It's a FAN Blog Hop over at PMS!

Today over at Paper Makeup Stamps we are having a blog hop! If you arrived here from Lisa McKinney's blog then you are on the right track! For this blog hop, anything goes as long as there is a holiday or winter theme and PMS stamps are used. Last month I won the set Christmas Cheer so I knew I wanted to use that.

I just love the wordart, May the Spirit of Christmas. It says everything I want to convey! I used Mojo Monday 168 for my layout. Had to change it just a bit to account for the wonderful sentiment.

Did you know just for leaving a comment you could win a prize? That's right, leave comments along the blog hop and you could win a grab bag full of stamp goodies! Comment entries will close on December 14th. So leave a comment and then hop on over to Andrea Vernagus's blog to see what fabulous creation she has for you!

Just in case you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list of participants by going
HERE

Happy hopping and thanks for stopping by!

Welcome to Release Day at Paper Makeup Stamps BLOG HOP!

I'm so excited to share with you today!! I was asked to be a guest design team member for November with the awesome PAPER MAKEUP STAMPS!!! They have the cutest rubber and digital stamps!!

Today is release day and I hope you are joining in on our blog hop! You should have arrived here from Stephanie Zito's blog. If not, start back at the PMS blog. You don't want to miss any stops...be sure to collect all the letters from each blog so you can get your discount too!

You'll also want to join us tonight in the PMS FORUM for our release party from 9 to 11pm (EST). There will be lots of fun chatter and TONS of prizes too!!

Today I have the honor of showing you sweet Celest.

I added lots of sparkle to the image...and realized that the new sentiment from PMS would work perfectly with the image as well!Such a fun image to color! Thanks for stopping by - now go hop on over to Shaela's blog to see her wonderful creation. Before you go though you might want to grab my letter...

See you tonight!!

St. Patty's Challenge for Flutter By Wednesday

Blimey - it's St. Patty's Day today! How are you celebrating?? At Flutter By Wednesday we're celebrating PMS style! That's right, this week the fab Katie from Paper Makeup & Stamps is sponsoring us!! So what do you think the challenge is? ummm are you still trying to figure it out? YEP it's to create a card using a BUTTERFLY, FAIRY or ANGEL and include shamrocks &/or green!! AND want to know something else - THERE IS A FABULOUS PRIZE this week as well!! WooHoo!! Now that's something to celebrate...

For my card I used Chelly with Lucky Clover from PMS - she's PERFECT for today's challenge!!

I used cardpatterns sketch 55 for my card. I was going to make a monochromatic card but was having too much trouble finding pattern greens in my stash & scraps. SO I went with this color combo thinking it never hurts to have a little pink :) I added some shamrock rhinestones that I picked up for a little bling. Of course, Chelly's wing have to be sparkly as well.

Isn't she adorable? So love how this turned out. I used Copics for skin and hair (oh and the boots) and pencils and OMS for the rest.

Bet you want to play along now right? I mean who wouldn't? Last week we had 130 participants - holy moly that's AWESOME!!! So many beautiful creations - I love seeing all the awesome talent out there!! Please visit the Flutter By Wednesday Blog to link your creation and to find out about the fabulous prize!! Don't forget to check out what my fabulous DT sisters have done...they are so freakin' talented!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Tomorrow is Softpencil Thursday. Today Abby and I are going to attend the St. Patty's parade here for the first time. It's supposed to be rather chilly so not sure how long we'll stay. But I'm going to take some pics. Yesterday we went bowling and I took pics - even got a few of me in them. I'll share those in the next few days as well!! Now if I could just get all my obligations done so I could start scrapbooking again - that would be great! I'm READY! :o)

Love Theme for Flutter By Wednesday

Good Morning! Welcome to another Flutter By Wednesday! With Valentine's Day right around the corner we decided to have a LOVE theme for our challenge this week. Your creations should have a LOVE theme and include a fairy, butterfly or angel. I hope you find some time to join in. We've had a tremendous turnout for our weekly challenges and I have to tell you the creations are AMAZING! I love seeing all the different styles, images and cool creations that YOU have to offer! So THANK YOU for joining us - and if you haven't WHY NOT?!?! I hope you'll decide to join us this week. After you've created your card, just go to the Flutter By Wednesday blog and leave a direct link to your creation using Mr. Linky.

For my card I used my SCRAPS again from the weekend challenge that Danni had for a few of us. I LOVE how this turned out - it's so CA-UTE!

Yes, that's Fluffles - the cutest cat ever! Now your thinking "Michelle, Fluffles isn't a butterfly, fairy or angel" at which point I'd say - oh you are so right...but look at the flower center...

