Paper Makeup Stamps is LIVE

The website is live! I was going to wait to open the website until i could do something kinda big and grandiose but i'm too stinkin' excited! SOOOOOOO, instead i'm going to do a giveaway from one of the earlier sneak peeks i did from my stamps. :)

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Jacilynn said...

Great Candy! Congratulations!!!!!

Jacilynn - i dont know how to contact ya girl, so send me an email at makeupbykatie@yahoo.com


And for anyone wanting to peekie at the website it's http://www.papermakeup.com

Thanks everyone!

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a bella card

Thank you so so much for all the emails and well wishes i got! Yesterday was really bad. I thought the pain was bad sunday but i was mistaken! Luckily greg was home and took care of the boys for me. Of course the boys were all out of sorts and jack came in crying asking if he could take me to the medicine house because he just wanted me to feel better. It broke my heart! But finally we're seeing some light at the end of the tunnel!

Ok, i just felt like i should post that since i've gotten so many emails! (again, thanks so much, you sure do make a girl feel loved!)

Now onto my card...


i actually started this card on saturday for the Bella Homepage contest. I used my new Jugglabella from Stamping Bella. Man, am i excited i can get these locally now! This card in particular you can see at Funkie Munkie Scraps and will be included in some of the cards we'll be making in one of my classes. I havent figured out which one yet, probably the coloring class on the 12th.




Now i love jugglabella. You could easily mask out those hearts and put a whole slew of things in there. I'm sure I will at some point, but right now we're nearing february so hearts it is!

The paper is by American Crafts and the line is called Romantic. All of the paper is double sided and thick (think cardstock) with a solid color on one side, and the patterened paper on the other side. So it's fantastic to use because you always have your coordinating cardstock!. I used bazzill cardstock for my base. And those fun little pom poms? Thats the new Daisy Bucket ribbon. it's so fun! It's almost like paper. You can rip it, stamp on it, rub on it, curl it, crinkle it... endless possibilities! very neat stuff! It sells at FM for $5 a spool (which has 10 yards on it). I'm thinking of doing a bulk buy swap with it, so if you are interested, please let me know.

Ok, thats it for now. I feel miserably behind on everything so i'm going to try and get caught up.

Good news though - i'm hoping to have the Paper Makeup Stamps in by the end of the week!!!! YIPPIEEEEE! More new on a release date soon when i have everything!

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well i was going to be crafty.

Well, i had every intention of being crafty and making some fun things while my hubby was out of town this weekend. But i felt pretty yucky after the wedding i worked yesterday. I colored a bella and then said i'd finish tomorrow (today). But then i woke up at 4 am thinking that i was going to DIE! I had to wait until a friend could come and watch the kiddos (THANK YOU LISA!) and then i went to an emergency doc. Turns out i have a kidney stone. Not fun. AND i've tried and tried and tried to get ahold of my husband to get him to come home early and his cell goes straight to voice mail. So we're all watching movies today and i'm going to post a card that jack made for his teacher a bit back.



Here's the story...
One day in my craft room jack was searching for something. I told him he needed to stay out of mama's things. His reply was "but i NEEEEEEEEEED a flower for my card for Ms Jill!" i wasnt aware he was making a card for Ms Jill. So i said, ok, pick out 1 flower. So he did. Then we went thru our normal routine. He went thru my scrap bin and picked out his paper. Then he picked out a stamp and some ink. He said it needed to be all pink for ms jill but got very frustrated when his pink ink wouldnt show up. so he picked purple. I put sticky tabs on the back of everything and then he layered it all together. Mind you he'll be 3 in a month. But i love it when he decides to make cards.

Ok, i'm going back to laying down (dont worry, i'm sitting on the couch as i write this anyway)

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MY LAST POST WAS MONDAY?!?!

WHAT?! Did i read that right? My last post was MONDAY!? Sheesh. This week has just flown by! I even have stuff that i prepared to post. haha. But i will let you know i have been hard at work on the website and it's pretty much done, just needs to be put on the new server.

SO - i'm finally posting that layout i told you i did forever. Yes, I actually scrapbooked. The picture isnt the best, but it works, right? :)



Everything on this layout is available at www.funkiemunkiescraps.com

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I cant say i wasnt warned.

