Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Monday already? Where did the weekend go? We spent most of the weekend relaxing at home with a little day trip to the pumpkin patch on Sunday. Overall a pretty great weekend!
Since the weekend is over it means it is time for {Little Paper Shop} Monday and another fabulous challenge. Today we have a sketch for you, drawn by Julia! We'd love for you to play along with us. If you do and upload to SCS or PCP please use keyword LPSC38. This week, one lucky challenge participant will win the new {Merry and Bright} stamp set! You have until Sunday night to post a link to your creation on this week's post on the LPS store blog and the winner will be announced there next Monday mornning. Happy stamping!

Here is this week's sketch:

For my card I used a couple of my favorite Little Paper Shop stamp sets: {Angelic Jena} and {Make a Wish}. I did a little paper piecing, added lots and lots of glitter and I popped Jena up too. All of my cardstock and DP is SU except for the yellow with is PTI.

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

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

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

HUGE SALE at Jacksonbelle Embellishments!!!!

There is a HUGE sale going on at Jacksonbelle Embellishments!

ALL Inkadinkado stamps and stamp sets are 40% off!
and
ALL Martha Stewart punches are 30% off!

It is a great time to take advantage of some fabulous deals!
All Shimmerz, Daisy D and Ranger Stickles are on sale too!

There are also a ton of fun new things in stock...Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, My Mind's Eye, Making Memories and more.

Blog Candy Alert!

My blogging friend Linda has some amazing blog candy posted on her blog right now. You can check it out HERE. While you are there take a lot around...Linda makes some absolutely INCREDIBLE projects. Her beer mat creations always amaze me!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop!!!

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 Christi! Christi's challenge is an awesome color challenge: Barely Banana, Ruby Red and Not Quite Navy. This is one of my favorite combos!
We would love for you to ink up your Paper Pretties stamps and play along with us. One lucky challenge 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 PWC73.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, October 20th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique


For my card I used the newly released Happy Birth Day Lamb. This set is absolutely adorable! It is perfect for birthday cards, baby cards and more. I covered my lamb with white Sparkly Fluff. I just love how this card turned out. I hope you like it too!
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!

I also wanted to mention that Paper Pretties is having a design team call! Would you like to be a Prettie Girl? Here are the design team call details:
The requirements are 6 cards or projects per month for a 6 month term. If you'd like to submit your work for consideration please email good quality pictures of 3 cards or projects that you consider your best work using Paper Pretties stamps to christie@paperpretties.net. Please include your name, SCS username if you have one, and your blog address.
The DT call is open until the 27th of October. Because of the number of submissions, we will not be able to email everyone back. If you are chosen you will receive an email from us by October 31st. Thank you in advance for all of the hard work that goes into submitting for DT calls!

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

It's that time again! Time for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge. This week the challenge is to use vellum on your project. We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave us a link to your project on the challenge post on the JB blog and/or use keyword JBE075 when you upload to SCS or PCP.

First off, I have to tell you...I don't use vellum. I think this might actually be the very first ever card with vellum posted on my blog. I'm actually surprised that I even had any to use. After struggling for hours (literally - over 5 hours) I was finally able to come up with a card that I don't like but am not embarassed to post on my blog. I started off by trying to stamp on vellum and color an image and then I tried it again and finally after spending 4 hours and throwing my card in the garbage, I decided to just emboss the vellum with a Cuttlebug folder. Much easier. Like I said, I still am not thrilled with this card but I know when to say when.

I used tons of awesome Jacksonbelle goodies on my card....Basic Grey DP and Basic Grey bling flower centers, Shimmerz paint, MM trim, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and Martha Stewart leaf punch.

Oh and speaking of Shimmerz...ALL Shimmerz and Stickles are on sale at Jacksonbelle. It is a great time to stock up for all of your upcoming holiday projects!

For more inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest 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

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge and blog hop!

Blog Candy WInner!!

I want to thank all of you who entered my blog candy giveaway! I hope you all checked out the Little Paper Shop forum! There are lots of fun things going on over there...fun challenges, free digi stamps and more!

The winner of my Little Paper Shop blog candy is: Theresa!

Theresa said...

My favorite color combo is natural colors....browns, golds, grays, etc.

