Fabric Challenge

Welcome back for another Digi Makeover Challenge by Paper Makeup Stamps.  This week we want to see some fabric on your creation, along with your digi image.  Link up your project on the PMS Blog and you could win your choice of some PMS digi stamps!  {wink}

I used the colors from the current Play Date Cafe Challenge.  Did you know Paper Makeup Stamps is this week's sponsor?  That means another chance for you to win a PMS gift certificate -yay! 

And over at The Corrosive Challenge Blog, they are using punches and die-cuts this week with another PMS prize being given away - double yay! 

Now for the deets on my card.  {grin}  This time I sized my dandelion image from Dandy Wishes in Word and changed the color to purple.  Then I sized the saying, also from Dandy Wishes, and placed it close to the flowers before printing.  I added the lavender background with a brayer and die cut the clouds from a scrap of white fabric. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Check out the links to the rest of the Digi Makeover Artists on my sidebar for some more gorgeous fabric inspiration - you won't be disappointed! 

Stamps: Dandy Wishes digi stamps by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Printer, Pale Plum, Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace
Accessories: MFT Cloud Dies, SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Pearls, Brayer, Fabric

Birthday Wishes for Katie

Today is Katie Cotton's 30th Birthday ~ Happy Birthday Katie!  We are sending her lots of birthday wishes with a little blog hop! {see list below}  Then, be sure to stop by the PMS blog where you can link your own birthday card to Katie and keep the celebration going!  {wink}

I have used the PMS colors of pink and gray with Dandy Wishes on my card and lots of shimmer and sparkle!  {grin}  May all your birthday wishes come true, Katie!
 

Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Colorbox Pigment Silver, Stazon Jet Black
Paper: SU! Brushed Silver, MFP Pink Freeze Sparkle
Accessories: Pearls, May Arts Ribbon, Cuttlebug EF, Circle Nesties, Iridescent Ice EP
Challenges: SC338, WT328, IC290 Sundance, Speedy the Cat #61 Sparkle

Dandelions in Lime

Color Throwdown - CTD142 Black, Gray & Lime
SCS Sketch Challenge - SC333
Paper Makeup Stamps - Friday Freebie

I love how bold and striking these challenge colors are!  That's a long ago retired SU! color called Luscious Lime ~ now you know what a hoarder I am!  {snort}  The word art is available at Paper Makeup Stamps as a Friday Freebie now - woohoo!  You've gotta love something for free!  {wink} 

The Design Team Call for Paper Makeup Stamps is open for another two weeks!  We hope to see lots of you apply! 

Thanks for visiting and I wish you all the beary best!

Stamps: Dandy Wishes and I Believe {Marilyn Monroe} by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Neenah Solar White
Ink: SU! Retired Luscious Lime, Memento Tuxedo Black, Printer
Accessories: Sakura Clear Glitter Pen, SU! Retired Luscious Lime Marker

Seeing Green

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW146 Color Green and/or Carly's Sketch #26

Sketches by Carly - Sketch #26

SCS Clean and Simple - CAS110 Out of the Box

Sentimental Sundays - #46 Go Green

Creative Card Crew - Green

Raise the Bar - #57 G.R.E.E.N. Acrostic

This week at Flutterby Wednesday we want to see you using the color green and/or Carly's Sketch #26 for your creation with a butterfly, fairy or angel.  I chose to combine the challenges on my card using Dandy Wishes from Paper Makeup Stamps.  I have used some yummy papers from Paper Temptress again - Basis Light Green and Emerald Metallic.  I love how sparkly the Metallic cardstock is!  And if you click on the photo for a close-up, you can see the stickles on the dandelions better.  {grin}  And here is my acrostic for the Raise the Bar G.R.E.E.N. challenge (isn't that a clever idea?!) Great sketch, Ribbon, Embossed panel, Emerald metallic paper, New stickles.

Thanks for fluttering by today and I hope you'll play along with Flutterby Wednesday this week!  {wink}

Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Emerald Metallic and Basis Light Green from Paper Temptress
Ink: Handsome Hunter
Accessories: Aqua Stickles, MS Butterfly Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals, SU! Finial Press Embossing Folder

Sister Wish

Splitcoast CAS - CASwinter10CR

Well, I made it into the semi-finals for the Clean & Simple DT competition with my What If Christmas card. How fun is that?! {grin} You should check out all the talent displayed in the cards that were entered - Amazing!

The challenge for the next round is to make a holiday/birthday CAS card for a family member using their title (mother, husband, son, etc.) I chose to make a birthday card for my sister. Birthdays make me think of wishes and wishes make me think of dandelions! So, this Dandy Wishes set seemed like the perfect choice.

