Some Halloween bits and pieces and a Prettie Party!

I hope you all had a Happy Halloween. Today I thought I would share a few of our Halloween pics. These first pics are of the Frankenstein treat bags that I made for the kids' Halloween parties at school (plus a few extras for our neighbor kids). I ended up making a total of 40 of these (It took me 10 hours).

Here are my little trick or treaters

Our carved pumpkins.

I also have a couple Prettie reminders... The "My Favorite Things" contest ends today. The last 3 Prettie Previewers are:

Jana: Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Jackie: Silver white winters
and
Christi: That melt into spring

Be sure to go to the Paper Pretties gallery and comment your favorite thing about each card and you'll have a chance to win the set!!!
If you haven't already, be sure to comment on my 2 preview cards: Dreamboat and Bubble Time.

And dont' forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum tonight starting at 7 pm CST. You won't want to miss it!

More Paper Pretties Previews

The Paper Pretties "My Favorite Things" lyric contest continues today! The Prettie Girls with today's lyrics are:

Jana: Girls in White Dresses
and
Christi: with Blue Satin Sashes

Don't forget...all you need to do for a chance to win the stamp set used is to go to the Paper Pretties gallery and leave a comment on the card telling what your favorite thing about the card is. Easy Peasy!!

While you are there, be sure to leave comments on my 2 preview cards for a chance to win the sets I used this week. My cards are Dreamboat and Bubble Time Sophia.

I hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

Pretties Previews Continue

This is my 2nd post for today. For the Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop(e) please scroll down to previous post.

It is time for more Paper Pretties November release previews! If you recall, we are having a fun contest this month bases in the song "A Few Of My Favorite Things". Each day two or three of the Prettie Girls will upload their challenge cards based on a line from the song. If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on what your 'FAVORITE THING' about her card is, you'll have a chance to win the new set that has been used in that challenge - make sense? The contest will end November 2nd and the winners will be posted on the Paper Clip. You can find the link to the specific cards in the Paper Pretties gallery on each blog post.

Today's Prettie previewers are:
Julie: Sleighbells
Frances: Schnitzel with noodles
Me: Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

Ok, so when I first started working on this card I was thinking "yeah....so.... Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings...yep, that's my lyric...hmmm....what in the world am I going to do....my set has nothing to do with geese...or any type of bird for that matter....wings...nope...aaaahhhhhhhhhhh.....HELP!!!!......oh wait.....moon....woohoo only 21 days until New Moon....no wait...that is something totally different (LMBO)....back to my problem....no moons in my stamp set either.....BUT WAIT....everytime I look at this image for some reason I start singing the song "Blue Moon"....WOOHOO...I think I might be able to do this..."

Yep, that was my exact line of thinking for this card. This new set is called Dreamboat and I absolutely LOVE it! Isn't the main image AWESOME!!! I seriously can't stop singing "Blue Moon"...
Run, don't walk, to the Paper Pretties Gallery and let me know your favorite thing about my card and you could be the lucky winner of this fabulous set...while you are there be sure to comment on my other preview card (and the cards of the other Prettie Girls for chances to win the other November releases)...Prettie Please....No one has commented on my Bubble Time Sophia card yet...don't any of you like it :( I'm just giving you a hard time, but seriously...you could win any one of the fabulous November releases!

I hope you all have a dreamy day!

Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop(e)

Welcome to the Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop(e)! If you are just joining us, be sure to start back at the begining of the hop (Michelle's blog). You won't want to miss anything! If you got here from Kelly's blog you are on the right path!

When I saw Michelle was organizing a blog hop for breast cancer awareness I knew I had to join in! I think every single one of us has probably been effected by breast cancer in one way or another...some of you have lost loved ones to breast cancer, some of you know someone currently battling breast cancer, some of you are battling breast cancer yourself...and even if you don't fall into one of these groups I know for sure that you all know and love someone with breasts, so this does indeed effect all of us!

Before I share my projects I thought I would share a few links to some great breast cancer information web sites.

National Breast Cancer Foundation
Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation
Breastcancer.org

Unfortunately I have been super busy volunteering my kids' classrooms this week so I didn't get time to work on my project until last night and then to make things worse, I'm feeling a bit under the weather and didn't have a lot of energy so I decided to go with a simple layout. Simple layout or not, I think the message still comes through loud and clear!

All of the stamps I used are from DRS Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today! Lets keep on hop(e)ing...next stop is Ashley's blog!

Paper Pretties November Previews

The "A Few of My Favorite Things" Paper Pretties previews/contest continues today. Today's previews/lyrics are:

Christie with "Crisp Apple Stuedals" and Danielle with "Doorbells"

Remember, you can win the sets previewed by going to the Paper Pretties gallery and commenting what your favorite thing about each card is. I'll have a fun preview card to share tomorrow. Don't forget to go and comment on my preview card from Monday, HERE!

