Witching You a Happy Halloween!

Happy Sunday!  Is anyone out there as excited as I am?  Halloween is almost here!  To celebrate, this week's challenge at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is 'Halloween or Fall'.  I've coloured up this adorable Witchy Wendy from Paper Makeup Stamps:

These fabulous papers are from the Mischievous collection by My Mind's Eye and the layout is from Sketch Saturday.

Wendy will be entered into the following challenges:
Through The Classroom Door - Happy Halloween with the colour orange
Sketch Saturday - layout
Everybody Art Challenge - Halloween
Craft Your Days Away - Halloween Colours
Cupcake Craft - Halloween
The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration
Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your 'Halloween or Fall' creations on Paper Sundaes!

September Release Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday!  Today is the September Release Blog Hop for Paper Makeup Stamps!  If you have arrived here from the Paper Makeup Stamps' blog then you are on the right track!  Otherwise, hop back to the PMS blog so that you can enjoy all the gorgeous creations that the PMS DT has cooked up for you! 

I was inspired by the Color It Autumn set to create an 8 x 8 calendar page:

Copic Details

Pumpkins YR12/14/18  E70/71/74

Acorn E41/42/43/44  E70/71/74/77

Squash BG70/72/75

The autumn shapes are fabulous for scrapbook layouts and cards - coloured or simply as sketches!

My letter to share with you is U and your next stop is the talented and delightful Dawn!  Thank you for visiting!

You Color My World

Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you one of the new Paper Makeup Stamps' word art. I love this sentiment as it compliments my copic obsessive personality perfectly!

I have paired the sentiment with the bright and colorful new papers, Happy Days, by Echo Park. The layout is following the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge.

Thank you for looking!  Join us tomorrow for the September Release Blog Hop starting at the PMS Blog! 

Jamie Silhouette

Happy Sunday!  Today I have the pleasure of sharing a sneak peek of one of Paper Makeup Stamps new images, Jamie Silhouette.

Silhouettes are wonderful for making cards and scrapbook pages, especially when you want an image but don't necessarily have the time or desire to colour an image.  I have paired Jamie with Graphic 45's new collection, ABC Primer.

Thank you for looking!  Check out the PMS Blog for more Baby sneak peeks.  Yesterday's sneaks included a new line of stamps, The Color Kids by Diem Pascarella, which are absolutely adorable.  Sneak peeks will continue every day until the September release blog hop on September 7th.  Join us Wednesday night on the PMS forum for the release party!

Jamie Silhouette will be entered into the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday.

Lea and Lucy

After spending Friday evening playing with Christine, I have two cards to share.  Both cards are featuring one of my favorite stamp companies, Paper Makeup Stamps!  Not only is Katie always so cheerful to deal with when placing orders, but the red rubber always stamps so beautifully - even without mounting!  (I know - shocking!)  Of course if you prefer, Katie offers an amazing selection of digi images which 'stamp' perfectly every time!

Right now Paper Makeup Stamps is looking for design team members for their new digi challenge blog starting up in September!  Read all about the DT call here!

My first card is following the layout at Cupcake Craft Challenge using Lea:

With the bright colours and the crazy stitching, I decided to skip any embellishments:

I followed the same layout on the inside of the card:

My second card features the adorable Lucy Mouse:

For this card I've followed the layout at Sketch and Stash.  The beautiful bow was created with my new Bow Easy from Stamp and Create.

Thank you for looking!  Join me tomorrow for Paper Sundaes' Challenge!

Simply Bronto

Happy Thursday!  I'm joining in on the fun at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog late this week.  Darling hubby and I took the two little monsters camping up by Lac La Biche, Alberta.  Wow is the campground amazing!  I managed to colour this gorgeous little dinosaur, Bronto, from Paper Makeup Stamps:

The challenge this week at Paper Sundaes is "Just saying hi".  Keeping it simple, I used chipboard letters for my sentiment and popped them up with foam squares I cut smaller to fit more discretely behind the letters.

The papers are from my stash - a fantastic line from Little Yellow Bicycle for the boys in your life, Generation Z.

Thank you for looking!

 

Ally Welcomes a New Baby Girl

Welcome to my little stop on the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here from Randee's blog, then you are on the right track, otherwise hop on over to Paper Makeup Stamps Blog for all the details of today's blog hop.

Thursday was a day of special blessing as a friend with two sons, welcomed a beautiful baby girl!  To celebrate, I wanted to create a special card - feminine with lace and flowers.  As this month's hop is all about the older PMS releases, I decided to use Ally:

I have paired up Ally with the sentiment a dream is a wish your heart makes as I know my friend was hoping for a little girl to balance out all the boys in the house.  The layout is from The Sweet Stop.

