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Monday, January 31, 2011

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 3

Whoooo Hooo! Day 3 is here. We are so excited to be releasing these new clear sets of stamps with matching dies and of course, our beautiful release of vintage valentine red rubber images! We have some real treasures in store for you. Our design team has been working hard to bring you samples that will surely inspire you.

Join us each day as we will have a different set we are featuring. We are playing a new game this time around. Each DT member will be featuring a letter in their post. Visit their blogs, find their letter - put the word together and e-mail us the word at service@prickleypear.com. A winner will be chosen for each day of the blog hop.

Start with Nicole, then take a look and see what beautiful cards we have in store. You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order, Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Tracy, Leslie - (that's me!), Tesa, Jennifer. Good luck and have fun!

R you ready to see what I made?  Hint, hint. Lol.

I used the scalloped circle die again on this card, to create a layer between my rosette and the stamped image.  The flower wreath is from the new stamp set, Beautiful Flowers.  The sentiment is from the new stamp set, The Four Seasons.

Did you find my letter?   Okay, so hop on over to Tesa's blog, I guarantee you she's got some lovely stuff for you to look at.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Prickley Pear fun!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 2

Whoooo Hooo! Day 2 is here. We are so excited to be releasing these new clear sets of stamps with matching dies and of course, our beautiful release of vintage valentine red rubber images! We have some real treasures in store for you. Our design team has been working hard to bring you samples that will surely inspire you.

Join us each day as we will have a different set we are featuring. We are playing a new game this time around. Each DT member will be featuring a letter in their post. Visit their blogs, find their letter - put the word together and e-mail us the word at service@prickleypear.com. A winner will be chosen for each day of the blog hop.

Start with Nicole, then take a look and see what beautiful cards we have in store. You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order, Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Tracy, Leslie - (that's me!), Tesa, Jennifer. Good luck and have fun!

Are you ready to see what I made?  Hint, hint. Lol.


This cute tag actually features several of the newly released stamp sets.  To create this tag, I die cut the largest Label 14 nestie.  Then I stamped the musical background using a stamp from the new Flower's stamp set.  Then I sponged the edges with the same brown ink and lightly glimmer misted the tag with Tattered Angels Leather.  I die cut the doily out of lighter blue paper, isn't this doily die amazing!!  It's so darn cute!  It's the perfect size for layering.  The beautiful birdcage image is from The Four Season's stamp set.  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of beige paper and distressed the edges with brown ink.  The sentiment is a previously released rubber stamp from Prickley Pear.

Did you find my letter?   Okay, so hop on over to Tesa's blog, I guarantee you she's got some lovely stuff for you to look at.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Prickley Pear fun!

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Prickley Pear Blog Hop Day 1

Blog hop release party
Whoooo Hooo! Day 1 is here. We are so excited to be releasing these new clear sets of stamps with matching dies and of course, our beautiful release of vintage valentine red rubber images! We have some real treasures in store for you. Our design team has been working hard to bring you samples that will surely inspire you.

Join us each day as we will have a different set we are featuring. We are playing a new game this time around. Each DT member will be featuring a letter in their post. Visit their blogs, find their letter - put the word together and e-mail us the word at service@prickleypear.com. A winner will be chosen for each day of the blog hop.

Start with Nicole, then take a look and see what beautiful cards we have in store. You will want to visit these fabulous ladies in order, Dawn, Amy, Michelle, Angelica, Leslie - (that's me!), Tesa, Jennifer. Good luck and have fun!

All right, ready to see a card? Here's what I have for you today:


This card features our new clear stamp set, The Four Seasons.  This set very versatile and is perfect for background images or focal images.  Here, I stamped the fence repeatedly using New Canvase Palette Ink, then I stamped the tree in white too.  The hot air balloon was stamped in dark brown ink for contrast and is from a previous PPRS release.  It's so easy to combine PPRS stamp sets since they're all so versatile!  It's one of my favorite things of Nicole's designs, their versatility.  And, of course, the gorgeous images, lol.

Did you find my letter?  Hint, hint: it's highlighted red in the first two paragraphs.  Okay, so hop on over to Tesa's blog, I guarantee you she's got some lovely stuff for you to look at.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more Prickley Pear fun!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Viva La Verve Week 4

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I'm back with the fourth week of Viva La Verve's card.

Even though I didn't use pink on this card, it's still a Valentine's Day card.  I made this card for my nephew and I thought he would prefer green and blue to pink and red. :)

My cute Little Loveasaurus was colored with copics, then I went back and pressed in some "scales" using my colorless blender.  After that was done, I coated his costume with Shimmerz paint in ultramarine and added stardust pen to his spines. 

After die-cutting the focal image, I curved the "RAWR" sentiment to fit along the edge of the circle.  The inside of the card is finished out with the sentiment "means I love you" but I couldn't get a good picture of the inside.

Here's a closeup of all the shimmer on this adorable dinosaurs costume.  I love the way it reflect the light!

That's all I've got today.  Be sure to stop by this Saturday for Prickley Pear's 4 day blog hop!  There will be plenty of eye candy and prize winning opportunities.

