Paper and Such

Mod Squad Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:05:00 +0000

Goodness Gracious.....

I MADE A CARD!

It's been so long, but I just haven't felt real motivated to get crafty lately. I've missed it, and really hope my creativity comes back soon. My friend Regina is hosting the challenge over at the

Mod Squad, and I got a new stamp set in the mail today,

so I thought today would be as good a time as any to try and make something!

The challenge is to make a birthday card with sparkle! This may not look like a birthday card, but on the inside I wrote.... "I forgot your birthday!"

haha....love this new set from Unity!!

Thanks so much for looking!

Tiddly Inks DT Call

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:34:00 +0000

Goodness it's been a while!

I have been coloring a ton lately though,
and taking some colored pencil classes.
Plus, I recently signed up for a lettering class.

There are so many cute images out there that are really

bringing back my mojo!! I've even pulled out my Copics,

and purchased a few more to add to my collection!

Some of the cutest ones on the market right now are from

Tiddly Inks

Here is one of my favorites right now:

Wryn is adorable, isn't she???? Plus, she is so fun to color!!

Tiddly Inks is having a DT call right now and I figured I may as

well throw my hat in the ring. Nothing to lose, right?

Heck, maybe you'd like to try out too!!

Thanks for looking and have a great week!!

The Greeting Farm Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:45:00 +0000

Hello!

Big things happening here - I GOT A JOB!!!

Yay me! I'm very excited to get back into a daily routine.

Seems when I'm home, I tend to do a whole lot of nothing!

I recently purchased the Colored Pencil class from Kit and Clowder,

and WOW!!! I'm so glad I did. I've just started the class,

and I've learned so much. In fact, I'm using my image on

today's card. This card is for the challenge over at

The Greeting Farm

My card -

Stamps: TGF Cordelia digi, Paper Smooches Gently Seasoned

I hope you'll also come play along, and be sure to check

out the classroom over at Kit and Clowder too!

Just For Fun Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:54:00 +0000

Hello all!

I hope wherever you are, you are having a great day!

If you are in the northeast, I hope you love snow! We have several inches

on the ground here in central Pennsylvania, and it is kinda nice, I gotta admit.

Although, since I'm not working right now, I don't really need to go anywhere,

so I'm allowed to say that.

Today's card is for a new challenge that is out there. It is being coordinated by

my stampy friends Giovana and Lee Ann. It made me think outside of the box and

get out some supplies that I hadn't yet opened!

Just For Fun Challenge

Here is the challenge:

In our project, we challenge you to use at least two mediums from this list:

ink, acrylic paint, gesso, gelatos, spray inks, embossing paste,

colored pencils, watercolors, chalks, pastels





And one or more from this list~

fabric, glitter, chipboard, metal, ephemera, washi tape

Here is my card -

I used watercolors, embossing paste and glitter. For those of you that don't know it,

I hate glitter. I can't stand when it gets everywhere! However, I sucked it up and used

it for this card.

I hope you've enjoyed this, and I hope you play along with us.

Have a great day.

First Challenge of 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:47:00 +0000

I'm baaaack!

I'm back with my very first card for 2015!

I gotta admit, it feels good.

2014 was a very hard year for me, filled with lots of trials and tribulations. I am cautiously optimistic that 2015 will be much better for me.

I hope to craft more, post to my blog more, and revitalize my Facebook page. If you'd like to follow along on my Facebook page, here is the link: Paper and Such on Facebook

Today's card is for a couple challenges

first up is the

Less is More Challenge:

Colour Challenge

BLACK, METALLIC + ONE

as well as the

Virginia's View Challenge:

Here is my card:

Stamps: SU Blooming With Kindness, Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Versafine Black.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:23:00 +0000

Happy Monday!!! I hope you are having a splendid day, and that you are ready to see TONS of inspiration from a TON of super talented ladies.

A bunch of us are doing a blog hop today with a coffee theme, in honor of National Coffee Day!

I don't know about you, but I NEED my coffee in the mornings, or you don't even want to be around me!!!

We thought it would be cool to answer a few coffee questions, so here goes.....

