RINGS All Around

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Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is to make a card using RINGS. Use "ring" as your inspiration...could be circles, could be silver or gold, could be gems...anything that you can do with "ring" as your inspiration. For my card I used the adorable new set called Timeless Love. I used this week’s sketch from Card Patterns Sketch 96. Here is my card and the sketch from Card Patterns.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC134.

Don't forget you still have time to take advantage of the Paper Pretties sale.... now through the end of the year. Use discount code: MERRYCHRISTMAS to save 30% off your entire order at the Paper Pretties store! Don’t’ miss out.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Ringing in the NEW YEAR

Hello friends and happy Wednesday. It's time for another All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge. Our challenge for you today is “NEW YEAR”. Today I have a One Sheet Box that I made and I used one of Amy Young’s snowflake images called Sweet November Neva. Hope you like it. Here is my box.

Be sure to head over to the ATS Wednesdays Challenge Blog to play along with us. Every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered .... but in order to be eligible to win,your card must include a stamp that is sold in the ALL THAT SCRAPS store..Whether it is one of our wonderful in-house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries, the choice is yours. Then be sure to link up your creation with Mr. Linky by next Tuesday at 10:00pm EST with only one entry per person please! Now check out what my DT sisters have for you today..

• Lesa Rapp (Our Precious Leader)
• Traci Porter
• Risa West
• Rachel Schneider
• Pam Varnell (me)
• Mercy Kerin
• Mary Pfaff
• Mary Giemza
• Amy Young

Thanks for stopping by today. Goodbye my friends.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties SALE!!!

** Please scroll down to see my post for Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch challenge. Thanks!!!

Paper Pretties is having a sale now through the end of the year. Use discountcode: MERRYCHRISTMAS to save 30% off your entire order at the Paper Pretties store! Don’t’ miss out.

Hugs,

Pam

Mercy’s LAST Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC106

Hello friends and happy Tuesday. It’s time for my sweet best friend Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC106. Today is the last sketch challenge that Mercy will be issuing. I know ….. sad, isn’t it? She is such an inspiration with her sketches and her talent. I’m going to miss them each week. Thanks my sweet friend for a wonderful ride ….. but lucky me can see you each week at my house to stamp together!!!! Yay me …. LOL

For my card today I used Sweet Anya from The Greeting Farm. Here is my card and Mercy’s sketch.

Make sure and upload your card to Mercy’s blog and when you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword MTSC106.

Now check out what the rest of the Muses have for you to look at today using Mercy's fabulous sketch.

• Mercy Kerin (Our Head Muse)
• Cindy Haffner
• Pam Varnell
• Julie Lacey
• Jessica Diedrich
• Stephanie Kraft (December 2010 Guest Muse)

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow. Goodbye my friends.

Hugs,

Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC105

Hello friends and happy Tuesday. It’s time for my sweet friend Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC105. I used a digi image from Claudia and Co. called Puddle Jumper Ella. Here is my card and Mercy’s sketch.

Make sure and upload your card to Mercy’s blog and when you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword MTSC105.

Now check out what the rest of the Muses have for you to look at today using Mercy's fabulous sketch.

• Mercy Kerin (Our Head Muse)
• Cindy Haffner
• Jackie Pedro
• Pam Varnell
• Julie Lacey
• Jessica Diedrich
• Crystal Birr
• Stephanie Kraft (December 2010 Guest Muse)

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow. Goodbye my friends.

Hugs,

Little Paper Shop LPSC99 (insert sad face here)

Hello friends and happy Monday. It’s time for our challenge from the Little Paper Shop. Today’s post is a sad, sad, sad one for me. Since the Little Paper Shop is closing at the end of this month, today is our last challenge post …. ever (sniff, sniff). I have been the DT Coordinator for exactly a year now and it has been so much fun for me. Julia, the owner, put a lot of faith and trust in me when she gave me this job last December. Thank you Julia for believing in me!!! I have learned so much and had so much fun with the other girls here on the DT. I’m going to miss this weekly blog post. Thank you friends for being faithful followers of me and LPS. Thank you Julia and thank you my sister DT ladies for lots of fun and lots of laughs.

Now on to some exciting news. In honor of this being our last post for Little Paper Shop, our prize today will not be one free digi but THREE FREE DIGIS (of your choice). All you have to do to win the three digis is to participate in our challenge this week. Our challenge this week is an easy one. Just make a SQUARE card. Add a comment on the LPS blog letting us know you have participated along with your web address. Please have your card entered by 9:00pm EST next Sunday, the 26th, to be entered to win. When you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword LPSC99.

