Paper Pretties Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning,

Please check back later today for the challenge from Paper Pretties.  But first, we're kicking off a fun birthday blog hop for one of our favorite Paper Pretties artist... ARTish!  If you came here from Lisa's blog then you're on the right track to wishing the birthday girl sweet birthday wishes.

I got help with creating this card from the fabulous sketch at The Sweet Stop.  This was perfect for this card!  I did flip a couple of elements, not intentionally, but it worked.

Supplies:

Images: Poodlelicious, Party Cupcake
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Night of Navy, White
Paper: Just the Girls digi paper (ACOT)
Copics: B02, B05, R00, R02, R11, R27, RV02, RV06, W-0, W-2, W-3, Y17
Tools: Cuttlebug, Diamond embossing folder, Scalloped Rectangle nesties, Scallop border punch (Fiskars)

ARTish - I hope your birthday is all that you wish for and so much more!!  Your next step on the blog hop is Nancy's blog.

Paper Pretties Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning!

You know how it seems that you've got plenty of time to do what you need to do when you're given plans way in advance, that you run out of time?  Well, that's what happened to me with today's post.  Today is Prettie Girl Taylor Usry's birthday and we're celebrating in Prettie style - a blog hop!  But I ran out of time and wasn't able to make a card, but I wasn't going to miss saying Happy Birthday to Taylor.

I made this card on my birthday, so it's not new but I didn't want you [Taylor] to think I'd forgotten.  I'm sorry it's not new, but she is cute....

I hope your day is beautiful and bright!  Now head on over to Nancy's blog, she's the next stop and don't forget to leave some love for the birthday girl.

MTME Pretty Patterns #36

Hi - it's me again.  If you're here cuz you're stopping by to see my Digital Delights post, just scroll on down.  But since you're here, you might as well check out this other super cute project I created with this week's Pretty Pattern from My Time Made Easy.

Now, I know Lauren has some really awesome Pretty Packages available in .svg and .pdf formats, but this was so easy with one piece of cardstock and a scoring tool.

Scoring tool?  Pretty Packaging?  You may be thinking to yourself... what is she talking about, looks like a card to me.  But, alas, it's a package....

Following directions for a mini pizza box that I found on Scor-Pal's site and then doing what I wanted to do, I made this "Warm Up Kit."  For a mini pizza box, the cardstock will measure 6" x 11" that when scored and folded will create a 4" x 4" pizza box.  My card stock measures 7" x 11" with finished box of 4" x 5" rectangle.

This box is large enough to hold a hot chocolate mix, some mini marshmallows, a candy cane [stirring stick] and a couple of yummy butter cookies.  You could even hide a cute little message on the inside of the lid.

Supplies:
Image:  Made of Snow (MTME)
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Mrs. Candy Claus digi paper (MTME)
Copics:  B000, C8, G00, G02, R11, RV000, RV10, YR16, YR68
Tools:  Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Snowflakes nesties, Cuttlebug
Ink:  Angel Pink (Memento)
Embellishments:  white puffy paint, diamond glitter, brads, pink satin ribbon

Thank you for visiting me again today.  Please join us this week for a fun Pretty Pattern at MTME.  Enjoy your Thursday!

Delightful Challenges

Good Morning!!  I cannot tell you how excited I am for this day.  I have created some really fun things to share with you today.  So we'll start with this week's challenge at Delightful Challenges is we're playing BINGO.  Now I like this kind of BINGO!

I created goodie cones featuring Christmas Toppers.  Now I don't have them filled because I couldn't decide on what to put in them.  So I'll leave the filling to your imagination.

BINGO across is Buttons, Add Dimension and Pattern Paper

And the second BINGO is Buttons, Tag & Stitching....

I made them following a tutorial (loosely) on Splitcoast Stampers.  I made the toppers big enough so that it appeared the cone part was part of their bodies.  I am so proud of these - I made them over a month ago and it's been killing me not to share them with you.  I am soooo happy I can show them to you now.  I hope you love these little guys as much as I do.

Supplies:

Images: Christmas Toppers, A Touch of Christmas Sentiments
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Creamy Caramel, Handsome Hunter
Paper: Unk
Copics: B000, B23, BV02, BV04, C8, C10, E33, E34, E37, E53, R00, R27, R29, YG63, YG67, YR16, YR68
Tools: Snowflake border punch, Dots border punch (Martha Stewart), white gel pen, Coluzzle circle template, tag punch, label punch
Embellishments: buttons

Now head on over to Digital Delights to see the rest of the team's inspiring projects!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #120

Good Morning!  It's Tuesday and it's the week of the Judged Challenge at TMS.  So I have fun sketch and the added twist is to Give Thanks.  Our sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique so I created my card using an adorable snowman from Tracey's store.

Isn't he cute?  And then I found this really cool glitter paper in my stash!  This card came together so easily, gotta love that.

Supplies:
Image: Snowman with Sign
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Lavender Lace, Brilliant Blue
Paper: Blue/Purple Glitter polka dots
Copics: B000, BV02, BV04, C8, C10, R00, YR16
Tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Candy Stripes embossing folder
Embellishments: buttons, Lilac Baker's Twine (SNSS), Diamond glitter glue

So head on over to play along with us.

Paper Pretties Monday

Good Morning!  I hope you had a good weekend.  Ours was pretty low key - didn't do much of anything.  I did play at my craft table for a little bit, but probably not as much as I should have which means I'll regret the low key downtime later.

So we're back this week with a challenge over at Paper Pretties.  It's the season to celebrate thankfulness and fellowship.  So ARTish has come up with two great new images that illustrates this so wonderfully.

This week's challenge is to Give Thanks.  Here's what I did with the Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater image...

Isn't he sweet holding is yummy (bleh) pumpkin pie.  OK, truth be told, I'm not a fan of pumpkin pie, so I'm pretending he's holding a pumpkin cheesecake (mmmm).

The sketch is from The Sweet Stop and Our Creative Corner's challenge is to use either pumpkins or the color pumpkin pie.  I used all 3 - pie, color and pumpkins.

Supplies:
Image: Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater

Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa
Paper: First Fruits Collection (PTI)
Copics: C8, C10, E30, E33, R00, R02, R11, W-0, W-2, W-3, YG63, YR16, YR23
Ink: Desert Sand, Potter's Clay
Tools: Labels One Nesties (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Scallop border (Fiskars)
Embellishments: gold brads, yellow ochre grosgrain ribbon

Please come by and join us at Paper Pretties.  You'll have fun.  I promise.

Delightful Challenges

*** If you're here for my MTME Pretty Patterns post, please scroll down ***

Good Morning (again)!  Have you been enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas?  There's been some pretty sweet cards and projects featured.

The challenge this week is to add Snowflakes to your project.  Here's my card featuring the new release image Skiing Snowie McFee.

Oh my goodness, isn't he adorable!  You all know I am such a sucker for snowmen - they melt my heart - so I had to play with this little guy.  The paper worked perfectly with the snowflakes that I've had for awhile that I received from a swap.  These are the neatest felt snowflakes.

Supplies:
Image: Skiing Snowie McFee

Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red
Paper: My Story
Copics: B000, BG01, BG05, E33, E37, R11, R27, R29, YG17, YR16
Tools: Elementz Metallic Marker
Embellishments: snowflakes, diamond glitter

Be sure to head over to play along.  You'll be glad you did!