MTSC79

I have such a hard time lately getting cards posted to my blog. I will do a bunch of challenges and then I do not photograph them. I really liked this weeks sketch from Mercy MTSC79 so I jumped on it and look....it is posted before the next challenge on Tuesday.

My image and sentiment are both from Stamping Bella. I colored her with my copics, a spica glitter pen and a glaze pen although you cannot see the shine it is there. All of my paper is October Afternoon and my ribbon is SU. Today I wanted to do alittle something different with my sentiment so I cut it up into three, mounted it onto the Real Red paper and then popped it up onto dimensionals. The red paper is crooked on purpose. I thought it looked cute this way especially with the whole rag doll, cute as a button thing going on.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope your weekend is ending on a nice note.

A TE Blog Hop for You!!

I am so excited to be participating in today's Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog Hop. I just adore my TE stamps and just dont get enough of an opportunity to grab for them so this was a great reason to sign up for the hop. 

For todays card I used Karen Girons Sunday Sketch SSSC74 and the inspiration piece that Taylor assigned to us. 

As you can see I pulled mostly the yellow and green from the Inspiration Piece. I used my set Fresh Flowers from TE and stamped it onto PTI Cardstock with memento tuxedo black ink and colored with my copics. All of my paper is October Afternoon, cardstock is all SU and I embellished with some prima flowers and a ric rac of green felt.  I just love the fresh feel of this card.Want to see more yummy Taylored Expressions creations from some super talented ladies? Just check out this hop list and have fun!! Thanks so much for stopping by  today and enjoy the hop.

Sorry for being MIA!!!

I have been so very busy with our schools 5th Grade Committee. I am the treasurer and I have been under so much pressure to make sure the books are handled properly and the money is spent wisely. I honestly cant wait for the year to be over. With that said, I have been lacking in time and mojo to create anything on a daily basis but I of course wanted to share with you the color challenge that we have over at Little Paper Shop this week. I honestly wanted to go running when I read the colors but I must admit that it works well together. The colors are Baja Breeze, Melon Mambo and Summer Sun. Instead of Summer Sun I used Crushed Curry because it was all I had that was close enough. 

I stamped my image and sentiment from Moments onto my center panel and paper pierced alittle bit for some pizazz. Very simple layout today as this is all my little tired brain can handle!!! LOL. Check out all the deets about this challenge on the Little Paper Shop Blog and check out all the other DT samples that I am sure will knock your socks off. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Whats Up Cupcake!!

Made this sweet little card using a new set from The Rubber Cafe called Hey Cupcake!! It is a super sweet build your own cupcake set. You really need to check it out!!

I started today by stamping the base of my cupcake in some left over Cosmo Cricket. The frosting was stamped in Basic Grey Lemonade and I used BG for my dp also. I matched up a yummy light teal ribbon from my stash and some teal colored brads. Viola!!

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

TESC117

Oh boy did I have a good time making this card today. You know when it all just falls into place and feels so good??? Yup that was me today. I used Taylors Sketch so of course I had to whip out a set from Taylor too and I have not used my Beary Special set in awhile.

I stamped my cute little guy three times. First on the PTI Cream Cardstock then onto the green paper and then a third time onto the printed paper. Then I paper pieced the little guy all together. My dp is all from October Afternoon. Buttons are from PTI, ribbon is SU and my flower is prima.

So tell me....what does everyone have planned to keep the kidlets busy for the summer??? Anything fun and exciting?? I am trying to piece together my kids activities for the summer spending as little money as I can. It is just not easy to find fun activities for them without mortgaging the house!!! So does anyone out there have anything interesting lined up??? Would love to know...

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a fantastic one!!

Ann

Hop along with us at LPS

Are you ready for some more Preview goodness from Little Paper Shop? Do you want to win some Little Paper Shop money? How bout a $15 gift certificate. Well if you have come to me via Julie Laceys blog you are on the right track in the blog hop. If you have not then head on over to the Little Paper Shop Blog and start at the beginning.You need to comment on all the DT Blogs to be in the running to win today. Have FUN!! 

