Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Easter Pinkette Release Day

Today is the day! Today the four adorable Lil Easter Pinkettes are being released over at Tickled Pink Stamps! They are available only as digis and you can click here to go shopping. There is a 15% off release sale going on for 24 hours only so if you love these cuties, like I said, today is the day!

My card today features Lil Easter Daisy August. August is one of my favorite Pinkettes! Perhaps because her name is my birth month. Or maybe because she's so darned cute! Either way, when Kellie offered to let me make a creation for the release day post with her, I couldn't resist! I was bummed I missed previewing her due to my cold, and Kellie is such a dear to do this! August is colored with Copics and one Prismacolor Art Marker. She is fussy cut and popped up on top of my simple layout. I really wanted her, the flowers (a mix of Wild Orchid Crafts and Recollections), and the paper to stand out and take center stage! A bit of lace and a rhinestone flourish were the only other embellishments I added.

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, E23, E25, E27, YG03, Y32) and Prismacolor Art Markers (192).

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Lexi's Creations: #59-Monochromatic
- Crafty Bloggers Network: #15-Spring Time
- The Cutie Pie Challenge: Flowers

Thanks for stopping by! Though my crafting may have a Spring feel to it, it's looking like snow here. I'm hoping they are wrong about the half foot prediction! I hope you have a fabulous day, no matter what the weather! :)

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Pinkette Preview: Lil Easter Egg Faith

Hello, my friends! I'm back with the final preview for Tickled Pink Stamps' Lil Pinkette Easter release. Today I am sharing Lil Easter Egg Faith with you! Isn't she darling? I'm hoping her egg is paper mache, though, otherwise that is one ginormous chicken roaming around the countryside! lol Faith is colored with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers. But it's mostly Copics at this point as my collection is growing weekly! I purchased two yesterday when I was in Michaels and then received happy mail today with my order of 12 new markers in it! I had ordered a bunch of greens since I've been using the same two green markers on everything for a year now! But anyway, back to Faith... The paper is from my stash. I believe it's called Easter Doodle from Moxxie. I used my Martha Stewart grass punch to create the bottom border. Flowers (the majority from WOC), seam binding, pearls, and some chipboard letters finish off the card.

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E13, E15, E17, E19, R20, W4, W6, W8, E33, E34, YG03, R81, R85, Y32, V17) and Prismacolor Art Markers (143, 171, 192, 198).

I hope you'll head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what the other extraordinarily talented {PINK} ladies have to share with you! And if you leave a comment there you will be in the running to win a digi Faith of your very own! All four images are being release tomorrow!

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Karen's Doodles: #99-Pastel Colors with a Twist (Easter)
- Make It Monday: #78-Anything Goes
- The Crazy Challenge: #108-Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by! It is way past my bed time so I am off to catch a few winks before the start of another work day! I delayed in finishing my coloring and card assembly tonight. But I have a good reason! Castle was on. And he's just too yummy to miss!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Pinkette Preview: Lil Easter Chocie Coraline

Over at Tickled Pink Stamps we are in the middle of previews for the newest Lil Pinkette release, and I'm not sure it gets any cuter! So far we've seen Lil Easter Pinkette Daisy August and Lil Easter Pinkette Bunny Pippa. I believe I have finally bested the darned head cold I've been fighting for a week so today I'm here to share Lil Easter Pinkette Chocie Coraline with you! She is looking super sweet on my card, I think, colored with Copics and paired up with some papers from DCWV's Sweet stack, a doily, and my usual floral and pearl embellies. Her lil bunny friend may have trouble hearing all the "Oohs" and "Aws" though as she's already had a nibble at his ear!

You'll want to hop right over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what the talented {PINKETTE} ladies have to share with you as well. We have some new design team members joining us so please say "hello" to them and leave them some love! Also, don't forget to leave a comment on the TPS blog for your chance to win digi Coraline for your very own!

There are four images total so we'll be back tomorrow with the last preview and then the images will be available for purchase as digis only on February 29th.

Markers use: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, E23, E25, E27, E31, E33, E34, R20, RV34, R81, R85).

