Always Playing with Paper

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Paper Sweeties June Release Countdown!

Day 2 of the Paper Sweeties stamp and die release! I am sharing a quick and easy card using just a die cut of a watering can! EEP! SO quick and easy...it was shameful really! LOL! I used some retired MME paper for the background and sentiment. Easy peasy!

Come and check out what the rest of the team did!

Amber Kroening
Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

New Products & Links:

What's New

Splish Splash
Showering You With Love

Sweet Cuts - Showering You With Love

Friday, June 13, 2014

Paper Sweeties June Release Sneak Peeks!

Good morning! Welcome to a brand new stamp/die release at Paper Sweeties! This week we are excited to share two new stamp sets and a matching die set! I adore umbrellas and boots! Don't you? Well, come and have a look at what the design team has created for you! It is Spring wishes and happy showers!!!

Hop along with us!

Amber Kroening
Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr

Lesley Croghan (you are here)

New Products & Links:

What's New

Splish Splash
Showering You With Love

Sweet Cuts - Showering You With Love

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Seize the Sketch & SugarPea Designs {Go-Pher It!}

Hello and welcome to another sketch at Seize the Sketch! Today I am sharing a card I made with my SugarPea Designs Stamps. I LOVE them! I used the Go-pher It set and I went for a masculine card to play along with their current Make it Masculine Challenge...and will put this away for a fella at work.

Did you know that SugarPea Designs is having a sale?

This sweet stamp set is on sale for only $7.46!!! Woot!

Come and play along at Seize the Sketch and join the fun!!!

Monday, June 9, 2014

The Challenge Reminder

Happy Monday! I am excited to share a card made by my friend, Kristie Goulet. She was the winner of The Challenge, Sketch #7 and I invited her to design a reminder card for Sketch #8! I love her pretty and trendy card!!!

There is still lots of time to play along! Come and join us!

CLICK HERE TO PLAY!

Friday, June 6, 2014

SRM Stickers Challenge & FUSION (Happy Summer)

Good morning! Today we have a new challenge up on the SRM Challenge blog. The theme this time is SUMMER and I must admit I am looking forward to it! I was inspired by the floral images over at FUSION and the bright happy colours too! I think this card will be a nice end of year card for a colleague at work.

For my card I used:

Sentiment/Summer Stickers

Monday, June 2, 2014

The Challenge #8 & some Happy News!

Hello and welcome to The Challenge! Today I am sharing a card I made with my Sugar Pea Designs Stamps. I LOVE them! I used the My Hero set and I went for a masculine card to play along with their current Make it Masculine Challenge...and will put this away for Father's Day.

This is my 8th Sketch here at The Challenge and I am excited to announce that I am welcoming 3 designers to my team. I was so happy that they agreed to join me!

Please help me welcome:

Jeanne Jachne Lori Tecler Kimberly Wiener

These ladies will be joining me for a 4 month term from June until September.
So excited to work with you, ladies! And now onto Sketch #8!

Here are the measurements for Challenge #8...

Card Base: 4.25" x 5.50"

Largest Rectangle: 3.25" x 4.50"

Small Rectangle: 2.25" x 3.75"

Flags at bottom: any strips of paper or washi tape or ribbon

Here is the inspiration from the team:

Lesley Croghan

Jeanne Jachne

Kimberly Wiener

Lori Tecler

Winners of The Challenge #7

Here are the winners for The Challenge #7...remember, the main winner is invited to be my guest designer...if he or she would like to join me.

As I mentioned before, it is really "challenging" for me to choose winners...I adore everyone's card and I know that each card is created from the heart! But I know as a card maker, I love the thrill of being highlighted at a challenge...and so I have chosen One Main "Winner" and a Top 3. I have also explained why I have chosen these cards.

My main Winner this week is:

Kristie Goulet

I just loved Kristie's clean and simple creation. The stamped stars in the star outlines are adorable matched with the fun font!

Congrats, Kristie! If you would like to join me as a Guest Designer for the next challenge, please email me by clicking the MAIL icon in the top right hand corner of my blog banner. It looks like a little envelope!

My Top 3 picks are (in alphabetical order):