We are previewing for you today the most precious little boy stamp I have seen in a long time. Meet Tyson....what did I say?? Precious right? I stamped our little guy onto PTI Cardstock today and colored with my copics. My layout is following todays sketch challenge which you can find on the Little Paper Shop Blog. I did switch things up alittle with the sketch. All of my paper is October Afternoon. I have such a stack of OA paper on my desk and I have lost track which pattern belongs to which pad. LOL!!! Then to finish things off today, I made a fun bow with some yummy Baja Breeze ribbon and added a matching button.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and good luck on the Blog Hop!!! After me, head back to the Little Paper Shop Blog and leave a message that you have completed the hop.

MOJO142

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Created this for this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge. MOJO142.

Love the way this came out with all the distressed edges and the rolled flowers. My paper is all October Afternoon. My image is from Verve. I distressed the edges with a sharp scissor and then tea dye from PTI. My twill ribbon is MFT.

Thanks so much for stopping by and please scroll down for my Little Paper Shop Preview today!!!!

Ann

A Baking Preview for You

I have a great new preview to show you today from Little Paper Shop. Meet Baking Lucy!! She's sassy and sweet and comes with the cutest little sentiments to coordinate with all of your baking needs and gift giving. I am sorry for the horrible picture I took today. I am actually posting this Saturday night and I just could not get my lighting right for the picture. But I started by stamping my cute Lucy onto PTI cardstock and coloring with my copics and cutting her out. My layout is based on Mercys Tuesday Sketch MTSC77 and I used some yummy October Afternoon Paper today. I finished this off with some coordinating ribbon from PTI and a gorgeous flower that I had in stash.

Please come by tomorrow for day two of previews with a fun blog hop with my DT sistahs. Till then, enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!

Ann

LPSC71

Boy do we have a super fun color challenge for you today over at Little Paper Shop. RED-YELLOW-BLUE.....Doesn't it just scream fun!!!

I started today by stamping my image from I Heart onto some So Saffron paper in Enchanted Evening Ink and cut it out with my Labels Nesties. Then I created some fun layers with Red Riding Hood, So Saffron and Enchanted Evening cardstock and a fun layer of cork board. On my red panel I stamped the background stamp Behind the Scenes to create some dp. Then to round things off I created one of these FUN new paper flowers that everyone is making. I found the tutorial here, and then I added some daisy ribbon I had in stash. Embellished it with some blue pearls in the center and I am done done done!!!

We would love for you to come and play along with us this week. As always, there is a fun random prize to be given away and some great eye candy for inspiration on the Little Paper Shop Blog.

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

You Rock!!!

Okay I have to post this before Karen posts tomorrows new Sunday Sketch. I have had this card made for a few days but I am getting really lazy about taking pictures. The weather is gorgeous, we have been hanging with friends and well I have not wanted to be in the house. I want to enjoy the weather!!! But last weeks sketch from Karen was so perfect that I had to play along. Her sketches rock. This one is SSSC71

For my card I used a cute new image that I had not inked up yet from Claudia and Company. How sweet is he with that little puppy!!! I colored with my copics and cut out with oval nesties. My dp is all October Afternoon. Then I finished things off with some really cute ribbon from Making Memories and a fun big button from my stash. Oh and a few chocolate pearls in the corners. Hope you like it!!!

I hope you are all enjoying some good weather and a fun weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Ann

Adding to my Thank You Collection

Lindsay will be graduating elementary school in a few weeks and I have been creating lots of thank you cards to give out. She wants to give a card to every teacher she has had. So thank you's I make.....This card today uses two cute images from CC Designs. The fence is one image and the little Pixie is the second. I masked off the Swiss Pixie in order to stamp the fence and make her look like she is sitting on top of it. I wont go into deets here how to do this but if you are curious, please let me know and I will fill ya in.

