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Teenage Girlie Girl Valentine

 

 How's this for a Teen Valentine idea?  When my daughter was in middle and high school she always wanted to give a handful of her girlfriends gifts for the various holidays.  There were always too many for us to afford going out and buying an individual gift for so we always came up with some kind of goodie to make.  One year for Christmas we got a bunch of cute mugs and filled it with some hot cocoa powder, marshmallows, etc. then we went out in the wee hours of the night and delivered them to their doorsteps for them to find in the morning.  We had such a great time!  Victoria has always loved getting all girlied-out, make-up done, manicures, etc. and she loved Nail Polish (she still does).  So I made this little carrier to hold 2 bottles of OPI Nail Polish.   

Here's a sideview and you can see the Polish Bottles peeking out the side.  I love these images from Mo Manning (available at Paper Garden Projects).  Have you seen the GORGEOUS digi images that Cathy at PGP has come up with?  They are too fun!!  Ok, back to this little morsle... I grabbed my Hearts Bloom paper kit (which is ON SALE NOW!) from Paper Garden Projects and took it with me this weekend so I could finish up some Valentine projects.  Now keep in mind that I was horribly sick when I left town and had been getting sicker each day!  I tried hard to grab everything I may need without talking the whole studio... You would not believe the things I forgot, ADHESIVE!!!  SCISSORS!!  Can you imagine?!?!?  It's a good thing that I had this image already stamped because I realized that I also forgot to bring white cardstock (which is only topped by the fact that when I got home I realized that I also forgot the stamps!!!)  Clearly I should NOT be allowed to pack when sick! lol  So my box is held together with glue stick and the image is adhered with scotch tape rolled up, lol.  Hey man, whatever works!  My father-in-law was trying to convince me to use honey, hehehe!  Silly boys!  Tomorrow I'll have another Teen-girlie Valentine idea...  Hope to see you tomorrow!

Stamp: Psst! Danni & Taylor (Mo Manning available at Paper Garden Projects) all other supplies are from the Hearts Bloom Paper Kit (Paper garden Projects).

 

 

Pink and Sparkly!

First, we have a winner!!!!  From the comments on my "Happy Birthday PMS" post random.org chose comment #35 (I apologize I do not know how to show the result on here, lol) to win a free PMS stamp of their choice!  Tracey, please email me so I can tell you how to get your free PMS stamp.

Tracey said...This set is incredible!! I love it!!

** I am giving away a free Paper Makeup Stamps stamp of your choice!  All you have to do is comment on this post by Thursday at midnight!  I'll draw a winner by Random.org and announce it on Friday**

 This week's Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge hostess was Danni.  Her orders... Pink and sparkly!  So I dug out my favorite pink & gray paper, Juliette by SEI and this fun Moody for Love image from Paper Makeup Stamps.  The sketch is, of course, from the rockin' Mercy Kerin, MTSC59.  I added some rhinestones to her and made her Diamond necklace.  I also colored some of the hearts with some pink and clear Spica Glitter pens.

Stamps: Moody for Love & Love is in the Air sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)   Paper: Juliette (SEI), Crabapple Medium (Prism), Going Gray (SU)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Ribbon (SEI), Button (PTI), Pink & Clear glitter pens (Spica), rhinestones

A couple of presents to share...

Cat Dubail has done it again!  About this time last year, Cat designed my "created by" stamp (you can see it here).  I am so in love with it, she did such an amazing job.  Anyway, one year ago yesterday my friend Katie started her own stamp company, Paper Makeup Stamps.  I am so proud of her and frequently impressed by her.  So for PMS' first birthday, I wanted to get Katie a little birthday present... here's what Cat & I came up with...

 

 So what do you think?  Thanks Cat!  And for the rest of you if you are in need of a Created By, address or any other type of stamp, make sure you visit Cat... she rocks!!  

No for some eye candy of the paper variety, lol!  My Mom emailed me the other day in need of an emergency gift and she asked for a set of note cards for her friend.  Here's what I came up with.  This is the finished package (8 notecards & envelopes).

 

My mom also asked for a "reddish" theme.  I didn't have any reddish pp that inspired me, so I got out my PTI stamps and found a flower that I thought would be fun.  I punched out a small circle of pp for the flowers center.  These are plain and simple, but I think she will like them.  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave me a comment on yesterday's PMS Happy Birthday post for a chance to win a PMS stamp of your choice (you have until tomorrow, Thursday, night at midnight).  Thanks for stopping in, hope to see you again soon. 

PMS Happy Birthday Blog hop...

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday dear P-M-Sssssss, Happy Birthday to you!  and many moooooooree!  If you haven't heard today is PMS's 1st birthday and we have a month of fun and lots of ways to win some rubbah!  If you are just coming straight to my blog, you're missing the PMS Blog Hop! Start at the beginning so you can find out how to get 15% off your entire order!!

