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!! 

Peachy Keen Guest Designer!

Today I am a guest over at Peachy Keen and I feel so lucky to be able to share my projects there!

I have totally fallen in love with the January release and was fortunate enough to be able to play with a couple of the new sets. Since I have recently purchased and started learning how to use alcohol markers, I just had to color the adorable little tea pot from the January Stamp of the Month set.

I cut my tea pot out as well as three little tea cups. 

To make sure my tea pot stood out and was the focus of my card (I know... How could it NOT be, it's so cute!!) I used a couple of pop dots to adhere it to my card.

The supplies I used on this card are...
- PKSC-25 Peachy Keen Stamp set
- Echo Park paper
- washi tape
- sequins
- Spectrum Noir markers

For my second project I created a fun little layout using the new Sweet On You face assortment stamps. These little faces are so popular right now and I have seen them used on so many super cute projects. 

These faces look great on SO many different items and I thought one would make the cutest little lady bug! 

I think the best part of these faces is being able to color the eyelids! So fun!

Here are the supplies I used to create this layout...
- Sweet on You Peachy Keen Face Assortment Stamp set
- Sweethearts Collection from Doodlebug Designs
- Jaded Blossom Fancy Treat Topper Die
- Cute Ladybug SVG from Miss Kate Cuttables
- Queen & Co bling

I hope I was able to inspire you with my projects today!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT Day!!

It's another Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT day!!!! Today I have a Christmas project! I know, it's a little early, but I have been dying to use this sentiment with this little boy! Plus, I got some new Christmas paper that I have been dying to use. 

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

- Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Cutting Files

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- Scrappy Moms Christmas Cheer stamp set

- American Crafts twine

- Sweet & Innocent Peachy Keen Face Assortment Stamp Set

- Echo Park Paper

- Jaded Blossom Flag Die 2

- Gelly roll pen

Now make sure to head on over to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons blog to check out the projects from the other team members!! And also remember we have an "Autumn Harvest" Challenge going on right now!! We would love to see your projects using PPPR files!! 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Summer Fun Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Summer Fun blog hop!! All of the DT members have amazing summery projects to share!! If you just stumbled upon this hop, head back to Lisa's blog - Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. 

I take a TON of pictures of my girls in the summer so of course my project is a layout! 

I am so in love with the teeny tiny popsicles on my banner!! They are adorable, and were even easy to put together! I used the Popsicle Fever cutting files...

I used the Simple Banner Shapes to make my banner and added my popsicles using some foam stickers. 

I used a single hole punch to take a 'bite' out of my pink popsicle by punching a few holes next to each other, then added some shading with fluid chalk ink. 

Here are the supplies I used to make my layout...

- Echo Park Summer Days Collection

- PPPR Popsicle Fever and Simple Banners cutting files

- American Crafts ribbon

- sequins

- sewing machine

- Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink

- white gelly roll pen

I am also linking this layout up over at the Craftin' Desert Diva's Linky Party! 

Now check out this awesome blog hop candy Lisa is giving away!! 

I always wish I was able to have a chance to win Lisa's blog candy! :) Here is what you need to do... 

For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog on our hop and leave a comment on each blog.  For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter. 

A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Tuesday, July 23rd. Only US or Canadian mailing addresses, please. 

You may not want to miss the PPPR sale going on right now:

And I have one more piece of fun news... This month's PPPR challenge!! 

Now off to check out what awesome project 

Nicole 

has in store for you!! 

Here is a list of all the stops in case you get lost along the way.. 

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

Candace ~ http://scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Barb ~ http://BugBites411.blogspot.com/

Brianna ~ http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

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

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

Tanya - http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria ~ http://www.shortycreations.com/

Hairy Lil Monkey

Click HERE for the ScrapbookSteals June Blog Hop!!! 

Hey everyone!! Did you see the newest Peachy Keen stamps?? Awesome, as always!! There are a couple new face assortment sets that I NEED to get my hands on!! Today I had my two older girls in my craft room with me long enough to put together a fun little layout using the Summer Days Collection by Echo Park - my FAV - for one of the PK release challenges!!!

I had some American Crafts Thickers left from the ScrapbookSteals hop (going on right now - HERE) and I wanted to use some of my brown flock that has been collecting dust. The brown hairy letters screamed 'MONKEY' to me! :) I used this cute little monkey graphic from Pixel Paper Prints a couple days ago on THIS card and I loved her so much I wanted to use her again!! I love how the PK teddy faces look on her!! 

Of course I used some dies from My Creative Time... I have never been a die person until lately!! I am sooo in love with Emma's dies and I used them on almost every project! I LOVE when I get my money's worth out of craft supplies!! 

Here is what I used to create my layout..

