Paper Smooches / July Release Blog Hop

Hello!  

I am excited to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches JULY 2019 release with you!  THREE new stamp sets, THREE new dies and TWO NEW stencils will be available to purchase at 10:00 AM Central time zone on July 7th.  Once they go live, you will find the new products here: www.papersmoochesstamps.com.

I've used the new Star stencil to create my background using lots of coordinating Distress Inks and blending brushes.  With a little bit of masking, creating this background was simple!  You could easily make this a feminine card by switching out the colors of ink.  For the sentiment, I blended some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink over a panel of white cardstock and then die cut the You Rock Die.  The die was die cut 3 more times out of white and they were all layered for dimension.

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My second card, I went clean and simple.  

Using the Health Dies, I die cut the band aid pieces out of turquoise cardstock and then layered 3 red hearts on top for dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from Inhale Exhale in bold black ink.  

After measuring out the sentiment and the band aid, I scored an area with my Scor-Pal and between two of the lines, I used my paper piercer.  You remember this tool?  
It was fun to use again!

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To add extra fun to our blog hop...there is a prize!  The prize - a $30. gift code to use at the PS online store.  

Here are the details:

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning) 
• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the blog below
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on July 8th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on July 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners. 

Paper Smooches Blog

Guests: 

Amy Kolling

Kristina Werner

Design Team:

Alice Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Celebrate!

Hello!  I'm sharing the last of my Paper Smooches projects as the July Guest Designer.  I want to thank Kim from Paper Smooches for having me this month! xoxo

This first card some watercolor for the background.  I was a bit scared at first using purple but I really liked how it came out.  I've used the Flowers 2 Dies and a sentiment from Best Buds.  This just uses simple diecutting and layering.  A tiny bow from Bows Dies was added to complement the flower centers.

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My next card uses the new Flatware 2 Dies and a sentiment from Shindig Two.  My background was stamped in grey ink using the heart cluster from Shindig Two.  I stamped my sentiment in Staz-On onto vellum and hand cut into a banner.  

 

Thanks so much for sharing a part of your day with me!

Congratulations

Hello!  I have another Paper Smooches card to share as Guest Designer this month.  

I have always loved Paisleys.........enter the Paisley Dies from Paper Smooches.  I've used them here for a wedding card!  I diecut the Paisleys out of white cardstock and adhered them to a light grey cardstock panel.  To soften this look, I machine stitched a piece of vellum with zig zag stitches that had been stamped with "Congratulations" from the Sentiment Sampler set.  Lastly, I added a few silver glittered enamel dots.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Congrats using Paper Smooches

Hello!  I think I am almost back to reality.  If you wondered where I've been, I counted and in the last 2 weeks, we've watched 19 softball/baseball games!  My son has one more day left (Saturday) and then we will be done until fall ball starts.  I love watching them play!  I don't know what we will do with our evenings now.......no more packing coolers of water, filling water bottles, packing snacks, hauling tons of gear.  Actually this season, the weather really hasn't been that bad with the heat.  I've definitely sat through worse summers at the ball fields!  

So this week will be more "normal"........it's Lil' Inker Designs Release Week!!!!!  There are some fabulous new stamps and dies releasing......so stay tuned!!

I have a cute card share today using more of the July Paper Smooches release!  This one is using the adorable Pip Squeaks stamps and now MATCHING dies!  I paired this with several older products.......Power Rays Die and Border 1 Dies.  I used the tiny heart from Pip Squeaks to stamp along my "hills".  I just love this adorable sentiment too!

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Hello.....Paper Smooches

Hello!  I'm here with a card share for Paper Smooches as their July Guest Designer!  

I've created a little rainbow watercolor background for these Dainty Flowers Dies using some Zig Clean Color Brush Markers.  I love how they stand out in black with the rainbow background!  The Hello sentiment was done using the Hello Word Dies which was perfectly paired with the Dainty Flowers!  I added in a few of my favorite Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins for the finishing touch.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Build a Bug with Paper Smooches

Hello!

Paper Smooches just released a bunch of fabulous new dies.  One including called Build a Bug.  There are many possibilities with this die set!

This card was up on the Paper Smooches blog a few days ago.  I used the dies to make a ladybug and added a sentiment from Giddy Bugs stamp set.  I added a polka dot border down the left side using Washi tape.  

Thank you so much for sharing a part of your day with me!

Paper Smooches

 

Hi there!  I'm here to share a card that was over on the Paper Smooches blog the other day!  I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for the month of July!!!

I've used the new Best Buds stamp set.  This set is just the cutest!  Guess what?  This set can be yours with a qualifying order during July over at Paper Smooches!!!  Check out this post for all the details!!  

I've used my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers to add color to the blooms and soft blue watercolor behind the focal point.  Love these markers!!  The sparkling clear sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches JULY release with you!  TWO new stamps and TEN new dies

 will be available to purchase on June 30th at 8:00pm pacific time. 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 below or the PS blog for your 

chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes) 

***Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, June 28th to leave a comment. 

***Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, June 29th 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 life. Amy Kolling is filling in for Emily and Melissa Phillips

 is filling in for Pamela.  We are so excited to have them join us in July!

Alice Wertz

Amy Kolling

Ashley Marcu

JJ Bolton

Kalyn Kepner

Kay Miller

Laura Bassen

Laurie Schmidlin

Melissa Phillips

Michele Boyer

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop

Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop

Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

Today I’m excited to be designing with the New Paper Smooches die set, Foilage 1 Dies.  Even better is that I am amongst some of the most talented ladies for the entire month of July!!!  Thank you Kim for having me this month! 