My image was colored with copics, a spica pen and a glaze pen. My cardstock is all SU and my dp is from Basic Grey. I cut the squares and circles out with my nesties and then around the scalloped edge of the circle I added some Tiny Twinkles. I kept this one simple cause the image panel is so large.

Thanks so much for taking a peek. Have a great day!!!-----Ann

3 Challenge cards to show you!!

 I had a bit of time after the parade today to do a little crafting and I was able to wrap myself around 3 challenges. Yay me!!

My first card today is for Joannes Sketch Challenge plus three. Although I did not complete it in time to be in the running for the blog candy it was still a fun challenge to work with. This is the sketch and I chose to use gingham paper, printed paper, ledger paper and kraft paper as my choices. My image is a Penny Black image that I purchased at Stampers Dream. I colored it with my copics. My dp is October Afternoon and all cardstock is SU.

My second card is for Mercys Tuesday Sketch which can be found here. MTSC75. I used a cute image I just purchased from MFT called Little Loveasauras. How adorable is this little guy. Obviously he is paper pieced. I actually did a few layers so that I could make the spine a different color but I am not happy with the thickness of the layers. The dp I used for this one is Basic Grey and MME and all cardstock is SU, and the last challenge I accomplished today was Taylors Sketch Challenge. TESC115. For this card I pulled out some more MFT goodness and used the brand new WTG Goes Green. This set just makes me happy!! I did some paper piecing and coloring with my copics. My dp is MME, all cardstock is SU and I finished things off with some antique brads from SU.

So yes, I had a busy afternoon crafting and it felt GREAT!!! Have a great week and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Ann

LPSC70 With Gratitude

We have a great sketch challenge for you at Little Paper Shop today which can be found right here. I will be back in a little bit to talk about my card but I need to get all the kids to the Memorial Day Parade and of course with all the BBQ's this weekend I did not prepost. So I am sorry but head over to the Little Paper Shop Blog for all the deets and I will be back in a little while.

Two in One Challenge

Wow!! Little Paper Shop is sponsoring two awesome challenges today that I wanted to share with you. There is a great sketch from Card Positioning Systems and then a challenge from the Oh Alice blog to use swirls on your card.

I incorporated both challenges into one and used one of  my favorite Little Paper Shop stamps called Butterflies. I started by stamping the butterfly in Real Red onto PTI cardstock twice. I cut one out and popped it up for dimension. Then I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the panel. I cut everything out with my square nesties. My dp is from Imaginese Twitterpatted. I used a die to cut out my swirl and then finished things off with some Real Red brads, ribbon and a few crystals. I am very pleased with the way this turned out. It is so cheerful isnt it?

Prizes are being given away to random participants so you will want to head over to Card Positioning Systems and Oh Alice and find out all the particulars. You can also find them over at Little Paper Shop Blog.

Thanks so much for popping by today. Hope you have some great plans for this holiday weekend.

Ann

ABC's with SSSC70

Quick post as I am preparing for company tomorrow...BBQ at my house.....I went to the supermarket at 8:30 this morning to avoid the crowds and being I wanted to get out of there quickly I wound up over buying (surprise surprise as my husband would say being I always over buy food for a party.)

I made this cute little card last weekend for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC70. The whole swirl thing was throwing me off because it did not work with my baby themed card but the sketch inspired me so this is what I created.

I used my Bling Bet set from MFT. I stamped the letters with Tim Holtz ink and then used green stickles for the dots. My dp is as old as the hills but I think it is DCWV. My white glittery letters are Thickers that I picked up at my LSS and then I stamped the Congratulations sentiment onto a Spellbinders tag and looped through some bashful blue ribbon on the end. All cardstock is SU.

Well I am off to marinate some Shish Kabob....Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today.

