Welcome to the next stop on the Paper Pretties Grand Re-Opening and New Release Blog Hop!! If you’re arriving from Lynda Bendens’ blog then you’re in the right place! If you are just joining us on our HUGE PARTY TRAIN, you can head back to the Paper Pretties Blog to start from the beginning. Check out all the information in the blog post too, there are PRIZES galore and different GIFTS WITH PURCHASE. You don’t want to miss out!
You’ve likely heard by now, but Paper Pretties is releasing TWELVE brand new sets today, along with the big Prettie Boutique Re-Opening. All of the new sets will be available for purchase in the Prettie Boutique beginning no later than 7 AM CST today. I am showcasing the set JUST BECAUSE ZAC. I just love this cute guy. He looks so sweet.
It’s our party, but the PRESENTS are for you!! Leave a comment right here on this post to enter to win this fabulous stamp set!! I will take comments until Sunday, August 15th at 6:00pm CST, and then one Prettie Lucky stamper will be chosen at random to receive this set!! Can’t get a better deal than that! And you can shop now without fear, if you happen to win a set you already purchased (you know you can’t resist these amazing new images!), you may substitute a different set of equal or lesser value in its place.
If we’re going to have a party, we’re going to make it a REALLY GOOD PARTY. Here are the purchase specials for all purchases from the Prettie Boutique:
Thanks for joining us today. We hope you love this release as much as we do!! Your next stop on our Blog Hop is Jessica George’s blog. Good luck and Shop Prettie!
Hugs,
Pam
** Please scroll down to see two other posts I have for today. One is for There She Goes and one is for All That Scraps. Thanks so much!!
Hello friends and welcome back again. Thank you so much for bearing with me as I have 3 posts today. It's time for our weekly challenge at Paper Pretties and today our challenge is to use ribbon on your project. LOVE this challenge as I love ribbon. I used a new image that will be released tomorrow, 8/12, called Just Because Zac. This is a design by Victoria Case. He is one cool dude. Have a look at this guy.
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 PWC114.
Big reminder about tomorrow’s BLOG HOP.
Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow. Have a great day peeps.
Hugs,
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Hello friends and welcome back to my blog today. It’s time for our weekly challenge at the All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge Blog. Today our challenge is to use Die Cuts on your project. Wow, don’t you just love this kind of challenge? I almost always use some kind of Nestie die on my cards so this was a fun, easy challenge for me.
For my card today I used two NEWLY released images from the ATS store, Halloween Birgitta and Halloween Scene. I stamped the Halloween Scene image, colored it and cut it out with a Labels 1 Nestie die using the Out of the Box tutorial. You can see this tutorial on another blog post I did here. I then stamped and colored Birgitta and cut her out with my scissors and sat her on top of the fence with dimensionals. Let me know what you think please.
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!
Thanks for stopping by again today. I will be back with one more post shortly.
Hugs,
Pam
Hello friends and welcome to another Wednesday tutorial for There She Goes. Today I am going to show you something I do with my Nestie panels that makes them look like I have used a Copic Airbrush System. I do a lot of sponging inside my Nesties with a sponge dauber or a sponge and that will leave the edge of your panel darker than the inside. I love doing that. But I also color inside my Nestie frames a different way that I like more. I have had several people comment on some of the cards that I do the way I am going to show you today and they say" “love how you used the Copic Airbrushed System”. Well … I wish I owned one but I don’t. What I use are Stipple Brushes and ink pads. Stipple Brushes give the panel more of an “airbrushed” look. Here is a card I did a couple of weeks ago. I will show you some pics and give you an explanation of how I achieved this effect.
The card ………
First you need to stamp and color your image.
Next, cut your image out with the desired Nestie.
Once you have your image cut out I flip it over and put scotch tape around the edges so that when I start with the stippling the image will not move out of the Nestie. I do this same thing when I use a sponge dauber.
Here is a pic with the stipple brush and an ink pad.
I put a piece of scrap paper underneath when I do this technique or you will get ink on whatever is under your Nestie frame. I dab my stipple brush straight in the ink pad and before I put some inside the Nestie frame I dab a little off on the scrap paper. You can always add more ink later but if you get too much you can’t take it back off. You just dab the brush up and down inside the frame just being careful around the image if there are any lightly colored areas. It may be best to practice on a blank piece of paper first or just stamp your image and try with the stippling before your color your image. It is a very easy technique but it does take a little getting used to.
Now, I have a second color I want to add to my image. You can add as many colors as you want to your panel. I chose two for my card. Note: Try to just get right up to the edge of the different color when you are stippling. Do not overlap colors because when you mix colors it turns brown most of the time. Yuck!! Yeah, ask me how I know. LOL
Here is the image, still in the Nestie, after I have finished with my stippling.
Next, I gently take the scotch tape off the back of the Nestie and then take my image out of the frame. Sometimes the back of the image paper pulls up with the tape but it will not show since it is on the back. Just don’t pull the tape quickly or you may pull more of your paper off then you want. Here is the finished image.
Here are a couple of close up pics of the image on my card so that you can see more of the “airbrushed” look.
I only have 2 Stipple Brushes. They are very easy to clean. I just take them to the sink, add a little soap to the brush, wash it, and then rinse the soap out. I take a towel and dry the bristles off. Then I take my blow dryer (that I use to dry my hair) and blow dry the bristles for about 1 minute. Now it’s dry and you are ready to go again. If I use more than two colors at a time it only takes 2 – 3 minutes to go wash, clean and dry your brush to be ready for another color. That is why I only have 2 brushes. They are very inexpensive and you can find them at most craft stores.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today. Go give it a try and let me know what you think. I think you will really enjoy it, especially if you like the “airbrushed” look.
Hugs,
Pam
Hello and happy Tuesday my friends. Today I have another sneaky peek of a cute stamp set from Paper Pretties that will be available for sale this Thursday, 8/12. I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC86 for my card. The image is SWINGING SOPHIA. It reminds me of these hot summer days we are having right now but the only difference is if Sophia was really here in GA there would be sweat running down her forehead because it it so freakin hot here. LOL. Anyway, here is my card along with Mercy's wonderful sketch.
I flipped the sketch on its side.
We would love to see what you do with today’s sketch. Just leave a link to your card on Mercy’s blog here. Now check out what the rest of the Muses have for you today.
** Thanks for scrolling down to see two other posts for today. There is one from PAPER PRETTIES and one from THERE SHE GOES. Thanks so much.
It’s time for our weekly challenge from the Little Paper Shop and today we have a sketch challenge for you from our precious girlie Allison. I used the stamp set MOMENTS on my card today. Here is my card along with a pic of Allison’s sketch.
One random participant to today’s challenge will win the Jena Baking digi. Just add your card to the InLinkz program on the LPS blog for your chance to win. You have until 9:00pm EST this coming Sunday to get your card linked. Please use the keyword LPSC80 if you upload to a public gallery.
Thanks for stopping by today and I’ll see you right back here tomorrow.
Hugs,
Pam
