Paper Makeup Stamps December Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Today is our monthly Paper Makeup Stamps blog hop.  We have a wintery theme going on here on the hop. You should have arrived from Janette's blog.  If not, go to the PMS blog! 

Before I continue, I wanted to let you know that PMS is discontinuing its rubber line of stamps and is going totally digital!  So there is a huge rubber sale going on at a discounted price.  You can read more about it in this post on the PMS blog. 

Back to the card.  I chose to use this Oo La La for Santa set (which has never seen ink!).  It's colored with copics, I added sparkle with silver and gold Spica pens, and liquid applique for the fur.  There are also some Kaiser pearls added on the side to balance it out.  The sentiment is part of the set and was punched out with an oval punch.  It's attached to the kraft taffeta ribbon with some baker's twine. 

 I used this sketch from this week's Card Patterns sketch.  I changed out the oval for a circle.

Your next stop is Dawn's blog.  I have the list of participants listed below in case you get lost on the hop.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Are you ready to begin hopping with Paper Makeup Stamps?  We have a great release this month (you can see the sneak posts on the PMS blog).  We have the whole PMS design team as well as the Digi Makeover design team hopping today.  I'm first on the hop and you can see the hopping lineup at the bottom of my post in case you get lost.

I'm using two new images from this month's release on my card today....the sentiment from the Handmade set and the Color Kids:  Snowflake image.  I just thought this sentiment went perfectly with this image.  I always have my students make these snowflakes during the holidays.  We put silver glitter on them and hang them from the ceiling in my classroom.  This sentiment reminded me of my students making them!

I colored the Snowflake girl with copics and cut it out.  Since she is cutting out a snowflake, I wanted to mount her on one.  I googled snowflake cut files and found this one for free.  I downloaded it and cut it out with my Cricut.  Then I put a thin layer of Monoadhesive glue over it and glittered it up.  It's hard to tell in the photo, but it's glittery!  I also glittered the girl's snowflake.  I glued the snowflake to the base (the paper is The Merry Days of Christmas from My Mind's Eye) and put the girl on top with dimensionals.  I had this banner cut out and sitting on my table, so I stamped the sentiment from the new Handmade set onto it.  I added the ribbon and bow last.

Don't forget about our Release Party tonight.  It starts at 9:00 pm EST in the PMS forum.  We'll have fun, challenges, and prizes!  We'd love for you to join us...tell a friend or two!

Your next stop on the hop is Ginger.  You can see the rest of the hoppers in the list below.  Thanks for stopping by!

1. Paper Makeup Stamps Company Blog 2. Lisa Kind 3. Ginger Schwerin 4. Randee Elsing 5. Jenn Cochran 6. Tangii Crain 7. Michelle Van Patten 8. Andrea Vernagus

9. Lisa McKinney 10. Janette Garcia 11. Kristie Wilson 12. Katie Cotton 13. Anita Hovey 14. Tina Hale 15. Jackie Rakoski 16. Dawn Mercedes

17. Jami Bova 18. Anne Temple 19. Britt Bass 20. Danni Bindel 21. Ivette Aviles 22. Jenn Scull 23. Melissa Shultz 24. Velta Wesson

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A Paper Makeup Stamps Monster of a Hop!

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Welcome to our monthly Paper Makeup Stamps hop!  This month we are having a Monster of a Hop...everyone is using one of the many PMS monsters!

We have several guests joining us on this hop.  You can find the linky list at the end of my post.  You can hop along with us!

The monster I chose to use today is Spike.  I've used him several times before and just love him.  I made this a Halloween card, using the colors of the holiday.

The dp is from a Halloween K&Company paper pack.  I paired it with this retired green from SU.  I love this sketch from this month's Sketch for You to Try.  This is the second time using it today!  The sentiment is from the Witch fairy set.  I added a spider button in the upper corner (I got a whole bag of different size spider and bat buttons for $2.50 at JoAnn's!) and put crystals in place of the button holes.

We have a great deal for you for this week only!  All the PMS monsters are 15% off!  Just use the code MONSTERHOP at checkout for you discount.  So if you see one on the hop that you like, now is the time to get it!

Below are the hoppers....stop by to see what they've created!   Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day Blog Hop!

We are finally here!  Release day at Paper Makeup Stamps!  We've been sneaking fabulous images for the past four days, and now is the day you can actualy purchase them!  We are starting today with our blog hop.  So if you just stopped in, please go to the PMS blog to get all the details about the hop.  If you came here from Janette's blog, you are in the right place!

