#HappyAlways

Hey everyone... Jess here today with a card/gift card holder that fits right in with the latest issue at Paper Issues: What the #@!$%&. Hashtags are huge right now and I thought it would be fun to hit my Christmas card with one... just for kicks and giggles.

I used Gossamer Blue's Get Happy line and, yep, it made me happy! I love the super cute blocky #Happy wood pieces combined with the scripty Always from Crate Paper.

And the coolest part of this card is the little envelope on the front that can hold a gift card. I love giving gift cards when I can make it more personal and special by wrapping it up with my own special touches. And, come on... a Target gift card makes anyone #HappyAlways.

You still have time to link up by December 21st for a chance to win three packs of flair from our sponsor, Feed Your Craft! We want to your stuff!

And while you're shopping this month don't forget to spoil yourself in the Paper Issues shop with 20% off everything using code "scrapgoo".

Fancy Pants and Taylored Expressions

Head on over to the Fancy Pants Designs blog this week for three days of collaboration with the stamps and dies of Taylored Expressions!

We’re giving away some killer prize packs and showing off how we’ve mixed the latest Fancy Pants collections with some really fun stamps and metal dies.  Check out my cards today (and more from team member Laurel and the gals at Taylored Expressions!):

PaperHaus Fall 2013

Happy one year anniversary to PaperHaus magazine!  It’s been a whole year of gorgeous projects and today the anniversary issue brings even more.  Settle in for a nice long look at everything we have in store for you (including my layout in the Paper Hues section!) to celebrate fall in all its luscious glory.



For the next two weeks some of your favorite manufacturers and PaperHaus contributors will be hopping along (just a few each day) with yet more inspiration for fall.  Get all the details on the Fall Splendor event on the PaperHaus blog. 

Today is sponsored by Pink Paislee and Heidi Swapp and you can win a truly awesome prize from them!  I just happen to have created the project for Pink Paislee today, too:

Have fun hopping and reading!

Wildflowers

The UmWowStudio chipboard flowers have been calling to me for a while now and this month I decided to do a couple of cards with these little beauties.  I busted out an old favorite: Crate Paper’s Restoration.  I still love this collection and the muted colors coordinated so well with the awesome kraft-iness of the naked chipboard.

I “welded” the bluebell and daisy on this first one. 

And these are the cattails.  Sooo cool! 

These nature focused cards are perfect for the newest theme at Paper Issues! Head on over to the blog to see some fabulous projects with Pretty Little Studios.  You can link up projects using PLS and/or anything with a nature theme.  And check out the gift certificate giveaway for this theme, too!

Have you checked out the NEW, gorgeous, swanky Paper Issues store??  It’s real purty, you guys.  AND you can still get a killer deal with this code:

Say WHAT!?  Get shopping!

All that glitters is gold

I’ve been impatiently waiting to share this one with you guys for months now.  I think it is one of my favorite cards I’ve ever made and it’s packed with gilded goodness.  You can see this in the Summer 2013 issue of PaperHaus magazine.

I used Pink Paislee’s Hope Chest and a whole ton o’ gold Luxe on here.  Those awesome chipboard hexagons you see? THOSE are the layered chip bits from UmWowStudio and you clearly need some.  I covered them is Heidi Swapp’s Gold Lame Color Shine and now they positively SPEAK to me… mmmm hmmm!

The coiled flower, canvas, and charm are from Prima, the muslin flower is Heidi Swapp, the pins are Maya Road, and the wood butterflies are the Recollections brand at Michael’s.

I never knew I could love metallics like this!

Masking with Mediums

Last week I shared a couple of cards on the Pink Paislee blog that made use of the She Art stencils.  I love these!  I want to use the doily ones on pretty much everything. 

All week the team showed some fantastic ways to use the stencils but I focused on using a couple of different mediums: spray ink and gel medium. Check out Pink Paislee for more info and photos.

Just a Couple of Cards

Hey everyone! I’ve been pretty busy here these days.  We had a visit from the Mother in Law and a trip to Maine for my dad’s retirement, which means I am definitely behind on the blogging. 

First up, a card for my best friend’s little guy who recently turned one:

I used Fancy Pants Designs’ Down by the Shore collection… how cute is that octopus!?

And this is a simple Mothers Day card (May 12th… don’t forget!) made with Fancy Pants Designs’ Park Bench line. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Um, WOW!

Have you guys heard of UmWowStudio??  Lemme tell you, they have some amazing new chipboard on the market.  It’s thick and has perfect char marks and some of it’s layered, you guys.  Layered!

         

And that’s just a little peek!  Go see the rest!!

Wellll… naturally I jumped at the chance to get to use this stuff when I was asked to design for UmWowStudio.  I mean, really.  LOOK at the fun I am having:

I used layered butterflies and layered banners on this card set with paper from the Stella & Rose collection from My Mind’s Eye. 

Stay tuned for lots more chippie posts from me soon!

Welcome Spring!

Ahhh.  This morning I took my son to school in sandals!  I will likely remain in them until October or so.  You know what this means, right? It means it is finally spring! Of course, that explains why my allergies have gone nuts but whatever… sandals, you guys!

I hope you all had lovely spring celebrations and are starting to feel the warmer weather too.  Today I’m ushering in new growth and sunshine with this card, which is featured in the latest issue of PaperHaus magazine.  If you haven’t given it a read you definitely need to crack it open!

Happy spring to you!

Up in the Clouds

The girls at Paper Issues have their heads in the clouds! Yep, it’s time for a new theme… we want to see your clouds, birds, planes, stars, rainbows and other airy type stuff.  Go here to link up.

