Arelia's World of Make Believe

Paper Makeup Stamps has a fabulous kit which was released this month called Arelia's World of Make Believe. Here's what is in the kit.I used the wordart in this card last week, and today I'm using the beautiful Arelia fairy and sentiment, which are only available in the kit!
Isn't she just adorable? I was so excited when I saw this kit! That flower is part of a string of them...I just cut it apart and added some leaves. I used liquid pearls on her string of pearls. It was my first time using it and it sort of globbed a little! It was the last thing I added, of course! But I think it looks ok. She's colored with copics on the new X-Press copic paper. It's a little thin, but I love coloring on it! I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch, too.

Stop by the PMS blog to see more of this kit. Sorry for such a short post, but I'm not feeling well and I need some sleep! Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Makeup Stamps and Quixotic Paperie Blog Hop

Happy Monday everyone! Is that an oxymoron? Is there such a thing as a "Happy Monday"? Well, for the Paper Makeup Stamps and Quixotic Paperie DT it is! We are combining forces for the first time ever. Quixotic Paperie is the only supplier of Paper Makeup Stamps in Europe, so we thought we'd get together to show off our beautiful stamps!

I'm using two of my favorite sets: Faith Hope Love and Little Moments.I went to a class on Saturday at my LSS. The instructor was Wendy Vecchi from Ranger Industries. She taught us various techniques using Ranger distress and pigment inks. This one was one of my favorites which she called Ghosting/Faux Bleaching. I stamped this beautiful stamp in their Snow Cap white pigment ink and stamped it on the paper. I heat set it until it was dry, then used the sponge applicator to apply Spiced Marmalade and Tea Dye distress inks. The more color you apply, the better the image shows up. I did the sponging while the paper was still in the die.

The dp is Basic Grey's Ambrosia. I saw a card on Karen Giron's blog that gave me the inspiration to use up some of my scraps of this dp. I can't remember where I got those orange discs...they were sent to me when I was guesting on the Color Throwdown. The ribbon is SU's basic gray taffeta and I used the Bow Easy to create my double bow. I stamped the sentiment from Little Moments in Memento tuxedo black.

I have a list of the participants in this hop below for you to check out. Hope you are enjoying hopping with these two countries! Thanks for stopping by!

Elaine Hughes

Carole Middlehurst

Emma Lockley
Judy Laing
Kim Costello
Kim Dellow
Rowena Barnard

Katie Cotton
Christi Thorsen
Tangii Crain

Lisa Kind
Randee Elsing
Shaela Odd
Tina Hale

Andrea Vernagus
Anita Hovey
Bonnie Sharp
Danni Bindel
Dawn Barrett
Ginger Schwerin
Lisa McKinney
Maria Gurnsey
Michelle Van Patten
Simonne Clay
Stephanie Zito

Recipe

Stamps: Faith Hope Love and Little Moments (PMS)

Paper: Neenah white, pumpkin pie, Ambrosia (Basic Grey)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, spiced marmalade and tea dye distress inks and snow cap pigment ink (Ranger)

Accessories: Spellbinder's tag die, SU taffeta ribbon, bling (unknown), Martha Stewart border punch, dimensionals

Just Us Girls - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday! Just Us Girls has issued a fab color challenge which Kathryn put together. Red, green, black, and a neutral color.
When I saw these colors, I thought I would create a Christmas card, but then I remembered that today is my in-laws 56th wedding anniversary. My next thought was to use some Graphic 45 paper I knew I had in my stash. So this is what I came up with.
The Graphic 45 papers I used are from the Botanicabella and Fashionista collections, and the sentiment is from Verve's Wishing You sentiment set. I swirled some distress inks around the sentiment while it was still in the die and then added some green pearls. I used one of the new dies for the circle (can't remember the name of it!) and SU's scallop border punch on the black dp. The ribbon was part of a gift I received from my PMS fellow design team member, Bonnie Sharp. It's from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, and it's so lucious! It hurt to cut into it cause I just want to hoard it! But it was the perfect color for my card. I used a Bow Easy to make my double bow.

I used Mercy Kerin's Tuesday Sketch from this week. It was perfect for my card.

Now you have to stop by the JUGs blog and see the girls' cards using these colors. They are amazing once again! We also have Lynn Mangan as our Guest Designer this month, and she has been creating some beautiful cards for you to see!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your weekend!

Recipe
Stamps: Wishing You (Verve)
Paper: PTI vintage cream, black, Graphic 45 dp
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, distress inks
Accessories: Nesties, pearls, beautiful ribbon, Bow Easy, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Paper Makeup Stamps Card Kit

Happy Hump Day! Paper Makeup Stamps has a new kit this month called Arelia's World of Make Believe. It's my favorite kit so far and here's what's included in it.The papers are fabulous, the fairy, sentiment and wordart are beautiful, and the embellishments are amazing! I just adore the colors Katie chose for this kit. Pink and brown is one of my favorite color combinations, so that's what I decided to use in my card. I started with this week's Mojo Monday sketch, but diverted too much from it to say I used the sketch! But it did give me a great starting point. The colors and pattern in the floral dp is so pretty and I love the flower embellishment. There are several different styles and sizes of them in the kit, and are really fun! I just love the way this card came out and I pulled it together so quickly...a feat for me! The kit made it so easy ot pull together.

Stop by the PMS blog and see what the others have done with this kit. I'll have another using the Arelia fairy soon. Thanks for stopping by!

