Paper Pretties Release AND Birthday Celebration!

Hello prettie peeps!

 It's May 1st and that means NEW stamps and digital images from Paper Pretties!

We also have a very special birthday to celebrate today! It's also Christie Ortman's birthday! She is Prettie Mama to us Prettie girls, owner of Paper Pretties. 

Happy Birthday, Christie! It is such an honor to be part of your awesome Design Team but even more so "working" for you. I hope that today is a very special day for you, filled with many happy moments and lots of love! You deserve a day fit for a queen for all that you do!

We all made birthday cards for her and just about everyone sent it out to her last week except (of course) me. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that this happened but nevertheless, I am quite miffed about it. It will go out next week and make its way (slowly) to Canada. *sigh* I did make a birthday card using "What's Up Pussycat" though. :) This is one of our New Release sets! The adorable cat is holding onto a sign that is large enough for most of sentiments.

I joined in on the fun over at The Pink Elephant this week!

They are having a Color Challenge this week.

TPE64: AQUA

This set comes with a sentiment that reads "What's Up Pussycat?" but I decided to go with the sentiment  "Relax it's your day!" from another Paper Pretties stamp set "Soakin' Up The Sun". The inside has "Happy Birthday", which belongs to a Hero Arts birthday set.

By the way, if you didn't get here from Wendy's blog, then you might want to start at the very beginning on the Paper Pretties Homepage HERE. Otherwise, head over to see what Jennifer has created for Christie and the new release. Then hop over to Christie's blog to help us wish her a very special and HAPPY birthday!

It's a Prettie Birthday!

Long time Prettie girl, Jana Weaver, is celebrating her birthday today! Woot woot!!
We're celebrating it with a birthday hop!

If you didn't get here from Wendy's blog, then you might want to hop to the start of our birthday hop with Christie. That way you won't miss any part of this virtual birthday celebration!

The set of drawers was made with SU Matchbox die. Each drawer holds a little treat. As for the card, I recently bought this medallion die and have been playing around with it. For Jana's birthday card, I folded Barely Banana cardstock in half and ran it through the Big Shot with the die. The back of the card didn't cut through all the way so I left it like that. To reinforce the back, I ran another set of Barely Banana and one sheet of Whisper White. The white cardstock was glued to the top and the last sheet of Barely Banana was taped down to the back of the original card. I used Simply Special for the main image since that's what Jana is... special. She's a super sweet friend and a very talented crafter. This one's for you, my friend!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Now hop on over to Jennifer's blog. You're almost at the end!

The last stop will be at Jana's blog.

Please help us wish Jana a very happy birthday!

A little birdie told me that there's a birthday to celebrate in La-La Land!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear JANA...
Happy Birthday to youuuuuuu!

Elena, Kim, and I have birthday posts up in honor of Jana's birthday today!
Elena has also put together a special birthday post over on the La-La Land Crafts blog.
Please join me in wishing Jana a very happy day...

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Jana!

Happy Birthday, SPARKLE!!

Hello everyone!

We have another birthday to celebrate at La-La Land!

Today is Sparkle's Birthday!

We are very lucky to have her on board as a guest designer!

 Don't you love that name?! SPARKLE!

This girl shines inside and out.

She is a crafter and blogger extraordinaire.

Sparkle's creations are fabulous and so are the fun stories and updates on her blog. I LOVE what her blog banner says... "Life - Family - Passion - Love".

So today, the La-La Land Crafts DT and GDT have joined forces to help make this a very special day for Sparkle. You can view all of our cards over at La-La Land Craft's blog.

I hope that you will join in and help us wish  her a very happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Sparkle!

I decided to use a sketch and inspiration challenge for my card today.

The sketch comes from "Sketch For You To Try" that I found on Facebook

The inspiration comes from Sparkle's birthday and Cupcake Challenge 53 from Sweetest Thing.

Oooooh! Isn't that just the yummiest?! lol!

Here's the card I made for Sparkle:

That's Birthday Present Rosie... isn't she sweet?

Please hop on over to visit with Sparkle and wish her a Happy Birthday!

A Hoppy Birthday!

Last Sunday, I was lucky to have been asked by Melissa to participate in her Pink Cat Studio New Digi Stamps release. The Easter Digi Stamps are super cute! One of my favorites is the "Hopping Bunnies". What I love about this one is that it is easy to use for occasions other than Easter.


