Hey there! I’m back! I can’t believe I haven’t posted since Black Friday! We are so thankful for all of your orders and I’m happy to say we’re all caught up and excited to get moving with our 2nd annual Petite-a-Palooza release! All of our new products will be available for purchase starting tomorrow, December 6th, at 8am PST! Make sure you join us on Facebook page tonight at 6pm PST for our Preview Party and some great giveaways!

So what’s Petite-a-Palooza? We started this last year and it was so much fun we decided to make it an annual tradition. During Petite-a-Palooza we release 12 Petite size sets! These sets make a perfect little gift for a stamping friend during the holidays (or a few perfect little gifts for yourself!). And this year, 9 of the stamp sets will be sold with coordinating dies! In addition to the Petite stamp sets, we’re also releasing You Take the Cake, a full-size sampler set that was previously available as a free set with qualifying purchase during our September birthday release.

I’m starting off today with a card using the latest Moka gal. Meet Nancy! She’s affectionately named after her illustrator Nancy McKinney, who is a knitter herself. My mom came over to check out my release projects yesterday and this was her favorite card from my bunch! I had so much fun piecing together the background using the Quatrefoil cutting plate and patterns from the Cosmo Cricket Art Angel paper pad. I colored Nancy with Copics and added the Lace Chain border with chocolate pearl details along the bottom.

I have to imagine I’m not the only one who says “Honey, come look at my cards and tell me what you think.” So when I asked Jon to choose his favorite I was so surprised when he chose this one! Frilly, fashionable, and pink… very unexpected! *grin* I stamped the dress form from Bonjour Couture and cut it out with the coordinating die. I tied it up with some grey doodle twine, a mini spool, and a wooden button. The patterned paper is from the uber cool Crate Paper On Trend collection.

Last but not least, I have a card to share that I made using You Take the Cake. It was originally available as a free set for qualifying orders, but in December it’s available for purchase by everyone. It includes images from all of our illustrators making for lots of fun birthday images in several different styles!

Since there are so many sets this month all of the girls are sneak peeking a little something different. So hop around to see their amazing inspiration and a glimpse at all 12 Petite-a-Palooza sets!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Kerri Michaud – Guest Designer
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess