Friday, September 3, 2010

September Sneaks begin with a New Card Kit!


It's time for our sneak peeks to begin and boy oh boy do we have some fun things for you!

First... Here is a button we would LOVE for you to display on your blog!
We also have it along the sidebar with an HTML code. Feel free to grab the code or just take the jpg for your blog.

Feel free to proudly display this on your sidebar. We'll pick 1 lucky gal who shows off her PMS pride to win a $20 voucher towards stamps in the shop! Leave a comment on this post to let us know you've shared the love!

And now... onto our very first peek! A new Makeup Kit! This makeup kit (ok, so it's a card kit, but we like to call it a makeup kit!) is jam packed full of so much girlie goodness! Enough to make 8-16 cards depending on your style! Here's a peek of everything that comes in the kit!

The Kit is named Arelia's World of Make Believe and it will be available for purchase on September 7th at 9pm EST.

So you want a listie of all the goodies in this kit... well let me oblige!
1 Fairy Stamp named Arelia
1 WordArt Stamp (size large)
1 simple sentiment stamp
8 sheets of 6x6 paper by Echo Park (Life is Good Collection)
8 full sheets (8.5 x 11) of coordinating cardstock
2 6x6 Adhesive-backed fabric sheets by American Crafts
4 yards of super yummy ribbon (a collection of May Arts and Making Memories)
12 inches of Rose Ribbon in Crimson by American Crafts
1 pack of In Stitches blossoms by Sassafrass Lass
16 Bazzill Bling Brads

Entire Retail Value of the kit is over $25-28! But we are selling the kit for $20 or $23 if you'd like it mounted for you on EZ Mount.

Now you KNOW you want to see some samples! We have 3 for you! Here are some peeks for you! Just click on the name of the Paper Makeup Artist to see their whole creation!






Be sure to come back every day this week for MORE peeks and MORE fun and MORE chances to WIN!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

A Sad Goodbye...

Yes we had some exciting news yesterday... but unfortunately we have some sad news as well.
One of our fabulous design team members, Sherry Campbell is needing to step away from the team for a bit. Sherry has gotten a new job (YEA!!!!!) but it's a LOT of work! She is going to focus on her job and family, and stamp when she can.

We will greatly miss Sherry and her talents but of course, respect that family and work comes first to our little hobby. We wish her the best of luck!

Here are some of Sherry's most recent creations...





Please go visit Sherry's Blog and give her lots of hugs and well wishes as this wasnt a decision she could come to lightly. Sherry just rocks! I will be giving away 1 stamp of your choice to someone who wishes sherry well. So you have to go and leave sherry come love on her blog. ;)
Leave the comment on her most recent blog post titles Sassy Weekend of Fun and Stamping!
A winner will be drawn with the rest of our winners this week during the Release Party and then will be posted to the blog in our winners post.

Time for your Thursday Showoff...

It's Friday-eve and you know what that means... another Thursday Showoff! Woot woot! Last weeks Challenge was brought to us by Danni, and she challenged us to make a Birthday Card. So many wonderful cards this week!! Thanks to everyone who played along with us!!




And last, but not least... we have a "winner". Random.org chose Kristie as this week's winner. Want your chance to win an image of your choice? All you've gotta do is play and use some PMS! Kristie, please email Katie at Katie@papermakeup.com with your image choice. Here is Kristie's adorable card...
See ya all back here tomorrow when we start sneakin' ya some peeks!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

A Quick Fun Announcement!

The Paper Makeup Artists are busily crafting up some serious mojo inducing creations for the upcoming release from Paper Makeup Stamps but we just couldnt help but make a few super fun and fabulous announcements!

We are adding to our brood! Thats right... we are promoting Shaela Odd to a senior Paper Makeup Artist spot. In addition to Shaela's fabulous designs, she will be in charge of our newsletter. We have some fun things in the works of our newsletter so if you havent subscribed to it, you just might want to do so! You can do this directly from the front page of the web shop!

Since we have recently promoted to our Senior Team first with Randee Elsing and now Shaela, we decided that our most recent guest designer, Simonne Clay needed to stay on! So she is now a permanent fixture on our Paper Makeup Artist team!

We also have a new guest designer for the month! Please welcome Alex Lundgren!

Thats all for today! Stay tuned... Our Sneak Peeks will start on September 3rd with the release on September 7th! Details on ways to win coming up with the sneak peeks!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Makeup Artist Spotlight

This week we are Spotlighting Makeup Artist Bonnie Sharp (The Lucky Clucker). You simply must read her "interview', you'll learn a little something about her that'll bring a happy tear to your eye and a flutter to your heart!

This is Bonnie's favorite PMS creation. She says she has several birdhouses around her farm, so this set has a special place with her. The bird houses & sentiment are from our Home Matters set.

I went flipping through Bonnie's blog and found a favorite card of my own. Now CAS cards for me are a HUGE struggle, so I truely appreciate a well made one. I LOVE the red on this card, and the ribbon is just fabulous! Though I do have to say that the sentiment is also one of my favorite parts!! The sentiment and image are from the Kiss & Makeup set.


