Birthday Blog Hop!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARMAINE!

It's a Prettie Girl Birthday and the Prettie Girls just had to celebrate Prettie style with a blog hop! I decided that we needed some party animals so brought some dancing turtles (hee hee). The hop started at Jodi's blog so boogie there if you haven't to start the hop from the beginning otherwise you can continue the hop by visiting the fabulous Jessica! :)

Hope you are having a splendid b-day Charmaine and that the next year is fabulous! :)

Recipe:

Stamps: Hugs and Wishes, Beach Bum. Paper: Bashful Blue, Marigold Morning, Pure Poppy (PTI), PTI Select White, Karen Foster designer. Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Clear Copic Spica pen. Other: May Arts Ribbon, button (PTI), thread (PTI), crocheted flower, scalloed circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, dimensionals.

PWC59: Hello Color!

I'm going to get right to it... this week's Pretties Challenge is a Mystery Color Challenge! How does a myster color challenge work? Well, we provide a couple of colors that you must use on your card and then you pick a mystery color of your choosing! For this mystery color challenge you must use PURPLE and BROWN and the third color is yours to choose! It is as easy as that!

For my sample card I chose to use Kiwi Kiss! I can't wait to see what color you pick! :)

How to Enter the challenge: make a project using the provided color combo and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s). Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC59.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, July 8th.

Prize*: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Recipe:
Stamps: Howdy Girlfriend. Paper: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Plum Pudding (PTI), white (PTI), Karen Foster designer. Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic markers. Other: white thread, sewing machine, 5/16" brads, scallop edger punch, May Arts ribbon, dimensionals, silver Spica glitter pen.

Pretties Wednesday: Summery Fun

Two weeks ago Charmaine challenged the Prettie Girls to do some masking! For some reason I kept getting this challenged confused with paper piecing... so I did both on this card and threw in some sewing for the fun of it!

Quick notes: I stamped Sophia on PTI White cardstock and masked (stamped on a Post-It note and cut out). I then inked up a background stamped and stamped right on top of the masked Sophia image. Colored Sophia with Copic markers and paper pieced her dress from a piece of designer paper (stamp Sophia on the designer paper and cut out the dress). The sentiment is from a set of rubons called Chit Chat and the flower is one I crocheted myself using Pearl thread from DMC.

For more masking fun check out the rest of the masked crusaders of stamping, otherwise known as the Prettie Girls:
Charmaine Ikach
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jackie Rakoski
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse
Jessica Rone

BUT WAIT, I'm not done! This week it is my turn to issue a challenge! Muhahaha! Do I feel the need to be evil or am I in the mood to be nice? My challenge is use a random item in your house or yard and create a background. Huh?! For example take a piece of bubble wrap, get it inky and then stamp it on a piece of cardstock... it is soooo fun! Or use a leaf as a mask and ink around it. Other items you could use are: saran wrap, bottle caps or tin cans (make some circles), twigs, screen mesh and so forth... hmm I think the Prettie Girls might just think I'm evil for this one! Tee hee. ;)

Before I forget... Happy Canada Day to my friends up North. Hope you have a fabulous day!

Recipe:
Stamps: Giving Thanks Sophia (Paper Pretties), French Script (SU!). Paper: Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Certainly Celery, PTI Select White, Karen Foster designer. Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Marigold Morning Classic, Copic markers. Other: Crocheted Flower, Baja Breeze Corduroy Button, Certainly Celery Polytwill ribbon, Scalloped Scallop edger punch (EK Success), sewing machine, white thread, sponge, dimensionals, Chit Chat rubons.

Enjoying the Day!

I'm flying by with a quick post tonight. Hee hee... bird humor... get it? This is an easy and fast card I made with a bird set from Unity! Love the little flourish on his tail. Enjoy!

Recipe:
Stamps: Birds of a Feather (Unity Stamp Co.). Paper: Kraft, Bashful Blue, PTI Select White, Marrakech designer (Basic Grey). Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers. Other: ribbon (May Arts), Diamond Lace Edger Punch (EK Success), wood buttons (PTI), dimensionals, mat pack, paper piercer.

It's for the Birds!

A month or so ago I bought a little wooden birdhouse from Joann's with the intention of decorating it and gifting it to my SIL (her and my brother just bought a house) as a house warming gift... hopefully she isn't reading this post! Since they closed on the house last week I decided I better

finish the project as soon as possible. So I did... late last night. :)

The birdhouse came unfinished so I quickly painted it white and let it dry. After that came the decorating and a whole lotta paper punching and finally the finished project! :)

Front of the birdhouse - here you can really see the distressing that I added to the painted birdhouse with Vintage Photo distressing ink (I sanded the edges first with a sanding block). I also added a lot of bling to this project... I think I might have used a whole package. LOL!