Ok, i have another greeting farm card for you. Because i dont have anything else i'm supposed to be working on! HA! But when i downloaded the cute unicorn for the challenge (see post below) i couldnt help but download an Anya as well. I've thought she was cute, but didnt buy yet (darn spending freeze). I can already feel i'm going to have another stamp addiction. Like i need another one? But i was warned. First by Rachel and then by kel. it's gonna be dangerous. Thank goodness my local store is going to sell them so i can get quick fixes!

These gals are very fun to color! I especially had fun coloring her hair. :)



This is Alice Anya. It's another downloadable digi. You cant beat 3 bucks man. So easy. Right there for ya. No waiting for shipping. Now THATS a quick fix. hehe.

So anya was printed out (thank goodness my new printer works like a dream with copics) and colored with aforementioned copics. I left some white showing in her hair to show the shine (same style thats used often with anime and manga). I could not find patterned paper i wanted to use for the life of me, so i pulled out a stamp set by Inque Boutique called Monarch. I had almost forgot i had this set. Its actually a clear stamp set, not the norm from the Inque Boutique sets. The sentiment is a Stampabilties stamp from Hobby Lobby. A few extra rhinestones finish out the card.

Thanks for stopping by, i gotta get back to the things i'm SUPPOSED to be working on!

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Remembering my childhood with The Greeting Farm

Marie at The Greeting Farm is hosting a super fun challenge using one of her digi stamps. You can read all about her challenge here and you have until this wednesday (Janurary 21st) to enter! What have ya got to lose? Marie's drawing style is just awesome and all the images are fantastic. You should really check it out.

Ok, onto my card.

I was really feelin' my childhood when i made this card! The colors are very atypical for me but after maria mentioned My Little Ponies, i was so there! I was actually a bigger fan of Rainbow Brite! Seriously, i was rainbow brite 2 or 3 different halloweens! My mom just had to keep re-adjusting the costume so it would fit me the following year! So when i saw this cutie unicorn, i thought of Starlight ("the most magnificent horse in the universe"). Of course starlight wasnt a unicorn but his hair was multicolored. After i colored the image, i just went from there to make the card.
And at that point i have no idea what i did because i made this card at midnight while everyone else was asleep! So i may drag a little bit today, but at least i had fun last night cardmaking, right? :)

ETA: sorry, other deets on the card. The cardstock is PTI. I have no clue on the patterned paper. haha. And the sentiment is by stamping bella. :)

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Lauren in Love Fairy Sneak peek

Happy Sunday everyone! Phew. Sunday is my "mom" day where i do all my "mom" duties. Other than the ones i have to do everyday. It's the day I clip my coupons. i do a big grocery shop for the week. Do all laundry that hasnt been done yet. Gather all the stray dishes and do them. Put all the groceries away and tidy up the cupboards that have gone array. You know... mom stuff.

But after i got all that done, i put the baby down for a nap and convinced Jack he needed to play with daddy. So i made this card using "Lauren in Love", one of the fairies soon to be released from Paper Makeup Stamps.

First, here's the card...



A little background on the stamp itself. She is from the fairy line of Beautiful Day Fairies done by one of my WONDERFUL illustrators. Her name is Diem so Beautiful Day is a play on her name. In Vietnamese, Diem means "beauty". In Latin, it means "day". So we decided to combo it into Beautiful Day Fairies. :) They are all so pretty. I'm super stoked about them.

Jack (who will be 3 in just a little over a month, ack!) Named my fairies for me. I asked him what their names should be. He named them after his 3 favorite girl friends. Jack just LOVES his friend Lauren. They bicker like an old married couple sometimes, but he's in love. If she tells him to use his fork (and she will!) he'll use his fork. If i tell him, he looks at me and pushes it off the table. *sigh* Since this fairy it's sprinkling hearts to the ground, I decided on Lauren in Love. Isnt she sweet?

More deets on the card... I colored her with copics (bet ya coulda guessed that!) but i've been playing with my method a wee bit since i'll be teaching copic classes soon! And i've decided i want every single color ending in a 0 or a 1! Yep, it's my new favorite way of coloring with them. :)

I added lots of shimmer to the card using spicas which is always hard to see, but i tried my best to get an angel of light that you can see the super shimmer-i-ness of the card.

it's not full justice to the shimmer, but it's a start.

