PMS Monday Challenge

It's time for another Paper Makeup Stamps Monday challenge (on a Wednesday!). Tina Hale issued a color challenge for this one...olive, ruby and chocolate. Lucious earthy, fall colors! I used Sprout for this because of the earthy colors...I thought she would look good in them. I started with my dp. I have a list of all the SU decorative papers and the colors that go with them (this is a year or so old now). It's so helpful, and sorry I don't know where I got it from...probably somewhere on SCS. Anyway, I came across Fall Flowers and Ginger Blossom (both retired). I chose the olive one from Fall Flowers and the ruby from Ginger Flowers. Then I went to my sketches (we all know I'm sketch challenged), and chose Beate's Weekend Sketch. I added the flowers, and I had to color the red one with my copic marker because I didn't have one to match. The sentiment is also from PMS.

If you want to see what the other DT members have done, go to the PMS blog. You can also post your card to Mr. Linky there...we'd love to see what you do with these colors. If you post to SCS/PCP, use the keyword PMSMC29.

Also, sneak peeks for the PMS October release will begin on Friday, October 2 (I cannot believe it's almost October already!). Be on the lookout for that...lots of great new images being released! Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Sprout and sentiment (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, chocolate chip, ruby red, Fall Flowers and Ginger Blossom dp (retired SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa
Copic Markers: E00, 02, 15, 29, 39; R27, 32, 46; YG95, 97; G40, W-3
Accessories: Nesties, primas, star dust stickles, SU punch, brad, scallop border punch, dimensionals

Getting Punchy with PMS!

Paper Makeup Stamps' Monday Challenge this week was to use punches or die cuts. Tangii came up with this idea, and I'm glad she did because it got me to use a couple of these die cuts I've had from SU forever! I think I may use them more now that I've finally pulled them out!I'm in an autumn mode...can you tell? This is my favorite time of year! We had a BEAUTIFUL fall weekend this past weekend and I was just lovin' it! (Perfect for football too...and the Bills won, Christi!!) Anyway onto the card. I used the PMS Swirlie Tree image and colored it with SU markers in chocolate chip, old olive, really rust, and only orange. I like how the tree trunk looks...it sort of came out like a real one. The dp is also a retired SU one called Autumn Vine. I paired it with pumpkin pie and chocolate chip. The sentiment on the old olive circle (also a die cut) is a PMS one stamped in chocolate chip. I added embossed dots on the bottom of the card, some bling, and some star dust stickles on the tree. The sketch is Beate's weekend sketch from this past weekend. I just changed the orientation a bit because of the way the tree was "swaying"!

You still have time to play in our Getting Punchy PMS Monday Challenge by posting your direct link to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. You should stop by anyway and see the fabulous creations the DT created for this challenge! If you post to SCS/PCP, use the keyword PMSMC28 and Paper Makeup Stamps so we can find it. Thanks for stopping by!
Recipe
Stamps: Swirlie Tree and sentiment (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, Autumn Vine dp (SU retired)
Ink: Chocolate chip; SU markers: chocolate chip, old olive, really rust, only orange
Accessories: Die cut flowers, bling, embossing folder, scallop border punch, nesties, star dust stickles

PMS Monday Challenge on Friday!

I'm doing the Paper Makeup Stamps Monday Challenge on Friday! The challenge was issued by Jamie Morris and she wanted us to make a flap card. The directions in the SCS Resources gallery are so easy to follow and they are really fun to make!I used PMS stamps from two sets: Dream Big (the swirls) and Nature's Song (the bird). The wordart on the outside and sentiment inside are separate stamps. I got my color combo from the SCS color challenge: soft suede, pink pirouette (it was supposed to be pretty in pink, but I liked pink pirouette better), and white. I distressed all the layers with soft suede. The bird was colored with watercolor crayons, spritzed with water, and stamped on watercolor paper. I used one of the newer nesties for the flap of the card and mounted the pink paper on top of it using the same nestie. I used the swirls from the Dream Big set stamped in pink pirouette on the wordart and on the inside. I added the brown pearls on the bottom. The flap is held shut with a Basic Grey magnet. These are so fun to make and a nice change from the normal card.

If you play, you can post your direct link to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. If you post to SCS/PCP, please use the keyword PMSMC27.

