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Hello crafty friends -- welcome to day #3 of the July 2017 *NEW* product release here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the sneak peek projects the Design Teamies and I shared! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity!
For today's rewind project, I'm sharing a fun card I created using some of the brand new goodies released yesterday in our shop in combination with some previously released sets to show you how seamlessly our products work together to help you create one of a kind handmade treasures! (Click on the photos for larger views!)
I used these products from the Paper Sweeties boutique to create this bright and cheery card: Emma, Emma Sweet Cuts, At the beach, Island Time Sweet Cuts, Kindness Matters, Marshmallow Sequins.
Patterned paper from Photoplay Paper!
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Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'anything goes' July Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What fun inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
Have you seen our newest KIT OF THE MONTH?
You can purchase the kits one month at a time OR subscribe to the Kit of the Month CLUB to save $5 each month! The July 2017 kit contains the *NEW* Kindness Matters stamp set along with supplies to create the three cards featured in the kit!! You'll get a fun Kit Club Member button that you can wear to all your crafty events and receive FUN mailbox inspiration shipped directly to you the middle of each month! Hop on over to take a little peek! If you're SPOTTED wearing a Kit Club Member button at a stamp show that we attend, you'll get a {sweet} PRIZE at the show!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some newly discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
We're hosting a Christmas in July SALE all month long! Receive 40% off ALL --> in stock <-- HOLIDAY products using coupon code: july2017
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- plans are underway for our August release, but until then follow us to keep up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Pile it On #132 - primary colors/something w/'S'; 613 Avenue Create #199 - ATG; Fusion - sand/beach; Curtain Call - Surf's Up; House of Cards - July/stripes
Hello crafty friends -- welcome to the July 2017 *NEW* product RELEASE PARTY here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the sneak peek projects the Design Teamies and I shared! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity! Before we get to my projects for today, let's meet the newest kids on the block this month ...
Rectangle Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts
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And now for my RELEASE DAY inspiration project (CLICK on photos for larger views) ...
I had so much fun dressing handsome little Jake in his bathing suit outfit from the Surf's Up stamp set (die cut using Jake Sweet Cuts) and then framing him with our *NEW* Rectangle Scallop Frames!!! I added a sentiment from the *NEW* Kindness Matters stamp set and then finished the card off with a sandcastle stamped using the Let's go to the Beach stamp set and coordinating Let's go to the Beach Sweet Cuts die set.
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Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'anything goes' July Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What fun inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
Have you seen our newest ---> KIT OF THE MONTH <---
You can purchase the kits one month at a time OR subscribe to the Kit of the Month CLUB to save $5 each month! The July 2017 kit contains the *NEW* Kindness Matters stamp set along with supplies to create the three cards featured in the kit!! You'll get a fun Kit Club Member button that you can wear to all your crafty events and receive FUN mailbox inspiration shipped directly to you the middle of each month! Hop on over to take a little peek! If you're SPOTTED wearing a Kit Club Member button at a stamp show that we attend, you'll get a {sweet} PRIZE at the show!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some recently discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
We're hosting a Christmas in July SALE all month long! Receive 40% off ALL --> in stock <-- HOLIDAY products using coupon code: july2017
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- see you again tomorrow for one last day of project shares that you won't want to miss! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Pile it On #132 - primary colors; Fussy & Fancy #191 - celebration; 613 Avenue Create #199 - ATG; Fusion - sand/beach; Curtain Call - Surf's Up!
Hello crafty friends -- welcome to day #1 of the July 2017 *NEW* product release here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the projects the Planner Design Teamies and I shared using our fun planner stamps! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity!
For today's sneak peek projects, I am sharing TWO cards I created using some of the new goodies which will be live in the boutique TOMORROW -- (Click on the photos for larger views!)
Using the *NEW* Kindness Matters stamp and coordinating Kindness Matters Sweet Cuts die, I stamped the wreath 7 times in each of the 7 different colors using Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white. I die cut the green wreath, fussy cut each of the 6 different colored flowers and then paper pieced them onto the wreath base. I stamped the sentiment in the center of the wreath on the white cardstock base. I ... LOVE ... how ... this ... card ... turned ... out! It's so colorful and FUN!
*NOTE* patterned papers are from Photoplay Paper!
For my second card I used the *NEW* Kindness Matters stamp and coordinating Kindness Matters Sweet Cuts die to create a shaker card!