1. When did you start drinking coffee? I can't even remember when, but I do know it was a very long time ago!!

2. What is favorite brand (you can name up to three). My absolute favorite is Starbucks, hands down!

3. What is the most amazing coffee that you had? Remember where and when? I'd say my most amazing coffee is the 1st one I have every morning....seriously!

4. If I don't drink my needed coffee, I will..... I really can't even think about this.....I'd hate to see what would happen!

Did I mention that we have prizes?? We have 15 prizes to be exact - and winners will be drawn at random from all comments on the blogs!!! Thanks to these fabulous sponsors:

Here is my card:

My Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for October arrived just in time for this hop!!! I LOVE this months kit! Ahhhh....that sweet little k-cup sitting there is my absolute favorite in the mornings!!

Would you like to link up and join us??

Head on over to Chaitali's blog - and join in the fun

I hope you are enjoying the hop and, good luck~!

Sketch For You to Try

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:59:00 +0000

WOW- it's been over 2 months since I've posted anything on my blog! Guess I've just not had much to say. We had this past week off of work, didn't go anywhere, but had a very relaxing week at home. I do so LOVE not being on a schedule! I like to wake up

when I want to, drink my coffee, check email, etc at my own pace in the mornings. I do kind of feel my mojo returning.

I haven't felt like stamping much over the past few months, and it seems like a lot of my "stampy" friends have been going thru the same thing. I'm glad to be getting the urge back, since it is my therapy and stress reliever.

My card today is for the SFYTT Challenge

Here is my card -

I love this new set from Reverse Confetti - So Very Special and the new die cut set called Tag Me Too!
Loving them both!!!

Watercoloring Class

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 08 May 2014 01:10:00 +0000

I signed up for a Watercoloring class online, and

I'm finally getting a chance to play around a little bit.

I used my Sakura koi watercolors for this card -

I applied them directly to an acrylic block,

stamped them onto the paper,

and then added some water to them.

The paper is Tim Holtz WC paper, and it kinda totally

rocks!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog -

I'll keep posting my practice cards!

Ribbon Carousel is BACK!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 May 2014 10:38:00 +0000

Ribbon Carousel Challenge is back!!!
Here are all of the details for May!
Be sure to come play along for your chance to win!

Hey there Party Goers! Welcome to this month's Birthday Celebration Party challenge, which is going to be so easy, you'll be able to enter almost ANYTHING you make!

May has many, many reasons to Party. A special day to celebrate our heritage, honor our Moms, Queen Victoria and those who have died defending our freedoms too. Here is a list of a few celebrations that definitely deserve a special day:

May Day
Cinco de Mayo
National Teacher's Day
Mother's Day
Armed Forces Day
Victoria Day
Memorial Day which is also......
My Son's Birthday

Then of course, there are Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Weddings, Graduations, even TGIF counts as Party Time! So whatever YOU are celebrating, please share your creation with us!

This month's theme is...you guessed it.....

Party Time!

So what prize is up for grabs? How about a Ribbon Carousel?!

This Birthday month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants! Just a reminder that our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into two teams. Each 1st and 15th of the month you will see fresh projects for this months challenge!

There are only four (4) rules you must follow to be eligible for the prize:

You MUST use ribbon, twine, thread, washi tape or anything that comes on a spool on your creation
Your project must be based on the theme of the month.
You must add a NEW project to the inlinkz below and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery. (Unfortunately, we've had participants who would have won the challenge, but they didn't do a direct link to their blog and I couldn't find their creation!)
You may enter the challenge 3 times maximum to be qualified to win a prize.

Check out some crafty eye candy from our talented Crewmates for a little inspiration before you link up your project at the bottom of this post!

**Surely, I'll miss someones birthday this month
and get to use this for a belated birthday card!**

Stamps- Paper Smooches We Totally Click

Paper- Watercolor paper, SU Red

Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black

Misc- Washi tape, Pretty Pink Posh seequins, koi watercolors

Pretty Pink Posh Shaker Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:36:00 +0000

Today is that great big blog hop over at

Pretty Pink Posh

If you know nothing about it, you should go check

it out. Tons of wonderful inspiration and

prizes to be had!

my card:

I used several different sequins from

Pretty Pink Posh

for my shaker card -

the silver hearts, sand, marshmallow,

and sparkling clear

The sentiment is one of my favorite sets

from Reverse Confetti

Come join in the hop and link up!

