PMS Weekly Challenge

The challenge over at Paper Makeup Stamps was to create your own background paper, so I kept the rest of the card pretty simple so you could see the paper.

This picture is a tad better than the other one I originally posted, but I'm still not real happy with it.

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Nature's Song - Paper Makeup Stamps; Artfully Asian
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Watercolor pencils
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Embellishments: Ribbon (Pink); Flowers (Prima); Dew Drops
Tools: Ticket Corner Punch; Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Paper Makeup Stamps CASE challenge

This card is for the 2nd challenge over at Paper Makeup stamps and it was to case a card in the PMS Gallery over at SCS but make at least two changes to it. Here is the card I chose to use and this is the result:
My changes are: a different image; different colors; different layout of the panels; and instead of coloring the image, I paper pieced it. I think this image is so cute paper pieced and am really happy with how the card turned out. I will definitely be using this layout again!


Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Caliope - PMS; Sentiment - Studio G
Ink/Coloring: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Copic (E25, E27)
Paper: Pink Pirouette; Close to Cocoa; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Bittersweet)
Embellishments: Hodgepodge Hardware (Antique Brass); Ribbon (Pink); Stickles (Stardust)
Tools: Nesties

Paper Makeup Stamps meets Mojo Monday

We were going to head off to the State Fair today after the kids swimming lessons, but it looked like it was going to rain, so we waited a bit, and it's a good thing we did, it has been raining since early afternoon. So, I had a bit of time to work on a few cards and decided to join the PMS challenges today.

This card was for the first challenge which is a recipe challenge - using 1 Fairy, 2 Patterned Papers, Bling, 1 Sentiment and ribbon. I don't have a PMS fairy image yet, so I used one from The Greeting Farm.

I found that this would work perfect for the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge this week as well, so followed that sketch, rotating it 90 degrees (and made my circle a bit smaller so you could see the DP better).

This card came together really quickly. I embossed the circle with the Swiss Dots folder, colored the dots with my BG11 copic and then added stickles to them. I also added stickles to her wings to make them super sparkly. I colored her hair a bit differently than I normally do and I really like how it turned out.

This card is for the following challenges:

PMS Stamps - recipe
Mojo Monday - sketch
Creative Inspirations - Bling
Whimsy Stamps - Friendships
A Spoonful of Sugar - "Floral Fantasy"
Papertake - "Four Seasons" - the colors and floral paper remind me of spring

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Fairy Tink - The Greeting Farm; Sentiment - Fairy Nice
Ink/Coloring: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, R20, YR12, YR14, BG11, BG32, BG34); White Gel Pen (Sakura)
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Confetti Cream; Gina K Luxury White; DP - My Minds Eye (Bloom and Grow)
Embellishments: Ribbon (Cream); Stickles (Stardust); Flower (Prima); Self Adhesive Rhinestone (Me and My Big Ideas)
Tools: Mega Scallop Circle Punch (Marvy); Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Swiss Dots)

A few challenges and our puppy!

I decided to spend a bit of time in the craft room last night after the kids were in bed and here are two more cards I whipped up. I forgot how quickly cards come together when there is no coloring involved. Quick and simple ~ love it!

The first is for Paper Makeup Stamps. I won this set from Katie at PMS (thanks again!) awhile back and haven't had a chance to use it yet but since this sketch was perfect for showcasing a sentiment I decided to ink it up.

This card is for the following challenges:
Paper Make Up Stamps - sketch
Allsorts - 3 Flowers, 2 papers, 1 Ribbon
One Stop Craft Challenge - Swirls and Pearls
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Pink and Green
Stamp With Fun - Pearls
Pile it On - At least 3 flowers

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Nature's Song - Paper Makeup Stamps; Baroque Motifs
Ink/Coloring: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Embellishments: Organdy Ribbon (Celery); Flowers (Prima); Self Adhesive Pearls and Rhinestones (Michael's); Stickles (hard to see, but I put it in the stamped flower centers before adhering the pearls)
Tools: Corner Rounder (CM)

This card is for Mojo Monday's sketch challenge this week. I won this stamp set from Julee at Verve (thanks again!) last month over at Splitcoaststampers. When I saw this set I knew exactly what DSP I would be using with it. I wanted to stamp the image in Groovy Guava on Vanilla paper, but I didn't buy the incolor inks that year so I had to settle for stamping it on Groovy Guava Cardstock instead.
This card is also for the following challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch
Stamp with Fun - Pearls (even though they are tiny and hard to see - there are some on here)

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Abundant Blessings - Verve
Ink/Coloring: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Copic (R01) to colo Prima Flowers
Paper: Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip; DSP - Afternoon Tea
Embellishments: Flowers (Prima); Self Adhesive Pearls (Michael's);
Tools: Oval Punch; Scallop Oval Punch; Mega Scallop Circle Punch (Marvy); Martha Stewart Border Punch; Photo Corner Punch (EK Success); CM Cutting System

And finally, here are a couple of pictures of our new puppy ~ Milton.
These are from when we went to first look at the puppies. Here Ashley was holding Milton and his sister Mabel (the white puppy). We were supposed to be getting both puppies, but a few days after we went to see the pups, we got a phone call telling us that Mabel didn't make it ~ she just would not eat anything.
Here are the boys with Milton (at this point I think Ty was sick of getting pictures taken) same day as above picture.

And here is Milton at home (in his bed):
Just being cute:

Paper Make Up Stamps

I tried out for the Paper Make Up Stamps DT (I had already shared two of the cards I submitted (they were also submitted for Inky Impressions DT call) but unfortunately for me, I didn't make it. However Katie has picked an amazing team and I can't wait to see what they come up with. At their last release party (when we found out who the DT was), I won a Monster stamp ~ thanks again Katie! Of course I couldn't pick just one, so I bought the rest of the monsters (my boys love them and have had a blast coloring them already). Here is a card I made in the midst of stamping images for my youngest to color ~ I should have just stamped him a whole sheet of paper at once, but of course, he wanted them cut in squares like mommy. I just love this guy holding his teddy bear and my son already claimed the card as his own.

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps - Argus with Teddy; SU ~ sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics E31, E33, YG00, YG01, YG03, B41, B60, YR12, YR14
Paper: Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, White - Papertrey, DP - DCWV (Nana's Kids)
Accessories: Dew Drops (Robin's Nest), SU Circle punches, Cuttlebug embossing folder


Here was my third submission for the DT call:
Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: SU
Ink: Creamy Caramel
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky (I think), DSP - Afternoon Tea
Accessories: Ribbon (Flirty), Felt Fusion II Flowers, Pearls (Kaiser), Martha Stewart border punch