Howdy Girlfriend!

Howdy everyone!

It's Pretties Tuesday which means I have another Paper Pretties card to share with you today. I received some new Paper Pretties stamps a week or two ago and finally got some time to play with one of them ... this one is called "Howdy Girlfriend".

This week the Pretties weekly challenge is a sketch challenge ... now you all know how much I love sketch challenges so of course I had to play. This is such a fun sketch that Danielle has created for us today.


How to Enter: make your card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery.

Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category on the forum and use keyword PWC42.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, March 11th

Prize: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

The winner will be randomly selected from among the qualifying entrants and announced after the contest has ended.

Recipe:
Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend - Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Chocolate Chip & Pretty In Pink - SU; DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Close To Cocoa SU Ink; Pink Pirouette SU Ink; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Forest Branches Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Horseshoe Charm; Oval Nestabilities; Brown Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

Knightrone!

Happy Monday everyone!

Once upon a time there were a group of 8 stampers who called themselves the CCEE Stampers ...... hehehehehe ..... I just had to do that!

Well as you know Monday's mean challenge time with my other CCEE Stamper friends and this week we have another CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) challenge ... this is one of my favorite challenges that we do each month as someone selects the name of somebody over on SCS who has a Catchy User name. We then create our cards around their name and send them the card. This month it is my turn to pick someone. Can you guess who it is hehe!

Yeap you guessed right! It is Knightrone aka Jessie Rone. For this challenge the instructions were that we must use something to do with KNIGHT's not nights on our card.

For my card I actually CASED a card I created a number of years back for a friend. The inspiration for that card came from something I saw in a Stampers Sampler mag and I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to figure out how to make something similar. This isn't a card I would want to make too often as it has numerous complicated cuts & folds in it, but I did enjoy doing this one for Jessie.

This time round I did update my card a little by using a different Knight & Princess ... these are one of the Doodle Factory stamps by Starving Artistamps.


Don't forget to visit our CCEE Stampers blog to see what the other girls came up with this week. You can also see the details on how you can play in this challenge if you wish.

Recipe:
Stamps: Doodle Factory Fantasy Set - Starving Artistamps; Bricks - Stamp It (Aust); Ivy - Lucy's Stamps; Font - Karen Foster Snap Stamps
Paper: White; Purple
Other: Black Ink; Slate Adirondack Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

Rebus - "D" Words

Hi everyone.

It's time for another rebus, I know there are a few of you out there that enjoy trying to solve these. I love seeing your comments with your solutions each month.

This time round the theme of this rebus is "D" words ... which of course means that every rebus here will start with the letter "D". See how you go solving them.

If you would like to solve it, why not post a comment to this blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here.

Here is the solutions for the last rebus I posted a couple of weeks ago, which was "Cuttlebug Embossing Folders":

• Spots & Dots
• Tiny Mosaic
• Winter House
• Bloom Dots
• Heart Blocks

You can find all my past rebus cards here.

Easter Wishes!

Hi everyone ... hope you are all enjoying you Saturday!

I have some news for you today ... I have been invited to join the Our Creative Corner design team! What fun! I am looking forward to playing the challenges each week with the other members of this talented team.

My card today is for this week's challenge which was to add doodling to our cards. It could be a hand written or hand drawn element. I don't do much doodling normally ... so this was kind of a challenge for me, but I liked what I finally came up with.

The cute little "Chick in Egg" & "Easter Wishes" are both available from Alota Rubber Stamps. I only inked up the centre portion of the sentiment to use on my card.

Of course I used my Swiss Dots cuttlebug embossing folder to create the texture on my base card. I am sure one day I will wear this folder out LOL, it has to be one of my favorites!

Recipe:
Stamps: Chick in Egg & Sentiment - Alota Rubber Stamps
Paper: White; Black; Sage Shadow - SU; DP - Basic Grey
Other: Black Ink; Black Pen; Label Tag Die; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Black Brads; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Foam Tape; Copics

Do You Need A Hug!

Hi .... well it has been a busy week here on my blog and I still have another card to share with you using one of the new sets that MFT Stamps released earlier in the week.

These cute little characters are from the new "Hooga Booga" stamp set, there are actually 3 delightful little hooga booga characters in the set and a number of different sentiments too.

I paper pieced my Hooga Booga's don't they look cute in their outfits hehe! The grass and sky area was created using my copic air brush system.

Recipe:
Stamps: Hooga Booga - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky & Groovy Guava - SU; Afternoon Tea DP - SU
Other: Black Ink; Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon; Word Window Punch; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Brown Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

I've Never Met a Chocolate I Didn't Like!

Hi there everyone ... well it is time for another Elzybells challenge over on the Elzybells Art Stamps blog. This week the challenge is a sketch challenge which is my favorite type of challenge!