Ann

Taylors Sketch with Millie

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Well Finally, I completed a sketch within the alloted time frame!!! This one is from Taylored Expressions. TESC114. Super fun sketch and with it I used a super adorable new stamp that I just purchased called Millie the Mouse from
MFT. If you cant read the sentiment on the bottom of the ribbon it says "You make me smile" and this little mouse makes me so happy.

I started by stamping Miss Millie onto PTI cardstock and paper piecing her with some delish paper from MME Bloom and Grow. But then again ALL MME paper is delish!!! Then I cut her out with circle and blossom nesties. All cardstock is SU. I finished things off with a fun sheer white ribbon bow topped with a crocheted flower and an orange crystal and I added three tiny orange crystals to the side of the circle.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

LPSC69 Kraft, Blue and Pink

I went real CAS today with my color challenge card for Little Paper Shop. The challenge today is to use Kraft, Blue and Pink. The blue and pink always bring me to baby cards so I went with one of my fav sets called Little One. I started by layering Enchanted Evening, Pink Pirouette and Kraft Cardstock. I did alittle scoring on the kraft. I stamped the stars onto the Pink Pirouette with Enchanted Evening ink. I cut the stars out and popped them up on dimensionals. I stamped this sweet little baby smiley face onto the Pink Pirouette and cut it out with a circle nestie. Then I added a big pink bow and the sentiment Little Star. Cute huh?

There is a prize to be won this week for joining the fun with this challenge. Check out all the deets on the Little Paper Shop blog and while there you will be inspired by the entire DT samples.

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

TESC113

Made this for last Fridays Taylored Expressions Sketch TESC113.

I started by stamping my image from Taylored Expressions CreativiTEA onto PTI Cardstock and colored with my copics. My dp is from MME Lush. All cardstock is SU. My scalloped edge was made with my new die-namics die from MFT and I finished things off with three little green buttons that I embellished with tiny pearls.

I love the way this one came out. Hope you do too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Enjoy!!

SereniTEA

Had a chance to play with some new goodies today.

I started with  a new stamp set that I purchased from Taylored Expressions called CreativiTEA. LOVE the romantic feel of this set. Right up my ally. I stamped it with SU Close to Cocoa ink and then clear embossed it to make it really pop. I sponged the edges of my circle with Tea Stain from PTI and mounted the circle onto a piece of Close to Cocoa cut out with my blossom nesties. The floral piece behind the image was cut with my Labels 11 from a piece of Graphic 45 paper that I have been hording. The polka dot paper is the flip side to the floral. I finished things off with some pretty lace ribbon also from Taylored Expressions, a few peachy pink roses from Prima and some chocolate crystals around the blossom. I am going to give this card to a very good tea drinking friend of mine who is just such a peaceful person. I know she will enjoy it.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Hope you have a great day!!

LPSC68 Layout

Our challenge from Little Paper Shop this week is to create a scrapbook page. Oh boy was I challenged. I have not scrapped in years. Actually since I made my first card!!! But I have so many new pictures from the party that it was easy to find something fun to scrap. I chose this picture of me and my good friend. I used the super cute stamp set called Friends from Little Paper Shop and a used some scraps from my desk and alittle jar I keep above my desk with lots of misc doodads. Thats where I found my flowers and my scrap of ribbon. It all came together so well and I have to say I am pleased with this.

Come and play along with us this week. Check out the Little Paper Shop blog for some more inspiration and to see what you can win this week!!!

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

Another CC Designs Card

Okay, so I purchased this sweet Spring Kit of Swiss Pixies from CC Designs over at All That Scraps, and am having a blast using all the adorable stamps that came with it. (I just went back to All That Scraps and do not see the whole kit anymore but all the stamps in the kit are being sold individually listed under May Stamps.)

