Created by Katie Cotton

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge

2012-05-14T07:00:00.000-04:00

It's time for another PMS digi makeover challenge!

This week, Michelle wanted us to be inspired by the photo below...

The first thing i saw in this photo was the blue bird in the top left corner of the quilt. I new instantly that I wanted to use the Tweet Things set. Which, up to this point hadn't been released in digital form yet.

Well, i'm not the owner for nothin'! So I added it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

You can find this new to digi set, here!

Here is my card!

I colored my hummingbird with copies B21, B24, B26 and B26. I cut the bird and sentiment (also front the set) out with spellbinders dies.

There are a few left of this set in rubber if you want to get it with the closeout price!

Be sure to check out the Company Blog for more awesome samples from the digi artists!

A PMS TRIFECTA! New release info and more!

2012-05-07T07:00:00.000-04:00

Paper Makeup Stamps is having a blog hop, a challenge AND a digi stamp release all at once!!!

This month, our blog hop day and our weekly challenge fell on the same day. And I decided to honor it with some new digi releases that are long over due!

You can view and shop our new releases HERE!

We have 3 new word art and a new image along with the release of a few previously only rubber designs!

But don't miss out on all the other info! Go to the PMS blog to get started on the hop and see how you can win some goodies!

And now here is my card using 2 of the new releases!

Next in your hop is the design team leader of the Digi Challenge team, Michelle Van Patten. I can not thank this girl enough for how much she keeps me on my toes and does for the Makeover Challenge team. She is a Godsend!

Another Monday with PMS

2012-04-30T07:00:00.000-04:00

It's another fantabulous Monday with Paper Makeup Stamps and we have another digi makeover challenge for you! This week we've been challenged to use a sketch for our card! I really wanted to use Moody for Showers which isn't available on the PMS site yet as a digi. Lucky for me, i'm the owner so I just added it to the site so I could use it on my card today! haha! Yu can find this new digi HERE!

And now here is my card for today!

It uses the sketch below for the challenge

Be sure to check out the PMS company blog for more awesome samples from the design team!

PMS Digi Makeover challenge

2012-04-23T07:07:00.000-04:00

Phew... I don't know about you, but April is kicking my tail!

I'm very sorry i've been gone the last 2 challenges from PMS and in turn, not made a single post on my blog. I'm still trying to find a balance between work, my boys and crafting and aside from packing stamp orders, the actually crafting side gets to come last in the grand scheme of things.

But today Michelle challenged us to make a birthday card and i can ALWAYS use a birthday card so I made sure to participate this week, even if it is a simple card.

Ahh... the glorious thing about digis! I took the Another day word art and enlarged it so that it could be a true focal point of the card. But i still felt like it missed something, so I layered Lar's Gifts behind it and changed the opacity so it would just be a shadow image. After that, well the card is pretty much a snap to put together. :D

Be sure to check out the PMS company blog for more great inspiration from the team!!!!

Ack, my post didnt post!

2012-04-02T17:21:00.000-04:00

Ugh, my post scheduled for today was actually a draft! I hate it when that happens!

Anyhoo - here is my Digi Makeover Challenge post! Late, but better late than never!

Our digi team leader, Michelle, gave us a super fun challenge this week!

It's called a tic tac toe challenge!

Here is what it looks like...

Now you pick your line of 3 and run with it! How fun! I've never actually seen a challenge like this so i thought it was such a refreshing idea!

I chose to go with Fairy, Sparkle and Flowers!

Unfortunately in my photo you can't so much see the sparkle but she is glitzed out with stickles and then the chipboard flowers are coated in glitter as well. :D Plus a but of bling on the card as well. :D

So thats it! Check out the Paper Makeup Stamps blog for more inspiration and to get in on the challenge!

I'm back!

2012-03-26T07:10:00.002-04:00

Well, weddings are in full swing in these parts of the country and not that i've been an avid poster as of late anyway, but I'm sorry i had to miss last weeks digi makeover challenge post. Things just got crazier than I had anticipated! Since my business tripled last year (NOT complaining!) i'm still trying to figure out how to balance home life with work life with crafting (my time!) life! It's hard!