Also, today is Friday, so it's also Freebie Friday at PMS. You can snag a free digital wordart for a week, then it's gone. So stop by the PMS blog for your free gift! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
Recipe
Stamps: Dream Big, Nature's Song, wordart and sentiment (PMS)
Paper: White, pink pirouette, soft suede, watercolor paper, Bella Rose (retired SU)
Ink: soft suede, pink pirouette
Accessories: Nesties, pearls, Basic Grey magnets, watercolor crayons, dimensionals

Paper Makeup Stamps Monday Challenge

Hi everyone! It's been a few days since I've posted something here. I was busy this weekend. On Saturday I went to the Stamp Scrap Art Tour show that came to our local county fairgrounds. I went with my friends Cheryl Rowley and Tracy Harp. We had fun browsing all the booths, doing some make-and-takes, seeing some old friends, and meeting some new ones. We met Jane Wetzel who was there with Our Daily Bread Designs doing a make-and-take. It turns out she is on the Copic Creations DT with Cheryl Rowley! It was fun for the two "cyber friends" to finally meet! And one of the girls from my SU club, Judith Starks, won $250 in gift certificates to spend at the event! Congrats Judith! I bought some stamps and tonic scissors from Tim Holtz that are FABULOUS! They cut through the rubber and EZ-Mount like butter! Literally!

So today is Monday and it's Paper Makeup Stamps Monday challenge. Today we have an inspiration from Shaela Odd and she chose this fabulous website called Carrie's Cakes that is full of wedding cakes for our inspiration. I love wedding cakes! I used to make them for about five years or so. I had my own little cake business. I'll have to share some of those pictures someday. (You can see one I made last year for my nephew's wedding here.) I loved making them, so this inspiration was fun for me! I chose this cake called Noelle.

Isn't it a beautiful cake? I love the square shape...very contemporary for a wedding cake, and I also love the monochromatic look and, of course, that fantastic bow! So this is what I came up with for my card. It's sort of an aerial view of the cake, since I couldn't get the 3-D effect with a card. I used the two flourishes from Dream Big by PMS stamped in So Saffron. It gave me the monochromatic look I needed. The top part of the cake has swiss dots on it, so that is what I did with my final layer. The bow is also So Saffron in a grosgrain pattern. The Congratulations sentiment (also from PMS) was stamped in So Saffron and cut and embossed with a die. I added the pearls in the corners and on the sentiment even though there weren't any in the inspiration piece. It just fancied it up a bit. I had to go to a wedding this past Friday, and bought a card because I didn't have time to make one! This would have been perfect! Her girls were dressed in a champagne color. That'll teach me to not have one on hand! LOL!

You should stop by the PMS blog and see what the other DT has done with this inspiration. Outstanding cards once again! You should also stop by their blogs to see what cake they chose to use as their inspiration! (Their names are listed on my sidebar...just click on their names to get to their blogs.) It's fun to see what someone has taken away from an inspiration piece! I love these challenges! Thanks Shaela!

Well, thanks again for stopping by today! There's lots going on this week...tomorrow is the Artful INKables Think Ink Tuesday challenge and Wednesday begins the sneaks for Paper Makeup Stamps September release! Some fun and different images coming, so make sure you check it out! Have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Dream Big and sentiment (PMS)
Paper: PTI vintage cream, So Saffron (SU)
Ink: So Saffron
Accessories: So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, pearls, die, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge

It's Monday, so we have a new Paper Makeup Stamps Monday challenge for you. This week, Mindy Baxter drew up a sketch for us. It's a great one!I sort of deviated from the sketch a bit. My sentiment was an oval instead of the rectangle, and it didn't leave me room for the three dots on the bottom. But I just think it's still so cute!I chose to use the cute fairy called Baby Gabe because I hadn't inked him up yet and he fit nicely in the circle! The dp is from The Paper Studio which I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I added the bashful blue strips embossed with circles (to mimic the bubbles) on either side of the main image, which was matted with chocolate chip run through a pinking circle nestie. The sentiment is from PTI, and I added the blue bows on either side of the image. The bubbles in the tub have star dust stickles all over them, and the bubbles floating in the air have crystal effects on them. Very shiny!