I simplified the basic layout for the inside of the card and typed a congratulations message on the computer.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Stephanie.  Thank you for looking!

Feeling a bit Moody

The past few days have been extremely wet. I don't remember a day like Friday where it rained without stopping all day. It put me in such a funk that I was happy Christine had invited me over after work. This is the first of the five cards I worked on, Moody for Coffee:

I followed the sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches and added some lace across the bottom:

The inside of card follows the same layout:

Thank you for looking!

Fussy and Fancy with Caliope

Third time today - I think that's a new record!  I loved the Fussy and Fancy sketch so much I just had to colour up Caliope with a flower!

I'm being paged for supper so I'll be back in a bit with more details!  Thanks for looking!

Dreck gets Fussy and Fancy

The sketch at Fussy and Fancy has me so inspired that I had to create not one, but TWO, monster cards!  The first card is for my son and is featuring the adorable Paper Makeup Stamps monster, Dreck:

I followed this week's sketch at Fussy and Fancy but left off the bow and small corner embellishments as that would be too "fussy" for a seven year old boy.  These bright and creepy papers from the Monster Stew collection by jillibean Soup are perfect for a monster card.

The sentiments on the front and the inside are from the monster sentiment set from Paper Makeup Stamps:

Thank you for looking!

   

Birthday Fishes and a PMS Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to your next stop on the Paper Makeup Stamps July Release Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Dawn's blog, then you are on the right track!  If not, please start at Paper Makeup Stamps Blog and hop along so that you don't miss out on any of the gorgeous creations from the Makeup Artists. Remember to collect your letters for the discount code for 15% off the entire release.

Today I have the chance to share with you one of the new Beautiful Day Fairies by Diem Pascarella - Jill:

The papers are from the 'Like Father, Like Son' collection by Fancy Pants and the water has been treated with Crystal Effects.  The layout is my own.

On the inside I've used the PMS sentiment "Any man can be a father" and added my own "Happy Birthday Dad!":

For those of you hopping along and collecting letters, my letter is:

Your next stop is the ultra talented Katie.  Remember to join us tonight at 9:00pm EST for the PMS Release Party and challenges!

Thank you for looking!

Things That Count

Today's card for Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peek stretched my mind and my imagination.  The sentiment led to a relatively deep discussion with my seven year old son who is a fan of Albert Einstein.  Discussing quality versus quantity with an almost eight year old boy is quite interesting! 

The style of card which focuses on a sentiment rather than an image, was actually relaxing.  I've used a variety of different textures to add interest to the card without over powering the sentiment.  The frame from the new PMS 'Framed' set and the words "Be Counted" have been clear embossed and the layers are satin ribbon, velvet, and lace.

Remember to check out the other sneek peaks and to leave your comments on the Paper Makeup blog for your chance to win a $10 gift card!  Join me tomorrow for the PMS blog hop and release party including release challenges!

Sentimental about Paper Makeup Stamps

What a joyous Monday!  Did everyone catch the wonderful announcement on the Paper Makeup Stamps blog on Friday?!  I am over-the-moon excited to be part of the uber-talented, warm & inviting PMS DT!  I am still in shock as I have loved their versatile stamps since, well, before I began blogging.  In fact, if you check out my very first ever blog post, the dinosaur stamps used on that card where PMS!  On second thought, please don't check out my blog that far back as my style has evolved greatly since!

Today I am previewing a beautiful new sentiment and I have paired it with the gorgeous fairy, Rose:

The papers used are from the 'For The Record' collection by echo park paper co.  I used a smaller print of the background paper to paper piece Rose's dress.  I also paper pieced the rose she is holding.

I tend to focus my posts on my cards and my creativity stamping - not so much on my family or beliefs.  I will share with you that I am currently trying to slow down and find balance in my life and for me, the sentiment reminded me of nature.  If we would all just slow down and take the time to "smell the roses", we would be able to find God's presence all around us - blue skies, trees, birds, and flowers.  In the past year, my family and I have taken up camping - yes, shocking - the city girl does camp outside!  I must admit it is with a tent trailer but hey, it is outside surrounded by the beauty of nature and most times with an outhouse!

Back on track!  I toned my style (if I can even say I have one) down for this card, to focus on the sentiment and the paper pieced dress.  Rose was coloured with copic markers with Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds added to her wings and the trim on her skirt.

I have stamped Rose on the inside of the card to add some interest to the blank writing area:

Thank you for looking!  Check out the rest of the Paper Makeup DT blogs for other sneak peeks and join us for the blog hop on July 7th!  I will be back on Wednesday with another sneak peek!

