December 2013 Release BUNDLE = $AVE 20%
Red & White Chenille Candy Canes - while supplies last
Pink & White Chenille Candy Canes - while supplies last
Rusty Jingle Bells - while supplies last
Gift Certificates in a variety of price points - the 'perfect fit'
And you can find all the new products from November and December in our What's New category for your shopping convenience!
Hello friends! Well, I bet most of you have heard the buzz by now, but if you haven't, I finally get to spill the beans! My sweet friend, Lesley Croghan, is starting a new challenge beginning in January 2014 and guess what ...
... I have been invited to create for the inaugural the card Concept design team in the 'Shabby Chic' category ... LOVE!!! For those of you unfamiliar with the guidelines surrounding the Shabby Chic esthetic, here you go:
Shabby Chic and Vintage
Those that know me well, already know that I adore anything shabby, old, worn and antique! YUM! I enjoy going to antique shows and finding old treasures to add to my cards and paper crafted projects! I love piling my creations high with lots of bits and bobs of sweet little treasures -- creating keepsakes suitable for framing in some instances!
Let's go through the shabby checklist, shall we? Used, worn, inexpensive components - check! Distressed or sponges layers - I inked mine with vanilla paint - check! Old/antique feeling with lots of embellishments - check! Ribbons or lace - check! Lots of layers - check!
This shabby little sweetie was chosen as the winning favorite at Festive Friday for last week's aqua, red & cream challenge! Materials list: Homespun Holidays, Ho Ho Ho, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts, Rusty Jingle Bells, Red & White Chenille Candy Cane, October Afternoon - Make It Merry patterned paper, blue chenille trim - Webster's Pages.
A huge thank you to Miss Lesley for inviting me to join the line-up of talented designers who will be creating for The Card Concept challenges! We are all in for a treat to be inspired by these lovely ladies! Stay tuned for this new and exciting challenge to launch after the holidays in January ... and until then, happy stamping my friends!
Hello sweeties and welcome to the blog today! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week here in the US! We enjoyed lots of beautiful family time with our sons home from college for five days ... so sad to see them leave on Sunday to head back for the last push over the next two weeks for final exams.
I have lots of inspiration and goodies to share with you today for the Paper Sweeties December *new* product release!
I'm also sharing some goodies I created for The Shabby Tea Room - 'Terrific Tags' challenge and The Visions of Sugarplums Designer's Hop --> click HERE to view my projects for these events! If you're here looking for my project for this week's challenge at The Kraft Journal, please click HERE!
So, without further ado, let's get this party started!
I am sharing the final three months today in my 2014 calendar series posts! You can find the previous posts HERE and HERE and HERE.
This little cutie pie for January was stamped using the Thanks Snow Much stamp set and coordinating Thanks Snow Much Sweet Cuts die!
I used the Ho Ho Ho and Have a Holly Jolly Holiday stamp sets to create the page for December!
The Ho Ho Ho stamp set also has a coordinating Sweet Cuts die!
The page for June was created using the Sweeties Wagon, Live Love Grow and You Are Simply the Best stamp sets!
Those sweet blooms in the polka dotted wagon make me smile, how about you? Now, be sure to hop on over and check out what the other Sweeties Teamies have created to share for today's first day of the December *new* product release:
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Thank you SO MUCH for your valued support in 2013 - we appreciate your business so very much! To reward you for your valued patronage, we are hosting a 'GIVE BACK CONTEST'! Visit the Paper Sweeties blog often during the month of December and comment on the blog posts we share throughout the month. At the end of the month, one lucky commenter will win a $100 SHOPPING SPREE! Share our contest and graphic with your crafty friends on your blog and Facebook wall! When your friend leaves a comment letting us know they heard about us from YOU, you will earn an extra chance to win! Enter AS MANY TIMES throughout the month as you want ... the more you visit and comment, the more chances you have to WIN BIG! Winner announced January 1, 2014! Ready, set ... GO!
CYBER MONDAY SALE runs 12/2/13 from 12 am EST through 11:59 pm EST! Happy shopping, my friends!
For additional inspiration, please visit our online galleries:
Splitcoast Stampers Paper Sweeties Company Gallery (upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies using keyword: papersweeties)
Pinterest (contact me for an invitation to pin your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to our Friends of Paper Sweeties board)
Flickr - upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to this public gallery
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We have several MORE ways for you to participate in our current December contests and giveaways — enter for your chance to win some goodness from the boutique:
* LIKE our Facebook Fan Page and SHARE with your blog and/or Facebook friends for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate when we reach our next giveaway level of 1,400 fans!
