Little Pink Flowers

Its a Surprise Party....

for Charmiane.  Charmaine is such a sweet addition to our team that we wanted to make sure we celebrated her birthday in true Prettie Style!!!  Today Charmaine turns 22 *wink*!  Jana organized our party and my job was to bring the streamers!!!

Here's the deal and we want you to play along.  Go to each of the Prettie Girls', guest Prettie Girls' blogs (as well as Michelle and Laurie from Stamper's Dream - we're THRILLED to have her joining us).  We'll all be posting a pic of something we're bringing to the party to provide you some inspiration and then we'll show you the card we've made to send to Charmaine for her birthday!  You can send your cards to her too!  Even if you can't make a card, make sure you pop over to Oodabug Alley and wish Charmaine a Happy, Happy Birthday!

So, I was looking high and low for my streamers, had to unpack my birthday box to find just the right ones and here is the first one I found:

While I know that all of us Prettie Girls would love to play with these streamers :0) - it didn't make very good color inspiration for the card, soooo, I decided on this one instead:

Here is the card I came up with:

To my dear friend - Have an absolutely wonderful birthday - enjoy your family and your vacation!  Hugs!

Now, don't forget to stop by and see all of these other birthday treats:

Carolina

Jana

Colleen

Danielle

Donna

Jackie R

Jackie P

Jessie

Jodi

Julie

Michelle

Laurie Schmidlin

Happy Birthday to Meeeee....

Okay, so my birthday was like 2 months ago - LOL.  I did recieve this very pretty card a while ago and have just now got around to posting it!  Thanks Jules so much for this very beautiful card!!

Happy 4th of July

Okay, I'm totally cheating again!  I promised you a card with our new Stamp of the Month image but I also wanted to catch up on another Prettie Girl Challenge (I'm almost there) AND I wanted to make something to wish all my American Pretties a happy 4th of July - so here she is in all her patriotic glory:

A while ago Joni challenged us to doodle or draw on a card - um, ya, so now you can all see why I've got Joni - LOL - this is about the extent of anything I would do that I would post publicly - LOL!!

I'm going to be sending this card off to Julie!

Be sure to stop by the Paper Pretties' Gallery and check out our Children's Gallery - there are some sweet treasure's in there and I know the babe's will love it if you leave them a comment!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a special treat I got in the mail and then we'll have something extra special on the weekend!!

Deets:  C/S:  Bazzill white, SU buckaroo blue, whisper white; D/P:  ??; Stamps:  Howdy Girlfriend (Stamp of the Month); Accessories:  Maya road crushed velvet ribbon, karen foster mini cowboy charms.

Catching Up

I'm still trying to catch up on the Prettie Girl Challenges but I'm getting there I promise!  A few weeks ago, Jillian challenged us to make a card with our favorite oldest set.  It wasn't hard for me to pic!  Here is my card for the challenge:

This image is still one of my favorites!  I think she is just so sweet and it looks like that bear really is her best friend!  I'll be sending this card off to Jillian - I hope she likes it! 

I'm trying to find some time to make a card with our new SOTM (stamp of the Month) - wait 'til you see her!!!

We're also going to have something very special for you on the weekend, so make sure you keep checking back!!

Deets:  c/s bazzill white, SU whisper white, celery; dp: dcwv nana's nursery girl paper; stamps:  cuddle me; ink:  palette noir, brilliance graphite black, copics; accessories:  american crafts aqua with swiss dots ribbon; paper peircer and matt; corner punch.

The Party Was a Crasher

forum crasher that is.  We had such a good time on the Paper Pretties forum last night partying!  We met so many new ladies, had a blast doing Charmaine's challenges and of course Jessie stayed around to close up the doors!!!  Our poor forum didn't know what hit it and it had a melt down but our web guys came to the rescue and got us back up and running!

Here's one of the cards I posted for Charmaine's sketch challenge:

The Prettie Girls totally outdid themselves as did our guests!!!  The cards and scrapbook pages that were posted were absolutely amazing!  Be sure to stop by our gallery and check out all of these great creations, they are sure to inspire you!