For more inspiration, you can visit the PMS blog to see what the DT have done with this sketch. We hope you can play in our challenge, and if you do, please link your direct post to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. If you post to SCS, please use the keywords PMSMC25. You don't have to use PMS stamps, but if you do, use the keywords Paper Makeup Stamps and pmsgallerychal. You may have the chance of designing your own fairy and having it named after you! This challenge runs until August 31, so hurry and get your entries in! Thanks for stopping in today!
Recipe
Stamps: Baby Gabe (PMS), Bitty Baby Blessings (PTI)
Paper: Neenah white, chocolate chip, bashful blue, The Paper Studio dp
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: C-1, 3, 5; B00, 32; E00, 02; R20
Accessories: Nesties, grosgrain ribbon, star dust stickles, crystal stickles, embossing folder, large and small oval punches, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge and Sneak Peek Day 1

Today is a double whammy...it's our usual Monday Challenge at Paper Makeup Stamps and it's day one of our August sneak peeks. Today's challenge is a technique challenge and was chosen by yours truly. The technique is to make your own decorative paper. I made my own paper using a technique I've been wanting to try for a while....alcohol inks. Here's my card.

First of all, do you love the image? I was hoping PMS would have a fairy with a dog because I love dogs! I had to have this one to sneak for you! Her name is MeMe Fairy and she'll be available on the 7th.

Now the technique. I followed the tutorial on SCS for Alcohol Inks and let me tell you it was EASY! I used a piece of photo paper (because it's glossy) and butterscotch, lettuce, raisin, eggplant, and latte alcohol inks and silver mixative. It literally took me 5 minutes to do.

I wanted to show as much of the background as possible, so all I added were some ribbon, a paw print brad, and the word "soulmates" from the Soulmates free digi from PMS this week. You can find it here. I thought it was perfect for this fairy and her dog.

Stop by the PMS blog and see what the others have for you. If you play, post a direct link to your creation on Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. if you post to an online gallery, use the keyword PMSMC22. Thanks for stopping in today!

Recipe
Stamps: MeMe Fairy, Soulmates digi sentiment (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, pure poppy and summer sunrise (PTI), glossy paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, alcohol inks (butterscotch, lettuce, raisin, eggplant, latte), silver mixative
Copic Markers: E00, 02, 15, 99; R14, 24, 27, 32; YR23, 24, 31; Y21; W-3
Accessories: ribbon, star dust stickles, paw print brad, nesties, MS flourish punch, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! It pretty much rained all weekend here...it's been a rainy summer! But I have a pretty bright card to show you for our Paper Makeup Stamps Monday challenge. Kim Stewart issued a great sketch challenge for us. Here's the sketch.I thought that the Dustin Pike dinos over at Paper Makeup Stamps were being a little neglected lately (we all love the fairies and wordart...LOL!!), so I decided to use Terry the Pterodactyl. Terry is colored with copic markers to match this Lime Rickey dp by Basic Grey. I also used the new SU in-colors Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango. The polka dot ribbon is also SU's new Dusty Durango. I added some yellow stickles to his freckles and crystal effects to his eyes. I changed the placement of the sentiment a little because of the way Terry was facing, but I guess that's allowed, right? It sort of looks like he's carrying the sentiment!

You can see all the cards the DT made on their blogs (you can access them on my sidebar) or you can visit the PMS blog to see what they have for you. If you decide to play, post your direct link on the PMS blog, and if you post to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC21.
Recipe
Stamps: Terry the Pterodactyl (PMS), Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: Neenah white, crushed curry, dusty durango, Lime Rickey dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: E08, 97; Y17; W-3
Accessories: Crystal effects, yellow stickles, grosgrain ribbon, circle punches, corner rounder, dimensionals

Now I have another to share with you. This was for yesterday's Featured Stamper challenge on SCS. Versamom was the FS and she has a great gallery. I chose to case this card because of it's simplicity and because it reminded me of this PMS Swirly Tree stamp that I've never used. This is what I came up with. I kept the same layout and added the embossing on the top and bottom. I used Soft Sky and Night of Navy as my colors. The sentiment is from PTI's Out on a Limb. This was a fun and easy card to do!

Thanks for stopping in today and have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Swirly Tree (PMS), Out on a Limb (PTI)
Paper: Neenah white, soft sky, night of navy
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Embossing folder

Paper Makeup Stamps Monday Challenge

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! Monday is always a happy day at Paper Makeup Stamps because we have a new challenge for you! This week, Dawn Wheeler issued a great challenge...use pink and brown on your creations! I had no trouble with this as I LOVE brown with ANY color! So here's what I did.This is Shelby and she is currently available as a digi stamp from PMS. I believe Katie said she was going to be released in rubber soon, too! Isn't she just the cutest? I love the sentiment with it as well. This is also a digi wordart image found here. This wordart image is only $1.00 and Shelby is only $3.00!! Seriously, who can't afford that? Anyway, I started with my dp, as I always do and then colored my image from there. These papers are from DCWV called Garden Party. I just got this Saturday at ACMoore with a JoAnn's 50% off coupon (they take competitor's coupons)! I added Star Dust Stickles to Shelby and her toy duck, prima flowers with a Basic Grey pearl in the center, and the same pearls on the main image. I highlighted some of the words on the sentiment...love doing that! Easy peasy card, but I love it!

