Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday!   We hope you are all having a great week! Before we get to this week's challenge I want to thank everyone who played along with us last week. The lucky winner of last week's prize "Beach Bum Cooper" is Delia!  Congrats Delia! Please send me an email at hlrcrafts at hotmail dot com with your mailing addy and I will get your stamp set sent out right away!

This week's challenge is about about being square!  Make a SQUARE card or project.   We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Game On". 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 PWC125. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!

Check out these gorgeous SQUARE projects made by the Prettie Girls (For full project details be sure to check out the blogs of each Prettie Girl)!

Cindy

Frances 

 

Pam

 

Wendy 

Jessica

Jackie

Jana

 

Heather

Jennifer

ARTish

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great day!

Digi Design Team Call!

Have you heard about the Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots...What's Not To LOVE, digital images?  Every Monday Paper Pretties is going to be releasing 2 digi stamps (our Whatnots).  I am SO excited about these new images.  The images are drawn by our newest Paper Pretties illustrator, ARTish.  Her images are absolutely adorable.   With the addition of our new weekly digi releases,  we are looking for a digi design team!

**International applicants are welcome!!**

Design Team requirements:

1. You must maintain an active blog and post 1 Paper Pretties project per week (on Monday).
2. You must link to the Paper Pretties store, Paper Pretties blog and your fellow Digi Prettie Girls’ blogs on your blog.
3. You will be required to upload your weekly projects to the SCS gallery and the Paper Pretties store gallery.
4. Initial design team contract term will be for 6 months, beginning January 1, 2011.

Digi design team benefits:

1. You will receive all digital images released by Paper Pretties during your term.
2. You will receive a 25% discount on any other Paper Pretties purchases you make during your term.
3. You will have access to the Paper Pretties Design Team forum (a great place to share ideas and get to know your fellow Prettie Girls).
4. Your blog will be linked on the Paper Pretties blog, the Digi Prettie Girls’ blogs and on the Paper Pretties store “Our Team” page.

How to apply:

Send an email to me at PaperprettiesDigiDTcall at gmail dot com.  BE SURE TO TITLE YOUR EMAIL:  DIGI DESIGN TEAM CALL

Your email must include the following:
1. Full name and address
2. Email address
3. Three of your favorite cards or projects that you've made recently.
3. Link to your blog
4. Link to any online galleries you use
5. List of any current/past design teams (if applicable)
6. A bit about you and why you would like to join the design team

Our Design Team call will be open until Wednesday November 24th at 5PM CST. We welcome ALL APPLICANTS, you do not need to have prior Design Team experience to apply! Unfortunately, it will not be possible to personally contact all applicants who are not chosen for the team. The time and effort and courage it takes to apply is well understood! Thank you for taking the time to do so. If you are not chosen during this call, please reapply in the future!

New Team members will be notified no later than Friday December 3rd.

Here is an example of one of our new Paper Pretties Whatnot digital images, Cocoa the cat.  This fabulous card was made by design team member Wendy Hoff.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope everyone is having a terrific day!

Monday Whatnots!

Happy Monday!   I hope everyone had a terrific weekend!  It is time for our Monday Whatnots release...What's not to love!  We have 2 new ARTish digi images this week:

Go Go Gordon (Isn't his candy corn car just adorable!)

Patches

Both of these adorable new digi images are available in the digi stamp section of the Paper Pretties store!

Check out these amazing projects made by our incredible Paper Pretties design team:

Frances

Pam

Wendy

Heather

Jackie

Jana

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope everyone has an absolutely wonderful Monday!

Birthday Blog Hop!

The Prettie Girls put together a FABULOUS blog hop today!  Head on over to Cindy's blog to start.  The cards are incredible!

I am so lucky to have such an AWESOME design team!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday! We hope you are all having a great week! Before we get to this week's challenge I want to thank everyone who played along with us last week. The lucky winner of last week's prize "Everyday Picnic" is Cheryl (Shestamps). Congrats Cheryl! Please send me an email at hlrcrafts at hotmail dot com with your mailing addy and I will get your stamp set sent out right away!

We have another color challenge for you this week: Green, Purple and Orange (in honor of Halloween)! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Beach Bum 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 PWC124. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!

Check out these gorgeous cards made by the Prettie Girls (For full card details be sure to check out the blogs of each Prettie Girl)!

ARTish

Cindy

Frances

Pam

Wendy


Jessica
Jackie


Jana


Heather

Jane

Jennifer

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great day!

