Celebrating 5 years with Paper Smooches (and a Giveaway)!

Hi everyone! It's been a while, but today I'm excited and honored to be hopping along with some Paper Smooches guests for a special blog hop. :)

Paper Smooches in celebrating their 5th Anniversary this month! Woo hoo! I'm so happy for Kim! She is such a sweet and thoughtful person, and I know she's worked hard to make Paper Smooches a fab company. :) 

Please hop on over to these fabulous designers blogs to see their Paper Smooches creations…and see what you could win!

Paper Smooches blog

 Betsy Veldman

Jennifer McGuire

Jocelyn Olson

Kay Miller

Kristina Werner

Laura Bassen

Today I am using one of the NEW products released this month--the new Wine Glass Die. The die rocks!

He is having a mighty big glass of wine. :) My friend Emily gave me the idea to use one of the Paper Smooches people with the Wine Glass die, and the chemist from the Great Chemistry set works perfectly with this die. I'm not sure if Kim designed the glass die that way, but they seem like they are made for each other. ha ha

I Copic-colored the kind of like Professor Plum instead of a chemist, and then die-cut him using the Great Chem Icon dies. I trimmed his thumb to add dimension around the glass:

The background is embossed using the PS Squared die. I added a punny sentiment from the Free Spirits set.

For the wine glass die, I created a shaker with two acetate windows. There is a mix of matte and sparkly sequins in different shades of red. Here's a close-up:

Want to get in on the giveaway? Kim (Paper Smooches) is giving away HUGE prizes! Here are the details:

·         Just leave a comment on any of the blogs listed above for your chance to win a prize! Each blog has a different prize to win! The prize from my blog is the winnner's choice of two Paper Smooches stamp sets and three dies. (Wowza!)

• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Wednesday, February 24th to leave a comment. 
• Winners will be announced on each blog on Thursday, February 25th.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Next on the hop is the super talented Kay!

Marinade for Each Other

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I've been MIA....we went on vacation. :) School starts next week--ahhhh!!

I'm up on the Altenew blog today with a set of cards using the new Raise the Steaks set and Crate Paper's Open Road papers. I hope you'll check out the whole set here. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

April Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop

**This is my second post of the day. To see my My Favorite Things post, please click HERE. 

Hi everyone!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches May release with you! TWO new stamps and TEN new dies will be available to purchase on April 30th at 8:00pm PT. Once our release goes live, you will find our new products 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. 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 PT on Sunday, April 26th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, April 27th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners. 

A couple of our designers are taking a small hiatus to care for different things in their lives. Amy Rohl is filling in for Emily and Jennifer McGuire is filling in for Pamela. We are so excited to have them join us in May! Here's the order of the hop:

Amy Rohl
Ashley Marcu
Jennifer McGuire
JJ Bolton
Jocelyn Olson <--You are here
Kalyn Kepner
Kay Miller
Laura Bassen
Laurie Schmidlin
Michele Boyer
Teri Anderson

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 how I used the Mustaches die:

I made a Father's Day card and treat jar. First, I started with a simple card. I die-cut the Mustaches dies out of new Treasure Map papers. They make me chuckle. :) The stamp is from the Daddy Yo stamp set, which will be released in May.

Here's a close-up:

I used the dies for a treat container, too:

I layered the Treasure Map papers and on the map paper, I stamped the "DAD" sentiment from the Daddy Yo set. For the top, I added some photo prop mustaches. My kids are going to go nuts with these! They were already playing with some of the leftover die cuts. My daughter is having a detective party in a few weeks, and she's already asked me to make some mustaches for the party to use for mug shots. ;) 

On the rosettes, I used the Pinked Circles dies. Here's a close-up:

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

Supplies

Dies: (Mustaches die; Pinked Circles die) Paper Smooches

Stamps: (Daddy Yo) Paper Smooches

Cardstock: (Rustic White) Paper Smooches
papers: (Treasure Map) October Afternoon
Ink: (Versafine Smokey Grey) Tsukineko; (Navy) Fresh Ink; (Dandelion Yellow spray mist) Tsukineko
Ribbon: (red) Paper Source

...And Taking Names

Hi everyone!

I'm the guest designer for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for June! I'm excited to be participating for the next few weeks. :)

The first challenge for June is Father's Day/Male. The DT is also using Ranger products, although that's not required to participate.

Here's my project:

I stamped the Big Top image on my Ranger Distress Watercolor paper (love that stuff!). I watercolored him with Distress Markers. For the sentiment, I used Kelly Purkey's Merci set. It makes me laugh. ;)

Here's a close-up:

I sewed a wonky border under the sentiment just because. ;)  The color inspiration came from the Boys Rule papers.

