Time for school!

Hello! Ruth, here, and I hope you're having a great day!

Fall is definitely back to school time and with that comes school portraits when you've got kids. My layout today has a realistic portrait, but not necessarily the best. My 13 year old son is satisfied with it, though, so there will be no retakes.

What could be better for scrapping a school picture than the look of  cork? I just love that I can print a full page of cork for a background and even use it to fill a font for my projects.

I'll show you what I mean.

Perfection! A piece of notebook paper attached to a cork board and a cork title, too! And you better believe that you can find them in the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons store! You know what else you can find?

The lock : Secondary Supplies Cutting Files

The ruler : Primary Supplies Cutting Files

The texture of the ruler : Pumpkin Spice Out West Patterned Paper

The journaling star : School Titles Cutting Files

The speech bubble : Speech Bubbles Cutting Files

and the school papers are in the School Days Chalkboards and School Days Pattern Pack

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you'd like to see more detailed pictures of my layout, feel free to stop by my blog Paper and Musings.

Be sure to link up your fall projects using Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons files for the current challenge (follow the link in the side bar on the right.) I can't wait to see what you create!

Ruth

PPPR Fun with Puns Blog Hop

Hey, everyone! Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Fun with Puns Blog Hop. We have all sorts of fun and PUNNY projects to share with you today using Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons files. We also have a fun freebie and a chance for your to win a Gift Certificate to the PPPR store. Oh, and we're also kicking off our next challenge theme. So, grab a muffin and some coffee, and settle in to see some awesome PUNNY designs. Here's what I created for the hop:

I used several sets to create this fun little card. I created the card base using a shape from the Layered Labels 3 Cutting Files set. The little squirrel is from the Nuts About You set. I used the release compound path feature in Silhouette Studio to remove his little nose and tooth from the squirrel so I could make them a little smaller. That way, the glasses from the Bread and Butter Cutting File would fit more naturally on his little face. Of course, he wouldn't be adorkable enough without his little graphing calculator from the Secondary Supplies Cutting Files. I put all of the files together in my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software, created an offset outline, and did a print and cut with the whole image. That way, I could just pop it right on top of my card base without worrying about all of those tiny calculator pieces cutting out! I added a fun sentiment from the Pretty Cute Stamps Adorkable stamp set, and my fun and punninlicious card was all done!  Here are links to the products I used for my card:

PPPR Nuts About You Cutting Files	PPPR Bread & Butter Cutting Files	PPPR Secondary Supplies Cutting Files
PPPR Layered Labels 3 Cutting Files	PPPR Sentiment Spots 1 Cutting Files	PCS Adorkable Stamp Set

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Of course, I have a sweet little freebie just for you guys. This sweet little punny typewriter will be available for FREE on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14 ONLY. Then, it will be available for purchase in the PPPR store. You can get this freebie HERE:

This hop also kicks off our new Fun with Puns Challenge. Link up your PUNNY project that uses PPPR files for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. The projects can be anything that shows a pun or play on words! You can link up and read all of the guidelines HERE:

Okay, now how about some BLOG CANDY????

One lucky hopper will win a $15 Gift Certificate to PPPR!  Here's what you need to do for a chance to win a chance to go shopping for FREE:

1.  Be a follower of EVERY BLOG in our little hop.  There are just 9 of us, so that shouldn't be too hard.  You won't be sorry...I'm super lucky to have such talented ladies on my Design Team.

AND

2.  Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop.  Be sure to let us know you are a follower and leave us your e-mail address.

That's all you have to do.  If you would like EXTRA entries, you can also do one or more of the following:

3.  Like the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Facebook Page.  Leave me a separate comment on this blog telling me you did.  Don't forget to leave your e-mail address.

4.  Sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter and leave a comment on this blog telling me you did.  You'll get a weekly e-mail telling you about new files, coupon codes/sales, and freebies. Don't forget to leave me the e-mail address you signed up with. :)

I will randomly choose a winner of the hop candy on Tuesday, September 16, 2014.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Your next stop on the hop is Jeanne.

Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Leah ~ http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com/

Melisa ~ http://www.melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Nanne' ~ http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Shannon ~ http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Brianna ~ http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com/

Gloria ~ http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Congratulations!

Good Morning!

Recently a cousin of mine because the Principal at her school.  I thought I would make her a card with their school mascot to congratulate her.  

For the card base I used the Star Spangled Card Base Cutting Files.  This is one of my go to files that I use a lot for cards.  The panda came from the Birthday Panda Cutting File.  The heart on his belly is from the Sweet Hearts Cutting Files.  The stack of books is from the Secondary Supplies Cutting Files.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to come back for the Fun with Puns Blog Hop this weekend.  

Melisa