I'd also like to enter this creation into the following challenges:
- One Stitch At A Time: #102 - 'Use A Digi' Spring/Easter
- Totally Gorjuss: #120 - Yummy!
- Crop Stop: #59 - Is It Blooming Outside? (use at least 3 flowers)
- Delightful Challenges: Use Patterned Paper

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous start to your week!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges #55 - Color Challenge: Blue, Orange, Yellow, and Beige

What a week it has been! Zero motivation to craft, issues, and stress have caused me to waste away the week sitting on the computer. And even here I haven't been able to seem to get anything done! My biggest accomplishment of the week was acquiring 5 new Disney movies, 2 of which are currently "in the vault". It's lots of fun reliving these through my son's eyes, though, and I have to admit I'm enjoying myself (maybe more than he is! lol)!

I did manage to get one card made earlier this week for today's new Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge. If you haven't heard, this is one of the last TPSC ever as Kellie has decided to shut down the challenge blog. It is a sad day and a tough decision for her, but the entire team supports her and will be here until the end of February. Today's theme is a color combination and boy, did I groan loudly when I saw it: blue, orange, yellow, and beige? Whaaa? For whatever reason it screams "1970s" to me, but I actually discovered that I own an adorable paper pad from My Mind's Eye called Fine and Dandy with just the colors I needed! Who knew? So I printed off Lil Birthday Pinkette Faith and got to work.

Ms Faith is colored mostly in Copics with a few Prismacolor Art Markers thrown in. She is fussy cut and mounted with foam squares on top of layers and layers of fun! That sketch is from The Sketchy Challenge (#16), and as soon as I saw it I knew it was a must try! They are also holding a DT call so I thought it might be a good time to try for something new. When one door closes, another one opens, right? Well, I can hope so anyway! Along with the MME designer paper, I've used kraft as my beige as well as Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, and Apricot Appeal card stock from Stampin' Up. A doily, a Tim Holtz adage ticket, some flowers and a few pearl flourishes complete the card. I have to say that I am quite pleased with how she turned out! Not bad for a color combo popular the decade I was born!

And speaking of birthdays.... This pretty miss went straight into the mail to my crafty friend and design team teammate, Kathy Curry! Kathy's delightful work can be seen on her blog, Will Stamp For Wine. Happy Birthday, Kathy, and I hope the card hits your mailbox before this post hits your news feed!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E27, R20, Y35, Y38, YR04, YR07) and Prismacolor Art Markers (143, 198).

I'd also like to enter this creation in the following challenges:
- Celebrate the Occasion: #49 - Anything Goes Birthday
- My Time to Craft: #172 - A is for Adorable
- Birthday Sundaes: #42 - Birthday Card with Sentiment
- The Lily Pad: Patterned Paper

Thanks for the visit and stop back this weekend for the much anticipated Sassy Studio Designs FAN-tastic February release!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsors Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog

Hello, my blogland friends! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! I was lucky enough to be able to have a crafty play date with my good friend, Jazzy T, on Friday. We often do more chatting than card making, but it's all good! This time we discussed her starting up her own blog. She is a talented natural at paper crafting, and I thought it was time she show the world. Please check out her new blog, Wasted Scraps, and leave her some love or become a follower.

I did manage to get a card made, too! Today I'm sharing a creation I made for Tickled Pink Stamps' sponsorship of the Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog. The theme is Valentines. I have used one of the adorable Lil Haunting images from their Lil Pinkette collection. Her name is Fairy Coraline and I love how versatile she is! I have used her for Halloween and Christmas already and now here she as a sweet Valentine. She is colored with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers. I seem to love to fussy cut my images and have done that here before using some foam squares to pop her up. This fabulous paper is called Union Square from Michaels' Recollections line. I loved the sentiment printed on this sheet and knew I wanted to use it as my background. The striped strip is from a DCWV stack called Downtown Loft. Her wings are coated with copper Stickles, and I've added a distressed doily plus some flowers and pearl flourishes from my stash. The XO is a Making Memories brad.

Please head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what my amazing teamies have to share with you! And if you want to play along for your chance to win a fabulous Tickled Pink Stamps prize, link your Valentines project over at Paper Sundaes!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E13, E15, E31, E25, E27, E34, R27, R29, R20) and Prismacolor Art Markers (150, 151, 152).

