It's a Double Feature Thursday Showoff!

How did yall let me get away with not posting the Thursday showoff last week???  I'm telling ya, working 18 hour days, 7 days a week does crazy things to the brain, lol!  Today we have a double feature Thursday Showoff, so first off we have M4TW #48 where Lisa M gave us a "trick or treat" challenge... the treat: use chocolate; the trick: it has to be a treat holder or box of some kind!  Check out these goodies...

and now on to last week's challenge.  Last week Stephanie gave us an awesome sketch to work with... here's what you all came up with...

We'll see you back to here tomorrow for another Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge (this week I'm your hostess!).

Makeup Artist Spotlight

This week we are shining our Spotlight on Makeup Artist, Stephanie Zito (Dream Create Inspire).  She is the one who introduced me to my new favorite paper company :)  Stephanie is one of our newer Design Team members, but she just jumped right in and was such a great fit, it seems like she's part of the woodwork.

I asked Stephanie to choose her favorite card and this is what she picked.  When asked why it was her favorite she said "This card is my favorite PMS creation because it was created using my very first PMS stamps!"

Such a beauty!  Now of course I just had to peruse her blog myself (have I said how much I just LOVE her style?).  This is one of my favorite cards of Stephanie's, and lucky me... she actually sent this card to me when we had a "secret admirer" swap :).  I've ever really thought of Green as my favorite color by any means, but I just LOVE the shades here!  and all of the elements are just PERFECT!  So beautiful!!

Well if you've been following our Spotlight posts, you know that it is now Q&A time.

1.  When did you get started stamping?  2006 – just after the birth of my 2^nd daughter.

2.  Tell me 5 songs or artists on your iPod right now.  Soul Sister - Train, I’ve Got A Feeling – Black Eyed Peas, Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison, Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry, Please Don’t Leave Me - Pink

3.  All Stylists have a go to accessory or tool... what's yours?  Copic Markers, Zip Dry and Helmar Glue and my Tim Holtz Ink Foam Tool.

4.  What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Oreo Cookie

5.  Where do you find inspiration?  I love to browse the internet for inspiration and love playing along in challenges. I’m also always on the lookout to try a new technique!

6.  Do you have a favorite technique or style?  Distressing and sewing on my projects

7.  What is your favorite color palette?  Kraft/blues/pinks/browns

8.  When your 'mojo' takes a spa day without you, what gets your creative juices flowing again?  Usually cleaning and organizing my craft room. I find all kinds of supplies I had forgotten about.

9.  When you aren't stamping, what do you like to do?  I love to art journal, paint, crochet, sew, garden and bake when I have extra time. For the most part my 3 and 4 year old girls and new puppy keep me very busy!

10. Tell us something, not stamping related, about you...  I was a Legal Assistant for 15 years and decided to be a SAHM after the birth of my 2^nd daughter. I absolutely love being a SAHM!!! I get to spend every waking moment with my girls and have extra time to enjoy my hobbies! Since being able to stay at home, I also found out that I’m addicted to on-line shopping and am now on a 1^st name basis with my mailman LOL!

Well that about wraps up this spotlight.  You can leave Stephanie a comment here, or even better pop on over to her very fun blog check out some eye-candy and leave her a comment there!

$25 Gift Certificate Winner

Sorry this post is going up late! It's been a busy weekend around here!

This past month we gave away not 1, not 2 but 3 gift certificate to random comments in the blog hop. However, 1 of the winners we saved to let more ladies have a chance to do the hop!

SO, without further ado, the winner of the $25 gift certificate is... OLA!

Ola, please email me at katie@papermakeup.com to claim your prize!

Time to celebrate a bouncing bundle of joy AND some Makeup 4 the Weekend

Happy Friday! Today we've got a little EXTRA action going on around here.. our very own Ginger & her hubby are getting ready to welcome a BOUNCING BUNDLE of JOY in to their family! We want to help her prepare in true PMS style with a Baby Shower Blog Hop! Ginger, we love you to the moon and we can't wait for some pics!!! You can leave your well wishes for Ginger on this post or better yet, visit her blog and leave them some love there! Your next step for the hop is Miss Andrea... happy hopping!!


And now back to the reason you all pop in here on Fridays... we're getting sketchy with Makeup 4 the Weekend #49. Thanks to Christi for letting me step in this week for the challenge :) Stephanie is the architect behind this week's fabulous challenge, and here's your sketch...

