My Beary Best

Flutterby Wednesday is back with everyone's favorite, an OPEN Challenge - just remember to use a butterfly or fairy on your creation!  To celebrate we are kicking things off with a Blog Hop featuring the new design team.  You should have arrived here from the ever talented Kristie's blog.  If not start at the Flutterby Wednesday blog so you don't miss any of the fluttery goodness!

For my card I have used an image by Saturated Canary called Butterfly Princess.  My coloring skills don't do this gorgeous image anywhere near justice, but she's still beautiful.  I love coloring in monochromatic neutral tones and adding a splash of color.  I used warm gray copic markers and R08 for the red bits.  If you look closely, you can see the sparkle on her hair, the red accents and even on the butterflies in the designer paper that I added with a clear spica glitter pen.  {grin - I love sparkle!}

Time to see what treat you'll find on Tara's blog next!

Thanks for fluttering by!


Challenges Entered: Sketches by Carly #62 using Sketch #4, Saturated Canary #23 Great Outdoors
Digi Stamp: Butterfly Princess by Saturated Canary
Ink: Printer
Paper: Basic Black, Rocket Red, Neenah Solar White, Authentique Carefree DSP
Accessories: SU! Photo Corner Punch, MS Butterfly Punch, Spica Clear Glitter Pen, Bling, Copic Markers Warm Gray tones, R08, BG0000

It's time for the first Flutterby Wednesday Challenge of the New Year - Happy 2012, everyone! Thanks so much to all of you who played along in our December Challenge - we loved seeing your creations. {grin}  We want to welcome four new members to the Flutterby Design Team - Karen, Leanne, Lynette and Suzanne - you're going to be wow'd by their work! 

And to start off the new year with some fun inspiration for you, the Flutterby Team has put together a little blog hop for you.  You should have arrived here from the FBW Blog {you really need to check it out because there's a prize this week!}


Stamps: Silhouette Butterfly digi by Bugaboo Stamps
Ink: Printer
Paper: Neenah Solar White, GKD Black Onyx, Echo Park Be Mine DP
Accessories: Xyron, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Copic Markers

Today is Katie Cotton's 30th Birthday ~ Happy Birthday Katie!  We are sending her lots of birthday wishes with a little blog hop! {see list below}  Then, be sure to stop by the PMS blog where you can link your own birthday card to Katie and keep the celebration going!  {wink}

I have used the PMS colors of pink and gray with Dandy Wishes on my card and lots of shimmer and sparkle!  {grin}  May all your birthday wishes come true, Katie!
 

Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Colorbox Pigment Silver, Stazon Jet Black
Paper: SU! Brushed Silver, MFP Pink Freeze Sparkle
Accessories: Pearls, May Arts Ribbon, Cuttlebug EF, Circle Nesties, Iridescent Ice EP
Challenges: SC338, WT328, IC290 Sundance, Speedy the Cat #61 Sparkle

Actually, this Moody Girl is called Moody for Music, but doesn't she look great with these summery yellow papers?  {wink}   Paper Makeup Stamps is celebrating summer with a Blog Hop and links for all the Makeup Artists are below for your convenience. 

I love coloring an image in monochromatic grays and then setting it off with a bright color.  I've used papers from Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket and A Walk in the Park by Echo Park.  The Kasiercraft Flowers and Opaline Pearls can be found in the PMS Store too!  The sentiment is one of many from Little Moments.

1. PMS blog         2. Lisa M           3. Andrea
4. Tangii              5. Stephanie       6. Tina
7. Katie                8. Dawn             9. Randee
10. Lisa K          11. Jami             12. Anita
13. Michelle       14. Ginger         15. Shaela

I'm so glad for your visit and hope you enjoy all the summer inspiration from Paper Makeup Stamps today!

Stamps: Moody for Music and Little Moments by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: GKD Pure Luxury White and Black Onyx, Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket, A Walk in the Park by Echo Park
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers N0, N2, N4, N6, N8; Marth Stewart Punch, Kasiercraft Cream Flowers, Opaline Pearls, Dimensional Tape, Stardust Glitter Pen
Challenges: SC330, FS226, Corrosive #119 Summer Colors  

Welcome to my spot in the "Fluttering into 2011 Hop". The Flutterby Wednesday Challenge is back from our holiday break and you should have fluttered here from Jennie's blog. If not, you'll want to start at Flutterby Wednesday and take a peek at all the fluttery goodness there is to see along the way today! {wink} And we want to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of the Flutterby Team: Kristie, Anna, Peggy and Jennie!

This week's challenge is everyone's favorite, an OPEN one! Just remember to have your butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. My butterfly image today is from a new stamp that my parents gave me for Christmas. I've wanted to try bleaching an image for awhile now. I embossed the butterfly in black on brilliant blue cardstock and used a small paintbrush to "paint" it with bleach. I just love how the brilliant blue faded to an aqua color that matches baja breeze pretty well. And I painted it a little unevenly to vary the color a bit in the wings.

Now you have one more fluttery stop to make - that of our Flutterby leader herself - Danni!



Stamps: Butterfly (unknown), Everyday Thanks by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Baja Breeze, Basic Black
Ink: Colorbox Pigment Black
Accessories: Lacey Circle Nestie, Circle Nesties, Cuttlebug Oriental Weave EF, Black EP, bleach, paint brush, Basic Grey Aqua Pearls
Challenges: Daily Dare 12 days of Christms DD12days10

Today we are having a SURPRISE blog hop for our fellow Makeup Artist Ginger to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her baby boy. If you arrived here from Katie's blog you're on the right track. If not, you can head on over to the PMS Blog and start from the beginning.