Thanks again for stopping by! I love to hear your comments and feedback! Thanks so much!

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2 post for the day, scroll down for a sneak peek!

i needed to take a break, and saw this posted on Shannan's blog. It looked like fun. :)

Saw this on my SIL's blog and thought it looked fun. All of the bold items are ones I have done in my wee 29 years *wink* If you do this, link me up! I'd love to read it!


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain - if Runyon Canyon in LA counts, then yes!
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped - no, but i did one of those sling shot things once??
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - i saw a water spout (tornado over the ocean)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - my parents did and i picked them??
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - wooops
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - well the country, does that count?
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - if sign language counts
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied is this a trick question?
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant ok so i bought a homeless man some mcdonalds, it counts, right
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted yes and i'll find the picture!
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie independent movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - WOOT! doin' it right now!
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - it was soooo eerie
67. Bounced a check - woops! sorry rachel!
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - i dont remember it, but there are pictures of me with it as a kid
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt - half way done with my tshirt quilt, but it's been half way done for about 3 years. hehe.
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone - but only my toe
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person does from a plane count??
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - i was a lifeguard and i had to jump in to get kids too deep all the time. No crazy CPR or anything though.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

that was fun shannan! And i found the portrait painted of me online (man i love the internet) by searching for my friend who was the artist...
here it is...



You can find more of Matt Hiron's (on of my best friends since childhood!) art here

Dont forget to scroll down to see a sneak peek from my stamp line! :)

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My mojo is back and another sneak peek

My mojo is back! More or less because it has to be! I have samples galore i need to work on and classes to prepare for! I'm teaching quite a few over at The Funkie Munkie so if you live in the area I'd love for you to come and take my class! My teaching schedule will be in my side bar. :)

Also - I was asked to be a guest designer for Bombshell Stamps for the month of February! Good thing i dont have to work on that stuff just yet! hehe.

I cleaned my craft room today so i'll be ready for all of the new things to come. I cant believe how fast my world is moving, but i'm so excited.

All of the stamps are in the progress of being made. That i really can't believe! It will be so nice to work with the actual rubbah and not my digi files! haha.

Here's another sneak peek for you today of Smitten Snake by Paper Makeup Stamps. He kinda cracks me up with that big ol' grin of his. This one is from one of my illustrators. You'll get to see more of his animals soon.




I used Lauren Meaders mytimeless20 sketch for this card.
If you notice on her sketch, she had that edging to the right. Well, i've owned that punch by Stampin Up for the better part of a year now and had still yet to use the bugger! So i was thrilled to see this sketch. Of course nothing on the sketch is mandatory but i had no excuses not to use that punch! So i did! hehe.
My other details...
Cardstock (all by SU) - kraft, red ridinghood, chocolate chip, so saffron
Coloring Medium - copics
Tools - cuddlebug and tiny mosaic embossing folder
Embellies - buttons by American Crafts, thread by DMC


Ok, back to working on projects for this week! :)

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my mojo is TAPPED

I am completely tapped for mojo! Continuing on the scrambling rampage, all my designs for the first release and grand opening of Paper Makeup Stamps are done and off to be produced. Whew. But MAN am i tired! Not to mention the baby woke up at 5 am and did NOT want to go back to sleep. And he's been in my lap all day as i worked on the computer (still not feeling well from his shots). I had every intention of working on a new card to do a sneak peek, but at this point, i just want to curl up in a warm blanket, a cup of hot cocoa and some good music. But my 2 year old actually took a nap (yeah for having some time to work on the computer unbugged, boo for the fact that i'll be staying up late!)

SO - no card to show, but i will just give a sneak peek of one of the last sets i created today (at the request of some of my readers who asked for a monkey). I'm super critical of the things i draw myself so i'm so thrilled that some liked the squirrel enough to ask for more animals like him!

Here is my Monkey Business set...



Once i hear word back from the production people of when they will be ready I'll be sure to let you all know!

Thanks for stopping by! With luck i will have a creation for you tomorrow!

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