PWC133 - Happy Birthday!

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are!  If you play along with us you could WIN!   Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC133) it's BIRTHDAY TIME!  One of the best challenge choices evah, because...you ALWAYS need a birthday card!  Last time I did a vendor fair where I sold cards I sold every single birthday card I had with me.  So let's see 'em!

I used the wrong stamp set, eek!!  It's not out yet.  I'm not sure how I messed that up.  But you'll be seeing it soon, so never fear.  That means that I don't have a picture for you, but the rest of the DT does!  You can check the Paper Pretties blog for lots of inspiration!

Now, as a special Christmas gift to all of our loyal friends and customers, Paper Pretties is having a saaaaaaaaale...now through the end of the year.  Use discount code:  MERRYCHRISTMAS to save 30% off your entire order at the Paper Pretties store!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details!  You link up THERE for your chance to win!  

A Fun Announcement!

Happy Tuesday stamping friends!  Can you believe that it's almost Chirstmastime already??  Who's ready??  (Not here, eek!).  I hope everyone has a great start to this busy week!

I have a very fun announcement this morning!  Well, fun for me!  New year, new design team?  Sure!  I am super excited to share the news that I am joining the Squigglefly Design Team (January - June 2011).  

For those of you that do not know anything about Squigglefly (other than being an online shop that sells digital images for papercrafting, which is of course the most important thing!), here is some great info for you:

• Did you know that Squigglefly is the only company that doesn't let your download links expire?  This is important because if your computer crashes and you lose your images, you can contact Squigglefly with your e mail address and they can send your download links to you so you can retrieve your images!
• Squigglefly also has an rewards program!!  When you sign up for Squigglefly Rewards, it keeps track of your purchases and for every $15.00 you spend you earn a free image!  You can redeem the free image whenever you want.  Sweeeeeeeet....

Be sure to stop by the Squigglefly website and check out all of those cool images by MANY different talented artists!!  They have something here for EVERY taste! 

And to celebrate, I wanted to share a card that I made using some of my new Squigglefly images!  This one is called "Windy Ride".  Could this little bear BE any cuter?!

Simple recipe for this card - I printed the image on PTI white, colored with Copics, cut out with Nestabilities.  The sentiment is from {Little Paper Shop}.  Art Institute glitter on the clouds - ALL clouds should be glittered, don't you think?
;-)


Thanks for stopping by!  I'm super excited to share some of Squigglefly's huge inventory of images with you over the next six months!  Squigglefly Mondays coming in January...stay tuned!


Lastly, be sure to stop back tomorrow for an all-new Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge.  See you then!

LPSC99 - Our Final Challenge

Hello everyone!  I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  It's Monday again, and I am so very sad to say this is our last {Little Paper Shop} Monday challenge.  We announced last week that Julia had made the very hard decision to close the store at the end of the year.  Everything is currently 40% off (no coupon needed), so shop while there is still a good selection!  Stamps will NOT be restocked.

Our final challenge is to create a SQUARE card (LPSC99).  What a fun twist, and thanks for going easy on us so close to the holidays ladies!  :)  It's a regular challenge this week, and since it is our last, the prize is extra special!  Check out the LPS store blog today for details -- that's also where you link up to win!

Here is my card, featuring {Rose}:

We decided to do something extra this week, to showcase Julia's creativity and her beautiful stamp designs.  Julia, it has been an HONOR to design for you these last two years.  THANK YOU for making every day a joy and making me squeal with delight at every new stamp set.  The BEST of luck to you and your family in your other ventures.  You are beautiful, talented, and a fabulously dedicated Mommy.  And, I still want to have my boys' photos taken by you.  :)  I just gotta figure out the details...


So without further ado, here is my showcase.  These are my personal favorites from my past two years' Little Paper Shop creations {shown in no particular}:

A fun one from last year using {Christmas Tags}.  This card was published in the December 2010 issue of Scrap & Stamp Arts magazine!

{Lucy Baking} up some birthday wishes!  She's adorable!

Halloween is my favorite holiday.  I was *IN LOVE* with this {Boo} set the instant I saw it.  Had a lot of fun creating this card.  My only regret is that I couldn't fit in the tombstone and spooky eyes as well.  Oh well, next time!

Another card featuring the {Rose} set.  What can I say?  This set is gorgeous, AND an absolute classic.  I love the various flower sizes, the font mixtures, the wording of the sentiments - all of it!  I constantly have ideas in my head for this set.  Believe me, it will still be seeing plenty of use!

Last but absolutely not least is this fun sentiment card featuring my {if-you-really-really-really-forced-me-to-choose-just-ONE-favorite-{Little Paper Shop}-set} favorite {Little Paper Shop} set, {A Dream}.  Normally I'm not a big fan of orange, but it *really* works here.


I hope you enjoyed this trip down LPS-Memory Lane -- I know I did.  Be sure to pick yourself up an early Christmas gift or a little stocking stuffer over at the Shop this week!  I hope to see lots of participation in our final challenge as well!!  


Have a great week everyone; I will see you back here tomorrow.  :)

PWC132 - A Manly Challenge

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are!  If you play along with us you could WIN!   Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC132) it's time to MAN UP!  Hahahaha!  Seriously, the theme song to Two And A Half Men is running through my head right now.  You guessed it, this week's challenge is a masculine or boy-themed card.  I can think of the perfect stamps for such a challenge....hmm....  :)  I loves me some Cooper so this is perfect!

Joni outdid herself illustrating this adorable Scout Cooper, newly released from Paper Pretties and ready to get inky in your stamp room!  I don't have a scout yet, but I am thinking within the next year.  I just love his happy face here.  I gave him brown hair like my "almost" scout.  

I stamped my sweetie with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI white.  Colored with Koh-i-Nor pencils and Gamsol.  I think I may have to brush up on my pencil blending skillz!  Patterned paper is from K&Co.  May Arts ribbon on the side of the main image.  Mountain punches along the border of the map piece, and the embellishments came from the K&Co collection as well.  The sentiment is from the Scout Cooper stamp set.


Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details!  You link up THERE for your chance to win!  

LPSC98 - Color Crazy!

It's MONDAY!!  What better way to start off the week than with another great challenge from the {Little Paper Shop}?!  

For today's challenge {your uploading keyword is LPSC98}. We have a color challenge for you!!! My second favorite type of challenge??  You know I do!  The colors are RED, OLIVE and LIGHT BLUE.  Here is my card using {Merry and Bright} (you can see I used *ahem* dark red...). 

A reminder that EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS 40% off right now.  Also a sad announcement this morning.  Julia has decided to close the doors of the {Little Paper Shop} at the end of the year.  Shop early for best selection, items will NOT be restocked.  The 40% off sale is effective now, no coupon codes needed.

Be sure to visit the LPS store blog and the other DT members to see all the inspiration with this week's fabulous challenge! AND, if you play along with us you'll be entered to win this week's prize from the {Little Paper Shop}!! Check out the details there 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! We have one more challenge left after this one, so you still have a few chances to WIN.  If there's something you've got to have, you'd better click on over to the store!  Have a great day everyone.