Having two sons myself, I know how popular dinosaurs are with little boys. I just {heart} this sentiment from Dino Essentials that I paired with Rex who looks like he loves to roar, doesn't he? Congratulations on your expected baby boy, Ginger!

Now it's time to hop on over to Lisa Kind's blog for some more baby goodness! Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all the beary best!



Stamps: Dino Essentials and Rex by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Archaic, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, Textured White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Oval Nestie, Prismacolor Pencils
Challenges: Splitcoast Sketch SC306

Welcome! You're making great progress through the blog hop - only four more stops to go! You should have arrived here from Christi's Altered Ambitions. If not, you'll want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any fabulous samples from our Makeup Artists. AND don't forget that you can collect letters along the way to spell out a discount code for 15% off the new release {yay!}


Here's my card featuring Moody for Holly. I just love how her hair frames her face in a festive way. That sweet sentiment is also from this month's release. {wink}

Tonight is our release party in the PMS Forum starting at 9pm EST. There's always lots of fun chatter and I heard we'll be giving away more at this party than ever before! {cheer} You've gotta love prizes!

Here is your next letter for your discount code and it's time to hop on over to Maria's blog and see what fun creation she has made for you.

Thanks for hopping by and I wish you all the beary best!



Stamps: Moody for Holly and It's Christmas by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: SU! Ski Slope DP, Watercolor Paper, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Colorbox Black Pigment, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Blush Blossom
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, SU! Markers, Aquapainter, Black EP, Circle Nesties
Challenges: SCS Sketch Challenge SC304

Hello! {waving} Welcome to your first stop on Paper Makeup Stamps September Release Blog Hop! My card today features the Pinwheel image that complements the pinwheel-blowing Kat Fairy. I used the cuttlebug candy cane stripe embossing folder on the panels of colored paper. The "Hello!" sentiment is from this month's Little Moments set. For the pinwheel itself, I stamped and colored it three times so I could cut out and layer it for more dimension. Here is a close-up of that.

Today is our fluttery leader's birthday - Happy Birthday Danni! The Flutterby Wednesday Design Team wanted to start her special day off with a Surprise Birthday Blog Hop. Danni is the biggest cheerleader for our team ~ always encouraging with a kind word. And she's a stamping dynamo ~ have you seen how many fabulous cards she posts on her blog every week? And I totally {heart} how she takes the time to explain anything new she tries on her creations which inspires me to try something new too! Thanks Danni for being a fun and caring leader - I love your Flutterby Wednesday Challenge and I'm so happy and honored to be part of your team. {mwah!}

Anyone who follows Danni's work knows that some of her favorite things are butterflies, the color pink and sparkle, so I made sure my birthday card for her has all three! {grin} The paper is from the DCWV Butterflies and Blossoms pack. The plaid one already has glittery stripes running through it. The polka dot one that I used for the butterfly die-cut is all edged with stickles, b/c the butterfly just had to sparkle too, KWIM?

Here is the rest of the line-up for Danni's Birthday Blog Hop. When you're finished hopping be sure to stop by the birthday girl's blog too and wish her the happiest of birthdays.

Nancy

Jodi

Randi WS

Harriet

Randi

Michelle

Thanks for fluttering by and celebrating Danni's Birthday with us. And Danni, may all your dreams come true!



Stamps: Birthday Cheer by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Whisper White, DCWV Butterflies & Blossoms DP
Ink: Pink Passion
Accessories: Stickles, Cuttlebug Butterfly Die-Cut & Embossing Folder, Lacey Circle Nestie, SU! Ribbon

Lisa McKinney is one of the Makeup Artists for Paper Makeup Stamps and she is expecting a baby boy - like any day now! Today the design team is throwing a {surprise} baby shower blog hop for Lisa - Hi Lisa! {waving}. You should have arrived here from Randee's blog. If not, you'll want to go to the PMS blog and start hopping with us from the beginning so you don't miss any of the fun cards today. {wink}

I could not resist using Teddy for my card today. With my user name being {mybearybest}, this little boy fairy holding his teddy bear is just too perfect for my card for Lisa. I paired him with one of the sentiments from the new Cutie Critter Sayings set. I colored Teddy with my copic markers and added buttons to match the bear's eyes. The striped paper is from a DCWV All About Boys pack.

Now it's time to hop on over to Maria's blog and see what baby shower surprises she has to show everyone. Congrats on being in the home stretch, Lisa - I'm looking forward to the announcement of your baby boy's safe arrival. {grin}

Blessings,



Stamps: Teddy fairy and Cutie Critter Sayings from Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Chocolate Chip, DCWV All About Boys DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Night of Navy
Accessories: Copic Markers, Nesties Labels Twelve, Spica Glitter Pens, Buttons, Twine, Grosgrain Ribbon, dimensionals

Caffinated Cropper is having a customer blog hop today! You should have arrived here from Emily's blog. If not, you'll want to go back to the beginning and start at Caffinated Cropper. Be sure to leave comments at every stop along the way and then again back at Caffinated Cropper because one lucky person is going to win a mini kit just for commenting! Woo-hoo!

My card uses items from the Birds of a Feather kit. Melody (my favorite Paper Makeup Stamps fairy) and the sentiment "With a Smile and a Song" are stamps that come with it. I colored Melody with prismacolor pencils and baby oil to match this beautiful designer paper from the Birds of a Feather packet. Her wings, belt, shoes and music notes are all sparkly from a clear spica glitter pen, you just can't see it in my photo well. I used the nestie Labels Four to cut out Melody and a second of the same shape in the darker paper so that I could add accents with the same corner shape on my card. The music notes were made with a Cuttlebug die. The little flower was one of the many, many accessories that come in this fantastic kit! The saying is emobossed in white to make it stand out and add texture.