Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-June 2019

It's the first of the month and over at Paper Sweeties we're planning our lives!  I've got a busy crafty and vacation life this month.. yay!!  I used the Hello Spring, Pretty Posies, and Bee Happy sets to decorate my printable planner this month!

Along with some fun washi and pretty papers cut with the scallop border from the Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts makes for a summery June planner.

I love the sweet insect critters in the Bee Happy set... so cute and quick to color up!  And of course you know those little sweet flowers from Hello Spring along with the Pretty Posies flowers are among my faves!

I've used quite a few of the planner sets from Paper Sweeties to fill my days!  One of my most used is Get Your Craft On.  I also love the Everyday Basics set to fill in my weekdays and Business Basics are great even when I'm not talking Business!  I also love to use the balloons from the Celebrate set to mark any kind of fun celebration!

So cute, aren't they?

I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Anything Goes this week!

Thanks for stopping today and be sure to head on over to these places to see what my teamies have created for you today:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here!)

Maria Patrick
Sarah Wyles
Taylor Golzbein

And come back soon!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Paper Sweeties!

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today and playing along with a challenge over at Super Sponsor Paper Sweeties Facebook Group AND the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

Here's how I was inspired:

Hope you'll hop on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog for all of the details and links to everything I used and a reminder of how you can still comment for a chance to win a gift certificate to Trinity Stamps!

Paper Sweeties May 2019 Plan Your Life Series!

Welcome to the May Plan Your Life Series over at Paper Sweeties!  This month is an exciting month!  Not only is tax season OVER!, but I've got a couple vacations planned AND in just two days (Friday, May 3rd) it's the start of the 2019 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop!  I put my two favorite sets to use for these layouts... the Planner Series-Coffee and Planner Series-Get Your Craft On sets are the two most used in my planner arsenal!

I used quite a few other sets as well on my Printable Planner pages... along with some Doodlebug Washi, I used the scallop from the Sweet Borders Sweet Cuts to decorate my edges.  I added Days to my calendar using the Planner Series-Everyday Basics set.

And along with the Coffee Planner set, to decorate I used those sweet flowers from Hello Spring, the pretty tag from Stitched Tags 1, and the cute little words from the Treat Box Sweet Cuts.

Sweet is right!!

And I can't forget the inspirational sentiments from the Kindness Matters stamp set and the heart die from the Planner Series All Occasions Sweet Cuts.

So fun... right??  Now... what's going on this month??

As we discussed... the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop starts on the 3rd!  Paper Sweeties is a Sponsor!  Create a coffee, tea or cocoa themed project and link it up for chances to win prizes!

AND if you play along there, you can play along at Paper Sweeties special beverage challenge going on at the same time!  Use Paper Sweeties products and get extra chances to win!  Paper Sweeties has bunches of beverage themed sets... you can check them out here and here and here!  Just create, post on the Paper Sweeties Facebook Page and/or Instagram and be sure to tag @Papersweeties.  The theme is beverage and here is the Inspiration Photo!  It all starts on Friday, May 3rd at 6:00 am West Coast time!

Now be sure to check out what my awesomely talented Planner Girl Teamies have created for you today:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here)

Maria Patrick
Taylor Golzbein

Sarah Wyles

And be sure to come back here often over the next week and a half!  I'll be sharing all things Coffee, Tea and Cocoa... but mostly Coffee...lol!!  And I'm having a giveaway during the hop so, as we say here, Be There or Be Square!

Paper Sweeties April 2019 Plan Your Life Series

It's the 1st of the Month and over at Paper Sweeties we're planning our lives!  I've decorated my printable planner pages using the adorable Hippity Hoppity Easter Wishes Stamp and Sweet Cuts sets.  I love these sets because I can use the dies along with the stamps or the egg and flowers are great as stand alone dies too!

I have a pretty crafty April and the Get Your Craft On Planner Stamp Set is perfect for keeping track of my Blog Post due dates, crops, workshops and more!

The Everyday Basics is perfect to use along with this printable calendar because I can use it to add my days of the week.

And of course my favorite sweet little flowers from Hello Spring!

You can find the entire Planner Series of stamp sets right here!

Now be sure to head on over to these places to see what everyone else is up to!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here)

Maria Patrick
Taylor Golzbein

Thanks for stopping and come again soon!

Paper Sweeties March 2019 Release Rewind

It's time for the Release Rewind over at Paper Sweeties... today we're sharing some more makes using the new Get Well Stamp and Sweet Cuts Sets along with some of our old favorites!  And Since March is all about rainbows for me... I've created a Get Well Rainbow!

I've used the flower from Hello Spring, the rainbow from Somewhere Over The Rainbow and the Sun from Island Time and of course that adorable Square Scalloped Frame!

Rainbow and plaid... a plaid rainbow... this is my happy place!

I'm playing along with the Rainbow Challenge over at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday and don't forget it's all rainbows at Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge this month!  I'm also playing along at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge which is Whatever the Weather!

Thanks for stopping!  Now be sure to stop at these places and see what they've created for you!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak You Are Here!
Lisa Golzbein
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Come back soon!

Paper Sweeties March 2019 Release Party!

It's time for the Release Party over at Paper Sweeties!  The new Get Well Stamp and Sweet Cuts are now available in the shop!