Exciting News!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! We have some exciting things going on at Paper Pretties! Today I have the wonderful opportunity of introducing you to Paper Pretties newest Illustrator...ARTish! ARTish will be joining our team as both an illustrator and as a design team member! For her full bio, check out the "Our Team" section of the Paper Pretties store.

With the addition of ARTish to our team, we are also adding a new weekly release! ARTish's images are going to be digital downloads and we will be releasing at least 2 new digi images every single Monday....They will be called "Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots...What's not to love!".

ARTish's illustration style is such a perfect fit with our Paper Pretties family! If you love to color you will LOVE her images!

Since today is our first official Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots, we are releasing 6 awesome digi images by ARTish! All 6 new images are available in the digital stamp section of the Paper Pretties store!

The 6 ARTish digis that are being released today are: BALOO, BOB, CLAUS, COCOA, FELICE, and HALLEY.

Check out these amazing cards that some of the Prettie Girls made with her images:

ARTish

Frances

Jackie

Heather

With the addition of our Paper Pretties Monday Whatnots, we will also be adding a Digi Design Team. The digi DT call details will be posted sometime in the next few days! Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful day!

Blog Hop Winners!!

Thank you to everyone who hopped along with us for our October Release blog hop!

Here are the winners:

Snowflakes...Debra
O Christmas Tree...Kathy
Holiday Polly...Cammy
Holiday Fairy Meg...Imke
Caroling Cooper...javablustamper
Caroling Sophia...Alaine
'Tis the Season Sophia...Delia Cruz

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please send an email to me at hlrcrafts at hotmail dot com with your mailing address and I will get your stamps sent out ASAP!

Be sure to stop back tomorrow morning for some SUPER EXCITING news! Fun things are ahead at Paper Pretties!

Paper Pretties October Release Blog Hop!!!

Good Morning and Happy Friday!! Welcome to the Paper Pretties October Release Blog Hop! We are just thrilled to have you joining us!

The Prettie Girls have some FABULOUS release cards to share with you today from our 7 NEW RELEASE stamp sets. All of the new sets are now available for purchase in the Prettie Boutique.

We also have a few release day specials:

* Any orders that total $100 or more (before shipping) will receive a free 6x6 paper pad (Paper Pretties’ choice) with their order!

* Any orders that total $50 or more (before shipping) will receive a free antiquing tool with their order!

And of course…the new stamps!!
* We will be giving away one of each of the new sets. 7 sets, means 7 lucky winners. To have your name entered into the prize drawing, all you need to do is leave a comment on each of the 10 DT blogs in the hop today! Winners will be chosen on Sunday, October 17th at 5 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 blog hop order, in case you get turned around somewhere along the way! 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!
Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Jackie Rakoski
Jana Weaver
Jane Matsumoto
Jennifer Greco
Pam Varnell
Jessica George
Wendy Hoff
Heather Lee-Reppen

And just in case you are new to our blog I thought I would mention once again, that 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, now head on over to CINDY'S BLOG and start the hop! We hope you all have a wonderful day! Enjoy!

Final day of previews!

We hope you have enjoyed all of the preview cards the design team shared with you this week! All 7 new release sets will be available in the Paper Pretties store tomorrow! To celebrate the release, the design team will be having a release day blog hop filled with inspiration (and there might even be some prizes!). We hope you will join us!

Today we have previews of "Holiday Fairy Meg", "O Christmas Tree", "Holiday Polly" and "Caroling Cooper".

Holiday Fairy Meg
Frances

O Christmas Tree

Frances

Holiday Polly
Wendy

Caroling Cooper

Jackie


Thanks for stopping by! We hope you all have a fabulous day!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge!

Happy Wednesday! We hope you are all having a great week! Before we get to this week's challenge I want to thank everyone who played along with us last week. The lucky winner of last week's prize "Bundle Up Cooper" is Claire C. Congrats Claire! Please send me an email at hlrcrafts@hotmail.com with your mailing addy and I will get your stamp set sent out right away!

We have a color challenge for you this week: Black, White and 1 additional color! We'd love for you to play along. One random challenge participant this week will win the Paper Pretties set "Everyday Picnic". 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 PWC123. Please be sure to link up your project at the bottom of this post!

Check out these gorgeous cards made by the Prettie Girls (For full card details be sure to check out the blogs of each Prettie Girl)!

Frances

Pam

Wendy
Jessica


Jackie


Jana


Heather

Jane

Jen

Thanks for stopping by today! We will have more preview cards tomorrow and then a fabulous, fun-filled release day blog hop on Friday! We hope you join us!