Closeup of the decorations on the front - I punched a couple of hearts and stamped the Home Sweet Home sentiment on a scrap of the red designer paper. I used a button to hold the hearts together and distressed all of the pieces and sprayed them with Patina Glimmer Mist. To finish I tied a piece of ribbon around the birdhouse and added yet more bling.

Closeup of the roof - I cut 1 3/4" strips of patterned paper (a think double sided kind) and scalloped the bottom edge of all pieces with an edger punch. I then sponged Vintage Photo ink onto the edges and used my fingers to curl them up just a touch. For a bit of glitz I sprayed the roofing pieces with Patina Glimmer Mist and heat set. I adhered the roofing pieces to the top of the birdhouse and then added some bling to every third row.

So what do you think? Was it worth the effort and time? Will I have the willpower to actually give it to my SIL?

Recipe:

Stamps: Home Sweet Home (Paper Pretties). Paper: Fun in the Sun mat pack (DCWV), Thinking of You designer (Karen Foster), Cool Caribbean, Riding Hood Red. Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic, Vintage Photo Distressing Ink (Ranger). Other: white acrylic paint, Patina Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), bling (Heidi Swapp), wood button (PTI), jute and ribbon (May Arts), mat pack, paper piercer, sanding block, sponge, wood birdhouse, scalloped scallop punch (EK Success), Heart to Heart and and Full Heart punches.

Sweet Outdoors

Hmmm... looks like I might be spending a bit of time in the outdoors this weekend... well, just my yard but that is outdoorsy enough for me! :) And not too long, just a couple of hours - any longer than that and I do my impersonation of a cooked lobster. LOL!

To celebrate (okay, more like procrastinate) my time outdoors I made this cute card using a Kim Hughes stamp set. I stamped the mountains a couple of times and colored with Copic markers. For more color I airbrushed the ground and sky. Next I stamped, colored and cut out the bear and added to the background with dimensionals.

I added some designer paper, ribbon, button and some sparkly bling to decorate this card. When done assembling I sprayed the whole card with some Glimmer Mist to add a bit of bling (which helps to tie in the adhesive rhinestones). Finished size is 5" x 5".

So what are you doing this weekend? Anything fun? When I'm not out playing in the sun I'll probably be inside doing a bit of painting or driving my dad around for a bit of Home Improvement shopping. I know - you are soooooo jealous of my plans. LOL!

Recipe:
Stamps: Bear Hugs by Kim Hughes (CHF). Paper: Cool Caribbean , Chocolate Chip, Four Seasons designer, PTI Select White. Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers. Other: Snow Angel Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), mat pack, paper piercer, wood button (PTI), bling (Heidi Swapp), jute and ribbon (May Arts), dimensionsals.

PWC58: Mornings are for the Birds!

I'll admit it... I'm not a morning person! I'm usually typing up my blog posts late at night. Luckily I have a somewhat decent light source so I can take pictures of my card creations even when it is really really dark outside - like I did for the sample card I made for this week's Prettie Challenge. What is the challenge for this week? It is another sketchy one! Here are the deets:

How to Enter the challenge: make a project 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 and use keyword PWC58.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, July 1st.

Prize*: $5.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

For my sample card I used the extra cute (and somewhat sleep deprived) Bunny Slippers Sophia - she's all ready to get her snooze on! LOL!

Quick note - it doesn't show up well in the photos but once I was done cutting, coloring, sponging and assembling I sprayed the entire cards with Snow Angels Glimmer Mist and heat set. It added the perfect amount of shimmer to the card - I love it!

Now that you have seen my card I hope you decide to play along! I would LOVE to see your creations!

Here is a closeup in which you can kind of see the shimmer - maybe just a bit! :)

Recipe:
Stamps: Bunny Slippers Sophia. Paper: Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, Kraaft, PTI Select White, Parisian Breeze Specialty, flower (unknown maker). Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Close to Cocoa classic. Other: mat pack, paper piercer, Styled Silver hodgepodge hardware, Bashful Blue wide grosgrain ribbon, dotted wave edger punch (EK Success), silver brads (Recollections), dimensionals, coluzzle cutting system and circle template, Snow Angels Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels).