Runway Inspired Challenge #55–Congrats!

 

Hello stampy friends!!

 

 

Popping in quickly to share a project I created in response to the latest Runway Inspired Challenge!  Oh how I love these amazing fashionable prompts.  The details are so cool and inspirational!  Here’s what I came up with:

 

 

I was inspired by so many aspects of the photo prompt.  The damask on the front of the dress, the gorgeous slinky bling as well as the contrast of the black and white.  It all just took my breath away.  I wanted to add some delicious texture by stenciling some Graphite Ferro embossing paste.  Love how it looks against the black cardstock.  Had to add some glittery paper, and thought the negative space die cut sentiment was the perfect compliment.  Here’s a close up of the amazing texture from the embossing paste.

 

 

I’ve listed the products I used below.

 

That’s it for me today, kids.  I think there are still a few days to play along.  You can find all of the details of the challenge HERE.  I’m headed back to my craft room to get some more things caught up.  After spending three solid days creating holiday projects, I’m ready for some “fun” stuff!  Thanks for stopping by – hope you’ll do it again soon!

 

 

Viva Decor Ferro Metal Effect Paint, Graphite Viva Decor Palette Knife Set Crafter's Workshop Templates, 6""x6"" Mini Damask Die-Namics Celebratory Greetings MFT Black Licorice Card Stock A Cardstock, Essentials by Ellen: White Linen #100 Cardstock, 25 Pack *DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 GLITZY GLITTER Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00052 Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Powder Blue & Teal Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies Sizzix, Cutting Pad, Standard

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Avery Elle Challenge #2–Embellishments!

 

Hello Sweet Friends!!

 

It’s time for the next Avery Elle Challenge, and it’s a doozie!!

 

 

Get those unloved embellishments out of your drawers and cupboards and embellish the bajeebers out of your project – we’re talking sequins, pearls, gems, ribbon, flowers, baker’s twine, wood veneers, enamel dots, chipboard – anything that you think would “embellish” your card qualifies!

 

 

I created myself a little shaker card using green and yellow sequins.  This project features some sweet little “buttercups” from the Oh Happy Day stamp set.  The sentiment was created by die cutting the Simply Said: Hello die and stamping one of the coordinating words from the Simply Said: Hello stamp set.  I’ve listed the products I used below.

 

So how about it?  What will you use to embellish your card?  I can’t hardly wait to see!  Please click on through to the Avery Elle Challenge Blog to get all of the details of the challenge, as well as to drool over the amazing projects that my sweet teammates have created for your viewing pleasure!

 

Thanks for stopping in today!  I’m headed to lunch with my girlie, and cropping all day tomorrow and Sunday with some sweet peeps.  Heaven on earth, I tell ya!  Hope you have some fabulous plans for your weekend!!

 

Oh Happy Day Photopolymer Stamps Simply Said: Hello Clear Stamps Die: Simply Said: Hello Elle-ments Ultra Smooth Pure White Heavy Card Stock Mimosa Heavy Card Stock Mimosa Pigment Ink Pad Mimosa Pigment Ink Refill Pure White Pigment Ink Pad Pure White Pigment Ink Refill Lemon Grass Pigment Ink Pad Lemon Grass Pigment Ink Refill Celery Pigment Ink Pad Celery Pigment Ink Refill Lemonade Blend Premium 5mm & 6mm Sequin Pack Lucky Blend Premium 5mm & 6mm Sequin Pack

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Guest designing at avery elle–Hello gorgeous!

 

Happy Wednesday, Peeps!

 

Well, I’m a little late with this, but better late than never, right?

 

So I had the amazing pleasure of meeting the ADORABLE Jamie Gracz at the Winter CHA.  She is the brilliant mind behind Avery Elle Stamps.  To say that she was a delight and total breath of fresh air is an understatement.  When she invited me to be the Avery Elle March guest designer, I was beyond thrilled!  Thank you, Jamie, for taking a chance on me!

 

I got to play with some of the most fun new products that I just had a blast with!  This project features the new Simply Said: Hello mini stamp set and coordinating die.  I also used a couple of my other fave AE products – Oh Yeah stamps (the bottom speech bubble) and the arrow die from the coordinating Oh Yeah die set, as well as the new AE inks – Raspberry and Pure White!!  These inks are AMAZE, people!  If you’re in the market for some awesome, perfect image every time, ink pads, you need to buy these inks!!

 

Well, that’s it for me today, friends!  I’m headed back to my craft room to get caught up on some DT stuff.  Thanks so much for stopping by today – it makes me smile every time you do!  Have a great day!

 

Simply Said: Hello Clear Stamps Die: Simply Said: Hello Elle-ments Oh Yeah Photopolymer Stamps Die: Oh Yeah Elle-ments Raspberry Pigment Ink Pad Raspberry Pigment Ink Refill Pure White Pigment Ink Pad Pure White Pigment Ink Refill Ultra Smooth Pure White Heavy Card Stock New Moon Heavy Card Stock

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Paper Smooches Pep Rally March Release blog hop!

Hello Friends!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches March/April release with you!  FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available to purchase at midnight on March 5th (eastern time) (12:01 am on March 6th).  You will find our new releases HERE.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog.
• The prize - a $25 gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (You do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes.)
• You have until midnight (Mountain Time) on Sunday, March 2nd to leave a comment.
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, March 3rd to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.

Ashley Marcu
Betsy Veldman
Emily Leiphart
Erin Lincoln
Heidi Van Laar
JJ Bolton
Kalyn Kepner
Karolyn Loncon
Kim Kesti
Laura Bassen
Laurie Schmidlin
Mou Saha
Pamela Ho
Summer Fullerton
Teri Anderson
Wendy Sue Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop.
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop.
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop.

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog.)

I had the pleasure of working with the new set called Flirty Frames!  It totally coordinates with the Duo Dies 1 and 2, but can also be used on its own!  That’s what I’ve done here.  I stamped the image for the Duo Die 2 on white card stock and then colored in some of the background design using an alcohol marker.  The pattern on the frame reminded me of doodling or that Zentangle stuff.  It was a ton of fun to play with!  The sentiment is also from the Flirty Frames set.  I die cut the center oval using the Duo Die 2.

So you totally need to stop by my sweet teamies’ blogs to check out what they have to share with you, and then be sure and stop by the Paper Smooches blog, too – I’m sure there’s some fun stuff there for you!

Thanks so much for stopping by today – I truly appreciate it!  I’m off to crop with my chica, and then my Brother-In-Law is coming into town tonight for a quick visit (think Nascar, Baseball, Hockey, and general guy stuff.)  Hopefully you have some fun plans in your future, too!!

Some paper smooches goodies!

It’s Fun Day Monday!!

Ha!  Today is the first day in a long, long time that I haven’t had somewhere to run to.  I’m so excited!  My days have been jam packed with loads of fun stuff lately, but I’m happy to be at home today to get caught up on some stuff.  One of the things that I’m behind on is my Paper Smooches project shares.  So let’s get to it, shall we?

First up, we have a sample featuring the new stamp set called Hooties.  Check out the glitter on her eyelids and toes.  Fun, huh?  I “might” have had a little help with the coloring . . . I have an amazingly talented friend who “helped” me.  *wink*

Next up, we have a project featuring the new Rainbow Dies.  Who doesn’t love a rainbow?  Add a little translucent embossing paste and some spray mist, along with some curly clouds, and you’ve got yourself a whole lotta wonderful!  The sentiment is from Salutations.

And finally, we have us a sweet little unicorn floating around in the clouds.  This project features the new set stamp set called Spectrum.

I have a few more Paper Smooches projects to share, but I’ll save those for tomorrow.  In the meantime, I’m headed to my craft room to get caught up on some other crafty stuff!  Hoping that your Monday is as much of a Fun Day as I have planned!!  Thanks so much for stopping in today!  SMOOCHES!

Splitcoast Stampers Love Fest 2014 Challenges!

Happy Sunday, friends!

Popping in quickly to share a card I made for the Splitcoast Stampers Member Company Love Fest Challenges!  The Paper Smooches challenge went live this morning – the challenge is to create either a “Fun & Cute” or “Classy & Elegant” project, using Paper Smooches stamps!  Here’s my answer to the challenge:

Clearly, I chose to go down the Classy & Elegant path.  I used the rose image from Pretty Mama, masked and stamped it off in VersaMark, heat embossed with white EP, and water colored the images.  I stamped the sentiment from Many Thanks in VersaMark and heat embossed it with Queens Gold embossing powder.  I’ve listed all products used below.

Wanna play along with us?  You'll have until Monday, March 3rd at noon Central to share your challenge entries.  Each of the Splitcoast Stamper Member Companies will have a prize to award, and at the end of the event, there will be great prizes to award to 10 of our fabulous Challenge Queens who have completed all 11 event challenges. Cool, huh?

Upload your creations (they don't have to be cards!) to your Member Gallery and use today's keyword (LOVEFEST2014J) to play along.

We can't wait to see what you do! :)

Thanks for stopping by today.  I so appreciate it when you do!  Have a great day!

Pretty Momma Paper Smooches Many Thanks Stamps Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card Thin Stripes VersaMark Inkpad Watercolor Paper, 10 pk Jelly Bean Green CS My Favorite Things *DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 FOILED Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00050 Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper Tool Fiskars ProCision 12 Inch Rotary Bypass Trimmer Martha Stewart Crafts Mini Scoring Board Teflon Bone Folder May Arts Metallic Gold String By the Spool Ranger Embossing Powders, Queen's Gold

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