* CREATE to WIN free stamp sets!! Submit your project for the current Paper Sweeties #14 challenge using any of your favorite crafty supplies for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop and a guest designer invitation to create with us next month — earn a bonus vote if you use anything from the Paper Sweeties boutique! Congratulations to Karen Letchworth … our challenge #13 WINNER!
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Inspired by these current challenges: Festive Friday - element/snowflake; Inky Situation #19 - trees; Cupcake Inspiration #239 - winter fun; Paper Issues - Christmas; Pile it On #48 - P is for - polka dots; Ribbon Girl - Christmas; Simon Says Stamp - anything; Word Art Wednesday #108 - anything
Hello sweeties!! I’m so happy you stopped by the blog today!
The votes are in and I’m thrilled to announce the winner of the Sweeties Sketch Inspiration #13 Challenge: Karen Letchworth
Now, we have Paper Sweeties Inspiration #14 to share with you all!! Paper Sweeties hosts monthly challenges right here on the blog! Each month on the 1st we will have a brand new inspiration for you to play along with. You can enter as many times as you wish throughout the month — the more times you enter, the more chances you’ll have to win!
It’s as easy as 1-2-3 to create, share and win:
1. CREATE a card or project based on the current inspiration graphic using any of your favorite crafty supplies! You’ll get an extra vote if you use ANYTHING from the Paper Sweeties Shop!! Use the graphic as a starting point for your project — be inspired by the colors, shapes, theme — anything goes … most important — HAVE FUN and let our photo inspiration spark your creativity!
2. POST a DIRECT LINK to your project in our Inlinkz gallery below — please use the URL to your actual project post (not your entire blog) so we can easily find your creation. You do not need to have a blog to enter — you can use any online gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, Facebook or Splitcoast Stampers (keyword papersweeties)! You can pin your Paper Sweeties creations directly to our Friends of Paper Sweeties Pinterest Board — contact me for an invitation to contribute!
3. LINK back to this blog post so your readers can easily find us!
Our challenge will run for the entire month. You can play along as many times as you wish — the more times you play, the more chances you have to win! The challenges will end at 12 pm EST on the last day of each month. The new challenge will be revealed on the 1st of each month. The winner of the previous month’s challenge will be announced on the 1st of each new month, will win a $20 gift certificate to the boutique and will be invited to Guest Design with the Sweeties next month!
Paper Sweeties Inspiration #14:
I found my inspiration in the theme of this month's board ... the sweet little girl wearing a pink cape and watching the snow fall outside her window ... so adorable!
So, I pulled out some of my favorite dies and cut a sparkly tree and window to re-create this precious winter scene! I added a snipett of lace trim for the window valance and some delicious marshmallow sequins from my sweet friend, Paulina's, Pretty Pink Posh Etsy Shop!
I die cut a couple of snow drifts using the *brand new* Thanks Snow Much Sweet Cuts die set -- RELEASED TODAY in the shop -- and adhered them to the base of my card using dimensionals in between to add depth.
I stamped sweet little Emma onto cream cardstock and then die cut her using the Emma Sweet Cuts die. Next, I stamped the cape from the Warm Winter Wishes set onto pink patterned paper, cut it out and dressed Emma in it! Last, I stamped the sentiment onto a die cut banner using the Let It Snow stamp set and adhered it to the top of my card!
Please be sure to visit the other Sweeties Teamies' blogs to be INSPIRED by their creative and beautiful projects ... and then we hope you'll have time this month to play along with the Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge #14 for a chance to win some goodies and guest design with us next month!
Debbie Marcinkiewicz <-- you are here!
December Guest Designer: Gail Lass
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Thank you SO MUCH for your valued support in 2013 - we appreciate your business so very much! To reward you for your valued patronage, we are hosting a 'GIVE BACK CONTEST'! Visit the Paper Sweeties blog often during the month of December and comment on the blog posts we share throughout the month. At the end of the month, one lucky commenter will win a $100 SHOPPING SPREE! Share our contest with your crafty friends! When your friend leaves a comment letting us know they heard about us from YOU, you will earn an extra chance to win! Enter AS MANY TIMES throughout the month as you want ... the more you visit and comment, the more chances you have to WIN BIG! Winner announced January 1, 2014! Ready, set ... GO!
GOOD LUCK to all those that enter!