Happy Father's Day Pops

Stuck at home with strep throat and a computer which apparently is not so happy trying connect to work, I've had a bit of time to colour a cute image from Paper Makeup Stamps, Pops and Me:

I have followed the sketch at Midnight Madness Sketch and used papers from TPC Studio 'Reel Me In'.

On the inside I created a large area for my seven year old son to write a message for his "pops":

Pops and Me will be entered into the following challenges: 

Shopping Our Stash - Stripes (used Bazzill cardstock purchased over 5 years ago - Wow!)

Cupcake Crafts - Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy

Papertake Weekly - Dads and Lads

Secret Crafter SaturdayChallenge - A Male Card

Thank you for looking!

Me...Hungry?

My friend and I are frequent on and off again weight watchers. When she told me she's "on" again, I thought I would help lighten at least her mood with a card. I love this little monster Chomp from Paper Makeup Stamps:

This is my first attempt colouring on kraft cardstock. Thanks to Paper Sundaes Girl Lisa, I decided to brave the unknown.  However, to be safe, my first attempt was done with my much ignored Lyra coloured pencils.

I followed the Midnight Madness sketch and chose somewhere inbetween their ultra clean and simple sketch and their more elaborate version.

I used the same layout on the inside of the card and added a sentiment which I typed on my computer:

Chomp will be entered into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Things with Tails (Monsters do have tails usually!)

Thank you for looking!

Spring Time Planting

Good evening!  Tonight I've taken a walk down memory lane with one of my favorite stamp companies - Paper Makeup Stamps.  I had the pleasure of being introduced to their monsters and aliens a couple years ago when I was in desperate search for images for my then five year old son.  My love of their fairies, Moody Girls, and word art shortly followed.  As with many of my stamps in my vast collection, my PMS stamps have been grossly neglected for quite some time.  So, with Spring finally upon us I wanted to print and colour Sprout:

The layout is my own - just the way the papers wanted to be laid out.  :)  Paper Makeup is currently sponsoring two challenges - Copic Creations and Through the Craftroom Door.  The challenge at Copic Creations is the colour "yellow" - hence the two-toned yellow top and blonde hair!

I continued the same basic layout on the inside of the card using one of the Word Arts from PMS:

I love this sentiment!  I wish I could say that I was good at following its' wisdom but that would not be the truth.  Although for me, crafting helps to keep my spirits and day bright.  Another big plus for me with Paper Makeup Stamps is Katie Cotton.  I have placed a few orders with her and she has actually graciously sponsored Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog and from all those interactions I can tell you that she is actually a sweetheart to deal with.  I have a few favorites to deal with when shopping and Katie and Lacey (from Stamp & Create) rate at the top of my list.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00 R30

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Top of Shirt: Y000/Y00/Y06

(Thanks Cheryl Valadez for that suggested combination!)

Bottom of Shirt/Shoes/Hair Tie: Y32/Y35/Y38

Shorts: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97

Wings: BG0000/BG10

Water: BG000

Plant: YG03/YG23

Dirt: E43/E44/E47

Sprout will be entered into the following challenges:

Copic Creations - Yellow

Through the Craftroom Door - Winged Things

Cupcake Crafts - In The Garden
Papertake Weekly - Bloom and Grow
Basic Grey - Mix & Match (Marjolaine and Kioshi Papers)

Please remember that I am giving away two $20 gift certificates to winner's choice of stores to those helping celebrate Christine's 40th Birthday!  Don't know Christine?  Well without her there would not be Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!  Check out all the details on this post.

Thank you for looking!

If Smiles Were Flowers

Happy Mother's Day!  Sorry for the lateness of this post.  Last night I had a housefull with my two nieces and nephew joining us for a sleepover.  Today, being Mother's Day, was our traditional Mom and Kids trip to the movies.  We saw Rio which was fun for all!

This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like to see your magical, mythical and fairytale characters.  I decided to make a sweet card for a little girl using Bunny Fairy: 

Once again I've followed the gorgeous layout from Sketch Saturday, however I've turned it sideways.  The papers are some of my favorite from my stash - a collection of papers from Three Bugs in A Rug from over a year ago.

I love the clean and simple lines of the Pink Cat Studio images so I kept the lines of the card and embellishments simple and clean.  Copic Creations challenge this week is colouring sky/clouds and actually have three different tutorials linked up.  I attempted to follow the tutorial by Dana Christiansen but my result needs work.

  Copic Details

Bunny fur: C00/C0/C1/C2

Flowers: RV11/RV21/RV34 and R30/R32

Wand: G40/G82 B000/RV10

Wings: B000

Sky: BG10/B000/B0000

The inside features word art from Paper Makeup Stamps:

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with optional round

Creative Inspirations - Embossing (white background on front is embossed with dots)

Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your magical, mythical, and/or fairytale characters at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog for your chance to win with Pink Cat Studio!