Oh so chic...**Hanna Sneak Peek**

Happy Thursday!! So are you having fun with all these releases this week!? I hope you've enjoyed all the peeks I've been sharing this week - I had a blast making them all!! I've got a couple to share with you today - this first one is of the new "In Vogue" set by Hanna Stamps - omgosh - she is tres chic!!! I knew I had to find some stylin' paper to go with her - so I chose a couple of patterns from the My Mind's Eye out and about stack - the colors in it are perfect for her! This card is for today's Ways to Use it challenge over on SCS - you can view today's challenge here. Today's challenge is ways to layer embellies - so I layered up my flowers for this card. I love layering flowers - I think it really jazzes them up and it's also a good way to get thru all those lovely bottles of flowers we have lying around so we can buy more, right!? HA HA!! Anywho - I love mixing up my flowers too - so I chose a couple of felt flowers from American Crafts and layered them with a Prima hydrangea. I added a Hero Arts green gemstone for their centers. To create the scene on my card - I first stamped Hanna - masked her - then stamped the storefront window behind her - I cut the scene down using one of my circle nesties to make it look like she's walking away from the store - hmmm...do you think she bought one of those adorable dresses in the window?? LOL!! The sentiment on this card is from the previously released "Things Hanna Would Say" set.

I've got one more to share with you for now - check out this sweet Riley!! He's called good luck Riley - he's my 7 year old DS's new favorite Riley - he's been asking when I am gonna make a card for him with it - so here it is finally! ;) My son just got a speaking part in the elementary school's spring musical in March (he is SO excited about it!!) - so I am gonna tuck this card away to give to him that night. I stamped Riley - colored him in with Copics and cut him out with my circle nesties. To make the four leaf clover - I cut 4 hearts with my nesties and then just arranged them to make a clover! The sentiment was done with Doodlebug Simply Sweet rub-on letters and the gold shiny cardstock is from the DCWV Metallic Stack. Thanks so much for stopping by - all of these fabulous new sets along with both new Rileys will be releaesed tonight after the Hanna Stamps Release Party over on SCS - it's in the Hanna forum from 9-11 PM - it's always SO much fun - challenges, chatting, prizes - hope to see you there!!!!!

Need to Refresh?? **MFT HOP AROUND THE BLOCK**

Welcome to another fabulous MFT Hop Around the Block!! If you've just happened across my blog and want to go back to the beginning of the blog hop - then hop back over to Kim's blog and start from there. If you are a regular blog reader here - you know how much I LOVE the previously released "Who's That E-girl?" set from MFT - well - I am even more excited about this fabulous new Who's That Girl? set - check out "Digital Girl" - our E-girl has gone from lounging on her couch to sitting at her desk working hard!! Isn't she fab!? She's a sequel to "Who's That E-girl?" and a definite must have - the sentiments that come with her can be interchanged with the sentiments from "Who's That E-girl?" - pretty cool, huh?? Just think of all the ways you can mix and match them! I am dedicating my card for today's hop to all my SCS Release Party friends - we all know that during a release party our best friend is the "F5" key - hee hee...gotta keep "refreshing" to keep up with all the chatter! I made the base of my card a giant "F5" key - it's a 4.25 in. square base. The "F5" letters are die cut. I also used some metallic paper from the DCWV Metallic stack for the card and the punched flowers. My image was colored in with Copics and her dress was paper pieced with paper from the MFT Houndstooth Digi Paper pak - I printed it in a 5 X 7 size so that they pattern was scaled down for my image - another great thing about the digi paper!! I even pieced on a black belt for her dress - hee hee...I was tempted to add more to this card - but just love the "sleekness" of it and decided to leave it as is - I hope you like it too!! For more fabulous MFT eye candy - continue your "Hop Around the Block" at Christina's blog - enjoy!!! And as always...

My Favorite Things (http://www.mftstamps.com/) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, Februray 4th from 9-10 p.m. EST. This month there are THREE new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is GOING DIGITAL!

