Paper Sweeties November Release Sneak Peeks

Hello and Welcome to Sneak Peeks for Paper Sweeties November Release!  There are so many wonderful new products this month just in time for Holiday Creating!!!

The new sets being released on November 15th are:

Stitched Tags #3

Days Until

Dear Santa

Stand Add-on: Fireplace

Stitched Tags #3 Sweet Cuts

Days Until Sweet Cuts

Dear Santa Sweet Cuts

Today I am featuring the present tag from the Stitched Tags #3 stamps and dies!  This lovely new die set contains two different holiday icons:  A present and a stocking.   I decided to make some Christmas gift tags using the present die today.   But you could easily make birthday gift tags too just by switching up your patterned paper and embellishment choices!

 I once again used the heart tag from the "Beautiful Little Wishes" Sweet Cuts to create my heart-shaped window in each of my tags.  I then used the "Stand Add-On: Manger" stamp set for my sentiments.  I cut apart the "Peace, Love, Joy" stamp so that I could use the stamps individually. You can still put the stamp back together and use it as intended even after you have cut it apart.  The holly leaves are from the "Snow Friends" sweet cuts set. A few red rhinestones add the red berries.

 This set of tags just used a different patterned paper within the heart-shaped aperture or window. Love this sweet plaid!!!

This tag set uses one of my favorite Christmas color combos of red, green, and kraft!  Love it!

 This set uses a "Noel" sentiment which is also from the "Stand Add-On: Manger" set.  

And finally another view of my favorite set with the lovely red gingham paper within the opening!  So sweet!

Well that is it for me today.  I hope you will visit all of the Paper Sweeties Design Team members to see all of the fantastic inspiration!  I love seeing how everyone uses the sets so uniquely and beautifully!

  

Angel Johns
Cheryl Lea

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Emily Frasier
Jill Norwood 

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett 
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

And don't forget about our November Inspiration Challenge!  As always there is a $20.00 gift certificate up for grabs along with a chance to be a Guest Designer!

Here is this month's lovely inspiration:

And have you seen Debbie's lovely card kit for November?  It has the sweetest cards!  A great gift idea for the young crafter in your life for the Holiday season!

I hope you will come back tomorrow as we continue sharing inspiration using the new November Release Products.  Release day is November 15th! I can't wait!!!

Jill

Warm Winter Greetings - Your Next Stamp RELEASE DAY!

Hello and Happy Release Day for Your Next Stamps!  Today all of the wonderful BRAND NEW products are available in the SHOP!!!!  Yay!

And to celebrate we are having a wonderful BLOG HOP of INSPIRATION!!!! 

I have three cards to share with you today....The first card features a stamp set called "Dino-mite Holiday" and shows off the cutest dinosaur all ready to celebrate Christmas in his fun Santa hat:

Isn't this the sweetest little fellow?  I just love his big happy grin!!!! And he is busy looking out the window at all of the snow coming down in the shaker I created using the "Peek-a-boo Window Die Set" .   The three white flakes on the card are from the new "Winter Mitten Die Set" that is also being released this month and is featured on my next card.

Here is the stamp and die set: 

My second card is all about the new "Winter Mitten Die Set": 

 I made a sweet pair of red polka dot mittens with ric-rac trim and snowflakes using all three dies that come in this sweet mitten set.  Here is a close-up view of the sparkle of snow I added with a "Wink of Stella" clear glitter pen:

Doesn't it make the mittens look like they are glistening with snow?  I wanted a really old-fashioned feel to this card so I inked all of the edges and my embossed panel to give lots of home-spun charm to it!!!  Isn't this the cutest set of mittens?  I used the ric-rac die cut twice for each mitten to really define the cuff.  Then I added the snowflakes and the sentiment "warm wishes" which is from the "Cup of Cheer" stamp set.

Here are pictures of the Your Next Stamp products I used on this card:

And one more card using the new stamp set called "Ice Skating Phoebe"!

 Phoebe is outside on the lake near her home twirling around in circles on her lovely red polka dotted ice skates!  Her cheeks are rosy from the cold air and she is having so much fun!!!!  And to top it all off it has started to snow!  Lots of lovely "sparkle YNS gumdrops" are coming down around her as snowy flakes!  If it were me I would be trying to catch them on my tongue!  Did you do that when you were a little girl?  I sure did!

