Be sure to check out the Oh Alice Challenge Blog for all the details!
Check out these GORGEOUS creations made by our very own Prettie Girls!
I hope you all have a terrific weekend! Thanks for stopping by today!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Oh Alice Challenge!
We are thrilled to tell you that we are sponsoring the Oh Alice challenge this week! The Oh Alice challenge this week is to make a card with a Little Girl theme...I think we might have some stamps that would work with that theme, LOL!
Be sure to check out the Oh Alice Challenge Blog for all the details!
Check out these GORGEOUS creations made by our very own Prettie Girls!
Be sure to check out the Oh Alice Challenge Blog for all the details!
Check out these GORGEOUS creations made by our very own Prettie Girls!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Happy Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a great week! Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's Summer challenge! All of the cards were terrific! The random winner of last week's prize "Surf's Up" is Katie Tate. Congratulations Katie! Please send me an email to hrlcrafts@hotmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your stamp set in the mail right away!
This week our challenge is to use "Back to School" as the inspiration for your card or project. We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Look Out World Cooper". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC116. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Check out these wonderful "Back to School" inspired cards made by the Prettie Girls (For full card details be sure to check out the blogs of each Prettie Girl)!
This week our challenge is to use "Back to School" as the inspiration for your card or project. We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Look Out World Cooper". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC116. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Check out these wonderful "Back to School" inspired cards made by the Prettie Girls (For full card details be sure to check out the blogs of each Prettie Girl)!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!
Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a great week! Before we get to this week's challenge I once again want to thank everyone who participated in last week's ribbon challenge! We had 40 participants, woohoo!!! The random winner of last week's prize "Angel Wings Sophia" is Cheryl Walker. Congrations Cheryl! Please send me an email to hrlcrafts@hotmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your stamp set in the mail right away!
This week we have another fabulous challenge for you. Every single I day say "Where does the time go?"...seriously every day. I can't believe we are already coming up on September and back to school activities. For our challenge this week, I thought we would take a moment and savor these last days of summer. Our challenge is to use "SUMMER" as the inspiration for your card. It can have a summer theme or summer colors or anything else summer related! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Surf's Up". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC115. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Check out these GORGEOUS summer inspired cards made by the Prettie Girls!
This week we have another fabulous challenge for you. Every single I day say "Where does the time go?"...seriously every day. I can't believe we are already coming up on September and back to school activities. For our challenge this week, I thought we would take a moment and savor these last days of summer. Our challenge is to use "SUMMER" as the inspiration for your card. It can have a summer theme or summer colors or anything else summer related! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Surf's Up". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC115. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Check out these GORGEOUS summer inspired cards made by the Prettie Girls!
Thanks for stopping by today! We hope you have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Welcome back! I hope everyone is having a great week! This week, Paper Pretties has the pleasure of sponsoring the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge blog! The Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge this week is a technique challenge: Diagonal Pocket Card! Be sure to check out their blog for all of the challenge details (they are giving away some fun Paper Pretties stamps!).
A few of the Prettie Girls played along with the challenge! Check out their fabulous creations:
Frances used the new set "Go Team!" for her awesome card!
Jennifer rocked this challenge with "Tire Swing Cooper".
Pam's gorgeous card uses the newly released "What the Cluck?" set!
Check out Jackie's super fun "Flirty Fortunes" card!
Jessica used the new "Garden Fairy Katie" set for this precious card!
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow for an all new Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge!
A few of the Prettie Girls played along with the challenge! Check out their fabulous creations:
Frances used the new set "Go Team!" for her awesome card!
Jennifer rocked this challenge with "Tire Swing Cooper".
Pam's gorgeous card uses the newly released "What the Cluck?" set!
Check out Jackie's super fun "Flirty Fortunes" card!
Jessica used the new "Garden Fairy Katie" set for this precious card!
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow for an all new Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Winners!!!!
Thank you to everyone who left comments on our Grand Re-Opening blog hop posts! We had a great time and we hope you did too!
Here is the list of blog hoppers, the set each showcased and the winners from each or their blogs:
Frances Byrne - Tire Swing Cooper - Sheri (PaperCrafty)
Kisa Peters - What the Cluck - Creative Patti
Mercy Kerin - Cowboy Cooper - Jacilynn Dashwood
Jackie Rakoski - Dog-Gone Birthday - Danni Bindel
Danni Bindel - Go Team! - Cammy
Jane Matsumoto - Give a Hoot! - Jessica Rone
Maria Matter - Give a Hoot! - Kelly Booth
Wendy Hoff - Engineer Cooper - WendyP
Nancy Bush - Garden Fairy Katie - jengd
Deb Felts - Just Because Zac - Denise (peanutbee)
Jennifer Greco - Cowboy Cooper - Alaine
Libby Hickson - Imagine - Kathy S
Jana Weaver - Celebrate Sophia - Shelly
Jessica Diedrich- Engineer Cooper - Stampvanwinkle
Taylor Usry - Go Team! - Good Kardma by Jules
Lynda Benden - Dog-Gone Birthday - Gabriela
Pam Varnell - Just Because Zac - Andrea Murdock
Jessica George - What the Cluck - Kathy Curry
Heather Lee-Reppen - Garden Fairy Katie - Lisa
Congratulations to all of you! Please send me an email with your mailing address and I will get your set sent out right away. If by chance you have already placed an order for the set you won, you can choose any Paper Pretties set $8 and under as a replacement! Email me at
hlrcrafts@hotmail.com.
