Postcard request

I have a slightly strange request today... My niece's 3rd grade class is writing letters to people around the country asking them to send post cards to their class. They are trying to get postcards from all 50 states. If any of you would be willing to send a postcard please send me an email (thlr2003@gmail.com) with your mailing address. The kids have to write a letter to each person asking for the postcard which is why I need your address. You would not need to send a postcard until you get the letter from her class. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to send one!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

ETA: They have or will have postcards coming from the following states thus far: CA, AK, FL, WI, CO, WA, OR, OH, MI, TX, LA, NC, AL, ID, NV and KS. They still need the rest of the states!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop!!!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another funWednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from the incredibly talented Prettie Girl Frances! Frances' challenge is a super fun sketch. 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 PWC80.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, December 8th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

Here is the inspiration sketch:

Sorry for the poor lighting in my photo. I have been running crazy trying to get ready for our trip to Florida and by the time I got around to taking my photo last night the sun was almost set and I had little natural light.
For my card I used the absolutely adorable set "The Nativity". This set is just precious!

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!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

It’s Tuesday, so that means it is time for another Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge. Today also marks the start of the 12 Days of Jacksonbelle Christmas! For the next 12 days the Jacksonbelle design team will be sharing tons of fabulous Jacksonbelle Christmas projects with you. We are starting off today with a Christmas card challenge to get us in the holiday spirit! 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 on the Jacksonbelle Blog!

The Jacksonbelle store has a terrific variety of holiday products including Making Memories Mistletoe collection, Stampavie holiday stamps, Pink Paislee Mistletoe and Co., Inkadinkado stamps (all Inkadinkado is 40% off right now!) and much much more!

For my card I used the adorable Sarah Kay Noel Eve stamp from Stampavie along with some Basic Grey designer paper, and some Basic Grey brads. I embossed the Basic Grey background paper with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more Christmas inspiration:

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

Be sure to check out the Jacksonbelle Blog every day for more fabulous Christmas projects. The design team has some AMAZING projects to share this week, you won't want to miss them! We will finish up our 12 Days of Jacksonbelle Christmas with a fun blog hop on the 12th!

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

Paper Pretties December Release Previews Continue!

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

Welcome to another preview for the Paper Pretties December Release! We had so much fun last month using a well known song for our peeks that we thought we'd try it again! And.. since we love giving things away, we'll have the same rules for prizes as last month: Each day two or three of the Prettie Girls will upload their preview cards to the Paper Pretties gallery...If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on her card, you'll have a chance to win the new set being previewed - make sense?
The contest will end December 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.
This month, in keeping with Christmas we've chosen a well known Christmas carol - Winter Wonderland as our preview inspiration! Today there are previews from Christie, Wendy and myself. Be sure you stop by and leave a comment in the gallery for each card for your chance to win!

Today I am lucky enough to give you an early peak of the upcoming January SOTM. I adore every single Sophia image and today's preview is no different...Under the Sea Sophia is ADORABLE!!!!

Just like my card I previewed on Thursday... I sort of forgot about using the Winter Wonderland lyrics as inspiration when I made my card. Today's card was a lot easier to find a lyric for though..."A Beautiful Sight"....Sophia is definitely a beautiful sight!!!
I colored my main image with Copic markers and added some glitter. When we were in Florida last December I collected a bunch of teeny tiny sea shells that I thought I could maybe use "someday" on a card..."someday" finally arrived! I thought the little orange scallop shell worked great with this image. The designer paper is My Mind's Eye.
Be sure to stop by the Paper Pretties gallery and leave a comment on my card!

Also...Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum tomorrow night at 7pm CST when all the stamps will be released for sale.

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

LPS "Recyle It" Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It is Monday, so that means it is time for another super fun Little Paper Shop challenge! This week our challenge is called "Recycle It". The challenge is to pick any one of the previous Little Paper Shop sketches and use it to make a holiday card. We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the challenge post on the LPS blog! One lucky participant this week will win the LPS set {I Heart}!

I picked a fun sketch by design team member Cindy Haffner:

For my card I used the adorable {Katie Caroler} set.

For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Little Paper Shop design team members!

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

Don't forget that everything in the LPS store is on sale 10-70% off! It is a great time to build up your collection or pick up some fun Christmas gifts at an awesome price! Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

Paper Pretties December Preview!

Welcome to our Prettie Peeks for the Paper Pretties December Release! We had so much fun last month using a well known song for our peeks that we thought we'd try it again! And.. since we love giving things away, we'll have the same rules for prizes as last month: Each day two or three of the Prettie Girls will upload their preview cards to the Paper Pretties gallery...If you stop by the Pretties Gallery and leave that Prettie Girl a comment on her card, you'll have a chance to win the new set being previewed - make sense?
The contest will end December 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.
This month, in keeping with Christmas we've chosen a well known Christmas carol - Winter Wonderland as our preview inspiration! Today there are previews from Christie, Jennifer and myself. Be sure you stop by and leave a comment in the gallery for each card for your chance to win!

