Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes April 2013

 

Hello everyone! So you've just got to play along this week at the Sparks blog, anything goes!! So I pulled out my new shopping cart die, "Woffers & Tweeters," "Hang Ups," "Nine Lives," and "Slang Gang" to make this fun card. And it was definitely fun to make :) And let me just say that the sentiment is perfect....picture someone with a Boston accent saying it ;) You have a whole week to play along and a chance to with a PS gift certificate. Now to give you even more inspiration, check out what the DT created:

Lisa Arana

Nina Yang
Lynn Mangan

Jessica Davis

Lori Tecler
Jessica Bavier
Vera Wirianta Yates

Savannah O'Gwynn

 

Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades April 2013

 

Paper Smooches...my favorite! Time for my monthly Cool shades post. This time I used "Woofers and Tweeters" (the owl) "Pip Squeaks," and "Pretty Phrases." I also used Duo Die 2. The patterned paper is from PTI, and so is the cardstock. The twine is from the Twinery. Check out the colors we were given to play with this week:

 

 

So you've got a whole week to play along...join us! Now check out what the rest of the team was able to pull together:

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

 



Craft Dash #15

 

Back with another installment and another video for the 10 Minute Craft Dash! So as you'll see in the video I popped up the frame and THEN decided that I wanted my sentiment on the frame...don't do this at home! The sentiment did not come out. I did go in after the challenge and just outline those letters that didn't come out in a pen which I would have done if I had it handy during the dash. Anyway, it took me the full 10 minutes to create the card, as usual. I was quite calm at first thinking this would be an easy card...I was wrong on that one! Here are the colors that we were given:

 

 

I used Paper Smooches new "Wicked Nauticool," Duo Die #2, PTI cardstock, and the chevron embossing folder is SU sizzix. And without further ado, here is our video, me, Jen and Jennifer. Although we had no wigs this week, we still had fun! Enjoy :)

 

 

Paper Smooches Sparks Trend Watch April 2013

 

The trend watch for this month was butterflies, so of course I first thought to use "Flap Happy!" Then I used "Bold Blooms," and "We Connect." The "love" is also one of the PS dies that I got in my most recent order. The cardstock and button are from PTI and the twine is from the Twinery. There is a week to play along with this challenge, so why don't you give it a shot? Check it out here.

 

 

And now you can go check out what all the other talented members of the DT created!

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

12 Kits of Holidays March 2013

So this month's installment of the 12 Kits of Holidays is Spring/Easter and the awesome kit was sent to us by Tracey! I loved the variety of supplies that were sent in the kit. Check out this picture, courtesy of Kara that shows the colorful kit:

 

 

So here's what I was able to make with this fabulous kit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorites are the first and the last...what about you? Now let's go check out what everyone else created!

 

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Amy {Stamp-n-Paradise}
Kelly {Gingham Girl}

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}-Me!
Tracey {In My Creative Opinion}

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}

Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades March 2013

 

Hi everyone! Its Paper Smooches time! I used several stamp sets on this card. I used "Spring Fling," "A Magical Spring," "Streamers," and the matching streamers die. This card was really easy and turned out pretty cute, I may have to make a few extras of these before Easter! This week its the cool shades challenge, so here are the colors we were given to play along with:

 

 

 

So now you have to go see what the rest of the talented design team created! Check out their creations here:

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

 

 

Now that you've seen all that talent, don't you want to play along? You have a week to do so. Here is the link to the sparks challenge blog!

Paper Smooches Sparks Designer Drafts March 2013

 

My sister's birthday is tomorrow, and the last time that she visited, we had fun going out to get "gourmet coffee" every afternoon. So I thought it would be fun to get her a Starbucks gift card and make a fun card to go along with it. I used these Paper Smooches sets: "Helping Hands," "Hot Concoctions," "Birthday Sampler," "Graffiti." I wanted to make the sentiment coffee themed and birthday at the same time, so I used the birthday sentiment, and made the go venti with the graffiti letter stamps. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye, the cardstock from SU and PTI. The pearls are from Recollections. I used this week's Designer Drafts sketch from the Sparks challenge blog.