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! 

Makeup Artist Spotlight

This week we are shining our Spotlight on Makeup Artist, Michelle Van Patten (My Beary Best).  Michelle is one of our newer DT Members but has been a long time PMS groupie, always adding to the fun of the Release Parties.

When I asked Michelle to pick her favorite card, this is the one she chose.  This is what she has to say about her card... "This was one of those cards that came together just how I imagined it - I love when that happens!  And I just {heart} how fun and colorful it is.  I used the elephant from Ed Swimming and cut him out to be airborne headed towards that pile of punched leaves.  The word art is a digi stamp that I sized larger and highlighted with chalks."

While surfing Michelle's blog for my favorite card, I cam across this one.  I love all of the texture and the details on this card, but my most favorite part is that she made it for me and my new puppy (it sits above his eatting area on the counter) :)

I have always liked Michelle because she is very friendly and makes a big effort to make people feel welcome and "at home", and while it seems like I've "known" for sometime now it wasn't until she joined the DT that I got to know her a little better.  I am so glad she is a member of our team! And now we get to learn even MORE about Michelle...


1.  When did you get started stamping?  Ten years ago I was invited to a stamping workshop.  I was 9 months pregnant with my second child and desperate for a girl's night out, KWIM?  Even though I had a lot of fun with my girlfriends, I could not believe that people would collect all that stuff just to make cards.  A few months later, a good friend of mine became a demo, so I hosted a workshop for her. I got a bear stamp set, a black ink pad, white cardstock and chalk pastels.  I used that stuff to make my older son's birthday party invitations and thank you cards and I've been stamping ever since!  {and we won't talk about how much stuff I've collected, haha}

2.  Tell me 5 songs or artists on your iPod right now.  Ever Ever After by Carrie Underwood, Yours by Steven Curtis Chapman, God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood, Wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Truly Scrumptious from Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang  {I sing that last one ALL the time because our standard poodle is named Truly Scrumptious, hehe}

3.  All Stylists have a go to accessory or tool... what's yours? Hands down, that's gotta be my Cuttlebug!  I love using die-cuts and embossing folders.

4.  What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - yum!

5.  Where do you find inspiration?  Everywhere!  It's amazing how I can see someone and think the pattern on her dress would make a great card, or those colors on his shirt are an awesome combo.  And I love nature cards - I think it's because I didn't inherit my mom's green thumb. But I can make flowers look pretty on paper even though I kill the real ones.  {chuckle}

6.  Do you have a favorite technique or style?  I like simple cards the best.  Ones that make you think 'Hey, I could do that!' and inspire someone to get inky. 

7.  What is your favorite color palette?  It varies with the season, but I seem to gravitate towards blues and greens a lot when I'm stamping.

8.  When your 'mojo' takes a spa day without you, what gets your creative juices flowing again?  Challenges!  I'll look on Splitcoast or Challenge Blogs and find some ideas to get me started.

9.  When you aren't stamping, what do you like to do?  Eat, drink, sleep.... {wink}  No really, I enjoy playing games with my family, reading books, taking the dog for long walks, doing volunteer work at my church and the school, baking cookies, talking with a friend, etc.  

10.  Tell us something, not stamping related, about you...  I spent a semester in Costa Rica as an exchange student my Junior year of college.  I still dream in spanish sometimes. 

Well that wraps up this episode of Makeup Artist Spotlight.  Feel free to leave Michelle a comment here, or better yet head over to her blog and peruse and comment there!

Makeup 4 the Weekend #50

Happy Friday and welcome to the FIFTIETH Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge!! Can you believe it?! First off, I want to say a HUGE thank you to Tangii for taking over last week and for all of you hopping along for Ginger's virtual baby shower!!! So, are you ready for this weeks challenge??

Tangii came up with a fun challenge for us this week: It's Bling, Pearls, and Ribbon..Oh My!! LOL

Your challenge is to use digi paper, bling, and use ribbon any way other than the typical knot or bow.

Well, both the digi paper and the ribbon part scared me a bit. I am a creature of habit and love my pre-printed dp and simple bows but I stepped out just a touch...
You can get all the details (like where I got this DELISH dp from) on my blog. Now check out Tangii's absolutely YUMMY sample...
Not only is that box uber-cute but its one of my favorite color combo's and *ahem* you had me at coffee girlfriend! LOL Amazing job Tangii!!!

Due to the holidays fast approaching we only have one other player this week: Ms. Lisa McKinney so please go check out her eye candy as well. :)

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 M4TW50 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 and since I won't "see" you until after Thanksgiving I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL and SAFE holiday!!!!

