Paper Pretties–RELEASE DAY and BLOG HOP

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday. Today is the big day. All four sets are available NOW in the Pretties Boutique. The sets this month are just amazing and I know that you are going to love them as much as I do.

You should be arriving here from the awesomely talented Michelle L.’s blog. If you did not arrive here from Michelle’s blog then please start back at the Paper Pretties blog so you won’t miss anyone along the way.

We are combining our Hop today with our weekly Wednesday challenge. Our challenge today is to use at least 2 different Designer Papers on your card. Don’t you love it? Here is my card today using the new set INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES.

We hope you can play along with our challenge this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC149.

Your next stop on the Hop is the fabulous Heather’s blog, our amazing leader. Have fun on the Hop today and thanks for joining me.

Hugs,

PAPER PRETTIES - April Previews

Hello and happy Tuesday my friends. It's our fourth day of previews for our Paper Pretties April images! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday, April 13th.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Wednesday, the 13th. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12:00am EST April 13th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.  
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7:00am EST Wednesday April 13th.  
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.  

The set being featured today is called "INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES".  Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here on Tuesday with another preview. Be sure to check out the PP blog tomorrow though as they are previewing more new images.

Hugs,

Paper Previews–APRIL PREVIEW

Hello and happy Sunday my friends. It's our second day of previews for our Paper Pretties April images! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday, April 13th.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Wednesday, the 13th. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12:00am EST April 13th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7:00am EST Wednesday April 13th.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

The set being featured today is called "SOCK MONKEY" and is illustrated by Victoria Case! My card today uses this week’s SCS Sketch SC327. Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here on Tuesday with another preview. Be sure to check out the PP blog tomorrow though as they are previewing more new images.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties SKETCH–PWC148

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge this week is a sketch by our awesomely talented DT Coordie Frances. For my card today I used the set Summer Fun. Here is my card and this week’s sketch.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC148.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–PWC146

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge this week is SPRING. For my card today I used the sentiment set Elegant Sentiments. Here is my card.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC146.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

A Late Post and a GIVEAWAY

Hello friends and happy Sunday evening. I am 4 days late posting my Paper Pretties challenge card from this past Wednesday. I am so sorry!!! To make up for me dropping the ball I am going to have a GIVEAWAY. One random commenter on this post will win 5 of my cards made with Paper Pretties stamps. Click this link and it will take you to all of the cards I have made using Paper Pretties stamps, and let me tell you …. there are tons. You can pick any 5 cards that you like, as long as I still have them and haven’t mailed them to someone.

Our challenge this past Wednesday was to make a MANLY card. I totally screwed this up by making a girly looking card. Ugh!!! Yes, it hasn’t been my week. LOL. Here is the card I made using the Sweet 16 stamp set.

Please check out the PP blog for info on how to play along with the challenge, how to win this week’s prize and to see all the wonderful creations made by the DT.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–RELEASE DAY BLOG HOP

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday. Today is the big day. All four sets are available NOW in the Pretties Boutique. The sets this month are just amazing and I know that you are going to love them as much as I do.

You should be arriving here from the awesomely talented Michelle L.’s blog. If you did not arrive here from Michelle’s blog then please start back at the Paper Pretties blog so you won’t miss anyone along the way.

We are combining our Hop today with our weekly Wednesday challenge. Our challenge today is to use RIBBON on your card. Don’t you love it? Here is my card today using the new set PARTY GIRAFFE.

We hope you can play along with our challenge this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC144.

Your next stop on the Hop is the fabulous Heather’s blog, our amazing leader. Have fun on the Hop today and thanks for joining me.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–PREVIEW Day #3

Hello and happy Monday my friends. It's our third day of previews for our Paper Pretties March images! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday, March 9th.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Wednesday, the 9th. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12AM EST March 9th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7AM EST Wednesday, March 9th.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog today to see who else is previewing the new stamps.

The set being featured today is called "SWEET 16" and is illustrated by Victoria Case! Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here on Wednesday for our BLOG HOP. Be sure to check out the PP blog tomorrow though as they are previewing more new images.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–March Previews Day #1

Hello and happy Saturday my friends. It's our first day of previews for our Paper Pretties March images! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday, March 9th.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted on the Paper Pretties blog on Wednesday, the 9th. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12AM EST March 9th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7AM EST Wednesday, March 9th.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog today to see who else is previewing the new stamps.

The set being featured today is called "PARTY GIRAFFE" and is illustrated by Victoria Case! Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here on Monday with another preview. Be sure to check out the PP blog tomorrow though as they are previewing more new images.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–SKETCH BY FRANCES

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is a sketch by the sweet and mega-talented Frances. For my card today I used Message Pup. Here is my card and Frances’ sketch.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC143.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–GLITTER

** Please scroll down to see my post for ALL THAT SCRAPS for today. Thanks so much.

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is to use GLITTER on your card. I love the artistic work of Victoria Case so I just had to use this one she designed for PP called Best Friends. Here is my card.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC142.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties Sponsors “Crazy for Challenges”

Hello and happy Monday. Paper Pretties is this month’s sponsor for the challenge blog CRAZY FOR CHALLENGES. Their challenge this week is to use DIE CUTS. I have to say I love this challenge. I used the set Make a Splash Sophia. I used a Nestibilitie Die to mount my main image on and I used a MFT Die-Namic for my clouds. Here is my card.

We hope you can play along with the challenge on the C4C blog.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here on Wednesday.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–CARDS FOR KIDS

** Please scroll down to see my post for ALL THAT SCRAPS for today. Thanks so much.

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is to make a card for a kid. I decided to make an Easter card and I used this adorable image I got last year, Hippity Hoppity Sophia. Look how cute she is. You can find her and tons more at the Pretties Boutique. Here is my card.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC141.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties and Midnight Madness Sketches

Hello and happy Thursday friends. Yes, we have snow on the ground again here in North GA. We haven’t had this much snow here in almost 20 years. I made a card yesterday with an adorable stamp image from Paper Pretties, so ….. in honor of the snow I am using the set Snowy Snuggles.

Paper Pretties is also the sponsor this month for the weekly sketch challenges over on the Midnight Madness blog. This is for last week’s sketch MMSC89. If you play along each week this month you will have a chance to win some Paper Pretties stamps. Just load your card to the Midnight Madness blog each week this month for your chance to win. Here is my card and last week’s sketch.

Thanks for joining me today. I will talk to you again very soon.

Hugs,

PAPER PRETTIES Release Day Blog Hop and Wednesday’s Challenge PWC140

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday. Today is the big day. All four sets are available NOW in the Pretties Boutique. The sets this month are just amazing and I know that you are going to love them as much as I do.

You should be arriving here from the awesomely talented Kristine Reynolds’ blog. If you did not arrive here from Kristine’s blog then please start back at the Paper Pretties blog so you won’t miss anyone along the way.

We are combining our Hop today with our weekly Wednesday challenge. Our challenge today is an Inspiration Color Challenge ... use Valentine's Day as your color inspiration (does not need to be a Valentine's Day card). Here is my card today using the new sentiment set HAPPY DAY and the heart is from the set TIMELESS LOVE.

We hope you can play along with our challenge this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC140.

Your next stop on the Hop is the fabulous Siobhan Kline. Have fun on the Hop today and thanks for joining me.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

Hello and happy Tuesday friends. It's day four of our Paper Pretties February release previews! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store tomorrow, Wednesday, February 9th.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted here on Wednesday. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our Release Blog Hop tomorrow, Wednesday, 12:00am EST, February 9th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7:00am EST tomorrow, Wednesday, February 9th.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

The set being featured today is a sentiment set called HAPPY DAYS. It has several sentiments and covers several different occasions. You are going to love it. I also used the set Love Birds so I could make an Anniversary card. Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here tomorrow with our Release Day Blog Hop.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties SNEAK PEEK

Hello and happy Monday friends. It's day three of our Paper Pretties February release previews! This month we have 4 fabulous sets being released. All 4 sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday February 9th.
One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted here on Wednesday. As in previous months, we will still have an inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12 AM EST February 9th, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
• New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique at 7AM EST Wednesday, February 9th.
• Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

The set being featured today is called "Oh Baby" and is illustrated by Victoria Case! Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you back here tomorrow with another preview.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–Sketch by Frances

** Please scroll down to see my post for ALL THAT SCRAPS for today. Thanks so much.

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is a sketch by the sweet Frances. I love using Frances’ sketch each month. Sketches are my fav challenge. For my card today I used the set Surprise Sophia. You can find her and lots of other fabulous goodies at the Pretties Boutique. Here is my card and Frances’ sketch.

 

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC139.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,