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges as well:
- Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: #117 - Things with Wings
- Crafty Purple Frog Challenge: Valentine's Day/Show Us Some Love

- Paper Pretties Monday Challenge: Create a Valentines Project
- Truly Madly Crafty Challenges: January - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Sunday!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Pinkettes in Review - Coraline

Hello, blogland! I'm sorry I've been so quiet this week! I have no excuse except to say that I caught up on some housework, spent quality snuggle time with my small man, and have started on Christmas preparations! A few presents have been purchased, the tree is up (though not decorated yet), and last night my son had his pictures taken with Santa! Okay, so I had to bribe him with a new Hot Wheels car to get him to cooperate, but a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do, right?! lol I am officially in the spirit and ready to tackle Thanksgiving next week! Except now I have projects piling up and deadlines looming so I'd better start sitting my crafty a$$ down at my scrap desk every night! lol And that is just what I did to finish this fun, festive holiday card to show you!

Tickled Pink Stamps has some fabulous images, as you know, and one of their collections is the Lil Pinkettes! With a new year, and new releases, fast approaching we wanted to take some time to do a {PINK} review with you! We want to make sure you didn't miss an image you love so the Pinkette design team members each selected their favorite to show you this month. For November we were to chose from August, Coraline, or Pippa! I think these are my three favorites so it was hard to decide, but when it came down to it I selected Lil Haunting Pinkette Fairy Coraline. And would you look what I did with her? I made her a Christmas fairy! Just to illustrate how versatile these adorable images are!

I love sketches! So how could I resist Kellie's beaut that she created for this week's Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge?! It wasn't my team's week to post a creation so I decided to use it for this project instead. Papers are from a retired Stampin' Up collection called Holiday Treasures. A little dry embossing, a few of my usual embellies (flowers, pearls, and a snowflake charm) plus some Stickles on her wings make this fairy deck the halls ready!

Be sure to head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what gorgeous things my immensely talented and awe-inspiring team mates have shared with us!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous weekend planned!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 3 - Lil Party Pinkette Pippa

Meet Lil Party Pinkette Pippa! She is the third image in the collection from Tickled Pink Stamps to help celebrate their 2nd birthday! Artist Stephanie Corfee has done an amazing job on these sweet, adorable Lil ladies! They are all dressed up and ready to party!

For my card I selected this month's sketch from Crafting Life's Pieces. Sketch 41 has lots of layers and it took me a bit to get it just so, but I think the results were worth the effort. I had a crafty play date last night with my friend Jasmine, and she helped select the lace and metal corner embellishments. *Thanks, Jas!* The card stock is Stampin' Up and the glitter papers are from the Deena's Penny Lane pad from My Mind's Eye. And no card is complete without a sprinkling of flowers and a spattering of pearls!

Please head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what my lovely, charming, and talented team mates have whipped up for your viewing pleasure! And if you leave a comment there, you'll be entered in a drawing to win a digi version of Pippa for your own self! ;) So what are you waiting for...? Let's get this party started!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 1 - Lil Party Pinkette Coraline

I'm back with another post as promised! This is to debut to you the FABULOUS new Lil Pinkette collection from Tickled Pink Stamps! There are FOUR brand new, gorgeous images to show you! Today is Day 1 of the previews, and I have Lil Party Pinkette Coraline to show you! Isn't she sweet in her poufy party dress, holding her balloon!? It's October, and I'm still in Halloween mode so I decided it was a Halloween birthday party she is attending. I colored her up with my Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers, using shades of orange and black/gray for her dress. The papers are Stampin' Up and a spook-tacular matstack from DCWV called Ghosts & Goblins. Details include some satin ribbon embellished with a vintage looking button and baker's twine, a creep-tastic flower arrangement, and a bit of black rhinestone bling. The spider web border was made using a Martha Stewart punch. The sketch is from Mojo Monday, (#209) and I've rotated it to accommodate my image.

My card is also for this week's Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge! The theme this week is #40 - ANYTHING GOES! The only requirement is that you use a Tickled Pink Stamps image to participate. These include the following collection found in the TPS online store: Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherrie.

I'd also like to enter this in the current Digital Tuesday Challenge, which is "We Like To Party". They want to see you link up creations for any kind of celebration (birthday, anniversary, wedding, holiday). The only other requirement is that you use a digital element. My image is the digi version.