Anyhoo - you don't want to hear about all that SOOOO, here is my card for this weeks Digi Makeoever Challenge!

This week the digi challenge team was challenged to created a card for a boy. Easy enough! My life is surrounded by boy things! Its part of what made me want to start a stamp company to begin with! I needed more girlie things to play with, AND I never could find the boy stamps to play with when i needed them! SO I knew if i started my own company, i could have my fairies and girlies ideas come to life, but i definitely needed a world of monsters!

My card today uses Eyepod... one of my all time favorite monsters. He's so fun!

I simply typed my sentiment and printed it out. :D

Be sure to check out the PMS company blog for more inspiration for this challenge!

Another Digi Makeover challenge

2012-03-12T07:00:00.000-04:00

HOLY MOLY! I don't know that I have been this tired in a long time! For those who like hearing about my makeup artist adventures read this paragraph and those who could care less can just skip down to the next paragraph/ :D On thursday I had 2 photoshoots, 1 that i did the makeup and the other that i did both makeup and photography. Friday I had another makeup and photoshoot (this time of a mom (makeup) and baby! so excited for those to edit!) and bridal consult and then this weekend I had a bridal portrait makeup, and 2 additional weddings and bridal consult saturday and then a wedding and bridal consult today. My brushes are just about maxed out but good thing not entirely because i have makeup for a photoshoot at 6:30 am tomorrow! PHEW!

But that didn't stop me from doing my challenge card for the Digi Makeover challenge!

Our challenge leader Michelle has challenged us this week to use Critters on our cards. Now they do not need to literally be from the PMS retro cutie critters collection (though mine is) but any animal will do. Here is my card!

Given the short time span I had this past week and weekend... i opted to enlarge the digi image so it would be the focal point of the card. I didn't even fuss with layers and decorative paper! I just thought a pretty pink ribbon would be enough!

I used Olive from the retro cutie critter collection and a sentiment from the So Sweet set.

Olive was colored using copic markers.

Be sure to check out the Company blog to see what some of the other design team members have come up with!

Spring into a PMS blog hop!

2012-03-07T07:00:00.000-05:00

It's the 7th! So it's time for another Paper Makeup Stamps blog hop!

You should have hopped on over here from the company blog, but if you are a subscriber, you might want to go and check it out. We have 2 awesome ways to win with this hop!

1 is to leave comments on the blogs in the hop and the other is to join in!

So go to the company blog to read the details and get started!

And now here is my Spring Inspired card for you...

This is Caliope with a flower. I heart this stamp. Just looking at it makes me smile.

I've paired it with one of my favorite sentiments that PMS has. It reads "you make this world a better place". I honestly can't think of a better compliment than that and would be most honored if anyone sent me a card that said it!

I colored the image with copic markers (Caliope is R81, 83, 85 and 89 for those who may be wondering!)

Now it's time to hop along your spring filled journey to Britt's amazing blog! I must say that britt FLOORS me with her cards week after week for the digi makeover challenge! So i cant wait to see what she has in store for us today!!!

DigiMakeover Challenge: Clean and Simple

2012-03-05T07:23:00.003-05:00

Monday monday...... bah dah, dum dum dum dah

That would be me singing Mamma's and the Papa's.

Anyhoo - it's monday and that means it's time for another Digi Makeover Challenge.

Today, Michelle challenges up to create a clean and simple card!

Lately i've been loving the CAS cards... so this was right up my ally! AND I am in the need of a card to take to my sweet friend and former PMS paper makeup artist, Ginger Schwerin. She just had a baby and I've been DYING to get over there to see him!

Here is my card...

I used Baby Jamie Silhouette along with the Congratulations on your new addition digital word art.

Again, I love using digs for changing the size as I made the word art larger on this card than the rubber stan version, but the true reason of the digi stamps reign on this card is the silhouette stamp. Sometimes solid stamps can be such a pain to ink up evening. A digi stamp just print crisp and solid. And i love that!

Be sure to check out the team's cards and their amazing CAS creations today on the Company Blog!

