!  This is the last stop on the hop, thanks for hopping along with us today!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Stop back tomorrow for the OWH Valentine's blog hop!

A Preview, a Birthday and an oops...

Happy Wednesday!  That means it is time for a Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge.  The challenge this week is EMBOSSING!  We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Simply Special". You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC127. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of the challenge post on the Paper Pretties blog !

Along with this week's challenge we have a November preview and a birthday celebration!  Today is Prettie Girl Jen's birthday and to celebrate the DT has put together a fun inspiration filled blog hop using today's preview set "EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!  I'm so lucky to have you as a friend!  We definitely need to get together soon!   I hope you have a great day!

EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS is filled with 9 wonderful sentiments and 4 decorative stamps!  Great for those "everyday" cards!

 For my card I used used SURPRISE SOPHIA along with EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS.  You might be wondering where my embossing is...that's the OOPS.  I sat down to work on my card and I looked around for a good sketch...settled on the current Basic Grey challenge #32...then I looked around for some more challenges to inspire me...I decided to make another square card for the Crazy 4 Challenges square card challenge and then figured I'd use a punch to play along with the Drunken Stampers punch challenge #41...I figured that was enough, so I made my card.  Viola!  Done!  OOPS...after all that time I spent searching for challenges I forgot I was supposed to be doing some embossing for our challenge.  Since my stamping time is limited, I had to just go with the flow and post this one anyway.  Next time I promise I will pay more attention to what I'm doing!

Don't forget to stop on by the Paper Pretties blog  to leave a comment for a chance to win EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS. 

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

NEXT stop on the birthday blog hop is the blog of THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Paper Pretties November Preview: SKATER ZAC

Today is day 5 of the Paper Pretties November previews!  I hope you have enjoyed all of the preview thus far! All 7 new releases will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Friday Nov. 12th.   You can see a new preview each day on the Paper Pretties blog until release day.  One random lucky commenter on the Paper Pretties blog each preview day will win the set being previewed.  The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Friday.  As in previous months, we will still have a inspiration filled blog hop on release day (this month we have 7 AWESOME guest blog hoppers joining us!). 

Today's preview set is called "SKATER ZAC" and is illustrated by Victoria Case .  "SKATER ZAC" is the perfect addition to the growing collection of Paper Pretties TEEN SCENE stamps by Victoria Case.  I absolutely LOVE this set and I hope you do too.     The set comes with 1 main image stamp, and 4 coordinating sentiments.
 

I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this image.  When I asked Victoria to draw me a teen skater, I never in my wildest dreams thought it would be this perfect.  I love it!
For my card I used the Taylored Expressions Friday sketch #133,  the Color Throwdown color challenge #117,  the Crazy 4 Challenges square card challenge and the Drunken Stampers punch challenge #41.

Don't forget to stop on by the Paper Pretties blog  to leave a comment for a chance to win this set. 
Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all have an AWESOME day!

Monday Whatnots and more...

 It's Monday, so that means it is time for some Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots!  ARTish drew some absolutely wonderful images for us this week!  We are switching gears a little this week and hanging up our Christmas images for some Valentine's images.  This switch is in honor of the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Valentine's Blog Hop.  Operation Write Home is an absolutely wonderful group that supports our nation's armed forces by sending them blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.   Because of shipping deadlines, OWH has ended their call for Christmas cards and are now looking for Valentine's Day cards!  The OWH blog is sponsoring a Valentine's Blog hop this Saturday!  There is still time to sign up to be a part of the hop if you are interested.  You can find all of the blog hop info HERE.  If you are interested in donating cards to OWH, please read all of their submission guidelines HERE.  Paper Pretties is proud to be a part of Saturday's blog hop.  I will also have a card here on my blog for the hop!  

Here are the 4 Whatnot images for today!  All 4 digis are available in the Paper Pretties store in the digital stamp section (they can also be found in the Newest Products section)

Romeo

Lil Stinker

Truffles

Swisserland

 

 

For today's card, I used Truffles.  I think this image is absolutely hilarious!  Perfect for Valentine's Day! 

Don't forget to stop on by the Paper Pretties blog for today's November release preview.  We are previewing a Victoria Case set called "BEST FRIENDS". 
Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all have a wonderful day!

CPS Challenge Blog

Happy Sunday!  I hope you are all having a great weekend!  Not only is it Paper Pretties Nov. release preview week, but Paper Pretties is also sponsoring the CPS challenge blog this week!  Be sure to head on over to the Paper Pretties blog for today's preview of "Thanks Snow Much Sophia".   She is totally adorable!  We will be giving away stamp sets all week long on the Paper Pretties blog so you definitely don't want to miss it!

I did find some time to play along with the CPS sketch but I didn't use one of the new release preview sets.  I decided to ink up one of my favorite Sophia stamps EVER...ALWAYS IN MY HEART SOPHIA!  I think she is the sweetest looking little girl.  The striped tights totally remind me of Annabelle.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to stop by the Paper Pretties blog for today's November release preview and another chance to win!

Let the November previews begin!

Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a wonderful week!  Today I am SO excited to share the first of 7 new November release sets with you.  All 7 new releases will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Friday Nov. 12th.   We will be previewing one set each day on the Paper Pretties blog until release day.  One random lucky commenter on the Paper Pretties blog each preview day will win the set being previewed.  The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Friday.  As in previous months, we will still have a inspiration filled blog hop on release day (this month we have 7 AWESOME guest blog hoppers joining us!). 


Today's preview set is called "SURPRISE SOPHIA" and is illustrated by Joni Stringfield.  "SURPRISE SOPHIA" is the perfect addition to our growing collection of adorable Sophia stamps.   The set comes with 1 main image stamp, 5 sentiment stamps and 2 fun swirls.
 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to head on over to the Paper Pretties blog for more inspiration.  While you are there be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win this adorable set!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday!  It is the first Wednesday of the month which means a FANTASTIC sketch challenge from Prettie Girl Frances Byrne!   We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Snowy Snuggles". You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC126. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of the challenge post on the Paper Pretties blog !

Here is the sketch:

I absolutely LOVE today's sketch.  I had such a great time working with all of the layers.  I used "Bundle Up Cooper" for today's card.  I love this stamp because honestly, it really could be a Cooper or a Sophia, depending on how you color the snowsuit.  I've done it in both pink and blue and it really works both ways!   I'm entering my card in the Fussy and Fancy Winter Wonderland Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great day!  Don't forget that Paper Pretties is looking for some new DT members!  You still have plenty of time to get your application in!  There are calls for Digi Prettie Girls and Prettie Girls!

Monday Whatnots!

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  It is time for our Paper Pretties Monday Whatnot release!  ARTish drew some fabulous holiday images for us this week.  Both of these new images are available in the Paper Store in the digital stamp section!  This week we have Astra and Rudolph for you.

 

I used Astra for my card today.  The sentiment is from the Holiday Fairy Meg set.  I played along with a couple challenges again:  Friday Sketchers Sketch challenge and Christmas Stampin all year long (purple and silver) challenge.

Heather

Thanks for stopping by today!   Have a wonderful day!