The first December set that I am previewing is called "Unknown Blessings". I LOVE this set! The two mailbox images are super fun and there are also some fun sentiments to go along with them.

To be totally honest, I sort of forgot about using the Winter Wonderland lyrics as inspiration when I made my card. It was a bit hard to find a lyric that fit the card after the fact, but I think it just might fit with "In the lane, snow is glistening"....my thinking is there are probably mailboxes "in the lane" and the bling on my card is "glistening", LOL.

Be sure to head on over to the Paper Pretties gallery and leave a comment on MY CARD for a chance to win this super fun set!

Also...Don't forget to stop on by the party in the Paper Pretties forum on December 1st at 7pm CST when all the stamps will be released for sale.

Oh and one more thing....Paper Pretties is having a Thanksgiving sale now through Sunday...30% off all Thanksgiving, Christmas and Winter stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

A Prettie Challenge and Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another funWednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from Prettie Mama herself! Christie's challenge is to use the picture below as an inspiration piece. 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 PWC75.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, December 1st.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

Here is the inspiration piece:

I used the teal from the photo as the inspiration for my card. When I was looking through the Paper Pretties Gliding By gallery I saw a GORGEOUS card made by Prettie Girl Frances that I just had to CASE. Check out Frances' card HERE.

Here is my card:

I colored Gliding By Sophia with Copic markers and then added some Sparkly Fluff to her ear muffs and the fluffy thing on her arm. The snowflakes are made out of fast air drying polymer clay. I rolled the clay as flat as I could and let it dry for a while. I then used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch and punched the snowflakes. I let them dry for 24 hours longer and then added the rhinestones. It was my first time working with clay but I thought they turned out pretty good.

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! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the first Paper Pretties December release preview!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

It's Tuesday! That means it is time for another fabulous Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge. This week we have a super easy challenge! Our challenge for you is to make a project using your favorite products from the Jacksonbelle store! Easy peasy! If you play along, please be sure to let us know. Leave a link to your project on the challenge post on the Jacksonbelle blog or use keyword JBE081 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

I have a TON of favorite products from the Jacksonbelle store. Honestly, I couldn't even begin to use all of them on one card so I picked a few of my top favorites:

Stampavie Stamps
May Arts Ribbon
Prima Flowers
Cuttlebug folder
Mini Glue Dots
&
Basic Grey designer paper and matching brads.

To celebrate our favorites (and Thanksgiving), Lindsey has a HUGE sale going on in the Jacksonbelle store. EVERYTHING is 25% off. As a bonus, for every order you place between now and the end of the month you get your name entered into a drawing for a HUGE Jacksonbelle goodie package worth over $100!

Be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more inspiration:

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. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I manage to see New Moon (twice) so I'm still on cloud nine, LOL.
It's Monday and that means it is time for another fun Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge. This week we have a fun color challenge. We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the challenge post on the LPS blog! One lucky participant this week will win the LPS set {Merry & Bright}!
For my card I decided to give the flower pot card another try. I just love this color combo! I used the new {For You} set from Little Paper Shop.
For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Little Paper Shop design team members!

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 day!

SPAM comments?

Is anyone else having problems with an unusually high number of SPAM comments lately? I have been getting several per day and was just curious if anyone else was. I would hate to have to add the word verification back but I may have to if this doesn't end.

Hope you are all having a great weekend. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a fabulous Little Paper Shop challenge!

New Moon Blog Hop!

I had so much fun playing along with the Twilight Tuesday anniversary blog hop a few weeks ago that when I saw they were doing a New Moon hop I knew I had to join in the fun again! If you are just joining in, be sure to start back at the very begining (Twilight Tuesday blog) to take in the whole hop! If you got here from Donna's blog you are on the right path!

I have to tell you that New Moon was NOT my favorite book in the Twilight series. The first time I read New Moon I nearly ruined my book by soaking it with tears. There are several pages that are warped and wrinkled beyond repair from tears being dripped all over them. Even after reading and/or listening to the audiobook 6 times the heartbreak when Edward leaves does not get any easier for me. Every time I start to get close to that part in the book I get a huge lump in my throat. As I've clearly expressed before, I am forever Team Edward! When I read New Moon I was still on the Twilight Edward high (I had just read Twilight the day before - I was one of those 4 books in 4 days girls) and had no tolerance for anyone else. Then New Moon Edward ripped out my heart. I was so mad at Edward for leaving and then so mad at Jacob for...nothing...I was just mad. I wasn't thrilled about Jacob in New Moon..I actually did not like him one bit. BUT....after about my 4th time through the book I started to warm up to Jacob. I'm still team Edward but I can definitely tolerate Jacob. Since I showed my love for Edward in the anniversary hop I decided to show my like for Jacob in this one.
My card is simple because I figured Jacob wouldn't approve of a fancy, frilly card, LOL.

