Paper Smooches: Halloween + My FIRST Time Coloring

Hello friends:) 

**Click HERE for the Coffee Lovers Cardmakers blog hop with inspiration and prizes! 

I'm super excited to share a card today- it's my FIRST colored images/card!!! 

SAVfact: I do not like coloring. 
SAVfact: I do not like Halloween. 

But somehow... someway... today's card features both! :) 

This card was actually created for Paper Smooches' September release. I used the NEW Best Witches stamps and dies, along with the Hallloweenies stamps, Halloween Icons, and lots of Copic markers! 

My theory for coloring: just start! I have heard lots of talk (instructions) about how to color (from years past when I first bought my Copic markers). I tried the light colors first, layered with two darker colors, and then blended again with the light marker. I hope I colored correctly! LOL! I really did enjoy coloring- it was so fun and relaxing! 

Here's another Halloween card I created in September. I was inspired by a fun graphic. I used the Paper Smooches Best Witches stamps/dies, Birthday Sampler, and the following dies- Sassy Letters, Welcome Word, Bannerific. Thought: You would think a simple card like this would mean LESS stamps/dies! LOL! 

That's it for me today but there are more creations and projects coming! Be on the lookout for our November 2019 blog hop and sneak peeks starting November 6th. 

Thanks for stopping by! Be blessed ❤️

Paper Smooches + Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop ********************GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends:) 

I'm super excited about joining in the fun with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and the Paper Smooches DT for a hop! 

We are excited to share some caffeinated cards with you. Details about the blog hop can be found below;) 

SAVfact: I do not like coffee. Making a coffee card is a whole other thing🙃 Last week I saw an illustration of a drowsy hand coming out of a bed with a comforter and pillows with the saying "Good morning". I instantly knew I had to use that as my inspiration for my coffee card today!! 

I created a bedroom scene using some Fancy Pants Designs Golden Days 6x6 papers with the Paper Smooches Rose Frame (headboard) and Stitched Frames (pillows) dies. The comforter was hand-drawn. I love the little coffee mug from the Coffee & Tea die set- it's the perfect size for this card. I used the illustration as my guide for hand-drawing the arm and fingers. I stamped a custom sentiment to finish. SOOOOOOOOOOOO fun:) 

The pillows are made from tissue paper!?!?!? So cute:) 

Look closely for the steam :) 

Here are some other coffee themed cards I've made:) 

 

 
 
  
 

 

Please hop along to be inspired and have a chance to win a prize. Visit The Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to begin or click on any or all of the links shared below. 

Paper Smooches blog

Paper Smooches DT: 

Alice Lihsaun Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O'Gwynn [you are HERE]

Teri Anderson

Coffee Loving Cardmarkers DT: 

Amy Tsuruta

Kerry Urbatch

Helen Gullett

Lisa Bzibziak

Robyn Jordan

Lori Turner

Annette Allen

Dana Warren

Erin Thiem

Katie Brooks

Kathy Schweinfurth

Lisa Golzbein

I hope you have enjoyed this hop so far---- next up, head over to the amazing TERI ANDERSON!

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love! Your ❤️ and support mean so much to me!!

I hope you will stop back again soon- I have at least 25 projects to share in the next few weeks:) I can't wait!

Be blessed ❤️
Sav

Paper Smooches: October 2019 PS DT INSPIRATION challenge #2

Hello, friends:)

I'm joining in the fun with the Paper Smooches October 2019 PS DT INSPIRATION challenge. I've been thinking about this challenge for a very loooooooooooooong time because I am always finding inspiration when I visit the PS blog. The PS DT is SUPER TALENTED!!!

This is my second challenge creation, and I had to make something based on TERI ANDERSON's fun style!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Teri's color choices and layers of pattered paper make my jaw drop in awe! LOVE LOVE LOVE everything Teri creates:)

PS stamps/dies/stencils used include: Couterous Cuties stamps/Icons dies, Inverted Notes

I used The Stamp Market Color Crush papers and inks for this card. I was inspired by one of Teri's cards for Paper Crafts Magazine. I did put a few Sav-flairs on this... hopefully, you can see Teri and Sav in this card:)

That's it for me today. I hope you will join in the fun-- you could win a gift certificate to the PS store! Be sure to stop by HERE to link up and play along:)

THANKS so much for stopping by! Be blessed:)

Paper Smooches: October 2019 PS DT INSPIRATION challenge #1

Hello, friends:)

I'm joining in the fun with the Paper Smooches October 2019 PS DT INSPIRATION challenge. I've been thinking about this challenge for a very loooooooooooooong time! I am always finding inspiration when I visit the PS blog. The PS DT is SUPER TALENTED!!!

For my first challenge card, I decided to try a simple design with lots of white. Any guesses as to who I was inspired by? JILL HAWKINS ❤️❤️❤️

PS stamps/dies/stencils used include: Essentials stencil, Thank you die

This card was easy to make and could possibly be mass produced quickly! You could even change the sentiment and colors to match whatever theme you want! #winwin

That's it for me today. I hope you will join in the fun-- you could win a gift certificate to the PS store! Be sure to stop by HERE to link up and play along:)

THANKS so much for stopping by! Be blessed:)

Paper Smooches: October 2019 Blog Hop **************GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends!

