Horizontal Pocket Card

This was for this week's Try a New Technique Challenge on SCS, Horizontal Pocket Cards. It's not really a horizontal pocket card anymore since I cut it down to square size, but it's a pocket card! :) I used the Snow Jumbo wheel and wheeled it once in Regal Rose and then again in Craft White to give the faux dry-embossed look. The snowflake brad was an "add-on" that I bought at Target a couple of years ago. I intended to make Christmas cards with them that year, but they made it on the cards! It was originally silver, but I dipped it in Heat and Stick powder, heated it, and then dunked it in Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The "sparkle" sentiment is embossed in silver. I find myself using pink a lot for Christmas this year. I don't know why, but it seems to be my favorite right now. I really need to start thinking about my actual Christmas cards and get busy! Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Snow Jumbo wheel, Warm Words, Winter Wonder (Verve Visual); Paper- Regal Rose, Whisper White (SU), Silver (DCWV Metallic Stack); Ink- Regal Rose, Craft White (SU); Accessories- snowflake brad, paper piercer, white gel pen, corner rounder, white organdy ribbon (Darice).

Another Prettie Wednesday

Two weeks ago, Julie Masse issued a Prettie Girl Challenge to use chipboard on your card. If you remember from last Wednesday (Joanne's "Scare Yourself" Challenge), I posted a card using chipboard because chipboard SCARES me! Well, I had to face my fears two weeks in a row! LOL So, here is my second card using chipboard. I have to say, though, that being forced to use it twice now, it doesn't seem as scary as it once was! I was also lucky enough to received Kristine's chipboard challenge card in time for today's post! Look at that gorgeous paper she used on there! WOW!

So, be sure and head on over to the other Prettie Girls' blogs and check out their wonderful chipboard creations! Alli, Christie, Jillian, Joanne, Julie C., Julie M., and Kristine.

For those of you who haven't heard, the Bella that will be in the February Paper Pretties boxes is Saycheeseabella! She is just the cutest! Thanks for stopping by today! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Be Happy (SU), Reverse Dots Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms); Paper- Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, DCWV Nana's Kids Stack; Ink- Regal Rose, Certainly Celery; Accessories- brads (Making Memories), pape piercer, white gel pen.

FS39 JPMAYO

This was for this week's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS, to CASE JPMAYO! She has a WONDERFUL gallery that you must visit if you haven't already! I chose to CASE this card. I loved the layout and the fact that it was simple, but beautiful! I changed the colors, the background stamp and the Cuttlebug folder since I needed a thank you card instead of a birthday card! :)

Today is going to be a busy day. . .lots of doctor's appointments and running around. Don't know if I'll be able to stamp at all, but it sure would be nice! :) Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- So Swirly Jumbo Wheel; Ink- Groovy Guava; Paper- Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery; Accessories- Bazzill flower, Prima flower, rhinestone brad, Cuttlebug Thanks folder.

Baby It's Cold Outside

I was in a "snow" kind of mood today. It's supposed to snow here tomorrow and even though I don't like the cold AT ALL, I do love snow! I used some scraps of paper from a card that I made the other day and came up with this card. This is the Baby It's Cold Outside set from My Favorite Things. You can ONLY get this set right now in the Paper Pretties November subscription boxes, so it's not even available at My Favorite Things yet! How cool is that? I really do like it a lot. I've used this set quite a bit and I always like the results. Hope you do too! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Baby It's Cold Outside (MFT); Ink- Basic Black, Bashful Blue; Paper- Whisper White, green, red (DCWV), patterned paper (DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack); Accessories- Blender pen, brads (Making Memories), slit punch, Word Window punch (SU), white polka dot organdy ribbon (Paper Pretties Corner Store), Copic Spica Glitter pens.

Happy Mail!

I have received some wonderful mail in the past week that I have not yet posted!


The first card was from fellow Prettie Girl, Alli Miles at Card Metaphors. This was for one of our weekly challenges. . .the color challenge that Alli issued a few weeks ago. Isn't this a wonderful card! I LOVE that dress! Thank you for the beautiful card, Alli!


The second card was also from a fellow Prettie Girl, Jillian Winters at Ink, Stamp & Scrap. Her card was from our "Scare Yourself" Challenge that Joanne issued. Jillian used this sand on the card for the stripes along the bottom. It was something she spent a fortune on at a craft fair and never used until the challenge. Isn't that a neat effect? I just LOVE it! This is such a beautiful card, Jillian! Thank you so much!



The third card, again, was from a fellow Prettie Girl, Kristine Reynolds at Stamping and Scrapping in California. I just LOVE this set and the card that Kristine sent is just beautiful! She sent it just because. . .how sweet of her! The set and all of the papers came in our Paper Pretties boxes! Isn't it wonderful? I love how everything coordinates! Thank you, Kristine, for the beautiful card. It really made me smile!



The last card I received was from my dear, sweet friend Pam Speidel at Stamping With Serendipity. It was such a nice surprise because I just LOVE Pam's work! Have you seen this girl color? Just fabulous! She sent some Penny Black snowman images inside! How cute are they? I can't wait to use them! Thank you so much, Pam, for thinking of me! You are such a sweetheart!