I hope you all have a terrific day!
Here is the list of blog hoppers, the set each showcased and the winners from each or their blogs:
Frances Byrne - Tire Swing Cooper - Sheri (PaperCrafty)
Kisa Peters - What the Cluck - Creative Patti
Mercy Kerin - Cowboy Cooper - Jacilynn Dashwood
Jackie Rakoski - Dog-Gone Birthday - Danni Bindel
Danni Bindel - Go Team! - Cammy
Jane Matsumoto - Give a Hoot! - Jessica Rone
Maria Matter - Give a Hoot! - Kelly Booth
Wendy Hoff - Engineer Cooper - WendyP
Nancy Bush - Garden Fairy Katie - jengd
Deb Felts - Just Because Zac - Denise (peanutbee)
Jennifer Greco - Cowboy Cooper - Alaine
Libby Hickson - Imagine - Kathy S
Jana Weaver - Celebrate Sophia - Shelly
Jessica Diedrich- Engineer Cooper - Stampvanwinkle
Taylor Usry - Go Team! - Good Kardma by Jules
Lynda Benden - Dog-Gone Birthday - Gabriela
Pam Varnell - Just Because Zac - Andrea Murdock
Jessica George - What the Cluck - Kathy Curry
Heather Lee-Reppen - Garden Fairy Katie - Lisa
Congratulations to all of you! Please send me an email with your mailing address and I will get your set sent out right away. If by chance you have already placed an order for the set you won, you can choose any Paper Pretties set $8 and under as a replacement! Email me at
hlrcrafts@hotmail.com.
I hope you all have a terrific day!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Paper Pretties Grand Re-Opening Release!!!!!
Good morning stampers, and happy Thursday!! Welcome to the Paper Pretties Grand Re-Opening and New Release Blog Hop! We are just thrilled to have you joining us! There is SO much in store for you at this much-anticipated blog party, I hardly know where to begin.
The Prettie Girls, along with some of our amazing Prettie Friends, have some rockin’ release cards to share with you today from our TWELVE NEW RELEASE stamp sets. All of the new sets will be available for purchase in the Prettie Boutique beginning no later than 7 AM CST today.
Now, a party isn’t a party without PRESENTS, is it?!? No, of course not! Well it’s our party, but the presents are for YOU!! There are a lot of them, so read on:
* Every order placed during release weekend (now through Sunday, August 15th) will receive a free Paper Pretties “Hand Stamped” stamp!
* All orders that total $25 or more (before shipping or discounts are applied) will receive a free stamp set (Paper Pretties’ choice) in their package!
* Any orders that total $100 or more (before shipping or discounts are applied) will receive a free 6x6 paper pad (Paper Pretties’ choice) with their order!
* The older Paper Pretties’ stamps are still on sale! Up to 75% off, with many of the Sophia and Cooper sets selling for just $5! WOW!!
* The older Paper Pretties’ stamps are still on sale! Up to 75% off, with many of the Sophia and Cooper sets selling for just $5! WOW!!
And of course…the new stamps!!
* Each of our beautiful & talented participants is GIVING AWAY the stamp set that they used for their showcase card on today’s hop! Just leave a comment on their blog post for today for your chance to win! Winners for each blog will be chosen on Sunday, August 15th at 6 PM CST. Shop 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.
We are kicking off the hop right here, and below is the full release member blog order, in case you get turned around with this HUGE PARTY TRAIN! You don’t want to miss out on any of the blogs – you could be one of our WINNERS!
Blog Hop Order:
Paper Pretties Blog - You are HERE!