Inspired by these current challenges: Festive Friday – element/tree; Really Reasonable Ribbons #85 – bingo/white-text-glitter; Cupcake Inspiration #239 – winter fun; Paper Issues - Christmas; Pile it On #48 – P is for – pink; Ribbon Girl - Christmas; Simon Says Stamp – anything; Word Art Wednesday #108 – anything; Inky Situation #19 - trees
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Shop Small with Paper Sweeties on Saturday, November 30th and save 30% on your order of $50 or more! Use coupon code: shopsmall2013 to redeem your savings! Sale begins at 12 am EST and ends at 11:59 pm EST. Enjoy your shopping spree!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my family & friends who live in the US! To everyone else outside the US -- I'm thankful for the blessings of you too! I so enjoy this amazing paper crafting community we all share and am truly thankful to have met and made connections with so many wonderful people whose path I would never have crossed had it not been for blog land!
I am most thankful today to be surrounded by my family today -- my supportive and loving husband and our two amazing sons! They are home from college vising us for a couple days over the Thanksgiving holiday, so I am treasuring each and ever second with them ... Sunday will be here all too soon and they will be heading back to school for the final push to end the term before winter break.
So, in honor of Thanksgiving, I whipped up this sweet little card the other day to share with Linda and the girls over at Catered Crop for this week's Animal House Recipe Swap! The gift bags I created for last week's Thankful challenge earned a shout out (below), so I was invited to tag along for this week's designer's quick fire spotlight! I used the Jake and Gobble Gobble stamp sets along with the Jake Sweet Cuts die to create this fun and festive card!
And .. just for giggles, I'm sharing a couple more of the fall things I recently created in honor of this wonderful holiday and treasured time of the year:
Season of Love, Homespun Holidays, Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts
Abigail, Jake, Give Thanks, Autumn Blessings, Abigail Sweet Cuts, Jake Sweet Cuts
SALE ... SALE ... SALE ... SALE ... SALE ... SALE -- ALERT!
Shop Small with Paper Sweeties on Saturday, November 30th and save 30% on your order of $50 or more! Use coupon code: shopsmall2013 to redeem your savings! Sale begins at 12 am EST and ends at 11:59 pm EST. Enjoy your shopping spree!
Happy turkey day, ya'll! I wish you all a fabulous day surrounded by your favorite family & friends ... enjoy 🙂
Hello crafty friends! Happy Monday 🙂 I have a little something sweet to share with you all that I created for this week's new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room - 'Christmas is Coming'! We are to create a holiday card/project using red, white & brown.
Bugaboo Stamps is the sponsor this week in the Tea Room and I got to create with their delicious Christmas Cupcake Mistletoe image - YUM!
I stamped the sentiment tag using a phrase from the Make the Season Bright stamp set and then added some pretty embellishments to make this holiday card sparkle and shine ... red & white polka dot grosgrain ribbon, a white chenille candy cane, baker's twine, glitter, green jingle bells and a darling piece of holiday flair from my friend, Joscelyne's, shop!
Please hop on over to the Tea Room to be inspired by the rest of the Shabby Girls' projects this week and then I hope you'll have time to play along with our 'Christmas is Coming' challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize package from Bugaboo Stamps!
Hello crafty friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend filled with everything you love! I'm sharing a little card I recently made for this week's challenge at The Shabby Tea Room - 'Gingham Country Christmas'!
The Tea Room is sponsored this week by My Time Made Easy and I used the Gingham Candied Apple paper from the shop on the base of my card - LOVE!!
I stamped the presents and adorable little rocking horse using the Homespun Holidays stamp set and then die cut them with the coordinating Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die - easy peesy! The sentiment was stamped onto a banner using the same set and then double mounted on a base of Kraft cardstock! The tree was die cut from aqua glitter chipboard using a die from PTI and then I added some homespun cotton lace trim, burlap ribbon bow and a couple of delicious Rusty Jingle Bells!
Please be sure to visit The Shabby Tea Room to be inspired by the rest of the teamies gorgeous projects this week, and then I hope you'll have time to give our 'Gingham Country Christmas' challenge a try for a chance to win an awesome prize package from My Time Made Easy!
I decided that I am going with an aqua, red and cream color palette for my main holiday card this year! I adore these colors together!! I have about 30 cards made ... 30 more to go! Off to get a couple more made ...