We announced our new Cutie Pie too so be sure to stop by our home page and see the great card Lisa Helmts sent us!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a preview of our next stamp of the month and don't forget to check out the Prettie Girls blogs for the Prettie challenges!!

Deets:  c/s:  Bazzill white, apricot and unknown yellow; SU whisper white; stamps:  Paper Pretties Off to School, Rainy Day Friends and Sassy Circles; Ink:  Brilliance graphite black, palette noir, palette landscape, copic markers; dp:  chatterbox - happy stroll; accessories:  dew drops, pop dots, circle punches, silver pen, white pen.

Tonight's the Night

Please join us in the Paper Pretties' Forum tonight for our release Stamping in Your Jammies party!!!  The fabulous Charmaine will be hosting it again and she always has some wonderful challenges ready for us!  There will be prizes, chatter, new stamps and maybe even some treats to honor Canada Day!  Can't wait to see you there!  All the fun starts at 8:00 pm EST!

Cheater, cheater pumpkin eater...

Okay, so today I'm cheating and combining a sneak peak with one of the Prettie Challenges that I was behind on.   Jessie challenged us to make a card using orange (I think pumpkin pie counts).  So here she is again - Sophia Soaking up the sun:

I'll be sending this card off to Charmaine! 

Deets:  c/s:  SU pumpkin pie, whisper white; dp: memory box beach paper; stamps:  Soakin Up the Sun - Paper Pretties (available July 1st); accessories:  dewdrops, orange gingham ribbon (unknown), large corner rounder;  ink:  brilliance graphite black, copic markers.

Prettie Peek Anyone?

There is ALOT going on at Paper Pretties right now and our newest release is at the top of the list!  Here is your first sneak peak:

This is our newest set called "Soakin Up the Sun".  It has a bunch of images and some fun sentiments too.

Please join us for our next Prettie Pajama Party - Stamping in Your Jammies on July 1st - Canada Day - at 8:00 pm EST in the Paper Pretties Forum.   We might even have some prizes for those who attend the party *wink*!!

Also, don't forget about our Cutie Pie Contest.  You can find all the deets here.

AND, if you need a challenge this week to get you inspired, be sure to check out the weekly Challenges that Danielle posts here.  She does an amazing job and we always LOVE to see your creations!  You can start your own Prettie album in the Gallery on our web site.  Remember too, that when you upload your creations to SCS to add the keywords Paper Pretties and they'll be added to our gallery there!

Lastly, don't forget that you only have a couple of days left to sign up for the stamp of the month club in order to recieve our sweet Bunny Slippers Sophia before all of your friends!!! 

CARD DEETS:  c/s:  Bazzill light olive, ultrasmooth white, SU soft sky; dp:  SEI velvet printed paper; stamps:  Paper Pretties: Soakin Up the Sun (available on the 1st of July); ink:  brilliance graphite black, copic markers; accessories:  American crafts ribbon, dew drops, pop dots.

Ready for a Challenge?

I LOVE color, it is generally the first thing I choose when I'm starting a new card or creation and as soon as we design an image I'm already thinking about what colors I'll use to color it!  So your challenge for this week is to make a green and white card.  Here is some inspiration for you:

Remember if you play along to send us a link to your blog and we'll link you to our creations next week!  Be sure to check out all the other prettie girls' blogs to see what they come up with!

Prettie Wednesday

Okay, I'm finally back with a Prettie Wednesday challenge.  I said A prettie wednesday challenge I didn't say it was this weeks - LOL!  I'm trying - I think I can, I think I can.  I'm really trying to catch up!  Way back in the middle of May Charmaine issued us a challenge to make a bookmark,  so here it is after all these weeks, my bookmark:

I wanted to demonstrate how to use it incase it wasn't self explanitory!  So here it is again on my copic color book:   

This bookmark will be finding its way to Jessie! Ha, I bet you didn't think it would ever get done did ya Jess *wink*.

DEETS:  c/s:  bazzill pistachio, ultrasmooth white; ink:  brilliance graphite black, palette noir, copic sketch markers; stamps:  Bunny Slippers Sophia (July Stamp of the Month at Paper Pretties), Losing sleep over you sentiment (PP); accessories:  chatterbox decorative ribbon collection, white queen and company brads; large corner rounder; d/p:  ??