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Going 'round and round!

Mark's Finest Papers gave us a challenge -- create a project, any project, but it must feature circles.  We were up for the task.

The Supernovas are all using stamps from Mark's Finest Papers.

The stamp set I'm using is Speedy the Cat's Friends.  I have 3 cats (this qualifies me as a crazy cat lady) and I couldn't resist using one of them in my card...

 

Here's a closer look that shows you how you might couple this card with a gift.

 

I used one stamp with several different inks to create a cat themed background paper.  I used Staz-on to stamp the sentiment directly on the photo.  This is a trick I love to use for scrapbooking too. 

The circles are cut in half and used as a border here to function instead of ribbon.  I stitched them on and curled the bottoms to give the card a little dimension and texture.  

OK, now it's your turn! Make a card with a circle on it and you could win the Apples and Camellia Stamp Set from Mark's Finest Papers.   All you need to do is tag your card "mfp01" and upload it to the Planet. We'll be keeping an album for everyone that shows off all the entries so far!

 

Looking for some inspiration? Check out what the other Supernovas made!

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
• Erika Martin
• Lori Tecler
• Jessica Fick
• Sankari Wegman
• Susanna Boyd
• Amy Park

Bling me up, baby!

Today we have a really special blog hop and challenge going on all around the Planet! It's all about BLING!

You can call it paper make-up, jewelry, bling, whatever -- it's that little bit of glaze, glitter and dazzle that you ad to your cards to give them that "finishing touch". The Supernovas are using the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, for our projects from i{heart}papers and we'll show you just how versatile one stamp set can be!

Here's my card -

This card is all gussied up! I used glassy glaze on the vase, Copic Spica glitter pen on the petals and Viva Pearl Pens around the circle die. The flowers themselves are colored with Copics . When you hold the card in your hand, it's all sparkle.

OK, now it's your turn! Make a card with a lot of dazzle and you could win the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, from i{heart}papers. All you need to do is tag your card "iheartbling" and upload it to the Planet. We'll be keeping an album for everyone that shows off all the entries so far! Looking for some inspiration? Check out what the other Supernovas made!

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
• Lori Tecler
• Sankari Wegman
• Susanna Boyd  <= YOU ARE HERE!
  

Paper Craft Planet Color Challenge #74

 I had SO much fun working up today's color challenge. I was stuck on colors since Millie used red, white and blue for last week. I decided that the best place to find a color inspiration piece would be to flip through my magazines, so I grabbed Southern Living and started flipping. (Side note, my husband rolled his eyes when I said I was working.)

I came across this beautiful photo all about hydrangeas. I have a beautiful bush right outside my window and it started the wheels turning. My bush happens to be blue.... my new Creative Imaginations papers are pink, blue and green, my new Elizabeth Bell stamp has flowers on it, AND I have Summertime Flower Soft sitting on my desk! Destiny. I love it when a plan comes together.

Here's a close up look at the Flower Soft -- I love how it makes the image leap off the page.

Did you know that there is a new episode of Flower Soft TV every Friday? These shows are a free class on your computer. Each week Noreen demonstrates a new technique. To register for updates, announcements, contests and specials at Flower Soft TV go to http://www.flower-soft.tv/#information.html and then click green “REGISTER” button.

So guess what?! Flower Soft has GENEROUSLY offered to sponsor our challenge this week!!!! Comment in our Color Challenge group (here's the direct link) and you will be entered to win this FABULOUS prize! ** The link does require that you join Paper Craft Planet, a FREE site that won't sell your information or spam you. Prize: Drawing by random.org on Wednesday, July 7th.

Moments in Time Boy's Sports Toppers, Sage and Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue

For those of you that would like to play along, create a card or project using this week's color combo of pink, green and light blue. Upload your project's picture to Paper Craft Planet using the tag "pcpcolor74" so that I can pull it into this week's gallery. You will be entered into our contest TWICE :) Plus, one lucky challenge player will be selected as our Shooting Star and featured on the main page of the site and in our weekly newsletter. Bonus idea: As I was working on today's color challenge, it occurred to me that I could store Flower Soft in those Parmesan cheese/crushed red pepper shakers that they have in restaurants. It would always be handy and cute on my desk -- and ready for me to use in a pinch!

Susana and Susanna=Free Stamps

TGIF and welcome to Susana's Custom Art & Card Design/Paper Craft Planet blog hop! 10 designers are hopping along, each creating something amazing with the SCAD Elizabeth Bell & Victoria Case stamps. 