Head over to the MFT forum on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night!!!

You're Busted!! **Hanna Sneak Peeks**

**NOTE**: IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE BLING 'BET BOUNCE - THEN PLEASE SCROLL DOWN ONE POST AND CONTINUE "BOUNCING" FROM THERE!! ;)

You're busted!! Hee hee...I am just lovin' the new Hanna Stamps "Busted" set being released this Thursday night after the release party over on SCS. Isn't she simply fabulous!? That skirt!! Those boots!! For this card - I stamped the main Hanna image from the set - then masked her and stamped the "Lock-Up" image behind her and drew in some extra jail cell bars around her with a Copic multiliner pen. The image was colored in with Copics. I made some more jail cell bars for my card by using strips of paper from the DCWV Metallic Stack and silver brads. The sentiment is from this set as well...and want a completely different look with this set?? Check out this sweet creation made with the same set...

I made this card with the 2 donut images that come in the "Busted" set. One of my favorite things about the Hanna sets are all those cool "extra" images that come in the sets - they can really make all your Hanna sets extra-versatile! I stamped my donuts (which - btw - look like my fave Dunkin' Donuts) - cut them out using circle nesties and then colored them in with Copics. The pink panel was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. The decorative border on the bottom of the card was made using the Martha Stewart Lace Doily edge punch. I added some ribbon and a sentiment from a Studio G clear $1 stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by - if you want some more Hanna eye candy - pop on over to our guest designer's blog - the fabulous Jacqui Lines - sister of our own Stampin' Di!! Here's a link to her blog. I hope to see you all at the Hanna Stamps release party - this Thursday night - 9-11 PM EST - there's gonna be fun challenges, prizes, chatting - it's always SO much fun - hope to "see" you there!!!

What's Up, Hot Stuff? **BLING BET BOUNCE**

So are you having fun bouncing?? LOL!! If you've bounced over here from Cammie's blog - then Welcome!! If you've just happened onto my blog - well - you're still welcome to stay ;) - hee hee...but if you want to start at the beginning of the MFT Bling 'Bet Bounce - then hop back over to Kim's blog and you can start the bouncing from there! You are gonna be over the moon for the new Bling 'Bet (if you're not already) by the time you've seen all the fabulous things you can do with this new alphabet from MFT - I've been having an absolute blast with it - yesterday I shared a card where I had blinged up those little white holes in the letters with some gemstones and the card I have for you today is a completely different way to bling up your letters!!

For this card - I bling'ed my actually letters instead of the holes! Here's a close-up of the letters so you can see how much they shine!
This was so easy to do and gives such a neat result! I started by stamping each of my Bling 'Bet letters with Versamark ink. I then poured red Ranger Embossing Tinsel on them and then heat embossed each letter! And boom - instant bling!! I left the holes open because I really think it makes those letters POP! What a cool look, huh?? If you don't have embossing tinsel - you could also stamp your letters using a glue pad and then sprinkle some good ol' fashioned loose glitter for them for a similiar look. And the few ideas you have seen so far on the Bling 'Bet Bounce are just the tip of the iceberg!! Seriously - wait until you see what the rest of the team have in store for you - so go ahead - keep bouncing - your next stop is the uber-talented and fabulous Cindy's blog - enjoy the bounce and don't forget...

My Favorite Things (http://www.mftstamps.com/) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, Februray 4th from 9-10 p.m. EST. This month there are THREE new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is GOING DIGITAL!

Head over to the MFT forum on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night!!!