So please make a visit to both the Tickled Pink Stamps blog and the TPSC blog to see what my teamies have dreamed up for the preview and for the challenge! I am on two teams that are just bursting with creativity and talent so you won't want to miss a single gorgeous creation from these {PINK} ladies!

Thanks again for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous day!

{hugs}
Regan

PS I will be back later tonight with a post to announce the winner of my Lil Hauntings Pinkette Halloween blog candy!

Halloween Blog Candy: Tickled Pink Stamps

BLOG CANDY!!!
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This post will stay at the top until October 4th!!!

As many of you know, I am absolutely GAGA about Halloween! So when I was offered a very generous Halloween themed blog candy courtesy of the owner of Tickled Pink Stamps, Kellie Winnell, I was delighted!!!

Kellie has donated one complete set of Lil Pinkette Hauntings in unmounted red rubber for me to give away any "witch" way my heart desires! That's right.... Four adorable and frightfully fun rubber stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Pinkette collection could be yours just in time to make some Halloween cards, scrapbook the kids costume photos or even make super cute cards for any occasion for the kiddos in your life! Because I'm a little wicked, there are a few things you must do to join in. Don't worry - they don't involve bat's breath or wolfsbane or even Love Potion #9. All you have to do is:

1. Be a follower. If you're not already a follower, sign up to be. I love my followers and appreciate each and every one!
2. Add your name to the InLinks collection below. One entry per person please.
3. Though it's not required, if you choose share this candy in your side bar and/or write a post about it on our own blog you can link your name a second time. Simply add "SB" after your name when you add it with the linky tool.
4. Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite Halloween memory is! If you don't celebrate Halloween you can tell me what Halloween tradition sounds the most fun to you and why!

And that's it! You'll be eligible for the random draw on Wednesday, October 5th. Kellie will mail your prize directly to you if you are the lucky winner! Be sure to check out all the fabulous products that Tickled Pink Stamps has to offer! You can browse the online store here!

Good luck and Happy Halloween from charmedstamping and Tickled Pink Stamps!

{hugs}
Regan

Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Charity

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I'm here to tell you about a special release from Tickled Pink Stamps. This is Charity, a Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette. She will be available in the Tickled Pink Stamps online store as of October 4th. She's only going to be available for a limited time, and for the month of October she will just be $1, with all proceeds being donated to Pink Ribbon Day. Hope, along with Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Hope, who we previewed yesterday, and Lil Lolita Lilith (plus matching sentiments) will all be raising money for this worthy cause.

I've used Sketch #7 (Erica's sketch) from Pink {INK} Sketch Challenges as the layout for my card. I hope you will head over to the TPS blog to see what the other {PINK}ette gals have created for you!

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! Think {PINK}!!!

{hugs}
Regan

Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Hope

Today is the 1st day of October and that means the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I'm here to tell you about a special release from Tickled Pink Stamps. This is Hope, a Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette. She will be available in the Tickled Pink Stamps online store as of October 4th. She's only going to be available for a limited time, and for the month of October she will just be $1, with all proceeds being donated to Pink Ribbon Day. Hope, along with Pink Ribbon Lil Pinkette Charity and Lil Lolita Lilith (plus matching sentiments) will all be raising money for this worthy cause.

Tickled Pink Stamps is also sponsoring Sketch Saturday this week, and I've used the fabulous layout for my card. I hope you will head over to the TPS blog to see what the other {PINK}ette gals have created for you!

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! Think {PINK}!!!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #39 - Winter

Good morning! It's been a busy posting week for me already! I hope you were able to check out my fun post from yesterday and entered for a chance to win my Halloween blog candy. Today I'm here to tell you about a new Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge. The theme is Winter. It's still feeling more like Summer here, even though Fall officially started last week, but this is New England I'm sure it will be snowing before long! lol

For my card, I used Lil Christmas Pinkette August (digi version). Isn't she the sweetest? I think she may be my favorite of all the Pinkettes! (But shhhh, don't tell the others this!) I wanted my card to have a "chilly" look so I went with a completely blue and white color scheme with the exception of her hair and skin. She is colored with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers and then cut out with my Labels Three Nesties. The papers are from a now retired Stampin' Up collection called Ski Slope. I love this paper, and I'm slowly using it up. I'll be sad when it's gone! I had a little fun with my flowers, layering them with a snowflake brad and a pearl. I embossed one panel with my Cuttlebug snowflakes folder, and the Martha Stewart border punch is called Icicles. I added some glitter to the tips of the "icicles" and also used my Clear Star Gelly Roll glitter pen to highlight the blustery flourishes on the image.

