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So Happy For You & a Winner!

Hi friends!  Gosh, I'm sorry I didn't announce the winner from my SFYTT Giveaway post yet!  I had one of my kids start school, getting my other two ready, helping out on the ranch, and running to various doctor appointments.  But I'm here now, and I even have something new for you to look at!  :-) 

 

One of my boys' teachers took a job in another state.  While we were sad to see her go, it is a great opportunity for her.  I whipped up this card to send to her to let her know that we are happy for her!  :-)

I used several Reverse Confetti sets and Confetti Cuts!  I will list them below.  I just had fun mixing and matching...something that I forget to do most of the time!  LOL!  I usually just stick with using only one set...I have no idea why though!

Here are the sets and Confetti Cuts dies that I used:

Class Act
Class Act Confetti Cuts
Posted Note Sentiments
Posted Note Confetti Cuts
Petals 'n Posies
Petals 'n Posies Confetti Cuts
Double Edge Scallop Border Confetti Cuts

 

Now, for the winner of the Party Hats stamp set!!  Jen has graciously offered up this set and will be sending it to the lucky winner!

 

Speaking of the lucky winner....congratulations to Tracy!!!  Tracy, please email me (link under my photo on the top left) your mailing address!  :-)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop...

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches SEPTEMBER release with you!  TWO new stamps and TEN new dies will be available to purchase on August 31st at 8:00pm pacific time. Once our release goes live, you will find our new products HERE.  

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! 

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, August 30th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, August 31st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Alice Wertz

Ashley Marcu

Emily Leiphart

JJ Bolton

Kalyn Kepner

Kay Miller

Laura Bassen

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Pamela Ho

Teri Anderson

 

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

 

Aren't those leaves fabulous?  I used the new Foliage 2 dies, and they are definitely a must have (along with the Foliage 1 dies)!  I used them by themselves, but these would be so fun to pair with flowers or to make a wreath! 

For my card, I used some white watercolor paint to create a cloudy background (I wanted the leaves to stand out a bit more).  I then splattered on some brown watercolor paint.  The sentiment (from the Many Thanks set) is embossed in gold.  So that it would pop a little more on the kraft background, I stamped it again using dark brown ink.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

Vintage Party Hats and a Giveaway!!

 

 

Good morning!  I'm playing along with the brand new Sketch For You to Try!  You can find all the details on the sketch challenge (along with the fabulous prize you can win) over at the Reverse Confetti Blog!

I've also got a Reverse Confetti stamp set to giveaway!!  Make sure to keep reading for all of the details!!

Here is this month's sketch...

 

 

It's one of those "make it as detailed or as simple as you want" sketches!  I LOVE those!  :-)  I'm not sure if my card fits into either one of those categories, but I had fun making it!

 

I flipped the sketch so the smaller background piece is on the bottom.  I used the Reverse Confetti set Party Hats (along with the coordinating Party Hats Confetti Cuts die set).  As you know, I love this set...and usually create fun and bold cards with it.  I wanted to do something alittle more girly this time.  :-)  I added the die cut birthday using gold paper (from the Fancy Words Confetti Cuts die set).

 

SFYTT NOTES TO KNOW:

 

There will be a new sketch posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 1st of each month.

 

The sketch link list will be open from the 1st until noon CST on the 14th. The sketch will be posted in the sidebar and you will be able to click on it to get to that month’s SFYTT post with the link list during this time.

 

Reverse Confetti stamps are required to win.  This is a way we get to thank our customers for using our stamps.  Anyone is welcome to play, though!

 

You may enter as many times as you wish.

 

There will be a winner each month and that person will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store and claim the title of ‘Fetti Fave. The winner of SFYTT will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 15th of each month.

 

 

And now for the Giveaway!!  I have one Party Hats stamp set to give away!!  To be entered to win this set, just leave a comment here.  If you want, I would love to hear about a fun birthday activity or game...with all four of my boys' birthdays coming up I am trying to find some new and fun birthday activities/games that can be played inside or out!