- Peachy Keen Teddy Bear Face Assortment

- Echo Park Summer Days collection

- My Creative Time doily and scalloped circle die

- American Crafts DIY Thickers

- brown Martha Stewart flock

- dollarstore rhinestones

Hope you liked my layout!! I am hoping to get in a project for the other Peachy Keen release challenge going on right now, too! :) 

Welcome Home Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons 'Welcome Home' Blog Hop!! 

You should have arrived here from Lisa's blog, Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons, but if not please head back there to make sure you don't miss any projects!! 

We are so happy that Lisa is back in the US and thought it would be nice to have a blog hop using her files to celebrate!! Just for the occasion, Lisa released some of the CUTEST home files I have ever seen!! I even broke out my CHERISHED Summer Days Collection By Echo Park!!! 

Isn't that little house sooo sweet?! 

The flowers running along beside the house are stickers and I added a little pearl for my door handle - the rest is all cutting files! 

Check these out... 

They are available in the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons store right now!! 

Now onto the GIVEAWAYS!!! :) 

In order to be eligible for the main giveaway, you must be a follower of each blog on our hop (there aren't many of us!!) and leave a comment on each blog.  For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter. (link those so people can find them easily). A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Tuesday, March 26th. Only US or Canadian mailing addresses, please.

I am also giving away some blog candy!! 

Please make sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment to let me know you are!! For additional entries, 'LIKE' my Facebook fan page HERE and leave a comment letting me know you did! AND/OR share this giveaway on Facebook and leave a comment letting me know you did! (US & CDN addresses only please)

Now off to your next stop 

Melisa - at Melisa's Crafty Creations!!! 

I know she will have something awesome to show you! Thanks for hopping! :)

PS - Did you know Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons is having a DT call?! HERE is all the information, you have until midnight March 24th to apply!!!

And Then There Were 5...

Happy Saturday!! I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little cabin fever... Two of my girls have been sick these past couple days so we really haven't left the house. :( The only plus side of this is lots of cuddles annnnd a little online shopping... Since I can't get out of the house, I need a little excitement and the instant gratification of buying digital paper and elements is just the ticket! 

My recent purchase was a couple of Echo Park kits. I got looking at one, Sweet Day, and realized it would be the perfect collection to use for a layout of the very first time we had our family of five together. 

I used a little kraft bag as a place to store a cute little picture Bria drew and brought to the hospital as a gift for Taylah.

Love the new Dancing In Circles 2 stamp set from Scrappy Moms...

The supplies I used in this layout are...

- Echo Park Sweet Day digital collection

- Scrappy Moms Dancing In Circles Stamp set

- My Creative Time stitched circle dies

- Gold Shimmer twine from The Twinery (sold at Scrappy Moms Store)

- brackets from the Silhouette store

- hearts from Miss Kate Cuttables

- yellow ribbon from Little Free Radicals

- rich cocoa Momento ink

- Colorbox Fluid chalk ink
- kraft bag from Oriental Trading

- white gelly roll pen

I am linking this layout up over at Paper Issues (thank you Paper Issues for featuring a couple of my projects lately!!!), My Creative Time and Stuck On U Sketches. 

I have more, more and more projects using the new Scrappy Moms stamps in the next few days! And don't forget about my giveaway ending soon...

Details HERE!! 

PPPR - It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's SUPER MOM!! :)

Happy Wednesday!! It's Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT day!! Today I played with the Superhero Trio Cutting files, which are some of my fav PPPR files! I totally live in a girl's world so I didn't think I would love these files that much, but I DO!! It may be because even though they're 'boy' super heros, then can also be girly! 

I thought I would start getting ready for Mother's Day early this year. After all, it IS the most important holiday of the year! ;) 

Supplies:

- Recollections cardstock

- 6x6 Echo Park So Happy Together

- Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine

- Princess Assortment Peachy Keen Face Stamps

- Blush copic

- Pink By Design Stamps

- Recollections pearls

- Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink

- white Sakura Gelly Roll pen

I used the following files from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons...

Now make sure you head on over to the blog to check out all the great projects by the rest of the DT!! 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Valentines Blog Hop

Hey there!! Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Valentine's Day Blog Hop!! 

If you came here from Jeanne's Blog, then you're in the right place!! To start at the beginning of the hop, head over to Lisa's Blog - Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons! 

My project today is a shape card!! The base is from one of Lisa's cutting file sets (picture of files later on in the post...), and the beauty of this set is that the shapes fit PERFECTLY within the size of an A2 card. This means I can still use exactly half a sheet of my letter sized cardstock for a shaped card! Win-Win! :) 

I used the newly released Valentine Kids Cutting Files set for this card... 

I love this set because you can change up the kids' heads and accessories!! Endless combinations! 

I get a little tired of traditional holiday colors, so instead of reds/pinks I decided to go with my two favorite colors - purple and teal! My teal Trendy Twine matched perfectly!! 