The Card Concept Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:00:00 +0000

I decided to play along at

The Card Concept Challenge

this week.

The challenge was to use an umbrella.

I pulled out my Unity Hodgepodge of Happiness -

which hasn't seen ink in a VERY LONG TIME!

Here is my umbrella card -

I've been pulling out my Copics more and more lately...

I got rid of most of mine about a year or so ago,

and only kept my favorite colors to play with.

I may need to add a few more to my collection.

I definitely went with the clean and simple approach with my card,
which is what I mostly stick to. Every now and again, I'll
think outside the box.

The umbrella is paper pieced with Fancy Pants

Park Bench designer paper.

I'd LOVE to have an umbrella like hers,

wouldn't you?!

Thanks for stopping by today - I appreciate it.

Curtain Call Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:18:00 +0000

Hello all! Hope you are having a fabulous week!

We had a gorgeous weekend here in PA, and now its

currently 39 degrees!

I'm so ready for summer weather!

I've got a card today that I made for the challenge over at

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

Isn't that such a fun picture!

I dug into my supplies and came up with this:

I love my Reverse Confetti Lots to Say! I find that

I'm constantly digging it out to use! My sequins are

from Pretty Pink Posh - another fabulous place

to shop!!

Thank so much for stopping by. I hope wherever

you are, that you are having some gorgeous weather!

Challenges Galore Card

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:11:00 +0000

It's been a while.

I haven't felt like doing much creating

lately, so I've been kind of laying low.

I started a new job about 6 weeks ago and I love it,

but I'm mentally

DRAINED till I get home.

I found a few challenges to play along with and though

I would sit down to try and play a bit tonight.

I'm playing along with these challenges tonight:

The Card Concept

The Color Throwdown

Virginia's View

Such fun challenges out there to play along with!

One of the ways I try to get my creativity flowing,

is to go check out blogs, or Pinterest, but heck

I look at Pinterest for everything!!!

Who doesn't??

Anyways, here is my card:

clean and simple....

I really need to build up my stash of birthday

cards, so I may just concentrate on them for a while.

Supplies:

Stamps: Reverse Confetti - Lots to Say, the butterfly is from Unity - April 2011 kotm

Paper: PTI White

Ink: SU Summer Sun, SU Soft Sky, Versafine black
Misc: Stencil from Prima, Pretty Pink Posh sequins

Shopping Our Stash Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:12:00 +0000

Hi all!!

Another fun challenge over at

Shopping Our Stash

This week, it's all about the sentiments. No other stamped

images, just a sentiment. I decided to pull out one of my stencils

I've never used, and sponged on some Blue Bayou ink.

Can I say that I love how this card turned out?

I hope you do too!

Thank for stopping by today.

Recipe -

Stamps: Reverse Confetti Lots to Say

Paper: PTI White

Ink: SU Blue Bayou, Versafine black

Misc: Rhinestones from Pretty Pink Posh

EAD Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:00:00 +0000

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Today is going to be special! There's a group of us that are EAD Designs fans so we decided to inspire each other to use our goodies! For those of you that don't remember, EAD Designs created vinyl stickers and rub-ons. Awesome products but the company closed up shop over a year ago.

What all of our projects will have in common is that we are all using EAD Goodies and our challenge is:

Kid-Friendly

All our cards from today's blog hop will be going to a special girl named Emma. Please read about the card drive hosted by Kelly, who we're so excited is joining our hop today. She chats about the card drive on this post:

Kelly's Blogpost about Emma

Here's the card I'll be sending to Emma-

I encourage everyone reading this to also send a card to Emma!

The address is -

Kelly Bertram

PO Box 58388

Cincinnati, OH 45248

There is a surprise blog candy! The more you leave comments on the blogs that are participating, the more chances you have to win!

Want another chance for a prize?! Make a kid friendly card for Emma! We'd love for you to join in the card drive! Make a card for Emma, send it to Kelly and link up over on Amy's blog!

Commenting/Card link up open until Monday, March 24th at 11:59 pm pacific

Winners posted on Amy's blog on Monday, March 31st.

Have fun hoppin'!