Want to play along? One random participant will win a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! Sweet!

 

 

You can link up your projects on the SSS Wednesday Challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Distress Watercolor) Ranger
Patterned paper: (Boys Rule) Crate Paper
Stamps: (Strong man from Big Top) Stampers Anonymous; (sentiment from Merci) Kelly Purkey
Ink: (Black Hybrid) My Favorite Things; (Distress Watercolor Markers) Ranger

Hey Good Lookin'

Hi everyone! I hope your week is going great!

It's One Buck Wednesday at Jessica Sprague, and there are two Glitz Design digital kits on sale--Dapper Dan Paper Pack and Element Pack #1.

I made a card that was a little different for me:

I'm not sure if I love it or hate it, but I'm glad I tried a new technique (for me).

I started by dragging mists in the background like Corrie Jones did in THIS video. I took four different colors of mist and loosely dragged them in a circle. The inks ran together a little, which was really cool looking!

The background below wasn't what I used on the card, but it gives you an idea of what the dragging mist looked like before I added the layers:

For the clustering, I printed different elements and papers out of the Dapper Dan collection. The bow tie under the man's chin is a digital brush. For the plaid, I printed the paper on vellum for a different look. Here's a close-up:

So what's the last new technique that you did? How did it turn out?

One final plug for the Dapper Dan collection--you can buy it HERE. It's on sale for today only. :)

Have a great rest of the week! Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI; (Premium Matte Photo Paper) OfficeMax; (Silver glitterstock) Best Creations
Inks: (Taxi, Navy) Studio Calico; (Metallic Lime) Maya Mists; (Baby Blue Eyes) Lindy's Stamp Gang
Digital elements: (Dapper Dan digital collection) Glitz Design
Dies: (Circle Stax, Fishtail Banner) My Favorite Things; (Holiday Shapes) Simon Says Stamp

Prehistoric Pals

Hi everyone! It's release week for Newton's Nook Designs' August stamps.

We're sharing two stamp sets this week, and the stamps will be available for sale on Friday. You can check out the full stamp reveal on the Newton's Nook blog.

I'm actually using both of the new sets today, although I'm featuring the Prehistoric Pals set on this birthday card:

Hee hee. That dinosaur cracks me up every time! I colored and fussy cut the dinosaur and snipped between his hands to hold the present. The present is from the set I'll be featuring tomorrow. ;)

The "BIG wishes" is from the Prehistoric Pals set. I masked off the sentiment and added the word "birthday" from the Winged Wishes set. Here's a close-up:

Giveaway alert! Would you like to win Prehistoric Pals? This set will be given away to two lucky winners! Here's how to win: 
1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the August release posts.

2. Comment on the Design Team and Guest Design Team members' blogs (see list below). One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the August release blog hop. You have until Thursday, August 15th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog post this Friday.


Be sure to check out all of the Design Team's blogs. They're so fab:

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, white) PTI; (blue) Bazzill
Clear stamps: (dinosaur, "BIG wishes" from Prehistoric Pals; present from Wagon of Wishes; "birthday" from Winged Wishes) Newton's Nook Designs
Ink: (Taken with Teal) Stampin' Up; (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Dies: (Die-namics Skyline die) My Favorite Things; (Auto Parts die) Memory Box
Copics

You're Super!

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. We've had family in town since last week, and it's been (a good kind of) busy. :)

It's time for another Paper Smooches SPARKS Designer Drafts challenge. Here's the sketch for this week:

I was happy I got my new Paper Smooches stamps so quickly and was able to use them right away:

Hee hee. I love that Superman guy. The superhero and skyline are from the new Super set--love him and love that set!

For the background, I misted the black panel with white and silver mists. Then, I embossed the skyline, fussy cut it, and popped it up with foam tape. The sentiment is from the Market Fresh set. Here's a close-up:

I mounted the panels on some cool blue metallic paper that appeared in my stash. I have no idea where it came from, but it worked well for this project.

Please check out my teammates' cards, too:

Wida

Jenny

Jocelyn

Alice

Savannah

If you would like to play along with this week's challenge, you can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, white) PTI; (blue metallic) craft supply
Clear stamps: (superhero and skyline from the Super set; sentiment from Market Fresh) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; Versamark
Embossing powder: (Ultrafine Clear) Ranger; (white) Inkadinkado
Copics
Mists: (Opaque White, Silver) Studio Calico