The sentiment was stamped using the Love you to pieces set and the shaker was created using Strawberry, Marshmallow and Blueberry Sequins from the Paper Sweeties boutique!
Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'Anything Goes' July Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What beautiful inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some newly discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category to clear our shelves and make room for new inventory ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
We're hosting a Christmas in July SALE all month long! Receive 40% off ALL --> in stock <-- HOLIDAY products using coupon code: july2017
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- see you again tomorrow for our BIG RELEASE PARTY! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Addicted to Stamps and More #250 - photo; Pile it On #132 - primary colors; Fussy & Fancy #191 - celebration; 613 Avenue Create #199 - ATG; Freshly Made Sketches #296 - sketch
Welcome all of our fabulous planner, calendar and organizer friends -- today's the day we are sharing inspiration and ideas using some FUN Planner sets from Paper Sweeties! These amazing sets will help you plan your life in style with Paper Sweeties this year!
You can use our versatile planner stamps not only on planners and calendars, but on tags, cards, invitations, layouts, place cards, save the dates -- anything paper crafty! So, without further ado, let's get to peeking at my March calendar and planner pages (CLICK on photos for larger views):
I love, love, LOVE my 2017 MAMBI Create 365 Happy Life 2017 planner!
Way more user friendly than the brand I had last year ... the pages are removable which makes it very easy to stamp -- especially as the year progresses and the calendar gets filled up with lots of bumpy goodies!
This ... was ... SO ... MUCH ... FUN ... to ... do! Love the entire month-at-a-glance pages - so colorful and fun to look at again ... and again ... and again! I keep my planner close by so I can peek at it throughout the day ... and it makes me smile each and every time I flip it open! I adore the mixy-matchy patterned papers! (CLICK on the photos for close up pics!)
I stamped all the special days throughout the month using a variety of the amazing planner stamps available at Paper Sweeties!
I marked holidays and special days with glitter tape I cut into banner shapes. I stamped 'challenge' 'blog' and 'new product release' dates along with my shows this month!
I added adorable mixy-matchy Washi tape throughout the month to decorate and add some fun color!
And, how ADORABLE is our sweet little Emma dressed in her bathing suit outfit!?!?! For tips on how to stamp and dress the dolls from Paper Sweeties, please watch Jill Norwood's videos HERE and HERE!
I'm addicted and I know you will be too when you start to plan your life in style with Paper Sweeties Planner Series goodies!
Products used from the Paper Sweeties boutique listed below:
And, I have a little bonus project ... a 3 1/2" x 5" mini calendar that I display on a wooden base and then change out the featured card each month!
Products used from the Paper Sweeties shop: (July calendar) Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts, I love Summer, I love Summer Sweet Cuts, Strawberry Sequins, Blueberry Sequins
Hop on over to be inspired by the rest of the Planner Teamies' projects today:
Our July Challenge is going on now ... click on over to grab some inspiration and then share your projects with us for a chance to win some goodies - our winner will receive a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! Share your ANYTHING GOES projects with us here in the blog link gallery and/or in our Facebook Group Challenge Album!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to keep up to date with everything new at Paper Sweeties and to receive subscriber only coupons, discounts and specials! Sign up on sidebar --->
We're hosting a Christmas in July SALE all month long! Receive 40% off ALL --> in stock <-- HOLIDAY products using coupon code: july2017
The teamies and I will be sharing projects beginning tomorrow for this month's new products release, so mark your calendars and come back for loads of ideas, inspiration and fun new goodies!
Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Addicted to Stamps and More #250 - photo; House of Cards - July challenge/stripes; Pile it On #132 - primary colors; Fussy & Fancy #191 - celebration; Fusion - sand/beach; 613 Avenue Create #199 - ATG
Hello crafty friends! It's that time of the month again ... time for a NEW challenge at Paper Sweeties! Before we share the new inspiration board, let's congratulate last month's challenge winner ... the votes are in and I'm thrilled to announce our latest winner of the June challenge: Tasha!
Tasha created the most adorable planner layout using our Planner Series: Get your craft on stamp set! Contact us, Tasha, to claim your $25 gift certificate prize ... and here's a {sweet} badge to display on your blog!