So I started out by stamping my image onto PTI Cardstock and colored it with my copics, a gelly roll glitter pen and I put a bit of glaze with my glaze pen over the heart for a little shine. I used my much neglected square nesties to cut  everything out. My cardstock today is all SU and my dp is MME Quite Contrary. Ribbon from stash, crystals from Taylored Expressions and the Butterflies were cut out with a MS punch. Oh and my layout is a Tuesday Sketch from Mercy from a few weeks ago.

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

Hug the Dog!!

Another cute new set from The Rubber Cafe. This sentiment just warms my heart. Even though I do not have a dog, I do have cats and I know just how nice it is to hug and love on your pets. So basically when the world gets you down, Hug the Dog!!! So true. Pets give such wonderful, unconditional love!!!

I started today by stamping my image with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI Cardstock and colored with my copics. My cardstock is all Prism, my dp is October Afternoon and I embellished with some large buttons with linen thread. Yay, easy and fun.

This set can be found at The Rubber Cafe and comes with a bunch of really cute sentiments and dogs. You will love it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!! Hope you have a great day. Go hug your pets!!!

Thinking of You SSSC67

I have so many cards to show you that I have been busy creating. I just have not had the umph to take the pictures. This is a sweet one I made using Karen Girons Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC67 from two weeks ago.

I started by stamping this cutie patootie image from CC Designs onto PTI Cardstock and colored with my copics. I used a MS and Fiskars Border punch for the two strips. Did alittle paper piercing and added this gloriously gorgeous flower from Prima. My cardstock is Prism and my dp is October Afternoon.

Have a fantastic Day!!! Thanks so much for stopping by

Finally some Bar Mitzvah Pictures!!

Well I finally got my pictures back and I just wanted to share a few with you. The picture of the room is what the ballroom looked like all decorated for our beach theme. Now I have to get back to scrapbooking. Thanks for popping by today...

Day three with a hop and a challenge!!

We have a fun day planned for you today over at the Little Paper Shop Blog. Not only are we previewing day three of this months release but we are having a blog hop and we have a color challenge for you to play with. The colors to play with are an odd combo and I must admit I embellished alittle on one of the colors. We were to play with Sage, Turquoise and Raspberry but I went with red instead of Raspberry. I hope this is close enough!!!

The new set we are previewing for you today is called Fathers. Wonderful sentiments for that special man in your life. Today I chose to keep things simple and do a bit of dry embossing to texturize my card a bit. I chose to use my swiss dots and starts embossing folders on my sage panels. I cut out my "DAD" with my labels one nesties and embellished with some black rhinestones and then finished things off with some gorgeous red ribbon from PTI.

There are prizes up for grabs again today to one lucky random winner. Check out the Little Paper Shop Blog for the deets but if you are coming to me from Heathers blog then you are on the right track and you will visit Jennifer next. Should you lose your way through the hop just start back at the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy all the fun today at Little Paper Shop

Beach Jena

Day two of previews for us at Little Paper Shop and today I am so excited to share with you this sweet new stamp called Beach Jena. She will be released this Tuesday along with two other new sets.

I started today by stamping Beach Jena onto PTI Cardstock and paper pieced her bathing suit and colored the rest of her with copics. I found this really fun Hibiscus type patterned Paper in one of the October Afternoon packs and thought it would be perfect for this image. I used some Yo-yo yellow cardstock and Baja Breeze. I created a "sun" in the center with my circle nesties.  I finished things off with some sheer ribbon and then I stamped the sun and shells, cut them out and scattered them around the card. 

Julia at LPS is generous enough to give away another $10 Gift Certificate today to one lucky random winner. Just leave a comment on the Little Paper Shop Blog and good luck.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are all enjoying your Mothers Day either with your kids or your own Mother.

Day One of LPS Previews

Day one of previews for us to share with you over at Little Paper Shop and today we are showing you Bumble Bee Jena. I am just in love with these little girls each month in their bug costumes and this one is no exception, and the sentiments that go along with the sets are super sweet!!