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!!!

November Blog Hop

It's the 7th! That means we have a day full of fun for you!!!

We are going to start the day off with a super fun blog hop!

In this blog hop, the Paper Makeup Artists are going to show off their mad skills making projects using stamps from the release that will be live for purchase TONIGHT on the PMS website. But wait... there are prizes involved! Dont forget, every day for the last 5 days, we've posted sneak peeks on this blog. And each of those days give you a chance to win. Be sure to leave comments to get your name in the drawing!

Today there is not 1, not 2, but 3 hidden gift vouchers for stamps! They are hidden along the blog hop so be sure to leave comments along your way. 2 of the $15 gift vouchers will be announced tonight at the party. Then 1 $25 gift voucher will be announced on the 13th of this month, just for those who maybe see this message a little bit late.

So what else is happening tonight? The PMS release party of course! from 9-11pm EST we will be chatting away in the PMS forum. There we will play games, chat a bit, and we will let you in on some the new lineup details in store for PMS. We'll also take your suggestions for new stamps, who knows, you may even get a stamp named after you!

So let's get this blog hop goin'! First you will stop at Senior Paper Makeup Artist, Lisa Kind's blog. There you will get a letter. Collect all the letters for a super special discount code.

This will nab you 15% off the new release. So grab your bevvie of choice and away you go!

November Sneak Peeks day 4

Hello Everyone! Today is our final day of new peek images!

Tomorrow we will have a blog hop showing off all the new stamps that will be released tomorrow night at 9pm EST! And just another reminder that we will be having our release party in our FORUM from 9-11! And we are going to give away more during our release party than we ever have before!!!!! You dont want to miss it!

But that's whats happening tomorrow... so what about TODAY?!

Today we have a new holiday set illustrated by Shaela Odd. It is called Christmas Cheer and it has 5 LARGE stamps! Perfect for both cards and scrapbooking!

Check out what the Paper Makeup Artists have done with this set!

Remember, the artists have these cards up on their blogs today! You can go check out some details and maybe even leave them some love!

Card by Katie Cotton

Card by Tina Hale

Card by Lisa Kind

Card by Michelle Van Patten
Card By Shaela Odd

Card by Simonne Clay

Card by Christi Thorsen

Card by Tangii Crain

If you want to win this set... leave a comment here with your favorite way to spread holiday cheer!!

November Sneak Peeks day 3

It's day 3 of the sneak peeks for our November release on the 7th (at 9pm EST!!! Come party with us in our forum!)

Today we are peeking 2 new Moody Girls perfect for the holidays as well as a slightly naughty christmas addition to the Oo La La corset set! Check them out!

Remember the Paper Makeup Artists have worked hard to bring you these sneak peeks! Click on their name to go to their blog and leave a little love!!!

Moody for Presents designed by Cynthia Liu

Card by Christi Snow

Card by Anita Hovey

Moody for Holly designed by Cynthia Liu
Card by Danni Bindel

Card by Randee Elsing

And last but not least...

Oo La La for Santa designed by Shaela Odd

Card by Stephanie Zito

Card by Shaela Odd

November Fairy Sneak Peeks

It's day 2 of the sneak peeks for our November release (it's also Tangii Crain's birthday!) and what we are peeking today is a favorite among many... new additions to the Beautiful Day Fairies line by Diem Pascarella!

For our release this month, we decided to theme the fairies (which we do from time to time).

We have recreated The Nutcracker Story with Claire, the nutcracker and the sugar plum fairy!

But wait... thats not all... after popular request, we are releasing Celest from the Celestial Possibilties card kit as a single!!!! We said we might do it in time, well just before the holidays with everyone holiday wishes and dreams of peace seemed like the best time to do it!

Check out these fantabulous samples from the Paper Makeup Artists! The artists have these cards up on their blogs today if you would like to go check them out, read some details and leave a little love. :D

First here's Claire!

Card by Maria Gurnsey

card by Tangii Crain

Next up is The Nutcracker!

Card by Randee Elsing

Card by Ginger Schwerin

And then we have the Sugar Plum Fairy (who works great all year round, really!)

Card by Katie Cotton

Card by Lisa McKinney

And while many of you remember when Celest was release with the Celestial Possibilties card kit, we may have a few new fans out here, so here is is sneaked again, with new papers and colors used!

Card by Andrea Vernagus

Journal by Dawn Mercedes

Now you know you want the chance to win them! Leave a comment on this post with one of your favorite childhood holiday memories! The winner will be announced at our release party (november 7th from 9-11pm EST). This is also when the stamps will be live on the site for purchase!