Now if you want to play (and I know you do!), you can link your direct post to the PMS blog. If you upload to SCS/PCP, please used the code PMSMC20 so we can find yours! Please remember to stop by the blogs of the PMS DT members (located on my sidebar) and see what eye candy they have! It's fabulous, let me tell you, cause I've seen each and every one! Thanks for stopping in today! I'll have another post today with some exciting news!
Recipe
Stamps: Shelby (PMS digi image)
Paper: Neenah white, Garden Party (DCWV dp)
Copic Markers: R11, 20, 21, 22, 32; E00, 02, 15, 18, 27, 29, 97,99; Y11, 18; YR68; W-5, 7
Accessories: Prima flowers, Basic Grey pearls, Star Dust stickles, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge - Button Up!

The Paper Makeup Stamps DT have another Monday challenge for you today. Dawn Knight challenged us to use buttons on our projects. Here's mine.So do you think I got "carried away" with all these buttons? I didn't even think of that until after I uploaded my card! Yes, there are a lot of buttons on this one...but that is the challenge! This scared little guy is Jerry. He was part of the July PMS digi release, and he comes with the sentiment. He is categorized as a monster, but I don't think he looks like one, do you? He sort of reminds me of a tiger or something in the cat family.

All those buttons are adhered to a piece of cardboard that I cut with my rectangle nestie and then cut the middle out with another nestie to make a frame. I placed the image behind the frame after I colored him. The balloon is one HUGE button!

If you'd like to play along, please leave your direct link on the PMS blog. If you upload to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC19. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Jerry with Balloon and sentiment digi image (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, dusty durango, Nana's Kids dp (DCWV)
Ink: Baja breeze
Copic Markers: R02, 05; B21; W-3
Accessories: Nesties, buttons, corner rounder, glue dots, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge - Faux Silk

Have you ever tried this technique...faux silk? It's so easy! I had been putting off doing this challenge because I was certain it was going to give me a headache! I think I got one just worrying about it! Our fellow PMS DT member, Tina Hale, chose this technique for our challenge this week and I'm so glad she did! Here is a link to a great tutorial on SCS that Beate Johns did, and here is what I came up with.I hope you can click on the picture to see the wrinkles in the tissue paper (I've not been having luck with clicking on the picture feature lately!). I stamped the stars and flourish from Starstruck in Night of Navy and Yo Yo Yellow (when was the last time you used this bright color?) on a larger piece of tissue paper. Then I crinkled it up and flattened it out. I covered a piece of white cardstock with a glue stick, placed the tissue over it, and trimmed off the edges. That's it for the technique! Pretty easy, huh? One thing I do recommend is that you stamp on a piece of scrap paper to protect your surface because the ink does bleed right through the tissue paper. I wanted to leave more of the background, but my sentiment really covered a lot of it up. This sentiment is one of three great ones in the set. I liked this one because my ribbon has stars and moons on it. (I was just thinking...wouldn't this be a great graduation card?) I used a soft brush to add some color to the sentiment while it was still in the long rectangle nestie (I finally got to use these and PMS sells them!) and added the navy star. This card came together very easily and I really like the Yo Yo Yellow and Night of Navy together.

I hope you decide to try this technique (since I've just raved about it!). If you do, please link your direct post to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. You don't have to use PMS stamps, but if you have them, why not use them? If you post to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC17. I can't wait to see all the entries! Thanks for stopping by today!
Recipe
Stamps: Starstruck (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, night of navy, yo yo yellow, tissue paper
Ink: Night of navy, yo yo yellow
Accessories: Long rectangle nesties, Offray ribbon, glue stick, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge!