Frances Byrne
Kisa Peters
Mercy Kerin
Jackie Rakoski
Danni Bindel
Jane Matsumoto
Maria Matter
Wendy Hoff
Nancy Bush
Deb Felts
Jennifer Greco
Libby Hickson
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Taylor Usry
Lynda Benden
Pam Varnell
Jessica George
Heather Lee-Reppen
Frances Byrne
Kisa Peters
Mercy Kerin
Jackie Rakoski
Danni Bindel
Jane Matsumoto
Maria Matter
Wendy Hoff
Nancy Bush
Deb Felts
Jennifer Greco
Libby Hickson
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Taylor Usry
Lynda Benden
Pam Varnell
Jessica George
Heather Lee-Reppen
In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW OWNER and a BRAND NEW COUNTRY! Now located just about in the middle of the United States, we are so pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping, and a wider variety of stamping "must have" products to go along with all of your new stamps!! Basic Grey, Kaisercraft, Copic and more! Orders are shipped within 24 hours. For your reference, our shipping rates are now:
*For U.S. retail orders, shipping is a flat rate of $5 for all orders up to $49.99, with FREE shipping for all orders $50 and over.
*For Canada retail orders, shipping is a flat rate of $7 for all orders up to $69.99, with FREE shipping for all orders $70 and over.
*All other International retail orders ship for a flat rate of $13.
THANKS SO MUCH for hopping with us today! We hope you all have a wonderful day! Enjoy!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!
Happy Wednesday! We are only a day away from our brand new stamp release! The excitement is almost more than I can take! We will be having a super FABULOUS blog hop tomorrow with lots of fun and prizes! The hop will start here at the Paper Pretties blog!
Until then, we have our Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge to keep you busy! Before I get to this week's challenge I want to once again thank everyone who participated in last week's sketch challenge! The cards were all wonderful. The random winner of last week's challenge is....STACY H-W! Congratulations! Please send me an email at hlrcrafts@hotmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your stamp set sent out right away!
OK...onto this week's challenge. With all of the new release madness, we decided to make this week's challenge an easy one. The challenge this week is to use ribbon on your card or project! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Angel Wings Sophia". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC114. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Here is some ribbon inspiration from our incredibly talented design team (and in some cases, more sneak peaks of tomorrow's release)!
Until then, we have our Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge to keep you busy! Before I get to this week's challenge I want to once again thank everyone who participated in last week's sketch challenge! The cards were all wonderful. The random winner of last week's challenge is....STACY H-W! Congratulations! Please send me an email at hlrcrafts@hotmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your stamp set sent out right away!
OK...onto this week's challenge. With all of the new release madness, we decided to make this week's challenge an easy one. The challenge this week is to use ribbon on your card or project! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Angel Wings Sophia". 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. When uploading to SCS or PCP please use keyword PWC114. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!
Here is some ribbon inspiration from our incredibly talented design team (and in some cases, more sneak peaks of tomorrow's release)!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Previews Day 3!
Are you excited about the upcoming release? Today we have more INCREDIBLE preview cards to share with you!
Have I mentioned how talented my design team is? They are AMAZING!
Just click on the photo to see the full cards and details!
Today Frances and Pam both have GORGEOUS sneak peeks of one of the new Sophia images "Swing on By Sophia".
Wendy, Jane and Jackie all made SUPER CUTE cards for today using a new Victoria Case set called "Dog-Gone Birthday".
Check out Jen's AMAZING 3D card made using Victoria Case's new set "Go Team!"
My card for today uses "Just Because Zac".
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check in tomorrow for our Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge! BTW, you still have time to participate in last week's sketch challenge!
We hope you all have a terrific day!
Have I mentioned how talented my design team is? They are AMAZING!
Just click on the photo to see the full cards and details!
Today Frances and Pam both have GORGEOUS sneak peeks of one of the new Sophia images "Swing on By Sophia".
Wendy, Jane and Jackie all made SUPER CUTE cards for today using a new Victoria Case set called "Dog-Gone Birthday".
Check out Jen's AMAZING 3D card made using Victoria Case's new set "Go Team!"
My card for today uses "Just Because Zac".
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check in tomorrow for our Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge! BTW, you still have time to participate in last week's sketch challenge!
We hope you all have a terrific day!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Happy Monday!
We hope you all had a great weekend! Our Grand Re-Opening release previews continue today! All 12 new sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store Thursday, Aug. 12th at 5am CST! Be sure to join us on Thursday for a fun blog hop showcasing all of the new sets!
Today we have previews from Frances, Wendy, Pam and myself. Click on the snippet to see the full card and all the details!
Frances' fabulous card is made using the new Victoria Case set "Just Because Zac".
Pam's fantastic card is made using the new Victoria Case set "Imagine".
Wendy inked up one of Joni's new Sophia stamps "Swinging by Sophia" for her beautiful card.
My card is made using another one Joni's new Cooper stamps called "Tire Swing Cooper".
Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget, there is still time to get in on last week's Wednesday challenge! We have an awesome sketch and the prize this week is "Bugs and Fishes"!
Today we have previews from Frances, Wendy, Pam and myself. Click on the snippet to see the full card and all the details!
Frances' fabulous card is made using the new Victoria Case set "Just Because Zac".