I used a cute little Peachy Keen face from the Princess Assortment set. Using Colorbox fluid chalk ink, I inked around the edges of my cuts to add dimension. The paper I used was from Echo Park's Little Girl Collection. I used a white gelly roll pen to add details to my heart - it's supposed to look like a kid wrote it, but I don't think I got "messy" enough! 

My card base was a cutting file from the layered labels 2 cutting files. 

And of COURSE Lisa has some awesome blog candy!!! 

In order to win this...

1.  Be a follower of EVERY BLOG in our little hop. There are just 7 of us, so that shouldn't be too hard.  

AND

2.  Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop. Be sure to let us know you are a follower and leave us your e-mail address.

That's all you have to do. If you would like EXTRA entries, you can also do one or more of the following:

3.  Like the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Facebook Page.  Leave Lisa a separate comment on her blog telling her you did.  Don't forget to leave your e-mail address.

4.  Sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter and leave a comment on Lisa's blog telling her you did.  You'll get a weekly e-mail telling you about new files, coupon codes/sales, and freebies. Don't forget to leave her the e-mail address you signed up with. :)

Here is the lineup, in case you get lost along the way!! 

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

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

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Barb ~ http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Candace ~ http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria ~ http://www.shortycreations.com/

I will be linking this card up over at the Peachy Keen weekly Challenge - Hearts, as well as the Raisin Boat Challenge - Love

Now head on over to Ana Maria's blog, Shorty Creations, to see her great project!! 

Ginger Snap Scraps - So Long Summer

Hey everyone!! Today my post is for the Ginger Snap Scraps Design Team! 

If you haven't looked around the store yet, make sure you do!! HERE Cori has a lot of must have supplies and often has sales for her customers - what's not to absolutely love about that?! :)

The theme of the day is So Long Summer. The end of summer would usually make me sooo sad since I am a winter hater..... THIS year for some reason pregnancy and summer heat has not been a pretty combination. I am SO ready for fall. The only thing I will miss about summer is the cute outside photo opps...

I used the Summer Days Collection by Echo Park for this layout. To check out the products Ginger Snap Scraps carries click HERE. I actually placed an order not too long ago from the store and there was definitely some Echo Park in there! :) 

I love the stickers that come with the Echo Park Collections but I love to jazz them up a little by adding textures like glitter, glossy accents, pearls, etc. 

I hope you love my layout today as much as I do!! Be sure to head on over to the 

Ginger Snap Scraps BLOG 

to check out more awesome projects from the Design Team!!!

Back To School Blog Hop with Ginger Snap Scraps!!

Welcome to our Back To School Blog Hop with the Ginger Snap Scraps Design Team!

If you are here from Jessica's Blog, that's perfect! If you just stumbled upon the hop please make sure you head back to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog to start at the beginning!! You also do not want to miss yesterday's projects!!!

This weekend we will be featuring projects all about Back To School. School here hasn't quite started yet... Especially in my household. Bria, my oldest, is only in Playschool which doesn't start for a few weeks yet. Even though I don't have kids in school yet, I went school supply shopping the other day... :) I saw some great sales on and since Bria LOVES drawing/coloring I decided to pick up some fun things for her to play with!

I think Bria will think these are so fun because they're decorated up! She also loves seeing her name on things so I know she'll be excited about the notebook! 

I used a combination of Pink By Design Stamps, Stickles and paper from the Echo Park Summer Days Collection. 

I also used a real measuring tape I picked up from the dollar store, some buttons from my stash, Recollections pearls, twine, and an EK Success border punch. 

I am entering this little project into the Back To School Challenge over at Scrappy Mom's as well as linking it up to the Ink It Pink Challenge over at Pink By Design!! 

Now for some blog candy! Ginger Snap Scraps is giving away 2 $10 gift card to Ginger Snap Scraps!

Just leave a comment here and let us know that you did the following:

Head over to Ginger Snap Scraps and follow the blog!

Head over to Ginger Snap Scraps on Facebook and like them!

Just one more thing!!!! There is a 30% your purchase sale at the Ginger Snap Scraps Store on this weekend!! Save on Copics, paper pads, stamps, cardstock, inks and much more!

Oh - I lied... just ONE more thing!! :) In honor of this hop, I am giving away a Our Teachers stamp set, sponsored by Pink By Design!! 

This giveaway will be open all week and here is what you need to do to be entered....

- be a follower of my blog, Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses and let me know that you are

*** for an extra entry, 'LIKE' my Fan Page on Facebook then leave a comment letting me know you did so! (check out the top left hand side of my blog for the link to Facebook!)

 Now onto the rest of the projects....

Your next stop in the hop is Cely at Hawaii Paper Party!!! Enjoy the rest of the hop!!