I would like to enter this creation in the following challenges:

• Crafting Life's Pieces: Sketch 40
  
• Digital Tuesday Challenge : #130 - Blue and White
• Anything Goes Challenge Blog - #50 - Anything Goes
  

Be sure to head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge blog to see what the rest of the lovely {PINK} challenge girls have created! We have some new members just coming on board so you'll want to give them a big {PINK} welcome and show them some love!

And then of course you'll want to break out your Tickled Pink Stamps images and play along! Remember that one is required to participate in this challenge. These include Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherrie, all of which can be found in the Tickled Pink Stamps online shop here. Owner Kellie will be offering all of the fabulous TPS images for purchase as digis for the entire month of October (instead of just for one week) so be sure to check in then to get yours. There will also be a special release for charity on October 1st. Some special new images will be available for only a $1 each, with all proceeds going to Pink Ribbon Day.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you'll leave me a comment to let me know you've been. Have a fabulous day and Think {PINK}!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 3 - Lil Christmas Pinkette Faith and TPSC - RIP

And I'm back with another dual purpose creation! This one is a preview of Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Christmas Pinkette Faith (isn't she darling?) as well as my design team card for the new Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge that starts today, which is RIP. No, not rest in pieces, er peace! Although I'm sure if you wanted to interrupt it that way that would be fine too! lol Especially since I love Halloween! We want to literally see you rip something. I ripped my sheet music designer paper and sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. The sketch is from Get Hippity With Ippity (#5) which I discovered through Feline Playful.

Pop on over to both TPS blogs to see the gorgeous projects from my teamies and so you can play along! By commenting on Ms Faith on the TPS blog you are entered for a chance to win her for your very own! And we hope to see you play along over at TPSC. Remember, you MUST use a Tickled Pink Stamps image from one of the following lines for these challenges: Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherrie.

Thanks again for having a look at my work. I love hearing from you so I hope you'll leave me a comment to say "hi" before you go!

Enjoy your day!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 6 Spinks and Spooks Collection - Lil Pinkette Haunting Pirate Patrick

Welcome to Day 6 of the Tickled Pink Stamps Spinks and Spooks Collection preview extravaganza! What do you think so far? I adore Halloween so I am in my glory with this release! Only two more previews left and then you'll be able to own these spook-tacular images for your very own! And bonus! Digi Days start on the 15th of every month, which is the day these get released so you'll have your choice of rubbber or digital!

Today we are featuring Lil Haunting Pirate Patrick from the Lil Pinkette line. He looks very dashing with his eye patch and goatee! I happen to love pirate themed images so I was excited to see him! He is colored in my usual manner - Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers - and popped up on 3D dots above the treasure map and netting. I used papers from My Mind's Eye and raided my stash of embellies to see what I could use. I ended up with a couple of vintage looking brads and one shaped like an anchor. I used just a piece of a rhinestone flourish and put black rhinestones around the circle mat I cut with my Nesties to give the look of a portal. All of the Kraft layers are edge distressed and sponged to give them an aged look. The sentiment is from an Inkadinkado mini set I've had for a couple of years now and never used. It's always so much fun to find the perfect thing you were looking for in your stash, though! So next time someone asks me why I'm buying something, I'll just smile knowingly. Because even if an immediate use isn't apparent, I know it'll come in handy someday!

My layout is sketch #67 from Sunday Sketch & Stamp. This challenge runs for two weeks so you still have plenty of time to play along if you are so inclined.

You WILL want to head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog and check out the rest of the design teams amazing creations! Plus as always, Kellie, the very generous owner of TPS, has a prize up for grabs and all you have to do is leave on comment on the preview blog posts! Who knows? You might win your favorite image for free!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous day!

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Lil Haunting Pirate Patrick (Tickled Pink Stamps); Treasure Map -Colored (Tiddly Inks Stamps); Danger sentiment from clear mini stamp set (Inkadinkado)
Ink: printer; Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo (Ranger); Copics; Prismacolor Art Markers
Paper: Basic Black and Kraft card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Halloween Scary Sparkles (My Mind's Eye);
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Decorative Label punch (Stampin' Up); antique brads (Stampin' Up); anchor decorative brad (Recollections); black and white polka dot ribbon (Offray); black rhinestones (Kaiser); black rhinestone flourish (Recollections); decorative net (US Shell Inc); glue dots; 3D dots

Tickled Pink Stamps Preview Day 4 Spinks and Spooks Collection - Lil Pinkette Haunting Fairy Coraline

I couldn't be more excited, except if Halloween were actually here! We are in the midst of previewing the new images from Tickled Pink Stamps for the August release! The Spinks and Spooks collection consists of 2 Lolitas, 2 Lads, and 4 Pinkettes (two of which are boys!) and they are ALL Halloween themed!!! Woo Hoo!

As a member of the Pinkette design team I have the honor of debuting to you Lil Pinkette Haunting Fairy Coraline! Isn't she the sweetest in her fairy costume?!?! You WILL want to take a peek at the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see all the exquisite creations my fellow {Pink}ettes have created! Plus there are prizes to be won! That's right... All you have to do is leave a comment on the TPS blog for your chance to win Fairy Coraline for your very own! While you're at it, check out the other 3 amazing images that have already been previewed: Lil Haunts 2 Zombie Kellita, Lil Pinkette Haunting Robot Timmy, and Lil Haunts 2 Wizard Eric!

I have used the current sketch (#3) from Pink {Ink} Sketch Challenges for my card front layout. I decided to make an easel card because I love them so and thought it would be the cool thing to do. Plus I adore this gorgeous paper from My Mind's Eye and wanted you to be able to see it. My image is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Markers, and her wings have a light coating of Martha Stewart glow-in-the-dark glitter on them. I haven't tested it to see if it really does glow, but even if it doesn't, it adds nice little shimmer to her. I embellished with lace, flowers, Dew Drops, a glitter chipboard flourish from my stash and a Halloween brad.

I had so much fun making this! I know it's only August, but I brought out all my Halloween crafting supplies, and I will be making more Halloween cards ASAP! As a matter of fact, I will be back later this week with yet another Tickled Pink Stamps preview! Thank you for stopping by today and all of your lovely comments are truly appreciated! Hope you have a fabulous day!

{hugs}
Regan

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Haunting Fairy Coraline (Tickled Pink Stamps); Gothic Happy Halloween (savvystamps); Magical Day (Amuse Artstamps)
Ink: printer; Tim Holtz Distress Ink is Antique Linen and Vintage Photo (Ranger); Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, W6, W8, W10); Prismacolor Art Markers (130, 154)
Paper: Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Halloween Scary Sparkle (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Classic Circles and Lacey Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Fancy Tags Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Martha Stewart Iron Gate border and corner punch (EK Success); Halloween Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest); lace (unknown); Halloween brad (Recollections); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); mulberry paper floral embellishments (Recollections); Fabric Fancies floral embellishments (Prima); glitter chipboard flourish sticker (Recollections); Martha Stewart glow-in-the-dark glitter (EK Success); glue pen; glue dots; 3D dots

Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsorship - Paper Sundaes Challenges

I am back with post #3 for the day! I've been a busy girl for it being my birthday! But I have the afternoon to relax if I choose (or I can craft) before the small man and I head off to my birthday dinner with the family. I always choose a Mexican place... I love the stuff!

Anyway, back to my real reason for this post! I'm here to tell you about another sponsorship from Tickled Pink Stamps. This time it is Paper Sundaes Challenges and theme for the week is a sketch (#81 - Alicia's Sketch, seen above). You all know how I adore sketches so how could I not play along? Since I am a Pinkette DT member I chose Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Coraline to work with today. She is so cute with her ladybug shirt, but I have been in a darker mood lately (I have Halloween on the brain! lol). I had seen the creepy bug paper in a Martha Stewart designer paper pad I have in my stash and thought she might make an adorable Goth in training when paired with it. Heehee! So I went with black, gray, and cream only for my color scheme and used the bug paper. Corline is colored with Copics, and I added a little glaze to the magnifying glass lens. The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set called Cute as a Bug. Very fitting, I thought.

Thanks for taking a peek! Be sure to pop on over to the TPS blog to see the details on the sponsorship AND to check out the fabulous previews that are going on now. They are for the amazing new Lil Spinks and Spooks Halloween collection and includes new images from both Lil Lolitas & Lil Lads and Lil Pinkettes! Be sure to leave comments there for your chance to win!