Well so happens that today is Melissa's birthday... so I decided to make her a card using Hopping Bunnies! HOPPY BIRTHDAY, Melissa!

I wanted to join Friday Sketchers Challenge #95.

I love this sketch!

Melissa, I hope that your birthday is full of laughter, love, and CAKE!

hugs,

Whoo's Prettie Birthday Is It?

Whoo's birthday are we celebrating today? Whoo whoo?! Why... it's our very own StampOwl, Frances's Birthday! In addition to our Wednesday challenge, we're hopping for her birthday! Now, if you didn't get here from Wendy's blog, be sure to hop back over to Prettie Mama Christie's blog so you don't miss out on having a hoot of a good time today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANCES!!!

This week the challenge is hosted by Jana Weaver.

Jana’s challenge, in honor of Frances' birthday, is to find inspiration for your card from some type of owl (real or fictional) and include a picture of your inspiration with your post.

Now most of you know that I have been collecting all things owls since I was a little girl. I LOVE owls! Surprisingly, this challenge really got me thinking hard and I couldn't decide what to do! Instead of looking at my collection for inspiration, I decided to just pick one of three favorite owls in real life. I love the Snowy Owls and Sooty Owls... but the one I chose today for my inspiration is the Spotted Owl.

I used the sketch from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch 61 for the layout and included this card in the Cupcake Craft Challenge 83 (food & drink):

 I used Make A Wish for this week's card...

I tried to capture the brown and white of the owl.

This week the Design Team are using “Lady Sophia” and “Make A Wish”. Both sets are on special in the Pretties Boutique for one week only. 20% off!!

Come play along with us! Create a card/project using the challenge above and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload your project to the Paper Pretties Gallery. Be sure to add it to the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC96.

Hop on over to see what kind of owl inspiration and fabulous project Jennifer has put together for today's challenge!

Don't forget to stop by with Frances and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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

Happy Birthday to Prettie Girl WENDY!

Hi Prettie Peeps! This is my second post for the day so be sure to check out La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge by scrolling down to the next post!

Guess what?! It time to do the birthday blog hop! Well, we're combining the Pretties Wednesday Challenge with the birthday celebration for Prettie girl, WENDY!

Happy Birthday, Wendy!

The hop, as always, start with Christie. If you didn’t start off there, you might want to hop on over there now... wouldn't want you to miss out on the actual hop and all of the fabulous projects the Prettie girls have come up with!

It's Jackie's turn to host the challenge this week and she wants BUTTONS! Here's what she has to say:
Buttons! That's right, I want you to use Buttons as you main embellishment...you can use other ones, just make BUTTONs scream on your card!

Buttons, eh? You got it, Jackie!
Wendy - I used Dream Boat because I don't have the other set and had a bit of a struggle turning this into a birthday card. I hope you still like it!

Jackie... did I use enough buttons? :)
This was a FUN challenge! I collect buttons but hardly ever use them.
Now it's YOUR turn to give this challenge a try!

How to Enter: Ink up a Paper Pretties stamp (or Paper Pretties digi image) and use buttons on the card (may use other embellishments as well). Like Jackie said... make buttons SCREAM on there! LOL!

Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery and use keyword PWC88.

Deadline: 6pm EST on Tuesday, February 2nd.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique

Wait! There's more... a SALE! 35% off all clear stamps over at Paper Pretties! Just click HERE!

Next stop is... JENNIFER!

Simply Special Birthday Wishes

Hello Prettie peeps! It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge & Blog Hop! If you hopped over from KRISTY's blog, then you are on the right track! If not, hop back to the very beginning to CHRISTIE's blog. Then make your way back over here! I don't want you  to miss a thing! :)

This week the challenge is hosted by Kristy Ketterlin. Kristy’s favorite color is pink... anything and everything pink! So Kristy has a color challenge for us, to create a card using the colors pink, white and one of your favorite colors. Wait... there's another part to the challenge! You have to add ribbon and use a technique you have not tried before!