Are you ready for another PMS Monday Challenge? This week's challenge is a sketch challenge and it's hosted by Tangii Crain. She came up with a great sketch for us to use this week. The PMS DT all agreed that it was a great sketch to work with. Here is my take on this sketch. I used SU's new in colors again in the Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry. I'm just loving these two colors. I haven't worked with the others yet, but I will soon! I started with this butterfly from PMS called Buggy Sayings. I colored it with a copic marker (I think RV14) and then went over it with some Pink Shimmerz paint. Love that stuff! It "shimmerz" so nicely! I cut and embossed the image with a nestie, and while it was still in the die, I sponged some Pretty in Pink ink around the butterfly, creating the white border. I ran a piece of Melon Mambo through the textile cuttlebug folder. The dp is SU's new Razzleberry Lemonade...so yummy! (These new colors and papers will be available on July 1st, btw!) I added a piece of SU's new Crushed Curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon, some primas, and crystal brads. I wasn't sure where to put a sentiment and which sentiment to add, so I left it off for another day! I just love how colorful this card is!

If you want to play along with our challenge, please post a direct link to your card to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. If you post to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC16 (I cannot believe we are at #16 already!). Thanks for stopping by today and I'll have another very important post today...a charity digi image that you won't want to miss!
Recipe
Stamps: Buggy Sayings (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, melon mambo, crushed curry, Razzleberry Lemonade (new SU papers)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, pretty in pink
Accessories: Pink Shimmerz paint, crystal brads, nestie, prima flowers, crushed curry polka dot grosgrain ribbon, textile cuttlebug folder, dimensionals

PMS Monday Color Challenge and Sad News

Please make sure you read this entire post today...there's some sad news to share with you. But first I'd like to share my PMS Monday Challenge card. Jamie gave us this color challenge this week. She chose a great color combo...summer yellow, aqua, and chocolate. I used SU's Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, and Cool Caribbean (remember that one?). I started with this new fairy from the summer release called Katie the Makeup Fairy. As the DT was chatting one day about some fairies we'd like to see, someone said there should be a fairy putting on makeup! Katie Cotton (PMS owner) is a makeup artist as well, hence the name Paper Makeup Stamps! We were all very excited to have this stamp made! This is it's maiden voyage for me! Isn't she cute? There's a sentiment that goes with it that says "You Are Beautiful Inside and Out", but I don't have it! I thought I did, but I must have missed that one! So I used a PTI Mixed Messages sentiment instead. Katie is colored with various copics. The yellow dp is from SU's Good Morning Sunshine. The Cool Caribbean piece was put through a Sizzix folder called Lines and Circles. I got this for free at my LSS! She got some samples and offered one to me...how nice! Thanks, Sharon! The ribbon, scalloped mat and base of the card are all chocolate chip. Her makeup mirror was colored with a silver Spica glitter pen. I also glittered her up with Star Dust Stickles. Last, I added some crystal brads in the aqua and yellow colors. Stop by the PMS blog and see what the other DT members did with these colors. They've done another fantastic job with this challenge! If you post your card to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC15 and if you link your card to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog, please link your direct post. We'd love to see what you've done with this challenge!

Recipe
Stamps: Katie Fairy (PMS), Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: PTI white, chocolate chip, cool caribbean, Good Morning Sunshine dp
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: Y02, 15, 18; E00, 02, 33, 37; BG000, 01; R32; W-3, 5
Accessories: Sizzix folder, nesties, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, crystal brads, small and large oval punches, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Now for the sad news. Alicia Weiman, a My Time to Create DT member and friend, has a four year old son, Ethan, who has been battling neuroblastoma cancer for about two years. I have been following her blog for about a year, and things have been up and down for a while now. He is the sweetest little boy and the pictures on her blog are just adorable (she also has a little girl, Ava, and the two of them seem like such great friends). About a week or so ago, Alicia said they brought Ethan home from the hospital to make him comfortable. There was really nothing more they could do to help this little boy. Alicia has been blogging about Ethan's jouney on her Caring Bridge blog, and I had been getting regular updates. It seemed that Ethan was doing ok...wanting to go fishing and such. I checked my email yesterday and found the email I had been dreading to receive. Ethan passed away on Friday. This family is deeply rooted in their faith and seem to have been prepared for this. Still, it must be a heartache that no one ever wants to experience.

The My Time to Create DT has started a fund to help the family out during this difficult time. We are purchasing balloons (at the family's request) for Ethan's service because he loved balloons. We are also purchasing a gift card for food from Schwan's home delivery food service. Please know that any extra funds collected will be donated to the Weiman family. I have a Paypal set up on the top of my blog if you wish to contribute. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for stopping in today. Have a great week and remember to hug your children!

PMS Monday Challenge

Happy Monday everyone! Did you join in on the fun yesterday at the PMS release party? I was having serious computer problems...I was only able to post one or two comments before being kicked off! My hubby kept making fun of me by saying I was booted out of the party! So mean! So, I wasn't there for any long period of time, but I did manage to post my two challenge cards. There were three challenges and you have until Sunday to get them done and post on the forum to win a prize!

This card is for today's PMS Monday Challenge which was to use something clear on our cards. This was Shaela's challenge, and she just about pushed some of us over the edge with this one, including me! I was having serious problems finding something that would work. I ended up using a clear button and three clear dew drops. That's why it's a challenge...to make you think and be creative!

This card is also for the third challenge from yesterday's party. We were to find a card in the PMS SCS gallery and CASE it, making some changes. I chose this card by Tangii Crain because I just loved that rounded corner. I used a new monster image from this month's release. He is called Baby Horatio...isn't he so cute? I also find it amazing that these monsters, dinos, and aliens all morph into the colors of my dp! This one just happened to morph into yellow and brown! LOL!

Stop by the PMS blog and see what the other DT have done with this challenge. Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week!

Recipe
Stamps: Baby Horatio and Monster Sentiments (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, summer sun, Good Morning Sunshine dp (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, chocolate chip
Copic Markers: Y15, 17, 18; E25, 59; B21; W-3
Accessories: Ribbon, clear button, clear dew drops, star dust stickles, floss, coluzzle, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge

Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends! I hope you have your flag proudly hanging outside somewhere! Mine has been out all weekend! I hope you are going to enjoy a hot dog or two today to celebrate wherever you are!

Well, today is the PMS Monday Challenge and it's the beginning of the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's event (see my post about this event here)! First the PMS challenge. Katie is involved with the SOA event and her challenge for the event is called "Any Winged Thing". Pretty easy for us PMS lovers with all the fairies flying around the PMS store! My challenge for the SOA event is called I've Got the Blues Copic Marker Challenge (you can only enter this site if you have made your minimum donation of $5, which you can do using the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's "give" link located on the top of my side bar). You are to use these two copic markers (B12 Ice Blue and B16 Cyanine Blue) along with any marker from the "E" family. I chose the blue because my dad had the prettiest blue eyes and the brown because I love the blue and brown combination! So here's my card combining both challenges.

I chose this stamp called Jashen because he looked so peaceful. The paper is Basic Grey's Marrakech (love that paper!) and SU's Pacific Point. I punched the two different size stars and added some bling I got at Michael's dollar spot. I've added Star Dust stickles all over this image! Fairies should sparkle! The sentiment is from PTI's Out on a Limb set. I chose this because I think every day is gift. This is especially true for those of us who have been touched (or I should say bowled over) by Alzheimer's Disease.

So, if you play in the PMS challenge, please post your direct link to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog. If you post to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC13.

Also, please remember to sign up for the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's event by using the SOA "give" link on the top of my side bar. You must donate as little as $5.00 to get into the site and see the challenges. You can then play in my challenge or any of the other ones. Remember there are $1,000 in prizes to be won! You can't win if you don't play! I hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping in today!

Recipe

Stamps: Jashen (PMS), Out on a Limb (PTI)

Paper: Neenah white, pacific point, Marrakechdp (Basic Grey)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Copic Markers: E00, 02, 25, 59, 07,99; B00, 12, 16; R32; Y15; C-3; W-3

Accessories: Star and oval punches, nesties, bling, star dust stickles, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge: Puttin' on the Glitz!

Hi all! Happy Monday to all of you! I hope you all had a great Mother's Day! I had a nice day at home. I made breakfast for my mom (quiche!), and then later my hubby made a surf and turf dinner for all of us! It was like being at a fancy restaurant! He made twice-baked potatoes, corn on the cob, and of course the lobster tails and steaks! It was delicious and a nice day. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to stamp, but I had to make a card for my MIL, so I cased myself and used it for my PMS Monday Challenge! The challenge this week was chosen by me and I chose to challenge everyone to use some kind of **SPARKLE** on their cards. This isn't a challenge for me because I use it all the time, but I love it so I chose this for the challenge. So here's my card:

I just love this digi stamp called A Fairy for Kaleigh. I used it for my last challenge here and just love it so I made another in different colors. I started out by chosing my dp, which is Basic Grey's Porcelain. I then matched it up with regal rose, this green Offray satin ribbon, and my copic markers. I glittered up the fairy with Star Dust Stickles and added bling to the bottom and a little one for her necklace. Isn't she just so pretty! You can read about this charity digi image here. All the proceeds (100%) are being donated back to the Freeman family.

So do you think you can bling up a card? I think you can, and we'd love to see what you do. Stop over the PMS blog and see what the DT girls have done with this challenge, then create your own. Link it to Mr. Linky so we can all see it, and if you post to SCS or another forum, please use the code PMSMC11. Also, if you upload to SCS, please put Paper Makeup Stamps in your key words because we now have a gallery there! Yeah! We are so excited about that! Thanks for stopping in today, and have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: A Fairy for Kaleigh (PMS), All Holidays (SU)
Paper: Neenah white, regal rose, Porcelain dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: Y21; YR23; E00, 02; RV000,10, 11, 32, 34; R32; W-1
Accessories: Blossom die, tag die, bling, star dust stickles, corner rounder, satin ribbon, dimensionals

PMS Sneak Peek Day #3 and Monday Challenge

Well, this is day three of the PMS Sneak Peeks, but it's also the PMS Monday Challenge. So I combined the two! Kim issued the challenge this week...make a bookmark. Cool idea, Kim! I thought I would have had this done in no time, but I was busy this week and yesterday took some time to go to our cabin in the country. I hadn't been there since the fall, and my hubby and his friend have done so much to it since then...it's beautiful! They had it built by the Amish two years ago and have the inside almost completed! I love it there!

Anyway, I digress. While I was driving there (it's a one-hour drive), I was concocting this bookmark in my head! I came up with this catchy phrase when I decided to use this new image among the many that PMS is releasing on Thursday (they are ALL FABULOUS!). This is Bronto, a Dustin Pike image. Isn't he cute? Can you just imagine all the fun things you could do with it for kids? Party invites, special birthdays, special awards, etc. So many possibilities! He's colored with copic markers and I gave him some freckles, glittered him up (of course), and glassed up his eyes with Crystal Effects. The phrase was generated on my computer.

I know my students would love this bookmark. They are always asking me for one whenever they pick up a new book. I always keep several on hand. Here is Bronto up close.

And here he is in all his glory, being used as he was intended...holding the place of a favorite book.

I hope you enjoyed today's post. Remember that on Thursday, PMS is having their blog hop and release party. You can read about it on my blog here and on the PMS blog here. Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope to see your bookmark linked on the PMS blog. Stop in tomorrow for another sneak! I have a fab card to show you using two new images that are illustrated by a new artist to PMS...Lindsay Spencer. These images knocked my socks off when I saw them, and I know you'll fall in love with them! Have a great Monday and I hope to see you tomorrow!
Recipe
Stamps: Bronto (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, tangerine tango, Washington Apple dp
Copic Markers: E37, 97; YR14; W-3
Accessories: Circle nesties, Sakura glitter pen, crystal effects

PMS Monday Challenge: A Sketch!

Today's PMS Monday Challenge is hosted by Dawn Wheeler, and she created this fabulous sketch for all of us to try.

I chose to use Lily today. It was such a lovely, warm weekend so I decided an ice cream cone would be nice! I also chose to use some fresh, bright colors and of course had to use pink in honor of Dawn...her blog name is All Pink Girl! I used regal rose cardstock, Sweet Always and Good Morning Sunshine dp. A bright lemon yellow satin Offray ribbon and pink and yellow flowers pulled it all together. The sentiment (which I realized too late is in the wrong place!) is from MFT's Twisted Sentiments. Lily is colored with copic markers which I have listed in the recipe.

I hope you can play in our PMS Monday Challenge this week. Let's see what you can do. You don't have to use PMS stamps, but if you have them, why not use them? Post your card to Mr. Linky on the PMS blog, and if you post to SCS/PCP, please use the code PMSMC09. I can't wait to see your creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Recipe
Stamps: Lily (PMS), Twisted Sentiments (MFT)
Paper: PTI white, regal rose, Sweet Always and Good Morning Sunshine dp (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: E00, 02, 15, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37; Y02, 08; RV13, 14, 21; R00, 20, 27; W-3
Accessories: Primas, offray satin ribbon, slot punch, nesties, crystal brads, oval punch, Sakrura glitter pen, oval punch, dimensionals