Purple is my sister's favorite color. I started off by printing the word "Sister" in Elegant Eggplant (Gabriola font) on a sheet of white cardstock. There's this great SU! Color Value Chart that I found on Splitcoast where you can look up how to customize any SU! color you want to use for printing.

I made an oval template with a piece of scrap paper and an oval nestie. The dandelion silhouette is stamped in black Stazon with amethyst, lavender and eggplant inks sponged around it. 'Make a Wish' is stamped in Elegant Eggplant.

And that's it! As always, thanks for visiting and I wish you the beary best!



Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Stazon Black, Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant
Accesories: Oval Nesties, Sponge, Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, Printer

Shimmery Wishes

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW115 open challenge

This week's Flutterby Wednesday challenge is an open one - just create a project with a butterfly, fairy or an angel on it. I am still having so much fun inking up this Dandy Wishes set from Paper Makeup Stamps. I used shimmery white paper so the entire card would sparkle. The background was sponged in fading pastel colors and I used a circle as a mask for the sun. That sentiment is from the latest kit by Paper Makeup Stamps called The Will to Day Dream. I love the font used on this stamp! Then the little butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and they are covered with a clear spica glitter pen to make them sparkly too - just like the paper. I {heart} sparkle! Here's a close up of that shimmer.

Thanks for fluttering by today!



Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps - sentiment from Makeup Card Kit 'The Will to Day Dream' by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Shimmery White, Basic Black, Pale Plum
Ink: Stazon Black, Pink Pirouette, Almost Amethyst, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Clear Spica Atyou Glitter Pen, Sponge, Circle Mask, Corner Punch

A Dandy Wish

Color Throwdown - CTD #100 Regal Rose, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze
SCS Technique Challenge - TLC281 double embossing
SCS Clean and Simple Challenge - CAS75 dry embossing

I made this simple card using one of Paper Makeup Stamps new July release sets called Dandy Wishes. I just {heart} all the dandelion images in it. This sweet one has the word 'Wish" right in the center of it. I used markers to ink up the stamp. It's also coated with some dazzling diamonds glitter for some easy sparkle. I embossed the baja breeze panel twice with Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes and Sizzix Summer.

The colors used are from Color Throwdown #100. They're having a huge celebration for their 100th challenge and giving away lots of prizes. Paper Makeup Stamps is one of the sponsors giving away the ENTIRE July Release on Lisa Kind's blog. And PMS is giving away an additional $30 gift certificate here for using a PMS image with the CTD colors.

Here's a close-up of the sparkle on the dandelion. {smile}


Thanks for stopping by! Blessings,

Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Ink: Real Red, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery (markers) Baja Breeze ink pad with blender pen
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Oval Nestie, Gingham Ribbon, Spica Glitter Pen, Two-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Sizzix Summer EF, Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes EF

Dandy Wishes - PMS Sneak Peeks

Today Paper Makeup Stamps is showing you a sneak peek of a new set illustrated by Lindsay Spencer called Dandy Wishes. I just {heart} all the dandelion images in this beautiful set!

I dropped both of my boys off at camp for a week on Sunday. I decided to make each of them a pocket card and mail them to camp to let them know how much we miss them! No really, the peace and quiet is SO nice, but we still DO miss them, haha. So, of course I had to make each card in their favorite colors. And being the kind, sensitive mom that I am, I didn't go overboard with any frilly or sparkly accessories because it is a BOYS camp and they will be opening their mail surrounded by their friends. No need to embarrass them TOO much. {grin}

I cut the blue and green cardstocks into 8-1/2" by 5-1/4" pieces, scored them at 2-5/8" on each side and folded them into the middle to make the pockets. Before taping them closed, I used nesties to cut out the windows and cuttlebug folders to dry emboss the center for some texture. I have some clear, heat-resistant window sheets that I used to emboss the dandelion heart flowers on before coloring them in with copics and taping them into the window spaces.

The pull-out card part measures 3" by 4-5/8". I kept the tabs simple, because again, these ARE going to a boys camp. {smile} The sentiment Wish You Were Here is from an earlier PMS release and I think it goes perfectly with the dandelion as well as the occasion for my cards.

Be sure to check out the PMS blog to see more sneak peeks of Dandy Wishes from some of the other Makeup Artists today! Then leave a comment there for a chance to win this set too! {grin} And come back tomorrow for our all-day blog hop and then the release party in the PMS forum at 8pm CST.

Blessings,



Stamps: Dandy Wishes & sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Glorious Green, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Certainly Celery, Brilliant Blue, Colorbox Black Pigment Ink
Accessories: Nesties, Embossing Folders, Heat Resistant Window Sheets, Gingham Ribbon, SU! Tab Punch, Copics, Black EP