PMS Digi Makeover Challenge #62

Holy cow there was a lot of participation last week in the digi challenge!  So much that I couldnt just not play this week!  I hope the winner enjoys her new digis!  It's that easy to play along, just use a digi and also our challenge for the week.  It does not need to be a paper makeup stamps digi.  I'm a little partial to them myself.  hehe.

This week's challenge is to create a thank you card.  These are the cards I reach for most in my stash so I can always use extras.  

Here I have one of the PMS fairies named Melody and a sentiment from the Everyday Thanks set (which was added to the site as a digi set just for this challenge!)

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

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Today is a new challenge for the PMS digi makeover challenge AND a new digi release from Paper Makeup Stamps!

We have a new digi collection that is being sold as a set and a portion of proceeds will go to the Susan G Komen Foundation.

The DigiMakeover challenge for today is to THINK PINK (fitting, we know.  Michelle is a smart cookie that way when she sets up the challenges!)  All images and word art on my cards below is from the new set which you can also purchase HERE.

Check out http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com for more samples from the design team!

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I am still alive...

Well, i haven't fallen off the face of the earth, though in terms of crafting I sure have!

PHEW is all I have to say!  I have just been SLAMMED busy with work.  I am not at all complaining!

Wedding season around here is in full force and between my bookings and the bookings of my artists on my team... well i have just stayed extremely busy.  THat and my boudoir photography has really taken off so thats definitely exciting!  Still, i miss crafting and I really need to carve out some time in my schedule for it!

Since tomorrow is the first day of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, I decided to create a card accordingly!  And since it's monday and another Digi Makeover challenge day, I used Michelle's fabulous sketch for my inspiration!

Here is my card!

I used one of the floral images from the Faith Hope Love digi set.

I typed the Hope word using one of my new favorite commercial fonts!  Keep your eyes peeled for more word art with this font in the future!

Well, i'm pooped after wedding mania this weekend and I'm just proud i squeaked a card in there, but my eyes are beyond heavy and tomorrow I have a meeting in the morning, a bridal consult and then a photoshoot in the afternoon so i better get to bed!    So glad for auto posting!  :D

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PMS Digi Makeover challenge #48

Summer time is still in FULL effect here!  It's hot and sticky and almost too much to even go outside to the pool!  PHEW!  

This weeks challenge given to us by challenge coordinator, Michelle Van Patten was to 

So i chose the Suzie digi because swimming is just about the only relief you can get from this weather here!

Here is my card!

I seriously feel like i'm in a layout rut!  I better break out of that because PMS has 5 new fun and fancy word art digs being released TOMORROW!  Yep, we are having a blog hop and the release will go live in the morning at 7am!  WOOT WOOT!  I'm actually the creator of all the word art this go round, and working with a new font creator (He's the MAN, love this guy!) i've been playing with some new styles for PMS.  I love them!  I'm so excited to share them with you tomorrow!

But for now... just these challenge.  teehee!  Be sure to check back in though!

And be sure to check out the Company Blog for more wonderful inspiration for this week's challenge!

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PMS digi makeover challenge #47

WOOOPS!  I fell asleep early last night snuggling in bed with my 6 year old and I just woke up realizing, i never make my post last night!  So sorry this is a bit late for those that like to check early in the am.  I'm sure that honestly, no one really cares that my post is late.  haha!

Today's challenge for the digimakeover is "Endless Summer"!  Which is just PERFECT since last tuesday we released a special digi set in honor of own of our design team member's Jen Scull that is all about SUNSHINE!  It truly is coincidental!  The digi set will have ALL proceeds go directly to Jen and her family.  You can read all about Jen's Sunshine on the company blog or by clicking THIS LINK.

And now here is my card for an Endless Summer!

And now i have to jet to a doctor's appointment so i will leave it as i colored with copies and used October Afternoon paper!

Have a wonderful day!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge

What is YOUR favorite holiday?  Well making a card for your favorite holiday is exactly what we were challenged with for this week's Digi Makeover challenge at PMS.

I had a hard time deciding what my favorite holiday is!  haha!  I guess i just love to celebrate.  I love to decorate.  I love the excuse to wear silly socks, eat candy and cookies.  I like to act like a kid.

Birthdays, Christmas even valentine's day and halloween.  All fun!  

but then i really started to think... ok.. if i had to narrow it down to one... whats my favorite.

Then I got a little sappy, and thought about my kiddos (who are currently in another state, visiting my parents for a week) and i thought... ya know... i just really love being around family at Christmas time.

I really love the surprise and excitement over the entire christmas holiday.  not because of the gifts you get (honestly, i like to give them more than I like to get them) but just the warmth and love of Christmas.  So obviously... i need to make a christmas card.

Then i remembered a PMS stamp... it's one of my favorite movie lines of all time.

I knew exactly what to do for my card.  :D

I used the What If Christmas along with one of the images from the Framed set.