Comments will close August 29th at 9 pm Mountain.  I will announce the winner here on Sunday, the 30th!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gina K Back to School Blog Hop!

 

 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a special BACK TO SCHOOL blog hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew, will inspire you with many fun cards and projects for your favorite student, their teacher or your friends that are in the teaching profession!

 

As you hop through Gina and the Cast & Crew blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win their choice of a Gina K Designs stamp set with a value up to $23.95!

 

To see if you are the winner, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

 

There are a number of stamp sets from Gina K Designs that you can use to create a welcome, thank you or back to school. Today, our featured sets are Melanie Muenchinger’s Basket Additions 3 and Beth Silaika’s Keep Calm. There are some great stamps to color and the perfect sentiment for Back to School! ☺

Melanie Muenchinger’s Basket Additions 3 stamp set

 

Beth Silaika’s Keep Calm stamp set

 

 

Not only is a great time to start on projects and cards for the students and teachers that will soon be back in the classroom, but also encouragement cards for the whole semester! If you do not have these sets in your Gina K Designs stamp collection, visit the Gina K Designs store at http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1323&categoryId=-1.

Here are the cards that I made for today’s hop:

 

I love to give my boys cards on their first day of school!  I usually slip them in their backpacks the night before so that when they are unloading all of their new supplies at school they will find it.  I used the same elements, paper pad, & images for each card, but I changed up the colors a bit for each one.

I started with the school supplies image and back 2 school sentiment from the Basket Additions 3 stamp set.

 

Along with the different colors, I also added a personalized name banner to each card.  I know that my boys LOVE things with their names on them!  LOL!  I used Melanie's Lots of Letters 2 stamp set for both the banner and the alphabet letters.

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from the Cast & Crew!

Gina K

 

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Basket Additions 3

 

Beth Silaika

 

Cat Tidwell

 

Karen Hightower

 

Kendra Wietstock

 

Laurie Schmidlin (You are here)

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

Moments Inked: Getting Ready for School...

Three of my five kids will be headed back to school in the next few weeks.  One is in high school, one in middle school, and the other is in elementary school.  As I was gathering my lists up to try and finish my school shopping I thought how nice it would be if they were all in one place.  It was definitely a light-bulb moment!  Ha!  My Moments Inked planner is the perfect place to store the lists and the custom dies make it easy to add them right into the binding!

I created three separate pages, one for each of my school aged boys using one of the Moments Inked: Basic Pages dies.  I added a little notebook page to each one (I used the Spiral Notebook Page die and the Moments Inked: Listed stamp set) , creating a place to write down the things that I still need to purchase or appointments to make.  These individual pages would also be a great place to add sticky notes, clip items to, or even add a photo to!

I staggered the three pages, as well as making them different colors so that I could easily differentiate them.

On the first two pages, I stamped the "Back to School" phrase on the top.  I also added some books and an A+ on the bottom (from the Back to School stamp set).

 

On the upper right corner of all three pages, I added the grade that my boys will be going into (4, 6, & 11).  The numbers are die cut using Smokey Shadow cardstock and Block Alphabet Numbers dies.

 

I decorated the page I created for my oldest son a little bit differently.  I embossed one of the sentiments from the For the Graduate set on top of the page.  I stamped the large World Map image in the background and added two of the Spiral Notebook Page die cuts. 

 

On each of the pages, I customized them by adding the name of each of my boys.  I wanted it to be subtle, so I used the same color of cardstock as the page for a tone-on-tone look.  I used the Block Alphabet Upper die set for all three pages.

 

As much as I love my boys, I really felt myself needing something girly to add to my planner this week! Ha!  So, instead of my solid color divider that I usually use, I created a bright and most definitely pink one!  I die cut the divider using the Moments Inked: Tabbed Die and Hibiscus Burst cardstock.  I stamped it using the Bloomers stamp set.  The "week" sentiment is from the Moments Inked: Remembered stamp set.

 

If you create your own back to school pages, please share them!  You can use the tag #papertreyink and #momentsinked on Instagram!

 

Thanks so much for joining me here today!

~Laurie