Many Thanks! Paper Smooches Challenge

Hey Friends!! I hope you all had a great time celebrating Canada Day and the 4th of July! We have had great weather here and have been loving being outside swimming, running through the sprinkler and all the other great perks that come with summer!! 

I have had a little spare time lately so I have been playing a lot with my Paper Smooches stamps! I love their little images so much. They are so cute and super easy to either color or paper piece. 

I colored all my little hampsters using Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut around them. I have been wanting to get myself some of the dies that coordinate with the stamps but have been waiting a Paper Smooches sale. I have a loooooong list of goodies in my shopping cart in their store so I'm chomping at the bit to place an order! :) 

I used a sentiment from the Word Salad stamp set and added a couple Doodlebug enamel hearts and washi tape to accent. I also used one of the great border dies from My Creative time to create a scalloped edge on my patterned paper. 

Here is what I used to create my card... 

- Paper Smooches stamp sets: Word Salad & Party Posse

- My Creative Time: Fun Stitched Edges

- Doodlebug: Sprinkles & Washi Tape

- Echo Park digital paper

- Spectrum Noir markers

I am entering this card into the Anything Goes challenge over on the Paper Smooches blog! 

Thanks for stopping by today!! 

Dude You are Awesome

Hey friends!! It has been a long time since I have posted a project on my blog that was not a design team project!! At this point I am a member of the Doodlebug Design Team and have one more month left on the Pebbles Inc Design Team. In the past few months I have had to cut down on my crafty responsibilities so I could devote more attention to my personal life. While I am really starting to miss the girls on the DTs, I am enjoying a bit of crafty freedom and able to create what and when it's fitting, with whatever supplies I choose. 

For the past few months I haven't been in much of a crafting "mood" but these past few days I am loving being back in my craftroom. I have a few Paper Smooches stamp sets that I love but really haven't had the chance to play with so yesterday I sat down with them and got creative!  

I am loving the little dinos in the Cuteasaurus stamp set!! They are so fun to color. 

I used sentiments from a couple different sets to create one fun sentiment that would work great for a boy. 

I used foam stickers to make the dino and the rocks stand out on the card. 

I am entering this card over at this weeks SPARKS challenge over at Paper Smooches. I have a looooong wishlist over there and would love to snag a gift certificate!! Especially since the sneaks of the new releases look amazing! 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Paper Smooches Cuteasaurus stamp set

- Paper Smooches Word Salad stamp set

- Jaded Blossom Ticket Dies

- My Creative Time Border Dies

- Doodlebug Day to Day patterned paper and Sprinkles

Three Month Layout

Hey friends! Today I have a super soft, sweet layout to share using the Front Porch Collection from Pebbles Inc. 

Before I get to my layout, I thought I would share that there is some fun news over on the American Crafts blog today! (If you didn't know, Pebbles is owned by American Crafts). 

I just love the softness that I was able to get from pulling certain colors from embellishments and papers from this collection. 

I have a LOT of catching up to do on layouts so I am trying to just focus on important layouts - like Taylah's three month pictures. 

I used some fun letter dies from Paper Smooches to create my 'three months' title. Once I got all the strips of paper laid out I stitched them together using my sewing machine. 

I love chipboard pieces and I love them even more when they are layered using foam stickers. By adding a doily  (LOVE doilies) in the background I created a great focal point next to my picture. 

Here are the goodies I used to create my layout...

- Front Porch Collection from Pebbles

- Alphawhimsy dies from Paper Smooches

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have been super busy working on projects for the upcoming Jaded Blossom release for next week! Make sure you don't miss them!! 

Paper Smooches Mini Card Set

Hey friends!! I hope you all had a great weekend!! WE did! My husband had his first days off since Jan 2nd so even though this kids were still feeling a bit under the weather, we tried to make the best of it and do some fun activities!! 

Bria went skiing for the first time on Friday with her Kindergarten class so we decided to go again and let Brittyn try it out.

I'm not a big fan of winter - especially when I am stuck in the house a lot with little ones - so it's really exciting that the kids are starting to take up some winter sports like hockey and skiing to get ourselves out of the house!! 

Onto why you are probably really here.... My project for today!! :) 

I recently purchased a few sets of Paper Smooches stamps because they looked super fun to color. I have been loving them!!  

I wanted to make a little set of fun cards so I used some little mini stitched cards by Doodlebug Design.

I love this cute little hampster!!! I used some star dies from My Creative Time, Pebbles washi tape and sequins.

Does he look like he's in a hurry to 'shell-ebrate'?! 

I don't know what possessed me to color my cat purple, but doesn't she look GLAM?? I knew my little girls would love this..

I am entering these cards over at the Paper Smooches Challenge blog!! 

You Pull My Heartstrings

Today I am here to share a double layout using some of my fav Pebbles products that I am super excited about. The Yours Truly line has been one of my favorite collections and I cannot stop playing with all the paper and fun embellishments!

As soon as I saw this paper and the color scheme I knew that I had to create a layout with some pictures I took of my daughter. I am so happy this collection has a splash of blue in it – I get a little tired of using only traditional holiday colors!