I'm using one of the new wordart singles.  I love this sentiment!  So "colorful"!!

I was searching for sketches and came upon this one from Taylored Expressions.  I'm not a fan of banners, but I really liked this one because of the bigger banner.  I like Basic Grey's Junebug dp because of all the fun colors in it, so I chose five different patterns and went a-cutting!  After I cut the banners, I ran the white piece through PTI's linen impression plate.  I can't see to leave a blank space blank...I either need some texture with an embossing folder/impression plate or some sort of embellishment!  I adhered the banners to the textured white piece, then stamped the sentiment.  I masked off the word "color" and inked the rest in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Then I colored each of the remaining letters with a different color SU marker.  Lastly, I adhered the Mandarin Orange baker's twine and bows with monoadhesive glue.  The base of the card is SU's new Lucky Limeade cardstock.  That is fast becoming a fav of mine!

So now I have to send you off to the next blog.  But before you go, my letter for you is S.  Don't forget that we are partying tonight in the PMS forum!  Lots of fun and prizes!  Invite some friends...we are giving away extra prizes for those who bring friends!  The more the merrier!

Now, off you go to Andrea's blog!  She's going to have something fabulous I just know it!  Thanks for stopping by today!  See you later at the party!

Paper Makeup Stamps - August Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!  It's the 7th of the month, which means it's time for another Paper Makeup Stamps blog hop!  This is our "off" month...one in which there are no new stamps being released, so we are having an Oldies but Goodies hop today.  The design team is using stamps released prior to 2011.

If you are hopping along with us, you should have come from Katie Cotton's blog.  Did you love her oldie but goodie?  I'm sure you did!  If you just happened to stop by and want to hop, please start at the PMS blog and get the lineup and enjoy the hop!

When I was perusing the Paper Makeup Stamps store for what I wanted to use today, I came across Jenny Fairy and she was perfect for my mood!

It seems it's a never ending battle to keep those extra pounds off (especially in the summer!) and Jenny just reached out to me!  The scale is my nemesis and it looks like it's Jenny's as well!  She's colored according to the dp which is Basic Grey's Life of the Party.  The measuring tape dp was so perfect I just had to use it!  The sketch is from last week's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge (I can never seem to enter a card for that challenge on time!).  Those stripes on the sketch were perfect for my measuring tape!  The sentiment actually comes with the fairy as a set.  Love that!

So now you are at the halfway point in the hop and I am going to send you to Lisa McKinney's blog for what I am sure is going to be a treat for you!  I hope you enjoy our Oldies but Goodies hop! 

Your comments make my day, so thanks in advance!  Have a great Sunday!

Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day Blog Hop

Wow!  Another release from Paper Makeup Stamps!  And this month is another goodie!  You should have arrived here from the "other" Lisa's blog...Lisa McKinney!  Didn't she have a lovely Madelyn silhouette card?  She always does such beautiful work with these fairies!  If you haven't come from Lisa's blog, then please go to the PMS blog and get all the details.  If you get lost hopping, you should see a linky tool of all the PMS DT there too.  On with the hop! 

This is Suzie the Snorkeling fairy.  I love to snorkel so I had so much fun making this card!  I started with this great dp from Basic Grey called Lauderdale.  I thought the bottom dp looked like water and the waves.  And I love the lime green paired with it!  So Suzie's bathing suit just had to match!  She's colored with copic markers, then I added Star Dust Stickles to her wings and Crystal Effects to her mask and bubbles for more dimension and shine.  The sentiment is being sold with the fairy as a set.  It was too big to fit in the spot I wanted it in, so I cut the words apart and glued them on separately.  I love that look once in a while.  It also looks like the words are floating in the water (well, at least they do to me!).  You can see that her hand is sticking out of the nestie shape.  That's called the Out-of-the-Box technique.  You can see a great tutorial here for that technique.  I used a Taylored Expressions sketch for this card.  I'm so glad she's back to doing sketches because hers are always so wonderful to work with.

You should have been collecting letters along the way to spell out a phrase that will get you 15% off this July release.  My letter for you is "A". 

Before I send you off to the next blog, I want to invite you to the PMS forum for the Release Party tonight at 9:00 pm EST.  We have four new DT members and I'm sure we'll have lots of fun welcoming them.  We'll have games and prizes too!

