Happy 4th July!

Hi everyone …. ok so it is only April ... I do know that hehe!

Two weeks ago Danielle challenged the Prettie girls to make a non standard sized card. Anything but an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") sized card! Well most of my cards I make are non standard and technically if I did make a standard size card it still wouldn’t be that size because the standard size card here in Australia is slightly different to that of the USA …. anyway have no fear I didn’t cheat hehe!

I figured a scrapling was a non standard size right so that is what I went with for my card today … I love being able to use those scraps that I have created when I have cut down a piece of card stock to create a card.

For my scrapling today I used one of the new stamp sets that Paper Pretties will be releasing this Friday 1st May. This set is called Lady Liberty …. isn’t she adorable . I told you the other day I would be using this red & blue star designer paper again and so I did … it is perfect for this set. I used the petit oval nestabilities to create my layers for the main image.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Prettie Girls created for this challenge:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Christi Thorsen
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jackie Rakoski
• Jana Weaver
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Jodi Collins
• Julie Masse

On Friday May 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 6pm CDT and will last until 9pm. We will be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing Hola Chica, TWO new Sophias, re-releasing Rainy Day Friend in RUBBAH, and we will have a BRAND new set from a BRAND new artist!! Sneak peeks start on Wednesday April 29th!! Hope to see you there!!

It is time for another Cutie Pie contest!! You have until Thursday April 30th at 8pmCDT to get your entries uploaded to the Cutie Pie gallery at the Paper Pretties website. The winner will not only get to call themselves a Cutie Pie, but they will also receive all the new release stamps!! Good Luck!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Lady Liberty Set – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Real Red, Pacific Point – SU; DP – DCWV

Other: Black Ink; Petit Ovals Nestabilities; Embossed Zigzag Border Punch; Pacific Point Grosgrain Ribbon; Oval Punch; Foam Punch; Copics