Blogging at PWCO today!

Hey All!

It's my turn to blog at PaperWorks Co again today, so be sure to stop by & check it out! Also, swing by tomorrow for a blog hop celebrating PWCO's NEWEST RELEASE!

Laters,

S!
Materials: PaperWorks Co. June PaperCard Kit
TEMPLATE: Mini Album Stand with Drawer by Designs by Sunghee (After 5 Designs)

Blogging over at PaperWorks Co today... same project, but more details here.

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This would be 15 cards that Emily thought we needed to make, because a friend of hers is going to Edmonton sometime this month for open heart surgery. I used the June PaperCard Kit & various stamps from PaperWorks Co, as well as some random items from my stash; Emily picked out the papers & embellishments, and I basically just threw it all together. They're all fairly simple cards, and I only wound up using about 1/3 of the kit - which is awesome, considering the kit costs a whopping $11.99CAD.

As a disclaimer, though, I'd like to point out that I only made the fronts from the kit; everything is attached to pre-made 5.5" x 4" white card bases - which is generally how I do every card I make.

Now for some details:

Cut 4x5.5 front from 8.5x11 purple cardstock from Kit. Cut 5x3.5 piece from 6x6 sheet of DoodleBug paper from Kit. Added Dew Drops from Kit. Diecut butterfly; spritzed with various colours of Smooch Spritz. Edged wings, antennae, & body with Stickles.

Cut 5.5x4 front from 8.5x11 purple cardstock from Kit. Used remaining 5x2.5 piece from Doodlebug paper. Stamped Zoie, cut with Nesties Labels 9, coloured with Copics, and edged diecut & patterned paper with Liquid Pearls.

Attached final piece (1x6 - trimmed off remaining .5) of DoodleBug paper from kit to white base; edged patterned paper with Stickles. Diecut butterfly with CuttleBug; spritzed with various colours of Smooch Spritz; edged with Stickles; created body with BasicGrey Opaline Half Pearls. Cut 4x5.5 front from 8.5x11 yellow cardstock from Kit. Cut 5x3.5 piece from 6x6 sheet of DoodleBug paper from Kit; edged with Stickles. Added rhinestone swirl from stash. Diecut butterfly; spritzed with various colours of Smooch Spritz; created body with BasicGrey Bling It! Rhinestone Dots. Edged wings & antennae with Stickles.

Cut 5.5x4 front from 8.5x11 yellow cardstock from Kit. Used remaining 5x2.5 piece from Doodlebug paper; edged with Stickles. Stamped Mikey, cut with Nesties Labels 3, coloured with Copics; edged diecut with Stickles.

Attached final piece (1x6 - trimmed off remaining .5) of DoodleBug paper from kit to white base. Stamped Lucas; diecut with Nesties Labels 1, coloured with Copics & edged diecut with Stickles. Added Dew Drops from Kit.

Cut 4x5.5 front from 8.5x11 green cardstock from Kit. Cut 5x3.5 piece from 6x6 sheet of DoodleBug paper from Kit; edged with Stickles. Stamped Harriet; diecut with Nesties Labels 4, coloured with Copics, edged diecut with Stickles. Added Stickles to Harriet's toenails!Cut 5.5x4 front from 8.5x11 green cardstock from Kit; edged right side with Stickles. Used remaining 5x2.5 piece from Doodlebug paper; edged with Stickles. Diecut butterfly with CuttleBug; spritzed with various colours of Smooch Spritz; edged with Stickles; created body with BasicGrey Opaline Half Pearls. Attached final piece (1x6 - trimmed off remaining .5) of DoodleBug paper from kit to white base; edged with Stickles. Used random rub-on sentiment from stash; punched using a Stampin' Up punch. Edged with Copic, then with Stickles. Added random rhinestones from stash.

Cut 4x5.5 front from 8.5x11 pink cardstock from Kit. Cut 5x3.5 piece from 6x6 sheet of DoodleBug paper from Kit. Stamped Gordie; diecut with Nesties Labels 8, coloured with Copics, edged diecut with Copics; covered in Glossy Accents & let dry. Finished by cracking GA & edging with Stickles. Added Dew Drops from kit in top left-hand corner.