I hope you all have a terrific day!

A Prettie Wednesday!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fabulous Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week's challenge comes from Prettie Girl Julie! Julie challenged the Prettie Girls to create a card with a clean and simple layout. We would love for you to ink up your Paper Pretties stamps and play along with us. Our challenge to you is to chose any one of the layouts the Prettie Girls are showing off today and make a card with it! 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 PWC75.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, November 3rd.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

Clean and simple is definitely a challenge for me. I'm not even sure my card falls into the clean and simple category but it is about as simple as I could make it without feeling like it absolutely needed more. I went with a simple layout with minimal embellishing. Since Halloween is coming up in a couple days I decided to use the adorable "Pick of the Patch" Cooper again. I just can't help but smile every single time I lay eyes on this cutie!

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!

Be sure to check the Prettie Girl blogs again tomorrow for more of the November release previews! I'll be back on Friday with another one of my preview cards!

Oh...Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum on November 1st at 8pm EST when all the stamps will be released for sale. You won't want to miss it!

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

Happy Anniversary Twilight Tuesday!!

I have multiple blog posts today. Please scroll down to previous posts to see the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge and the Paper Pretties Preview list.



Welcome to the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge Anniversary Blog Hop! If you arrived her from Eve Fowler's blog you are on the right track. If you are just joining in, be sure to start back at the beginning (The TTIC blog). You won't want to miss anything!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration challenge! For those of you unfamiliar with TTIC, it is a super fun weekly challenge inspired by the Twilight series of books. Those of you who know me well, you know that I am completely in love with these books. Funny thing is, a year ago I knew nothing about Twilight what so ever! I hadn't read the books and knew nothing of Edward Cullen...can you imagine how sad my life must have been, LMBO! Then by chance one day I read about the TTIC on my friend Rebecca's blog. Honestly I didn't really think much of it, just looked at her lovely creation. Then as the days passed, I kept seeing more and more and more posts on her blog about someone named Bella...and then Edward...and more and more..and I was thinking "What is up with this lady?" Seriously, LOL! So after reading several of Rebecca's Twilight blog posts I decided that I had to check out this "Twilight" she kept talking about. I bought the book the day before Thanksgiving last year. We were going to be at my parents for Thanksgiving so I figured I'd get a little reading time in. I started the book after we finished Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday and by Sunday night I had read Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Yep...4 books in 4 days! It is a good thing my husband was off of work for the holiday weekend (so he could tend to the kids) because my mind was forever lost in the world of Twilight. I have now read or listened to (I have all 4 audiobooks on my ipod) each book at least 6 times. I have walked through the grocery store listening to New Moon with tears pouring down my face and I have laughed out loud to myself on the city bus listening to Bella say "Why am I covered in feathers". I am forever grateful to Rebecca for turning me on to Twilight and changing my life!
I love the Twilight Tuesday challenges! Even though I don't find a lot of time to play along I do love to look at all of the fabulous creations made by the super talented dt! When I saw they were having a Anniversary blog hop I knew I had to ink up some of my Twilight stamps!
For my card I decided to use last week's TTIC51 "Edward" inspiration for my project.
I have to say that even though I love New Moon Jacob...I am forever Team Edward.
For my card I used the TGF Wild Sprout Edward stamp. Isn't he just perfect! My sentiment comes from the super fun Twilight themed Artful Inkables set "Fictionally Inspired".
I also wanted to give a big shout out to some generous sponsors of today's TTIC blog hop:

Stamp Happens Shop
Stamp Insanity Stamps
The Greeting Farm
Unity Stamp Co.
Die Cuts R Us
Sassy Studio Designs
Stars Fall Designs

Phew....that was a long post....if you managed to stick with me this long....the next stop on the hop is Tamara Bennett.

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

Paper Pretties Previews

The Paper Pretties November previews continue! Today's previewers are Julie, Frances and Jackie! Be sure to check out their "My Favorite Things" posts! Don't forget to go to the Paper Pretties forum gallery and comment for a chance to win the sets!!

A Few of My Favorite Things...Paper Pretties Preview

This is my 2nd blog post of the day. To see my Little Paper Shop Monday challenge please scroll down to the previous post.

Welcome to our Prettie Peeks for the Paper Pretties November Release! This month we thought we'd have some fun and give you a chance to win the new releases. Since our Pretties are some our favorite things, our peeks will be based on the lyrics to the song "A Few Of My Favorite Things". Each day two or three of the Prettie Girls will upload their challenge cards based on a line from the song. If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on what your 'FAVORITE THING' about her card is, you'll have a chance to win the new set that has been used in that challenge - make sense? The contest will end November 2nd and the winners will be posted on the Paper Clip. You can find the link to the specific cards in the Paper Pretties gallery on each blog post.

