Hey There Chickie: Paper Smooches

This little chickie from Paper Smooches' Spring Fling set is just so adorable. Reminds me of Chicken Little. I feel like it's taking forever for spring to get here so I keep making cards that cheer me up.

Just a fun little card to brighten your day.

Happy Spring!

Oh, how I wish it was full into spring.

This is a lovely Paper Smooches set Happy Spring. 

I stamped the eggs in a more neutral color so that the watercoloring would shine.

Have a wonderful day!

Paper Smooches March Challenge

This month's challenge over at Paper Smooches was BIRTHDAYS!

I have a special friend who always cheers me up when I see her. We chat about our similar job experiences and comfort one another when stressed.

I thought the Chubby Chums set would be a perfect fit for our fun friendship. 

The paper is Basic Grey. I cut a window panel out of the card front, put a piece of acetate in the window and then popped it up with foam to create a shaker card.

Head on over to the Paper Smooches Blog to participate.

Stay Crafty!

Paper Smooches Gift Tags

On Friday, it snowed a ton here in New Mexico. On Friday, I had to substitute at school. On Friday, I was 10 minutes late to school and had almost gotten into and icy accident. On Friday, the copy machine stapled the two separate tests (for different grades) in a random order. On Friday, I only had four students in one of my 7th grade classes. On Friday, those students took the wonky test and didn't even complain once that they had no clue what the heck the questions were asking!!!

On Friday, I figured out the mistake at the end of the day. Oh boy!

So, on Monday I made these cute little tags for those four students. It was my way of saying, "Thanks for being such troopers and rising to a challenge!"

The BEST THING is that one of the students is obsessed with WALRUSES. What are the chances? I love this PS set!

My Monday was much better than my Friday. :)
I wrote a little note on the back of each tag and told them that our Friday was "Nutty".
NUTTY BUTTY'S rule!

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Last week Paper Smooches had a great sketch challenge. I planned on entering that challenge but alas SOMEHOW I completely missed that the deadline was Sunday night. Ugh. THANKFULLY Paper Smooches is awesome and they have an ANYTHING GOES challenge this week. How awesome.

I used the Falling For You stamp set for the monster and senitment.

I've had these acrylic squares FOREVER. Honestly,  probably ten years plus. I've decided that my old stash has got to be used up and I'm in love with how it came together with the Paper Smooches stamps. I know that the adhesive behind the acrylic is not perfectly even but I'm okay with that. I don't think that it detracts from the cuteness.

I colored in the Monster with my Design Ad/Prisma markers and Copics

Here's hoping your days are crafty!

Thanks Teacher Paper Smooches Smarty Pants

It's TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!!!

I whipped up these cards so that my kids can write notes to their teachers and tell them

just how awesome they are...or scribble...whatever works :)

I stamped the bookworm and the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Smarty Pants set and then I used Studio Calico Spritzes to create a color wash in the corner. Finally, I stamped a few stars and the alphabet confetti stamp from Stampin' Up in Wild Wasabi to finish it off.

So CUTE! I hope that my kids share some heartfelt gratitude with their teachers.

Have a great week.

Paper Smooches Island Floral

I was really debating about whether or not I should apply for the PS DT. I  made this card and then I never submitted it..."why", you may ask...because my life is stinkin' crazy right now. I can't believe I even have time to write this blog post ;). I know that there will be an end to basketball season but right now we're mired in it and IT'S FANTASTIC. I love it! Every minute...just not the driving. :)

This card calms my mind and takes me away to a beautiful tropical island.
Hope your weekend has less snow than mine.
Stay crafty...no mater what.

Paper Smooches SPARKS Cool Shades Challenge

Happy First Day of Spring! I really liked the colors from this week's Paper Smooches Challenge.
I recently purchased the Spring Fling set at my LSS because my 8 year old fell in love with the bird on it and really wants to use it to make something. We'll see what he comes up with. :)




I tried several variations of creating this scene but in the end this is how I liked it best. I hope you're all having a beautiful day. Stay crafty friends.
Misty

Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge

Giving this challenge another go..."why" you might ask. Well, because I LOVE the color orange and I got this awesome new ribbon from my friend Amy in the mail so why not ;). Have you guys seen the new Retro Sketches sketch #48, it's great and fit right in with what I wanted to do here.

 I also wanted to participate in the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge , what perfect timing.

I used the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect Challenge  to get this card on it's way and everything else just worked. LOVE it.

This little guy makes me happy. He's super sweet.

Hexagons in Kraft and Orange-Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

 

When I saw the inspiration picture for this weeks Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge I fell in love. Challenge #48 over at Use it Tuesday is also about my fave colors. This week is the Picture Perfect Challenge and you're supposed to use the pic to inspire your creation. I LOVE the color orange so it wasn't very hard for me. I began by stamping the the hexagons from the Geo-Graphic set multiple times and then embossed in white to mimic he headboard. I added some jewels as "finishing nails" on the left of my card. A little pop of gray and some washi tape and we're good.

I have quite a few PS stamps but I wanted to see how it would be to use one of their FREE digi images so I downloaded this adorable sun and got to coloring.

This sweet image can be found here. Hope you're all having a super day. Don't forget to leave some time to create. HUGS!

Paper Smooches Sparks Designer Drafts Challenge

I made this card for the Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge. It was a fun sketch to work with.
I'm also entering this into the Scrapbook Steals Monday Craft Madness Rhinestone Challenge.
I hope you're having a great day! Stay Crafty.

I can't seem so stop using the Basic Grey Fact & Fiction Collection...I might need to be committed ;)

Also linking up to 52 Card Pikup 2.3. Making 52 cards in a year should be easy ;)
LOOKING FOR THE GIVE AWAY follow the link.

Vintage Challenge and Blog Give Away

I made this card for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge which was to make a card in VINTAGE style.  I'm not sure this card is exactly vintage but it's my interpretation. :)

I stamped the suitcase image from Paper Smooches "Get Outta Town" set on a book page and fussy cut it. I like the look it gives to the image. I then colored the cases with my prisma markers. I added texture by stamping a porcelain background stamp on the base paper. The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Fact & Fiction collections.
Hope you're having a great weekend. Take care! Stay crafty.
PS
I will be doing a Give Away on my blog in a few days because wonder of all wonders I've reached 60,000 hits. I think that calls for a celebration, oh, that and the fact that it's gonna be my BIRTHDAY!

Party On Dudes

I had a bit of time to myself last night so I sat down and created this card using the Scrapbook Steals Monday Craft Madness theme to "USE METAL".

The heart charm is metal and I thought it fit in well with the colorful monsters from Paper Smooches.
Hope you're having a sweet day!