Cut 5.5x4 front from 8.5x11 pink cardstock from Kit. Used remaining 5x2.5 piece from Doodlebug paper; edged with Liquid Pearls. Used random rub-on sentiment from stash; added a few BasicGrey Opaline Half Pearls.Attached final piece (1x6 - trimmed off remaining .5) of DoodleBug paper from kit to white base. Added piece of Washi tape (received from my friend Sunghee - thanks!!!), along with random rub-ons from stash. Stamped Sammy; diecut with Nesties Labels 11, coloured with Copics, edged with Copics & Stickles. Added Stickles to Sammy's spots.

*NOTE - We interrupt this post for an important news update*

*If you've been following the pattern here, yes, there is one 'missing'. I got as far as getting the patterned paper on the cardstock front, then got disrupted. Needed to stamp something else somewhere else, and inadvertently set inky inkpad cover ON previously mentioned front... so it is now hanging out on my desk waiting for an epiphany on how to make it remain useable.*

Anyway...back to the regularly scheduled program:

Cut 5.5x4 front from 8.5x11 blue cardstock from Kit. Used remaining 5x2.5 piece from Doodlebug paper; edged with Stickles. Used random rub-on sentiment from stash; added a few rhinestones from stash. Added button from Kit.

Attached final piece (1x6 - trimmed off remaining .5) of DoodleBug paper from kit to white base; edged with Stickles. Attached heart punched from matching paper that was already in my stash. Added double-sided stickers from DoodleBug, then coated in Lily White DoodleBug Sugar Coating Glitter. Added glitter to centre circle & edges of heart. (This was done before I broke out the Stickles for everything else.)

All those cardstock fronts I cut resulted in .5x5.5 scraps. Added those to a white base, along with random buttons (some from stash & some from kit) and a random sentiment rub-on also from stash.

And TA-DAAAAAAAA! 15 cards - done! We took them to school for Annabelle's classmates to sign, so she can open them during her hospital stay. (Emily will be making her own card for Annabelle, since A's in the 3rd grade, and we wanted her own classsmates to sign them.)

Laters!
S

An Emily Creation...

So Ms. Emily needed a birthday card for one of her three 'boyfriends' last week... and so far, she's made her own cards, so we figured we better continue the tradition. This card features Zed from DoodleFactory's Creatures II set (which the awesome Sheena B sent to me; thanks Sheena!!!) as well as Nestibilities Labels 1, which you can pick up at PaperWorks Co! The sentiment stamps used on the front are from this set by Hot Off The Press - although, I think I picked this set up at the LSS forever ago. (It's definitely a go-to set!)

The dew drops are there to represent boogers... yum! <--not! LOL!

The sentiment inside is included in the Creatures II set; PERFECT for a 6 year old boy!

The card base is actually from a K &Co set I got at Michael's forever ago; the set is full of pretty blues & greens. Emily found a base in the set with a cut-out, but she wanted to use this base instead, so we broke out the Nesties & hooked her up. I helped her with the cut-out, with inking the edges of the cut-outs & lining up her sentiments, but the majority of the card is all her. (Nah, I'm not proud of her... not at all!)

Anyway, guess The Man needs me to bring him some lunch... farming has been interesting these days, as it's been so wet lately. A few days ago, he tried to sow a field, but literally would get stuck, get pulled out, go thirty feet, and get stuck again. We tried something new yesterday; sowing via spray plane. Apparently, they attach a chute that disperses the seed when the dump gate is opened, and the seed is spread over the field that way - very, very similar to spraying, but obviously you're using something solid instead of liquid. So... the girls & I headed up to the airstrip yesterday to watch; brought back memories of an old job... sure do miss working at the Flying Club!!!!! (*is a little background needed? I think so. I used to work at the Brandon Flying Club, & handled all things office- & parts-related for the shop. Sure did love that job - always had something new to learn, met a ton of interesting people, and got to check out all sorts of aircraft. That job was extra-cool, because 20 years ago, when I was just wee, my dad was not only a spray pilot, but he also was a flight instructor at said Flying Club, so I spent LOTS of time there... and it turned out that the same head mechanic was STILL there when I applied for my job! Had to quit after two years, because a new opportunity arose, which included better pay & benefits - something nice in the first place, but even more important when in the position of a single mom!)

Wow, sorry, got sidetracked there.... alrighty - NOW I'm going to make lunch! =)

S

Hmmm, apparently Blogger hates me, too! I had this post scheduled to show yesterday, & it would seem that didn't happen!


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Hey all!!!

Big news around here today - not only am I blogging on the PWCO blog - but I'm being introduced as part of the new team!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!! This is a seriously awesome group of girlies - and Peggy is awesome to have for a 'boss'!