Paper Sweeties hosts monthly challenges here on the blog and in our Facebook Group! Each 1st of the month we will have a brand new inspiration board to help spark your creativity! It's as easy as 1-2-3 to create, share and win:
1. CREATE a NEW project based on the current inspiration board using ANY of your favorite crafty supplies ... you don't have to use products from Paper Sweeties, but we would LOVE if you did! Use this month's board as a starting point for your project -- be inspired by one or more of the colors, shapes, theme ... ANYTHING GOES!
2. POST a direct link to your project in the link gallery below (if using your blog, please link to your blog post not your entire blog so we can find your creation) or UPLOAD a photo of your project to our FACEBOOK GROUP CHALLENGE ALBUM . No blog or not on Facebook, no problem -- you can use any of our online galleries to add your project link: Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest or Splitcoast Stampers - (keyword papersweeties). Contact us if you have questions or need assistance!
3. LINK back to this blog post so your followers can find us too! (Back linked posts will not be considered for the monthly prize).
Our challenge will run for the entire month. You can play along as many times as you wish and combine with as many other challenges as you want! The challenges will end at 12 pm EST on the last day of each month. The winner will be revealed on the 1st of each month!
This month's inspiration board:
HOW will YOU be inspired this month -- colors, theme, shapes, patterns? I was inspired by the theme, colors, stars & stripes in this month's beautiful photo! (CLICK on the photos for close up views):
I am sneaking a *new* Sweet Cuts die set that will be releasing in the Paper Sweeties boutique on the 15th of the month ... you're going to LOVE our amazing Rectangle Scallop Frame Dies! Additionally, I also used a sentiment from our *new* stamp set for July - Kindness Matters! The die cut star is from the I love summer Sweet Cuts set and I finished it off with some delicious Strawberry Sequins!
Please visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
July guest designer: Esther Asbury
Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything new and exciting at Paper Sweeties -> sign up on blog sidebar!
Join our Facebook Inspiration Group - Share your Paper Sweeties projects with us!
Follow us on Pinterest for loads of inspiration and ideas! Contact us to pin YOUR Paper Sweeties projects to our Customer Gallery Board!
Be inspired by videos and tutorials on our Paper Sweeties You Tube Channel!
We cannot wait to see how YOU will be inspired by this month's challenge!
Sharing with these challenges: Curtain Call - July/red, white & blue; Freshly Made Sketches #294 - sketch; House of Cards - July/stripes; Dies 'R Us #76 - layers; Cut it Up #125 - red, white & blue; Fussy & Fancy - punches & dies; Simon Says Stamp - ATG; Addicted to Stamps & More #248 - holiday; Fusion - 4th of July; Sweet Stampin' - stars & stripes; Word Art Wednesday #288/289 - ATG
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Hello crafty friends - thanks for stopping by my blog today! I'm excited to share a little something I recently created for the Summer 2017 Edition of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I took inspiration from not only the coffee theme, but from the colors in the graphic too!!
I really enjoyed sitting down at my desk to create this 'just because' card with a fun coffee theme! Madison is the newest Sweetie to join our little stamp family and I had fun dressing her in this cute outfit from the Live Love Grow stamp set - I imagined her working at this oh-so-sweet coffee shop, so she had to sport an apron, a coffee shop logo T and ... of course ... a cup of ICED COFFEE! I stamped Maddy onto vanilla cardstock and then die cut her using the Madison Sweet Cuts die. The outfit was stamped on white cardstock and several scrap pieces of patterned paper and then paper pieced together!
I adore the sentiment from the Tackle life one cup at a time stamp set ... 'coffee and friends' ... and Maddy's friend, as you can see, is this sweet little pup from the Sweeties Pets stamp set! The coffee stand was created by stamping the Sweeties Stand onto white cardstock, coloring in the background and then stamping the awning portion again onto patterned paper and paper piecing it onto the stand base. (Click on photo for larger view).
I added some fun coffee images and a sentiment for inside the hanging sign using the Planner Series: Coffee stamp set and finished this little cutie pie off by adding some die cut clouds created using the Let's go to the beach Sweet Cuts set! I created this scene on a card base, but when I was finished, I thought to myself that this would be really cute on a scrapbook page with a pic of me and my bestie - *note to self!
I am delighted to once again be a sponsor for this fun hop -- Paper Sweeties has donated a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner ...
... and additionally, we are offering a second FLASH prize of (1) stamp set and (1) die set of winner's choice to another lucky ducky ...