It's a butterfly rhinestone :) ha, ha - gotcha ya! With this card I can also enter it in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C23, Valentine Theme

PMS - #15, Pink & Bling

Cute Card Thursday - #98, Spots & Dots

Diecut Dreams - #34, Have a Heart

The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Sunday #54, which has already passed but I really liked the sketch. So can you believe I entered that many challenges with one card - it's a record for me!! Woohoo - I'm getting better :)

Well I hope you've enjoyed my card today! I so appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and leave me comments. Believe me I know how busy life can be so THANK YOU! Please stop by the other DT's blogs when you get some time and see their beautiful creations as well - I'm telling you between the DT and the participants there is a TON of inspiration to be had here!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

FBW Challenge #92

Welcome to another Flutter By Wednesday challenge! I'm so glad you stopped by! This week our challenge is an OPEN one. ANYTHING goes as long as you INCLUDE A BUTTERFLY, ANGEL or FAIRY! Last week we debuted the new Flutter By Wednesday blog - and we had the most participants who played along which is AWESOME!! Thank you and if you didn't play along, why don't you this week? All you have to do is follow the challenge and link your creation using Mr. Linky on the Flutter By Blog. That's it!! Easy peasy... so what's stopping you?

I'm ready for the bright colors and something different. I had a chance to stop at Archiver's and found some yummy KI Memories paper there. I knew it would be perfect for those Valentine cards that I'm in the mood to make. I searched for the right image and found an image from Paper Makeup Stamps that I had received as a RAK. Since I was using a PMS image I decided to go ahead and play along with their Friday Makeup for the Weekend #11 challenge which is a sketch this week. Here is my creation:

In the sketch it shows the circles behind the image and a sentiment in the lower right corner. Since my circles were my sentiment I decided to put them on the outside of the image. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how my image turned out. I got some new Copics and love that I can do some blue coloring and some different brown. Here's a close up of the image:

Isn't she beautiful! I wish I could wear boots like that! Not to mention look that good in a dress, LOL! I added Crystal Stickles to the heart and wings.

I hope you'll check out the other design team members blogs. And if you haven't checked out the Flutter By Wednesday blog you'll definitely want to - I PROMISE you won't be disappointed - that's all I'm going to say {wink, wink}

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today - I hope you've enjoyed my creation. I know I enjoy having you here and reading all the comments that you leave. It really means a lot!

Quote Time - FBW Style

Happy Wednesday to you! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today, as you know is Flutter By Wednesday, and fellow DT member Kim issued us the challenge of using our favorite quote along with a butterfly or fairy on our creations this week! I love Kim's cards with all her fabulous quotes so hopefully I did her justice with the challenge!

I had this paper that I got at HL for awhile and was waiting for the right moment to use it. I am loving the whole blue and brown color combo! The quote is from Paper Makeup Stamps and is one I hold true to my heart!

Stop by Danni's blog to see her fabulous creation and leave a link to yours! You know you want to play!! I'm looking forward to seeing all my wonderful DT's creations - why not stop by their blogs and check them out. You can see them on the right hand side.

Now before you go I have to tell you that September is going to be the party month for us here at FBW. Danni will be turning the big 40 on September 4th and what better way to celebrate then to have a month long party?!?!?! That's right each week we'll have a fabulous challenge, an awesome guest designer and blog candy!! If you've been following along but haven't played yet you'll definitely want to jump in come September!!

Hope you'll visit me tomorrow where I'll be sharing a scrapbook page - yep I actually have one for tomorrow and Friday!! Until then...

Flutter By Wednesday #16 & AMYRS65 Sketch

Happy Wednesday to you! Today I'm so freakin' excited to share some wonderful news. This week our guest designer is none other than Lauren Meader!! Have you seen her work?? I just love it and she also designs the Timeless Templates for PTI which I'm in love with!! They are awesome!! And if that wasn't enough, Jodi is the featured team member!! She is so nice and talented as well! Be sure to check out her blog to see her amazing creations!! Ok, on to my card - this week there was no specific challenge so we could do whatever we wanted as long as we used a butterfly or a fairy! Well, my friends, I used both! For my card I used Amy R.'s sketch #65 shown below:

cool sketch, huh? And here is my card:

See the sparkle??? Isn't she beautiful? I'm digging this image - and for those loyal readers out there I colored her hair blond - yep!! Can you believe it?? Normally I use brown just cause I'm used to those copic colors but today I dared to do something different. The image was given to me as a RAK from Kristie - Thanks so much! Can you see the little butterfly I added?

A few more things - if you want to play along just visit Danni's blog to leave a link to your creation. While you are there you'll need to check out her card - I'm sure it will be absolutely adorable as they always are!! To see the other team members cards, just visit their blogs which are on the right side of my blog!

I'm going to try and schedule some post while I'm out this week. Tomorrow is my surgery and even though I'm supposed to get out soon I probably won't feel like walking up and down the stairs to the computer for a few days :o). Thank you to everyone for your kind words - they mean a lot!

Thanks for stopping by and happy flutter by!

Card Details:

Stamp: PMS (image) & TAC (sentiment)

DP & Cardstock - SU

Other: button, scrappers floss, copics, crystal stickles, martha stewart butterfly punch