Amy

Colleen

Julie Smith

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Katie Brooks

Kelly

Lauren Bergold

Liz

Rose

Shannon

Stephanie

Wendi

What a wonderful way to brighten a little girls day!

I sure hope you'll join us in sending a card for Emma!

Happy Monday!

Card Concept Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:47:00 +0000

These weekends seem to go quicker and quicker,

don't they?? Even lost an hour of sleep this weekend

with daylight savings time!

I spent a lot of time this weekend working on some

ATC's that I needed to get done for an ATC

trade over at SCS. They were so much fun!

I'll share a little peek at the bottom of this blog post,

let me know what ya think.

I found a little extra time to play along with the challenge over at

The Card Concept

I used a new set I recently got from Hero Arts called

Need Caffeine

I went with some SC veneer stars and some washi tape

at the bottom.

What a fun quick card!

Here is a little peek at my ATC's that I made

for the swap:

This was definitely a fun swap, but I don't know

that I'd sign up for 5 spots next time! :)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Virginia's View Challenge Card

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:38:00 +0000

WARNING: MANY MANY SHEETS OF WATERCOLOR

PAPER WERE RUINED DURING THIS CARDMAKING PROCESS!

AS WELL AS A PERFECTLY GOOD MANICURE!

Ok, so I'm thinking outside my box and trying some new and different

things. I saw a new challenge blog Virginia's View and wanted to play along

with the watercoloring challenge.

Here is the inspiration pic from the challenge blog -

Looked easy enough, all the cool girls are playing along,

yeh.....I GOT THIS!!!

pffffffffttttt..............

Little did I know, the mess that was about to transpire, right

here on my kitchen counter!!!

I used some of my SU reinkers to do this. I cut my watercolor panel

and then got it fairly wet with a paint brush, and then dropped some of the reinkers

onto it. From there, I can't really tell you what I did....it was a craft free-for-all!

There was also black ink involved, which now, also resides under all of

my fingernails and on the kitchen counter.

I embossed the sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say and topped it

off with a few pearls. Now I'm off to try to get this off of my fingernails and

get them repainted.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Reverse Confetti Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:47:00 +0000

OK, so as soon as I complain about not having any

mojo...it starts flowing!

Since I finally got some stamps from Reverse Confetti,

I decided to play along with the color challenge over there!

Reverse Confetti

These are some of my favorite colors!!!

I used the stamp set Lots to Say and the tag dies.

Love love love how these stamps ink up!!!

Fabulous quality!

Thanks for swinging by the blog today.

Little Tangles Monochromatic

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:03:00 +0000

It's been a while since I was here!

Got a new (much better) job, and have been

exhausted when I get home at night.

It's cool to actually enjoy your boss and to have

a good time during the hours of 9am-5pm!

Who knew!!!???

I found some time/energy to create a little bit today,

and of course, my creativity was still unaccounted for!

I got my newest Unity Stamp of the Week and this was the best

I could do today!

Found a fun monochromatic challenge to play along with at

Little Tangles

Hopefully, my creativity will return to its regularly scheduled program....

VERY SOON!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Curtain Call Card

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:47:00 +0000

I decided to play along with the

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

Here is my take on this photo inspiration -

I bought one of the Tim Holtz Distress Stains to try,

and well....I loved it!

I see more of those coming to live in my

craft room very soon!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

EAD Designs Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:24:00 +0000

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Today is going to be special! There's a group of us that are EAD Designs fans so we decided to inspire each other to use our goodies! For those of you that don't remember, EAD Designs created vinyl stickers and rub-ons. Awesome products but the company closed up shop over a year ago.

What all of our projects will have in common is that we are all using EAD Goodies and our challenge is:

Love & Valentine's

Here's how it inspired me:

I used some of my new washi tape, plus stamped a few splatters on the card. The LOVE sticker is from EAD. Sequins are from Neat and Tangled.

There is a surprise blog candy! The more you leave comments on the blogs that are participating, the more chances you have to win!

Commenting open until Saturday, February 8th at 11:59 pm pacific

winners posted on Amy's blog on Monday, February 10th

Have fun hoppin'!

Amy

Colleen

Julie Smith- you are here

Julie Tucker-Wolek

June

Katie Brooks

Lauren Bergold

Rose

Stephanie

Wendi

Have a great day!