Pam's fantastic card is made using the new Victoria Case set "Imagine".
Wendy inked up one of Joni's new Sophia stamps "Swinging by Sophia" for her beautiful card.
My card is made using another one Joni's new Cooper stamps called "Tire Swing Cooper".
Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget, there is still time to get in on last week's Wednesday challenge! We have an awesome sketch and the prize this week is "Bugs and Fishes"!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Let the previews begin!!!
Happy Sunday to everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! We have tons of exciting things to share with you today!
As you know, we will be having our Grand Re-Opening release this coming Thursday! I am SOOOOO excited to be moving forward after lots of behind the scenes work (and stress) the past couple months! Today we are going to start giving you previews of the new sets!
There are few things I want to tell you about the new sets before we should you the previews:
1. We have 12 new sets being released on Thursday! 5 of them are from our INCREDIBLE veteran illustrator Joni Stringfield and 7 of them are from a brand new Paper Pretties illustrator! I am thrilled to tell you that Victoria Case has joined the Paper Pretties team as our newest illustrator! Victoria is amazingly talented and sweet as can be. You are going to LOVE her images!
2. All NEW Paper Pretties sets from here on out are going to be Clear Photopolymer sets. I want you to know that I did a lot of research and made sure I found the highest quality clear stamp manufacturer possible. I am VERY picky about clear stamps and I am EXTREMELY happy with the quality of our new stamps. The reason for the switch is to make our Paper Pretties sets more affordable for everyone! The new sets will have more sentiments and accessory stamps than the old sets and they will considerably less expensive for you! It also allows me to release more images every month, so it is a win-win situation for everyone!
3. We will be having a blog hop on Thursday, showcasing all of the new releases.
4. The new stamps will be available in the Paper Pretties store beginning at 6am CST on Thursday Aug. 12th. We will also be having several sales specials and prizes!
OK...I think that is all for now. Do you want to see some of the new images?
I can't say enough good things about my design team...they are AMAZING!!!! I am so incredibly lucky to have these ladies on my team! You are going to LOVE these previews!!!
Click on each image snippet to see the full card and all the details!
Frances' fabulous card today features one of the new Victoria Case sets called "Give a Hoot".
Pam and Wendy both have gorgeous previews of a new Victoria Case set called "Go Team".
Next up, Jessica made an awesome card using a new Victoria Case set called "Just Because Zac".
Today's final preview comes from Jen. She used one of Joni's ADORABLE new Cooper stamps. I personally think the Cooper's from this release are the cutest Coopers yet!
Thanks for stopping by today! We will have more fabulous preview cards for you all week!!!! I hope you have a terrific day!
As you know, we will be having our Grand Re-Opening release this coming Thursday! I am SOOOOO excited to be moving forward after lots of behind the scenes work (and stress) the past couple months! Today we are going to start giving you previews of the new sets!
There are few things I want to tell you about the new sets before we should you the previews:
1. We have 12 new sets being released on Thursday! 5 of them are from our INCREDIBLE veteran illustrator Joni Stringfield and 7 of them are from a brand new Paper Pretties illustrator! I am thrilled to tell you that Victoria Case has joined the Paper Pretties team as our newest illustrator! Victoria is amazingly talented and sweet as can be. You are going to LOVE her images!
2. All NEW Paper Pretties sets from here on out are going to be Clear Photopolymer sets. I want you to know that I did a lot of research and made sure I found the highest quality clear stamp manufacturer possible. I am VERY picky about clear stamps and I am EXTREMELY happy with the quality of our new stamps. The reason for the switch is to make our Paper Pretties sets more affordable for everyone! The new sets will have more sentiments and accessory stamps than the old sets and they will considerably less expensive for you! It also allows me to release more images every month, so it is a win-win situation for everyone!
3. We will be having a blog hop on Thursday, showcasing all of the new releases.
4. The new stamps will be available in the Paper Pretties store beginning at 6am CST on Thursday Aug. 12th. We will also be having several sales specials and prizes!
OK...I think that is all for now. Do you want to see some of the new images?
I can't say enough good things about my design team...they are AMAZING!!!! I am so incredibly lucky to have these ladies on my team! You are going to LOVE these previews!!!
Click on each image snippet to see the full card and all the details!
Frances' fabulous card today features one of the new Victoria Case sets called "Give a Hoot".
Pam and Wendy both have gorgeous previews of a new Victoria Case set called "Go Team".
Next up, Jessica made an awesome card using a new Victoria Case set called "Just Because Zac".
Today's final preview comes from Jen. She used one of Joni's ADORABLE new Cooper stamps. I personally think the Cooper's from this release are the cutest Coopers yet!
Thanks for stopping by today! We will have more fabulous preview cards for you all week!!!! I hope you have a terrific day!