Inspired by these lovely challenges: Merry Monday #84 - trees with bling; Word Art Wednesday #106 – anything; Festive Friday #21 – red/aqua/white; Ribbon Carousel #87 – holiday/celebration; There She Goes #234 - winter fun
Thanks for stopping by today ... hugs - xoxox
I ... love ... Christmas!! Everything about this magical time of the year just makes me giddy inside! The baking, the decorations, the entertaining, the gathering with family and friends, the food and yummy smells ... I just adore it all! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I'm going to savor every precious moment because it all goes by so incredibly quickly.
I stamped the yummy candy canes on the left side of this card using the Ho Ho Ho stamp set and then stamped the sentiment inside a die cut ornament shape using the Make the Season Bright stamp set!
Sharing this card with these current challenges: Word Art Wednesday #106 – anything; Festive Friday #21 – red/aqua/white; Ribbon Carousel #87 - holiday/celebration
Created using the Rainbows and Roses stamp set!
Created using the Jelly Bean Time and Baskets & Bunnies stamp sets!
Created using the Make Today Beautiful and Borders stamp sets!
Designed by Jeanne Jachna.
Created using the Season Of Love stamp set!
Designed by Kristi Schurr.
Created using the Make the Season Bright and Homespun Holidays stamp sets and the Make the Season Bright Sweet Cuts die and Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die!
Designed by Lori Hairston.
Designed by Maria Patrick.
Created using the Homespun Holidays stamp set and coordinating Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Michelle Bala.
For additional inspiration, hop on over to our online galleries:
Splitcoast Stampers Paper Sweeties Company Gallery (upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies using keyword: papersweeties)
Pinterest (contact me for an invitation to pin your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to our Friends of Paper Sweeties board)
Flickr - upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to this public gallery
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We have several ways for you to participate in our current November contests and giveaways — enter for your chance to win some goodness from the boutique:
* LIKE our Facebook Fan Page and SHARE with your blog and/or Facebook friends for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate when we reach our next giveaway level of 1,300 fans!
* CREATE to WIN free stamp sets!! Submit your project for the current Paper Sweeties #13 challenge using any of your favorite crafty supplies for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop and a guest designer invitation to create with us next month — earn a bonus vote if you use anything from the Paper Sweeties boutique! Congratulations to Gail Lass … our challenge #12 WINNER!
Subscribe to our Paper Sweeties newsletter to receive member-only coupons and specials!
Paper Sweeties offers a Publication Incentive Program! If you have a card or project published in any nationally recognized print magazine using Paper Sweeties stamps, contact us to receive a $25 shopping spree in the boutique!
We LOVE reading your sweet comments … thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!! Leave us a comment on any blog post November 13th – 16th and one lucky commenter will win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! Winner announced 11/17. Until next time, happy stamping my friends!
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We hope you're enjoying the Design Team projects shares for this month's new product release here at Paper Sweeties! Christmas is such a magical time of the year and it's so much fun to create pretty cards, tags and gifts for family and friends! Nothing says that you care more than a handmade from the heart little something sweet to give to your loved ones!
Here are a couple of cards I created using the *new* Make the Season Bright stamp set along with the *new* Make the Season Bright Sweet Cuts die!
Sharing these cards with these current challenges: Merry Monday #83 - stripes, red/chocolate, stars/hearts; Pile it On #45 – tools; Word Art Wednesday #106 – anything; Festive Friday #21 - red/aqua/white
And some more eye candy from the Sweeties Teamies ...
This darling banner was created using the *new* Homespun Holidays stamp set and coordinating Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Jeanne Jachna.
This colorful and fun card was created using the *new* Ho Ho Ho stamp set and coordinating Ho Ho Ho Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Kristi Schurr.
This yummy treat gift set was created using the *new* Ho Ho Ho and Homespun Holidays stamp sets along with the coordinating Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Lori Hairston.
This pretty pastel card was created using the *new* Make the Season Bright stamp set and coordinating Make the Season Bright Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Maria Patrick.
Sweet polka dots and sheet music paper featured on this card created using the *new* Make the Season Bright stamp set and coordinating Make the Season Bright Sweet Cuts dies! Designed by Michelle Bala.
This bright and cheery holiday set was created using the *new* Season of Love and Ho Ho Ho stamp sets! Designed by Tammy Hobbs.
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For additional inspiration, hop on over to our online galleries:
Splitcoast Stampers Paper Sweeties Company Gallery (upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies using keyword: papersweeties)
Pinterest (contact me for an invitation to pin your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to our Friends of Paper Sweeties board)
Flickr - upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to this public gallery
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We have several ways for you to participate in our current November contests and giveaways — enter for your chance to win some goodness from the boutique:
* LIKE our Facebook Fan Page and SHARE with your blog and/or Facebook friends for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate when we reach our next giveaway level of 1,300 fans!
