Party Time!

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! I don't usually blog much on the weekends but I have some Susana's Custom Art and Card Design store news and a fun card to share.

First off, some store news...Susana got in a shipment of the hard to find white Cameo roses from Prima as well as some gorgeous pink mini roses!! She also has some Spellbinders on sale at 25% off, once they're gone they're gone! There are also tons of fabulous new products in the store that you won't want to miss...Viva Decor, OCL, Copic and more!

Next...I have a card to share with you. For my card I used the adorable Victoria Case stamp "Game Night". I thought this image would work perfect for game night invitations! I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I paired it up with some Basic Grey origins designer paper and Basic Grey self adhesive pearls.


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

$0.50 Fridays!

Along with the new Toonie Tuesdays specials at Paper Pretties, Christie is also starting $0.50 Fridays! Yep, that's right! Every Friday Paper Pretties with be hosting $0.50 cent Fridays where there will be items on sale at Paper Pretties for $0.50. This week the special is Watercolor Paper. Regularly .78 per sheet is now on sale for .50. It is 140 pound cold pressed 8.5 x 12 sheets.
While you are there, check out all of the fabulous new stamps! There are ton of fun new digi stamps in the boutique as well as some fabulous rubber sets!

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

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fun Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from the incredibly talented Prettie Girl Frances! I always love Frances' sketches!

This week the design team will be using either the set Beary Best Friend or Pulling For You. I absolutely LOVE both of these stamp sets! Both stamp sets featured this week will be on sale for 35% off all week. Also be sure to check out the new digi stamp section of the boutique, Christie is adding new digis all the time (there are several adorable Sophia and Cooper digi stamps)!

Here is this week's sketch:

For my card, I used the set Pulling For You. This is one of my absolute favorite Cooper images.



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! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy!

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

Paper Pretties Toonie Tuesdays

This is my 3rd post today. Please scroll down to see my SCACD Try It Out Tuesday card and my Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge card.


Paper Pretties is starting a super fun new promotion called Toonie Tuesdays or $2 Tuesdays for those of us in the US. In case you don't know, a 'toonie' is the Canadian $2 coin.
Every Tuesday Paper Pretties will have a special on in the Paper Pretties boutique - 1 or 2 (or maybe more items) on sale for $2.00. These items are deeply discounted and are all great additions to your paper crafting supplies.
Today's special is the Queen & Company Think Pink buttons:

They reguarly sell for 3.49. These are adorable little buttons that will make a great addition to any paper craft.

Try It Out Tuesday!

This is my 2nd post for today. Please scroll down to see my Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge card.

Welcome to another SCACD Try It Out Tuesday! Our challenge this week is a fabulous spring color challenge: Tulips A-Bloom! With tulips as our inspiration, the color challenge for this week is Yellow, Red, Hot Pink and Violet.
For my card I used the adorable "Aud" stamp from the Victoria Case Hearts and Hugs Series 2 collection. She is one of my absolute favorite Victoria Case images. I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic markers. I used some gorgeous designer paper from the new Basic Grey Green At Heart 6x6 paper pad (the Red and Violet in the color challenge can be found in the designer paper, LOL). To finish off my card I added a bunch of fun Zva Creative pink rhinestones for the Zva rhinestone wheel. The SCACD store now has a wonderful selection of Zva Creative products!

The layout for my card comes from this week's Sketch Saturday sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

Susana has added TONS of fabulous new products to her store...including Our Craft Lounge Stamps, Zva Creative, Copic Multiliners and lots more! Also, if you been dying to try the new Viva Decor pens... Susana has tons in stock! She also has links to some fabulous tutorials for the Viva Decor pens right in the store listings!


Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the incredibly talented SCACD design team members for more inspiration!

Suzanne Dean
Anki Bargman
Danni Bindel
Aud Nordheim
Jennifer Greco
Marti Wills
Carolyn Bounds
Dianne Prewitt
Kim Gruetzmacher

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to another fun Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge! We have a super fab sketch from Lynda for today's challenge! We'd love for you to play along! If you do be sure to let us know. Leave a comment with a link to your creation on the challenge post on the JB blog or use keyword JBE100 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used one of the adorable new Stampavie Sarah Kay stamps, "Isabelle with Puppy Coco". I think she is just precious! I paired her up with some of the super fun new Green At Heart Basic Grey designer paper!

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

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful day! If you haven't voted in the Greeting Farm team contest yet, our team could really use your vote! To vote you just need to leave a comment on my team's card in the TGF gallery. You can see our team's card HERE.

LPS Monday Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! It is Monday so that means it is time for another AWESOME Little Paper Shop challenge! This week we have a super fun sketch challenge from for you! We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the LPS blog.
One lucky participant in this week's challenge will win the new digi stamp {Mermaid Jenna}. You have until Sunday night to get your project linked on the LPS blog!

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used the stamp set {Make A Wish}.