Secret Admirer

A while ago, Paper Makeup Stamps added a few more designers, so we decided to do a Secret Admirer exchange to get to know everyone better and welcome them to our family. We made a couple of cards and an altered item along with some other personalized gifts to send to our secret DT member. Look what I received from my secret DT, Bonnie Sharp. Of all the fab things in the box, I was immediately drawn to the ribbons. They are from Sharon Johnson's store and I was going to order some when this came in the mail! They are amazing! And all the paper and cards are beautiful. And that flower bag? So cute and it contained 3 packages of different Reese candy! Notice the past tense of contain? I ate one bag almost immediately, and the other two were taken to my classroom where I proceeded to eat another bag and I'm well on my way to eating the third! Hahaha!!! Thank you so much Bonnie! I love the gift!

I had Stephanie Zito as my secret DT member. She was so easy to create for because she just got a new puppy named Butterball. She also loves to cook, so I had another theme to work with. For Butterball, I created a doghouse using My Time Made Easy's Welcome Home template.

I reduced the template to 75% and cut off the chimney to create this cute dog house. I printed the Custom Construction Materials Color Me Pretty paper onto close to cocoa paper. The door to the house was created with the Home Improvement Coordinating Cuts cut file and was cut down to make it smaller.

The roof panels were created using Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers dp. Love the colors and the puppy prints.

These were the treats that were for Butterball. The bad of treats fit in the dog house, but the bone was a bit too big. Isn't that little puppy just so adorable? I snagged this picture from Stephanie's blog and added the bone brad, personalized with Butterball's name.

Now for Stephanie, I created this card using MTME's Gardener's Apron.
I used Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry dp for this pretty little apron. I added the pearls to make it much more feminine. Here's the inside.

And she said she loves kitchen gadgets, so I purchased a few and strung them together. I also got her a pack of the Nook and Pantry dp. I wanted to get the Max and Whiskers dp, but my LSS was out of it! Darn the luck!And guess what candy she said she likes too? You guessed it! Resse peanut butter cups! So she got some of those too! I had so much fun creating this gift for Stephanie! And I loved my gift from Bonnie! My two new Canadian friends! Thanks girls!

Paper Makeup Stamps - Review Day

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Hi everyone! I totally forgot about a card I had to post today for Paper Makeup Stamps. How could I forget my fav stamps? Must be that I'm back at my teaching job and I'm on overload! Anyway, I have one of the cute Retro Cutie Critters named Drummer the Bear to share with you.

This picture does not do the card justice! The colors are so warm in person...they look very harsh to me here. Anyway, I used Basic Grey's Oliver dp as my inspiration along with the Sweet Sunday Sketch but flipped it. I used the warm colors in the paper to color Drummer. I also used something new to me....Copic's new Xpress paper. My friend, Cheryl Rowley, ordered hers from Australia and sent me some sheets (she's so sweet...thanks Cheryl!)! I quickly colored the image and loved how the ink stayed on the paper. I have trouble with bleeding sometimes, especially with red. But I had no trouble with that and the blending of colors was so nice. Love this paper!

So I paired Drummer a sentiment from another new set from PMS called Little Moments. It's such a great set with sentiments for every occasion...a total go to set.

Stop by the PMS blog to see the other great creations from the PMS DT. Thanks for stopping in today. Have a great weekend!

Recipe
Stamps: Drummer and Little Moments (PMS)
Paper: Xpress, PTI vintage cream, Oliver dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, sahara sand
Copic Markers: E18, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44; R37, 39, 89; BG18; YG25; R20; W-3, 7
Accessories: Nesties, scallop border punch, button, ribbon, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Just Us Girls - Technique Challenge

Happy Saturday everyone! This week the Just Us Girls team has a technique challenge for you and something special to give away as well. Andrea chose the cracked glass technique for all of us to try.We are also being sponsored once again by JustRite Stampers. They have been very generous to the JUGs DT this year! We are so happy about that! We are all sharing Christmas/Holiday images on our cards. I chose Vintage Christmas for my main image and Christmas Nested Frames for my sentiment. I love the varied vintage images in this set. This snowman was colored with copic markers, then I followed the instructions on SCS for the cracked glass technique to create this look. Really cool technique. It is a technique I've done before, but many of the JUGs DT mentioned that they had never done it and enjoyed the challenge. Here's a closeup of the image so you can see the cracks that I created. Now about that giveaway I mentioned. JustRite is offering up some amazing products for one randomly drawn winner. Here's what they are giving away:

2 JustRite Christmas Collection stamp sets of choice
2 JustRite coordinating stampers/mounts
5 Copic Sketch markers of choice, from JustRite’s offering
2 Memento full-sized ink pads of choice

Makes you want to enter, right? And you can't win if you don't play! So stop by the JUGs blog to enter your creation and then stop by the personal blogs of the JUGs DT to read about their cards and leave some love! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe
Stamps: Vintage Christmas, Christmas Nested Frames (JustRite)
Paper: PTI vintage cream, pacific point, riding hood red, Quite Contrary (MME), The Girl's Paperie
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, antique linen
Copic Markers: R20, 29, 37, 39, 89; W-1, 3, 5, 7; Bo2, 05
Accessories: Nesties, Dienamics jumbo scallop die, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, chunky glitter, bling, ribbon, scallop oval punch, Glossy Glaze ep, swiss dots folder, dimensionals