... and, last but certainly not least, we are offering a 'Choose your discount SALE' during the hop - enter appropriate coupon code at checkout to redeem your DISCOUNT!
Thanks again for popping in to see what I created for this season's coffee event - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Fussy & Fancy #190 - punches/dies; Fusion - sketch (square + 3 images/dog, dish, girl); Simon Says - use patterned paper; Curtain Call - June 15/Sorbet: colors; Addicted to Stamps and More #247 - make your mark; Tuesday Throwdown #348 - party time; Inspired by all the Little Things #61 - square/box shape + blue; Cut it Up #124 - picnic (mine is an outing to the coffee shop!); Dies 'R Us #75 - celebrations; 613 Avenue Create #198 - ATG
Hello crafty friends -- welcome to day #3 of the June 2017 *NEW* product release here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the sneak peek projects the Design Teamies and I shared! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity!
For today's rewind project, I'm sharing a fun card I created using some of the brand new goodies released yesterday in our shop in combination with some previously released sets to show you how seamlessly our products work together to help you create one of a kind handmade treasures! (Click on the photos for larger views!)
I used these products from the Paper Sweeties boutique to create this bright and cheery card: Aloha, Island Time, Island Time Sweet Cuts, Surf's Up, Sugar Sprinkles Sequins.
Patterned paper from Photoplay Paper!
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Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'anything goes' June Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What fun inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
Have you seen our newest KIT OF THE MONTH?
You can purchase the kits one month at a time OR subscribe to the Kit of the Month CLUB to save $5 each month! Each kit contains two *NEW* stamp sets along with supplies to create the two cards featured in the kit (stamp sets retail value $24, so club members are only paying $1 for the card supplies)!! You'll get a fun Kit Club Member button that you can wear to all your crafty events and receive FUN mailbox inspiration shipped directly to you the middle of each month! Hop on over to take a little peek! If you're SPOTTED wearing a Kit Club Member button at a stamp show that we attend, you'll get a {sweet} PRIZE at the show!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some newly discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- plans are underway for our July release, but until then follow us to keep up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Addicted to Stamps & More #246 - ATG; 613 Avenue Create #198 - ATG; Simon Says - emboss it; Cupcake Inspirations #411 - colors; Fusion - sketch/colors; Curtain Call #15 - sorbet
Hello crafty friends -- welcome to the June 2017 *NEW* product RELEASE PARTY here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the sneak peek projects the Design Teamies and I shared! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity! Before we get to my projects for today, let's meet the newest kids on the block this month ... and we literally have a NEW GIRL with long hair in our sweet line up - by customer request:
Oval Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts
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And now for my RELEASE DAY inspiration projects (CLICK on photos for larger views) ...
I had so much fun dressing adorable little Madison in her new summer outfit!!! I stamped Maddy on vanilla cardstock and then die cut her using the coordinating Madison Sweet Cuts die! I stamped the outfit from the Aloha set first onto white cardstock, then onto the pink gingham patterned paper, cut the pieces out and then paper pieced everything together! I ... LOVE ... TO ... PAPER ... PIECE!!!
The sentiment was stamped from the Aloha stamp set onto a banner die cut using the Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts set and then double mounted on another scrap piece of aqua cardstock. Maddy was adhered to a cardstock background using the *NEW* Oval Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts set! To finish things off, I added a couple drops of liquid pearls in the center of the flowers!
For my second card, I began with Madison which I die cut using the Madison Sweet Cuts die and then dressed her in her bathing suit outfit from the At the beach stamp set. I die cut the cardstock background using the Oval Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts set and die cut the sun using the Island Time Sweet Cuts set, embossing it with a polka dot folder. The sentiment was stamped using the Aloha set and I finished the card off by adding a couple Marshmallow Sequins and liquid pearls to the centers of the flowers.