I love digis because i was able to make these work perfectly with each other!  :D

Be sure to check out the company blog for more samples BUT also make sure to come back tomorrow (I know, 2 posts in a ROW) but i have a very very special post about someone near and dear to my heart and a NEW digi set being released just for her!!!  You won't want to miss it!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge, Monochromatic

Anyone who knows me, or has followed my blog for a bit knows that i absolutely LOVE monochromatic!  So when the challenge leader, Michelle Van Patten, issued the challenge to use monochromatic colors so way on our cards for this weeks challenge, i was THRILLED!

You can see more monochromatic-ness i've done by clicking on the label monochromatic.

And here is my card for today...

I used a new to digi (but one of the first fairy images for rubber) Emma.

And since i was using her in a digi form, I decided to enlarge her a bit, but then cut off her legs so that the image was a little more about her sunny disposition on her face.  Though i really love her little rain boots so it was a bit painful to not include them.  haha!

I also used the sentiment, a cloudy day.

The image was colored with the topic marker cool greys and then the rain and wings were drawn over with a glitter pen.  How could you not smile if you lived in a world where it rain glitter! (please refrain now from breaking into the Ke$ha song in your head like i just did... and if you did, i apologize!)

Now be sure to go on over and check out the company blog to see samples from the challenge team!

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Digi Makeover Catch Up!

Its Monday, so it's time for another Digi Makeover Challenge, but wait... i never got my card from LAST week posted!  HAHA!  I was having some internet issues, so I did get my card sent via phone to Michelle who posted it on the company blog, but I just realized it never was posted over here!

Last week was so crazy, I was on 2 production jobs, so between those, home life and other work related this and thats, well, i guess i just never realized it wasnt posted.  Better late than never, right?

So here is my card from last week!  I used Wally monster.  I just love that guy!

The papers are from one of our old card kits, Will to DayDream.  (manufacturer, American Crafts)  

And now into this week's challenge... to make an Easel card!

Here is my card duo...

 The great this about easel cards is that there are a lot of things you can do with them!

In this case, I created cards but put my boys teachers names on the base.

The names were printed with my favorite font (you might notice it's the same one I use for Paper Makeup Stamps!) and the digi is While We Teach.

The inside has a sweet thank you note from the everyday thanks set (actually hand stamped in this case as it was a last minute though and I had already glued down my paper!)

Be sure to check out the company blog for more great samples!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge

It's another Monday and another day for a PMS digi makeover challenge!

I was so thrilled to see so many participants in last week's challenge!  Remember you do not have to use a PMS digi to play, any digi will do.  But of course i love seeing those PMS digis!  hehehehe.  Shameless plug.  :D

This week, our digi team coordinator, Michelle, challenged us to a Things with Wings challenge.  Wll good gravy there are a lot of PMS stamps with wings so it was hard to even choose an image to play with!

In the end I decided on Nell Fairy.  And again, this was previously not a digi on the site and just a rubber stamp so I decided to add it to the shop along with Carma and Wayne from the same release.  :D  You can see the latest digi adds HERE.

Here is my card...

My sentiment is from the Raindrops and Rainbows set but this sentiment is also available solo here.

Papers are all from Daisy Bucket (an older collection, i'm in a desperate attempt to use UP paper that i've hoarded rather than buy new!) And the image was colored with copic makers (R00, R30, R32, R35, R37, R39, E00, E21, E23, E25, E27, B000, B00, B02, B04, YG11, YG13, YG17)

Be sure to check out the Company Blog to see if you won last week's challenge (if you played!) and to see she awesome samples from the team members this week AND to enter to win this week's challenge!

Thanks for dropping by!

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Digi Makeover Challenge from Paper Makeup Stamps!

I'm back from my hiatus!  Sorry i've missed the past couple of weeks in the digi makeover challenge.  Just so much going on around here!  And then last week my good friend Ginger came down with the flu.  She and her husband both!  So I took her boys (ages 18 months and 4 months) and kept them for sunday and monday and kinda forgot that i made my craft room into their bedroom while they were here!  Whoops!

Anyhoo - this week's challenge we are seeing spots!  Spots of any type will do!

And your only other requirement for the challenge is to use a digi stamp.  It doesn't have to be a PMS stamp, but you know we love to see 'em if you've got 'em!

Here is my card...

I used the Freckled Lemonade digi set (newly added to the site as a digi, though there are still some rubber sets available!)

The paper used it all from Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday and I used copic markers to color the image and the corduroy button is a past in color button from Stampin Up in pacific point.  It's not NEARLY as blue in person as it is on the card.  Ah, don't you know what photography can do!  hahahaha.  Ah well, it matches in person.

Be sure to check out the Paper Makeup Stamps company blog for more inspiration from the digi team!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge

 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!

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Another Monday with PMS

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!

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PMS Digi Makeover challenge

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!!!!

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Ack, my post didnt post!

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!

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I'm back!

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!

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Another Digi Makeover challenge

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!

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DigiMakeover Challenge: Clean and Simple

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!

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Digi Makeover Challenge: Wordart

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!!!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge and MTME

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!

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PMS Digi Makeover Challenge: Be My Valentine!

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!

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