I was lucky enough to work with a couple of different stamps and I've fallen completely IN LOVE with Elizabeth Bell.  Isn't Latte beautiful?!  I used the retired SU papers "Urban Prairie" to paper piece her dress to match the card, and colored her with my Copic markers.  I'm sending her to my BFF and coffee buddy, Rachel, who moved to Michigan.  Here she is again in green... you can tell, I couldn't "stop"...

OK, now because I couldn't stop coloring, I also did this adorable card for my niece, Alyssa.  

This stamp is called "I Heart Ya"   This little girl is colored with Copics to match the new SEI Happy Birthday papers.  I think she looks just like Alyssa.

 

Hop along with us and leave us some love and you could end up winning one of 3 generous prizes: 1 sheet of the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Sampler #3 OR 1 sheet of the Victoria Case for SCACD Hearts and Hugs - Spring Collection (new Release) OR 1 Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White! We've hidden 3 prizes among the Supernova's blogs, but no one knows which ones! Leave a comment on one or all of the Supernova blogs in order to win. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. Blog comments will be open until Monday at 8am EST. The lucky winners will be announced on the Paper Craft Planet blog on Monday afternoon. (This contest is open to US residents only!)

Our Blog Hoppers are:

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Kim Burmeister
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
• Erika Martin
• Lori Tecler
• Jessica Fick
• Susanna Boyd <------ You are HERE
  
• Amy Park

Check out our gallery to see all the projects in one place!

We all Scream for Ice Cream: 12 Designers, 12 Amazing Projects, 5 Winners

This contest is now closed! Thanks for all the wonderful comments and support. Unfortunately, I didn't have any hidden blog candy -- but some of the other Supernovas did! Check out the winners list at www.PaperCraftPlanet.net

Happy Sunday and welcome to the Spellbinders/Paper Craft Planet blog hop!  12 designers are hopping along, each creating something spectacular with the Spellbinders new Summer line.  I got to play with the Nested Ice Cream Cone set.  I was really excited when it came in the mail -- I had seen it at CHA and taken pictures of the cute creations in the booth showing this die off. 

My card is 5x7 with three scoops of ice cream, each cut from SEI's new Happy Day assortment pack.  I used my Scor-Pal to run diagonal lines across the cone to give it a textured look.  The birthday wishes tag was cut using the Ribbon Tags Trio set.  I used a bit of old embroidery floss to tie the tag into place.  I punched little "notches" on the ends of the card to keep the floss from slipping.  I love the finished look.

Did you notice the hidden gift card?

I added the flower with a dimensional and used it to act as a tab for the gift card.  

I was on a role, so I used the smallest ice cream cone dies, and the oval and scalloped nesties to make a tag for this adorable Easter Basket.  The basket is a template from Adela Rossol and I cut it out using my Silhouette.  My favorite part is the little egg cups on the inside.  They were perfect for the small bottles of bubble bath (ice cream flavors!!!). 

The Supernovas are crazy for Spellbinders and we're having a blog hop to show off the new summer dies! Hop along with us and leave us some love and you could end up winning one of the new sets! We've hidden FIVE prizes among the Supernova's blogs, but no one knows which ones! Leave a comment on one or all of the Supernova blogs in order to win. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. Blog comments will be open until Wednesday at 6pm EST. The lucky winners will be announced on the Paper Craft Planet blog on Wednesday night.  (This contest is open to US residents only!)

Our Blog Hoppers are:

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Kim Burmeister
• Wendy Price
• Jen Tapler
• Tammy Hershberger
• Erika Martin
• Lori Tecler
• Jessica Fick
• Sankari Wegman
• Susanna Boyd <------ You are HERE
  
• Amy Park

Check out our gallery to see all the projects in one place!

A Sketch Challenge and Tutorial Tuesday, March 23, 2010

This week, I'm playing along with the Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge sponsored by Whimsie Doodles.

Sorry that the picture is "noisy" -- I took it late at night.  I created this card using one of Whimsie Doodles digital sets “Paws I Care”. Every penny of profit from this set goes to support the SPCA. Wendy had paper pieced her sample, so I decided to try that too.  I printed the image 3 times and cut each layer out so that I could stack them with dimensionals.  The paw prints are a dingbat font called Animal Tracks, that I cut with my Silhouette. 

Here's another shot, with my lovely assistant, Obi.

Obi does NOT think I'm funny.

