Paper Smooches blog hop winner...

Hi everyone! Back to announce the winner of the Paper Smooches blog hop. Hold on while I plug in the numbers on random.org........

OK, back... who is comment #106?

Checking....

Here you go!


Ashley Nguyen Newell said... 106
This is super sweet!


Congrats, Ashley! Please contact me with your mailing info! :)

May DT Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches June stamp release with you!  The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase at 12:01am, Eastern time...on June 1st.  You will find them HERE. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new June stamp sets!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify)  You have until midnight MT on Friday, June 1st to leave a comment.  Please check all five blogs on Saturday, June 2nd to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Emily Leiphart
Heidi Van Laar
Laurie Schmidlin
Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:
1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop
(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog - separate comment for each)

My card uses the oh-so-cute Pip Squeaks! I've been waiting for Kim to come out with a baby set and she delivered! How fun is that sentiment?! I really feel like her unique sentiments are more personable and something I would say to my good friends. That teddy bear is adorable and the baby clothes are perfect. There's a clothespin included in the set, but I opted not to include them because I felt like there was too much going on in my card already. So invisible clothespins it is.

I haven't decided who the recipient of this card is yet... I have so many preggie friends right now! Dragon babies everywhere! (It's the Year of the Dragon :)

Thanks for popping by, remember to check back Saturday!

Bella Blvd projects

Hi, it's been awhile! Bad me. But I'm here today with a special share with 3 cute projects I made for Bella Blvd. First up, is a CAS layout I whipped up...

I knew I wanted to create a simple middle aligned layout. I had this Instax picture of my bestie sitting around that was waiting for the perfect papers to be scrapped. I used the uber trendy chevron washi tape to create my alignment and then went about adding dimensions and textures in specific spots until I was happy with the minimalist yet textural design.

Supplies: Bella Blvd 

Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; High Five Alphabets: Pink-Red

Next projects is a simple wall art using Lifestyle Crafts dies -- the amazing gorgeous nesting butterflies dies (use coupon code 'sugar' for 20% off your entire Lifestyle Crafts purchase!)

I am drawn to the gorgeous clouds, it inspired me to created a tone on tone wall art. I used a white gel pen to outline the butterfly die cuts and to add texture. I love that there is random little pops of colors peeking out of the butterflies.

Supplies: Bella Blvd 

Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds; High Five Alphabets: Pink-Red

Finally, I have a simple, cheerful card. I ended up giving this card away yesterday for a baby shower and it was perfect! 

I love the happy colors in the Sunshine Happiness collection so much that I think it should be highlighted in a CAS card! I kept it super minimal with a simple layer. Used Lifestyle Craft's pennant punches dies to create the banner and finished off with the round stickers. It's so simple yet the colors pack quite a punch!

Supplies: 

Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; High Five Alphabets: Pink-Red

Thanks for visiting. All paper products are Bella Blvd, obviously and any dies you see are from Lifestyle Crafts. Reminder that using my coupon code SUGAR gets you 20% off your purchase at Lifestyle Crafts. :)

Paper Smooches: Hubby and Wife

It's been a rough few weeks for me -- from one minor illness to another. That. Is. So. Annoying. Must be the change in weather, the month of April never seems to like me. I'm still not out of the woods just yet, but let's just say I'm back up on my feet now. I'm well enough to be sitting here writing this post and then I head out for a quick meeting with my baby sister -- wedding related. :) She just got engaged a week ago and we're already ironing out details for her wedding. Guess who was appointed the planner? Yup. It is my honor though! My own wedding feel like ages ago so I'm glad I now have the insight and (crafting) experience to make her wedding spectacular! The first thing we agreed on was the wedding colors -- she wanted clean, modern, chic. So we decided on yellow + grey. That decision inspired this card using Paper Smooches Hubby and Wife (available for purchase May 1st).

 

I don't really enjoy paper piecing or any form of cutting with scissors but this card was begging for it with those itty bitty flowers. I love the cascade look. And it struck me to use the sentiment as the cake topper. To tie it all together, I added a single flower to the very top. The background is stamped with an open flower image, also included in the Hubby and Wife set. Get it. You won't regret it. :)

Paper Smooches winner...

Hi, stopping in to announce the winner of the blog hop. Random.org picked #65 to win Alfresco!


calamity jane said... 65
I love this!! These sets sure make cute cards!! I know what I'm buying next!


p.s. I think this lighting works!!


Congrats, please contact me with your mailing info.

April Paper Smooches blog hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches May stamp release with you!  The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase on May 1st.  You will find them HERE.  Follow the Paper Smooches blog for more sneak peeks.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new May stamp sets!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify)  You have until midnight MT on Friday, April 27th to leave a comment.  Please check all five blogs on Saturday, April 28th to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Emily Leiphart
Heidi Van Laar
Laurie Schmidlin
Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:
1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop
(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog)

I have the pleasure of showing you my card using Alfresco. Think Summer and BBQs!



Used the gingham border stamp from Debonair to create my picnic table... or blanket. Added a doily 'cause I like doilies, lol. I think it looks like a plate too. I'm still not very good at coloring with Copics, I thought about paper piecing solid cardstock together to create the burger but decided to give coloring a go because I like creating texture with the Colorless Blender. If you look at the bun, you can see where I let the colorless blender ink bleed into the paper a bit in a random fashion. I like that it makes it more realistic and not just a flat coloring. I keep toothpicks in my room, but not in my kitchen :) love creating little flags with them. A twine wrapped around the base finishes this card off.

I had a mini photography + lighting lesson from my pro-photographer brother in law. This was taken without a flash, just my regular lights and a tripod. I'm still experimenting but I think the lighting isn't as harsh, which is definitely an improvement. I think. Anyone have anymore expert tips?