For my card today I used two sets. The flower and leaves are from the Rose set and the sentiment is from the Friends set. I have also entered my card in this week’s sketch challenge at The Sweet Stop SSS87. Here is my card and the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

Now, the rest of the DT and I have decided to show you our 3 most favorite cards that we have made with LPS stamps. Well, I cheated. I couldn’t pick just 3 so here are my fav 5.

Now check out what my DT sisters have for you today. They should have lots of eye candy for you today too.

• Cheryl Walker
• Joy Hadden
• Allison Fillo
• Jennifer Greco

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a post for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. Have a great week friends.

Hugs,

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps–DUDE Challenge

Hello friends and happy Saturday. I am guest designing for Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps for the month of December and I'm here to bring you a card today for Saturday's challenge on Kraftin' Kimmie's blog. Our challenge today is a “DUDE Challenge”. We were supposed to let one of the guys in our house make a card. My son Garrett was happy to do this. He is 11 and used to stamp with me all the time but for the last 2 or 3 years he thinks it’s no longer “cool”. LOL. He made this card using the newly released Cowboy Clint image. I think he did an awesome job. He made the whole card with me in another room. Here it is.

Please join us for this fun challenge and use any Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp you'd like!! Then be sure to share your card with us by clicking on the little blue frog link at the bottom of today's post on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog to add your card for your chance to win.

Thanks for joining me today. Have a great weekend friends.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–PWC132

** Please scroll down to see my post for ALL THAT SCRAPS for today. Thanks so much.

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. Our challenge today is to make a MASCULINE or BOY card. For my card I used the adorable Pirate Cooper. He can be used for so many occasions. He comes with 6 different sentiments. Here is my card.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC132.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

All That Scraps–CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

Hello friends and happy Wednesday. It's time for another All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge. Our challenge for you today is “CHRISTMAS FLOWERS”. Today I have a card using one of the NEW images called Teddy Emma. I used some very non-traditional Christmas colors here and non-traditional Christmas flowers too. Hope you like it. Here is my card.

Be sure to head over to the ATS Wednesdays Challenge Blog to play along with us. Every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered .... but in order to be eligible to win,your card must include a stamp that is sold in the ALL THAT SCRAPS store..Whether it is one of our wonderful in-house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries, the choice is yours. Then be sure to link up your creation with Mr. Linky by next Tuesday at 10:00pm EST with only one entry per person please! Now check out what my DT sisters have for you today..

• Lesa Rapp (Our Precious Leader)
• Traci Porter
• Risa West
• Rachel Schneider
• Pam Varnell (me)
• Mercy Kerin
• Mary Pfaff
• Mary Giemza
• Amy Young

Thanks for stopping by today. Goodbye my friends.

Hugs,

Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC104

Hello friends and happy Tuesday. It’s time for Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC104. I used an image from Tickled Pink Stamps called Christmas Ornament Cherrie. She is one sweet cutie pie. Here is my card and Mercy’s sketch.

Make sure and upload your card to Mercy’s blog and when you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword MTSC104.

Now check out what the rest of the Muses have for you to look at today using Mercy's sketch.

• Mercy Kerin (Our Head Muse)
• Cindy Haffner
• Jackie Pedro
• Pam Varnell
• Julie Lacey
• Jessica Diedrich
• Crystal Birr
• Stephanie Kraft (December 2010 Guest Muse)

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow. Goodbye my friends.

Hugs,

Little Paper Shop–LPSC98

Hello friends and happy Monday. It’s time for our challenge from the Little Paper Shop. Before we get to that though I have some sad news. Julia, owner of Little Paper Shop, after much deliberation, has decided to close her store. She is very sad to do this but has a full plate at home. I am really going to miss our weekly challenges and her wonderful stamps. EVERYTHING in the store is 40% off and must go. Go check it out to get some awesome deals.

We have two challenges left for you, today’s and next week’s. Our challenge for you today is a color combo of Red, Light Blue and Olive Green, or comparable colors. I used 2 sets today. The images are from the set I Heart and the sentiment is from the set All Occasions (and this set literally has a sentiment for ALL OCCASIONS). LOVE it. Here is my card and today’s color graphic pic.

