Paper Crafters Sampler January 2015

Hello my fellow creative geniuses! 

I am excited to share with you the new design team I am apart of, Paper Crafters Sampler. 

For the month of January we have all created projects for you to re-create in the theme of Love. 

Have a peak at my project below and if you are dying to see more you can subscribe. 

When you subscribe you will get step by step instructions and product list for all the projects.  We've made it super easy to get all your valentines day projects complete!

And, this year, Paper Crafters Sampler will include

 EXCLUSIVE PCS TEMPLATES AVAILABLE IN PDF AND SVG.

The exclusive template this month is the Eiffel Love Tower that doubles as a tabletop decoration or treat holder.

The fully embellished sample will be in the January issue, available now.

Make sure to check out the Paper Crafters Sampler blog to see all the other fantastic projects the team has created!

FM165 Simple Love ya

This week for The Friday Mashup Cindy challenged us to use Black, White and only one other color. That was a challenge for me! I think this was the first card I made with so little colors but I think it turned out fairly well. As an added challenge we could add a word bubble to our card. I stamped a lot of different word bubbles in different ink and card stock colors before I was happy with the one I used.

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the colors" Black , White/Ivory and one other color of your choice".

2. Create a project using a "Word Bubble".

3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Black & White project with a Word Bubble on it".

The button I used is not Stampin' Up. It came from a bunch of buttons my Grandma Murphy has collected over time. One of the last times I was in Ontario she allowed me to go though her stash of buttons to pick out ones I wanted for all my crafts. I came home with a medium sized ziploc bag full of many different kinds of buttons. Each one is special to me because she gave them to me. As well, it was the last visit I had with my Grandfather before he passed.

Stampset: Just Sayin'

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Fresh Prints Designer series pack

Ink: White Staz On

Bigshot: Word Bubble Framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder

Accessories: Neutral Chevron Ribbon

What to Say, but I love you!

I have been going back and forth for a few days now on what I should share about my weekend. I don't know who reads my blog and who I would be sharing my story with. I struggle because part of the story is mine to share but part of it is not. 

I spent last weekend visiting someone very close to me in the hospital. They spent the weekend in the hospital because the staff were trying to fit them in for emergency surgery (all this was very fast and no one expected them to be in the hospital). As it turns out the surgery they needed to schedule is much longer than they could fit in in an emergency. They got to go home on Sunday and I will be embracing every moment I get to spend with them up until March 3rd, when they have their surgery. 

I know they have an amazing chance of survival but somehow you can't help but wonder about the worst case scenario. However, in order to keep their sprits up I created a card for them. I can't stop looking at the photo of this card as it makes me smile. 

Thank you Debra Currier for the inspiration, I almost CASED your card completely.

As you will notice with the Just Sayin' stamp set the bubble and greeting doesn't actually look like that. What I did was used my markers on the stamp to get the bubble and then with my Stamp-a-ma-Jig and coloring the Love Ya I was able to get the different sentiment inside the bubble. This way the pointy part of the bubble is facing the right way for the hedgehog.

Stampset: Just Sayin', Life in the Forest

Paper: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Strawberry Slush

Ink: Staz on, Basic Black Marker, Strawberry Slush Marker, Baked Brown Sugar Marker, Crumb Cake Marker

Punches: Heart Punch

Bigshot: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Accessories: Basic Rhinestone

You & Me Card Swap Creation

Wow! What a whirl wind of a weekend! I have some personal things to share but I think I will leave that for Wednesday, provided I have time to edit the photo of the card I want to share with you.

For now I have this card fantastic card to share, which I created a while but had to hold off on sharing it.

I created this card for a swap I joined with my Upline. When I created the first card I didn't think it would be that hard to make 17 more (11 for my upline swap and 7 for my monthly swap with other ladies). However, popping out all the holes in my framelit for the negatives and all the bigshotting I did proved to be much more time consuming than I imagined. 

However, I loved how the card turned out and in fact my partner really loved it. He is very good about asking to see what i have created and always tells me they are great but he seemed really excited about this card. 

I really wanted to share it with you much sooner, as I created it back in early January but I had to wait until everyone received their cards. No one wants to spoil the surprise...

Stampset: Perfect Pennants

Paper: So Saffron, Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron

Bigshot: Arrows Embossing folder, On Film Framelits, Bitty Banner Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits

Accessories: Silver 1/8" Ribbon

FM146 Love you a latte!

It's Friday!!! That means we have another fantastic challenge of at Friday Mashup!

This week Tara gave us a great color combination to work with. She also added in the challenge of creating a 3D Paper Peicing project. I looked through all my stampsets and this was the only one I felt I would be able to paper piece with. Unfortuantly only the hearts are 3D. 

After seeing all the wonderful creations from the team I think I want to give this a try again. They used stampsets I had but never thought could work for this technique!

Tara had a great tip for using Stampin' Up!'s coaster board. I wish I had thought of that!!
I used dimentionals but it just doesn't give it the same wow factor.

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with "Cherry Cobbler, Primrose Petals, Soft Sky & Marina Mist."

2. Create a project using "3-D Paper Piecing". 

 3. Or Mash it Up and create a "3-D Paper Piecing Project with the above Colors."

Stampset: Pun Fun (Retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Marine Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Primrose Petals, Soft Sky, Regals DSP Stack, Subltes DSP Stack, In Color 2012-2014 DSP Stack

Ink: Staz On, Soft Sky Marker, Cherry Cobbler Marker

Punches: 1" Circle, 2-1/2" Circle, Hexagon

Bigshot: Circle Framelits

Tools: Paper Snips

Accessories: In Color Dahlias, Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon


I used a sketch from Mojo Monday, which I found on my Card Sketches Pinterest Board.

The White Challenge - I love you!

This card was cased from another card I seen on Pinterest from Cristina at My Paper Secret. I knew I had to case her card when I seen The Shabby Tea Room  "The White Challenge". Of course I changed up the card, added more layers and changed the shapes and accessories. 

If you would like to see Cristina's card you can go to my pinterest board here and find her card.

Stampset: Best of Greetings

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar

Bigshot: Magnetic Platform, Window Frames Collection Framelits, Woodgrain embossing folder

Tools: Stamping Sponges

Accessories: Naturals Designer Buttons, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Baked Brown Sugar 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim