Happy Birthday, Jennifer!!

Hi everyone!

Today we have a birthday to celebrate! 

It’s Jennifer Greco’s birthday and all of the Prettie girls want to wish her a very happy day with a Birthday Blog Hop since we can't all get together in person. Are you ready?

Ready, steady....

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

The hop starts on the Paper Pretties Blog, so if you didn’t start from there, hop on over to the Pretties blog and start from the very beginning! Don't want you to miss out on a thing!

Oh! It’s also Wednesday which means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge! This week, the challenge is embossing. Fun!! The Paper Pretties Design Team are featuring the new Everyday Sentiments stamp set that will be released along with 6 other stamp sets this coming Friday, 12th November. That's right! It's gonna be a FABULOUS release!!

I decided to feature a couple of sentiments from the set on the front of a gift card holder. This gift card holder is called a "Slit Latch Gift Card Holder". The tutorial for it went up on Splitcoaststampers last week during the 3rd Annual Holiday Tutorial Blitz!! Go take a look and see just how easy it is to make! I even have a video tutorial on there at the very bottom for the visual learner. :)

Come play along with us!!

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC127.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set! Please see all of the rules over on the Paper Pretties Blog!

Join us for our Release Blog Hop this Friday, November 12th ~ 5am EST, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.

New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from Friday, 12th November ~ 7am.

Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

Here is the order of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

• Paper Pretties Blog
• ARTish
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jackie Rakoski
• Jana Weaver
• Jane Matsumoto (me)
• Jessica George
• Pam Varnell
• Wendy Hoff
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jennifer Greco (the birthday girl!!!!!!!!!!!!)

So glad you stopped by!

 I hope you have enjoyed this virtual birthday party thus far.

Now it is time to continue on our birthday blog hop and visit Jessica!  

Don’t forget to wish Jennifer a Happy Birthday when you reach her blog!

*NEW* Pink Cat Studio ~ Introducing Rex and Bronty

Hi everyone!

Rex and Bronty are making their debut over at Pink Cat Studio today!

These two are DINO-mite!

Super cute and SO much fun to color!

Check out Baby Rex in the center...

is he not the cutest baby dino ever?!

FREE with purchase just for today (Nov. 4th).

I saw this sketch over on Mojo Monday...

Swing on over to Pink Cat Studio and see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has come up with for this Dino Release!

PWC126 - Prettie Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Hey Prettie peeps!

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog!

This week is the beginning of November (can you believe it?!) and this means it is time for another Pretties Wednesday Sketch Challenge.

Frances has come up with a very pretty layout for you!

I love this sketch!

I colored up Holiday Fairy - Meg with my Copics.

Someone asked me to post a picture of the back of my image.

Here you go!

Come play along with us!

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC126.
Don’t forget to include a link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … see the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Do You Want To Be A Prettie Girl?

Paper Pretties is looking for Design Team members.

 If you would like to join the team, check this post on the Paper Pretties blog for details.

Have a wonderful day!

Slit Latch Gift Card Holder for the 3rd Annual Holiday Tutorial Blitz (SCS) and a giveaway!

Happy Monday, everyone!

Hard to believe it's NOVEMBER!

Where did this year go?!

I am so excited! I have another tutorial up on Splitcoaststampers for you today!

The 3rd Annual Holiday Tutorial Blitz started yesterday with a Treat Box Card Tutorial by Melanie Schulenberg. It's my turn today! Yay!!

I received the cutest gift card holder from Joni Moore a few years back. I held onto it and thought of it a short while ago when I had to come up with a gift card holder for a Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge.

Here's what Joni had sent me:

Here's what I made for the Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge:

Here's what I made for the Holiday Tutorial Blitz (SCS):

I would love to get some feedback on the tutorial!

Please let me know what you think over on SCS or leave a comment here.

I'll have a surprise gift card of $10 in a card holder that I will make for you.

That name will be selected randomly on Monday, Nov.15th at 10am PST.

I'll mail it out in time as a Thanksgiving treat. :)

Good luck!

