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Alright so I am not feeling especially chatty right now...a cold has been making its way through my family and apparently it might be my turn. Ugh! I was really hoping I was going to escape this one. Unfortunately, my poor daughter has gotten all of them!! So I will keep this short and sweet.
Today is the Monster Mash Blog Hop with Paper Makeup Stamps! A chance for the design team and some customers to showcase one of my favorite lines, the Monsters! You can use the following Link List to follow along and marvel at everyone's awesome creations:
As for me, I used the Football Fan Monster. My layout is from the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #209. The monster had to wear Maize and Blue in honor of my Michigan Wolverines! Then I created my little football field...which I love how it turned out!
So make sure to hop along to all of the blogs so you don't miss a thing. And while you are seeing all of these awesome monsters, take note of the ones you like, head to the Paper Makeup Stamps Store and put them in a cart. The Monsters are on 15% off for one week using the promo code: MONSTERHOP...a perfect time to stock up if I do say so myself! Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
Engineering Details
Stamps - Football Fan Monster (Paper Makeup Stamps); Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso (SU!), Summer Grass (Pebbles Inc), watercolor paper; Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko), Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry (SU!); Accessories - Blue and yellow twine (unknown), Argyle Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Provo), white gel pen, Edge Distresser, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), dimensionals
Are you ready for a Hoedown? I can't say I have ever been to one. I have done some line dancing way back when, but that is a bit off topic! I am not sure what happens at a real hoedown but at a Hambo Hoedown, Hambo Stamps throws out a challenge, you create a card (or project) within the challenge requirements using a Hambo image, link it up to the Hambo Hoedown post, email Hambo Stamps a photo of the card (important step), and they will send you a FREE digi just for participating! How cool is that?!
So this week challenge is to create a project with an item that begins with the letter of your first name. The design team was also given Flower Monster to work with as well (he is the freebie this week...or was it last week...I am new here remember?!). I love, love this monster...so cute and there are two sentiments that go with him! So I created my card based on the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #128 (which is revisiting an older sketch #7).
Since my name is Andrea, I had to come up with an "A" item to put on my card...which I will admit I nearly forgot about!! So "A" is kind of hard...I finally came up with Alphabet Stickers! So I replaced the "If" in the sentiment with a giant "if". My monster was watercolored with ink pads and an aquabrush.
So make sure to check out all of the details over at Hambo Hoedown and get creating! Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Flower Monster Digi (Hambo Stamps); Paper - Dot Paper (Bo Bunny), Bunches (Fancy Pants Designs), Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy (SU!), watercolor paper; Ink - Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Accessories - white taffeta ribbon (SU!), Black Vinyl Alpha Stickers (Thickers), Corner Rounder Punch (SU!), Rain Dots (Cloud 9 Design), dimensionals, aquabrush
Well today is the day that I get to finally spill the beans! I am officially a "Bacon Bit" for Hambo Stamps (lot of pig jokes coming your way as it is the mascot for "Ham"bo Stamps!) from now through January. I am so excited to have this opportunity and let me tell you, there is some great stuff over at Hambo Stamps and I cannot wait to show you. Obviously I am so excited I am typing run-on sentences!!
So in honor of my announcement today, I thought I would show off one of the cards I created to try-out for the team. This uses Wee Henrietta Witch Digi...I know look at me go with the digis lately...and I even managed to not smear the image when I colored it. Either I got lucky or I am learning! Isn't little Henrietta the cutest?! You need to see the other Wee Henrietta and Wee Henry digis...soo cute! My card uses an old Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #104.
Make sure to check back tomorrow for my first official Design Team post for the Hambo Hoedown...we are sure to get down and dirty ;) Looking forward to a great four months! Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Wee Henrietta Witch Digi (Hambo Stamps), All Year Cheer II (SU!); Paper - Cast a Spell Pattern Paper, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black (SU!), watercolor paper; Ink - Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Pumpkin Pie (SU!), Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Accessories - Labels 8 and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Black Rhinestones (Bazzill Basics), Black Sparkle Ribbon (JoAnns), dimensionals, aquabrush
Wow it feels like I may be starting to figure out how to get our new schedule working...only took me a month! Sheesh! Some days feel like some what controlled chaos...which probably turns into complete chaos on occasions. I am definitely learning what nights I need to do crockpot meals! Then my son is being bumped up a level in his swim classes, so the schedule will be changing again! Ahhhh!
But I can find my sanity with a little crafting, so I was happy to sit down and make a card for the latest Card Patterns Sketch #135...which by the way, Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring!! So make sure to check it out and participate to get a chance to win some free PMS! I also get to show off some of the amazing Paper Temptress cardstocks...make sure to check out all of the amazing cards and projects that the rest of the Paper Temptress Design Team has created on the Paper Temptress Blog.
I kept the design simple so that the Paper Temptress cardstock could shine. The simple Love Heart from the Hugs & Kisses set from Paper Makeup Stamps was perfect. I kind of blended my three circles from the sketch together and then accenuated them with pearls. The heart was stamped on Iridescent Cryogen White with Versamark and embossed. Then I colored over it with a marker and punched it out. The beautiful Laser Silver Lustre cardstock that makes up the main face of the card is perfect since it has a subtle pattern to it.