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Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'anything goes' June Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What fun inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
Have you seen our newest ---> KIT OF THE MONTH <---
You can purchase the kits one month at a time OR subscribe to the Kit of the Month CLUB to save $5 each month! Each kit contains two *NEW* stamp sets along with supplies to create the two cards featured in the kit (stamp sets retail value $24, so club members are only paying $1 for the card supplies)!! You'll get a fun Kit Club Member button that you can wear to all your crafty events and receive FUN mailbox inspiration shipped directly to you the middle of each month! Hop on over to take a little peek! If you're SPOTTED wearing a Kit Club Member button at a stamp show that we attend, you'll get a {sweet} PRIZE at the show!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some recently discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- see you again tomorrow for one last day of project shares that you won't want to miss! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Addicted to Stamps & More #246 - ATG; 613 Avenue Create #198 - ATG; Curtain Call #15 - sorbet; The Challenge #87 - aqua/orange/hot pink; House of Cards - June challenge; Dies 'R Us #75 - celebrations; Simon Says - emboss it; Cupcake Inspirations #411 - colors; Fusion - sketch/colors
Hello crafty friends -- welcome to day #1 of the June 2017 *NEW* product release here at Paper Sweeties! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the projects the Planner Design Teamies and I shared using our fun planner stamps! If you missed yesterday's festivities, click --> HERE <-- to check out all the creativity!
For today's sneak peek project, I am sharing a card I created using some of the new goodies which will be live in the boutique TOMORROW -- (Click on the photos for larger views!)
Using the *NEW* Oval Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts set, I die cut the center shapes and adhered them to the patterned paper & card base. I die cut the two patterned paper squares for the pinwheel using the inside of the middle size of the Square Scallop Frames Sweet Cuts set, adhered the papers WRONG SIDES together, snipped 1 1/2" slits from each corner toward the middle and then glued each point to the center using hot glue and securing the center with a button (if you would like to view a tutorial on how to make a paper pinwheel, I found one HERE). I added a Robin Egg Paper Straw and then tied on the sentiment banner which I die cut using the Mason Jar Sweet Cuts set and our *NEW* Aloha stamp set! Easy peesy and so bright, cheery and FUN, don't you think?
*NOTE* all patterned papers are from Photoplay Paper!
Please continue to hop along and visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
We'd love for you to play along with the 'Anything Goes' June Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties - for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! What beautiful inspiration we have this month -- will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?
For MORE inspiration, ideas and ways to win some goodies, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our social media galleries and share us with your crafty friends:
Subscribe to our newsletter -> sign up on sidebar!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Follow -> this blog <- to stay up to date with everything new and exciting from Paper Sweeties!
*****NEWS FLASH*****
GOING, GOING ... GONE! We've added some newly discontinued products to our RETIRING SOON category to clear our shelves and make room for new inventory ... check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever! (Limited quantities ... available while supplies last).
Thank you for allowing the Design Team Contributors and I to help spark your creativity this month -- see you again tomorrow for our BIG RELEASE PARTY! Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Freshly Made Sketches #292 - sketch; Card Concept #75 - boldy graphic; Addicted to Stamps & More #246 - ATG; 613 Avenue Create #198 - ATG; Cut it Up #123 - summer school/tutorial
Welcome all of our fabulous planner, calendar and organizer friends -- today's the day we are sharing inspiration and ideas using some FUN Planner sets from Paper Sweeties! These amazing sets will help you plan your life in style with Paper Sweeties this year!
You can use our versatile planner stamps not only on planners and calendars, but on tags, cards, invitations, layouts, place cards, save the dates -- anything paper crafty! So, without further ado, let's get to peeking at my March calendar and planner pages (CLICK on photos for larger views):
I love, love, LOVE my 2017 MAMBI Create 365 Happy Life 2017 planner!
Way more user friendly than the brand I had last year ... the pages are removable which makes it very easy to stamp -- especially as the year progresses and the calendar gets filled up with lots of bumpy goodies!
This ... was ... SO ... MUCH ... FUN ... to ... do! Love the entire month-at-a-glance pages - so colorful and fun to look at again ... and again ... and again! I keep my planner close by so I can peek at it throughout the day ... and it makes me smile each and every time I flip it open! I adore the mixy-matchy patterned papers!
I stamped all the special days throughout the month using a variety of the amazing planner stamps available at Paper Sweeties!
I marked holidays and special days with glitter tape I cut into banner shapes. I stamped 'challenge' 'blog' and 'new product release' dates along with my shows this month!
I added adorable mixy-matchy Washi tape throughout the month to decorate and add some fun color!
And, how ADORABLE is our sweet *NEW* little Madison dressed in her *NEW* summer outfit ... and I'm sneaking a *NEW* Planner stamp set too!?!?! For tips on how to stamp and dress the dolls from Paper Sweeties, please watch Jill Norwood's videos HERE and HERE!