(click on the photo for a better view)

Thanks for stopping by today! Next stop on the hop is my stamping pal Jackie!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

A Prettie Challenge and Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another funWednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week it is my turn to issue the challenge. I thought it would be fun to do a color challenge with a twist...my color challenge is to use the colors black, white and red. The twist is the project must also have glitter on it. 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 PWC75.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, November 24th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

For my card I used the adorable Trim the Tree Sophia. Isn't she 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!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

It's Tuesday! That means it is time for another fabulous Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge. This week we have a super fun inspiration challenge. Our challenge for you is to click on THIS LINK and pick one of the fabulous girls dresses as an inspiration piece. There are tons of different dresses to choose as your inspiration. If you play along, please be sure to let use know. Leave a link to your project on this blog post or use keyword JBE080 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

I chose this dress as my inspiration piece:

I actually think this dress is sort of hideous, LOL, but it gave me lots of colors to work with! For my card I used the totally adorable Stampavie Gillian F Roberts Snowman stamp. I just adore these awesome Stampavie winter images. I colored the image with Copic markers and added some Sparkly Fluff. The designer paper is My Mind's Eye. This paper is just GORGEOUS! Jacksonbelle has several different lines of My Mind's Eye in stock. I finished it off with some ribbon and a Making Memories button.

Be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more inspiration:

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. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Don’t forget about the HUGE Inkadinkado and Martha Stewart sale going on in the Jacksonbelle store. All Inkadinkado and Martha Stewart products are 40% off!

Little Paper Shop Preview and a Challenge!

Welcome to day 2 of the Little Paper Shop November release previews. Today the design team is previewing a fabulous new sentiment set called {For You}. Since it is Monday we also have a challenge for you. The challenge this week is to use a die cut of some sort on your card. We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the challenge post on the LPS blog. One lucky challenge participant this week will win {For You}. Julia is also generously giving away a {For You} set to one lucky random person who comments on today's preview post on the LPS blog, so be sure to head over there and leave a comment.

Here is my card:

For more {For You} previews, 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! Both of the November release sets will be available to purchase in the LPS store tomorrow. I also wanted to mention that starting tomorrow, {Little Paper Shop} is having a HUGE sale! Julia is putting all stamps in the store on sale, anywhere from10% to 70% off!!!! You won't want to miss it! Great time to stock up on all of your favorite sets or pick up some Christmas presents at an awesome price!

I hope you all have a great day!

{I Heart} Little Paper Shop Preview!

I hope everyone is having a terrific weekend! Today marks the start of the Little Paper Shop November previews! Julia has 2 absolutely incredible sets for you this month. Today the design team will be previewing the new set {I Heart}. This set is filled with super fun images as well as coordinating sentiments...a hot air balloon, a bird house, a fabulous heart topiary and more...fun fun fun! Both of the new sets will be available to purchase in the Little Paper Shop store on Tuesday! Be sure to leave a comment on the LPS blog today for a chance to win {I Heart}!

For my card I used the bird house stamp from the set along with the coordinating sentiment.

For more {I Heart} goodness, 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! Be sure to check back tomorrow for another LPS preview and challenge! I also wanted to mention that starting Tuesday, {Little Paper Shop} is having a HUGE sale! Julia is putting all stamps in the store on sale, anywhere from10% to 70% off!!!! You won't want to miss it! Great time to stock up on all of your favorite sets or pick up some Christmas presents at an awesome price!

Jacksonbelle Goodies and some Organization!

Hello all! Just wanted to give everyone the heads up that Lindsey is giving away some AWESOME Jacksonbelle goodies to one lucky customer this month. Here are the details:

Exciting News!! Every order large or small from now until Nov. 30^th will be entered into a drawing to win this HUGE goodie bag from my store! (1 entry per order….you can order as many times as you like) 1 random winner will be chosen on December 1^st and will be announced on the store blog!

Includes 23 sheets of October Afternoon paper; 6 x 6 Eerie Paper Pad from Basic Grey; 6 x 6 Jolly by Golly and Early Bird Paper Pads, Wonderland Rubon’s and stickers from Cosmo Cricket; Rubon’s from Crate Paper; Yards of ribbon from May Arts; Brads, Bling, Rubon Tape and Chipboard Tags from Daisy D; Crocheted Flowers and Spring stamp from Imaginisce; Epoxy Frames from Making Memories; 2 wood stamps from Inkadinkado; 2 Cuttlebug Embossing folders from Provo Craft; Bling from Me and My Big Ideas; Felt Flowers from We R Memory Keepers; 3 Websters Pages Rubon’s; Flowers, 2 Transparency Sheets, Tape, Corner stamps, collage sheets and Bling from Prima; Crocheted flowers by Melody.