Now hop over to the fabulously talented Tangii Crain's blog to see her beautiful creation!  Thanks for stopping in today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Paper Makeup Stamps and Quixotic Paperie Blog Hop

Today some of the Paper Makeup Stamps Design Team are joining with the Quixotic Paperie Design Team to throw the spotlight on the Paper Makeup Stamps range as part of Quixotic Paperie's 2nd Anniversary celebrations (Quixotic Paperie are the UK online stockist for Paper Makeup Stamps)!

As you may be aware - Paper Makeup Stamps is owned by Katie Cotton and to give you a clue as to where the name of her company came from - Katie is a professional makeup artist. Katie has some fabulous artists contributing to her company including Steve Hammond with the Monsters range, Diem Pascarella's Beautiful Day Fairies, Moody Girls by Cynthia Liu and the Retro Cutie Critters by Diem Pascarella.

The Paper Makeup Stamps range is available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie.

If you're in the US then you can of course find the stamps at Paper Makeup Stamps direct!

As part of the celebrations and the spotlight today, we have a PRIZE GIVEAWAY!

Pop on over to the Quixotic Inspirations blog to get all the details and enter the draw to win some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps and more!

Now for some more inspiration! Hop on over to each of the blogs below to see some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps creations!

- Elaine - Judy - Kim Dellow - Mary - - Andrea - Tangii - Stephanie - Tina - Katie - Dawn - - Randee - Lisa K (you are here!) - Jami - Anita - Michelle - Shaela -

Thanks for joining us and we hope you are enjoying all the Paper Makeup Stamps loveliness.

Paper Makeup Stamps June Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps June blog hop! You should have arrived here from Randee's fabulous blog. If not, please start at the PMS blog to see all the fun stuff you have missed!

We don't have a release this month, but we are reviewing all the fabulous images PMS has released over the past two years. Our theme this month is summer, and boy am I ready for summer! I chose the Freckled Lemonade stamp set for this card.I just love this set! I chose this pitcher because it just looked so refreshing, and what better way to spend a summer afternoon sipping lemonade (maybe mixed with some other libation!). I colored it with copics and then added crystal stickles to make it look more refreshing and icy! The paper is Lemonade from Basic Grey (appropriately chosen!). I added a pretty yellow ribbon and the sentiment on a flag. There are dew drops in the corner for more color.

The next stop on our PMS blog hop is Jami's blog. She always has some fantastic eye candy for you! If you get lost, you can start at the PMS blog and also read about the prize package Katie is giving away worth over $40!!! You don't want to miss out on that! Thanks for stopping in and have a great day!

Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop and Just Us Girls

Happy Saturday! I have a two-fer for you today! It's release day for Paper Makeup Stamps and that means it's also our blog hop! You should have arrived here from the PMS blog. If not, start there to get all the details about the hop.

Today also begins a Just Us Girls challenge for this week, and it's a sketch challenge...one of my favorite challenges! Pam is the hostess and here's her sketch. I love how funky this sketch is! That panel on the left is so cool! I used this image from Tweet Things by Paper Makeup Stamps. I'm showcasing the new sentiment stamp set called Build a Sentiment set. It has a bunch of words that you can link together to create a special sentiment. It has family words in it such as Husband, Wife, Niece, Nephew, etc. It's one of those sets that you always wish you had and that you'll use over and over again!

The paper is from Cosmo Cricket called Circa 1934. I used the Bow Easy to make the double bow out of black satin ribbon and added the red button. It's threaded with some Scrapper's Floss. I've seen other crafters using it and I had to pick some up! It's a fun new accessory for me. The bling is a $1 item I found at AC Moore.

You can see what the JUGs DT did with this sketch on the JUGs blog. I'm so happy to be back playing on this challenge after taking a much needed two week break! But I did miss my JUGs girls!

I want to remind you of our Release Party tonight over in the Paper Makeup Stamps forum. There's always great chatter, prizes, and games going on (and someone always brings cheesecake, too!). It starts at 9:00 pm EST, so we hope to see you there!

Now I'm going to send you on your way hopping over to Christi Snow's blog to see her fabulous creation! I don't have a letter for you, but Christi will!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in!