I used the new "Just Desserts" set and the "Chocolate Never Met" sentiment to create my card. It has been a while since I have added sewing to my card so I decided to get my sewing machine out and add stitching to all my layers on this card. I added the sentiment to the bottom of the side panel on the sketch.

Here is the sketch .... hope you enjoy playing too.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Elzybells Design Team came up with for this challenge at the Elzybells blog.

Recipe: Stamps: Just Desserts & Never Met Chocolate - Elzybells
Paper: White; Chocolate Chip & Pretty In Pink - SU; DP - Kaiser
Other: Black Ink; Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon; Label Tag Die; Brown Brads; Sewing Machine; Foam Tape; Copics

A Little Birdie Told Me!

Hi everyone!

A little birdie told me ... that it is time for another MFT Stamps sketch challenge over on the MFT Stamps Member Forum of SCS ... hehe! This week it is my friend Cindy Haffner's turn to supply the sketch for us to use .... it is a nice easy one!

This week I used MFT Stamps new "Hangin' with my Peep's" set ... isn't it just adorable ... perfect for Easter but it is also suitable for many other occasions as there are lots of different sentiments. I used the "A little bird told me..." sentiment on my ... which could mean it is birthdays or whatever. the little chick that is on the paving on the main image and also the one with the sentiment were added after I stamped the image etc ... these are two separately individual stamps which means you can put little chicks wherever you want them to be ... cool ha!

The designer paper I used for my card is from the new MFT Stamps 6 x 6 designer paper packs ... this one used here is the Spring collection. I also used this paper to paper piece the girls dress.

Here's this week's sketch! Cindy and I would love you to play along. Don't forget to upload your card to the MFTSC71 gallery on SCS to be in the running to win a $5 gift certificate. We will select the winner next week when we upload the next sketch challenge.

Recipe:
Stamps: Hangin' With My Peeps - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Regal Rose & Gable Green - SU; DP - MFT Stamps
Other: Black Ink; Circle & Rectangle Nestabilities; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; Lace Doily Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Pretties Wednesday - A Quilt Card

Hi again everyone .... I am back today with my Pretties Wednesday card. Two weeks ago Jackie
Rakoski challenge all the Prettie Girls to create a Quilt card. I was actually going to use Bunny Hop for my card but then I ended up using this designer paper to create my quilt pattern and it just screamed Cooper! Now how can I argue with that LOL.

Once I had worked out what designer paper I was using (that took some time to decide hehe), this card ended up being fairly easy to make ... I selected 4 different patterns from my designer paper pack and then I cut out my square to 3.5cm square cutting 4 squares from each pattern making a total of 16 squares. I then adhered these all onto my square base card.

I stamped Cooper from "Love You This Much" this set was released on Monday ... and I can't stop playing with it hehe!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Pretties 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

Recipe:
Stamps: Love You This Much Set - Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Kiwi Kiss & Not Quite Navy - SU; DP - SU
Other: Black Ink; Square Nestabilities; Label Tag Dies; Blue Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

"Egg"stra Special!

Hi everyone ... I am back again today with another card to share with you. This time my card is for this week's sketch challenge (SC218) over on SCS.

I just couldn't resist getting a couple of the "Egg" stamps recently from Whipper Snapper stamps ... this one is called "Egg"stra Special.

I used the floral fantasy cuttlebug embossing folder to add texture to the teal base panel.

Recipe:
Stamps: "Egg"stra Special & Sentiment - Whipper Snapper Designs
Paper: White; Taken With Teal & Chocolate Chip - SU; DP - Kaiser
Other: Black Ink; Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Brown Brads; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Daddy's Little Girl ... Let's Blog Hop!

G'day and welcome to MFT Stamps new release blog hop! If you haven't landed on my blog from Cindy Haffner's blog then you may want to go and visit Kim MFT Lady's blog so that you can start at the beginning of the hop. You don't want to miss any of the wonderful creations the MFT Design Team have created for you to see today.

My card uses the new Stephanie Fizer "Nite Nite Ellie" which will be released by MFT Stamps after the release party later tonight. Isn't Ellie adorable ... the inspiration of this stamp set was Jen of Iheart2stamp blog daughter Ellie ... now isn't that just cool! $2.00 from each retail sale of this set for 6 months will be donated to St. Judes Children Hospital!

I used a recent SCS sketch challenge to create my card, Ellie pj's were paper pieced using the same designer paper that I used for the horizontal panel underneath the image. I stamped "Daddy's Little" & "Girl" onto my stars which I attached around the main panel of my image. There are a number of other sentiments you could use included in this stamp set including "Mommy's", "Angel" & "Princess".