Thanks for taking a look at my cards. I hope you will visit everyone that is part of today's Release HOP:

Remember to leave comments along the way, you have until November 13th at midnight EST to comment for your chance to WIN a $25 YNS Gift Certificate!

1. Anita  2. Jill (November Guest)  3. Sue  4. Carole  5. Martha (November Guest)  6. Holly  7. Julie  8. Kymona  9. Maureen  10. Laura  11. Kendra  12. Tracy  13. Deborah  14. Thanh  15. Karen / YNS Blog  16. Your Next Stamp Store

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:) Jill

Edited on 11-10-2015 to add two additional cards and release day links.

25 Days of Christmas Tags - "You Melt My Heart"

Hello Friends and Welcome!
 Today is an exciting day!  Paper Sweeties is thrilled to be participating in Tracey McNeeley's 5th Annual "25 Days of Christmas Tags" event!  You can follow along throughout the event at Tracey's wonderfully inspiring blog called "In My Creative Opinion". 

Anyone that has followed my blog or You Tube channel for a while knows that every year I make a ton of different style Christmas tags for my family and hand them out on Thanksgiving as their gift from me.  It is a fun tradition and everyone loves receiving them.  Because I love making Christmas tags so much I of course love Tracey's Christmas tag event each year!  If you have not visited Tracey's blog before then you are in for a special holiday treat!

For my tag I chose to work with Paper Sweeties "Tea for Two" stamps and sweet cuts dies as well as the "Thanks Snow Much" stamp set which has the sentiment "You melt my heart".

 I created a red card stock folded tag with the teapot die and then die cut additional teapots out of a music note pattern paper and some rustic cream card stock. I then embossed the teapot stamp onto the die cut with some gold embossing powder.  I love how easy it is to line up the teapot and get a perfectly stamped versamark outline using my Misti (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented):

Once the teapot die cut was embossed I then die cut a heart out of the center of the patterned paper teapot and added a cream teapot behind it. I then glued this to the red folded teapot tag I had created.  I stamped my sentiment in the window and then added Stickles gold to the aperture.

I embellished the taq with some white felt holly leaves and gems, gingham ribbon and a bit of thick cream twine leftover from a package that was delivered.  And I made a whole set of tags so I would have plenty to share with my family:

Well that is it for me today....but there is a lot more inspiration to be seen on my Paper Sweeties team mates posts!  Here is the link list:

Jeri Thomas

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Nancy Penir

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Mynn Kitchen

Angel Johns

Jill Norwood 

  Kathy Schweinfurth

Emily Frasier

Enjoy this wonderful Blog Hop!  And a great big thank you to Tracey for bringing joy to our holiday season each year with her wonderful "25 Days of Christmas Tags"!  Happy 5th Anniversary Tracey!  

:) Jill

Christmas Tags 2015....round 2

Hello Friends,
Back with some more Christmas tags and mini Christmas or Winter-time cards. I have been a busy bee all Summer and Fall and am getting ready to bag up a selection of Christmas tags for each of my family members to be distributed on Thanksgiving Day!   It is my gift to them each year and one that has become a fun tradition!

To see my earlier post of Christmas tags go HERE.

I have lots of pictures to share so here we go:

First up are some beautiful angel tags:

 This angel is a die from Tonic Studios and is one of my favorites this year!  Isn't she sweet?  I used a tiny set of holly leaves from Paper Sweeties to embellish her as well as a "Christmas Angel" stamped sentiment tag from Lili of the Valley Stamps.

I liked the first one so much that I made 6 in all! :)

And here is a tag using the two new angel wing dies from Memory Box/Poppy Stamps.  I could not find a store that had these in stock so I was not able to link them below.

  I gave this one to a friend who just lost her dog.... I hope to make more before Christmas....

Next some round tags colored very lightly with Copics using a stamp set called "Oh Deer" from Lil Inker Designs:

 How about a mitten tag using a new stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps called "Rustic Christmas":

This mitten is just one of many wonderful images in this set.  Mine is a little bit grunged up in a lovely red ink on turquoise paper with some glitter added.  I am working on using every image in this set!  And am very hopeful that matching dies will be coming soon?!

Next are some 3.5" x 3.5" square cards using a sweet snowman set from Unity Stamp Company called "Little Frosty Friends":

Aren't these snowmen adorable?

This one with the heart and the sweet sentiment of "You Warm my HEART" is my favorite!
 

Well that is it for tonight.  Thanks for taking a peek at some of the Christmas items I have been making.
Happy Weekend!
Jill

Your Next Stamp Challenge #26...You are a"DORK"able!

 Hello Friends,
Did you hear my news that I am one of the guest designers with Your Next Stamp for the month of November?  Well today is my first official post and it is for the Your Next Stamp Challenge #26.  You can choose from the sketch or the color inspiration or if you choose you can combine the two! Here are the inspiration photos:

I chose to use the sketch by itself this time and inked up a sweet stamp set called  "A'dork'able".  It is the sweetest set for the bright little one's in our lives or to thank a special teacher who helps them grow!  I really enjoyed coloring this sweet image and added lots of wink of stella clear glitter pen to add some sparkle.  Even the sweet little mouse sitting on her head got a wee bit of sparkle!  :)

You can see some of the sparkle here on the embossed sentiment and on the pages of the books she is perched upon.  Such a sweet image!

Here is a look at the stamp set:

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  I hope you will visit the Your Next Stamp blog to see all of the wonderful inspiration from all of the designers. There is a ton of wonderful eye candy to see and enjoy!

Thanks for taking a look at my card and Happy Friday!  Enjoy your weekend!
:) Jill

Make it Monday #229 - Fabric Strip Christmas Trees

Hello Christmas Crafters....
I am playing along with Melissa Phillip's wonderful Make it Monday today.  Her lovely video shows how to make an adorable Christmas tree out of strips of fabric.  I love making small Christmas trees especially to give as gifts to people who are unable to put up a large tree at Christmas time.  It allows them to have the spirit of Christmas in their home or hospital room etc without any work at all.  When I saw Melissa's video I immediately knew that I could create a tree like hers and add it to a spool to make a mini-tree.  Here is what I came up with....I apologize for the picture quality...the sparkly star and the inclement weather here in Seattle were making it difficult to get a good shot even with my OTT lite today....

I found this such a fun project to work on!!!  I used two grosgrain ribbons from Papertrey Ink - Simply Chartreuse and ripe avocado.  (Note: I think that a lighter weight ribbon is easier to work with for this project but unfortunately this was what I had on hand in "green"! )   I also used some gingham ribbon, crochet ribbon in cream and red, various fabric strips from what I had on hand, and sparkly eyelash yarn as my "tinsel"....insert smile here!  :)

The straws I used were some I got on clearance last Christmas.  The spool is one that I emptied a while ago and kept.  I added some cream crocheted ribbon and a decorative pin to it before adding the tree.  I also reinforced the straw on the inside with a 1/4 strip of 110lb card stock that I scored and folded in half length wise.  I wanted to make the straw a little bit stronger since I had bent it several times by accident while creating.

Thanks for taking a look at my little tree.  I loved this technique and have a feeling I will be making many more of these over the next few weeks!  I want to try a card next!  Thanks for a great Christmas craft Melissa! It is my favorite season of the year to craft for!

Edited on 11-3-15:  Adding a better photo:

Hugs,
Jill

Special Announcement....

Hello Friends,
I am so excited to share with you that I will be one of the month long Guest Designers at Your Next Stamp during November! I am thrilled to join their wonderful creative team of designers throughout the month sharing inspiration using all of their wonderful products! I hope you will visit the YNS blog to see the intro post. The wonderfully talented Martha of Trinity Rose Designs is also guest designing this month!  Check out her wonderful cards at her blog HERE! 

 Here is the card I made for our guest designer intro.  I used the adorable "Jessica with Cupcakes" stamp set to create this sweet birthday card:

Don't those cupcakes look yummy?!  I didn't have any of the wonderful "Sparkly Teal" YNS gumdrops so I used some sequins instead to add a bit of sparkle to my card.  Isn't Jessica sweet?  I love this image!  One of my favorites! And it is the entire focus of my card!  I think she is adorable!!!!

Here are pictures of the stamp set and coordinating die set from the YNS shop:

Such a sweet set of products aren't they?

I hope you will follow along with all of our posts for Your Next Stamp this month and check out their wonderful products!  They have such fun challenges and also a wonderful November Release coming out very soon!  Stay tuned! 

Thanks,
Jill