A Prettie Birthday Hop

Today is new Prettie Girl Jennifer Grecco's birthday and we're celebrating with our customary Birthday Hop!!  Here's the order - make sure you start at Christie's blog and finish up at Jennifer's by giving her some birthday love:

Christie
Julie
Jana
Jackie
Christi
Frances
Heather
Wendy
Kristy
Jane
Jennifer (wish her a Happy Birthday!)

For my card today I used Warm Winter Wishes from the new Petite Pretties line at Paper Pretties. The colors of the card were inspired by the cute Jolly By Golly dp from Cosmo Cricket.  The sketch is FTL#67 from Clean & Simple Stamping.

Warm Birthday Wishes Jennifer! Hope your day is full of lots of love and fun!

Next stop - Jana - hop hop!! :)

Cardstock: Sage Shadow (SU!), Ivory (Gina K Designs), Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet (Papertrey Ink), Patterned Paper:  Jolly By Golly (Cosmo Cricket), Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes (Paper Pretties) sentiment from Stamping Bella, Ink: Brilliance, Accessories:  Berry Sorbet Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Copic markers, Snowflakes, Nestabilities, Snowflake Impressabilities (Spellbinders), Word Window punch (SU!), Diamond Glaze, rhinestone

Multi-Step Christmas Lights

Good morning!  We're home safe and sound after a wonderful weekend in Pennsylvania at Stamping Around PA!  Seriously, I think this was our best event yet - the location, the people, the projects . . . just fabulous!!  And since today is Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday I am going to share my class projects with you.  My class was generously sponsored by KSS.  We used Multi-Step Christmas Lights and took a more basic approach in the class.  Since many attendees had never used Kitchen Sink Stamps (but we did have several loyal KSS customers who were most helpful to the other attendees!) we made each card step-by-step so that everyone could master the technique of multi-step stamping.  Everyone's cards came out so great!

So here are the three cards we made.  On this first card we stamped the bulbs on scrap paper (good way to practice!) and then cut them out and added them to our card using foam adhesive.  The bulbs also have a layer of Glossy Accents added to make them shine! 

For the second card we stamped the Step 1 solid image of the bulb on the card base to create a "background."  Then used the tiny little solid light bulb stamp to make a little string of lights around the sentiment.  For the string I simply drew that in first in pencil, stamped the lights and then traced over the pencil with a brown marker.

The final card was pretty simple again but gave us great practice multi-step stamping!  I love the look of the pretty line of colored bulbs.  To add the silver cording I poked holes above the bulbs and threaded the cording in and out. 

I have to run now, but I'll pop back later and add the color recipes for the bulbs!  Have a wonderful Monday!  Be sure to visit the other KSS Crew members for more holiday inspiration!!

Maria, Lynn, Angela, Makiko, Connie, Lisa

Updates

I just wanted to pop in with a few updates!  First, I'm off tomorrow to attend Stamping Around PA and I'm so excited!! We have so many wonderful people coming, the teachers are amazing, we have wonderful Sponsors and I know we'll have tons of fun!  If you're interested, we'll try and post pics at some point - either on our website, or our Stamping Around Facebook page.

Then I just thought I'd post a more recent picture of Owen. He'll be 4 weeks old tomorrow - amazing!! Can someone please tell me how to stop time, it's going waaaaaaay to fast!  I love this picture of big sister Emma holding him, she just loves holding him upright like this.

I'm sorry I've been more sporadic with posting lately . . . creative time is a bit more scarce these days but I do appreciate your visits so much and hope that you'll keep coming - I promise I'll get better at posting soon! :)  Have a great weekend!

Prettie Birthday Sketch Wednesday (PWC76)

Happy Prettie Wednesday - with a bonus!! We're also celebrating brand-new Prettie Girl Heather's birthday . . . just a bit late - oops!  Our challenge today is a great sketch from Danielle who sadly is leaving us and will be greatly missed! Hopefully you started the hop at Christie's blog. At the end you'll be able to leave Heather some belated birthday love.

So here is our sketch for today.  Remember you have a chance to play along and win a $15 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.  All you have to do is create a card with this sketch and upload it to the Weekly Challenge Gallery at Paper Pretties using keyword PWC76 by next Tuesday.  The winner will be posted on The Paper Clip next Wednesday - have fun with it!!

Since we are celebrating the birthday today I used the newest stamp of the month Sophia - Bubble Time.  Oooohhh I wish I were in a nice warm bubble bath right now . . .and looking as cute as our little Sophia is too!! LOL!  I used some pretty My Mind's Eye Abbey Road papers and lots of girly colors with even a bit of glitter.  It's all about the bling after all right?!

Your next stop of the hop today is Jana - so go see what prettie-ness she has come up with today.  And Heather, sorry we're late but Happy Birthday girl!!

Cardstock:  Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink), White (Gina K Designs), Soft Sky (SU!), Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye Abbey Road, Stamps:  Bubble Time (Paper Pretties), Ink: Memento, Accessories:  Stitched ribbon, button, Twine (Papertrey Ink), foam adhesive, Copic markers, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, corner rounder punch

New Holiday Stamps!

It's time for not only a new Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew Challenge but we also have NEW stamps in the Kitchen for you - YEA!!  What a great way to start a Monday!  So I have a deal for you, besides using my coupon code JULIE10KSS for 10% off your order:

Day before the release - KSS – Early Bird Special: Nov. 2, midnight to midnight EST –  All orders $50 and over will get FREE Shipping  – One Day Only. 

International orders: Free Shipping on orders $60 and over on stamps ONLY.

Please NOTE: Shipping & Handling will be charged at the time of checkout and qualifying orders will have the S&H charge refunded upon shipment. Orders with a Pre-Ordered item that qualifies for FREE Shipping, the order will be held and ship when the Pre-Ordered item is available to ship.

The Crew Challenge today was issued by Lisa and is a sketch challenge.  See the KSS Blog for all the details on how you can enter to win some great prizes!!  For my card today I used one of the new release sets, Multi-Step Build A Garland.  What a fun set - lots of cute little stamps to create the perfect garland for any project!   I used just the evergreen piece and the ribbon, which was popped up with foam adhesive. I also turned the sketch on it's side.

Here are links to the other new sets:
Multi-Step Pine Trees
Multi-Step Gift
Multi-Step Hanukkah
Multi-Step Christmas Lights Mini
Multi-Step Ornament and Stars

Please take some time to visit the other KSS Crew Members and have a great day!

Maria, Lynn, Angela, Makiko, Connie, Lisa

Cardstock:  Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Patterned Paper:  Mistletoe Argyle, Mistletoe Green Dots (Making Memories), Stamps:  Multi-Step Build a Garland, sentiment from Multi-Step Gift (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink:  Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Handsome Hunter, Dark Chocolate, Rhubarb Stalk, Cranberry Crisp, Bravo Burgundy, Accessories: Ribbon (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Brads (Pink Hedgehog Crafts), foam adhesive

Peek at the Wild Side

Good Morning!! I have another Prettie Peek for you today.  Remember that the Paper Pretties release will be on Sunday, November 1st at 8 pm EST in the Paper Pretties Party Forum.  We hope you can join us for a fun night!! :)

I'm sure you remember that we have been basing our cards on the lyrics of "A Few of My Favorite Things".  My lyric today is "sleighbells" - phew this one is a stretch!  Ok sleighbells are sometimes silver in color so I added some silver-toned accents to my card, the brads and the ribbon at the bottom - see told you it was a stretch! LOL!!

I used the Sassy Shoes set which will be released Sunday.  I absolutely love this set - the shoes are super fab!!  After coloring my animal print with Copics (who wouldn't love this pair of pale aqua animal print heels?!!!) I added some brown Sparkly Fluff to make the print fuzzy!  The rest is pretty self-explanatory.  Oh the card is 4.75" square.

Now it's your chance to win this set!! Go to my Prettie Girl Gallery at Paper Pretties and leave me a comment telling me what your favorite thing about this card is.  While you're there, leave a comment on this card as well to increase your chance of winning!! You can't win if you don't play! :)

See you at the party!

Cardstock:  Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), White (Gina K Designs), Patterned Paper:  October Afternoon, Stamps:  Sassy Shoes (Paper Pretties), Ink: Memento, Accessories:  Nestabilities, Copic markers, Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), foam adhesive, flowers (Prima), brads, Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge)