Paper Sweeties is turning 1!!

Hello everyone and welcome to the 1st of 3 special days! I am so proud and honored to have been asked to participate in the Paper Sweeties stamp company celebration for their first birthday! There will be 3 separate blog hops in 3 days time with a HUGE give a way...what a lot of yummy eye candy and inspiration packed into a short period of time!! If you don't know what Paper Sweeties is all about, I encourage you to visit their web site. They carry the most adorable "paper doll" stamps and little outfits to dress them in! They also have lots of fun accessory stamps, sentiments, shapes and little banners not to mention something that I have recently fell in love with...hand dyed tea stained seam binding!

Paper Sweeties be giving away the ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE to one lucky person in August

-- there will be five sets released = $50 retail value!  

 

Here are the details to be eligible:

• #1 – FOLLOW the Paper Sweeties blog (Bloglovin’ link on sidebar)
  #2 – LIKE and SHARE about us on our Facebook Fan Page
  #3 – COMMENT on any August blog post - let us know you follow our Blog and Fan Page
  #4 – POST our Paper Sweeties birthday graphic (above) on your blog and share about our party with your crafty friends
  #5 – VISIT all of the designer’s blogs linked here each day and leave a little love for them too!  Go back to Paper Sweeties and leave us a comment telling us which of today’s projects was your favorite and why! Do you have more than one favorite — leave each of your choices in a separate comment for ADDITIONAL chances to win!

Not only is it Paper Sweeties 1st birthday, but they were invited to attend CKC this year, that's worth celebrating too :) !  

Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte, NC August 15th - 17th

 

I wanted to showcase something on the 1st day that not only celebrates Paper Sweeties 1st birthday, but also celebrates the milestone of being invited to participate at CKC.

I just love the little "paper dolls" all of the cute little outfits to dress them up in, sentiments and whimsical images. What better way than to show off all they have to offer and celebrate two milestones than to have a little booth with goodies for sale??

I created my little "booth" by stamping the little doll, Abigail, then masking her and stamping the Sweeties Stand.  I used the basket from the Jelly Bean Time set (masking off the eggs) and hand drew in "sets of stamps" (I just LOVE the pretty little pink rosebud packaging on their stamps!). Paper Sweeties carries the prettiest colors of hand dyed tea stained seem binding so I hand drew a little basket with the bundles of seam binding spilling out (please ignore the fact that I can't draw worth a darn, lol). I felt like it still needed a little something more so I added a little DeNami Design basket (I'm sure this doesn't surprise you, lol) from the Easter Stamp set and filled it with roses from the little hat in the Jelly Bean Time set. The stands sign came from the Sweeties Stand set and I dressed (paper pieced) Abigail in the darling outfit from the Live Love Grow set. You probably can't tell from the picture, but I added a little pink "nail polish" to her toes ;) A girl can't go out in flip plops with her toes un-done now can she??

 

That's it for me today, I will be back here tomorrow with another little "birthday" creation, make sure you stop back by! :)

 

Here's a full list of the participants:

 

Friday, August 2nd

Debbie Marcinkiewicz <http://www.papersweeties.com/category/blog/>

Jinny Newlin <http://jinnynewlin.blogspot.com/>

Amy Tsuruta <http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/>

Teresa Kline <http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/>

Pattie Goldman <http://pattie-g.blogspot.com/> 

Tina Milbourn <------------------ you are here

Kathy Montgomery <http://inmylittlekorner.blogspot.com/>

Michelle Bala <http://passionatecrafter.blogspot.com/>

Jessica Kephart <http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com/>

Karen Letchworth <http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/>

Lori Ulrich <http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com/>

Easter chickie...

I just could not resist pulling out my gingham background once again...I seriously can not get enough of this stamp right now!! Have you ever had a stamp in your stash like that? It's so fun and versatile. I've used it here, here, & here. I have a ton of ideas to make with it too, how exciting!

This little card was super easy to make. I simply stamped the gingham half way up the card and added the little punched strip. Then I punched the scallop circles and stamped them using the coordinating frame stamps. (Did you realize that DeNami carries little frame stamps that perfectly fit most circle  punches? They even have a printable easy reference sheet. ) I stamped my circle frames then filled them in using the eggs and Easter chickie. After coloring them in I simply added a little foam tape and adhered them in a fun pattern. This would be a great layout using flowers, critters with a matching petit four images or images from any holiday.

Now for some more fun...announcing the winner of the gingham background stamp!! Thank you to everyone that entered :)   I used Random.org to pick the winner and that lucky lady is.....

Heidi Hurley

Heidi, please drop me an email with your mailing address and I'll get your stamp ordered and out to you right away!!! Congratulations!!  

Well that's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

The Birthday Bonanza blog hop

Happy Birthday to the best ever rubber stamp company, the one, the only, DeNami Design!!!!

I'm so happy that you could stop by and help us all celebrate this awesome occasion. So far DeNami is celebrating in style! I wonder if Nami thought that 24 years later she'd be where she is today? I hope the ride has been fun for her, Gary & the family! They are the sweetest people and I just LOVE dealing with their company! 

Today I am lucky enough to join in on a fun Birthday Bonanza blog hop! DeNami holds a hop every month, but this one is special seeing it's their birthday and all :)

When: The blog hop starts on March 10th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until March 11th, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).

Why: To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!

Prizes: We are giving away THREE gift certificates to DeNami's website, however, as part of the fun Birthday fun, you won't know the amount until Tuesday the 12th when the winners are announced! They'll  be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then they will also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!

 

You should have arrived here from the AMAZING Emily's blog (Don't ya just hate when you have to follow talent like that??). If you didn't, it's not a problem, just head back to the DeNami blog for the full list of participants.

I wanted to show what DeNami is all about and express that in my card. However, I couldn't sum it up in just ONE little ole card...I had to stop myself at 3, but I could have kept on going, lol!!! It IS a Bonanza after all ;)

Stamps:  Modern Borders set (cling), small Happy Birthday, Easter stamp set (grass) , Spring Flowers set (cling) Misc DeNami items: white cardstock

Stamps: happy birthday cling Misc DeNami items: Green graph washi, blue stripped washi, red / white dots washi, red cardstock,  sky blue cardstock, White cardstock

Stamps: solid leaf sprig, solid leaf vine, garden bunch, Garden Accent petit four, Modern Borders set (cling), Happy Birthday (cling) Misc DeNami items: Cream cardstock, white cardstock, twine, button



Whew, that was a lot to look at, hope you liked them :)

Now it's time for you to run off and visit with another wonderfully talented gal (what's Paulina trying to do to me by sandwiching me between these two gals??), Lisa Elton! Don't forget to leave your comments along the way for a chance at a yummy DeNami gift certificate!!! :)

Pssst: Large Chickie here, I'm spending some time at Tina's house. She's still in bed so I thought I'd hi-jack the blog to tell you some fun news. She's got a brand new start to finish Easter card video scheduled for Wednesday and be sure to check back in on Friday...she's letting ME do a post all on my own!!!

Thanks for stopping by!