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Papercraft Planet Digi-Valentine Card Kit!

Paper Craft Planet is offering a F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S Valentine’s Day Kit that is all about covering your bases. You get four different, gorgeous cards that will work for anyone in your life -- a significant other, a child, a teacher... anyone! They even threw in a couple of quick and easy candy boxes, including Hershey Nugget labels, and two treat bags for those last minute gifts. All you need to complete this kit is white cardstock, a color printer, scissors and adhesive (pop dots optional). You're welcome to dive into your ribbon and button stash or leave the cards "as is". You do NOT need Photoshop or any other fancy program. The entire kit is a pdf file that will open up with Adobe Reader (which you probably already have on your computer.)

“Hybrid” is just a word that means “computer meets traditional tape and paper crafting.” That’s what you’re doing here -- harnessing your most powerful crafting tool (your computer) and using it to simplify your paper crafting. The best part is that you’ll never run out of these cards -- you can print 20 treat bags for the cost of just your printer ink and paper.

Susanna Boyd and Jen Tapler created some printable pages that you can use to recreate the cards with very few additional supplies. If you want to dress them up, we’ve given you some ideas there too. All you have to do is hit “print”, cut out the embellishments, add some tape and you’re done. You can look like a superstar in under 15 minutes.  Guess how much all of this costs?  Nope!  Not that much...Just $5.00.  That's right...The kit is only $5.00.  Holy Moly!  Endless printing for just a bill with Lincoln on it.  Even honest Abe would say that is a deal...LOL!

Just click here to buy this kit...you won't be sorry!  (Thanks to my PCP Super Nova Sister Kim Burmeister for the excellent wording for my intro!)

 

Here are 3 of the cards I created from the kit, and the pizza box with matching Hershey Nugget labels!  Before I go any further though, let me tell you.... THIS STUFF IS FUN AND ADDICTING!  I can't believe I created all these things and never opened an ink pad or touched a stamp!  For just $5, I highly recommend you give it a try!  I'm going to turn into a digi-junkie with this fun kit!

 

With this card, I added a black mat around the outside and mounted the whole thing on Berry Sorbet cardstock from Papertrey Ink (a good match, wouldn't you say?)  I also added a black mat behind the little birds in the tree, some rick-rack and a button!  It's just so easy and fun to customize the digital designs to make them your own!

With this card, I actually printed an extra one and cut the sentiment panel out of it so I could mount it up on foam tape, and put the rick-rack behind it.  I also matted with a little layer of black, added the black brads in the upper corner and popped the hearts up on foam tape, too!  Since I made a black card base on this one, I decorated the inside, too.The scalloped piece across the bottom is some extra from my printing of the pizza box paper (see below) and I just scalloped the edge with my Fiskars Threading Water punch.  The "Sweet" sentiment is one of the embellishments from the kit, mounted on an SU! scalloped circle.

 

This card is really fun because it prints inside and out!  The stripes, and a sentiment "Be Mine" are on the inside, and the scalloped edge with the polka dots on the front!  I added the arrow with some bling, the circular sentiment with a Marvy scalloped circle, and some bling on the exclamation point that I added!  I also punched the little heart out from that extra card I printed out from above, and a clear button with silver accent to match the bling.

The mini pizza box is a breeze to make!  You print out the patterned paper on one side, then flip your cardstock to print again, and you have the template on the back!  All you have to do is cut, score, fold and adhere a few tabs!  And here's the greatest part!  You can print out these little Hershey Nugget labels for the inside, too!  To decorate my box, I colored a Creative Impressions sheer flower with my black Copic marker, and added a pink Prima and a brad!  Then I decided to tie it shut with the little ribbon closure on the front.  Inside... chocolatey goodness!  Perfect for a little gift!  There are also some fun treat bag toppers in the kit, and a cute card for giving sweet lollipops, as well as 2 sheets of embellishments!

Valentine's Day is 12 days away so hurry up!  Click on that link above to get your kit, and get digi with it!

Have a great day!

Papercraft Planet - Saturday Sketch

Did you know there's a sketch challenge every Saturday at Papercraft Planet?  Lori Tecler created this awesome layout for today's sketch, and you can check out the details for this challenge here.  I decided to combine Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenge with the sketch.  Honestly, I'm not happy with how it turned out.  I feel like the mojo is missing, but here's my card.

 

If you're snowed in and hibernating from all this cold weather, why not get some stamping done and give the sketch challenge a try?  And if you're in a climate where the ground is not covered in snow, and the temperature does not start with a minus, then I don't want to hear it!  I'm freezing my tookus off!  When you upload your photo to Papercraft Planet, remember to put SK011709 in the tag line!  Lori will create an album for all the cards done with this sketch, and the tag will help her find your card!

Happy stamping, and thanks for visiting me today!

 

 

Stamps:  U R A Hoot (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Pure Luxury 80 lb. cardstock for owl (Gina K Designs), designer paper (Chatterbox)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  felt flowers (Creative Impressions), brads (Stampin' Up!), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Stamp Simply #68 - Thank You!

With the arrival of another new year, many of us surely have a lot to be thankful for!  Perhaps you need to send some thank you notes?  If so, then today's Stamp Simply challenge from Sharon Johnson is just for you!  Make a thank you card!  That's it... no other rules other than to keep it simple!  All the details for today's challenge can be found on Sharon's blog, along with her awesome sample!  You can also check out samples from the rest of the Stamp Simply team members, along with a new guest designer for January, Deb Saaranen!

Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto

My fellow Papercraft Planet Design Team member Melanie Muenchinger is celebrating a wonderful occassion on her blog this week!  It is officially her 1-year anniversary of illustrating and designing stamp sets for Gina K Designs!  Please go help Melanie celebrate a year of blogging and stamp designing over at her blog "Hands, Head and Heart."  Melanie and her guest designers will be sharing cards and projects  from all her sets released through Gina K Designs this past year and prizes will be up for grabs everyday!  Sponsors include Gina K Designs, My Favorite Things, Scor-pal, Paper Temptress, and Melanie herself, who is donating, among other goodies, a brand new box of Copic Ciaos!  There will be also be challenges, contests, and a Who's Who "Where are They Now?" on several of her past contest winners and guest designers! Come join in the fun and help spread the word!

Melanie has a few other awesome stampers helping her out with the celebration, so be sure to check out samples from...

Joanne
Charmaine
Donna
Jessica
Lee
Michelle
Theresa
Cat

For my thank you card, I used the Just So Hippy stamp set, and colored "Henrietta" with my Copic markers on Pure Luxury cardstock from Gina K Designs.  Then I used by Curlz font stamps from Just Rite Stampers to create a custom sentiment for my cute hippo!  The designer paper I used on this is from We R Memory Keepers that I just picked up a few days ago while spending some Christmas cash!

I hope you have time to stamp today and participate in the Stamp Simply challenge!  Also, don't forget to stop by Melanie's blog and check out her anniversary celebration!

Happy stamping (and Happy New Year!)

 

 

Stamps:  Just So Hippy (Melanie Muenchinger design for Gina K Designs), Curlz font stamps (Just Rite Stampers)
Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Rose Red (Stampin' Up!), Fiesta (Bazzill), white (Gina K Designs), designer paper (We R Memory Keepers)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Threading Water punch (Fiskars), Nestabilities tag (Spellbinders), flower (Prima), ribbon (American Crafts), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft).

You're a Champion!

Did you know there is a new sketch challenge every Saturday over at Papercraft Planet?  Check out this link to the group here, and see the sketch for today being hosted by my sweet friend Jen Tapler!

This sweet little horse has been on my shelf for the better part of the year and hasn't seen ink so I decided that he has waited long enough and used him for the sketch!

The fabulous paper I used is from My Mind's Eye, and I'm in LOVE with it!

Here's the inside of the card!

Hop on over to the Planet and check out Jen's sketch!  I hope you find time to play today amidst all the hustle and bustle of holiday plans!

Happy Saturday!

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  horse, "champion" sentiment (Magenta), "you're a" sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Watermelon, Mocha Divine (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  ribbon (Bo Bunny Double-Dot), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Papercraft Planet 12 Days of Christmas - Day 5

Sing-along time!  Join me!  "On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.... 5 Golden Rings!"

It's day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Celebration over at Papercraft Planet, and today I am your host for the challenge!  Make a card using circles... anything, as long as it has circles!

I love to make circle cards, so that's what I chose to do here using my scalloped circle and plain circle Nestabilities.  Then I chose this Christmas paper from My Mind's Eye that has a lot of circles in the background, and my stamp which also has some circle-action going on!  I finished off my circle-theme with a little gold in the circular swirl clip on my ribbon!