Today I chose some paper scraps that were on my desk to use. I believe they are from one of the October Afternoon packs. I stamped Jena, colored her with copics and a spica pen and paper pieced her dress. Then I completely cut her out and mounted her up on foam dots. I stamped my sentiment in the corner and paper pierced around it. Then I added some sheer black ribbon, a sweet yellow button and some linen thread. I know it is a simple layout today but I tell ya I was real pressed for time.  I worked at our elementary school for the past two days running the Mothers Day plant sale. It was a huge success and we raised alot of money for the 5th Grade Class.  Let me tell you, those little Kindergarteners are just as sweet as can be. They are smart little whipper snappers too!! It blows me away how advanced the younger grades are now as opposed to when my kids were that little. Lindsay is graduating Elementary this year and then I wont have any little ones anymore. Just big hormonal Pre Teens!!! Anyone have any clever advice to help me survive the next few years?

Thanks so much for stopping by. Take a look at the LPS Blog to read all about your chance to win a Gift Certificate to Little Paper Shop. How AWESOME!!! Pick out your own prize!!! Cant beat that. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!!

New Rubber Cafe Goodies

Quick post as I dont have alot of info about this gorgeous new stamp from the Rubber Cafe. I received it in my DT kit the other day and it has not been posted on the site yet so I am not even sure of the name but I just had to share this card with you because this image is just so darn pretty.

I started by stamping my image onto PTI cardstock and coloring with my copics. I cut the image out with my rectangle nesties. My dp is new from October Afternoon (either fly a kite or thrift shop) and then I finished things off with some yummy Enchanted Evening ribbon from PTI and a few brads in the bottom right hand corner.

I finally received my photo disk from the photographer so I will be able to share Bar Mitzvah pix with you soon. Stay tooned!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Fun Sponsor for FBW!!!

We have a super fun sponsor this week for FBW and a great prize for one lucky winner. All the deets can be found at the FBW Blog.

Meljens Designs is our sponsor and they were kind enough to supply the DT with this adorable little Pixie Fairy Digi Image to work with. Isnt she precious? Here is alittle info about Meljens Designs:
Meljen's Designs (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We frequent new releases, freebies every Mondays at the artist's blog (http://meljensdesigns.blogspot.com/), and challenges every Thursdays at the DT Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images
I printed her onto Cream Cardstock from PTI and colored with my copics and spica pen. I cut her out with my circle nesties and mounted her onto a blossom nestie. My dp is MME and all cardstock is SU. I embellished with peachy ribbon from MFT Spring Pack, a small peach prima flower, some rhinestones and a hat pin which I have been hording forever!!!

So are you up for a prize this week? I know you are!!! Check out all of the details over at the FBW Blog for a chance to enter and win!!! Have Fun!! Thanks for stopping by!!

MTSC71

Oh boy did I have fun with this card. Last week I went to Stampers Dream to purchase some paper and needed to add something to my order for it to ship so I chose this super cute Penny Black stamp. Isn't this little hedgehog as sweet as can be??? I started by stamping him onto PTI cardstock and coloring him with my copics. My dp was also purchased at Stampers Dream. It is Pink Paislee 365 Degrees. Then I followed one of my all time fav sketch challenges. Mercys Tuesday Sketch and this is what I came up with. My border punch is the new one from SU. I used rectangle nesties to cut out my image and I embellished with some New Leaf buttons from PTI and put a coat of glaze over the flower petals which you cant see in this picture.

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

Monday Challenge at LPS

Happy Monday!!! I just love Mondays. Crazy right? But I just love the LPS challenges that we have every week and this one happens to be a sketch challenge. You can find all the deets on the Little Paper Shop Blog.

I started today by stamping my cute Little Lady Katy onto PTI cream cardstock and colored her with my copics. My dp is some yummy MME that I picked up today at my LSS, then I finished things off with ribbon, a prima flower, and a few tiny crystals. Easy peasy today.

Check out what the rest of the DT has created for you today over at the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

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!!