Oh, wait… you need some incentive?? 

Pshhhht.  Ok, then.  How about a Some Odd Girl giveaway of THREE stamp sets??  BAZINGA!

And while you’re daydreaming about how fabulous it would be to win take a look see at this card I made.  Balloon!  And stars!  Up in the clouds!

I used Pink Paislee’s Cottage Farms and Luxe lines on this.  Thanks for taking a peek and remember to go link up!

Paper Issues + Whisker Graphics = <3

It’s new theme day at Paper Issues and this time we’ve teamed up with Whisker Graphics for the “It’s In The Bag!” theme.

You should have arrived here from Kelly's blog. If this is your first stop, be sure to head over to Paper Issues to start at the beginning! You can win two spools of Divine Twine and a pack of twenty bitty bags of your choice!

Whisker Graphics can provide you with heaps of the Divine Twine I used on today’s card:


I used the Pink Paislee Secret Crush line on this card and created a twine tassel to hang off the spine… fun!


Next up on the hop is Jen!

Thanks for hopping with us today! To be entered to win:
1. Like Whisker Graphics on Facebook {tell them we sent you!}
2. Like Paper Issues on Facebook
3. Visit the Whisker Graphics blog and leave a comment on their blog letting them know your favorite color of Divine Twine or what kind of itty bitty bag you like best

(and I would love your comments, too, but they certainly aren’t required! <3)

And don’t forget to link up your “It’s In The Bag!” (whatever that means to you) projects at the Paper Issues blog until February 23rd!

Scor-Pal + Pink Paislee = Awesome

This week the Pink Paislee gals are swapping and hopping with Scor-Pal to bring you projects that show off creative scoring.  Today I am showing off these four Portfolio and Artisan cards that go beyond standard card folds.  I used the Scor-Pal score board, 1/4” tape, and a tape sheet.

I also decorated the insides of these cards for extra punch! 

                       
                        

You can see more photos and instructions for these cards on the Pink Paislee blog and make sure to check out the rest of this week’s Scor-Pal fun!

World Card Making Day

Ohhh, the interwebs is abuzz with World Card Making Day!  It seems like everyone is busting out the paper scraps and sentiment stamps to celebrate and I surely can’t be left behind! 

Fancy Pants has teamed up with a favorite of mine… Operation Write Home.  OWH sends cards overseas to our men and women in uniform for them to send home to their loved ones.  I highly recommend checking out exactly what they do and contributing! Head on over to the Fancy Pants blog to see some inspiring cards, a blog hop, and giveaways!

I created this baby card using the Hopscotch collection and an Artist Edition alphabet card:

Paper Issues is also having a ton of fun today on our Facebook page! 

We’re giving away four $20 Paper Issues gift certificates to lucky peeps who post a card to our wall.  Easy!
Annnnnnnd… don’t forget that you can use my code “SCRAPGOO” in the Paper Issues store *anytime* for a cool 20% off!

Here are a couple of super simple toddler birthday cards I whipped up last month.  We had a three year old girl’s birthday to attend:

And a four year old boy’s fire truck party too:

Both of these were cut with the Silhouette.  The circus tent card uses Fancy Pants’ Summer Soul collection and the fire truck card is entirely cardstock… which I never do!

Finally, if you need a challenge to get your mojo flowing head on over to Pink Paislee where you can enter to win the entire City Sidewalks collection!

All you have to do is create a card around any of our 5 challenges:
Make It Masculine
Make A Shadowbox Front
Make It Mini
Stamp, Stack & Stick
Make A Custom Shape

You can link up an image of your card to any blog post from this week or link up your project on the Pink Paislee Facebook page. 

So have fun carding today and don’t get too lost in all the fantastic inspiration around the web!  Go get gluing!

A Haus Warming Party!

This is it! The first issue of PaperHaus Magazine is about to go live on September 1st and we’re going to be partying all week at the PaperHaus blog and on contributor blogs as well. Join us for peeks at an awesome digital magazine that will knock your socks off, personal and manufacturer giveaways, and inspiring projects.

The blog hop both starts and ends at the PaperHaus blog so please bounce on over there first if you’re just hearing of this hop from me.  The details on the BIG giveaways, a contest, and the new issue will be there.

PaperHaus
Frank Garcia
Christina Colón
Paper Issues
Jodie Lee
Missy Gener
Peg Hewitt
Jodi Williams Baune
Carrie Walz
Lowri McNabb
Lori Hairston
Diana Fisher
Aimee Maddern
Izzy Anderson
Jess Mutty (you are here!)
Christina Heeren
Corri Garza
Sabrina Alery
Sarah Andreotti
Shellye McDaniel 
Jamie Dougherty
Kate Vickers
Kristy Dalman  
Melissa Priest
PaperHaus

In honor of the launch of this fabulous new magazine I whipped up a couple of cards.  A “thanks” to all of you for visiting this week and helping to make this magazine a huge success and a balloon to “launch” us up and away into a bright future!

 

Both cards are made with the Time for Spring collection from Fancy Pants. 

 

Balloon and clouds cut with the Silhouette.

And of course I wouldn’t leave you without a RAK giveaway for this momentous event!  Leave a comment and follow my blog to be entered to win this prize pack from me.  All winners will be announced on the PaperHaus blog on September 2nd and I will also announce my winner here. 


Remember you have ALL week to hit up the blog list!  Many of the blogs have amazing prizes up for grabs and ALL of them are filled with creativity.  Please join us in our enthusiasm for PaperHaus Magazine!