I hope you'll have time to play along with this challenge, as there are some GREAT prizes to be won!  The sponsors for today's challenge are i {heart} papers (giving away a set of circle Nestabilities!  SHUT UP!  I KNOW!) and Paper Temptress (giving away a pack of really awesome metallic papers!)  You must upload your card to Papercraft Planet by midnight tonight (December 2nd) to be eligible to win, and be sure to tag your photo with 12day5 (all lowercase).  I will be creating an album on the Planet for all the submissions, and will check as many times as I can throughout the day for new additions to be moved into the album.  Please be patient if your photo doesn't appear right away... it all has to be done manually as time allows!  Just make sure you have your photo properly tagged, and be patient.

I can't wait to see your creations!  Have fun, and happy stamping!

 

 

Stamps:  JOY (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Watermelon, Lagoon (Bazzill), Natural Ivory (Stampin 'Up!), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Versamagic Ocean Depth, Aloe Vera, Red Brick (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities Scalloped Circles, Plain Circles, Long Scalloped Rectangles (Spellbinders), ribbon (May Arts), swirl clip (craft supply).

Papercraft Planet Sketch Challenge #4

It's time again for another sketch challenge at Papercraft Planet, and this week DT member Kim Burmeister is the hostess!  If you'd like to play along, upload your card to the gallery at the Planet and remember to tag your photo with SK112908.  Kim will periodically search the uploads for creations using this tag, and she'll manually move them into an album for all the sketch cards!  (Be patient...it doesn't happen automatically!  If you card doesn't appear in the album within 12-24 hours, then send a message to Kim and let her know!)

For my card, I chose to use this sweet little Gordie the Giraffe stamp I received recently from Peggy at Paper Works Co.  Isn't he adorable?  The stamp is made from a very nice, very deeply-etched red rubber, and was a joy to stamp with!  I also received a package of assorted papers from The Paper Temptress!  The yellow cardstock I used for the backdrop of my card is a nice shimmer cardstock, and went perfectly with my Basic Grey paper!  I just wish my photo was better to show you how it shimmers!  My little giraffe is actually double-stamped.  I must have had ink on my fingers, and after the card was finished I realized I had a smudge on the giraffe.  So I stamped and colored him again, and layered it over the smudged one with dimensionals for a nice 3-D effect.

I hope you'll have time to join in the sketch challenge over on the Planet!  Also, don't forget today brings "the second day of Christmas" in the 12 Days of Christmas challenges!  Be sure to check in and see what your requirements are for the challenge so you can win some awesome prizes!

Thanks for stopping by today, and happy stamping!

 

 

Stamps:  Gordie the Giraffe(Paper Works Co.), sentiment (Michael's $1 bin)
Cardstock:  black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), yellow shimmer (The Paper Temptress), Starmist (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Urban Prairie by Basic Grey)
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), buttons (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (May Arts).

The Papercraft Planet 12 Days of Christmas - day 1

Beginning today over at Papercraft Planet, and lasting for the next 12 days, we are celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas!  Each day has a different theme, pertaining to the days in the song and each day is being sponsored by a different stamp company!  Some that you know and love, and some that may be new to you!  Oh, and the best part..... you can win prizes from these awesome companies by joining in the fun!  So c'mon... head on over to the Planet and check it out on the home page!

I have always considered myself to be very lucky to be serving on one of the best design teams in the business!  Maria Colosimo from Kitchen Sink Stamps is so generous to her Crew members and a super-talented designer, and every person on the crew (past and present) is wonderful to know and work with!  And lucky for us that this 1st day of Christmas is being sponsored by none other than Kitchen Sink Stamps!  If you play along, upload your submission to Papercraft Planet by 1:00 a.m. Central time using the tag 12day1 (just like that... no spaces, lowercase letters) and you will be entered for the chance to win 3-Step Poinsettia and 3-Step Bells from Kitchen Sink Stamps!

OK, sing it with me.... "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.... a partridge in a pear tree!"  So the theme for cards for the contest today is to have a tree and/or a bird on your card!  I have both!  I used 2 trees from my Playful Christmas stamp set from Kitchen Sink, and this awesome funky-bird paper from Pink Paislee!  I also used the sketch for this week from Card Positioning Systems for my layout.