I am sick in bed as I do this post.  Yesterday I couldn't talk and today I have a yucky fever, so I'm cheating a little with this post... For this hop, Katie told us to use our favorite PMS image, well here are 3 of mine.  The princess with the frog is my absolute fav cause, hello! she has a frog!! lol, "Dude" is also one of favs cause he looks just like my oldest son!  I took the A4 Box template from SCS and altered it to fit these cards (which I made 5 1/4" x 5 1/4").  I made them a little larger to show off the awesome paper I found that all went so perfectly with these fairies!. I'm going to add some decorated envelopes to this set.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Basic Grey by Stampin Up
Paper: dsp by Heidi Grace, Very Vanilla and So Saffron cardstocks by SU
Accessories: Labels 4 nesties, misc flowers, buttons and So Saffron ribbon by Stampin Up!

Supplies:
Stamps: "Dude" and Sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Paper: dsp by Creative Imaginations, Whisper White, Baja Breeze & Basic Gray cardstocks by SU
Accessories: misc ribbon, circle nesties, silver brads and rope by Stampin Up

Supplies:
Stamps: Ashlie and Sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Paper: dsp by Heidi Grace, Whisper White, So Saffron & Basic Gray cardstocks by SU
Accessories: Oval punches and white ribbon by Stampin Up

Supplies:
Stamps: Arianna and Sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Paper: dsp by Imaginisce, Whisper White, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink cardstocks by SU
Accessories: misc rhinestones, Sakura Stardust pen, Vanilla ribbon by PTI, pink misc ribbon

Before you hop along, I have a little present for you... Leave me a comment on this post and I will choose one person by Random.org to win a PMS image of their choice!!  You have until this Thursday at midnight to leave your comment, I will be doing this with the Friday Challenge posts too for the month of February!

My magical letter that you need to take with you is actually the number "1" (make sure you use the digit not the spelled out number), now hop on over to Amber Kroenings's blog for your next hint and to check out her awesome creation.   Thanks for stopping by, see  you tonight in the PMS forum for the May Release Party (details are on the PMS Blog).

Recipe Box gift

 

One of the things I just love to do with my hubby is cook!  I swear it brings us closer (kinda like the "couples that cook together, stay together", lol).  So one of the girls at the office, I just adore her, and her and her boyfriend like to cook together (her boyfriend is just a doll too!).  When I was thinking about what to do for them for Christmas, I immediately thought of this recipe box!  I can just see them filling this box with their favorite recipes and as the years go by making them more boxes to hold their collection.

 Just about everything I used to make this project is from PTI.  The box they have is just the perfect size for their recipe cards.  I plan on make some of these for my house hold, but I think I will have box for each category and then make my own tabs (for instance a box for Soups & Stews, one for Favorite Holiday recipes, etc.).  My friend likes green and does not like things frilly, etc., so keeping this simple and "her style" was a little tough for me, but in the end I think they both will just love this box!

Here are the index cards.  The stamped image fits in a 1 3/8" punch, but I trimmed it down a bit by using the 1 1/4" and then mounting it on some Old Olive punched out with the 1 3/8" .  There are actually 9 index images, but I only used 8.

For the index cards, I chose the design I wanted as the topper and then stamped my words along the following lines (Serves, Cooking Time, etc.).  I put "Instructions" on the back so as to ensure plenty of room for ingredients, etc.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I'd love to hear your comments on this. 
 

The most BEAUTIFUL faces in MY world!

 

My start in this wonderful paper crafting world started with scrapbooking.  My favorite part of scrapbooking is how often my kids get out our various books and look through them.  When I started stamping a couple of years ago Scrapping took a back seat, but now it's time to get back into it.  My goal is to make at least 1 page/layout per week... we'll see how I do.  There has been a lot going on in this house hold the last few weeks and hubby has been mia, so I've been pulling triple time... my point is that I have NOT yet done a page, so today I dove in to some digi-scrapping.  Digi scrapping is soooooooo hard for me!  Forget the fact that I don't know Photoshop well enough to really  do alot, but the whole lack of layers, etc. really stresses me out! lol.  So anyway, here is a quick digi layout, I got the Scrap pack from Sweet Shoppe designs right after the HUGE Alzheimers function on Paper Craft Planet.  I'm gonna print this one and hang it in my office!  I am already working on my next layout (a "for reals" layout, hahaha) so don't give up on my scrapping abilities just yet.  These pictures are a few years old of the kids, but oh my goodness do they showoff the silliness of my offspring!  Thanks for popping in and Happy Sunday!!

