A Prettie Birthday Wish (Twilight Inspired!), a Sketch, and a Fond Farewell...

Hey everyone!

I've never done this before but I am "double-teaming" for this post today...literally! LOL! So, if you've just "landed" here from Charmaine's blog, thanks for coming and I have a funny story for you:
I don't know how this happened, but I have a card for you today that is not only for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge, brought to you by the FABULOUS "Mercy's Muses" sketch team, but I also have a Prettie Birthday wish for our girl Jackie Pedro a.k.a. " Officer J"...who is not only a Prettie Girl, but a MUSE too! How bout that for a double dose of Birthday wishes!!!

Are y'all confused? LOL I kind of am-I know it's totally normal to combine challenges but it wasn't til I sat down to write this that I went, 'huh'...there are TWO teams here!

That being said, before I get to the sketch, and all that jazz, I do have some news. This will be my last post as a Prettie Girl (what does that make me now? LOL!) with Paper Pretties. I am finished designing for this AMAZING team as of today and I want to bid my fellow Prettie Girls, including our Prettie Mama, Christie, a very, very fond farewell.

I am so glad I met this truly amazing group of women and am so grateful for the lasting friendships I've made, and well, you know my heart will always be with little Sophia! In fact, be sure to check out the HUGE September release that will be coming your way in the form of sneak peeks in just a few days! I am going to try to come to the party still on the 1st (it's my Mom's birthday but I hope to squeeze in a Prettie Pajama party!) and hope you will too.

Now, onto our Prettie Birthday hop for the BIRTHDAY GIRL! If you've EVER been to Jackie's UBER FABULOUS BLOG, you'll know that she's as sweet as she is talented...and that speaks VOLUMES! You might also know she is a HUGE fan of Twilight! Yep, her neck belongs to Edward (along with a few million others we know, right? LOL!) SOooooo, we couldn't do a birthday hop WITHOUT it being 'Twilight Inspired", so our cards are all Red, White, and Black! And is this "Fictionally Inspired" stamp set from Artful Inkables not PERFECT for this? It totally looks like Sophia is making a wish and dreaming of Edward, right girls? ;)

I'm sorry that the pic is blurry-I was going to retake it but I've been having MAJOR issues w/ Mozilla still and can't see pics and accidentally uploaded the wrong one and deleted the right one!
Our next stop on the Hop is the BIRTHDAY GIRL HERSELF! Please show some looooove for our girl Jackie!

When you've done that, be sure to stop by the FANTASTICAL Mercy's Muses Sketch Team! They are:
Cindy Haffner
Crystal Birr
Jackie Pedro
Jessica Diedrich
Julie Lacey
Pam Speidel
Pam Varnell

our FABULOUS Guest MUSE, Shannan Teubner!

We'd love for you to play along this week with Mercy's Tuesday sketch! Be sure to leave a comment on Mercy's blog letting us know you played and use MTSC36 as this week's keyword! There were some AWESOME submissions this past week and we are so glad that you are enjoying he sketches as much as we are!

Well, thanks for stopping by and reading this SUPER long post and hopefully either way, you're not confoozed :D I guess it's a safe bet to say that no matter WHERE you came from or where you're headed, please stop by Jackie's blog and leave her some luuuuuuurve today!