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I pulled out my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to create this greenish/mint watercolored background.  Using the Quote Tag Dies, I diecut a tag and then diecut the leaf die from Foilage 1 Dies out of the tag.  This way the watercolor shows through.  Onto my tag, I added a few droplets of color that matches my background....just to soften the white tag.  

On a scrap piece of watercolor paper, I watercolored with a light aqua and then diecut the word die, Hello, from Hello Word Dies.  I also diecut a second "hello" out of dark gray cardstock and backed it to the aqua "hello" for a shadow effect.  The sentiment was added to a strip of vellum that was cut at an angle.  Dark gray twine and some Peridot Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) were added as last details!

That's all for day but be sure to keep following me in July as I will be posting more Paper Smooches!!!  Thanks so much for sharing a part of your day with me!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Smooches Reminder!

Hi everyone!  Stopping by with another card for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge using Paper Smooches!  You might need sunglasses to view my card!  :)

Remember:  You have until October 10th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project!

Current challenge details and link-up are here. 

I orginally created this card for the challenge and then did a 180 and went a different direction when I saw the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge last week!  So today's card uses Blossoming Buds from Paper Smooches.  I white heat embossed the image onto Tim Holtz watercolor paper and then watercolored the image with Distress Inks.  Once dry, I added darker details and shading with some coordinating Copics!  I love how it turned out!  

 

Guess what?  This week over at the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge is ANYTHING GOES!!  

Well.......very busy day ahead!  I need to actually get something accomplished today!  LOL  

Have a great day!

{You're lovely}

Stamps:  Blossoming Buds (Paper Smooches)

Paper:  Yellow (misc.), Watercolor paper (Tim Holtz)

Ink:  Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine), Distress Inks

Misc:  Corner Chomper, Twine (Timeless Twine), Foam Adhesive

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Smooches!

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

We have a new sponsor, Paper Smooches, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Smooch!  A randomly selected participant in the Smooch challenge will be awarded a $25 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store, while the LEAD of the challenge will be invited as a guest designer for a future challenge!

When I saw the Designer Drafts Challenge over at Paper Smooches SPARKS.......I knew I wanted to play along.  I recently was gifted this amazing die from a friend called Power Rays Die that was perfect for this sketch challenge.  Here I used it and impressed it into my cardstock.  I paired that up with the "smooches" sentiment from Chit Chat stamped onto some of the rays!  (Don't look but the heart die is NOT Paper Smooches)

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Smooch Designers

Wanda Guess, Guest Designer

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

Follow us!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page

Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Smooch for the challenge details and to play along with us!

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Stamps:  Chit Chat (Paper Smooches)

Paper:  White, Pure Poppy (PTI), Glitter Paper (DVWV)

Dies:  Heart (PTI), Power Rays Die (Paper Smooches)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Misc:  Foam Adhesive

12 Kits of Holidays {March Kit}

 

Welcome to the 12 Kits of Holidays!!!!  This month we are hoping to bring Spring to you with the glorious colors and spring elements that were included in the kit. 

 

 

This month's kit was sent by none other than Tracey of In My Creative Opinion!  Tracey sent some of the most colorful papers, embellishments, and die cut words.  You already know that I fell in love with those die cut words!  Thank you for such a fantastic spring kit! 

 

March Kit

{photo courtesy of Kara}

 

 

My first cards are for my kiddos for Easter........a little less traditional but oh so ever cutsey!!!  They will love them!  They use the adorable little images from Paper Smooches!!

 

 Next up are my cards using the AWESOME die cut words Tracey sent!  I told you I loved them!

The first one I focused on the die cut and embellished the letter "i" with a Paper Smooches flower image.

 

 

Then my last card uses the die cut word "easter" with a fun silhouette image to match!  LOVE LOVE this!  I stitched 2 pieces of this colorful paper together and also added in Paper Smooches die cut egg images!

That's it from me today but let's go check out what the rest of the group made with this Spring kit!!! Make sure to stop by Tracey's blog for full supply list!!!

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life} 

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Tracey {In my creative opinion}--March Hostess

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}

Kelly {Gingham Girl Adventures}

 

***If you'd like to see ANY of the 12 Kits of Christmas/Holidays cards/projects, Renee has started a 12 Kits Board over on Pinterest HERE. Go check it out......it has current projects and oldies too!***

I'm linking up my cards for the Simon Says Stamp challenge this week:  Anything Goes!!

 

 

12 Kits of Christmas {October Kit}

 

Hello everyone!  Now that Halloween is over, we can concentrate on Christmas right?  Well, I've been doing this all year long with the girls in the 12 Kits of Christmas!  This month's hostess was Jessica from The Paper Parade and I LOVED this kit!  Can you just say......Paper Smooches??  She's a HUGE fan and well, I kinda like them too!  What was so different about this kit other than the fabulous stamped images, was the non traditional colors! 

 

October Kit

(photo taken by me!)

 

 

 

My cards literally fell together because of all the fun goodies Jessica sent!  So I'll cut the chit chat this month........Card #1:

 

 

Card #2:

 

 



Card #3:

 

 

 

You would not believe just how much stuff Jessica sent!  I could make a dozen more things with all her supplies!  Thank you soo much Jessica!  I love each and every little detail you thought of!  Let's go and hop through the rest of the blogs........

 

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Suzanne {The Card Yard}

Cathy {Empty Nest Crafter}

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}--October hostess

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}