Clean and Simple take 107

Okay....blogger is giving me major problems....I cant upload my FBW card....I will be back later to try again....Please check back...(is anyone else having problems uploading an image from their computer??)

*****I am back again and this darn program will not allow me to upload my card.....It is bringing me to a completely new screen and not allowing me to download a file from my computer. I will keep trying!!****

****Okay....well I switched from Mozilla to IE and then Blogger allowed me to upload this card. Hope you like it after all of this!!! LOL

The FBW challenge this week is to make a clean and simple card. I used some fun new Unity Stamps, a few butterflies, some bling and there you have it. My ink and cardstock are from PTI. Stamps are from the April KOTM from Unity and the bling is from Taylored Expressions!! Thanks so much for stopping by or coming back today. Dont forget to check out the FBW Blog to upload your CAS card this week.

I'm a week behind on sketches

Made this card for Mercys Challenge last week. I just adore her challenges.

I started by stamping my Ketto image from Stamping Bella onto PTI cream cardstock and colored with my copics and some shimmerz on the wings. I sponged the edges alittle with Memento  cantelope. My dp is from the new October Afternoon line and I mounted all of that onto black cardstock form SU. Then I simply finished things off with some red ribbon from the spring pack of ribbon at MFT. She's cute isn't she??

I dont have any pics back yet to share with you. Hopefully this week sometime the photographer will get them to me. I cant wait for you to see my handsome boy on his special day!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!!

LPSC65 Color Challenge

We have a gorgeous color challenge for you today over at Little Paper Shop Blog. Banana, Lilac and White. How yummy is that combo??? I knew exactly what paper I was going to use and I knew I had to use this beautiful newly released set called ROSE. I stamped my image from the set twice onto paper from DCWV Nannas Nursery. I then cut out a few of the petals to pop up for some dimension and sponged the edges with Memento Cantelope. The rest of the DP is also from DCWV. All cardstock is SU as is my ribbon, brads and silver flower embellishment.

Want to play along? There is a fun digi image up for grabs to one random winner of this weeks challenge. All the deets can be found on the Little Paper Shop Blog as well as inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great day!!!

Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC66

Hi!! I am finally making my way back to crafting and thought the best way to get going was a good sketch challenge which I found here on Karen's Blog.

I started out by stamping some Unity Images from this months KOTM onto PTI Cardstock and cutting it out with my circle nesties. Then I mounted that onto a blossom cut out from New Leaf cardstock also from PTI. My dp is all MME Quite Contrary and I finished things off with a few Hero Arts Flowers that I colored with my copics, ribbon from PTI and some crystals from Taylored Expressions. Not bad for not having crafted alot in the last few weeks. Boy did it feel good to be back at my desk!!! Not just for obligations.

Thanks so much for stopping in. I will be back tomorrow with my Monday Challenge from Little Paper Shop. It's a good one, you wont want to miss it!!!

FBW Thanks

Hi All....better late than never....that is my thoughts on my card today....I wont go into all the challenges behind it, just know that today is FBW and you can find all the fantastic deets on the sketch challenge at the FBW Blog here .

For my card today I used an adorable digi from All That Scraps. I printed it onto PTI cardstock and colored with my copics. My dp is from the new October Afternoon Thrift Shop line. All cardstock is prism and my ribbon is from the spring collection over at MFT.

So please join us this week by playing along with the awesome sketch that Mercy has created for us. Again all the deets are here on the FBW Blog along with additional inspiration from the FBW DT. Thanks so much for stopping by!!!!

A Rose for You....Day 3 Preview

Hello and welcome back to Day 3 of our April previews from the Little Paper Shop. We also have our weekly challenge for you today that we will be incorporating in to today's preview. Our challenge today, LPSC64, is a Color Challenge of Pink, Chocolate and Raspberry. Yum, right? The set we are previewing today is called Rose. You are going to love the elegance of this set. Want to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the LPS store? All you have to do is comment on ALL the DT members blogs today for a chance to be entered in the random drawing for the gift certificate. And don't forget about the awesome $35 Gift Certificate that one person can win to the store by participating in our Birthday Celebration challenge on Release Day, Tuesday, April 20th.

 

ONE MORE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR YOU TODAY!!! Effective April 19th -30th customers can enter the code BIRTHDAY at the checkout for 15% off their entire order (including new releases and digi's). It is valid on retail purchases through the website only.

 

Now let's get to what you came here for. You should be arriving here from  Kellys blog. If not please start back at the LPS Blogwww.littlepapershop.blogspot.com so you won't miss any blogs along the Hop. Here is my card using the adorable Rose set.

 

Your next stop on the Hop is Allison We hope you enjoy what you see today and that it inspires you to stamp more. Tune back in tomorrow for Release Day and a chance to win that $35 Gift Certificate to the store.

Welcome Little Lady Katie!!!

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Hello and welcome back to Day 2 of our April previews from the Little Paper Shop. We have more gorgeousness to show you today with another adorable stamp set called Little Lady Katie. You are going to die when you see how cute this little girl is. Want to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the LPS store? All you have to do is comment on ALL the DT members blogs today for a chance to be entered in the random drawing for the gift certificate. And don't forget about the awesome $35 Gift Certificate that one person can win to the store by participating in our Birthday Celebration challenge on Release Day, Tuesday, April 20th.

 

Now let's get to what you came here for. You should be arriving here from Kellys blog. If not please start back at the LPS Blog so you won't miss any blogs along the Hop. Here is my card using the adorable Little Lady Katie.

