One last time, to rethink!

It's the last day of February. Our birthday month is soon to be over..... *SIGH*

BUT, that means that sneak peeks are soon to begin.... contest winners are soon to be announced

and a whole new month of fun is about to begin!

First, let's show off the final Paper Makeup Artists rethink cards!

First we have Amber Kroening...

Amber has used some of our first every PMS releases.... Dreck and Starstruck!

I love this card of Amber's. Just such a sweet card to send to a little boy... Well that amber is a smart one. To rethink her card... she turned it into a "she" version! GENIUS!

I also love that 1 sparkle star! What a super fun way to make it stand out!

Next we have Dawn Mercedes....

Dawn has used one of the first every Beautiful Day Fairies on her card named Penelope.

One of the reasons I snagged Dawn up to be on the original PMS design team is her mastering of watercoloring skills. Her cards are so striking ad this card is definitely no exception!

Here is her rethink card...

THis card is also equally stunning... but she took it one step further.... look what she did to the inside!

It's so so sweet! What a great card to send to someone with lots of goodies tucked away inside!

So thats our month of rethinks! Whew! I am truly blessed to have such an amazing and talented design team! They rock the stamps in so many ways! The first team has helped the company grow and the newest additions are just awesome and have brought new life and flavor! I love them all! Thank you guys so much!

If you are entering our contests to help in designing a PMS stamp (you can help design what a fairy will look like, a moody girl, a monster, or choose a quote you'd love to be made into a wordart!) There is still time today to upload your cards to the Splitcoast and PaperCraftPlanet galleries! All you have to do is make sure your tags in the gallery say PMS, Paper Makeup Stamps to make sure we can find them! 1 lucky stamper will be chosen at random from each website gallery to win! Cards can be uploaded until midnight tonight and winners will be announced tomorrow. The same card may be uploaded o both galleries.

GOOD LUCK!

Makeup 4 the Weekend #18

Hi peeps! TGIF and welcome to another Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge!! Every week you guys are blowing me away and last week's sketch is no exception! Now its time to announce this week's winner....congrats participant#14 MichelleVP!! Please email Katie and she will get a goody bag out to you. :)

This week's guest Makeup Artist is the awesome Lisa McKinney who is challenging us with this gorgeous inspiration picture...

I fell in love with this pic but what really jumped out at me the most was the butterflies so that's what I ran with...
Just pretend all that pink on my card is red! *wink* You can find all the deets on my blog.

Lisa is very sick this week so she asked that the other Lisa fill in for her and man did she fill in...
Could she have seriously gotten her card any closer to that pic? OMG!! I can't say anything else but W-O-W!! Fantastic job Lisa K and Lisa M-I hope you get to feeling better soon sweetie!!

Now for more eye candy from the Makeup Artists:

Danni Bindel

Gabby Arriaza

Dawn Barrett

Maria Gurnsey

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

Make a card/layout using the above picture as inspiration 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 M4TW18 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!! This is our last week of birthday giveaways so I hope you can play along!! :)

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

Happy Thursday... It's "Showoff Time"!

WOW!  Yall did an amazing job with Gabby's sketch!  I LOVED that sketch!!  Too much fun.  Don't forget to pop back in here tomorrow for the next Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge....hmmmm, what does the DT have in store for you this week?  Thanks for stopping by, happy Friday-eve and we hope you have a great rest of the week!

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!

Another Day to Rethink

It's time for another day to rethink!

For those that regularly follow our blog, i'm sure it's starting to get redundant explaining what

our "rethink" challenge is. Similar to how they always reintroduce the judges on tv shows like America's Next op Model, Project Runway and even American Idol.

SO - if you are confused.... check out THIS post to read all about it!

Today is Paper Makeup Artists Dawn Knight and Gabby Arriaza's turn to RETHINK their very first PMS cards!

Dawn Knight has been with us from the very beginning. One of the first "followers" of PMS and then one of the first applicants to the design team! Though she did take a short leave of absence (she had the cutest baby boy join her family!), she has always been a supporter!

Here is her first card...

Dawn always has loved the monsters! Here she is using one of our first monsters... Dreck!

Here is her remake. I think it's fantastic that she made the card for the same friend!

And dreck is now Dreckina! hahahahaha!

And next we have Gabby!

While Gabby didnt apply for the design team the first time around (shame on you gabby!) She has been a friend and supporter since the very first day!

Here is her very first card also using one of the very first releases, Lauren in Love.

I actually have the above card in my possession! Because i'm so special, Gabby sent me this card as a congrats for starting my own stamp company shortly after it all began! :)

I love how she took this lovey image, and turned it into a not just valentine's day love card! Thats the great think about love images. They really can be used all year around!

Thanks so much for tuning into our blog today! have you rethought your first card yet??