I am so in love with the chunky glitter on these gorgeous Thickers! I almost couldn’t even use them they are so pretty!!

I always love to journal on my layouts and the mini envelopes and a card from the phrase card pad made the perfect little place to write a note to my daughter.

Another phrase card and some pretty rhinestones flower centers were the perfect touch on the second page of my spread.

The Yours Truly Collection is so great for projects for Valentine’s Day as well as other occasions! I can see myself using it all year round!

Supplies:

Pebbles Yours Truly Phrase Cards

Pebbles Yours Truly Mini Envelopes

American Crafts Knock Out Heart Punch

Pebbles Yours Truly Water Mark Rub ons

Pebbles Yours Truly Chips

Pebbles Heart stickers

Pebbles Yours Truly Patterned Paper: Love Note, Darling, Together

American Crafts Thickers

HUGE thanks!!

Hey everyone!! 

Today's post is a little different! :) Recently I have been busting my butt to keep up with DT projects, which I  LOVE, but sometimes it's great to just create ANYTHING using ANY products. Recently I have become so addicted to using Spectrum Noir markers and coloring stamped images. I bought myself some cute sets of stamps from Paper Smooches that I thought would be fun to play with.

Isn't that little dino so fun?? I decided to make a thank you card because I feel like there is always a reason to thank someone! 

Aren't these little yellow sprinkles beautiful?? I love them so much and I have finally decided not to hoard them and actually use them!! 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Chit Chat, Party Posse, & Cuteasaurus Paper Smooches Stamp sets

- Doodlebug Sprinkles & Day to Day 6x6 Paper pad

- My Creative Time border Dies

One more thing I haven't had a lot of time for lately is participating in challenges so I am entering this card into a challenge over at Paper Smooches. 

One Of a Kind

Hey everyone!! I have lots of new goodies that I bought on Black Friday and still haven't had a chance to play with!! Now that I'm not on so many DTs, I am finding the time to dust off some of these awesome supplies!! 

I love this little camera die from My Creative Time!! 

I am linking up this card over at this weeks Paper Smooches challenge. 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Word Salad stamp set from Paper Smooches

- Star Dies and Camera die from My Creative Time

Thanks for stopping by!! 

PPPR & Timeless Twine Holiday Hop!!

Hey there!! Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons holiday cross hop with Timeless Twine!! If you have just stumbled upon this hop, make sure to head back to Lisa's blog to make sure you don't miss any awesome projects!!

I LOVE playing with twine and the texture that it adds to my projects!! 

I am super happy with how this card turned out... I wanted to keep it very simple so I didn't take anything away from the awesome cut and twine. 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Jolly St. Nick Cutting Files from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

- Snow Globe Cutting File from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

- Cherry Red Timeless Twine

- Word Salad stamp set from Paper Smooches

- white embossing powder

- Martha Stewart coarse glitter

- Pebbles candy dot

- sequins and button from my stash

Of course there are goodies being given away!!! 

Pretty awesome, huh?

For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog and leave a comment on each blog. 

For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook  and Timeless Twine Facebook page.

Now make sure you head on over to my friend Brianna's blog! 

Lisa: http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Amy T: http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com 

Candace: www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com (you are here) 

Brianna: http://Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com

Shannon: http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/ 

Debbie:  http://bugjuiced.blogspot.com 

Melisa: http://www.melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Kristy: http://www.scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Nicole: http://teachdanz.blogspot.com

Stacy: http://timelesstwine.blogspot.com/

I am also entering this card over at this weeks  SPARKS challenge by Paper Smooches!! 

BEE Happy!

Hi crafty friends!! I have the most beee-utiful card to share with you! :) 

I love playing along with the Paper Smooches challenges, but sadly do not own any of their stamps yet... BUT the great thing is that they have a selection of FREE digi stamps that are super fun to play with in Silhouette software!! I love being able to "color" the stamps digitally. 

For this card I used....

- Bee & sentiment from Paper Smooches

- Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Sunny Skies digital paper collection

- black hemp from Liz's Paperloft Boutique

- My Creative Time's button dies

- co'rdinations paper from Joanns

Thanks so much for stopping by - and for the super sweet comments you leave me!! I love hearing from you! :) 

Hello Sunshine

Hey friends!! I have another cute, simple card to show you all today!! AND a video! :)

My card today is for my mom, who is definitely a ray of sunshine... She's one of those people who  is almost always in a good mood and great to be around. 

I knew I wanted to use a sun and clouds (I've had this idea in my head for a while) but I wasn't too sure about a sentiment. I was lookin' around the Paper Smooches blog and saw a great little sentiment freebie, so I added it to my cloud in Silhouette Studio.

Here's a quick little video to show you how I put this card together. 

I'm linking this card up over at the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge color challenge (I was inspired by the light blue). 

Hope you liked the card!! Tomorrow is my very last day as a Trendy Twine guest designer so make sure to come by and see my card!! ALSO, Saturday is another Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog Hop! The theme for this one is Valentine's Day! Write it on your calendar! :)