It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches October 2019 release with you!

• THREE new stamp sets
• FOUR new dies
• TWO new stencils 

All of these will be available to purchase at 10:00am Central time zone on October 7th. You will find the new products at their online store HERE once they go live. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop... there is a PRIZE! The prize - a $50 gift code to use at the PS online store. 

Here are the details: 

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all the blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning). 
• TWO winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS blog to win the $25 prize. 
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on October 8th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on October 9th to see if you are one of the TWO lucky winners!

Paper Smooches blog

Guest Designer Amy Rohl

Guest Designer Lisa Henke

Alice Lihsaun Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O'Gwynn [you are HERE]

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning: 

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop. If you don't already like the PS FB page, please like and follow us HERE. 
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter HERE). 
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

***NOTE: this means you have up to FOUR extra chances to win!! 

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This month I was able to play in the studio a little longer, which means I have TWO cards for you using the NEW You Are A Blessing die.

This first one is so simple, which is NOT my style! However, I love how simple and elegant this card turned out to be❤️ #winwin

I wanted to create a white on white using white cardstock and white tissue paper. I know you can't see the white tissue paper much in these photos 😩  but it really adds the sweetest touch of elegance to this card! The die was cut from gold metallic paper. I ended up only using the letters, which means I will have extra pieces for another project:) #bonus

This next card is definitely my style of layers and patterned papers:) I pulled out some of my older Pink Paislee Cedar Lane 6x6 papers and mixed and matched for the background design then layered the die cut sentiment/frame along with other embellishments. This second card was easier to make than the first! LOL! 🙃

I love this NEW You Are A Blessing die because it has a stitched frame and a rectangle with the sentiment--- technically that's 3 different pieces for this die- SO FUN!

PS stamps/dies/stencils used include: You Are A Blessing die, Inverted Notes,  Butterflies 2

Be sure to stop by the PS blog for details about this blog hop and giveaway! And don't forget to leave some love along the hop:) 

That's it for me today- THANK YOU so much for stopping by! Be blessed ❤️ 

ps... Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month? Keep an eye on the PS blog for details or click HERE to play along with the October PS DT INSPIRATION challenge. 

Simon Says Stamp + Paper Smooches STAMPtember Release

Hello friends:) 

It's an honor to join the Simon Says Stamp team for their STAMPtember celebration! Kim, Paper Smooches, has designed a super fun NEW stamp exclusively for STAMPtember  and I was able to play with it yesterday:) 

I have been SUPER busy this month with relaunching our church, which has been stressful and fun all at the same time. Unfortunately, my studio work has been put on hold, and yesterday was the first time that I was able to play around with these fun images. 

I wanted a simple, black and white design using the larger images. I think I stayed pretty close to the original idea for this card- it's easy, elegant (per Trav), and could be mass produced quickly. I did stray from the color theme but I think black on kraft is much more stunning than black and white:) 

I think I might even change up this design by extending the leaf pattern up to go off the top edge too! And I could even change the color of the inks or papers- brand new and fresh design yet still the same! I could also see using those little leaves for a more detailed background design. 

I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more time in my studio to create all of these card ideas! LOL! 

That's it for me today but there are more creations and projects on the SSS blog! I hope you will check it out and grab an exclusive PS stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by ❤️   I hope you have a blessed day! 

Paper Smooches: September 2019 Blog Hop **************GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends!

It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches September 2019 release with you! TWO new stamp sets and FOUR new dies and TWO new stencils will be available to purchase at 10:00am Central time zone on September 7th. You will find the new products at their online store HERE once they go live. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop... there is a PRIZE! The prize - a $50 gift code to use at the PS online store. 

Here are the details: 

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all the blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning). 
• TWO winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS blog to win the $25 prize. 
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on September 8th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on September 9th to see if you are one of the TWO lucky winners!

Paper Smooches blog

Guest Designer Amy Rysavy

Guest Designer Lydia Fiedler

Alice Lihsaun Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O'Gwynn [you are HERE]

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning: 

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop. If you don't already like the PS FB page, please like and follow us HERE. 
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter HERE). 
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

***NOTE: this means you have up to FOUR extra chances to win!! 

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month? Keep an eye on the PS blog for details or click HERE to play along with the September SKETCH challenge. 

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Kim has created a fun little Expressions die set that can literally be used on any of her other dies and images to create a face. It has lips, eyelashes, a smile/mouth, and eyes. I have been seeing lots of rainbows lately here in Florida after our afternoon showers and decided to give this little rainbow a face:)

I love this little card----> it encourages and really could be used for just about anyone! Including our guy friends- all you have to do is use the eyes and mouth.

For our girlfriends add some eyelashes.

PS stamps/dies/stencils used include: Sunnyville, Spreading Sunshine, Inverted Greetings, Spectrum stamps/dies, Expression dies, Curly Clouds dies

Be sure to stop by the PS blog for details about this blog hop and giveaway! And don't forget to leave some love along the hop:) 

That's it for me today- THANK YOU so much for stopping by! Be blessed ❤️ 

Paper Smooches: AUGUST 2019 Blog Hop **************GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends!