Before you go, just a reminder that I have birthday blog candy you might like to enter your name to win as well!

Have a fabulous day! XXX

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Coraline (Tickled Pink Stamps); Cute as a Bug (Stampin' Up)
Ink: printer; Basic Gray classic ink (Stampin' Up); Copics(E11, E21, E00, R20, W6, W8, W10); Prismacolor Art Markers (209)
Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla card stock (Stampin' Up); Martha Stewart Vampire paper pad (EK Success)
Accessories: Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Labels Nine Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Doodle Parts Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Trinket Pins (Tim Holtz); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); Mulberry paper floral embellishments (Recollections); Glaze pen (Sakura); Clear Star Gelly Roll glitter pen (Sakura); Nightfall adhesive pearls (Queen&Co); black organdy ribbon (Stampin' Up); glue dots; 3D dots

Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsorships

Tickled Pink Stamps is sponsoring three fabulous challenge blogs right now, and I am here to tell you about them! I made a card that incorporates all three of them AND uses a Tickled Pink Stamps image. When Debbie, our fabulous TSP sponsorship coordinator asked for assistance, I happily volunteered to represent the Pinkettes. Isn't she adorable? This is Pippa. She's a little shy and a lot sweet. Those flowers are for you for your birthday, but she's embarrassed by the fuss you're making. They're just flowers, after all, jeesh! lol Lil Pinkette Pippa can be found in the Tickled Pink Stamps store, along with her friends the Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, the Pink Pets, and Cherrie.

Now, on the the sponsorships! The first is the deconstructed sketch #13. I am in love with these and have been playing along for a few weeks now anyway so I jumped at the chance to work with this layout. The other two challenges are Bearly Mine Challenges (Charm the Spots off of You) and Card Makin' Mamas (Birthday).

I have used two designer papers with spots plus a Cuttlebug embossing folder. And my Prima rose has dots on it as well. I also stamped some spots on the edges of my image panel in Orchid Opulence classic ink by Stampin' Up. So I think I have the spots challenge covered. lol I made it a birthday card by incorporating a new $1 "Happy Halloween" banner stamp I bought the other day. I just stamped the "Happy" and cut out the flags then used part of a sentiment from the My Favorite Thing's Who's That Birthday Girl set to finish the birthday greeting.

I am off today so I hope to do a little crafting. Maybe. lol It is supposed to be gorgeous out and it is a rare ME day! Most of the time I am off because my small man is sick or day care is closed or the weather is inclement or we are going somewhere (like our trip to the zoo), but today, after a morning meeting, my son goes with his father, leaving me with 24 hours plus of "off duty" time. I feel a little guilty being off from work and not having him stay with me, but hey, even mommas need time off sometimes too! Besides, not a day has passed since he was born that I haven't seen him. Honestly, I'm not sure I like the idea, though I'm sure it's coming. For now, I'll enjoy a bit of down time then happily greet him on Saturday with hugs and kisses while he squirms and swats at me, giggling and saying "Go!" Too cute!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card (and for tolerating my ramblings!). Hope you have a fantastic Friday!

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Pippa (Tickled Pink Stamps); Seeing Spots (Stampin' Up); Who's That Birthday Girl (My Favorite Things); Happy Halloween banner (Studio G)
Ink: printer; Certainly Celery and Sage Shadow Classic ink (Stampin' Up); Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, E04, YG95, E33, E25, E27, Y32, Y35); Prismacolor Art Markers (38, 149, 150, 151, 152, 208)
Paper: Baroque Burgundy, Pale Plum, Orchid Opulence, and Sage Shadow card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Deena's Penny Lane (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Cuttlebug Spots & Dots embossing folder (Provocraft); rhinestone flourish (Recollections); Bella Arte Novelty Roses (Prima); Honeydew baker's twine (The Twinery); glue dots; 3D dots

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #26 - Flowers

Well, I have been fighting with blogger for hours now, but I think I finally have the problem solved... I hope! I've followed all the tips for solving the error I keep getting, including clearing history and cookies. We'll see if it works. So while it's functional, I'm back for my second post of the day with the newest Tickled Pink Stamps challenge. Challenge #26 is all about Flowers! I opted to use some mulberry paper mini roses on my card. My image is Lil Pinkette Coraline from the very first Pinkette release. I paired her with some cupcake paper from The Sweet Stack by DCWV. The sketch is #121 from Card Patterns.