My Time Made Easy: A Year in Review

2012-03-04T00:07:00.004-05:00

Today the My Time Made Easy team are all showing you some of our favorite past templates.

I chose That's a Wrap and paired it with some fun colorful springy paper i had in the please use me section of my craft room. :D

Here is my project...

I love this template as there are just so many possibilities of things to put inside!

And come on, it's just plain cute!

Here's your lineup of the rest of the MTME crew! Be sure to check them all out! They have amazing things in store!

Lauren Meader

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Farida Rone

Katie Cotton (thats me)

My Time Made Easy: Spreading Spring Cheer

2012-03-02T08:21:00.004-05:00

WHEW! Sorry my post is a bit late going up.... my internet was down all afternoon yesterday, BLEH! and I finally gave up at about 12:30. I just couldn't keep my eyes open! Luckily for me, i awoke to that lovely blue light on my router! WOOHOO!

Well, if you didn't already know... the March release for My Time Made Easy is live and available for purchase on the website. Today some of the design team members are showing off more projects using the new templates, papers and digi stamps.

Here is my project just using a part of the template Well Contained. I'm only using the base/holder of the template for this project. View THIS POST to see my project using both pieces of this template.

Here is my project complete together with the candle i purchased for inside. For the record... i don't recommend using paper products as candle holders. This is just as a gift holder. :D

I used paper from the Spreading Spring Cheer printable paper pack. And since i'm not exactly a spring time color person, i used a dark grey card stock as my base. There are some greys in both of these papers chosen (lighter greys than my card stock) but I thought they would play together well and still have a me element in there. I'm hopelessly addicted to grey. haha!

Here is a shot without the candle inside...
I used paper to line the entire inside of the template including the base. I thought this gave a nice pop of color behind the candle and also made it able to serve for another purpose after the candle is removed.

Here is a quick shot of the back. You might notice since I used one of the oval digi stamps from the Round and Round set on the front. Prior to cutting, i actually removed the the oval cut out from the template using my SCAL software, but i still felt like the back was a bit drab in comparison to the bright colors of the front, so I used more of the gorgeous butterfly paper from the pack to also cover the back.

OK... now check out these fine and fabulous ladies and their awesome creations today!

My Time Made Easy: Spring is Here!

2012-03-01T00:01:00.001-05:00

Spring is HERE! Well, at least it almost is and it sure feels like it around South Carolina!

Today is the new release day for the latest My Time Made Easy!

Today I'm showing off the new template Round and Round...

I also paired this with the Round Off digi stamp set which has lots of fun oval shapes and different sentiments to perfectly fit inside!

Here's an opened view of my package...

And then one more shot of the package empty.... because Lauren thinks of it all! She made sure to design this template so that it looks completely polished from outside and in! It works great to use double sided printed card stock (either that you create yourself using the pretty printable paper packs or other good quality card stock. Mine here is October Afternoon. Check back tomorrow for some using the newest paper from MTME!

Be sure to check out the entire design team and their amazing creations today!

Round and Round

Lauren Meader

Katie Cotton (thats me!)

Well Contained

My Time Made Easy: Well Contained

2012-02-28T00:18:00.004-05:00

First of all.... i'm back with a post for My Time Made Easy! Last month I was on a production set during release time (that sounds so fancy! I was just making doctor's look good for interviews and things that would be shown to hospitals, tradeshows, etc) But I missed out on the release time! So i'm very excited to be back this month AND My Time Made Easy has some awesome new team members!

Check them out!

Mara Campbell http://loveyourmotherearth.blogspot.com

Lori Hairston http://www.lorihairston.blogspot.com

Lori Kalus http://www.afternoons-delight.com

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

Linda Hammerton http://lindyloo6.blogspot.com

Farida Rone http://www.frcreaciones.blogspot.com

And now onto my project to share!

On March 1st there will be 2 new templates releases. This one I am sharing today is so cool and really in 2 templates in 1. And you can choose either piece or put both together (like I did today)

THe template is called Well Contained. It has a box and a holder.

Here's a shot of the template/box taken out of the holder...