And here is her beautiful sample... talk about warm and cozy!!! Stephanie's card uses one of the images from our BRAND NEW Christmas Cheer set!

Wanna see some more sketchy eye-candy? Check out these DT samples...

Andrea

Dawn

Lisa M

Katie
Simonne

Now how would you like to win a single stamp of your choice? Here's all you have to do:

1. Participate in the challenge
2. Use PMS images (stamped or digi)

Easy right?!! Link up your creation by midnight EST on Wednesday to be included in the Thursday Showoff and to be in the drawing for some free rubbah. While you don't have to use Paper Makeup Stamps to play in the challenge, you do need to use them to be entered in the drawing. There are a few freebie digis in the PMS store that qualify! Don't forget to mention the challenge in your post, and when you upload to SCS/PCP use the keyword M4TW49 so we can see your creations there as well. Also, be sure your link is directly to your challenge card to make it easier on those of us who love to comment. :)

Thanks for playing along! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

November Release Review day 2

Hello everyone! Today is our final review day for the November release. Now don't be silly, you'll still get plenty of inspiration from now thru the end of December using this release!

In fact, if you scroll down and read our previous post, you'll find out about a holiday themed blog hop that we want YOU to be apart of! If you didnt read about this in our post yesterday, you also missed some fun review cards so just keep reading after this post. If you did read it, then I wont type it out again and I'll get straight to the eye candy!

Remember these cards are up on the Paper Makeup Artists blogs today! So feel free to drop by, get a few card details and leave some love!

Card by Shaela Odd

Card by Dawn Mercedes

Card by Lisa Kind

Card by Andrea Vernagus

Card by Tina Hale

Card by Anita Hovey

Go check out our latest release and have a wonderful day!

November Release Review

For those who missed the news... our November Release is now live for purchase on the website!

THere is still chance to enter to win the $25 stamp voucher! To enter to win, all you have to do is do the blog hop (scroll down) and leave comments on the blog hop entry cards. And thats it! I lucky commenter will be drawn to win a $25 stamp voucher.

For the next 2 days, the Paper Makeup Artists will be showing off some creations using stamps from our latest release!

Without further ado.... here is a set for today! The PMA's have these on their blogs today, so feel free to click on their names to go right to their blogs and read more details, or leave a little love!

Card by Maria Gurnsey

Card by Ginger Schwerin

Card by Lisa McKinney

Card by Katie Cotton

Card by Randee Elsing

So now go shopping! You may want some of the current releases for something coming up...

We are going to have a PMS Fan Blog hop! As we've already announced that our releases will be moving to an every other month schedule, that means we will not have a new release in December. BUT, we do still want to have a blog hop on December 7th, only this time we want YOU to join in the hop with us!!! All you have to do is commit to creating a card using a Paper Makeup Stamp that is a winter or christmas image. If can be released this year or a previous year. Please send an email to katie@papermakeup.com with the subject of December Fan Blog Hop to join in the fun. You MUST register for the hop no later than December 3rd. On December 4th we will send out final details to everyone in the hop along with a list of blog hop participants. But you dont have to wait until the 3rd... you can register now just by sending Katie the email! We hope you play along with us!

Have a great day!!!!

winner winner chicken dinner! New Stamps are LIVE

Hello Everyone!!! Our party last night was so much fun! We gave away LOTS of goodies, talked about LOTS of sweets (and food allergies! haha!) and just had a great time. Thanks so much to all the wonderful ladies who came and joined us chat the night away!

We know that everyone is always eager to hear the winners from the sneak peek comments! So here they are...

Sneak Peek Giveaway day 1 (all the wordart released this month) goes to.... Sanwanya!

Sneak Peek Giveaway day 2 (all the fairies released this month) goes to Jan Farnsworth

Sneak Peek Giveaway day 3 (the moody girls and new corset addition) goes to Alex Lundgren

Sneak Peek Giveaway day 4 (Christmas Cheer set) goes to Michelle McDaniel

Blog Hop Comment Winners of $15 stamp vouchers go to... Michele Gross and Anne B

If you won and werent present at our release party last night, please email katie at papermakeup.com so we can get your prize out to you!!!!

Coming Soon - Sign ups for our PMS FAN CLUB blog hop in December!!! Get some inspiration for those holiday cards with a holiday and winter themed blog hop! THis hop will be on December 7th, just like our hops every month, but this time we are inviting YOU to join us! Details will be coming soon. THe only prerequisite is that you use christmas or winter stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps. They can be from our current release or from previous releases!!! So mark your calendars!!!