Blogger has given me an error yet again so I am going to keep this post brief in hopes of actually getting it published. If you would like to play along, and check out the other design team creations, visit the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges blog. Remember, only TPS are eligible for these challenges. They include the Lil Lads and Lil Lolitas, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherie. There is also a fabulous prize and this week it's your choice of one rubber or two digital images!

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Coraline (Tickled Pink Stamps)
Ink: printer; Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, E25, E27, E31, 34, Y38); Prismacolor Art Markers (8, 208)
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa, and Creamy Caramel card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); The Sweet Stack (DCWV)
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Dizzy Doily Die-namic (My Favorite Things); Thickers Delight glitter letter chipboard stickers (American Crafts); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); glue dots; 3D dots

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #24 - Sketch

Another quick post to tell you about the new challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges blog! This week's challenge (#24) is a sketch by our own lovely Emma! It was a lot of fun so we hope you'll play along! For my card I selected Lil Pinkette Faith, holding her banner. One of my co-workers has a young daughter who is sick so I decided to make it a Get Well card for her. I think I'll let my other co-workers sign it as well and maybe I'll pick up a little toy to accompany it. I've never met her, but as a mom it breaks my heart to think about how they all must feel and what they must be going through!

Those pretty papers are from a pad called Ancestry.com by K&Company. After I added some lace, pearls, and flowers from my stash I think the resulting card is sweetly vintage.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll leave a comment to say "hello"! This has been a busy week! It's already Thursday, and I find myself behind in my card making yet again. With 2 orders due tomorrow I think we all know what I'll be doing tonight. Plus Father's Day is Sunday and you don't think I've started on those, do you?! Of course not! lol

Have a fabulous day and happy crafting!! XX

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Faith (Tickled Pink Stamps)
Ink: printer; Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, E25, E27, E34); Prismacolor Art Markers (134, 198)
Paper: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Creamy Caramel, and Rose Romance card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Ancestry.com pad (K&Company)
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon (Stampin' Up); pearl adhesive flourish (Recollections); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades - Postcard (Sizzix); lace (unknown); glue dots; 3D dots

Lil Tom Boyz Pinkette Collection Blog Hop Release

Yippeee! It is finally time for the Lil Tom Boyz Pinkette collection from Tickled Pink Stamps to be released! And in honor of that the design team has a blog hop for you. Here are the details:

Start: June 13, 2011
Finish: June 16, 2011
Winners announced : June 17, 2011

I am the last stop on the tour so if you came from Bron's blog, you are on the right track! If not, go back to the beginning with the lovely and talented Amy to make sure you don't miss a thing! When you're done, pop over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog and leave a comment. You know that for Kellie it's not a release unless there are prizes and commenting is how you become eligible for those fabulous goodies! Comments are always welcome on the design team members' blogs as well.... Show them some love when you can! The TPS store is currently down for maintenance, but it will be back up in a couple of days with the Lil Tom Boyz Pinkettes available for purchase as both rubber and digis! June has been declared "Digi Month" at Tickled Pink Stamps so you have until the end of the month to buy all your favorite TPS images as downloads for some instant gratification!

For my release day project I chose Lil Tom Boyz Pinkette Worker August. This is a Father's Day card that I like to call "Like Father, Like Daughter". I used some cork and also a paint swatch which I pilfered from my local Lowe's Home Improvement store. It was hard not to "girlie" it up with bling and flowers and such, but since it's for a dad I showed some restraint to keep it as masculine looking as I could.

Thanks for stopping by.... Happy Hopping! XX

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Worker August (Tickled Pink Stamps); circle Father's Day sentiment (unknown freebie)
Ink: printer; Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, Y38, E15, E31, E33, E34); Prismacolor Art Markers (109, 198)
Paper: Really Rust and Baja Breeze card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); The Guy Stack (DCWV); Denim designer paper (Paper Pizazz); paint swatch
Accessories: Classic Circle Nestabilities and Fancy Tags Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); adhesive cork (Karen Foster Design); silver screw brads (Recollections); 3D dots