Fourth (5th) Friday Paper Garden Challenge

**If you are looking for my PMS Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge, please scroll down a post (after of course reading this post {wink, wink})**

 

 The challenge for January 2010 is... "Pulling on your heart strings"

Our challenge to you is to create a Valentine or love themed project that includes ribbon. And if your projects also includes buttons, you will get a double entry!

You have till midnight (EST) of Friday Feb. 5 to add a comment to this post with link your project. We will draw one random winner for the prize.

The rules are:

• It must be a newly created project for this challenge - but feel free to combine this challenge with any other ones out there.


• We'd love to see all the art you care to share, but each person will only be entered in the random drawing once (well, twice if you have ribbon and buttons).
• The winner will be drawn randomly and announced the following Saturday.

The prize is a Hearts Bloom mini kit:

The prize includes:

• 12 - 6"x 6" pieces of Pink Paislee double sided patterned paper from the Cupid Collection. (4 spieces each of Bow and Arrow, Hearts Bloom, and Bullseye)
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Suede Brown Dark
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Frosted Teal
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Baby Pink Light
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Blush Red Dark
• 1 sheet of 8.5" x 11" Prism cardstock in Spring Willow Medium
• 5 yards of different coordinating ribbon including Sheer Pink organza, 2-tone aqua and green woven satin, red grosgrain, brown grosgrain, celadon green grosgrain.
• A packet of coordinating buttons and pearly Champagne Dew Droplets

Everything for my card is from the Hearts in Bloom kit, except for the image which is called "Psst Danni & Taylor" by Mo Manning!  My sketch is this week's Mojo Monday challenge.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope to see you back here soon!  Oh yeah, wait until you see the darling Girlie Valentines I made with this kit!

 

Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge #14

 

This weeks challenge is an inspiration challenge, and OH MY GOODNESS if this room isn't inspiring!!!

I would LOVE to just snuggle up in that bed with a nice book and read for hours!  Can't you just hear the ocean breeze outside that bedroom window?  This inspiration was brought to us by Christi Snow, thanks Christi for an awesome challenge!!!  I really LOVE these colors!!  My blue background is textured Prism paper, but still seemed like it needed a little more, so I took the "xoxo" stamp from the Hugs & Kisses Sentiment set and inked it with some VersaMark.  For the wordart (my absolute favorite!) I cut the same size rectanlge out of black and cut it at a diagonal, then used them behind the wordart piece (I just wanted a teeny mat around it).  Make sure you hop on over to the PMS Blog and play along with the challenge!

Stamps: Sing, Love Dance (Paper Makeup Stamps) 

  

The funnest Happy Birthday Giftcard Holder

 

 I made this Birthday gift card holder for one of the girls in the office.  Her Christmas card to my family had Dragons w/ Santa hats, so when it came time for her Birthday, I knew this image form Paper Makeup Stamps would be PERFECT!  The warts on the tentacle are done with white Liquid Applique (so perfect!!), and I went over the ribbon on the present with a Spica Glitter pen to give it a little dimension.  I also recently learned that Sheri is almost as much of a button junkie as I am, so I just had to add a few on here.  Here is the inside.. --> 

I got the inside done and realized I didn't have anywhere for everyone to sign the card, so I added the white piece and since I REALLY have issues with plain white, I added some trim to the top and the bottom.  I did an accoridian fold to give us some room (there are a handful of us that needed to have room to sign the card).

The accordian isn't real easy to see, but you get the idea. This card was so much fun to make... Thanks Sheri for being YOU, huge Happy Birthday Hugs!

Stamps: Monster of a Gift (Paper Makeup Stamps), Birthday Cheer set (also PMS)  Paper: My LIttle Monster pp (Daisy Bucket), Black & white cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Black Buttons (PTI), Oval Nesties, Oval Punch &  Scalloped Oval punch (SU), White Liquid Applique, Red Spica Glitter pen

   

TGF CHA Relay, Day 2

 

This is Charlotte, she's the free digi for Day 2 of the CHA relay... I'll be back tonight to finish the deets for her and Ian from yesterday.  Happy Stamping!

**ETA**  Ok, Hair cut done, dinner done... time to get caught up on the blog posts!  This is the digi for day 2 of the TGF CHA Relay... she is so cute and way fun to color!  Like I said in my last post, I do NOT have any Greeting Farm images... I am liking them!!!  After I colored Charlotte, I cut her out and then popped her up on the Red mat (I just love my Prism paper, and am in mourning that Prism is no longer.  I am releived though that Bazzill will be carrying the Prism line... whew!).  All of the paper used here is from one of Taylor's Key Ingredients kits (I {heart} these kits!!).  Ok, enough babbling and back to work!  Make sure you check back often (or better yet, subscribe so you can get updates when I update {wink, wink}), cause I have some fun stuff I'm posting this week!

