It's a birthday celebrating kind of day!

Ok, so today isnt the birthday of Paper Makeup Stamps (that was february 2nd) but it IS the birthday of my 4 year old son! So in honor of his birthday, i'm just showing off some birthday cards created by the Paper Makeup Artists!

Card by Tina Hale

Card by Melyssa Connolly

Card by Dawn Knight

Card by Shaela Odd

card by Katie Cotton

Gift Set by Dawn Mercedes

have a wonderful day everyone!

Another day to RETHINK

Well February is coming to a close (soon, but not yet!)

We have a few more Paper Makeup Artists very first cards to share with you!

Today we have Maria Gurnsey and honorary Paper Makeup Artist (and one of our illustrators!) Shaela Odd!

First, here's Maria's very first PMS card!

First of all, i have to say that i LOVE Maria's asthetic! Her cards always make my jaw drop to the floor. One of those, man, why cant I make cards like that! In her first card she used Gus, the birthday monster. And she used a sentiment from the monster sentiments set. I love how her card is a combo of pink, brown and black! Simply fab.

For Maria remake, use used the same sketch, but changed up the look of her card. Again, i love her card and my jaw has dropped to the floor. Here she used the raindrops and rainbows set!

Look at all the little detail like the subtle stitching over the ribbon. ACK, love it!

Ok, next up....

Shaela Odd.

Now Shaela has been with us from the get go. I knew i wanted her as an addition to the team before I even made the design team call! What i didnt know at the time was what a fabulous illustrator she would be for the company! She gets me. And i love that from my illustrators!

Oh right, the card... hehe. She has used one of the first PMS fairies, Lauren in Love.

And here is her remake...

This card stuns me as well! Shaela has really developed some mad coloring skills in the last year! Of course her first card was fab, but her rethink... fabULOUS. :)

Thanks so much for dropping by today!!! We always love seeing you! :)

Time to Rethink... again...

Welcome back to another wonderful day of RETHINKING your first PMS card!

Read all about our month of rethinking HERE.

Today we have 3 Paper Makeup Artists showing you their first cards and their wonderful remakes.

First is Senior Paper Makeup Artist, Tangii Crain.

Her first PMS card....

You know i'm lovin' that color combo! haha! And her little paperpieced skirt is so cute!

Tangii used Jaina Fairy, one of the very first fairies from PMS.

Now that Tangii, she's a clever one! She took her very first card for inspiration, and then took our Makeup 4 the weekends challenge (this week it's an awesome sketch, check it out HERE)

Look at how awesome this card turned out!

And next up is Paper Makeup Artist, Randee Elsing.

Here is her first PMS card...

I love that green polka dot paper, and in fact i think i have some. Randee has just inspired me!

Randee has always loved the PMS monsters. You can often find her making some GENIUS cards using the monsters in super clever ways! Here she has used Argus with Teddy.

For her remake, she has added in the use of the Monster Sentiment Set (and some awesoem stitching might i add!). And i LOVE how she added the button to the bow!

And last but certainly not least is one of our most recent FABULOUS additions to our design team, Paper Makeup Artist Christi Snow!

Here is her very first PMS card...

I love Christi's Shabby Chic style! And again.... liking this color combo! haha! Here she has actually used 3 different PMS stamps all from our very first release! The fairy is Lauren in Love who continues to be a best seller among the Beautiful Day Fairies. She also used the butterfly from Buggy Sayings and she oh so strategically only stamped the word life from the large Art is the tree of Life wordart!

Here is her rethunk card. ;)

Again.... loving hte color combo! Ok, so i like anything with grey in it! But those papers are delish! She has again used Lauren in Love but has comboed her with one of our most recent releases, Hugs and Kisses!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please feel free to go and leave our designers some love!

Winner of the Whats Your Favorite PMS stamp challenge!

Woopsie, almost forgot to post this today!

We have a winner from our What is Your Favorite PMS stamp challenge!

So our winner is... Angela Sprouse! here is her card!

Angela, you have won yourself a $25 gift certificate to the PMS store!

Please email me for details!

Makeup 4 the Weekend #17

Hiya peeps! Welcome to another Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge!! Man did you guys ROCK the treat challenge last week. Wowza!! Thank you to all of you who played along. :) Now it's time to announce this week's winner...congratulations Cat Darling!!!! Please email Katie with your info and she'll get a goody bag out to you. :)

Now onto this week's challenge...

This week's guest Makeup Artist is the ever fabulous Gabby who is challenging us with a "simple" sketch...
I have to admit-when I first saw this sketch I freaked. LOL! When I see a sketch with a lot of layers it tends to scare me a bit BUT I took a deep breath and went to work...
Since it was Gabby's challenge I just *had* to use her charity stamp (you can find out how to help our sweet Gabby through a hard time and snag this digi HERE).

Now for Gabby's sugary sweet card...
The first thing I fell in love with on this card is that YUMMY ribbon (OMG!) and look at this girls coloring!! Mucho jealous here!! LOL!! Amazing work Gabby!!

Now to check out more eye candy from the Makeup Artists:

Dawn Barrett

Lisa Kind

Now it's time for YOU to shine!! Here's all the details you need to know:

Make a card/layout using the above sketch and link it up to Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post (direct links only please). You do not have to use Paper Makeup Stamps but if you’ve got ‘em we’d love to see your work!! Be sure to post a link back to this challenge in your blog post so that other can play along as well. :)When you upload to SCS/PCP please use keyword M4TW17 so we can see your creations there too!!

Now for something fun that we're doing to celebrate Paper Makeup's first birthday. Every Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge for the month of February is going to have a PRIZE!! Katie will have a special goody bag for one random participant!! So play along!! :) You can also check out my blog for another chance to get your hands on a Paper Makeup treat!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and get inky!!!
Christi

Thursday Showoff

Good morning!  Sorry for the late post... this flu-bug has me completely out of commission!  This is gonna be quick so I can get my behind back in bed (Doc's orders!).  Last week's challenge was to make a Treat Box or Candy holder... here's what y'all came up with.  See you here tomorrow for another dose of "Makeup 4 the Weekend!"  Happy Friday Eve, hope you all have a wonderful day!

Here's some inspiration from the design team!

Hello PMS fans!

Today we just have a little display of some awesome creations from some of the Paper Makeup Artists. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for our Thursday Showoff! You still have today to get your entries in for last weeks Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge!

Here is some inpsiration to get your mojo flowing!

Card by Dawn Barrett

Card by Danni Bindel

Card by Christi Snow

Card by Lisa McKinney

Card by Amber Kroening

Card by Randee Elsing

Card by Melyssa Connolly

Card by Maria Guernsey

Card by Tina Hale

Card by Gabby Arriaza

Thanks for dropping by today!