 

Your next stop on the Hop is Allison.  We hope you enjoy what you see today and that it inspires you to stamp more. Tune back in tomorrow for Day 3 of Previews and our Weekly Monday Challenge and another chance to win. Good luck!!!

LPS Preview for you!!

Hello my friends and welcome to our first day of sneak peeks for The Little Paper shop.... We have a lot going on for the next few days as we are celebrating our two year anniversary this month. YES, Little Paper
Shop is now 2 years old. Woohoo!! You have made this such a fun two
years for us and we are so happy to be celebrating this time with you. We are
going to be having lots of fun stuff going on so make sure and tune in each day
through Tuesday, release day. EACH DAY we will have a BLOG HOP with a chance to
win a $10 Gift Certificate to Little Paper Shop.... I just KNOW that everyone
out there loves winning new stamps, right? Want to win even more?
With this being our 2-Year Birthday
Celebration, we will be doing something special this month on Release Day. One
person who participates in a special Birthday Challenge on Tuesday April 20th
will win a $35 Gift Certificate (WOW) to the LPS store. More details on that challenge
as we draw closer to Release Day.

Today we are going to preview a set for you called BEHIND THE SCENES. This is a background set with 3 large stamps in it for making your own backgrounds or maybe just for spotlighting a certain piece of paper.
 I know the DT is going to wow you today with their
creations. Now how do you win that $10 Gift Certificate to the store today?
Easy. Leave a comment on each DT member's blog. For each person that leaves a
comment on ALL the DT members blogs you will be entered in to the random drawing
to win that $10 Gift Certificate.

You should be arriving here from Kellys blog. If not then please start back at the Little Paper shop Blog to make sure you don't miss any blogs along the way.

Your next stop on the hop is Allison. Have fun and we hope you get lots of inspiration along the way. Check back with us tomorrow for Day 2 of the April Previews and another
chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the store.

Open FBW challenge!!

Hi!! I have three more days until my sons Bar Mitzvah and we are all just busting at the seams with excitement!! I cant wait to be able to share pictures with you!!

For todays FBW challenge it is open for you to do whatever you want. We just ask that you use a butterfly, fairy or angel. Check out the deets on the FBW Blog.

For today's card I used a Taylored Expressions set, and paper pieced this beautiful butterfly with MME Quite Contrary paper. My cardstock is a combination of SU and PTI. My ribbon and buttons are both from PTI and I added some cute pearls to the center of my buttons for a little different look.

So come and join us in the open challenge this week!! Again, take a look at the FBW Blog for more info and for some amazing inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Lets alter it!!!

Hi all!!! Our challenge this week at Little Paper Shop, LPSC63, is to alter something or make something 3D. Okay so I was alittle scared by this challenge that our Julia issued to us but I took it like a trooper and set out into my craft room on a search for my alterable items. I do own them I just dont alter items very often!!! What I turned to was this cute lucite frame that I made for my daughter. I used three different Little Paper Shop sets for this project. Butterflies, For You and Sugar. My dp is from MME Quite Contrary Line. All cardstock is SU and I my embellishments are some pink crystals I found at Michaels. Check out all the deets of the challenge on the Little Paper Shop Blog and you can also see all the fabu creations from the rest of the DT.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. My sons Bar Mitzvah is this Saturday so I will be back to my normal crafting self  by next week!!!

A Glittering FBW!!!

Today we have a special treat for you at Flutterby Wednesday. We are being sponsored by one of our Fabu Alumni, Stef, from Glitterbabe Greetings!!! LOVE this girl!!! Not only is she a talented card maker but she is a fantastic illustrator and she has offered to give one lucky random participant this week one of her fantastic digis!! I used one this week and had a blast using it. Hop on over to the Flutterby Wednesdays Blog for all the deets.

I started my card today by printing my digi onto PTI cardstock, colored with my copics, cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. My dp is Quite Contrary by MME. All cardstock today is SU as is my ribbon. Then I embellished with some crystals I purchased at Michaels and added some bling to the wings with my spica pen which is hard to see in the picture.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Again, if you head over to the Flutterby Wednesday Blog you can see all the deets on the challenge and see links to the rest of the fantastic FBW Team.

LPSC62 Your Tweet!!

I know I know.....you are probably surprised to see me posting considering I have been MIA for a FULL week!! Well first off it is Little Paper Shop Monday so I wanted to share with you the awesome sketch we have for you to try and then I will explain my absence. The challenge this week is LPSC62 and the sketch can be found here on the Little Paper Shop Blog.

For my card today I used Tweet Wishes Lucy. I paper pieced her and colored her with my copics. My dp is Quite Contrary from MME and I finished things off with a prima flower and some crystals. My border punch is the new one from SU and I used my rectangle and oval nesties to cut out my image and back panel.

So my absence.....well....after I posted my card last Monday we had two days worth of torrential rain and my entire basement flooded on Tuesday in the middle of cooking dinner for Passover. I called my hubby home in a panic when I saw the water coming in and thank goodness we were able to get all damagable items up and off the floor but we had to pump out the basement with a sump pump and then we had two shop vacs going at the same time!! Quite a mess. It was just today that I was able to come down here to kind of clean up alittle. It is still very musty down here and I get alittle queezy if I stay down here to long. So that is my story....Bar Mitzvah in less than two weeks....whoo hoo then I will  be back to my old crafting self. I just cant wait to sink my teeth into some new goodies that I just have not had a chance to use.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and come play along with the LPS challenge this week. You can win the super cute Mermaid Jena digi. Have a great day!!