OK, are you ready to play along? Here are the sketch for this week –

You could win a $10 voucher to Whimsie Doodles if you play along in our challenge… (you get to pick your favorites – but you must use the voucher in one transaction)

To play along, simply create a card using our sketch! WAIT — there is more — you must also use an animal image on your card. (You can use any animal from any company.) Upload it to the PCP gallery using the tag sk032010.

OK, onto Tutorial Tuesday, where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now!  All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

All the Best Tutorials:

How To Videos:

Tips You Shouldn't Miss:

Templates To Help You Make Stuff:

Photoshop Tips and Tricks:

Everything you ever wanted to know about Copic Markers:

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Card of the Week & Best of the Blogosophere: March 6 - 12, 2010

This week, I was lucky enough to score some crafting time.  I played along with a couple of the Paper Craft Planet challenges... and BOY was I challenged.

First, I played along with Amy's 3d challenge....

Cool, right?! I was so happy with how it turned out.  I feel like I made a Longaberger basket...really!

Next, was my own challenge.  You're getting a sneak peak of tomorrow's sketch challenge.  

For the record, I'm doing the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace course.  I'm all about the budget right now.  I used the new Chicken Girl digi stamps from i{heart}papers.  There is nothing like the instant gratification of downloadable stamps.  Sigh.  Makes me feel a little budget guilty... but it doesn't last.  Digi stamps are cheap, resizeable and you have them forever in every size. Makes them almost perfect for anything, even photo mugs!

I printed this cute little bunny on my Neenah paper from Paper Temptress.  I colored it with my Copics (from i{heart}papers) and put it together with some older SU papers that I had in my stash. 

Best of the Blogosphere lists.

Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

Shout (all categories, just awesome):

Easter: St. Patrick's Day: Spring:
Flowers:
Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Invitations:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

Sympathy:

Sympathy cards are always hard to write.  Here's a link to a website that will help you with wording and then some cards for inspiration. 

The Best of the Blogosphere:

In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Color Challenge with a Prize!

Today Lauretta's Digital Stamps is sponsoring our color challenge on Paper Craft Planet and I am the hostess!

Here is my card:

I made this card using a paper from My Minds Eye called "Life Is Good". I love this paper -- it's so bright and cheerful. I'm really tired of being cold with all the snow -- bright and cheerful is just what I need right now! The paper seemed like the perfect match for Lauretta's adorable Seal of Love image.

The seal is adorable, but I wanted to alter him a little and replace the heart he is balancing with a button. One of the best things about digital stamps is that they are so versatile. Here's a little video on how I altered this little guy to fit my card:

But wait... there is more...

Did you see the adorable box that Adela posted yesterday? It's a freebie cutter file for your Silhouette or Cricut! I had some leftover paper, so I whipped one up to match the card. Now, I'm already for the next birthday that comes around!

OK, are you ready to play along? Here are the colors for this week -- a little bright and cheerful to get you going :)

• Red
• Dark green
• Light green
• Mustard/yellow
• Coral/Pink

The Prize...

Today's challenge is sponsored by Lauretta's Digital Stamps! You could win FOUR digital stamps for her store if you play along in our challenge... (you get to pick your favorites!)

To play along, simply create a card using our color palette. Upload it to the PCP gallery using the tag PCPcolor55.

Join the Color Challenge Group!

Check out our gallery for this week!

Scrappy Sunday

A weekend of various tech troubles and my son's 10th birthday, but Scrappy Sunday is now up!!! I'm so sorry for the delay... some weeks are just like that I guess.

This sketch is a simple one that can be adapted to digital or traditional scrapping. The sketch is designed for 4 pictures and some elements and journaling, or just up the number of pictures for an easy tweak. Here's my take:

My son's both play baseball, two seasons a year, so I do a lot of sports layouts. Unfortunately, I've had the paper and stickers for some time that are featured here and I no longer remember where they came from! All supplies were purchased at Archivers....

The psd file is saved in the 3d group posting for those of you who prefer a digital template!

Join the Scrappy Sunday Challenge Group

Check out our gallery for this week!

3d43 - Your Check is in the Mail

When I saw this blog post from Kelleigh Ratzlaff, I KNEW what I wanted to do for 3d Tuesday!

I used Kelleigh's directions and instead of a ribbon binding, I used my Bind-it-all. It fits nicely in my wallet and supports this year's resolution to get my finances under control. Now, it's your turn -- create a mini book using one of these envelopes! Kelleigh's got a free download for the template in her store. Tag your photo 3d43 so that I can pull it into our gallery.

Here's a slide show of the inside pages! I can't wait to see what you make!

Find more videos like this on Paper Craft Planet

Join the 3D Challenge Group