October 9, 2009 1:27 PM

Congrats Theresa! Please send an email to me at thlr2003@gmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your goodies sent out to you right away!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! I managed to get a little rest and a lot of cleaning done around the house, so overall I'm pretty happy with the weekend! I also managed to get 3 cards done too, woohoo! One of those cards was for today...yikes! I usually try to have my design team projects done at least 2-3 weeks ahead of deadline but lately I've been a bit behind. It is seriously not like me to be working on a card 2 days before I need to have it done. Behind or not, I still got it done and I'm excited to share it with you.
It is Monday so that means it is time for another fun Little Paper Shop challenge. This week our challenge is a sketch courtesy of the talented Allison Fillo. We would love for you to play along with us. A random participant in this week's challenge will win the new Christmas set {Merry & Bright}. If you play along be sure to leave a link to your project on the challenge post on the LPS blog!

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used one of my favorite LPS stamp sets {Beautiful Things}. This set has a bunch of fun 2-step flowers as well as a bunch of GORGEOUS sentiments!
For more sketchy inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the fabulous Little Paper Shop design team!

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by today! Check back later this morning for the winner of my Little Paper Shop blog candy!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Paper Pretties World Card Making Day Challenge #1

This is my 2nd post of the day. To see my Little Paper Shop Release Day post, please scroll down to preview post.

Welcome to Paper Pretties' festivities for World Card Making Day! Not sure if you all noticed my side bar but as of Thursday I am officially a Prettie Girl! I was so excited when Christie asked me to join the Pretties team! I adore all of the Paper Pretties images and can't wait to start sharing more projects with you.
To celebrate World Card Making Day, Paper Pretties is hosting 3 fabulous challenges throughout the day: 1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon and 1 in the evening. Be sure to check the Paper Clip for all of today's challenges. You can pick 1 to do (or all 3 if you like ). On October 5th at 11:00 pm Christie will draw a winner from all of the entries in the Paper Pretties Challenge Gallery in the Paper Pretties Forum (please use keyword WCMD when you upload your card) to receive the newly released set Season of Joy. That means you'll have all weekend to work on your challenge card. You can use any products you like, but the main image must be one from Paper Pretties. The winner will be posted on the Paper Clip on the 6th!

Also, don't forget that ALL day today you can get 15% off your entire Paper Pretties order - even clearance merchandise! Just enter the coupon code wcmd (case sensitive, no spaces) when you check out! With the whole store on sale, it is a great time to stock up on all of those Sophia and Cooper stamps I know you've be wanting!

CHALLENGE #1

The first challenge was given by our incredibly talented design team member Jana. Jana's challenge is to make a project using the following colors: Light Pink, Medium Pink, Taupe, Black and White.

I just got Make A Wish Sophia in the mail a few days ago and I couldn't wait to get her inked up. Isn't she just adorable.
If you are wondering where my taupe is...I colored the table with a taupe-ish color Copic, LOL.

For more color inspiration check out the blogs of my fellow Prettie Girls Jana Weaver and Christi Thorsen

Be sure to check the Paper Clip throughout the day for challenges #2 and #3.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fabulous World Card Making Day!

Little Paper Shop Release Day (and a challenge!)

It's release day at Little Paper Shop! All 4 of the October releases are now available to purchase on the Little Paper Shop site. As an extra bonus all 4 sets are 10% off now through October 9th.
To celebrate the new release, as well as World Card Making Day, we have a fabulous challenge for you today. Our challenge for you is to make a Christmas card using non-traditional Christmas colors. If you use designer paper it can contain red and green but not as a main focus. We would love for you to play along! If you do, make sure you leave a link to your project on the LPS blog and use keyword LPSC36 when uploading to SCS or PCP. You have until Sunday October 11th to link to your project. One random lucky participant is going to win ALL 4 of the new releases!!!!

For my card today I used the new release {Merry & Bright}.

For more non-traditional Christmas inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Little Paper Shop design team:

Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

Be sure to head over to the LPS blog too - one lucky commenter today will win the new release {Merry & Bright}!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a fabulous World Card Making Day. I have a couple more posts planned for today so be sure to check back!

Preview: {Katie Christmas}

Welcome to day 3 of the Little Paper Shop October Release Previews. All 4 of the new release stamp sets will be available to purchase on the Little Paper Shop site tomorrow!!!
For the third preview installment we have an adorable set called {Katie Christmas}. This super cute set is a dream come true for those of you who like to mask. There are so many possibilities!

Here are 2 cards that I made using {Katie Christmas} :

For more sneak peaks of {Katie Christmas}, be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Little Paper Shop design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

The Little Paper Shop blog is giving away {Katie Christmas} to one lucky commenter today so be sure to check it out HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow is release day and you definitely won't want to miss it. We have one more set to show you plus a super fun challenge for you! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Little Paper Shop Preview Day 2: {Christmas Tags}

Today is day 2 of the Little Paper Shop October release sneak peaks. All 4 of the new release stamp sets will be available to purchase on Saturday, Oct. 3. Today we are previewing a fabulous set called {Christmas Tags}. Even though it is called {Christmas Tags}, this set would be great for cards, scrapbook pages and any other project for that matter. This set is made up of a bunch of fun little Christmas images as well as some tag sentiments and more. For my project I picked one of the sentiments and made this fun Christmas card.

