PMS December Fan Blog Hop

Welcome to the December PMS Fan Blog hop!

For our hop this, we've invited fans of Paper Makeup Stamps to join us in a holiday hop!

If you are interested in buying any of our or winter stamps, you can find them easily HERE.

Below we've compiled a list of all the hop participants so it should be easy for you to keep track of where you've hopped to so far.

Now we have prizes along the way! Did you know that PMS is currently having a big sale (and free shipping all month long! Check out this post for all the details)

Well 1 lucky commenter is going to win the mother of all grab bags! You just have to leave comments during the hop. One December 14th, we will pull a random blog from the hop and then pull 1 commenter from the hop post to determine the winner!

ANd now... here is your hop list! If you would like to go in order, your next stop is Katie Cotton.

Makeup Artist Spotlight

Today we are shining our spotlight on Makeup Artist Maria (ScrapsbyM).

When I asked Maria to pick her favorite PMS creations, she chose these:

I just LOVE the way Maria adds all of this detail and yet there's no clutter to her pages.  I love the way she mixes her patterned papers (being a dsp junkie myself, lol!).  One thing I didn't know about Maria is that she is obsessed with organizing (OMG!  me too!!!!!!)...I knew there was something fabulous about her ;)  Maria also has a thing for her sewing machine, her stitching is just the perfect touch to her creations!

This is one of my favorites from Maria.  The colors are wonderful, and I just LOVE paper piecing!!  Such a fun card!  I asked Mara our standard questions, and here's what she had to say...

1.  When did you get started stamping?  I’ve been a scrapbooker since 2000 but it wasn’t until 2008 that I picked up my first stamp.  Honestly, I had no idea why someone would want a stamp…I mean who wants the same image over and over.  Once I got inky there was no turning back.  I started out just stamping on cards but now combine stamping and scrapbooking to and love the freedom that stamping allows in your projects.

2.  Tell me 5 songs or artists on your iPod right now.  Kenny Chesney, Lionel Richie, Lady Gaga, New Kids on the Block J, The Script

3.  All Stylists have a go to accessory or tool... what's yours?  My go to tool has become my sewing machine…I rarely skipping stitching on a card and love the texture it adds to any project.

4.  What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Chocolate Chip

5.  Where do you find inspiration?  LOTS of places but mostly clothes, magazines, commercials, stores, billboards….hehe…I told you LOTS of places J

6.  Do you have a favorite technique or style?  I’m NOT a technique girl at all.  I rarely try anything messy (like glitter or mists) but I would say my style is mostly FUN and WHIMSY!!!

7.  What is your favorite color palette?  That’s easy…anything with red, blue and black.  Typically one of these colors always shows up on my cards but my favorite is when they are all together.

8.  When your 'mojo' takes a spa day without you, what gets your creative juices flowing again?  NEW product!!  Which is really bad on the checkbook but FABULOUS for my mojo.  When I can’t get to the store and buy something new I find falling back on my favorite layout and color combo usually gets things flowing again.

9.  When you aren't stamping, what do you like to do?  Organize my stamp stuff!!  I have a thing for being organized and LOVE binders and drawers and having a place for everything.  I also like to read, and hang out with my kiddos.

10.  Tell us something, not stamping related, about you...  My family is made up of all M’s.  Mike, Maria, Macy, Mattea and Miller.  Once we got started with M names it was hard to switch since we didn’t want one of the kids feeling “left out”.  My son’s name Miller is actually my mom’s maiden name.

That's all I have for you today, make sure you stop over at Maria's blog and say "hey"!  She is an absolute doll to visit with (if you've been to a PMS release Party with her you I am sure you'll agree!

DECEMBER SALE & FREE SHIPPING!

December is here! It's the time of giving, and Paper Makeup Stamps has lots of good deals to give! So if you were bummed out that PMS didnt have any black friday or cyber monday deals... well thats because we have something big ALL DECEMBER LONG!

For the first time ever, PMS is having a grab bag sale! Whats a grab bag? Well a grab bag is filled with goodies... you just dont know whats going to be in it!

There are lots of different types of grab bags available!

The Fairy Grab Bag - $10

For only $10, you'll get 3 fairy stamps! That makes them each only $3.33!!

The Moody Grab Bag - $10

For only $10, you'll get 3 stamps from the Moody Girls collection! That makes them each only $3.33!!

The Monster Grab Bag - $7.50

For only $7.50 you'll get 3 of our beloved monster stamps! That makes them only $2.50 each!

Sentiments and Wordart Grab Bag - $10

For only $10, you will get a mixture of wordart and simple sentiments at a minimum value of $20!!!!!

