Created by Katie Cotton: PMS sponsors JUGS

So you know you're tired when the picture of your card is just of your card sitting on top of your printer. HAHAHAHAHA. Thats where im at in life right now! Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day. it just didnt work out that way!

ANyhoo - Here is my card for this weeks Just Us Girls Challenge, being sponsored by Paper Makeup Stamps!!!

So my card is simple, but i think thats something I really like about cardmaking.

You can make a very elaborate card, and I can color on it and have layer after layer. These cards really are my favorites. But sometimes, there just isnt the time! Sometimes you need a card for a special person or special occasion and just pulling one out f the stash isnt going to do.

This is also why i like all of the wordart stamps out there, but of course i'm particularly fond of the Paper Makeup Stamps ones. :D The mash up of fonts just make it so fun, and keeping the rest of the card simple you can really make it pop!

What else helps to pull a card together quick? A great sketch or color combination.

Now I don't know about you, but when i get overworked and busy with life... my brain can't come up with these things on their own. And thats why i like challenges!!!

This week, Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring the Just Us Girls challenge team. You should check out their site, for 1 they have a new awesome challenge every week with gorgeous samples, but this week they are all using PMS! :D Some of the Paper Makeup Artists also joined in today, so be sure to check out the Paper Makeup Stamps blog as well.

Another place to check out some new challenges is over on the NEW My Time Made Easy blog.

Yes this is a shameless plug added to my post. THe first challenge kicked off on thursday, and i had every intention of playing, but with bridal season in full force, a commerical this past week, and a few other odds and ends going on. It didnt happen. BUT i can still tell YOU about it!

There will be a new challenge every thursday (a pretty patterns sketch challenge) and sunday will be a new color challenge!

SO check everyone out!

Details on my card...

Stamps...the new Only As High wordart and Danni's Flutterbies

Butterfly colored with R81, R85, R89, E25 copic markers

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron

Accessories: Soft Sky Ribbon, Spellbinder scalloped rectangle, bling from stash

Who I Am!

I'm a mama to 2 awesome little dudes, Jack (6) and Gabe (3) and a wife to a wonderful man. My life is very full and I am richly blessed! I have been a professional makeup artist for a over a decade (holy crap!) but I just LOVE to stamp and scrapbook! So in February of 2009 I started my own stamp company called, what else but... Paper Makeup Stamps! I truly love everything that I do! In 2010 I started to also do a bit of photography and by the end of 2011 I was so blessed and busy with makeup and photo work, that PMS had to turn into a digi based stamp company and I had to resign from the design teams I felt so lucky to be on but I had to refocus my extra time on family. My postings on my blog may not be as frequent as they once were, but I'm still honored that you've decided to peek in!

6 comments:

Lisa Kind, Sunday, March 20, 2011: So glad you were able to play along, Katie! Love that sentiment and how you used the colors to showcase it! Hope your life settles down a bit...we miss you!
Elise, Sunday, March 20, 2011: Katie! THANK YOU SO MUCH for your generous sponsorship of the JUGS challenge this week! I am SO impressed with your versatile and lovingly rendered images! {And, I had such fun with Felicity - what an ADORABLE image! *swoon!*} THIS card is a stunning showcase for BOTH, your talent & stamps, and the JUST US GIRLS color palette this week! It means so much to have you play along, as well! I can't wait to see what your team has made! THANKS, again!
Andrea M, Monday, March 21, 2011: Katie!!! Thank you soooo much for your super generous support of the JUGS challenge this week!!! LOVE the Dandy Wishes set!!!
Your card is GORGEOUS!!! Love the swiss dot background and the fabulous use of the challenge colors! I hear ya on the time thing - ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right? :) Your pic looks wonderful! Thanks again Katie and we're so glad you could play along!!!
Carma, Monday, March 21, 2011: Love that little butterfly with the sentiment! Love you too!!
Kathryn B, Thursday, March 24, 2011: I love a CAS card like this one with the adorable butterfly along with one of your beautifully crafted sentiments! I love the different fonts you use! Love them! Thanks so much Katie for your generosity and sponsoring JUGS this week!
Dana Gustafson, Sunday, March 27, 2011: Katie dear! THANK YOU so much for sponsoring our Just Us Girls challenge this week. I LOVED working with the Rainbows and Raindrops set. The images and font combos make my little stamp lovin hear tgo pitter patter! And YOUR card! You are so right, your fab sentiment takes the cake on this perfect little jewel of a card confection!