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Ink to Paper October Release - Day 3

Welcome back to the third day of the October Ink to Paper release countdown posts!  You are in for such a treat this month...just wait until you see all the goodies coming your way!  As always, the release will go live on the 15th of the month at 10 pm ET.

Today we are sharing projects featuring the new Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snow Globe die set, Go-To Gift Card Holder: Slider die, Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman die set, and Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman Accessories stamp set.

 

My first card features the new Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snow Globe die set.  Using these genius new dies I created a wintery snow globe.  I Ink blended the background and then added both snow flurry and snowflake images.

The sentiment is from the It's a sign: Holiday Sentiments set.  The cute little bear is from the Critter Carolers.  How cute would these critters be for in other seasonal globes, like palm trees for summer?  You could add sand instead of glitter for snow.  So fun!

For embellishment, I added several sequins as well as dies from the Tag Creations: Modern Gift die set.

 

Not yet linked but available October 15th at 10 pm ET:  Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snow Globe, It's a Sign: Holiday Sentiments, Critter Carolers

 

 

For my next project I again used the Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snow Globe die set.  This time I created an  ornament.  I actually die cut two of the large circles and adhered them together to create a pocket for the gift card slider.

I stenciled the background using the Stencil Basics:Dots and then splattered it with gold paint.  I embellished the ornament with flowers and greenery from the Tag Creations: Modern Gift set.

Here's a look at the slider insert.  As you can see I took my project colors from the gift card.  :-)

 

Not yet linked but available October 15th at 10 pm ET:  Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snow Globe, Go-To Gift Card Holder, Slider, It's a Sign: Hanging Frames Stitched Layers

 

 

 

My third and final project today features the new Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman die set and Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman Accessories stamp set.

I die cut the snowman elements and then added the sentiment and facial features from Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman Accessories.

I also added three snowflakes, die cut from the Splendid Snowflakes die set.

 

Not yet linked but available October 15th at 10 pm ET:  Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman, Go-To Gift Card Holder: Snowman Accessories

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Laurie

 

Ink to Paper September Release - Day 2

Welcome back to day two of the Ink to Paper September release countdown posts  You are in for such a treat this month...just wait until you see all the goodies coming your way!  As always, the release will go live on the 15th of the month at 10 pm ET.

Today we are sharing projects featuring the new Deco Notes, Seasons of Joy, and Splendid Snowflakes.

 

Okay, I'm just going to say this...SNOWFLAKES y'all!  I love them!  I love them for backgrounds, for focal images, for tags, and well...for all the things!  :-)  And the new Splendid Snowflakes set (and coordinating dies YAY!) is the prefect set!

The set has two different snowflake styles with three different sizes each.  For my card I stamped the two smaller snowflakes using Weathervane and Fresh Snow ink.

 

After I stamped the background, I splattered on some white paint.  Once the paint was dry (which I helped with my heat tool LOL), I embossed the Tidings of sentiment using white detail embossing powder.

 

I'm pretty sure the new Seasons of Joy set is going to be one of my Christmas favorites.  I absolutely adore the wreath!  And the sentiments are perfect!

 

I am really digging the resurgence of past design trends!  Art Deco is making a come back and I have to say that I'm really enjoying it!  I especially like the clean, modern feel the new Deco Notes set has.

 

I went with the traditional white, black, and gold color combo.  I focused more on the white in keeping with the clean and airy feel the set portrays.

 

So that the sentiment strip would stand out a bit more, I added a vellum layer.  After tearing the bottom edge, I embossed both top and bottom edges using gold embossing powder.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hugs,
Laurie

 

Paper Smooches December DT Blog Hop

 

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches JANUARY 2018 release with you!  ONE new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on January 3rd.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

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 will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, December 31st to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, January 1st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

 

Alice Wertz

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

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)

 

Kim has done it again!  This latest release is so unique and all around awesome!!  I especially love this Teeny Stars Die!  Having four sons, I use stars a lot on my cards.  They are the kind of go-to images that work for almost anything!  Here, I made a card that can be used for many different  occasions, from small victories to major accomplishments.  The sentiments are from the Sentiment Sampler stamp set, my all time favorite Paper Smooches sentiment set!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches DECEMBER 2017 release with you!  TWO new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on November 30th.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

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 will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, December 3rd to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, December 4th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

 

Alice Wertz

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

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)

 

Kim has done it again!  You all are in for such a treat this month!  In typical Paper Smooches style, this month's release is full of fun and unique stamps and dies!  My card today features the new Ribbon Dies.  Although these can be used alone (or in a wreath or flower arrangement), I thought they would look super cute on top of gifts!  To create the gifts, I just cut rectangles and squares out of patterned paper.

The sentiment is from the new All Year Cheer stamp set (also releasing in a few days).

Thanks so much for joining me here today!
~Laurie

 

 

Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches NOVEMBER 2017 release with you!  TWO new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on October 30th.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

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 will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, October 29th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, October 30th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

 

Alice Wertz

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

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)

 

I absolutely LOVE Kim's sentiment dies!  The new Layered Hello die is SO fun!!  Both the bolder die and the thinner one can be used alone.  They can also be used together to create layers, or like I used them here.  I die cut the bolder hello die three times from a piece of patterned paper.  I backed the die cut paper with some coordinating patterned paper, popping it up with dimensional foam.  I then die cut the thinner hello die out of silver glitter paper three times and adhered it to the bottom patterned paper layer.

Thanks so much for joining me here today!

Hugs,
Laurie