For more sneak peaks of {Christmas Tags}, be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Little Paper Shop design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

The Little Paper Shop blog is giving away {Christmas Tags} to one lucky commenter today so be sure to check it out HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another fabulous Little Paper Shop preview!

Lady Liberty

Today I thought I would share another card that I made for last week's Paper Pretties fun foam blog challenge. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of fun foam but it was fun playing around with it. This time around I "borrowed" some squiggle fun foam pieces from Annabelle's fun foam gingerbread man kit. I thought they were too plain as white so I added some Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds to jazz them up a bit. The main image and sentiment are from the Lady Liberty set from Paper Pretties. Lady Liberty Sophia is colored with Copic markers.
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for another Little Paper Shop October release preview!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to the final challenge in the Jacksonbelle September Tuesday Challenge Contest! All of the contest details can be found on the Jacksonbelle blog. As an extra bonus this week, Jacksonbelle is also having a HUGE sale! With World Card Making Day just a few days away, Lindsey is putting everything in the store on sale 25% off. The promotion code that you need to enter at checkout is FALL (all caps). This will get you 25% off your order. With all of the fabulous new Prima, My Minds Eye, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Stampavie and more in stock, now is a great time to stock up and save big bucks!

Now...the challenge...We have a fun color challenge for you this week. The challenge is to use all or some of the following colors: Green, Blue, Red and Black. These are the colors in the new Pink Paisley Amber Road Collection that you can find in the Jacksonbelle store. If you haven't seen this Pink Paisley collection you are definitely missing out. It is absolutely GORGEOUS! You can see the whole collection HERE. If you play along with our challenge this week, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the Jacksonbelle blog challenge post and use keyword JBE073 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

For my card I used the Pink Paislee Amber Road Bonfire and Harvest Hayride designer papers. I LOVE these! They are just gorgeous and coordinate beautifully. I also used an adorable Stampavie Sarah Kay image.

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

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Thanks for stopping by today! Remember you only have until Thursday Oct 1 at midnight EST to get your contest cards emailed in!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge (and a preview)!

I hope you all had a great weekend. Thankfully I was able to get in a teeny tiny bit of R&R over the weekend. Probably not as much as I needed, but enough to keep me going for a few more days. Tom is starting to feel better. I think he is actually planning on heading back to work today for the first time in a week. This is a good thing... I really need him to go back. Not because I don't want him here, but honestly I need our life to get back to normal.
And speaking of getting back to normal, I did get a little bit of stamping time this past week. Good thing, since today is the first preview day of the October Little Paper Shop release.

The October Little Paper Shop releases are AWESOME. Actually AWESOME is an understatement. I absolute love every single one of them! Are you ready to get working on your Christmas cards? If so, this is the release for you! The new release sets will be available to purchase on Saturday Oct 3rd.
Today the design team is giving you a fabulous sneak peak at the first of 4 new sets...{Katie Caroler}. This set is totally adorable and so fun to create with!
Not only is today preview day #1, but it is also challenge day. We have a super fun sketch for you this week. We'd love for you to play along too. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the LPS blog. One lucky challenge participant this week will will {Katie Caroler). You also have a 2nd chance to win {Katie Caroler} just by leaving a comment on the LPS blog today!

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

This sketch was so much fun that I made a 2nd card with it. My 2nd card uses the recently released {Jena Witch} set. I just think she is the cutest witch EVER!

For more sneak peaks of {Katie Caroler} and more sketch inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Little Paper Shop design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam - Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the final Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge Contest challenge!

Is it the weekend yet?

Man do I need some down time. The weekend can't get here soon enough. With Tom sick not only am I doing all of my normal duties but I'm also trying to do his. He normally takes Annabelle to school which doesn't seem like a huge thing but trying to get her up and dressed and breakfast is hard enough, but then I have to get myself together and get her to school. Not to mention trying to deal with getting Beckett up and to school too. Thankfully today he can stay in bed while I take her since he doesn't have school today. I've also been sleeping on the floor in the kids' bedroom the past few nights in an effort to stay away from Tom (who the doctors said most likely has H1N1). My back is killing me and I am dead exhausted.
Ok, enough of my pity party...

Here is another card that I made for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash a couple weeks ago. The main image is from Wiff of Joy and the sentiment is from Verve.
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great day!