Some of the MFT Stamps design team have created a special tips sheet that you can find over in the How's They Do That forum, so don't forget to visit that after you have finished blog hopping. I will be showing you how I use the scallop nestabilites and cut and piece them to make them shorter or taller to fit my images.

Well now it is time to leave my blog and hop on over to Holly's blog so you can continue on your blog hoping journey. Thanks so much for stopping by.


My Favorite Things is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, March 4th from 9-10 PM EASTERN. This month there are 5 new sets being released including a Who's that Girl who is hanging with her peeps!

Head over to the MFT forum on SCS to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

Recipe:
Stamps: Nite Nite Ellie - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace & Baja Breeze - SU; DP - Kaiser
Other: Black Ink; Baja Breeze SU Ink; Star Punches; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Long Rectangles & Circle Nestabilities; Baja Breeze Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Hippity Hoppity!

Hi everyone ... it's Pretties Tuesday so I have another Paper Pretties project to share with you today.

Paper Pretties had it's monthly "Stampin in your Jammies" party over on the Paper Pretties forum on Sunday to celebrate the release of some new stamps. Bunny Hop which is the set I used for my cards today has now been released to the public, so if you missed out on getting this set when it was the SOTM now is your chance to get it.

One of the challenges during the party was to create a set of coordinating 3 x 3 notecards. Well with Easter approx one month away I decided to use Bunny Hop to create my notecards.

Here is a close up of my notecard. I used my circle nestabilities to create the circle layers. I added paper piercing along the bottom edge of my card.


I punched out the sentiment using my oval punch and attached it to the centre of my notecards.

Recipe:
Stamps: Bunny Hop - Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Regal Rose & Pretty In Pink - SU; DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Oval Punch; Bling; Foam Tape; Copics

Wee Hanna Paper Dolls!

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing a couple of projects I did using the new "Wee Hanna" paper doll set which will be released tonight Monday 2nd March.

This time I just made a plain old fashioned "paper" paper doll set ... well card anyway. To dress Wee Hanna you just fold over the tabs which are included on the images ... remember those!

I created this little folder which is based on the idea of the CD holder I showed you yesterday but on a smaller scale.

Here is the inside ... the paper dolls and her clothes just slip into the pocket where they can stay until you are ready to play with them another day. This is sooo easy to make.


My second card is ... yes a pirate card .... I love pirates too hehe! I had this fun pink pirate designer paper so of course I had to make a pink card.

This card using Taylor's of Taylored Expressions TECC56 sketch.

Recipe:
Stamps: Wee Hanna - Hanna Stamps
Paper: White; Black; Pirate DP - Rusty Pickle; Multi Colored Square DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilites; Circle Nestabilities; Black Brads; Magnetic Closure; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Spots & Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Word Window Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

A Cup of Tea, A Shady Tree!

Hi everyone! Isn't this image just sooooooooo cute! This is the new Flopsey set called "Tea with Flopsey" which will be released by MFT Stamps this Wednesday 4th March.

I used the new 6 x 6 Spring Collection Designer Paper pack to create my card.

My Favorite Things is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, March 4th from 9-10 PM EASTERN. This month there are 5 new sets being released including a Who's that Girl who is hanging with her peeps!

Head over to the MFT forum on SCS to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

Recipe:
Stamps: Tea with Flopsey - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Black; Regal Rose - SU; Spring Collection DP - MFT Stamps
Other: Black Ink; Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Fright for Sore Eyes!

Hi again!

Well you all know that Monday here means that it is time for another challenge with my CCEE Stamper friends. We are also into a new month, March ... wow were does the time go! Anyway as it is a new month we also have a new challenge hostess, which is me this month!

This card is also the start of my MFTeaser's I have to share with you this week. MFT will be releasing 5 new stamps sets this Wednesday 4th March .... I used the new Monsters Ink set to create my card today .... isn't he cute! Never having met any monsters personally I wasn't sure what color to use for him hehe .... but I ended up deciding on blue ... looks like a good color to color a monster don't you think.

Ok so I still haven't told you what the challenge is this week ... sorry for keeping you in suspense! A few week's ago I had to do a tutorial for MFT Stamps on way of using their digital papers ... one of the ideas I had was to use the digital papers by printing on those sticky labels ... you can see the part that relates to labels here .

Anyway this got me thinking about how we used to use these sticky labels to create our cards, which I hadn't done for ages (and I guess still haven't *wink*). So my challenge to my CCEE Stamper friends was to use the sticky labels to create their card .... they could stamp their main image on the labels and have that as the feature of their card .... stamp their background on the labels and use that .... or print digital papers onto them and use that ... or combine all three hehe!

As I had printed out a few different digital papers onto some labels when I did my tutorial and hadn't used them all as yet, I decided to use one of those to create my card for this challenge.