For more inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the fabulous Little Paper Shop design team!

Julia
Bonnie
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam

We also have 3 fabulous new guest designers joining us the next few months so be sure to stop by their blogs and give them some love:

Kelly
Julie
Tasha

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

We need your vote!!!!

There is a super fun contest going on over at The Greeting Farm. It is a team competition with the top teams moving on each week. The top teams are decided by number of comments each team's card get each week. My fellow teammate Amy made an AWESOME card this week and we could really use your votes to help get us to the next round. You can leave a comment for her card HERE.

Here is Amy's card, isn't it adorable! Check out the little drawers on her easel card! You can only leave comments for 3 cards in the contest each week and we would really appreciate your vote!

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

Paper Pretties Release!

All of the adorable new Paper Pretties releases are available in the Paper Pretties Boutique.
There are 4 wonderful new rubber sets as well as 3 adorable new digi stamps this month. All of the new releases are currently 25% off too! If you love digi stamps, be sure to take a look around the digi section. Christie has converted several older Sophia images to digi too!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A Prettie Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop!

Welcome to another fabulous Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge and blog hop! This week's challenge comes from Prettie Girl Wendy. Wendy challenged us to make a masculine birthday card. The design team will be using the sets Wade E Bug or Bugs and Fishes for their cards this week. Both of these sets are on sale this week! The April releases will also be available to purchase starting tomorrow! There are some SUPER cute rubber sets as well as digi stamps being released!

For today's card I used the fun set Bugs and Fishes. This guy is such a cutie.
If you are just starting at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start the hop from the beginning. You definitely won't want to miss any of the stops! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy Bond!

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

Try It Out Tuesday!

This is my 2nd blog post today. Please scroll down and check out my Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge card!


Welcome to another Try It Out Tuesday! This week the TIOT challenge is an awesome sketch challenge! We would love for you to play along!

Here is the sketch:

For my card this week I decided to use one of the Victoria Case fall release stamps. I have been loving all of the new Victoria Case spring collection images , but I was in need of a Cowgirl themed card and Victoria's "Taylor" image worked just perfect! Isn't she just the cutest little cowgirl ever! I just love her. I paired her up with a sentiment from Pink Cat Studio. Did you know that not only does Susana have exclusive stamp sets but she also carries popular brands like Pink Cat Studio, Our Craft Lounge, Rubber Romance, Prima and lots more! You can get all of your favorite brands along with the awesome SCACD exclusive stamps all in one stop!
I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic markers. My sentiment is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I paired her with with some fun DCWV designer paper and finished off my card with some American Crafts brads.

Be sure to stop by SCACD and check out all the fabulous new products! Have you been dying to try the new Viva Decor pens... Susana has tons in stock!

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to this week's Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge. This week we have a 1-2-3 challenge! This time around the challenge is to use 1 BLACK item, 2 PUNCHED items and 3 CIRCLE items. We'd love for you to play along with us. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project in the comments section of the challenge post on the JB blog or use keyword JBE099 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

For my card I sort of stretched the definition of 1 black item...I used multiple pieces of black cardstock but I'm considering cardstock in general 1 item, LOL...(I ALWAYS suck at these 1-2-3 challenges)! For my 2 punched items I punched the border of each of the 2 pieces of Basic Grey designer paper (probably a stretch again). And the 3 Basic Grey pearls count as my 3 circle items.

For more 1-2-3 inspiration, check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day of the huge spring sale going on at Jacksonbelle! It is a great time to stock up on all your favorites. Everything in the store is 25% off!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great weekend! It's Monday, so that means it time for another AWESOME Little Paper Shop challenge! This week we have a super fun color challenge from for you! We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the LPS blog.
One lucky participant in this week's challenge will win the LPS set {In Loving Memory}. You have until Sunday night to get your project linked on the LPS blog!

Here are the colors:

For my card I used the stamp set new stamp set {Apple Lily}.

For more inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the fabulous Little Paper Shop design team!

Julia
Bonnie
Cindy
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam

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

Try It Out Tuesday...On Sunday!

You may have noticed that there was no Try It Out Tuesday last week. Sweet Susana and her dear husband took some much needed time off, therefore the SCACD store was closed for the week. The good news is, it is back open and ready for business. To make the news even sweeter, Susana has added TONS of fabulous new products to her store...including Our Craft Lounge Stamps, Zva Creative, Copic Multiliners and lots more!

Our belated Try It Out Tuesday challenge is to create an Easter or Spring gift.
I am not typically a gifty item maker so this was definitely a challenge for me. Kisa had sent my kids some super duper cute hot chocolate boxes at Christmas and I decided to case them. For my gift box I used the ADORABLE new Victoria Case "Little Aud" stamp. She is just the sweetest thing. I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic markers. I added some Brown Sparkly Fluff to the bunny to give him a fun furry look. I also added some Kaiser gems to the flower centers and as a pretty little earring for Little Aud. I used the Bow Easy to make that perfect bow at the top of my gift. I have always struggled with bows and the Bow Easy lets me create a PERFECT bow every single time! I love it! To finish it off I added a gorgeous Basic Grey stitched brad.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the incredibly talented SCACD design team members for more inspiration!