So, if you're not out braving the Black Friday shopping crowds, I hope you'll make some time today to do some stamping!  Have a great day, whatever you do and thank you for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps:  Playful Christmas (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), Pickle (Bazzill), designer paper (Pink Paislee)
Inks:  Versamagic Sage and Spanish Olive, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  copper embossing powder (Stampin' Up!), clear embossing powder (Ranger), copper brads (Making Memories), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Houndstooth Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), ribbon (Creative Impressions).

Stamp Simply Celebrates, and the Papercraft Planet 12 days of Christmas

STAMP SIMPLY CELEBRATES!

The wonderfully talented Sharon Johnson, Queen of Stamp Simply reached an incredible milestone yesterday!  Her blog counter passed 1 million hits!  Woo hoo!  As a way of saying thanks and celebrating Sharon and some of her blogging friends (including me!) have been very, very busy behind the scenes.  We have planned a celebration – STAMP SIMPLY CELEBRATES!!!  We hope that we can offer you some fun ideas to aid you in your holiday preparation.  You won’t BELIEVE all the projects we have been working on.  All together we have 18 participants in STAMP SIMPLY CELEBRATES!  Many of them are your regular stops, and some may be newly unveiled gems for you to enjoy!!!

STAMP SIMPLY CELEBRATES! begins on Monday, December 1.  Collectively we have a total of 22 Blog Candy offerings for you, 15 fun, holiday-themed challenges for you to play in, and dozens of Featured Projects to help you out with ideas in an effort to *get it all done* in time for Christmas.  We hope you can join us for our 10 day celebration and take part in what we planned, especially for YOU!!!  Hope you can join us on December 1st!

PAPERCRAFT PLANET 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

  Starting this Friday, November 28th, Paper Craft Planet is having 12 DAYS OF CONTESTS! Each day, one of our generous sponsors will give away something AMAZING -- all you have to do to play is make a card that goes with the theme and post it in the correct gallery.   The theme for each day will be posted on the main page, along with the link to the gallery, and the keyword to enter.

We will have one winner for each day! Feel free to play every day!

It's going to be a ROCKIN' holiday season!

Papercraft Planet - Saturday Sketch Challenge

  Hey everyone!  It's my turn this week to host the Sketch Challenge at Papercraft Planet!  I hope you'll make time this weekend to play along!

I made this Kitchen Sink Stamps card earlier this week that inspired my sketch so that's the reason why the center oval calls for a sentiment or image.  If you don't have anything to make an oval that large, by all means please just use another shape!  Circle, rectangle, square... whatever you've got!

 

I recently got some sweet new stamps from Gina K Designs, and also got this great Christmas paper from My Mind's Eye, so I couldn't resist putting them together for my sketch card today!  This image is just so sweet!  I love how bundled up the little girl is!  Reminds me of bundling up my daughters in coats and snow pants to go out and play when they were little!  It always amazed me that they could still move with all the layers they had on!  I hope you like it, and again... I hope you can make time to play along this weekend or in the coming week!

When you upload your card to Papercraft Planet, be sure to tag your photo with SK112208.  I will create an album for all the cards made with this sketch, and tagging your photo will help me find your card quickly and easily and get it added to the album (and so I can comment, too!)

Have a fabulous weekend, and happy stamping!  Thanks for paying my blog a visit today!

 

 

Stamps:  Warm and Cozy Christmas(Gina K Designs)
Cardstock:  Green Tea, Crimson, Whirlpool, In the Pink Bling (Bazzill), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  snowflake punch (Martha Stewart), Dazzling Diamonds glitter (Stampin' Up!), Stickles (Ranger), eyelet (We R Memory Keepers), ribbon (Gary Burlin), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), pearls (craft supply).

Pull Treat card tutorial

Have you ever wanted to know how to make a pull-treat card like this one here, or the Orange Chocolate Pull-Treat card I posted last week?  I did this one with a pack of Stride gum back in September, too for my daughter to give to her volleyball secret sister.  Well, today I made this pull-treat card using a Hershey bar, and I posted a photo tutorial on how to make one at Papercraft Planet!  You can check it out here!  And if you end up making one yourself, please send me a link so I can see it, too!

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  Baking Stamps Ensemble (Just Rite Stampers)
Cardstock:  Whirlpool (Bazzill), Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink), Ruby Red, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Versamagic Ocean Depth, Momento Ladybug Red (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Threading Water punch (Fiskars), ribbon (Stampin' Up!)