I also used the new digi stamp set Spring is Here for my sentiment and butterfly. I hand stamped the swirls on my green cardstock using the acrylic set Fanciful Flourishes (which is available as a digi download set as well).

Now what is INSIDE my template? I joined a new company called itWorks. They have all kinds of body and skin care but their revolutionary thing is these body wraps. They come in a package with the lotion already on the cloth and then you simply apply it (so easy) and wrap yourself either with tight fitting clothing, a towel, saran wrap, etc. And they smooth, tighten and hydrate the skin allowing your body to shrink so to speak. I did it in my tummy and boy oh boy does it WORK! I took off about an inch and a half in my first application. And I'm a small framed person, but did have some extra skin from kiddos. I plan on doing the side/back flabby next! WOOHOO! Oh and the facials (my real reason for joining the team, i wanted to be able to offer them to clients) leaves your skin smooth, hydrated and helps dimish wrinkles AND combat blemishes. WOOHOO! Feel free to check out my site if you are interested. You can find it, HERE. I'm telling you, my skin has never felt this awesome!! And i'm a makeup artist, so i take extremely good care of my skin!

Ok ok ok, back to the project here...

Inside my box, I simply folded and rolled 1 application up. It would make such an awesome gift!! You actually get 4 in a package, so it's 4 gifts. Or you can host a spa party. Give the set I made here as a hostess gift or thank you gift for someone who deserves a little time to themselves.

Now check out these fine and fabulous design team members and what they have to share with you today!

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge: Sketch Challenge

2012-02-27T07:00:00.000-05:00

Another round of weddings done (and a pageant, which my gal won! yeah!) so it's time for another PMS Digi Makeover Challenge!

THis week we've been given a sketch to work with...

And here is my card...

I took the sketch quite literal but i still really like my card. Be sure to check out the company blog. Some of the digi artists did awesome things with this sketch!!!

Papers on my card were by October Afternoon. You can

Digi Makeover Challenge: Wordart

2012-02-20T07:00:00.002-05:00

Wow, long time no post!

February is usually much slower for me in terms of workload.... NOT THIS YEAR!

I have had many production jobs, a trip to Nebraska with my boys (which is where i was last week) and then with the rubber closeout sale.... phew! It has kept me busy!

The rubber clearance is still going strong at 75% off! Just use the code closeout75 to get the discount!

And now onto this week's digi makeover challenge!

This week, Michelle has challenged us to use a digi word art!

Here is my card...

I've said it before, and Ill say it again... one of the things i love most about digi stamps is the ability to resize the stamp to suit your needs. Here I enlarged the word art from the Home Matters digi set so that it would take focus of my card. BUT then when i went to use my chosen nestie die, i had made the sentiment just SLIGHTLY too big. Drat the cat! But, it was an easy enough fix, i simply made it ever so slightly smaller, reprinted and ada bing bada boom, it was perfecto!

My papers used are from Crate Paper (way old papers... i'm in operation use it up mode and am trying to not purchase any new ones for a bit!)

Be sure to check out the company blog to see the other design team members awesome creations for the challenge!!!

PMS blog hop

2012-02-07T07:00:00.000-05:00

The 7th of the month means another blog hop from Paper Makeup Stamps!

This month we have been inspired by things we love!

I picked 2 images very near and dear to my heart...

Coming to the decision to stop rubber production for Paper Makeup Stamps was an incredibly hard decision to come to. In the end, it boiled down to not having enough time for my family.

With my makeup artistry really gaining speed, the extra time I have needed to be spent with my favorites boys, jack who will be 6 this month, Gabe who is 3 and of course, my husband.

We do have masses of rubber around our home however so we definitely are wanting to move those out and regain some of that space! This means we are moving to our final markdown price of 75% off all remaining inventory! Get it while you can! Use the code CLOSEOUT75 in your check out cart.

On my card, I used "A Couple of Moodies" and the sentiment Together is my favorite place to be.

I used the rubber versions of these fun stamps and colored the image with copic markers.

And now it's time to move on in the hop for more awesome inspiration!

