LPS Preview - {Moments}

HELLO!! How are we this fine Valentine's Day? I am doing GREAT, and here's why....it's preview time at the {Little Paper Shop}! It's my favorite time of the month {hahaha}, and I absolutely adore this first set we're showcasing. It's called {Moments}, and if you know me, you know I love a good sentiment set! The LPS set {A Dream} was an instant favorite of mine, and I still use it at least once a month. Well I can tell you that {Moments} is going to give it a run for the money!

For my project today, I started off by stamping this amazing sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white. Stamped the leaf with Wild Wasabi over the top and put together layers. My color scheme is direct from the paper - the new Basic Grey Origins, so much fun! Some pearls, a spiral clip and a tuft of ribbon and it's all set!

I used a sketch to make this card (shocker), Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #60 {MTSC60} from this week. Here it is for reference:

Be sure to visit the LPS store blog today, check out all the gorgeous projects, and enter a comment for a chance to win this set!

See you tomorrow for another great LPS Preview!

Aurora For The Weekend!

TGIF everyone!! Boy it's been a long week, I am looking forward to the weekend.

Today I wanted to share a card I made last week (but didn't get a chance to post), just for fun, featuring my favorite little sprite, Aurora from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. I know you've heard me talking all about The Aurora Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD, and believe it or not, this is the only one that hadn't been inked yet. So she's getting her turn to shine today, heehee. This is Aurora at Home.

I stamped my Aurora in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Then I cut her out to size and put her together the mats and layers. The rest is all patterned paper {new Basic Grey Bittersweet, yummy!}, ribbon and Butternut Color Me buttons, which Susana has on sale right now for 50% off! I love these, I have lots of colors and I reach for them quite often. I added some Kaisercraft rhinestones and flower rhinestones.

I had two challenges with this card, although as I said, they were from last week so I'm late getting it up! Sketch is Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #59, and the color inspiration is from the Copic Colour Challenge, this is #50.

Before I go, some store news! You may have noticed it's about that time already, and some Cute-a-Palooza is coming your way on February 19th, with THE YUMMIEST blog candy beginning on the 15th on the SCACD store blog. You DO NOT want to miss this one, and that's all I'm saying for today!

Also, some more new CHA products are rolling in at the Susana's Custom Art and Card Design store, along with everything I mentioned last week, new Primas have landed too!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, I'll see you back here Sunday for the first of the {Little Paper Shop} February previews!

PWC90 - Wild Valentine

Hello stampers! Well, it's Wednesday already, which is Paper Pretties day; with a new blog hop and challenge each week! This week's challenge was issued by MEEEE, and I asked the girls to show something for their Valentine.

Here's my project, which will be going to one of my best girlfriends as more of an "anti-Valentine" heehee, but Sassy Shoes and Sassy Circles are our featured sets this week and I thought this would be prefect for the GIRLS in our lives!

I also incorporated a sketch, you know I can't resist that! This is from the "Just Us Girls" challenge blog {JUGS19} - here it is for reference:

I stamped my shoe with Memento Tuxedo Black on PTI white and colored with Copics. I masked off the bottom part and stamped the Sassy Circles oval underneath for the shadow (stamped it twice actually, to make it longer because the shoe is bigger than the oval). My colors are Baja Breeze and Regal Rose, with the patterned paper from Basic Grey. That's a plain white Prima flower that I colored with my Copics and added the white lins with my new American Crafts white gel pen. What great, flowing ink! Goes on nice and smooth, what a fun new addition to my tools! I added Diamond Stickles to all the Swiss Dots in the background as well as the polka dots on the shoe.

That's it for me! You can head over to The Prettie Boutique and Forum when you're through here for more info and inspiration. Or, if you are just starting the hop here at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start from the beginning.

TIOT54 - Bring On The Valentine!

It's Tuesady!! Today we have another fantastic Try It Out Tuesday challenge from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design to jump start your creativity! This week's challenge {TIOT54} is a color challenge!! Suzanne asked to see our VALENTINE COLORS (pinks, purples, reds).

Well I am still just head-over-heels in love with The Aurora Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD! For my image today I chose Aurora with Bird.

I stamped my little darling Aurora in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Then I cut her to size and put her together the mats and layers. The rest is all patterned paper with our fabulous color scheme! I know she's MUCH BRIGHTER than you usually see from me, but I'm working on expanding my "box". :) Gooooo color! heehee.

Be sure to check out the SCACD store blog for lots more sketch inspiration today! Make it a good one and stamp happy, I will see you tomorrow!

LPSC54 - {In Love} with TESC99

Happy Monday out there!! How are we today?? I know I'm doing great and I have a fun project to share this morning! As you know Monday over here is all about the {Little Paper Shop}, and today we have a color challenge for you! My second-favorite type as you probably well know - here is the swatch {LPSC54}: And here is my project! Love love this color combo, I've used it tons in the past, and it's perfectly just in time for VALENTINE'S DAY (if you're into that sort of thing, heehee).

For this card, I started off by stamping this beautiful sentiment from the new set {In Love} in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white and punched it out. I stamped the outline heart with Riding Hood Red ink and then cut the finished image out with Classic Circle Nestabilities, layered the scallops behind, and added silver Liquid Pearls on each scallop. The DP is from a DCWV stack of some sort.

When I saw the Taylored Expressions sketch for this week I knew it was just what I needed for this set. And since I truly am {In Love} with it, I was more thrilled to get a chance to use it again this week. Here's the sketch (TESC99).

This is a Valentine card, so I'm also entering it in this week's The Pink Elephant challenge {TPE53}! Love the ideas those girls have. Can you believe they've been going for a year already?! Also, Cupcake Craft Challenge blog this week is Red & White all over {CCC77}, they are another new favorite of mine; you know I have my top 5 or 10 challenge blogs and both of these are up there!

Ok, and be sure to visit the LPS store blog and the other DT members to see all the inspiration with this week's fabulous color challenge! AND, if you play along with us you'll be entered to win this week's prize -- stamps from the {Little Paper Shop}!! Check out the details on the LPS store blog this morning - you have until Sunday night to enter by linking up on this week's post on the LPS store blog and the winner will be announced there next Monday morning. Can't beat free stamps AND an excuse to use them and do more stampin'!

See you tomorrow - hope everyone has a GREAT day!