I used the stamp SIMPLY SPECIAL. I needed to make a birthday card for a fellow preschool teacher and thought she would really like this image. I used white, pink, and teal as my colors. Teal?! No... it's not my favorite color. However, the SCS Clean and Simple Cards challenge - CAS50 is to use teal, white, and one other color. The new thing that I wanted to try out was using only white cardstock... no designer paper. I don't know if it's a "technique" but I thought it would be neat to try. I used a sponge to add the pink everywhere.

I also decided to join in on Mojo Monday's Sketch Blog challenge.

Here's my card: Simply Special Birthday Wish

How to Enter: Create a card using the challenge above and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload your project to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC87.

Deadline: 6pm EST Tuesday, January 26th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

This week’s special: 20% off – Simply Special & Unknown Blessings

Now it's time for you to hop along over to see what Jennifer has whipped up for this fun challenge!

Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

A La-La Land Birthday Hop for KATHY!

Now, before I get into the birthday celebration, I just wanted to mention that La-La Land Crafts is having a special! The stamps from the new release are already in! Here is the link. But wait... there's more! Buy three, get one FREE! Between now and January 30th, when you purchase three stamps from our online store, you will receive a FREE stamp of your choice!! Just let us know your choice in the Notes section upon check out!! Thank you!

Hi! Today is a very exciting day at La-La Land Crafts! Today is Kathy’s Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Kathy!

I hope that it is a FABULOUS birthday!

In order to make this day extra special for Kathy, we decided throw a special birthday blog hop! Well, Elena, our birthday coordinator, came up with this awesome idea of doing a "Walk of Fame" birthday celebration... thank you, Elena! I think it's a fabulous way to honor our fellow DT member!


 We each took a card from Kathy's own collection and CASE'd it. I have to tell you that selecting just one to work with was really difficult. This girl is SO talented! Her coloring skills are fantastic and her layers are gorgeous... not to mention her cute embellishments that are always just the perfect touch. You  have seen those buttons with the twine in the center tied into a bow with the ends swirling one way and another? Well, that's Kathy! I finally decided to work with this card that she had made for La-La Land Crafts back in November called "Thankful For You".

Here is my attempt at CASE'ing Kathy's beautiful card, using LOTUS.

Here are the links to all who joined in this birthday hop:

Kim

Lisa

Kristine

Elena

Jane

Maureen

Don't forget to hop over to Kathy’s blog and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Thank you for stopping by!

La-La's SURPRISE Birthday Blog Hop for IRINA!!

Hello everyone!

I have to tell you that as you read this on Saturday, Irina and I are in Disneyland, celebrating her 40th birthday. She wished she could spend her birthday at Disneyland and I am making her wish come true! What are friends for, right?! I really wanted her 40th birthday to be as special as she is. So let's make it even more special by having you join in on the SURPRISE Birthday Blog Hop!

Each of us have created a card with birthday wishes for our special Birthday Girl. If you arrived here from Sue Kment's blog, then you are already on the right track! If you are just starting, then be sure to start this blog hop at La-La Land Crafts blog.

If by some reason you loose track on your journey through the hopping spots, here is a list of all of your stops:

Kim

Kathy

Lisa

Katie

Karin

Sue

Jane

Moon

Maureen

Elena

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRINA!

Now hop on over to see what Maureen has created! It's Moon's turn in the blog hop but I noticed that she is not up yet. :)
Don't forget to visit Irina and wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!


hugs,

A Prettie Birthday!

Prettie girl, Kristy Ketterlin is another year younger and we're celebrating it with a Paper Pretties Birthday Blog Hop!

The Birthday Hop started with Christie Ortman so if you didn’t start from there, you might want to hop over there first so you don’t miss out on any of the fun! If you have a moment, please hop over to Kristy and wish her a happy birthday with us!

I was looking through my Paper Pretties stamps and saw Sassy Shoes. I knew instantly that these were the perfect stamps for the card I had in mind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISTY!!!




Now you get to hop over to visit Prettie girl, Jennifer Greco!

Don't forget to come back here tomorrow for some terrific news!

A Pretties Birthday Blog Hop!