Please check out one of my favorite friends, Tangii Crain's blog!

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge and MTME

2012-02-06T07:00:00.000-05:00

WHAT A WEEEEEEEK! For those that may have missed me on My Time Made Easy this week... i meant to even make a post about my absence but that is just how busy i was!

I got a last minute call for a big production shoot that required me to drive about an hour + each morning and then had me on set for 10+ hours before making the drive home. During that time... 1 child got the flu, then the other child got the flu... and then somehow EVEN I got the flu the day after the production wrapped. I was hoping I would have missed it all! Then after me my husband gets the flu. OY! I think he was the biggest baby of them all! haha!

Then this weekend was more work madness with a total of over 20 faces of makeup and over 10 hair styles. BUT, it was well worth all the work. Now i'm just exhausted!

BUT you can check out all the new goodies from My Time Made Easy ! They are available for purchase now!

And now onto the PMS digi challenge post!

THis week Michelle has challenged us to use pink and grey which you know always causes excitement in me. :D

Here is my card...

I love this scripture from the Be Still set and I love how with digis you can make a sentiment the full focus of a card, or shrink it down to match an image. Obvious here I chose to make it the focus!

Be sure to check out the rest of the team over on the PMS company blog!!! And make a card to be entered on winning some free digis for yourself!

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge: Be My Valentine!

2012-01-30T07:43:00.003-05:00

This week the challenge over at the PMS Digi Challenge is to create a valentine!

And I thought.... holy cow it's already almost time for valentine's day?!

Spring will be here before we know it! Time is going SO fast!

It often happens with me... that even though i love making cards, i forget to send them out.

Or a particular holiday creeps up on me and I don't have time to create the cards I would have liked. So then what do you do? Well, i send e-cards. And while their are oodles of them out there, just like traditional hallmark cards, anyone can send them. So at least it's a little more fun to create my own e-card and feel like i had a little more effort into it. :D

Here is my valentine's day e-card

I used photoshop and created my card in layers using the Sending You Love digi set.

The lip print in the set has recently been recreated so that it has a transparent background.

If you have previously purchased the sending you love set, you can re-download it to get the transparent background heart or just shoot me an email and I'll get the new addition over to you.

So you see my card and say... um, katie... it's still a white background. Why did you want it transparent? Well, it's very very very easy to change the color of an image in photoshop by choosing the color overlay. But with a flat image, the whole image changes color and you'll get a big red screen (or whatever color you were wanting to change it to). With the transparent background, just the image (lip print in this case) will change color. Yeeeeeeah!

Be sure to check out the PMS company blog to see what other goodies the challenge team has for you to see today!

2012-01-23T07:00:00.000-05:00

Well, my post will be quick for the moment. I took lots of pictures of my card for the Digi Makeover challenge from PMS, but the stars arent aligned tonight for me to get them on my laptop and into my post from my camera (you know... just one of THOSE nights!) Anyhoo - i did manage to grab this photo from my phone and I will get the other photos on here shortly in the morning after i get the boys off to school. :D

The challenge this week was to use those winter blues. Now the card didnt need to be winterie... but i felt like sasha could use some love!

And now my little one has woken up for the umpteenth time with a bad dream. So i'm going to get the poor little bugger back to sleep and then hopefully sleep myself!

Be sure to check out the PMS blog and the rest of the digi team for their winterie blue inspiration!

2012-01-16T07:00:00.000-05:00

It's time for another digi challenge from Paper Makeup Stamps!

This week, Michelle has challenged us to break out those fairy images. Now PMS has a LOT of fairy stamps! You can check out all the digi fairies HERE and you can still get lots of the rubber fairies that are left in stock HERE Use CLOSEOUT60 to get 60% off your rubber order!

Ok, back to my card... And prepare for a short post.... it's been a long week and i am ready for bed!

I also used one of the the PMS digi word arts. You can find this word art here.

I colored my image with copic markers and then airbrushed the sentiment inside a spellbinders die to get the shadowed effect on the sentiment.

Please be sure to check out the company blog for more awesome samples from the Digi Makeover Artists and to get in on this fabulous challenge with a fabulous prize!

