"PINK or BLUE??? "

OR is "1 or 2" a better question!?

That was my experience!

We had the nursery completely finished for 1 baby...

and then we discovered "the stowaway"!

With 1 we were going to be "surprised"-(HA-they surprised us!)

After 2 weeks of 'not knowing' we decided toooooo much yellow and green would not be a good thing! Funny, how out of the 3 combinations the girl/girl really never occurred to us; although we had 2 girl names. And so it was Sienna and Sierra; PURPLE & Pink. (to this day Sierra remains THE Pink child!

Round two; "pink or blue" didn't hold a candle to "1 or 2"...the answer was 1 and blue (well his eyes are blue- but he fancies YELLOW!

Family complete!

However, yours might not be, with babies being born daily...

allow me to introduce today's highly functional

PAPER PRETTIES Monday Whatnots...

(What's not to LOVE!?)

Pink or Blue digi by ARTish

Night Night Baby digi by ARTish




and...

Happy Baby digi by ARTish
Super adorable for Baby showers, Birthday cards,

New mom encouragement cards, and embellishments for your scrapbook layouts!

I created a card inspired by the Sweet Sunday Sketch Sketch 93...

ta da...

Mr. Stork will be flying them into these challenges also:
Anyone for AnyaVintage White
Paper Sundaestopping bar: PUNCHES & RIBBON
Digis With AttitudeRecipe #6 Sparkle, Ribbon, 2 p.p.
*my choice of p.p. is minimal, yet there! using a standard hole punch I punched out circles from Basic Grey Periphery: champagne, and blanco and placed them under the pearls on the fabric pouch...

Using the double punch method, I made a plethora of heart outlines...

To most it may just look like a mat, to me it is a reminder of how delicate a heart can be, mine that was in "perfect cardio" health failed after the girlies were born; due to the pregnancy: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. I almost took flight as an angel leaving Sean alone with our two beautiful girls. So many prayers were answered. It was a slow process but my heart went from an ejection/fraction of 22 (not really pumping) to good as new in a few years...because I had THE best medicine...the love of a child twice over!

assembled them together in an overlapping formation to create a most lovely mat...(pictured right-side down; very sparkly on top)

'vintage' pearl buttons...

The remainder of the punchfest was a pile of hearts turned cushy cloud...




Chances are if a stork lands he might leave a feather...

ribbon flower...



Fly on over to PAPER PRETTIES to get your ARTish digis!

And be sure you stop and tell your babies; pink, blue, 1 or 2...just how much you LOVE them.



So blessed ,

Paper Pretties November Release Blog Hop...

We are like kangaroos over at Paper Pretties...
our second HOP in 3 days; if only it burned calories! ;)

(If you're in the correct order you just left Wendy)

I hope you have enjoyed seeing cards made

with the 7 sets being released today...

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Thanks Snow Much Sophia

Sledding Cooper

Surprise Sophia

Get Well Fairy Violet

Best Friends

Skater Zac

Everyday Sentiments

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I had the opportunity to create with "Get Well Fairy Violet"

Here she is in the complete set...

I followed sketch #75 from The Treehouse...

In addition to the sketch

my inspiration came from the following challenges...

Colour Create challenge-57-black-mint-green-gold-cream
Cute Card ThursdayAnything goes
Delightful Challenges Glitter it Up
Freshly Brewed Challenges 2+ pattern papers
Flutter by Wednesdays Window card +fairy

to create this "Hope You Feel Better Soon"card...

So glittery...

The interior...
and the layers...
Thank you for hopping along with us; you are almost at the finish line...

time to visit Heather

Thank you very much...

Give Thanks!

It's a wonderful thing to have a grateful heart. And so easy to be swept along by the crazy pace of life sometimes, that it truly takes effort to stop and GIVE THANKS. Whether it be to your spouse for all the things they do, to your children, your parents, your bestest friends that you can see or the special ones that are only a key stroke away, maybe it is for the color of the sky, or the unexpected butterfly in November... take a moment to Give Thanks...it does your heart good.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching! (Which in turn means wedding bells for my mommy and Mr. Bill are right around the corner)...So thankful they found each other!

My card for The Pixie Cottage this Wednesday...

uses one of my new images...

Give Thanks digi by ARTish

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #44

provides you with the option of using this fabulous sketch

and or limiting your color palette to two colors!

After you create your new project link back to The Pixie Cottage Challenge #44

for a chance to win Pixie Cottage Stamps !

I utilized the sketch and the traditional colors of Thanksgiving... Orange and Brown...

ARtishtically shiny nose of course...
Fall flower mat...

One of those unexpected Butterflies...

If you know me well, I more often than not say "merci" en lieu of "thanks"...

...for taking the time to see my latest creations.

I am thankful for you!

Hop Along with PAPER PRETTIES...

as we celebrate 4 new digis from Monday's Weekly Whatnot release,

7 new clear sets,

and Jennifer's Birthday!

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jennifer!!)

If you are Hopping... I am the first stop after Paper Pretties

(there are bound to be directions there ;) )

next you will go to... CINDY"

and then on down the trail...

Frances

Jackie

Jana

Jane

Jessica

Pam

Wendy

Heather
Jennifer (the birthday girl!)

Happy Hoppin'!

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For a smoother form of movement this little guy has the right idea!

(if I had know there was Starbucks in the ski lodge, several years,

ago I would've skied faster!!!)

Allow me to introduce...
Swisserland digi by ARTish



His 3 Valentine's Day friends are...
L’il Stinker digi by ARTish

Romeo digi by ARTish



and Truffles digi by ARTish



Check in with Paper Pretties every Monday for more adorable digital images by moi!

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As you hop from Blog to Blog see how many of these

new Everyday Sentiments were used!

I heat embossed...

I followed this sketch from Sugar Creek Hollow ...


and the inspiring color palette from Christmas Card Challenge #49's photo...

Also...

One Stitch at a Time Winter
A Spoon Full of Sugar Snow or snowflakes

When you do not own the nesting die-cut shapes...

you get creative when they are implied in a sketch!

Seriously, would you be smiling...

If the weather report was full of snow!

54 nights from now...

This will be the recurring scene in houses all around the world...

Rudolph is bringing his (I mean Santa’s) milk and cookies to these challenges:
Paperworks Co pwco sketch #57
Christmas Card Challenge sweet treat ~chocolate chip cookies & milk
One Stitch at a TimeChristmas

Stampavie Christmas

Bee- Crafty Christmas

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Every Monday at PAPER PRETTIES

we are releasing 2 new ARTish digi images!

We call it Monday Whatnots~ what's not to love

Introducing:

RUDOLPH digi by ARTish

I bet he's thinking people ought to leave Salad for Santa, and the cookies for diligent reindeer that is burning a lot of calories flying all night!

Of course his artishtically nose is shiny!

(along with the glass)

Shhhhh! Don't tell Santa! :)



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Also flying into this week's second Monday Whatnots slot is

ASTRA digi by ARTish

Stay tuned for a creation I have in mind spotlighting her.

for a glimpse of other cards using these images visit PAPER PRETTIES

for previously released Paper Pretties DIGITAL Images

HAPPY creating!