I'm addicted and I know you will be too when you start to plan your life in style with Paper Sweeties Planner Series goodies!
Products used from the Paper Sweeties boutique listed below:
Madison, Madison Sweet Cuts, Aloha, Planner Series: Shapes - available in our shop on June 15th!
And, I have a little bonus project ... a 3 1/2" x 5" mini calendar that I display on a wooden base and then change out the featured card each month!
Products used from the Paper Sweeties shop: (June calendar) Island Time, Island Time Sweet Cuts; Sugar Sprinkles Sequins.
Products used from the Paper Sweeties shop: (card created by Mackie Robertson) Jake, Jake Sweet Cuts, Surf's Up, Island Time, Island Time Sweet Cuts, Let's go to the Beach, Let's go to the Beach Sweet Cuts, At the Beach.
Hop on over to be inspired by the rest of the Planner Teamies' projects today:
Our June Challenge is going on now ... click on over to grab some inspiration and then share your projects with us for a chance to win some goodies - our winner will receive a $25 SHOPPING SPREE! Share your ANYTHING GOES projects with us here in the blog link gallery and/or in our Facebook Group Challenge Album!
Are you SOCIAL??? CLICK on the links on the sidebar of this blog ---> to follow us!
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to keep up to date with everything new at Paper Sweeties and to receive subscriber only coupons, discounts and specials! Sign up on sidebar --->
The teamies and I will be sharing projects beginning tomorrow for this month's new products release, so mark your calendars and come back for loads of ideas, inspiration and fun new goodies!
Hugs - xoxo
Sharing with these challenges: Cupcake Inspirations #411 - watercolor/colors; 613 Avenue Create #198 - ATG
Hello crafty friends! It's that time of the month again ... time for a NEW challenge at Paper Sweeties! Before we share the new inspiration board, let's congratulate last month's challenge winner ... the votes are in and I'm thrilled to announce our latest winner of the May challenge: Esther Asbury!
Contact us, Esther, to claim your $25 gift certificate prize ... and here's a {sweet} badge to display on your blog!
Paper Sweeties hosts monthly challenges here on the blog and in our Facebook Group! Each 1st of the month we will have a brand new inspiration board to help spark your creativity! It's as easy as 1-2-3 to create, share and win:
1. CREATE a NEW project based on the current inspiration board using ANY of your favorite crafty supplies ... you don't have to use products from Paper Sweeties, but we would LOVE if you did! Use this month's board as a starting point for your project -- be inspired by one or more of the colors, shapes, theme ... ANYTHING GOES!
2. POST a direct link to your project in the link gallery below (if using your blog, please link to your blog post not your entire blog so we can find your creation) or UPLOAD a photo of your project to our FACEBOOK GROUP CHALLENGE ALBUM . No blog or not on Facebook, no problem -- you can use any of our online galleries to add your project link: Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest or Splitcoast Stampers - (keyword papersweeties). Contact us if you have questions or need assistance!
3. LINK back to this blog post so your followers can find us too! (Back linked posts will not be considered for the monthly prize).
Our challenge will run for the entire month. You can play along as many times as you wish and combine with as many other challenges as you want! The challenges will end at 12 pm EST on the last day of each month. The winner will be revealed on the 1st of each month!
This month's inspiration board:
HOW will YOU be inspired this month -- colors, theme, shapes, patterns? I was inspired by the flowers in the inspiration photo along with the buttons in this month's beautiful photo! (CLICK on the photos for close up views):
I am sneaking a *new* Sweet Cuts die set that will be releasing in the Paper Sweeties boutique on the 15th of the month ... you're going to LOVE our amazing Oval Scallop Frame Dies! Additionally, I used these products from the Paper Sweeties boutique to create this sweet card:
Please visit our talented Design Team Contributors' blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties <- you are here!
June guest designer: Leanne Elliot
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Follow us on Pinterest for loads of inspiration and ideas! Contact us to pin YOUR Paper Sweeties projects to our Customer Gallery Board!
Be inspired by videos and tutorials on our Paper Sweeties You Tube Channel!
We cannot wait to see how YOU will be inspired by this month's challenge!
Sharing with these challenges: Simon Says Stamp - ATG; Fusion - chalkboard/baking; As you like it Challenge - favorite reason to make cards (crafting is my happy place and my go to is making cards because they are smaller canvases to fill up than layouts - but from time to time I enjoy creating a LO too!)
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