Recipe
Stamps: Tweet Things and Build a Sentiment (PMS)
Paper: PTI white and vintage cream, Circa 1934 (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, tea dye distress ink, copic markers
Accessories: Nesties, bling, black satin ribbon, button, scrapper's floss, dimensionals

Paper Makeup Stamps April Blog Hop

Welcome to the April Paper Makeup Stamps blog hop! This is our "off" month, where we didn't have a new release, but we are showing off some fabulous previously released images! You should have come here from Michelle's marvelous blog. If not, start at the PMS blog. The theme for this hop is "SPRING". I went to the PMS store and looked in the Spring images folder, and I found this cute guy named Sourpuss. Great name, huh? This is one cute critter that I've never inked up! It's been raining here the last couple of days and I just feel like him! I know the "April Showers..." sentiment, but I need my sun! Sourpuss is colored with copics, and the raindrops are all covered in star dust stickles. The patterned paper is Salt Air from Cosmo Cricket. I added the buttons tied with coordinating twine. The sentiment (perfect for this guy) is also from PMS. The sketch is this week's Sweet Stop.

I hope you are going to hop with us. Your next stop is Lisa's lovely blog. If you just stopped by, please start at the PMS blog and follow along. We have a linky list on each of our blogs in case you get lost. You are going to see some fabulous creations!

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy the hop!

Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day Blog Hop! Today is the day you will be able to purchase all the wonderful stamps you've been seeing! If you've just stopped by my blog, please make sure you start at the beginning, the PMS blog, to get all the information about our hop. If you're on the hop, you should have come from Dawn's blog and saw her Sally Sheep creation.

Today, I've got the Danny fairy to show you.When I thought of the name "Danny", I thought of a little Irish boy. So I went with this green paper from the Oliver paper pack by Basic Grey. And, of course, I gave him reddish hair! I used the March sketch from Sketch for You to Try. I found it very interesting and it worked perfectly with my image. I added very little embellishments to let the papers and image take center stage. There is also another larger dragonfly available for purchase as well called Danny's Dragonfly. This dragonfly and Danny's wings have star dust stickles on them. The sentiment is from the Little Moments set. I find that really is a great go-to set lately.

You should have been collecting letters along the way to spell out a quote which will get you 15% off the new release. My letter for you today is N.

Now I'm going to send you to Christi Snow's blog to see her fabby creation.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you tonight at the Release Party!

Recipe
Stamps: Danny Fairy and Little Moments (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, Oliver dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, copic markers
Accessories: Nesties, baker's twine

Things We Love...Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop

Happy Monday everyone! Welcome to the Things We Love Paper Makeup Stamps VIP Blog Hop! Paper Makeup Stamps is celebrating it's 2nd birthday and to celebrate the occasion, we are having a super fun VIP blog hop with the theme "the things we love". The entire design team has invited special crafters to play along in this hop. You can see the list of everyone participating in this hop in the linky tool below. But you will want to stop by the Paper Makeup Stamps blog to enter yourself to win a super fabulous prize!

I was trying to decide what PMS image to use on my card today. I LOVE the Beautiful Day Fairies...they are what attracted me to this company, but I decided on a Moody Girl. I'll never forget when Katie revealed these girls to the design team with a warning "not to be afraid of them"! I was so intimidated to color one, but once I did I realized they are so fun to color and offer many options of color. So I chose Moody for Love. I thought she would be perfect for this love-themed hop.

There are a couple of other things in here that I love. First of all the colors. I love any colors that go with brown. This pink/red/brown/vanilla combo just makes me drool! The paper is from the Crazy Love pack by Bo Bunny. I just picked this up at my LSS last week...just yummy! I stamped the Moody Girl on white PTI paper, colored it, and cut/embossed it with a scallop circle nestie, then realized the white was too white for this paper. So I swirled some Pink Pirouette ink around it while still in the die. Then on the edges where you could still see white, I inked it up with tea dye distress ink...it made it look like vanilla cardstock! The XOXO sentiment is from the Hugs and Kisses stamp set. Another thing I love are my star dust stickles, which I used on some of the hearts. (Some of the hearts were stamped a second time and popped up for more dimension.) And the last thing in the picture I love is the chocolate covered cherry candy...LOVE them!

The sketch is the new one for February from Sketch for You To Try. The colors qualify for the CR84FN color challenge of light pink, bright pink, and brown.






And now I'm going to send you off to my good friend and very talented guest for today's VIP hop, Cheryl Rowley! She chose Bronto the dinosaur for her card because she loves the Dustin Dinos in the PMS store. Please show her some love...you will love her style for sure! Thanks for participating in our hop, Cheryl! :-)

Thanks for hopping with us today. If you just happened to stop in, please go to the PMS blog and start hopping along with us! Have a great week!