The Cutie Critter Grab Bag - $8.50

For only $8.50, you will get 3 stamps from our Cutie Critter collection, makign them $2.83 each!

The PMS lover & newbie grabbag - $40

This grab bag was designed for someone who either loves PMS and wants to beef up their collection OR want to share their love of PMS with someone who might not yet have much in their stamp collection. This grab bag will include a mixture of stamps and/or sets from the entire PMS inventory. This grab bag is sure to please having goodies retailing over $80!!!!!

Oh wait, and we're not done! We are also GIVING AWAY SHIPPING this month! Thats right, free shipping to anyone in the US and a reduction of $3 to shipping outside of the US. Please use USDECEMBER as your voucher if you are in the US or 3OFF for those outside of the US.

And the even better bonus, this voucher will work with all other vouchers!!!!

Quantities of grab bags may be limited to stock on hand. Free Shipping will last the entire month. No requests on the grab bags, please.

A Fashion Show at last!

Hello everyone! It's been far too long since we had a Paper Makeup Artist Fashion Show!

SO today we are bringing you some of our favorite creations from the past month...

Sit back and enjoy the show!

This free slideshow created with Smilebox

Don't forget, you only have until December 3rd to sign up for the PMS fan blog hop!

Email katie@papermakeup.com to sign up!

Also - stay tuned! If you were a little bummed out that PMS didnt have any black friday or cyber monday sales... well, thats because we have some fun things up our sleeves for December!

Details will be posted tomorrow!

November Guest Designer Spotlight

This month's Guest Designer is Michelle McDaniel.

1.  When did you get started in stamping?

I was invited to a stamping party in 2002 and was instantly hooked! I've been stamping ever since.

2.  All Stylists have a go to accessory or tool... what's yours?

I seem to always use my trimmer and Scor-buddy on all my projects so those are two tools I can't live without! As far as accessories go I'd say that I always seem to use ribbon and pattern paper...seems those two items are always on my creations. Looking at my room you'd probably notice all the paper and ribbon I have. Seeing all the different styles, colors and patterns just makes me happy!!

3.  Where do you find inspiration?

 I'm a huge sketch fan! Can't get enough and I  print off sketches weekly and add them to a sketch notebook I keep right on my desk. I love that sketches give me a place to start without limits. I also enjoy looking at magazines and blogs for placement of embellishments, coloring of images and color combos.

4.  What drew you to PMS?

I'm a big Fairy fan...PMS has some of the BEST fairies. Plus the quotes just speak to my heart. They are so uplifting!

5.  What is your favorite color palette?

Not sure I have just one color palette I use but pink and brown would probably be at the top. I have to admit that green, pink and turquoise is very close though!

6.  When you aren't stamping, what do you like to do?

Spending time with my family, helping out at my daughter's school and leading her Girl Scout troop, reading and watching crime dramas.

7.  Tell us something, not stamping related, about you...

I am an Accountant turned Preschool Teacher. I'm also a Demonstrator for The Angel Company where I was honored to be named Angel of the Year this past July. I have one daughter but dream of a larger family. Not sure my husband feels the same though, lol! 

Michelle has great coloring skills which are just perfect for PMS images!  Here are a few of our favs...

Celest

Sprout

Katie Fairy

Thanks Michelle for being our Guest!!

Makeup 4 the Weekend #51

Happy Friday and welcome to another Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge!! I first want to say that I hope that everyone in the U.S.A. had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! I ate WAY too much, had some wonderful laughs, and got to spend some quality time with my wonderful family. It can't get much better than that! :)

This week's challenge comes to us from Lisa Kind who is inspired by today's Black Friday sales:

Your challenge is to make anything that makes you think of shopping and use the color black (which is optional).

I lost track of time with my family and actually ran out of time to get mine finished (but it will be coming soon) but here is Lisa's amazing creation...
Talking about ROCKING Paper Makeup's Retail Therapy set Lisa!! OMG!! I love all the dp, your coloring...everything is awesome!!! Thank you so much Lisa!!

Now get more inspiration from more of the Makeup Artists:

Dawn Barrett

Tina Hale

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 M4TW51 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!!!

Thursday Showoff (a teensy bit tardy!)

Last week was our 50th Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge, holy snickerdoodles... 50!?!?!?  It was my week to hostess and I challenged you all to use some digi paper, some bling and some ribbon (though your ribbon could NOT be a basic knot or bow!).

M4TW50 - free slideshow maker with music

Thanks so much for playing along!  The winner from M4TW50 is Carma!