PMS Monday Color Challenge

Today's Monday challenge over on the PMS blog is a color challenge chosen by fellow DT member Dawn Knight. She chose these fab colors: summer sun, cameo coral, old olive, and kraft. This is my interpretation of those colors. I used Penelope as my focal image. I had not used this fairy on a card yet, and I felt this layout was perfect for it since she's a bit bigger image. I sort of followed a Paper Pretties sketch, but had to leave a layer off, so it didn't qualify, but I kept the rest of it. The dp is SU's retired Linen Prints and this one has sort of an oriental feel to it and it was in old olive...perfect! I layered those two pieces on summer sun which was punched with a MS flourish punch on all four sides. I accidentally cut the cameo coral piece too small and when I layered them together, this is what it looked like. I really liked the coral peeking out from the summer sun, so I kept it. The image was too wide for any of my nesties, and I remembered this technique I saw on Katharina's blog. Basically what I did was stamp the image and cut around the wings and the bottom of her dress. These cut parts were then layered OVER the die so they wouldn't be cut. Super easy and an "aha" moment for me when I saw her post. Check it out...she has a tutorial for this technique. Penelope is also colored with various copic markers and glittered with a Spica clear star glitter pen. The pearls were colored with a copic marker.

To get the kraft color in this one, I made the flower. Cheryl Rowley did one on one of her cards here, and she found the tutorial on Lesa's blog, Paper Possibilities. Very easy to do. I just cut eight of the smallest heart nesties, punched a hole in the point part of the heart and joined them together with a brad. I actually sponged the edges with cameo coral before putting them together. I then attached a button and pearl in the center with a glue dot. I was supposed to add leaves, but forgot before I took the picture. That's how I got all my colors in this card for the challenge!

So, are you up for a color challenge? Head on over to the PMS blog and check out what the other DT members did with these colors for inspiration. If you choose to play, link your card to our Mr. Linky so we can see it. If you choose to post on SCS or PCP, please use code PMSMC08 so we can find them there, too! I look forward to seeing you there! Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week! It's back to work for me today, so I probably won't be around as much! :-(
Recipe
Stamps: Penelope (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, old olive, cameo coral, summer sun, kraft
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, chocolate chip, cameo coral
Copic Markers: E27, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 59; Roo, 12, 20, 22; YR21; Y18; YG95; W-1
Accessories: Nesties, pearls, button, MS flourish punch, Spica glitter pen, dimensionals

PMS Monday Challenge: All Tied Up!

Today's PMS Monday Challenge is an embellishment challenge, and it was handed to us by DT member Dawn Barrett. She challenged us to ribbons on our cards. Here's my entry. Not very creative with the ribbons, but I used them nonetheless! I chose to use this cute panda bear from the Panda Hugs set. Believe it or not, I was unsure which parts of the panda were black, so I googled panda bears and this is what I found.

Cute picture, huh? While it gave me direction in coloring the panda, it also gave me the idea to create my own bamboo dp. I just stamped this bamboo-looking stamp from SU's Embrace Life in black and colored it in with a green copic marker. The panda was not colored with a black marker...have you ever used a black copic marker? It's REALLY dark, so I used W-5 and then went over that with W-7. This way you could still see the stamped parts of the panda. After coloring it, it looked too flat and it's difficult to use a blender pen on such dark colors (at least for me), so I used a technique I learned in my copic certification class. I saturated a piece of wash cloth with copic blender solution (we were given a large bottle at the class), then held it over the colored parts of the panda. The effect that's left is the pattern from the wash cloth. It leaves a fur-like pattern. Perfect for my panda! (You can see a tutorial of this technique on SCS by Beate Johns here.)

I then cut him out, layered him on my homemade dp and onto a piece of dp from PTI. I added the ribbon, of course, on a piece of white that was edged with a decorative border punch from EK Success (the ones that fold flat...ingenious!) That piece is hard to see. I then colored a Prima with the same green marker I used for the bamboo and layered another white one over it. In the center of the flower and in the corners of the card I placed green glitter dots. I struggled with a sentiment (the one that comes with the set was too big for the front), but remembered this Happy Earth Day one from PMS and stamped it then cut and embossed it with a tag die through which I tied another piece of ribbon (another chance to use it!). I thought with Earth Day coming April 22nd and with the low numbers of pandas on earth today that it was appropriate. I also added crystal effects to the panda's eyes, nose and mouth. I followed Taylor's sketch from Friday as well. Stop on over to the PMS blog and see what the other DT members have created for the challenge. We hope you will play along with us on this one! It's an easy one this week that everyone can join in on! I look forward to seeing your creations! Thanks for stopping by!
Recipe

Stamps: Panda Hugs and sentiment (PMS); Embrace Life

Paper: PTI white and dp; garden green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Copic Markers: G24, W-5, W-7

Accessories: Prima flowers, glitter dots, crystal effects, EK Success border punch, ticket corner punch, tag die, ribbon, copic blender solution, dimensionals