Today's Prettie previewers are:
Christie: Raindrops on Roses
Danielle: Wiskers on Kittens
Me: Bright Copper Kettles

My Preview set today is actually a sneak peak of the December Paper Pretties Stamp of the Month....Bubble Time Sophia! Isn't she absolutely adorable! I know I say that about every single Sophia stamp but seriously...look at her. I adore this stamp. I had so much fun coloring her and glittering up those bubbles. Such a fun set! To fit in with my "Bright Copper Kettles" theme I painted up the feet and edge of the tub with some Spiced Cider Shimmerz Blingz. It gives it a really pretty copper look. Be sure to head over to the Paper Pretties gallery and leave a comment on my card telling me your favorite thing about it! (you can click on the photo to see the copper in more detail)
Supplies used: Bubble Time Sophia from Paper Pretties, SU CS, DCWV glittered CS, Copic markers, Spiced Cider Shimmerz Blingz, self adhesive glitter pearls, EK Success bubble border punch, foam dimensionals.

Be sure to check out the Prettie Girls' blogs all week for more previews!

Oh...Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum on November 1st at 8pm EST when all the stamps will be released for sale. You won't want to miss it!

Hope you all have a terrific day! Thanks for stopping by!

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 sketch challenge 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 and/or use keyword LPSC39 when uploading to SCS or PCP.
One lucky participant in this week's challenge will win the LPS set {Christmas Tags}. You have until Sunday night to get your project linked on the LPS blog!

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used the set {Beary Special Katie}. I just love this set! She reminds me of Annabelle (except Annabelle has a special bunny instead of a bear). 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!

A weekend post...

I know I haven't been posting much on the weekends lately but today I wanted to share a little chipboard album that I made recently and remind everyone of the Paper Pretties design team call.

First off...Design Team Call!
Paper Pretties is having a design team call! There are only a couple more days left ...the call ends on Tuesday Oct 27th.

Here are all of the 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!

2nd...I wanted to share my Paper Pretties chipboard album that I made a couple weeks ago.
As usual I have to gush about how much I love my Paper Pretties stamps...Falling For You Sophia...ADORABLE!!! Have I mentioned that I LOVE all of the Sophia stamps from Paper Pretties, LOL! This stamp reminds me of my childhood. We used to rake huge piles of leaves and play in them every fall. Our current neighborhood is relatively new and we don't have many mature trees but we still rake up as many leaves as we can for our kids to jump in. That actually might even be our plans for today! If the weather cooperates it will be a great photo opportunity. I'm a mom who is constantly pulling photos of my kids out of my purse to show people, so I thought I would make a little album to put the fall pictures of my kids in. The album pages are a Sizzix die that I used on DCWV chipboard. I used some fun ribbon and fibers to tie my pages together. I'm not usually a person who alters anything but I was really happy with how this turned out.
Thanks for stopping by today. This week is the Paper Pretties November release preview week and the design team has a ton of fabulous projects to share all week. Check back tomorrow for preview day #1. I'll also have the Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge for you tomorrow. Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Time for a Prettie 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 Frances! Frances challenged everyone to make a Halloween treat of any kind...bag, box, lollipop holder...anything type of Halloween treat!
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 PWC74.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, October 27th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

For my Halloween treat box I used the absolutely ADORABLE Paper Pretties set Pick of the Patch. I love all of the stamps from Paper Pretties but the Cooper and Sophia stamps are my absolute favorites. Just look at this cute little guy. Doesn't he just melt your heart.

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 again this week 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!
You still have almost a week left to get your submissions in!

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

Well, today is my very last blog post.....as a 34 year old, LOL. I honestly can't figure out where time went. I can't really be turning 35, can I? Dang! 35 always seemed to be the line that divided young and old in my mind. Now that I'm there I think I might have to move the line (although Tom says I've been old for a long time already) LOL. I guess getting older is just a fact of life but I'm just not sure I'm ready...I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up. For the time being I guess I'll just keep playing with my paper, glue, scissors and such and pretend that I'm never going to grow up.

So it's Tuesday...that means a new Jacksonbelle challenge. We have a fabulous sketch for you this week. We'd love for you to play along with us. 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 JBE076 when you upload to SCS or PCP.

Here is the sketch:

For my card I used the awesome Eerie designer paper from Basic Grey. This is some of the best Halloween designer paper I've seen. Basic Grey makes creepy appear beautiful, LOL. I also used a fun Martha Stewart bat punch. And speaking of MS...all Martha Stewart punches are on sale 30% off at Jacksonbelle right now! All Inkadinkado stamps and stamp sets are 40% off too. It's a great time to do some shopping!

For more sketchy 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!

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!