Challenges Galore Card

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:36:00 +0000

I combined 3 awesome challenges for today's card!

First up was the -

Color Q

Next is

Just Us Girls

and last, but certainly not least is

Shopping Our Stash

(their challenge is to use an outdoor theme)

Here is what I came up with -

What fun colors to combine at this time of year!

Each of those little hearts were punched out and then

glued onto the card. They were pretty small for these

old eyes, but I managed to get them on there.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: SU Branch Out, Sentiment from Paper and Such Fluttering By

Paper: choc chip, kraft, Authentique dp, white
Ink: soft suede, Memento rose bud and angel pink
Misc: Martha Stewart heart punch, washi tape

Ribbon Carousel Week 4

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0000

Hey everyone! It's the final week of our Love, Birthdays & Chicken Soup Challenge.

This month we're giving away a set of spools with your choice of beautiful seam binding, baker's twine or May Arts Ribbon.

Just a reminder that our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into FOUR teams. Each week you will see fresh projects for this month's challenge!

There are only three (3) rules you must follow to be eligible for the prize:

You MUST use ribbon, twine, thread, washi tape or anything that comes on a spool on your creation
Your project must be based on the theme of the month.
You must add a NEW project to the INLINKZ HERE and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery. (Unfortunately, we've had participants who would have won the challenge, but they didn't do a direct link to their blog and I couldn't find their creation!)

Check out some crafty eye candy from our talented Week 4 Crewmates for a little inspiration before you link up your project at the bottom of this post!

Here is my card -

Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a great Tuesday!

Supplies:
Stamps: Unity SOTW A True Love Story, and Distresed Dots
Paper: choc chip, MME dp, white, pure poppy
Ink: choc chip
Misc: embossing folder, twine, SU grommet

Destashing - YARD SALE PRICING STYLE!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Time for me to get rid of some stamping stuff.

I am willing to ship ANYWHERE, as long as you pay the postage.

All payments to be

paid thru paypal within 24 hours.

Buyer pays actual shipping.

If you have any

questions, please let me know.

Thank you - and

have fun shopping!

Either leave a comment or email me at
jul0510@yahoo(dot)com

4mm bicone swarovski beads 300 total - $25, includes shipping

6mm bicone beads. $5 includes shipping

Blue/green mix, 30-40 4mm bicone beads. $5 includes shipping.

JustRite Stampers lot of goodies. These are old school! $40 takes everything you see here.

Mish mash of all kinds of stuff. From Swarovski to cats eye, spacers, liquid silver, pearls and findings. $25 shipped - PENDING

5mm bicone beads. $20 includes shipping.

Mix of 4mm and 5mm leftovers $5 includes shipping.

Purple mix, 40-50 4mm bicone beads. $5 includes shipping.

Patriotic mix of 4mm between 40 and 50 bicone beads. $5 includes shipping.

Dry embossing kit $3

Gina K set - $5

Big Blossom $4

SU Greetings Galore - $5- PENDING

SU Happy Spring $4

SU Looks Like Spring $5

SU Lots of Thoughts $5

Nice n Easy Notes - $5

SU Old Glory $5-PENDING

SU Sketch It $5

SU Unmounted incentive Stamps $5 for 12 stamps

SU Best Blossoms Unmounted $3

Penny Black Stamps - now $3 each
only the middle one is left

Inkadinkadoo - now $2

Assorted dies - now $4

My Favorite Things

Impression plate - now $4-PENDING

Provocraft die cutter - now $4

$2 - 4 available

NOW $3-PENDING

NOW $4

$3 - 3 AVAILABLE

Paper Smooches Guest DT

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:46:00 +0000

I've been meaning to try out to be the

guest designer at Paper Smooches for February,

and I just wasn't coming up with a brilliant idea.

With the deadline looming....it finally came to me!

I always say that I do my best work under pressure!

I'm in looooove with this card - like totally in love!!

This could seriously be the best card I've every made,

at least in my mind!!

I used my absolute favorite stamp set from PS called

I heart Art!

I stamped everything with Memento black ink,

and colored it with my copics.

Good luck to everyone who entered.