Thursday, August 28, 2014

Paper Smooches August DT Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches September release with you! FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available to purchase on September 1st. You will find our new releases HERE.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! The prize - a $25 gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store
Want a chance to win a prize? Here are the details:
  • FOUR winners will be chosen at random from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25 prize. 
  • Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed above or the PS blog for your chance to win (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify, but it increases your chances)! 
  • Deadline: You have until midnight MT on Sunday, August 31st to leave a comment. 
  • Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, September 1st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners. 
Here's the order of the hop:
To increase your chance of winning:
  • Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop (leave another comment) 
  • Tell us that you Tweeted about the hop (leave another comment) 
  • Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop (leave another comment) 
Here's my card using A Blessed Christmas:

Isn't that image so sweet? I love that it's a cute religious, Christmas image. This set has so many fabulous images!


For my card, I simply stamped and colored it with Copics. To add a soft layer, I die-cut a the window out of vellum and stamped the sentiment from A Blessed Christmas directly on the vellum (got to love the Brilliance inks). Finally, I used the matching Blessed Icons dies to die-cut the dove. When I think of Christmas, I don't typically think of rust and black colors. ;) But, as soon as I saw these BasicGrey papers with the image, I had to go with the non-traditional colors. 

Here's a close-up:


Thanks for stopping by! Next up is my sweet and very talented friend Kalyn!


Supplies
Stamps: (sentiment, holy family, dove from A Blessed Christmas) Paper Smooches
Dies: (dove from Blessed Icons); (banner, circle) Silhouette America
Cardstock: (white) PTI; (vellum) Hobby Lobby
Patterned papers: (Spice Market) BasicGrey
Ink: (Graphite Black Brilliance; Tuxedo Black Memento) Tsukineko; (Gold and Opaque White Mister Huey's spray mist) Studio Calico
Copics

148 comments:

  1. Great image, and your coloring is beautiful!

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  2. Oh I love this!! Such a sweet image and you have colored it so beautifully!

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  3. Beautiful image, and great coloring, such a beautiful card!

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  4. Gorgeous card - LOVE the image. Beautiful.

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  5. The gold spattering just makes it.

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  6. I really like how you put the image in the window. What a beautiful card!!

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  7. I posted on FB about the blog hop.

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  8. Love your card! That is what Christmas is all about!

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  9. This is so sweet! And I'm totally with you----love the cute religious image!!!

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  10. That is a great and unique image! Love the card!

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  11. Hey Jocelyn!! Isn't this what Christmas is all about! Beautifully done.

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  12. Jocelyn this card is so sweet, I just love it:)

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  13. Love the nativity along with the dove! Papersmooches has the best giveaway.

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  14. Your card is so adorable! Love the real meaning of Christmas!

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  15. Your card is stunning. I love that I'll be able to get some religious images that are cute, too!

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  16. Beautiful background cardstock! I love your design...stitching the top layers only!

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  17. There's that dove again! The shading with grey really adds to it.

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  18. Pretty! Great looking
    clean and simple card.
    Carla from Utah

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  19. I also shared on
    FB!
    Carla from Utah

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  20. Gorgeous card-loving that peace dove too!

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  21. This is such a beautiful Christmas card!

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  22. Too sweet! Love the heart shape stamp :-)

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  23. This card is so sweet. Just love this image of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.

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  24. Oh I love that image, the little dove is perfect too :)

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  25. The new sets look so amazing, especially the religious ones! TFS!!!

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  26. Oh!! My most favorite set of the whole release! I can't wait to get this, thanks for the inspiration. Love your card!

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  27. Enjoyed your card and looking forward to the release.

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  28. That's a meaningful image stamp.. Great coloring too! TFS

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  29. Beautiful card. Love how you set the image in the background. TFS

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  30. This is the classic card done in such an eye catching way. love the sentiment!

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  31. Oh I really like this image...you did a fabulous job of showcasing it in the open window.

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  32. Fantastic card! I love this stamp set already! So great with the dove added, too.

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  33. This is so sweet...and so true! :)

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  34. I posted on FB about the blog hop.

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  35. Oh, Jocelyn--a gorgeous card--how exciting PS did a religious set!

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  36. I posted on my Flickr account (my blog) about this hop. https://www.flickr.com/photos/74238397@N06/15066708125/

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  37. Very sweet card. I like the font that the Joy is stamped in.

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  38. I absolutely adore this image, such a gorgeous card!!!

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  39. Oh SOOOO gorgeous! LOVE this image - and your card is PERFECTION! The soft layer of vellum is the perfect touch!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  40. I love clean and simple, but I don't do it very well. You do a fantastic job! I love how you made your images stand out by keeping them the focus of the card.