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Viva La Verve Week 3

Hi guys, I'm back with week 3's sketch for Viva La Verve.  I've got to admit out of the three card I've made so far, this one's my favorite.

I went for the pink and craft combination again, it seems to be a favorite of mine right now.  The paper is from MME's Lost and Found collection and I've incorporated it into all three cards.  The tag pulls out to reveal a sweet message, lol.

I went for a polka dot theme again both on the background paper and the tag.  The pocket was made using impressed kraft cardstock.  After scoring the pocket, I die cut the front opening using PTI's mat stack 4 die.  The left over piece was flipped and attached to the top of the card.  The tag was also cut using the same die using more raspberry fizz cardstock and stamped with more polka dots.  The top of the tag was made by die cutting a piece of scored and folded kraft cardstock.  The swirls on the kraft piece were stamped using the hearts on fire scrolled heart from Verve.  I stamped the sentiment from Verve and added three pink rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty for some added sparkle.  The start was stamped using hot pink dye ink, cut out, and attached with foam dimensional adhesive.

Did I mention this was my favorite card? Lol.  Don't forget to stop by on Jan. 29 for the first day of Prickley Pear's 4 day blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Viva la Verve Week 2

Hi guys, I'm back with week 2's sketch card.  Once again, it's a Valentine's Day card using two shades of pink and craft cardstock.

The card base was made using raspberry fizz cardstock.  The background layer was letter pressed using craft cardstock, white hybrid ink, and PTI's giga guidelines impression plate.  On top of that, I layered another piece of raspberry fizz stamped with polka dot basics II using white hybrid ink.  The scrolled heart was stamped onto vellum, die cut, and embellished with fuschia pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.  A shiny, satiny ribbon finishes off this card.

That's all I've got today.  Thanks for stopping by!!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Viva La Verve Week 1

I finally got a chance to play along with Verve's weekly challenge.  I'd wanted to play along last year, but somehow never got around to it.  Each week a new sketch is uploaded onto their Splitcoast Stamper's forum.  Here's the thread for week one.  And, here's what I came up with:

The background is made with several different grey and pink patterned papers edged with tea dye distress ink.  A brown ribbon loop behind my stamped image helps the image to pop a bit more.  Since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I decided to challenge myself to create Valentine's themed cards along with the sketches.

Stop by tomorrow for the next challenge card!  See ya later alligators!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Gettin Sketchy

Hi, I'm back with a second post today!  I know, I'm surprised too. :)  My Favorite Things has changed their weekly challenge to a weekly sketch challenge.  I had some extra time to stamp this weekend and I decided to play along.  Here's what I came up with:

The dancing girl is from MFT's Dancing the Night Away stamp set.  I colored her with copic markers, brushed her skirt with candlelight Shimmers paint and added a rhinestone belt to her dress.  Once my image was die cut, I sponged it with Aquatic Splash chalk ink and added just a touch of distress ink to the edges.  I sponged a scrap piece of paper doily with distress inks and finished off the card with three silver pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Since I'm off from work until Thursday, I plan on playing along with Verve's Viva La Verve weekly challenge, too!  :)  Look for those later this week.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Square Cards

Hi guys!!  I'm back with a couple of card that I created with inspiration from this lovely card by Dawn McVey.  I love her clean yet colorful cards!!

For this first card, I stamped a strip of polka dots from PTI's polka dots basics II stamp set in Shabby Shutters distress ink.  Slightly above it, I attached a glimmer misted paper doily and added some satin ribbon right in between the dots and the doily.  I stamped a piece of simply chartreuse cardstock with PTI's library card in Fresh Snow ink and then die cut it using a nestie.  I die cut several layers of book print using PTI's Signature Series Butterfly die and then hand sewed them onto the card using embroidery floss.  A simple sentiment on the right hand corner finishes off this card.

For this card, I stamped a strip of text style II in peeled paint, used the other half of the glimmer misted doily, and swapped out the thicker ribbon for a brighter green ribbon and added a button to the bow for added detail.  This library card was printed onto craft cardstock, stamped with a flourish from the Embellishments stamp set and then glimmer misted.  I love how the glimmer mist made the distress ink run slightly to give it an aged look.  The dress form was die cut and stamped using PTI's Signature Series dress form.

I think these cards will make a great note card set for a quick hostess gift.  What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Love is in the Air

Hi guys!!  I'm back with a new card to show today.  When Nicole sent me my first batch of stamps, she included this beauty with it.  I've been wanting to create a card with it since then, and I've only now gotten around to creating one.

I decided to keep the layout rather simple since the image is so large.  In order to accommodate the image, I decided to use a square base for my card.  

Prickley Pear will be hosting a 4 day blog hop starting January 29th.  Along the way, there will also be a chance to win new stamp sets each day.  Be sure to stop by and play along!

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Coming Soon

Hi peeps!!  I know I've been very quiet around here lately, but that's just because I'm gearing up for Prickly Pear's upcoming release.  Please stay tuned, these new stamps will knock your socks off!! ;)