Stamp: Giving Thanks (Paper Pretties), All Kinds of Happy (Imaginisce)

Paper: Love Bandit ~ Whoo Loves You, Love Bandit Cut Outs (Bo Bunny)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Rich Cocoa (Memento), Rose Red (SU)

Copics: 0, E0000, E00, E01, YR23, Y21, R81, R85, YG03

Accessories: Swarovski Crystals, ribbon, Oval Nesties

Today we are celebrating a birthday at Paper Pretties!
DT Member, Jennifer Greco, is adding another candle to her birthday cake!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jennifer!
Of course, this means we are having a Pretties Birthday Blog Hop!
What a wonderful way to celebrate together across the miles!

If you haven't already, please start the blog hop with Christie at Little Pink Flowers.

Then follow each blog to the next!

Here is the order of the hop:
Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond
Kristy Ketterlin
Jane Matsumoto (me)
Jennifer Greco

So, now that you are at the end of the blog hop,

please hop on over to visit our birthday girl's blog!

Thank you!

It's a Pretties Birthday and Wednesday Sketch Challenge!

This is my second post for the day! Please scroll down for the first post. Thank you!

It's my first Pretties post and just in time to help celebrate a birthday!
For this week's fun Wednesday Sketch Challenge, the design team is wishing Heather a happy birthday with a Pretties birthday blog hop! If you did not, please start with Christie at the start of this blog hop. There's so much to see! You won't want to miss any of it!

Here's the sketch!



Here's my card for Heather!

The bear has Nut Brown Flower Soft on it... it's so fluffy!



Stamp: Cuddle Me (Paper Pretties)
Paper: Bo Bunny, Rich Razzleberry (SU)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Pretty in Pink (SU), Rose Red (SU), Baha Breeze (SU)
Copics: E0000, E00, E01, E47, YR31, Y0000, RV32, RV34
Accessories: sponge, pearls, Nut Brown (Flower Soft)

Make sure you hop on by the other Prettie Girls' blogs to get some inspiration to join us for this sketch challenge! Jennifer is your next stop!

If you'd like to play along, be sure to upload your card to the Paper Pretties Challenge gallery and use the keyword PWC76! Then check the Paper Clip on Tuesday to see if you won!!

PS - You can find the dp & the irridescent glitter on sale in the Pretties' boutique!

Now, whatever you do, don't forget to stop over at Heather's blog at the end of the hop and give her some birthday love!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEATHER!!

Happy Belated Birthday, Karin!

I just wanted to wish Karin Hoeve, Guest Designer for La-La Land Crafts, a "Happy Belated Birthday"!! With everything going on this week, I didn't get a chance to post the card I made for her on Tuesday. Then Irina pointed out to me that even if I had posted on Oct. 6th (her actual birthday), it would have been belated because she is in the Netherlands!! LOL! Oh! Our Karin has been a busy gal herself! She is the one that has been overseeing the La-La Land Crafts' Christmas Sneak Peek Blog Hop! Awesome job, Karin!!

Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARIN!






hugs,

Happy Birthday, Maureen!

Today, we are celebrating a birthday at La-La Land Crafts!

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday...
We love you!
Happy Birthday and may all your dreams come true!
When you blow out the candles,
One light stays aglow
It's the light that's in your eyes
Where ever you may go!

Hau`oli la hanau, Maureen!

Stamp: Fairy La-La (La-La Land Crafts)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper: Flirty Stripe (Bo Bunny)

Copics: W5, W7, E47, E0000, E00, R00, BV13, RV11, Y28, 0

Atyou Glitter Pens: Clear, Sand, Lavender

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink Taffeta (SU)

Wishing you love and laughter on your birthday and all throughout the year!

Waterfall Birthday Card

These waterfall cards are so much fun to make!














Aren't these little critters adorable? I colored them all with my Copics and atyou Spica pens.

Oh! We started our swim lessons today! It was supposed to start yesterday but someone got sick in the pool and they had to shut the pool down before our lessons started. I was a wreck driving over to the pool... hands shaking and my stomach twisted into a knot. BUT I got through it and Anna (my instructor) said I didn't look nervous at all! It really helped that Melanie had me going under the water on Sunday to help me get ready for the lessons (love that girl!!). Anna got me to float and kick and do some freestyle. Eeek! I'm swimming... actually learning to swim! Never in my wildest dream did I think I would be able to do this without freaking out. Well... freaking out on the inside but managed to keep it contained for the most part. Can you imagine an adult losing it in front of all those young children?