PMS July Release Blog Hop

Today is the BIG day!  We are having a blog hop to celebrate the July Release for Paper Makeup Stamps.  If you start at the PMS Blog and go through the hop in the correct order, you can collect all the letters that will spell out a discount code for 15% off the new release stamps.  {wink}  You should have arrived here from the terrifically talented Tangii's Blog. 

My card features one of the Scriptures from the new Be Still Sentiments set.  The flowers are from Faith, Hope, Love. 

Now before you go hopping off to the always amazing Andrea's Blog, pick up your letter from my flower petals below.  Then check out the Paper Makeover Challenges and play along for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate.  And don't forget to stop by the PMS Forum at 9:00pm EDT for the Release Party tonight!  There will be lots of fun chatter, fun questions, fun prizes and more! 

Stamps: Be Still Sentiments and Faith, Hope, Love by Paper Makeup Stamps

Paper: Shimmery White, Riding Hood Red, Apricot Appeal, Wild Wasabi

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: SU! Markers, Quickie Glue Pen, Xyron, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Cuttlebug EF, Corner Rounder, Labels Four nesties, Dimensional Tape, Gem

Challenges: SC340, CTD149

A Perfect Day

Hello and welcome to another Friday Freebie from Paper Makeup Stamps!  Isn't that a great saying for this time of year!  {grin}

Of course, I had to use lots of grass on my card from the Faith, Hope, Love set.  {wink}  Be sure to stop by the PMS Blog for some more eye candy and to grab this freebie for yourself!

Stamps: A Perfect Day {Friday Freebie} and Faith, Hope, Love by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Cool Caribbean, Summer Sun
Ink: Printer, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery, Garden Green
Accessories: Stardust Glitter Pen, Gingham Ribbon, MS Butterfly Punch, Glitter, Dimensionals, Circle Punch, Cloud Clipart

Spring Blog Hop

It's time to celebrate Spring and we are hopping with Paper Makeup Stamps today!  You should have arrived here from the terrifically talented Tangii's blog.  If you didn't, then you need to go back to the beginning at the PMS blog and check out the big inventory sale details while you're there too.  {wink}

For today's card I followed Repeat Impressions Sketch A611 and colors from Playdate Cafe PDCC76.   I used markers to ink up the flower from Faith Hope Love and stamped on glossy cardstock.  That gave my flower its mottled appearance - you just have to be patient in letting the ink dry so you don't smudge your image.  I inked up the word art When the World with the wasabi ink pad, then used a tissue to gently remove the ink from just the word "Hope".  That way I only had to marker one word, instead of all of them with two markers to get the different colors in the saying. 

Thanks for the visit and now off you go to the lovely Lisa K's blog for more Spring inspiration from Paper Makeup Stamps!

Stamps: Faith Hope Love and When the World by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Glossy White, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: SU! Wasabi Ribbon, SU! Markers, Dew Drops

Choose Hope & An Announcement

Today's card uses one of the flowers and sentiments from Paper Makeup Stamps Faith Hope Love set. The flowers are all silhouette style and I wanted to highlight one to capture the idea of hope standing out. I decided the best way to do that was to stamp a row of flowers in amethyst with one slightly taller than the others. Then I colored the same stamp with markers, cut out the image and popped it up over its shadow. I like how the yellow gives a pop of color. I also used markers on the saying to make the word HOPE stand out too. I decided to add a simple ribbon on the corner and leave this a CAS card. Anything else I considered doing just took away from that yellow flower as being the focal point.

And now for a fun announcement! Paper Makeup Stamps has added seven new 'Makeup Artists' to their design team and I'm one of them. {squeal!} Anyone who checks out my blog will see that most of my creations use PMS. I've been a huge fan of their stamps AND their design team for a year now. I'm so honored to be chosen and I'm looking forward to working with Katie and her talented team at Paper Makeup Stamps. Here's the July 2010 team with the new members starred.

Senior Makeup Artists

Katie Cotton (owner)

Christi Thorsen (Events Coordinator)

Tangii Crain (DT coordinator)

Lisa Kind

Tina Hale

Paper Makeup Artists

**Andrea Vernagus**

**Anita Hovey**

**Bonnie Sharp**

Christi Snow

Danni Bindel

Dawn Mercedes Barrett

**Ginger Schwerin**

Lisa McKinney

Maria Gurnsey

**Michelle Van Patten (me!)**

Randee Elsing

Shaela Odd

**Sherry Campbell**

**Stephanie Zito**

Summer Silhouettes

Splitcoaststampers - CAS68 Think Summer

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW #110 Use Flowers

When I think of summer, I think of sunshine, warm colors, flowers, butterflies, etc. I {heart} this new stamp set by Paper Makeup Stamps called Faith Hope Love. It has these amazing flower silhouettes and the word art on this card is one of the three sayings that comes with it. Such an inspiring set!

To create this simple scene, I used a circle as a mask to leave a white sun image and sponged the background with Apricot Appeal, Only Orange and Pumpkin Pie inks. Then I stamped the grass and flowers with stazon black. The butterflies are ones that flutter around Paper Makeup's Danni Fairy. I just colored them in separately, cut them out and taped them on to finish the scene.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Stamps: Faith Hope Love, Danni by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Basic Black, Apricot Appeal, Glossy White
Ink: Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Only Orange, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: Sponge, Circle Mask