Well I will be back next week with some exciting news...can't let the cat out of the bag yet! Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Hugs & Kisses (Paper Makeup Stamps); Paper - Laser Silver Lustre, Azalea Mica/Metallic, Alpine Aster Glimmer, Iridescent Cryogen White, Brown Basis #80 (Paper Temptress); Ink - Versamark (Tsukineko), Melon Mambo Marker, Early Espresso (SU!); Accessories - Crystal Clear Embossing Powder (SU!), Pearls (Oriental Trading), Brown 5/8" Splitz Ribbon (Paper Temptress), Circle Nestabilties (Spellbinders), 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, Scalloped Edge, corner rounder Punches (SU!), dimensionals
Finally getting to chat about the other Friday news from Paper Makeup Stamps...the Friday Freebie! Where the owner, Katie, posts a FREE digi stamp, usually a wordart, for all to have. This week's digi is a perfect compliment to my beloved Monsters in my humble opinion.
I used the sketch from the current Clean and Simple Challenge #135 on SCS and the current Color Challenge #340 on SCS (although I did not have one of the colors listed, so I went with the closest I had!). I stamped Spike multiple times and then made the center one stand out...because after all he has to just Be Himself!! The "Be Yourself" digi was printed on my base cardstock.
Make sure to check out the PMS Blog every Friday to see if there is a new Friday Freebie! Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Spike, Be Yourself Digi (Paper Makeup Stamps); Paper - Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White (SU!); Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, Apricot Appeal (SU!), Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Accessories - Black Rhinestones (Darice), Blender Pen (SU!)
Well hopefully our rough week is finally coming to an end. My poor daughter got sick this week, which resulted in breathing treatments galore (always goes straight to her lungs!) and hives...yup hives....viral hives...not hives from anything she ate or touched...just hives from her cold. I hate hives...never had them personally, but just watching them appear on her, growing into a giant covering full arm hive, and then disappearing a few hours later was just plain disturbing. Not to mention how hot they felt, how itchy she was, and just plain uncomfortable! But I think we are done with them now...we are working our way off of the Benadryl in hopes that they don't return. And then I got to celebrate my birthday yesterday as I am fighting the cold the kids gave me as a present! Aren't they just the best?! It was a good birthday, though, despite all of the craziness!
A couple of good things came out of Friday over at Paper Makeup Stamps! The first is that the Witchy Fairy and awesome Happy Halloween Sentiment are being sold separately from the October Kit (which is still available if you want some great Halloween papers and embellishments too!) for a limited time for a very low price! I love this fairy! You can see the announcement on the PMS Blog. I don't have the rubber version of the Witchy Fairy, but I did get the digi version. I am getting better with digis, but I do still find them more challenging than rubber stamping. Anyway, I created my own Silhouette from my Witchy Fairy Digi. One of the other Paper Makeup Artists, without double-checking I think it was Randee, has done this and I have been wanting to try it! So I printed her out and colored her in with a black sharpie...I had to go over her a second time though as the first pass still allowed you to see the lines of the image underneath. Then I cut her out and placed her over a circle hole on the front of the card...fulfilling the "Fill the Opening" Technique Lovers Challenge #342 on SCS.
Make sure to see how beautifully the Witchy Fairy can be colored too by checking out the PMS Blog. I will let you know about the Freebie Friday (the other good thing that came out on Friday) in another post. Until then, thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Witchy Fairy & Sentiment Digi (Paper Makeup Stamps); Paper - Crushed Curry, Perfect Plum, Whisper White (SU!); Ink - Black Sharpie Marker; Accessories - Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Black/White Bakers Twine (unknown)
Sympathy cards are one of the hardest cards...right along with masculine cards. Making a sympathy card for a family member is that much harder. But at least I can make it beautiful with Paper Temptress cardstocks.
Using the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #206, I combined a couple of different stamp sets to create my card. The quote which gives me peace when thinking about death is from the Beautiful You set from Verve Stamps. The butterfly image is from the Everyday Miracles set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. The butterfly stamped in white over the Laser Black Glossy Lustre cardstock is stunning and then a little sparkle from the Amethyst Mica/Metallic cardstock just makes it that much more beautiful.
You can see my card and all of the beautiful creations by the Paper Temptress design team on the Paper Temptress Blog. Thanks for checking out my kind of engineering!
The Engineering Details
Stamps - Beautiful You (Verve Stamps), Everyday Miracles (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps); Paper - Heavenly White 100#, Solar White Classic Linen, Amethyst Mica/Metallic, Laser Black Glossy Lustre (Paper Temptress); Ink - Lavender Lace, Whisper White Craft (SU!); Accessories - black satin ribbon (Offray), Black/white bakers twine (unknown), self-adhesive pearls (Oriental Trading), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), dimensionals
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