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge: Make a Get Well Card

2012-01-09T07:00:00.001-05:00

2nd post for the day, please scroll down to see my My Time Made Easy post!

Another Monday, another PMS digi Makeoever Challenge!

You may have noticed... this past Saturday Paper makeup Stamps had a digi stamp release. A lot of the new release focus's on health as this always seems to be the season when people get sick.

So for this week's PMS Digi Challenge, our new challenge leader, Michelle, has challenged everyone to make a get well card!

Be sure to check out the company blog for details on how to play as well as see the rest of the Makeover Artists' cards!

here's mine!

I used Donna, the nurse fairy and enlarged the image as well as cropped the lower portion.

Thats one of the greatest things about digis. Yes you can mask a regular rubber stamp image, but you cant also enlarge it so that your cropped image can be as large as the previous image was. So fun! I also used one of the new wordarts from the release which you can find here.

Here is a close up of the cropped and resized digi...

And i must add... for those who did the blog hop on saturday and read my trauma of the destroyed paper i've been hoarding... these are more remaining scraps. By golly.... i will get as much out of that as i can! haha!

Have a wonderful day!

My Time Made Easy: Year in Review

2012-01-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my My Time Made Easy Year in Review post! Every month, the design team revisits past templates, stamps, cut files and paper and makes a new project with them.

Well... i have certianly had a busy week if you've read my recent blog posts. I've been very busy with a production shoot and also 2 releases to be crafting for and typing up blog posts. I hate when i get just SO busy because i dont feel like there is much me left over for my kids (luckily, this week is a light week so i have a few things planned, plus today i sent daddy fishing and brought in one of their absolute favorite babysitters to play with them for the day... so at this point i'm a pretty cool mom)

Anyhoo - when thinking of what to make for the review post, I decided it would be fun to make something for one of the boys. Since gabe is still at the "oh fun, now i'll destroy it" stage.... i opted to make something for jack instead!

Jack is just like me... he loves little boxes to store things in! Legos and small toys are among his favorites... so I made him his very own box for treasures using the Flapper template!

If you check out the Flapper link, you'll see that there is actually perfectly aligned holes so that the closure can be secured by a ribbon or thread. Since Jack can not tie his shoes yet even, I didnt think this was a very smart idea so i created a velcro closure so it would be easier for him. I used one of the stamps from the On Display stamp set to create a perfect button for the front and used chipboard letters on top for his name.

Here's a picture of the inside... which of course at this point is empty because i'll let jack pick his own things to keep inside. :D

Now be sure to check out the rest of the MTME design team and see the inspiration they have for you to get out those old templates and make something new!

My Time Made Easy: Something Sweet

2012-01-08T00:00:00.000-05:00

Today is this month's release day for My Time Made Easy. Normally MTME releases on the 1st of the month, but this month Lauren decided to release a little bit later giving use on the design team a bit more holiday! Thank you Lauren!!!

For today's post, the team was asked to make something sweet or for someONE sweet.

I chose the latter and i'm SO excited to give it to them tomorrow!

Not against my usual... i wait a little bit too long before working on my assigned projects. I've always been that way. never doing homework or writing term papers until just before they are due. Not doing my laundry until I absolutely have no other choices of clothing to wear. You know, things like that. :D

Well.... here I went again, working on my project the night before it's due. This time, a slightly good excuse. I've been on set the past couple of days for a clothing company, and the days have been a little bit longer than I expected, so understandably I am a bit behind. (to be honest... it's a primarily male clothing company and I can safely say since my husband does not read my blog that the guys i get the pleasure of make-uping are some seriously good looking guys! haha! I mean i'm happily married, but i sure havent minded the eye candy the past couple of days!)

But today as I sat down after a long day of shooting (part of the day being in wind and rain and cold) I thought... man I am SLEEPY! And then it suddenly hit me EXACTLY what I wanted to do and I completely 180'ed on my plan for my project today.