1. When did you get started stamping? I started stamping about 4 years ago. Myniece utterly MADE me scrap a family picture for my MIL's Christmasalbum......"No way!" I said snickering - "I don't cut andpaste!" Well, at the threat of being left out of the Family album(EEK!),.......I did cut and paste and as they say.....the rest is history....Islowly migrated to card making and that is that......

2. Tell me 5 songs or artists on your iPod right now. What's an iPod? No really, theclosest I've ever gotten to anything that resembled an ipod was thelittle onesie that my granddaughter has that says "iPood"!!

3. All Stylists have a go to accessory or tool... what's yours? Okay.......now I seriously have anaddiction to dies......embossing dies, cutting dies......anything that can go throughmy Cuttlebug - Oh that's another one--my Cuttlebug - I might sit in a cornerand cry if I didn't have my Cuttlebug.

4. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Orange Sherbet handsdown.......although Maple Walnut was my dad's favorite so that runs a closesecond...

5. Where do you find inspiration? My inspiration comes from magazines and theblogs......I cruise every blog trying to find a great layout or colour combo!

6. Do you have a favorite technique or style? See #3 - honestly - my favoritetechnique is using my dies or folders.....not sure if that qualifiesas technique, but that is what I am into....and I collect them regularly -you make 'em I buy 'em!

7. What is your favorite color palette? Kraft, turquoise, white.......you willsee turquoise (specifically Papertrey Ink's Hawaiian Shores cardstock) in a lotof my creations.

8. When your 'mojo' takes a spa day without you, what gets your creative juices flowing again? Oh yes.....there are days when my Mojois a no-show. It really sucks but when I am really stuck...I CASEsomebody's card - I find if I do this I can get right back into "it"because I put my own spin on it and then I'm back! yay!

9. When you aren't stamping, what do you like to do? When I am not stamping? What does thatmean? No really, I am so fortunate to have a husband that has his own expensivehobbies, so I get to stamp non-stop.....Well, on Wednesday nights I golf...Ilove to golf and I do go in the odd tournament...I'm not great, but I love it -hey that sounds like stamping!!

10. Tell us something, not stamping related, about you... Something not stamping related.......Some ofyou may know this but I will tell you anyway..... It will be 15 years thisOctober that I had my liver transplant. I am the luckiest girl alive and Ithank God everyday for that family that had to make that heart-wrenchingdecision to donate their loved ones organs.

On a lighter note, that is the"Lucky" part of why my blog is called "The LuckyClucker".....and we have 12,000 hens that we hand gather eggs from everyday - that is the "Clucker"!!

That's all I've got for Bonnie for now. You can leave a comment for her here, or head on over to her blog The Lucky Clucker and say "hey" there! Thanks for stopping in.

Monday, August 30, 2010

We're Sponsoring 2 Sketches 4 You this week!

This week PMS is sponsoring the sketch challenge over at 2 Sketches 4 You (also known in blog land as 2S4U!) I have long admired Kazan and Laura's sketches and the workmanship over on their blog.
Week after week you can always count on having some stunning inspiration!
So we are all so happy to sponsor them in this challenge!

You'll want to be sure to head over there as their entire design team is using PMS stamps!!!!
And not only that, but if you participate, you have a chance to win a LOT of PMS goodness!
Head over there to check it out! But here's a peek at what a few of the Paper Makeup Artists did with the sketch!




Stephanie Zito using Sourpuss and Bad Day sentiment


Now be sure to go and play along with this AWESOME sketch and get yourself entered to win lots of PMS goodies! Have a wonderful day!!!

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Paper makeup Artist Fashion Show!

So i TOTALLY spaced the Paper Makeup Artist Fashion show earlier this week! i thought to myself... ooo, i need to get that typed up (it's a daunting task)... and i thought, i will do it in a bit.
Then it was, i'll do it tonight when the kids are in bed (which was a nightmare this week!)
Then, i guess i just plum forgot to do it! Well... seeing as we are nearing SNEAK PEEKS for the September Release (woot woot) I dont want it to completely get away from me again... sooooooo
Here is a FASHIONABLY LATE fashion show. ;)

Let's Kick the Show off with our Seniors!

Senior Makeup Artists

Katie Cotton - Company Owner

Using Moody for Dreams and I'm So Happy You're My Friend.


Christi Thorsen - Events Coordinator

Using Kiss and Makeup


Tangii Crain - Design Team Coordinator

Using Lucy Mouse

Lisa Kind using The Will to Daydream card kit.

Tina Hale using Nancy the Teaching Fairy.


Makeup Artists

Andrea Vernagus using Dandy Wishes

Anita Hovey using Melody.

Bonnie Sharp using Dandy Wishes


Danni Bindel using Ashlie and the Fairy Sentiment Set.

Dawn Barrett using Ashlie's Solo Snail and the grass from Faith Hope Love.

Ginger Schwerin using Danni.

Lisa McKinney using Everyday Thanks.

Maria Gurnsey using Football Fan.

Shaela Odd using the sentiment from Celestial Possibilties card kit.


Stephanie Zito using Color it Summer.