Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Makin' a Splash...


Hello all my Prettie friends...
Two weeks ago, Jules challenged us Prettie Girls to create a card using the sketch shown here. I love a sketch challenge, so this was fun for me.

I also missed hangin' w/ my fellow Prettie Girls last week as I was on vaca and couldn't do the challenge, so it's nice to be back in the game! I was especially excited to use the BRAND NEW "Splish Splash" Sophia! She is the stamp of the Month over at Paper Pretties for May. Isn't she sweet as can be? She somehow reminds me of my little one too even though they look NOTHING alike :) At any rate I LOVE her!
Now, I have to admit I did this card w/out looking closely enough at the sketch and I sort of forgot about the scalloped sides, but that's the beauty of a sketch right? You don't ALWAYS have to follow it to a 't"...LOL. Well, at any rate I had a great time getting back into the Pretties game...and it was fun to "make a splash" right back into my weekly challenges with my friends and fellow DT. :)

Have you SEEN the adorable new Stamp Storage Binders over at Paper Pretties, too? I am in LOVE! They are BEAUTIFUL! I had no idea when Christie mentioned that she would be carrying them how absolutely wonderful they would turn out! They are embossed with my FAVORITE Sophia of all time, Flutter by, and come in Pink or Celery. They hold up to TEN pages of storage, too! Check out the Paper Clip at THIS post for inside views of the binder and to see ALL the cuteness! I'm so excited they are for sale!

Lots of fun stuff going on this month over at Paper Pretties! Don't forget to check out our weekly challenges, too, for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the boutique! The challenges are posted weekly on the forum and also on the Paper Clip.

Well, that's about all for today but I'll see you all soon! Check out the rest of my Prettie Peeps to see what they came up with using Julie's sketch!

Have a great day!
Jessica :)

21 comments:

kadie said...

Oh I LOVE this little cutie!! And what awesome colors. I really love the way you did the ribbon and the use of the jewel dots too!

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh sweet, I love that background paper, adorable.

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Oh how adorable, Jessica! Look at Sophia in her adorable brown suit! So cute!

~*Joni said...

She's adorable! Look at this sweet image! I love what you did with the sketch Jessica, the bow is absolutely beautiful and compliments the DP so well. :D

StampOwl said...

ohhhhhh I almost colored Sophie's bikini's brown today too hehe ... fabulous card

Heather said...

Jess this is totally adorable! Great card!

Christi Flores said...

Adorable! I love that dp and how you did the bow and bling! Beautiful!!

Jackie Pedro said...

That DP is perfect with this image, Jessica!! I hope you had a great vacation!!!

WickedPixie said...

SO cute! I love the paper with this, and how you did the bow...Cool! :-) Traci

Mephisto said...

Wow, thats so a sweet Image and a nice Card with it.

Domi

Jana Weaver said...

LOVE how her suit matches the paper so well...great job!!!

Danni said...

What a great card! Love all of it! So fun!

Michelle said...

Hi Jessica - I know Danni, Janna & Heather and decided to check out your blog. You do some amazing work! Love your card and that ribbon bow is awesome! Love all the bling to - you can't have too much of it!

Jodi Collins said...

YIKES! Holy CANNOLI girlie! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! The colors, the paper, your coloring, the bow...sigh...this is AWESOME-ness!!! Missed ya at the part-ay!

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

oh my... you guys!!! :-)
thank you so so much sweetie xxxx
my heart is still fluttering :-)

your card for today is just super cute. Love love your coloring and i agree with Jodi.. that bow is amazing.
now i must check out yoru link for the Binders .. that sound really like a neat thing to have

hugs and happy Easter!

christie said...

So cute Jess! I love how you made her look like she already hit the water!

Elena said...

Your card is adorable, Jessica! You don't need to follow the sketch, it is your creativity! And I like it!

MichelleO said...

I love this, how fun! Wonderful coloring, just a perfect card!
HUGS
MichelleO

Heather Schlatter said...

O.K. well first of all and you know I have to say it, but does any summer card really appropriatly need to have brown in it??? I am not sure it fits at all!!!

LOL

Now onto the rest that image is totally adorable and I love your coloring even despite that aweful color you just had to use!!!

LOL

Your card is great Jess as long as I have my glasses on!!!

Heather

Jessie/knightrone said...

This is so cute Jess!!

Janna said...

Okay so I adore this card! I mean seriously adore it!!! the colors are awesome and I love what you did with the layout! The extra bling and the beautiful coloring blow me away! But that paper! so, so awesome!!! You rock!

Smiles,
janna