Suzanne Dean
Anki Bargman
Danni Bindel
Aud Nordheim
Jennifer Greco
Marti Wills
Carolyn Bounds
Dianne Prewitt

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all all having a terrific weekend!

Running late!

I'm running late today! Too much going on in our life this week, I guess. It is a good thing I was chatting with Jen at 11:30 last night since she is the one who reminded me that I needed to blog today.

It is preview time at Paper Pretties! The new releases will be available to purchase on April 1st. Today there are some super fun previews from myself, Jana and Jen.

My card today uses the March SOTM which will now be available for non SOTM customers starting April 1st. This set is called You're Maavelous. She is such a cutie!

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

A Prettie Preview!

It is preview time at Paper Pretties. The April 1st stamp release is just around the corner! Today I get to give you a peak at Julie's newest Scripture stamp. I just love how beautiful and elegant her designs are.



Jennifer and Christie also have scripture cards to show you today so be sure to check out their blogs too!

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

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and a Birthday Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fun Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week we are also celebrating a Prettie Birthday. Today is Prettie girl Frances' birthday! Happy Birthday Frances! I hope you have a terrific day! This week our challenge comes from Prettie Girl Jana! In honor of Frances' (Stampowl) birthday Jana challenged all of us to find a picture of an owl to use as an inspiration.

This week the design team will be using either the set Lady Sophia or Make a Wish Sophia. Both stamp sets featured this week will be on sale for 20% off all week. Also be sure to check out the new digi stamp section of the boutique, Christie is adding new digis all the time (there are a bunch of super cute digi Sophia stamps)!

I did a google search for owl pictures to find my inspiration piece:

For my card, I used the set Lady Sophia. I used my inspiration piece as a color challenge.


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! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy Bond! Make sure you follow the hop all the way to the end and wish Frances a big Happy Birthday!!!

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to another fun Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge! Since Easter is just around the corner, our challenge this week is to make a project with a spring or Easter theme! We'd love for you to play along with us! If you do be sure to leave a link to your project in the comment section of the challenge post on the JB blog and/or use keyword JBE098 when up loading to PCP or SCS.

For my card I used some fun Basic Grey designer paper, Basic Grey glazed brads, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and some Zva Creative felt flowers.

For more Spring/Easter inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

The Jacksonbelle store has tons of awesome new products in stock now, with more on the way. Lindsey just got a huge order of Prima in but it is selling fast so you should check it out soon! Some of the other new products in the store include Pink Paislee (the new PP 6x6 pads sold out really quickly but more are on the way!), Basic Grey, Stampavie, My Favorite Things and much much more!

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

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a terrific weekend. It's Monday, that means it is time for another fun Little Paper Shop Challenge! This week Allison has a fabulous sketch challenge for all of us! We'd love for you to play along with us! If you do, be sure to leave a link to your card in the comments section of the LPS blog challenge post. One lucky random participant this week will win the set {Topiary}.

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used the newly released set {Everyday}.



For more inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the fabulous Little Paper Shop design team!

Julia
Bonnie
Cindy
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam

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

Happy Birthday Julie!

Today is Prettie Girl Julie's birthday! To celebrate, the rest of the Prettie Girls have put together a fun blog hop. If you arrived here via Frances' blog you are on the right path. If not, be sure to go back to the beginning (Christie's blog). You won't want to miss any of the fabulous projects.

For my card I used the super cute set "Happy Birth Day Lamb". I think this image is so cute!

Next stop in the birthday hop is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy!

Julie, I hope you have an absolutely wonderful birthday!!

Little Danni with Flutterby

Hello friends! Today I have another card that I made with one of the newly released Victoria Case stamps from SCACD. The new spring collection is just incredible. I have been loving all of these cute little ladies! Today I used the new stamp "Little Danni and Flutterby". I think she is just so sweet! I stamped my image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic markers. I also added some Doodlebug Designs sugar coating glitter to her shoes, the cherry and the butterfly. For a little more sparkle I added my favorite embellishment, Dress It Up glitter dots!

I hope you are all having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and a Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fun Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from the incredibly talented Prettie Girl Julie! Julie gave use a fun color challenge for this week: Yellow, Aqua, Kraft and White/Ivory.

This week the design team will be using either the set Love You This Much or Eggstra Special Easter. Both stamp sets featured this week will be on sale for 20% off all week. Also be sure to check out the new digi stamp section of the boutique, Christie is adding new digis all the time!

For my card, I used the set Eggstra Special Easter. I just think this Cooper is so cute!


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! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy Bond!

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