It's April!

April is HERE!!! Why am I so excited about April? Well, I am joining the amazingly talented ladies over at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design as a Guest Designer for the month! I will be featuring the Anki's Sweethearts line, as well as a sampling from some of the other great stamp designs that Susana carries, three times a week for all of April. Woo hoo! To kick it off right here on April 1st, I have this card, featuring Alicia the Fairy. Isn't she DARLING?

I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored her with Copic markers, adding a few highlights with the white gel pen. I added a touch of Shimmerz to her wings, although you will probably have to take my word for it since my stamping cave doesn't have the best sparkle-catching light for photos. The colors are Certainly Celery, Regal Rose and White. The patterned paper is all from Die Cuts with a View.

Susana has some really great bundles for Copics, put together by coloring goddess Suzanne Dean {we're not worthy!}. She also carrys the Memento ink pads, which is the only thing to use with Copics and as we all know can be really hard to find. She has the BROWN too. I have been looking for that one for weeks so I know what I'm doing later! Oh, and did I mention that the brand new Nestabilities and Impressabilities are in stock now? No foolin'!!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope it's a good one for you!

MTTSC16 - Wedding Bells!

Well, I made it! It is still Twinkling Tuesday for another 14 minutes. Just enough time to get this blog post up!

This week's challenge for Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday was an inspiration challenge. We were given the above photo of Mickey and Minnie and told that they were getting married. Go forth and be inspired. Here's what struck me when I saw it:

The images are from the February release at JessicaLynnOriginal - Wedding Words. I love this set! Very versatile and just beautifully done! Colors are red, black and white. The card is 4" square.

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday {there are now 9 minutes left}. ;-) Be sure to visit the rest of the Twinklettes if you haven't already!

JessicaLynnOriginal Design Team Call

Well, I hinted at it on Sunday, and the details are up! JessicaLynnOriginal is looking for 3 new design team members! The call is open now through April 19th. You can view all the details HERE on the JLO blog.

Today is Twinkling Tuesday, I'll be back tonight with my card, I'm very late, long story. In the meantime go check the DT call!

LPS Monday

Monday morning! Wow, time flies. My DS #1 is the "special helper" at preschool this morning, so we have had a lot of excitement already today! Whew!

Well, Monday is of course {Little Paper Shop} showcase day! Today's project features the {A Dream} stamp set, which is one of my absolute FAVORITES from LPS. Ok, ok, they're all my favorites. But this one gets to sit on top of the pile.

The colors are Sage Shadow and White. The patterned paper is from....Hobby Lobby. I forget who makes it but I've gotten great use out of it! The butterfly was punched out of a scrap of Sugarcoated white cardstock from Doodlebug {see, I know that one!} and put on with a dimensional after I blinged it up. I did the clouds with a scallop circle punchie scrap and then I added extra sponging to the edges.

Did you know that the {Little Paper Shop} is turning ONE year old in April!?? I can't believe it either! We are going to be having a month's worth of celebrating starting next Monday, so stay tuned! There will be WEEKLY prizes for challenges, new digi stamps!!, PLUS our April stamp releases are truly amazing. Be sure to stick with us ALL month for a LOT of celebrating!

Last thing, there is a color challenge this week over on the LPS blog! The colors are Riding Hood Red, Kraft and Chocolate Chip. We'd love for you to play along, so be sure to link your creation to a comment on this post on the LPS blog to let us know you did {details are there too}! If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword LPSC09.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to visit all the other LPS ladies to see what they've created for today's showcase. See you tomorrow!

New at JessicaLynnOriginal!

Have you heard?? Brentwood Owl has landed at JessicaLynnOriginal! He is part of an adorable new line of stamps by JessicaLynnOriginal. Brentwood is the type of owl that everyone wants to be like and be friends with. He is not afraid of wearing silly costumes, visiting exotic locations, wearing some fake eyelashes, or just being your friend.

JLO is launching 14 brand new Brentwood stamp designs; with one of them being a limited edition!! There are only going to be 50 of them offered. Once they are gone that design will never be offered again. Each of the limited stamps will come with special packaging, each numbered, and hand signed by the artist.

A chance to WIN!!

Until the end of June there is a banner contest at JLO. All you have to do is post this JLO banner {below} on your favorite web spaces including: Your Blog, MySpace, Facebook, and Websites. Each place that you add this little banner you will get 1 entry into the contest.

PCP Group!

There is now a featured group for JessicaLynnOriginal on Papercraft Planet!! Come on in and join us! We would love to see you there! If you join our PaperCraftPlanet Group during the month of April you we will offer you an extra entry to the Win $50 Contest!!

Design Team

Last news - this is BIG! Stay tuned this week for a Design Team Call from JessicaLynnOriginal! We are looking for two more designers to join our team - it could be YOU!