Stamps: Charlotte (digi from The Greeting Farm)  Paper: Penelope's Potpourri Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions)  Ink: Copics  Accessories: Penelope's Potpourri Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions), Black bling (Zva), Curved Rectangles Nesties

 

Merman Ian...

 

 This is a quick post to show off Mr. Ian.  I'll be back in a bit to post the deets!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

**ETA** My friend Shaela talked me in to playing along with The Greeting Farms CHA Relay.  I do not have any TGF images so this was a really fun way for me to play with something new.  The first day this digi, Merman Ian, is available for everyone.  Now in order to get the next free digi, I have to make something with Ian, upload it and then post a comment with my link.  This goes on for I believe 6 days or until I don't make the deadline.  I picked up this new My Minds Eye paper at the CHA SuperShow on Friday, and the colors were just too perfect.

Stamps: Merman Ian (The Greting Farm)  Paper: Playful Posies (MME), Enchanted Evening, New Leaf (both PTI), Neenah (to print the digi on)  Ink: Copics  Accessories: New Leaf button & ribbon (PTI), Melon Berry buttons (PTI), Deckled rectangle nesties, word window punch (SU)

Romantic Garden Walk...

 

  

 

 

Welcome to the Paper Garden Projects Romantic Garden Walk.

Valentines is such a fun "holiday", cause there are so many things to make someone to show them you love them!  What girl doesn't just LOVE chocolate?!?  This fun little package is filled with Hershey's Kisses and a set of cards.  Check back later this week and see the Teen Girl Valentines I made!!

Supplies for this project are easy peasy, and everything except the Kisses are available at Paper Garden Projects... Hearts Bloom paper kit, Clear Card boxes, Rae w/Journal image by Mo Manning 

Hope along and visit each of the Paper Gardners, while you visit, subscribe to each Gardener's blog and take note of each designer's name and their Romantic Word in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their Romantic Word.  My romantic word for you is... Kisses.

Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and words will be entered in a random drawing to win a sweet Valentine prize. You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on January 26 to sent your list.

And the prize? The super cute Penny Black clear stamp set called Every Which Way.

So enjoy the garden tour (feel free to bring along some Valentine treats).  Here is the garden tour guide list:

• Cathy


• Melissa (Mel)


• Tracy


• Amber


• Lorelie


• Tangii


• Tricia

Another Frosted Winter Paper kit card

The upside to being in the boonies... gorgeous scenery, peace & quiet; the downside... horrible internet! lol  Sorry, this was supposed to go up last Friday.

  This is another card from the Frosted Winter paper kit from Paper Garden projects.  I just love these papers, such fresh colors!  The sketch for this card, of course is one of Mercy's rockin' Tuesday sketches!  Can you see her little snowball in her hand?  It's a Dew Drop!  Love it!  And of course a splash of some Shimmerz for the snow under her feet.  The NEW Hearts Bloom Paper Kit is now available at Paper Garden Projects... get yours now before they're gone!

 

I can't wait to get playing with this great kit!  I'll have some peeks for ya this week! 

Stamps: Snow Much Fun (Eat Cake Graphics, available at Paper Garden Projects)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics Paper & Accessories: All paper and embellies are from the Frosted Winter paper kit (Paper Garden Projects) 

Stamp group

Well a couple of weeks ago I showed you my card and a notepad I made for my stamp group, but I don't often get to show you what some of the other gals brought.

This was from Marianne's shoebox... I love these colors!  And who doesn't love Verve images. 

This one was the idea of our newest member, Tara (using all SU!).  Love them both!!  I have all kinds of things that I've finished up to get posted, so make sure you come back soon.  Have a wonderful Sunday!!
   

Ahhhh, this is the life....

Shhhhhhhhh, do hear that? It's the rushing river about 8 feet away from the deck! Do you smell that? That's the smell of fireplaces ablazin' :) This is the life!  Hubby was in central Calif. on business so we all decided to meet him and head up to my in-laws house in Three Rivers.

This is the South Fork of the Kaweah river... right off the deck... so gorgeous!  So peacefull and quiet up here... I just LOVE it!  My MIL is HEAVILY in to weaving (as soon as she gets her blog, etc. up I'll have a link, {ahem}) so we had our "girls time" in her studio... she worked on some of her projects and of course I just HAD to fill in all the rest of the space with ink and rubber and pretty paper, lol!  Actually, instead of brining up everything I own for just a day and a half, I brough up the last of my stamps that needed trimming, and some clear stamp sets that needed to be put into binders.  Here's her studio...

It's really nice the way they just added this on to their garage (ya can't do that in Orange County!!).  Well I don't post about personal stuff very often, but I just wanted share a little bit of this VERY peaceful weekend with yall!  This weekend is certainly going to be WAY too short!

See ya soon with some more crafty stuff!  Hopefully soon I'll be able to show off some pics of my nearly organized and prettified stamp room!