Holiday Cheer

This card was made for Jen's Sketch For You To Try. I decided to use one of the House Mouse images that my sweet friend Donna sent me! Isn't the mouse just the cutest? I've never owned any House Mouse images, but I have friends who absolutely LOVE them. Thanks again, Donna, for sending me these adorable images! I used patterned paper from the DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack. It has sparkle in all the right places! :) I colored the mouse in with ink pads and a blender pen, and then went over his hat with red and clear Copic Spica markers. Can I just say I LOVE those markers! I got them at Ellen's store. They add the perfect sparkle without the glue or lumpiness you sometimes get with glitter.

I can't believe the weekend is almost over already! They go so fast! Hope you have a wonderful Sunday! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- House Mouse, Holiday Treats (Papertrey Ink); Paper- DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack and Fall Stack; Ink- Basic Black, Ruby Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Bordering Blue (SU); Accessories- blender pen, horizontal slot punch, red grosgrain ribbon, white polka dot organdy ribbon.

AMAZING Mail!

A couple of amazing packages showed up on my porch the other day. I kept thinking "I don't remember ordering anything", and then I opened them. I was completely amazed and just in awe of what was inside.

The first package I opened was from Kelley over at Kelley's Craft Corner. Can you believe this adorable card and these GORGEOUS embroidered burp cloths for our new little bundle??? I just couldn't believe my eyes! They are so beautiful I could barely stand to unwrap the ribbon that was so perfectly tying them together! How, Kelley, do you expect me to use these as burb cloths? We just LOVE these and cannot believe you sent such a beautiful gift! Thank you so much.

The second package I opened was from Abi at Musings from Tenerife. Abi sent the cutest little hooded vest and Baby Bug card. . .perfect for mommy, huh? :) As if that wasn't enough, I opened an accompanying envelope to find these PRECIOUS name plates for each of our children! Look at how adorable they are! My husband and I cannot wait to frame them! Abi, these gifts are just so beautiful! Thank you so much for thinking of us. . .we truly appreciate it!

Words cannot express how truly grateful I am for both of these gifts. I just cannot believe that the two of you sent such meaningful gifts to someone you've only "met" through cyber-space! I am so blessed to call you my "friends"! Lots of love and BIG HUGS, from the bottom of my heart!

Headed for Stardom

Have you heard that Verve Visual is about to release two new stamp sets on November 10? It's true! And you're going to LOVE them! This page was created with the Starlight Starbright set. This set has 17 stamps and 11 of them are sentiments. . .unique sentiments at that! As soon as I saw this sentiment, I knew I had to use this picture of my little "diva"! :)

I stamped the stars on Echo paper by Memory Box. I sprayed adhesive over the top portion of the picture and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter on it to give it a "night sky" feel. Next I added the Heidi Swapp Ghost Stars which were colored using the Tim Holtz alcohol inks in Stream and Wild Plum. The finishing touches were the paper piercing, cream organdy ribbon and finally, the perfect sentiment!

If you want to see more sneak peeks of the new sets, check out the Verve Visual blog from now until November 10 to see what the very talented Design Team has to tempt you! :) Have a great day and thanks for visiting! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps: Starlight Starbright (Verve Visual)Paper: Echo (Memory Box), Purple and Black (DCWV), Pearlized Cream (Paper Accents)Ink: VersaMagic in Perfect Plumeria and Purple Hydrangea, Glue Pad (Tsukineko), Noir (Palette)Accessories- Ghost stars (Heidi Swapp), cream organdy ribbon(Darice), paper piercer, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, small and large oval punches (Stampin' Up), alcohol inks in Stream and Wild Plum (Ranger)

Beate Weekend Sketch Challenge #26

It's Friday and time for another one of Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenges! I really liked this sketch because it's something that's different for me. I decided to use my Simply Sent Sending Happy Thoughts card kit from Stampin' Up. I finished all of the cards that came with the kit and had a few pieces of cardstock left over as well as ribbon, brads and Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I really LOVE this set. I love the two-tone image you get in one stamping step! I think I'll use this stamp set over and over again. For this card, I stamped a bunch of the flowers across the focal panel and then stamped some extras that I cut out and mouted over top with dimensionals. I used the photo corner punch to "frame" the focal panel a bit and used the dotted square to make a "frame" around the whole center image. The background of the card is my new favorite Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, Reverse Dots. I inked it up in Old Olive ink and stamped it onto olive cardstock. Be sure and check out the amazing creations of Beate, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, Mary Jo and Sharon! They always come up with something gorgeous! Happy Friday! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Sending Happy Thoughts (SU), Reverse Dots Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms); Paper- Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Kraft (SU); Ink- Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Basic Black (SU); Accessories- red zig-zag twill from Jersey Ribbon Originals, vintage brads, Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU).

Tempting Saffron

This was for this week's Color Challenge on SCS, Tempting Saffron. . . to use Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and Real Red. I just recently got this stamp by Rubber Romance from the Paper Pretties Corner Store and I love it! It's just such a fun image. I don't really have any sentiments to go with it, but I thought this sentiment from the Michael's $1 bin would work well. The card itself was pretty simple since the image was so big, I didn't have a lot of empty space to fill. I colored with ink pads and a blender pen and added a bit of sparkle to her boots with turquoise Stickles. SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Carrie (Rubber Romance), $1 stamp; Paper- So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Bordering Blue; Acccessories- hemp, key tag punch, paper piercer, turquoise Stickles.

In other news, the Verve Visual countdown to two NEW sets has begun! The new sets will be revealed on November 10, but from today until November 10, you can catch "sneak peeks" on the Verve Visual blog by the Design Team! So, head on over and check it out! I have a feeling you'll really love these sets! (wink!)