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  41. Oh My Goodness! I LOVE this image and how you have used it is stunning! Fantastic!

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  42. BEAUTIFUL! Such a simple but gorgeous card....LOVE it!

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  43. This is a beautiful card with a wonderful sentiment.

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  44. So gorgeous! LOVING the Holy Family!!!!!

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  45. Nice card. Great layout. Thanks for sharing!

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  46. The spirit of Christmas shines in your card...fabulous!
    ~c

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  47. Love it, so simple and yet so cute!!! Gina F

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  48. What a wonderful scene! I love the softness that the vellum adds - perfect for this blessed moment in time!!! TFS!

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  49. Great coloring skills and great design :)

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  50. I really do like this, Jocelyn. Cute without cutesy, and not too in-your-face. ;) Nicely done!

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  51. So pretty, Jocelyn. I love that the design totally pulls the focus to the nativity scene.

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  52. Beautiful card - thanks for the inspiration.

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  53. Love the card.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  54. I think I'm going to love this A Blessed Christmas set. You've shown it off beautifully!

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  55. So precious. I really like the nativity making an appearance in this release!

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  56. AWESOME!! LOVING the INSPIRATION for today!! =) What an AWESOME New Set!! I LOVE it and ccan't wait to get my hands on it!! THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! =)

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  57. Beautiful card. I always get a new Nativity tamp set every year. I have now found this years. Super sweet!

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  58. love this card and the stamp set!

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  59. Sweet, peaceful card!! Love it!!

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  60. DELIGHTFUL card Jocelyn!!!
    LOVE the scene you have created, the window, sentiment & layers are so pretty!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!

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  61. I shared about the Blog Hop on Facebook - my FB name is Tracy Moloney :)

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  62. I tweeted about your card and the PS Blog Hop with a link to your blog :)
    https://twitter.com/TracyM6773/status/505342879657504768

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  63. I don't have a blog, so I pinned a pic of your card and shared about the PS Blog Hop - my Pinterest name is Tracy Moloney :)
    http://www.pinterest.com/pin/247275835765891106/

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  64. Such a sweet card! I love how the image is shaped into a heart!

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  65. I posted on Facebook about this blog hop!

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  66. That little dove keeps showing up on lots of cards. I really like it and I like the colors you used for your card. Thanks for sharing.

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  67. This is cute and beautiful card Jocelyn!!

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  68. You nailed it, it's a cute religious card and I love your composition.

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  69. After seeing your card I started singing :"joy to the world..." lucky me noone is at home...

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  70. I love that you left it clean and simple.

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  71. Oh wow, that stamp is awsome! Love your card!!

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  72. What a wonderful card! It's so hard to find really nice religious elements for Christmas cards. This set hits the mark! Thanks for the inspiration...

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  73. Clean and simple. the family is colored so nicely. Great card
    thanks for sharing.

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  74. I love this new nativity set and you showcased it beautifully!

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  75. The added vellum is a wonderful look to this Nativity card.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  76. Posted on my FaceBook page with a link to join in on the PS DT Blog Hop.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  77. Posted on my blog right sidebar with link that can be clicked to join in on the PS DT Blog Hop.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  78. Very pretty! I have also advertised this on my FB status!

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  79. So happy to see a religious style stamp in the set. Thanks. Nice card.

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  80. What a pretty card! I love the great colors and the embossing!

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  81. A very nice card - loved how you colored.

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  82. I love that the outline of the image is a heart. Beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  83. What a lovely card

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  84. Great card! Love the vellum window, & the dove/sentiment are just perfect. So pretty!

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  85. LOVE your BEAUTIFUL card. Thanks for sharing your talents and your time.
    Crafty hugs,
    D~
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  86. What a sweet and simple card with beautiful coloring!

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  87. I tweeted! https://twitter.com/Shartl/status/505798208719966208

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  88. Shared on FB too! https://www.facebook.com/shannon.hart.5811/posts/562995463822301

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  89. Gorgeous card. I don't normally use nativity scenes on my cards, but I can definitely see myself using this image.

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  90. What a lovely card - the nativity image is so pretty and I love your colouring and use of vellum too!

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  91. This is so sweet! I love that nativity image and the vellum fishtail banner is such a great subtle layer!

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  92. I tweeted about the hop: https://twitter.com/MiriamPrantner/status/505894208713285632

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  93. Beautiful card! I love the clean look and stitching. Thanks for sharing.

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  94. What a beautiful card! I'm so excited for the new releases!!!

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  95. I tweeted about the blog hop and new releases.

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  96. Oh this holy family is so unique

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  97. Pretty card. I like it.

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  98. Everything about this card is so precious Roselyn! I love how you've stitched along the top to keep the vellum in place--such beautiful images too. Marvelous and inspiring!!!

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