Want to win a free digi today? Add your card to the InLinkz program on the LPS blog and you will be entered to win the Bunny Lucy digi image. This is an adorable image. When you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword LPSC98. Now check out what my DT sisters have for you today.

• Cheryl Walker
• Joy Hadden
• Allison Fillo
• Jennifer Greco
• Silvia Mabie

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a post for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. Have a great week friends.

Hugs,

Kraftin’ Kimmie DECEMBER Release Day KRAFTY HOP

Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new December images! As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, Annie Rodrigue has created some totally awesome DUDES this month! There are six images in the complete set and they are Clint the Cowboy, Curtis, Prince Charming, Private Message, Raymond the Golfer and Valentine Willard! Each one comes with one or two bonus sentiment stamps!!

And if you’ve been hammered with the white stuff over the last week or so, like we have, Steven Leary’s images will be right up your alley!! He’s back with MILES THE MOUSE and his pals and they are having some frosty winter fun! You’ll get to check them all out in today’s December release day KRAFTY HOP!! You’ll meet Sharin’ Some Cocoa, Sledding Pals, Shoveling Miles, Snowmobilin’ Fun and Snowshoe Fun!

You should have arrived here from the awesomely talented Andrea’s blog. Here is my card today using SNOWSHOE FUN.

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Kellie’s blog. If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

Also we’ve got ‘Gimme Kimmie’s Kits’ again!! For those of you who just HAVE to have all the new images, we’ve got the perfect thing for you! It’s called the ‘Gimme Kimmies Kit’!!! Instead of clicking on each image that you’d like, you only have to click once to pick up a Gimme Kimmies Kit AND it’s at a discounted price!! What could be better???

**ALSO** for the next week, we are having a little special to thank all of our loyal customers who shop with us throughout the year!!!  It's called Kimmie's Kustomer Appreciation!!! And all orders of $50 or more before shipping and taxes, will receive a FREE STAMP of our choosing!!!  That's right!!  It will be a surprise gift, so no requests, please.  This special runs from Sunday, December 12th to Saturday December 18th!!!

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have tons of fun on your journey through our Krafty Blog Hop. I’ll see you back here tomorrow with more cards.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–RELEASE DAY Blog Hop

Hello everyone and happy Friday. Today is the big day. All seven (7) sets are now available at the Pretties Boutique. The sets this month are just amazing and I know that you are going to love them as much as I do. Don’t forget, we have new digis released every Monday also so we have tons in the digi section. Make sure you check them out too.

You should be arriving here from the awesomely talented Jennifer Greco’s blog. If you did not arrive here from Jennifer’s blog then please start back at the Paper Pretties blog so you won’t miss anyone along the way.

Here is my card today using the adorable Scout Sophia.

Isn’t she a beauty? Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Jessica George. Have fun on the Hop today and thanks for joining me.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–Sneak Peek #7

Hello friends and happy Thursday. I have another sneak peek of one of our December releases for you today from Paper Pretties. The stamp set we are showing you today is called MESSAGE PUP. This set is illustrated by the amazing Victoria Case for Paper Pretties. It, along with several more sets, will be available for purchase TOMORROW, Friday, December 10th. We will be having a Release Day Blog Hop starting at 5:00am EST tomorrow morning. Check out the Paper Pretties blog in the morning to get started.

Make sure you check out the Paper Pretties blog today for more previews too and to find out how to win the stamp set we are previewing today. Here is my card today.

Thanks for joining me today. I will see you back here tomorrow for our BLOG HOP. Have a great day.

Hugs,

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps PREVIEW

Hello friends and happy Thursday. It’s time for our December previews from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Make sure you check out all the Krafty girls blogs for sneak peeks today. You can find their links on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog. Here is my card using a new image called SNOWMOBILIN’ FUN.

Aren’t they precious in their little snowmobile? Thanks for joining me today my friends. I will see you right back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Paper Pretties–Wednesday Challenge and a PREVIEW

Hello and happy Wednesday my friends. It's time for another Paper Pretties challenge. We are also previewing a new stamp set today called LOVE BIRDS. This is another set illustrated by the amazing Victoria Case. That is one super talented lady.

Our challenge today is to use PUNCHES on your card or project. Here is my card using the new LOVE BIRDS set.

Check out the Paper Pretties blog today to find out how to win this set.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Leave a link to your project on the Paper Pretties blog. One random participant this week will win a Paper Pretties stamp set.  You DO NOT need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC131.

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,