Paper Makeup Stamps Release Day and Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! It's time for our monthly release day blog hop from Paper Makeup Stamps. You should have come here from the PMS blog....I'm the first stop on the hop. So if you haven't stopped at the PMS blog first, go there first to get all the details.This is one of the new fairies this month called the Sugar Plum fairy. She can be used all year 'round, too! I colored here with copics and then cut her out. She's quite a large stamp because of the way she is dancing. The chocolate panel was run throught a snowflake cuttlebug folder. The dp is from a retired SU pack (maybe Holiday Treasures?). I paired it with pink pirouette paper and added the pink taffeta ribbon and pink glitter dots. I punced the side of the pink panel with a Martha Stewart snowflake punch. The sketch sort of follows the current Taylored Expressions sketch.

I'm going to send you off to Anita's blog for some more fab inspiration. Before you go, I'm going to give you your first letter.

Thanks for hopping with us! Don't forget about our release party tonight in the PMS forum at 8:00 pm CST. Hope to see you there!

Double Hopping with PMS and CTD!

Hi everyone! Today is a PACKED post! It's a double hop with one card!

First of all, let me give you all the information from the Paper Makeup Stamps hop. Today is Release Day for Paper Makeup Stamps, and we always hop on release day! So if you are hopping with PMS, you should have come here from the fab Christi Thorsen's blog. If not, stop by the PMS blog to start at the beginning. We are showcasing four new sets today that all deal with beauty. Our DT member, Shaela Odd, illustrated all of them! You should have been collecting letters along the way that will spell out a code to get you 15% off the new release. My letter for you is "A". When you leave here, you will head on over to our new DT member, Andrea Vernagus. Also, tonight at 8:00 pm CST, we will be partying in the PMS forum. Stop by for some chatter, fun, games, and giveaways! (Just a note: the PMS hop is starting at 7:00 am EST, so if you are here before then, you won't see that hop just yet!)

Secondly, it's the 100th color challenge at the Color Throwdown Challenge blog! Woohoo!!! Those girls are so talented, and always come up with some great color combos! I'm not on their team (that's just a dream of mine!), but they've asked all of their previous guest designers to participate in this challenge. I was honored to be guest designer in October 2009, so that's why I'm hopping with them today! And there are some fabulous prizes being given away. You can get the details on the CTD blog, but in a nutshell...you have to comment on all the blogs participating in the challenge (one comment per person and I have them listed below) AND post a card using the colors on the CTD blog by Monday, July 12 at 11:59 p.m. in order to be in the running. Each participating blog is giving away some fab prize, and mine just happens to be the entire July release from Paper Makeup Stamps!!!! (I wonder how I got that prize to give away! LOL!!) One of you is going to be so lucky because this month's release is HUGE! Good luck!

Now, here are the CTD colors to play with for this 100th celebration.
I have to admit that this was a challenging one for me...I think I got it to work ok (but I think I've lost my mojo...it's still on holiday!). Here's my card. I first pulled out cardstock in the four colors, then pulled out every dp I had that could possibly work with this combo. After much consideration, I chose these which are both My Mind's Eye. The floral print is an old one called Wild Asparagus, and the other is from the Quite Contrary line. The image is a new single image called Beauty Profile. I just love that image. To keep with the colors, I had to color her hair green (I really like it!), and swirled some regal rose ink around the white part. The sentiment, which is from a new mini set called Beautifully Fabulous, was stamped over the image as an after thought (and is a little crooked because of it!). It's a quote from Coco Chanel which reads "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous!" Love that saying! The corner pieces are a cuttlebug die. I added the blue crystals to it and some star dust stickles to the image to bling it up!

Here is a list of all the participants in the CTD hop. Please make sure you comment on them all for a chance to win!

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker
Kisa Peters - Kisa's Paper Cuts
Carol Longacre - Our Little Inspirations
Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments
Debi Southard - Debi's Crazy Life
Elise Durenberger - MamaCow Creations
Juliana Swanson - Stampin With Inky Fingers
Lisa Kind - Kind Creations
Makiko Jones - Makink Studios
Maria Gurnsey - Scraps By M
Pam Speidel - Stamping With Serendipity
Sylvia Nelson - Sylvia's Stamp Corner
Teresa Kline - Enjoy the VA Sunshine
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

So now you have to hop! Remember my PMS letter for you is "A" and you should head over to Andrea's blog to see her amazing reveal!

Thanks so much for double hopping with me today...have fun on your way!