This little number was created as a party favour for my 6-year-old niece (from Lily's party this past weekend):

If you want the deets on this project, head on over to the PWCO blog & check it out - and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT while you're at it!

Laters!
Steph

PWCO May Friends & Family Hop!

Hey hey! Welcome to the PaperWorks Co May Blog Hop! If you've arrived from Jenn's blog, you're on the right track; if you've just popped in for a visit, then you'll want to go back to the PaperWorks Co Blog to get started! Peggy's got lots of hidden prizes up for grabs today, too - so you don't want to forget to comment on everyone's blog along the way!!

I've been crazy-busy lately, trying to get my house ready for sale (which is conviniently located 90 miles from here), trying to keep up with my first spring as a farmer's wife, trying to get everything ready for my baby's first birthday tomorrow, and basically just trying to keep up with life in general... so this card was made in 20 minutes this morning, because I just simply ran out of time!

Stamp: Zoie the Zebra (PWCO)
Papers: Miscellaneous/scraps
Flowers: from stash
Pearls: Basic Grey (you can get them at PWCO, too!)

Anyway, head on over to visit Natalie - and don't forget to comment for your chance to win!

Alice
Corrine
Jodi
Jenn
Steph J <--You Are Here! (Thanks!) Natalie
Jenny L
Bella
Sheena
Steph S
Danielle
Melissa
Tanya
Laurie
Christine
Cris
Sunghee
Peggy

Forgot to mention - during the hop, a few random commenters will be selected to win one of the following sets from PaperWorks Co:

RAM Collection (set of 4)
Sport Series 1 (set of 6)
Safari Friends (set of 4)
Aqua Amigos (set of 4)
Jungle Jesters (set of 4)

SO make sure you join us on the hop - it'll be fun, even if you don't win! =D

Hello?

Hellllooooooo? Is anybody out there?? Jeez, at this rate, the Blog Police are probably going to stop by my little piece of the Blogosphere & change the locks. ('Cause apparently that's what they do to abandoned blogs, ya know?)

Look - lotsa bigish things in the works. My baby turns 1 this weekend... and after I get done with totally losing it over that little fact, I will be back. <--this, of course, said in my most absolute bestest Terminator voice.

In fact, I'll actually be back briefly on Friday. There's a PWCO hop happening - and I need to do *something*, dammit!

{Luv to those that have stuck through my absence. Dude, good thing I'm not in the Blog Army. They get really pissy when their folks just go MIA...}

Laters!
S

PWCO Blog Candy - WINNER!

Hey all!

Well, this past week has been quite an adventure.

We didn't win The Greeting Farm's Royal Battle (Boooo!) partly because I wasn't able to ask anyone I knew to go vote for us... it's a little hard to worry about your online life when you're in a real life ER getting emergency surgery to quell internal bleeding. Eeek. And that really sucks, since Sheena worked so freaking hard on her project for the final round. I'm sorry, Sheena!

As for the ER: I went in Sunday morning, came home Tuesday afternoon, & have been resting up ever since. A week later, I'm starting to feel pretty good again... just have to make sure not to overdo anything! I did get some crafting done Thursday, because we learned last-minute that Emily was invited to a birthday party on Friday... and there really isn't much at all in the stores here. Lucky it was a girl's birthday! =D I'll show you that a little later. (Haven't been on the computer much, and still not really feeling like being on here.)

Annnyway, why you're probably here: the announcement of the candy winner from the PWCO Blog Hop!!!

RINNE!!

Very, very cool - have to admit, I was glad Random.Org chose #1 - especially since I know you'll actually read this post! =D

Shoot me an email with your mailing addy & I'll get the PWCO candy out to you.

(Let me know if you're interested in sampling some GA stuff, too - no one ever claimed the candy from the GA hop, so you're welcome to it.)

Anyway, better go rest some more. Tummy's still a bit tender. =)

S

Weekend News!

Extra, extra, read all about it!

There are some exciting things happening in the Blogiverse/stamping/mixed media/art world!

FIRST OF ALL: Thanks to everyone who voted for our team, International Ink, in The Greeting Farm's Royal Battle - we've made it to the 5th & final round! Things are switching up this week, though - the projects WILL NOT be shown in the Gallery AND there will only be 24 HOURS TO VOTE - Sunday, a poll will appear in one of the sidebars of the TGF Blog - PLEASE just click over & place your vote (for us!)!!!!!! Let me tell you, Sheena created our project (I'll post photos when I get the go-ahead) for this last round... and she even took Thursday & Friday off work to do so! LOTS of hours went into this project... You should see my email inbox... LOL!

CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR VOTE!!!!

Second - PaperWorks Co has teamed up with Rachelle Anne Miller!! 4 new stamps debuted yesterday; they're high-quality red rubber, mounted on cling cushion, cut & ready to use! (like ALL PWCO stamps are!) You can get your singles here - $7.75CDN and if you're like me & 'need' them all, you can pick up the bundle (4 stamps + 4 sentiments) for $27.75CDN here! And what's even better than that? The Queen of Awesome even gives you back ANOTHER 5% to keep in your Emergency Craft Fund - how great is that?!

Thirdly - The COPY + PASTE PROJECT is currently accepting applications for a guest designer spot for their celebratory blog hop. Should you be accepted, you'll be rubbing virtual shoulders with some very well respected artists - lucky you! Check it out here!

#4thly - Bombshell Stamps is in the midst of their three monthly challenges for April: 1) Sketch challenge by our DT Captain herself, Kathi Rerek! 2) Ms. April, Cheryl Valadez, has issued a NO PATTERNED PAPER challenge - use your Bombshells to make your own! and finally, 3) Our Blog Hop Captain, Chaotic Kas, has inspired us to either think pink, or rock out to some retro 80's! You've still got until Monday to sign up for the Hop; it will take place on Wednesday morning. Wanna reallllly rock it?! Combine all three! (And remember - every comment you leave along the hop garners you an entry into this month's prize pack...as does every challenge you enter!)

Cinco, more PWCO! Don't forget to enter Peg's Sunday Sketch challenges! You can find this week's here - and Sunday morning, there will be a new one up!

And lastly - there's still time to enter Gauche Alchemy's first ever monthly inspiration challenge! You can find the deets here!

Have a great weekend, all!!!!!! (And mostly, don't forget to vote!)
Steph

PWCO's NEW RELEASE!!!

Finally - the wait is over! Any guesses on who the new stamp artist is at PWCO?!

I'll give you a hint (or two or three!)... but first:

If you've already began the hop, you should be arriving here from Natalie's loverly blog; if you're just joining me, you better head to the PaperWorks Co. blog to see what all the excitement's about!

And, disclaimer (!!) before any mass confusion errupts: NO, I AM NOT ON THE PWCO DT.

Peggy figured this release was SO huge that she needed a little help from her friends -and boy was she right! Enjoy all the extra visits on this hop! =D

Alright, enough blabbering - let's get to something crafty, eh?!

Our first photo is.... a box. With a mouse... in a cake!

Hmmm, does this image bring any artist in particular's style to mind?

And what is this box for, you ask? Why, to keep puzzles in! (Of course!)

(Dude. Definitely looks better IRL.

The bg is done with Glimmer Mist in Riptide & Smooch Spritz in Emerald Sprinkle, so it's all shimmery & purrrrrty!)

See? A cute little set.

4 awesome new images...

and 4 drawers to house the puzzles in!

(They're there - you just can't see them!)

Have you figured out the new artist yet?

How about one more look at this image?________________________________________

In true Emily fashion, she hijacked what I was working on, and felt she needed to play along, too.

Here's what she's got to say about her card:

"Well, it's very special, because I made it so beautiful & pink. I love all the swirlies and the pretty pink ribbon. My mommy tied the bow for me, but I did everything else by myself. I really like the Cuttlebug - it's my favorite of my mommy's tools! The mouse is pink, because he fell in the pink paint and it won't come off."

{Bear in mind, Emily is 5; don't forget to leave her some love, too! =D}

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Any idea who the artist is NOW?

I'll give you another hint: you can find the artist's website HERE - and this person is even Canadian! (WOOT!)

If you can figure out who the new artist is, leave me a comment today to be entered in for some blog candy! (Actually, you can just leave a comment in general, but I wanna know if YOU know!)

Peggy has not only given each one of us along the hop a little somethin'-somethin' to give away, but ONE of us has the entire stamp release up for grabs!
(It's hidden. We have no idea who's got it!)

Your next stop is Lisa C... and the full list is just right down there in case you get lost!

Laters!
Steph

PS - You can pick these AWESOME new rubbers up at PWCO!!! <---Click!

PPS - The List:

Tinla
Jenny
Cris
Sheena
Stephanie S
Kristy
Danielle
Bella
Nikki
Tanis
Natalie
Stephanie J <--- You Are Here! =D

Lisa