Be Square!

Hey Prettie peeps!

It’s Wednesday! That means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog. This week the challenge is to create a square card. I LOVE square cards!

Today, I went with something a bit different. I made a super CAS card with a card holder. I am going to make a set of these cards and put them inside the purse as a holiday gift.

Paper Pretties stamp set called O Christmas Tree 

Come play along with us Prettie girls!

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC125.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … seeing the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

All *NEW* Winter Digi stamps from Pink Cat Studio!

This is my second post for today!

If you are looking for Prettie Birthday Blog Hop, scroll down to the next post!

Hello everyone!

I hope that the week has been kind to you all.

My week has been rather hectic.

Ever have one of those days where you try to check things off of your long "to do" list... you know, the one where people needed something from you yesterday? Then when you do check something off, two new things pop up that need to get done immediately? Yeah... one of those weeks. LOL!

Well, the following has been one of the highlights of my crazy week.

Melissa (Pink Cat Studio) has a NEW Winter Digi Stamp release today!

Take a look at these adorable images...

Today, October 21st, when you purchase anything from the digital or rubber stamp stores you will receive the "Bird Ice Skating" digi FOR FREE!. It will be emailed to you separately and within 12 hours after you make your purchase.

Here are a couple of cards that I put together.

Hope you like them!

Now, it's time to hop on over to the Pink Cat Studio blog to see what the rest of the design team has come up with for this release! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday, Heather!

It’s birthday time for a special member of the Paper Pretties team.

Today Heather, owner of Paper Pretties, is celebrating her birthday!

Happy Birthday Heather!!

There's no better way to celebrate these special occasions other than throwing a Prettie Birthday Blog Hop!!Since we can't get together to celebrate in person, the next best thing is a virtual birthday party! Right?! The hop started at Cindy Haffner’s blog so if you didn’t come from there hop back now so you don’t miss out on any of the celebrations!

I decided to use my newest stash of designer paper from Prima. It's the Jack n' Jill Collection ~ "Daisy Dreams". I LOVE this line! It's so soft and dreamy. To go with this pretty paper, I've colored Everyday Lily with my copic markers. She is SO sweet and adorable!

In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete list of the stops for this birthday blog hop!

• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jackie Rakoski
• Jana Weaver
• Jane Matsumoto  (me)
• Jennifer Greco
• Jessica George
• Pam Varnell
• Wendy Hoff
• Heather Lee-Reppen   

Thank you for joining in on the birthday celebration!

Your next stop is with Jennifer Greco!!

Enjoy the rest of the hop and be sure to make it over to Heather to wish her a happy day!

PWC124 - Prettie Color Challenge!

Hey Prettie peeps!!
It’s Wednesday and this means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog! This week we have another color challenge for you! We had to use the colors purple, orange & green. I don't know about you, but these colors scream Halloween so I just had to pull out one of Paper Pretties new Halloween stamps, Halloween Fairy Elle.

Come play along with us!
All you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC124.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too!

You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … seeing the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

All *NEW* from Paper Pretties!

Happy Friday, Prettie peeps!

I am SO excited for the all *NEW* Pretties Release today!!

If you are here from Jana's fabulous blog, then you are right on track.

Otherwise, you might want to hop over to the Paper Pretties Blog and start from the very beginning so that you don't miss out on anything. Heather is giving away one of each set to be release ... this will be a random draw from comments posted on all the DT's blogs.... so if you want to win a set don't forget to comment on everyone’s blog when you hop around!


Caroling Sophia

Now it's time to continue along the blog hop to see what Jennifer has designed for you!

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!!

Pink Cat Studio RUBBER Release!!

Happy Thursday, everyone!

I hope that you are having a wonderful week!

Today, Melissa is releasing the cutest images on unmounted rubber...

aren't they adorable?!

Here are a couple of cards I made using the second set of birdies

Now hop on over to the Pink Cat Studio blog to check out what the rest of the fabulous Pink Cat Studio Design Team has come up with for this awesome release!