It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches AUGUST 2019 release with you!

• TWO new stamp sets
• FOUR new dies
• TWO new stencils 

8 new products will be available to purchase at 10:00am Central time zone on August 7th. You will find the new products at their online store HERE once they go live. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop... there is a PRIZE! The prize - a $30 gift code to use at the PS online store. 

Here are the details: 

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all the blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning). 
• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS blog to win the $25 prize. 
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on August 8th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on August 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners!

Paper Smooches blog

Guest Designer Laura Williams

Guest Designer Laurie Willison

Alice Lihsaun Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O'Gwynn [you are HERE}

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning: 

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop. If you don't already like the PS FB page, please like and follow us HERE. 
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter HERE). 
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

***NOTE: this means you have up to FOUR extra chances to win!! 

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month? Keep an eye on the PS blog for details or click HERE to play along with the June PHOTO INSPIRATION challenge. 

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My blog hop assignment was to create a project that used the NEW Geo Frame die set. I completed this assignment.... however, you might notice that my project includes many of NEW PS stamps/dies, as well as the NEW PS Hot Dot stencil 🙃 I just couldn't help myself- I HAD to use several of the new goodies for this card!

I used a tone on tone look for the polka dot stencil design with Imagine Crafts Wedding Dress ink on white cardstock. Then I layered the NEW PS Hallow Hello die cut sentiment along with the NEW Geo Frame die on top of the polka dot design, which added to the tone on tone look! To finish, I added some watercolored/fussy cut succulents and sentiment from the NEW PS Posh Planters, as well as twine and a mini clothespin. SOOOOO fun and pretty! 

The NEW Geo Frame die set comes with this cool frame and includes six flowers/plants dies too! Each of these dies can be used together or alone. On my next card I watercolored the flowers and plant die cut images (using these alone)NEW hello sentiment. 

to create a background for this simple and

Be sure to stop by the PS blog for details about this blog hop and giveaway! And don't forget to leave some love along the hop:) 

That's it for me today- THANK YOU so much for stopping by! Be blessed ❤️ 

Paper Smooches: JULY 2019 Blog Hop **************GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends!

It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches JULY 2019 release with you! THREE new stamp sets and THREE new dies and TWO new stencils will be available to purchase at 10:00am Central time zone on July 7th. You will find the new products at their online store HERE once they go live. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop... there is a PRIZE! The prize - a $30 gift code to use at the PS online store. 

Here are the details: 

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all the blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning). 
• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS blog to win the $25 prize. 
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on July 8th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on July 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners!

Paper Smooches blog

Guest Designer Amy Kolling

Guest Designer Kristina Werner

Alice Lihsaun Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O'Gwynn [you are HERE}

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning: 

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop. If you don't already like the PS FB page, please like and follow us HERE. 
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter HERE). 
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

***NOTE: this means you have up to FOUR extra chances to win!! 

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month? Keep an eye on the PS blog for details or click HERE to play along with the June PHOTO INSPIRATION challenge. 

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Today I'm sharing an encouraging, fun, and colorful card using the NEW PS Health dies set, as well as some sentiments from the NEW PS Inhale Exhale stamp set.

I dry embossed the heart image in a pattern design (four hearts in one row and five the next, repeating about 7 times down the watercolor paper) and then added rainbow watercolor inks to make the dry embossed images POP! *My goal was for the hearts to POP... as you can see in the full photo they didn't POP as much as I wanted them to! LOL! 

I thought these sentiments were perfect for a card to encourage a friend. And that bandaid die--- OH MY! So fun:)

Speaking of the bandaid die... I created this mini card by bending two bandaid die cuts into a heart shape image. #fun It's simple but with a big impact! *ALSO---- please note that the bandaids are actually light pink not nude in color! My photos are not showing great color or detail this time around! :( 

Be sure to stop by the PS blog for details about this blog hop and giveaway! And don't forget to leave some love along the hop:) 

That's it for me today- THANK YOU so much for stopping by! Be blessed ❤️ 

Paper Smooches: June 2019 RECAP

Hello friends:) 

Today I'm sharing the Paper Smooches June 2019 projects that I made! My friend, Jessica, thinks these creations are a bit different than what I normally make. My thoughts: It's because I didn't use much patterned paper {my fav}!!! I don't think I've made this many cards using plain watercolor paper or cardstock. So... yup! These are different! LOL! 

Here's what I created using PS stamps and dies.

Inspired by THIS graphic- everyone loves this card! LOL! 

Inspired by THIS graphic- I hope you can tell that her hair (sunshine rays) have been combed out on one side. She's got messy hair on the right side of her face; regardless she's choosing to shine! LOL! 

I hope you stop by the PS blog to check out the PS DT projects- there's inspiration shared DAILY! 

That's it for me today but there are more creations and projects coming! Be on the lookout for our July 2019 blog hop and sneak peeks starting July 6th. Leave some love and you could WIN some goodies! 

Thanks for stopping by ❤️   I hope you have a blessed day!