The production coordinator for the shoots for the clothing company is April. April is such a nice nice person. She hires me repeatedly for this company and I have now dont 3 catalogs with them but here is one of the ways she is different than the average project coordinator. She remembers I have kids. She remembers when I take them to school and when i pick them up and she schedules my call times accordingly and even tries to make it so that I can leave part way thru the shoot to either pick them up from school or at least check in on them. She's even asked me to please go ahead and just bring them to part of the shoot and said if i'm needed on set, she will play with them while i work. I have never met a production coordinator who thinks of those things, or even CARES about those things. most just see one with a family life as a bit of a production nuisance. So for that, i am very grateful.

So why did the fact that I was sleepy trigger me to think of my new project? Well... today, April did not look good. Haha. She walked it later than my call time and I thought, oh sweetie. Did you sleep at all?! She said, about 2 hours. She has been up all night for the past 3 nights getting the catalog ready for print and then still is on set all day. She told me today she has slept for a total of 7 hours in 3 full days! After the shoot wraps tomorrow... i know she doesnt just get to go home and go to bed... but I do hope in the next couple of days she gets to finally take a break!

I wish that I could help her with the catalog... but thats not my job. So, i made her this project for when she does finally get some time to herself.

Here is my little collection of goodies in the Sweet Treat Tote. This tote is SO fun! It can be package 3 ways. Lauren did a fantastic job of displaying the same tote with 3 different gifts inside in THIS POST.

This little "box/tray" of sorts goes inside the template. Unfortuantely, I kinda forgot the HEIGHT of the template when i was planning so my bosy wash doesnt fit inside. Ah well. My rose soap petals do! Along with some tea lights and the bar of chocolate that i plan to pick up tomorrow morning on the way to set (yeah, it was a thought too late for my picture).

The tray can also be flipped upside down (my original plan!) and then you can use it to stick candy lollipops, cake pops, etc in and it holds them upright. Also included in the template package is another box/tray that would then sit upright the height of the box. I love that there are 3 ways to use it!

And one more picture for you...

Be sure to check out the rest of the MTME design team and their creations today...

Have a great day!!!

2012-01-07T07:00:00.000-05:00

It's another blog hop from Paper Makeup Stamps! You should have hopped here from Lisa McKinney. If you didnt, then go to the beginning! You dont want to miss out on the creations!

Today we have an all new release coming your way! Yes they are all being released in Digi, and not rubber this go round as we make the transition from rubber to digi. But you rubber fans, dont you forget we have a massive inventory closeout happening on the site! Use the code CLOSEOUT60 and you get 60% off of the already super low PMS prices!!!!! Get them while you can!

Ok, now that my selling spiel is over, onto my card!

I love valentines day. It's just a fun excuse to be as girly and gushy as you want! I'm so thankful i got thru this card before my lovely 3 year old trashed the rest of this paper I had been hoarding since LAST YEAR. *sigh* us moms never get to keep anything nice for ourselves, do we.

My card...

I used Color Kid with a Valentine for my card along with one of our new wordarts

I heart her! She's so cute! The color kids are all illustrated by Diem Pascarella and she is just fab.

And I decided to lop the wordart in half. I actually did it after the fact and printed it out as a whole... but it would have been superbly easy to do BEFORE printing. :D

here's the inside of my card...

And now it's time for you to continue your journey! You next and last stop in the hop is Randee Elsing

PMS Sneak Peeks day 2

2012-01-06T07:00:00.000-05:00

2nd post for the day! if you are looking for my My Time Made Easy post, scroll down please!!!

Today is day 2 for sneak peeks from Paper Makeup Stamps Digi!

I used one of the new Color Kid images for my card...

The sentiment is actually the rubber sentiment that comes with Flubu (which there are just like 3 or 4 of him left in the closeout sale!)

This color kid is so sweet! I didnt really intend to have the card so girl scout themed, but hey, it works right?! My papers are from Stella Rose by My Mind's Eye (i know, i've been using them a lot lately!) and I used copic markers E00, E21, E23, E25, Y32, Y35, Y38 G20, G24, YG95, YG91

Please be sure to check out the company blog to see more sneak peeks and creations from the fabulous paper makeup artists!!!