Today I'm sharing with you a card using the new sets and I created a background using a couple previously released sets!  I used the leaves from the Bee Happy Stamp Set and my favorite flower from the Hello Spring Stamp Set.  I embossed them onto some watercolor paper.  Then I blended some distress oxides over the top.  I used the "lift" technique to then remove the color inside the stamped images... you just add a little water with a paint brush only to the area you want to remove or "lift" the color from and then blot it with a paper towel.  You can take as much or as little color away as you want.  Then when I removed some of the distress ink from inside my images, I filled them back in with the colors I wanted using my Zig markers along with a little bit of water.  Then when it was all done, I splattered some drops of water all over and blotted it with a paper towel and splattered a little gold Color Shine over the top.

Then I cut the Get Well die cuts once out of this pretty shimmery paper and two more times from white cardstock and stacked them together.  Then I embossed one of the sentiments from the Get Well stamp set onto black paper and added it.

And there you have it!  I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenges where the challenge this time around is Wearin O' The Green!  Create something with green as the main color and I met the twist with my gold splatters!  And Double Trouble is partnering with Heart2Heart Challenges and I'm linking up over there as well!

So! You can head over to the Paper Sweeties shop and order up your new sets right now!  And while you're waiting for that to come to your mailbox, you can check out these places and see what they've created for you today:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak You Are Here!
Lisa Golzbein
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Thanks so much for stopping today and be sure to come back tomorrow for the Release Rewind!

Paper Sweeties March 2019 New Release Sneak Peeks!

Welcome to the March 2019 New Release Sneak Peeks over at Paper Sweeties!  Today we're sharing some makes with the new Get Well Stamp Set and Sweet Cuts along with some other favorites from the Paper Sweeties Shop!

I created this loose plaid background using my Zig watercolor markers.  I first saw this over at Lori Hairston's Choux Choux Paper Art Blog and it's so much fun to make them!  I used watercolor paper, and wet my markers with water for the wider lines and used the side of the markers and used the tip and less water for the thin lines.  I didn't try to make them perfectly straight.  I love these because you can use whatever colors you want!  After I was done, I splattered some small water drops onto the background with a paintbrush and then soaked them up with a paper towel to soften it a bit.

Then I layered on all of the goodies.. that pretty Scallop Oval Frame, the sweet little flowers and leaves from the Hello Spring Stamp Set, and then that awesome Get Well sweet cut that I cut three times so I could stack them for a little dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from the Get Well Stamp Set on black cardstock with Versamark; heat embossed it in white, and fussy cut it out.  I like to do this when I don't want my sentiment to take up too much real estate on my card.

Lastly I added some sequins to the center of the flowers from the Latte Coffee sequins and scattered a few around on the card.

I'm playing along over at Cupcake Inspirations Plaid challenge!  You have a little time left to play along if you'd like!  I knew I had to... I mean... it's plaid!  My favorite color!

Thanks for stopping and be sure you check out what everyone else has made for you today!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak You Are Here!
Lisa Golzbein
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Be sure to come back tomorrow for some more Get Well Inspiration!

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series - March 2019

Welcome to the March 2019 Plan Your Life Series over at Paper Sweeties!  I've made a couple fun layouts in my planner for my very busy March!  I'm gonna need a lot of luck to get it all done...lol!  Plus it's tax season!!  So I've got quite a few four leaf clovers from last month's All Occasions stamp set!

I've used lots of green in this layout... the sweet flowers from the Hello Spring stamps and dies were perfect with the clovers and that rainbow from Somewhere Over The Rainbow... it's just pretty isn't it?  And I just happened to have that sun from Island Time laying on my table waiting to be used... it was just right!

My printable pages come without the weekday names printed on them.. love the Everyday Basics set ... I can add my weekdays when I want!

I had fun mixing and matching papers for this one... I wanted there to be a lot of green, but not just green and I love the way it turned out!

And notice the pretty scallops in plaid and stripes??  I'm playing along over at Mod Squad Challenges and this week the challenge is Stripes!  You should definitely check it out!

Before you do that though... hop on over to these places and see what all of the girls are up to:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak (You Are Here!)

Maria Patrick
Taylor Golzbein

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Paper Sweeties February 2019 Release Rewind!

Welcome to the Release Rewind!  Today I've used the duck, umbrella and heart from the new All Occasion Stamps and Sweet Cuts on this cute card!

I started by using the Circle Scallop Frame to cut a window in my top panel.  Then I used a stencil to add the clouds where the window would be and die cut the waves using the wave die in the Let's Go To the Beach Sweet Cuts set.  I cut it from a previously made shaving cream background.

I placed the waves so they would show just right in the window and then added the top layer to the bottom with some foam pieces.

I stamped and die cut two of the ducks and one umbrella from the new All Occasions set.  I colored the ducks with my Copics and paper pieced a pretty rainbow striped umbrella.

I used the frame from the Circle Scallop Frame cut for the window at the top to frame my sentiment.   The sentiment from the Home Is Where Your Story Begins was just right for this card too!  I used some more of those sweet flowers from Hello Spring and die cut a heart using a die from All Occasions from the same paper as the umbrella.  All I needed to finish it up were a few Robin Egg Sequins.

That's it for me!  Hope you enjoyed your visit!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble's Flower Challenge and it's all about Flowers at Outlawz Twisted Thursday too!

Now be sure to check out what my teamies have created for your viewing pleasure:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lisa Golzbein
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

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