Now for some organizing...those of you who know me well know that I am a bit OCD when it comes to organizing my stamp room. Tom has even asked on several occasions if I stamp or just reorganize my room every day, LOL. Well, I thought I would share some pictures of my latest reorg project. I transferred all of my stamps that I stored in CD cases into the plastic binder storage system similar to the ones that Gina K sells (but these were a lot cheaper, Thanks for the heads up on that one Jess!) - (I now have about 300 empty CD cases if anyone wants them). I'm pretty happy with my stamp room now except for my ribbon storage. I hate my current ribbon storage system. Just last week I bought one of those huge MM wall shelving units that has ribbon storage but since we are planning on putting the house up for sale after the 1st of the year Tom doesn't want to put any holes in the wall so that will just have to wait until my next stamp room. Here are some pics of my newly organized space!



Hope you all have a great day!

A Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and Blog Hop!

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 Jana! Jana challenged the Prettie Girls to create a monochromatic card using blues and black/white. 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 PWC75.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuedsay, November 17th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

Monochromatic is always a challenge for me but I like how my card turned out. I inked up my new Love You This Much Cooper stamps for this week challenge. Doesn't he just make you smile! I love this image and the sentiments that go along with it are perfect! He reminds me so much of Beckett!
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!

A Birthday Blog Hop - Pretties Style!

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

Today is Prettie Girl Jen Greco's birthday! To celebrate, the rest of the Prettie Girls are having a birthday blog hop in her honor! If you are just joining in the hop be sure to start back at the begining -Christie's blog-because you won't want to miss any of the fabulous birthday cards! If you got here from Frances' blog you are on the right path!

I am very excited to be wishing Jen a happy happy birthday! Not only is Jen a fellow Prettie Girl but she is also my in town BFF. I consider myself incredibly lucky that by chance we met on SCS 3 years ago. I can't imagine what the last 3 years would have been like had we not met. Jen I hope you have an incredible birthday and many more!

I thought it only fitting to use Make A Wish Sophia for my card. Jen's house is majorly lacking in girls so I thought I would make her card as girly as possible...pinks, purples, glitter, bling...

Happy Birthday Jen!

Next stop on the birthday blog hop is Prettie Girl Wendy Bond! Be sure to follow the hop all the way to the end to leave some birthday love on Jen's blog.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

Welcome back! It’s Tuesday, so that means it is time for another fun Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge. This week we have a super fun challenge for you. The challenge this week is to make something for Christams...a bag, a tag, a gift, anything for Christmas. We’d love for you to play along with us. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on the Jacksonbelle blog with a link to your creation and/or use keyword JBE079 when uploading to PCP or SCS.

This challenge made me very nervous. I am not much of a gift or gift bag maker...actually I pretty much only make cards. Anything outside the card realm is a major challenge for me. I decided to try my luck with a gift tag. For my tag I used the AWESOME Sarah Kay Santa stamp from Stampavie. This image was a little intimidating at first but in the end I really like how the coloring turned out. I layered the image over some Basic Grey designer paper and other cardstock. The green ribbon is from Making Memories and the other ribbon is Amuse. Overall I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I colored the image with Copic markers and then added white Sparkly Fluff for the cuffs of Santa's hat and jacket.

(Click on the picture for a bigger image)

Here's what the back side looks like:

For more Christmas inspiration be sure to 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

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Don’t forget about the HUGE Inkadinkado and Martha Stewart sale going on in the Jacksonbelle store. All Inkadinkado and Martha Stewart products are 40% off!

LPS Monday Challenge

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great weekend! We have been riding the fever train at our house since Thursday. Sadly we are having the best November weather ever and the kids are too sick to go out and enjoy it. I'm hoping we are on the mend but both kids are home from school today. I'm crossing my fingers for some healthy days ahead because we can't stay cooped up in the house much longer and still stay sane, LOL.

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 LPSC41 when uploading to SCS or PCP.
One lucky participant in this week's challenge will win the LPS set {Merry & Bright}. You have until Sunday night to get your project linked on the LPS blog!

Here is the sketch:

I have to apologize for my card today. With both kids sick (and dh sick too) I haven't had a lot of time or energy to stamp. My card this week uses the exact same colors as last week's LPS card because those were the scraps that were still sitting on my table since last week.
I used the adorable {Katie Caroler} set for my main image and the sentiment comes from {Katie Christmas}. I colored my images with Copic markers and added white Sparkly Fluff snow (this is sorta hard to see in the photo). My main panel is popped up from the card base with foam dimensionals.



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!