* CREATE to WIN free stamp sets!! Submit your project for the current Paper Sweeties #13 challenge using any of your favorite crafty supplies for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop and a guest designer invitation to create with us next month — earn a bonus vote if you use anything from the Paper Sweeties boutique! Congratulations to Gail Lass … our challenge #12 WINNER!
Subscribe to our Paper Sweeties newsletter to receive member-only coupons and specials!
Paper Sweeties offers a Publication Incentive Program! If you have a card or project published in any nationally recognized print magazine using Paper Sweeties stamps, contact us to receive a $25 shopping spree in the boutique!
We LOVE reading your sweet comments … thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!! Leave us a comment on any blog post November 13th – 16th and one lucky commenter will win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! See you back here again tomorrow for one final day of adorable project shares from the teamies for the November new product release. Until then, happy stamping my friends!
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Welcome crafty friends! After enticing you the past couple of days with the *new* stamp sets, Sweet Cuts dies and bits and bobs released EARLY this month to help you create for the holidays, the Sweeties Teamies and I are very excited to share some projects we've created using the new products! Check out the What's New category to see the stamp sets, coordinating dies and bits & bobs added to our line-up month!! We have a mix of Thanksgiving, Christmas and gift ideas to share with you today, and we hope the things you see here will spark your creativity and entice you to make something fun today!
Here are a couple projects I created using the new stamps and dies ...
Created using the *new* Season of Love set along with the Autumn Blessings stamp set!
Created using the *new* Season of Love and Homespun Holidays sets along with Little Wishes stamp set and the *new* Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die!
Created using the Stand Add-on 3 stamp set! Designed by Debbie Marcinkiewicz. I'll be sharing the rest of the months in the calendar set over the next several days, so be sure to bookmark this site and follow us on Bloglovin' (link on sidebar) so you can keep up to date with all the latest inspiration!
Sharing these calendar pages with these current challenges: Paper Issues - grateful; Simon Says Stamp - thanks/Thanksgiving; There She Goes #233 - thanks/Thanksgiving; Inky Situation #16 - turkey; Ribbon Carousel #87 - holidays/celebrations; Pile it On #45 - tools; Word Art Wednesday #106 - anything
And now some eye candy from the rest of the Sweeties Teamies ...
Created using the *new* Homespun Holidays stamp set and the coordinating Homespun Holidays Sweet Cuts die! Designed by Kristi Schurr.
Created using the *new* Season of Love stamp set! Designed by Lori Hairston.
Created using the *new* Ho Ho Ho stamp set and the coordinating Ho Ho Ho Sweet Cuts dies! Designed by Michelle Bala.
For additional inspiration, hop on over to our online galleries:
Splitcoast Stampers Paper Sweeties Company Gallery (upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies using keyword: papersweeties)
Pinterest (contact me for an invitation to pin your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to our Friends of Paper Sweeties board)
Flickr - upload your projects using Paper Sweeties stamps/dies to this public gallery
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We have several ways for you to participate in our current November contests and giveaways — enter for your chance to win some goodness from the boutique:
* LIKE our Facebook Fan Page and SHARE with your blog and/or Facebook friends for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate when we reach our next giveaway level of 1,300 fans!
* CREATE to WIN free stamp sets!! Submit your project for the current Paper Sweeties #13 challenge using any of your favorite crafty supplies for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop and a guest designer invitation to create with us next month — earn a bonus vote if you use anything from the Paper Sweeties boutique! Congratulations to Gail Lass … our challenge #12 WINNER!
Subscribe to our Paper Sweeties newsletter to receive member-only coupons and specials!
Paper Sweeties offers a Publication Incentive Program! If you have a card or project published in any nationally recognized print magazine using Paper Sweeties stamps, contact us to receive a $25 shopping spree in the boutique!
WINNERS of the recent Facebook LIKE, SHARE, TAG contest (contact me to claim your gift certificates):
SHARE US: Josceylne Cutchens
TAG YOU'RE IT: Jessica Kephart and Amy Jones
We LOVE reading your sweet comments … thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!! Leave us a comment on any blog post November 13th - 16th and one lucky commenter will win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! See you back here again tomorrow for some more adorable project shares from the teamies. Until then, happy stamping my friends!
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