Don't forget to visit our CCEE Stampers blog to see what the rest of the team came up with this week. You are more then welcome to play ..... leave a comment on our group blog so we can check out your cards.

Recipe:
Stamps: Monsters Ink - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Gable Green, Baja Breeze & Blue Bayou - SU; Winter Collection Digi Paper - MFT Stamps
Other: Black Ink; Labels; Green Grosgrain Ribbon; Flowers; Circle Nestabilities; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Foam Tape; Copics

You Rock!

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!

Yes I am singing again ... sorry but I couldn't help it ... blame it on "Rockstar Hanna" another of the new stamp sets which will be released by Hanna Stamps Monday Night 2nd March.

This is one rocking stamp set and my first project I am sharing with you today is a CD holder. The top pic shows the front of the CD holder.

I used my circle nestabilities to create the circle layers here. I also added dimensional magic to her guitar to give it a shiny look.

Here is the back of the CD holder ... I kept it this side very plain only stamping the "Backstage Pass" image to use as a closure.

And here is the inside ... still plain ... but I am showing you so you can see what it looks like inside.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rockstar Hanna - Hanna Stamps
Paper: White; Black; Real Red - SU
Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Allegro Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Black Brads; Dimensional Magic; Foam Tape; Copics

I also created this card with the "Rockstar Hanna" set ... Hanna is really rocking out there don't you think!!!!!! The sentiment used on this card isn't part of the set ... but I had to use it cause it was just perfect for my card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rockstar Hanna - Hanna Stamps; Sentiment - Inque Boutique.
Paper: White; Black; Regal Rose - SU; DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Key Tag Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Hola Chica

Hi again!

My card uses the new Hola Chica stamp set that is to the Paper Pretties SOTM for April, isn't she cute!

These aren't colors I normally use a lot when I create my cards .... but I really felt in the mood to use this Basic Grey designer paper that has been sitting in my collection of designer papers for a while now. I used my long rectangle nestabilities to create my layers for my main image. The top right corner of my card has a paper pierced corner.


On Sunday March 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 Bunny Hop Sophia to the public as well as a new stamp set!! Sneak peeks start on Friday, February 27th!! Hope to see you there!!


Recipe:
Stamps: Hola Chica Set - Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Pale Plum & Perfect Plum - SU; DP - Basic Grey
Other: Black Ink; Pale Plum SU Ink; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Flowers; Plum Brad; Grosgrain Ribbon; Oval Punch; Long Rectangles Nestabilities; Foam Tape; Copics

Happy Day!

It is time for another challenge over on the Alota Rubber Stamps Paper Craft Planet Group. This week the challenge is hosted by me. You have two weeks from today to participate in this challenge and you also have a chance of winning some wonderful stamps if you card is selected randomly from all the entries received.

Well you all know that I love doing sketch challenges, so it probably comes as no surprise that my challenge today is a sketch challenge. You can see my sketch below or pop on over to the Alota Rubber Stamps group on PCP.

I decided to use Girlfriend Cheryl to create my card today ... I love these Girlfriend stamps they are so cute ... this one was named after fellow Alota Rubber Design Team member Cheryl Walker.

I have been having lots of fun playing with Gina K Designs new digi papers ... this one is called floral frenzy. I also used the mustard colored digi paper to paper piece the girls dress.

Hope to see you over on the Alota Rubber Stamps PCP group.

And here is the prize you could win if you play along using Alota Rubber Stamps and add your card to the PCP gallery using the tag Alota6. This stamp set is called "Silly Sarah"


Recipe:
Stamps: Girlfriend Cheryl - Alota Rubber Stamps
Papers: White; Chocolate Chip & More Mustard - SU; Floral Frenzy Digi Paper - Gina K Designs
Other: Black Ink; Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Flowers; Brown Brads; Word Window Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

See What Riley's Doing Now!

Hi everyone. I have two new cards to share with you today .... both using the new Riley stamps which will be released by Hanna Stamps after their release party this Monday night 2nd March.

My first card using "Timber Riley" now isn't he just too cute with that chain saw! What a great stamp to use for male cards! Of course I just had to use this designer paper that is covered with trees for my background.


My second card uses "Spa Riley" or Sophia .... doesn't she look like she is enjoying being pampered!

The layout for this card using the SFYTT sketch challenge from Jen of Iheart2stamp's blog.

Recipe:
Stamps: Spa Riley & Timber Riley - Hanna Stamps; Ain't This The Life - Sunday International
Paper: White; Baja Breeze; Chocolate Chip & Mellow Moss - SU; Tree DP - Kaiser; Polka Dot DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; White Brilliance Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Tag Die; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Blue Brads; Brown Brads; Foam Tape; Copics