Let's Bowl! *Hanna Sneak Peeks*

I promised you more sneak peeks today and here they are - check out Bowling Hanna!!!! OMG - she is DA BOMB!! I love love LOVE the retro feel of this set - so I wanted to make cards with a retro feel to them - when I think like 60's retro - I think funky shapes and bright, bold, striking (no pun intended - hee hee) colors. I think I almost used every image from the new bowling stamps on my 2 cards as well! For this first card - I stamped the main Hanna image from the set and colored her in with Copics - I added a dab of Stickles to the heart on her fab bowling bag. I used some of the extra stamps in the set to stamp the background on the orange panel - the bowling sign in the upper left hand corner is from the set as well - I added some Stickles to that as well after I colored it to make it look like it was all lit up!

Now this second card has kind of a funny story to it - you see - last January we had a bowling party for my oldest son's 6th birthday and I wanted to make the invitations myself - well - let me tell ya - I looked EVERYWHERE for cool bowling stamps and I couldn't find any!! So I did manage to get some invites together - but had I had this Hanna set last year - I would have went to town on the b-day party stationary and probably created an invitation that looked something like this second card here. ;) I stamped my background on again - and created a bowling "lane" in the middle of my card by putting some decorative score lines down it with my Scor-Pal. The main image in the circle is from this set as well - I colored it in with Copics and then cut out the bowling bowl and popped it up with pop dots to give it some dimension.

Thanks SO much for indulging me today - I know I've kinda thrown a lot at ya today ;) - I will tell you though that there is something SUPER exciting in the works for tomorrow - so be sure to swing back by! Don't forget about the Hanna Stamps Release party over on SCS on Thursday night either - it's from 9-11 PM EST (the new Hannas and Rileys will be released after the party) - it's guaranteed to be an absolute blast!!!!

You're A Rock Star! *MFT Sneak Peek*

Talk about bling!!! Here's an MFTeaser of the new "Bling 'Bet" set being released by My Favorite Things this Thursday night - you guys are gonna LOVE this alphabet - it's the first of it's kind - the letters have open holes on them where you can perfectly place 4MM crystals or gemstones into them and really bling your letters up!! For the letters on my pocket card - I stamped them in black and then added some sticky-backed gemstones from Hobby Lobby to them. This is just like a normal pocket card - I just added some decorative edging to the flap of the pocket with the Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch. I added a star die cut insted of a pull tab to lift the insert out of the pocket card. The words "You're a ROCK" came from one of the sentiments out of the previously released BC Dzyns "Hey Chica" set. The paper is from the DCWV Rock Star stack (of course) - hee hee...this card really is SO shiny in real life - not only are the letters blinged out - but the stars were die cut from shiny silver paper from the DCWV Metallic Stack. And let me tell you - there is SO much more you can do with this alphabet - but....hmm...I think that may be a story for another day - hee hee...*wink* *wink*

And as always...My Favorite Things (www.mftstamps.com) is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, Februray 4th from 9-10 p.m. EST. This month there are THREE new sets being released including a Who's that Girl set that is GOING DIGITAL!Head over to the MFT forum on www.splitcoaststampers.com to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night!!

Celebrate Freedom **Riley Sneak Peek**

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that you're all geared up for another week of FABULOUS releases!! I'm gonna kick off the sneak peeks on my blog with a peek one of the 2 brand new Rileys being released this Thursday night by Hanna Stamps - isn't he awesome!? This is my card for last Friday's Hanna Stamps challenge - Ilina gave us a really cool sketch - you can check it out here. The sketch turned out perfect for my stars and stripes patterened paper!! The paper is from last summer's Die Cuts with a View Summer stack. I colored my Riley in with Copics and used my Copic multiliner pen to make some dots to look like he was standing in some sand. The sentiment is from the Stampendous "Freedom Cupcakes" set from last July and just perfect for our G.I. Riley! The stars are punched and accented with a small gemstone.

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope to see you all at the Hanna Stamps Release Party this Thursday night from 9-11 PM EST - we have fun challenges lined up for you and you know how Kristi and Vicki love their giveaway questions - LOL!! Be sure to stop by the other Hanna Stamps Design Team members' blogs for more peeks and I'll have some more for you later today too! ;)