Sneak Peeks Day 3 - Monster MADNESS

Ok everyone, you asked for some more monsters, well you're gonna get em!  There are 5, count em 5 new monsters being released on the 7th along with a monster sentiments set!

Check out what the design team has done...

Baby Horatio



Sunsoaked Caliope



Gus




And some sporty ones for ya, Striker (the soccer bunny), Football Fan and Joe (the baseball squid) - by the way these guys totally crack me up!







wanna win all these new monster plus the sentiment set?? Ya gotta add a blinkie! Go to this blog post and click on whichever blinkie you'd like to add. Then you need to copy the HTML code and paste it whereever ya want it on your blog. Leave a comment here letting us know which one you snagged!

Sneak Peeks Day 2 - Nature's Song

This set is very dear to my heart. I knew i wanted to have a set created that could both be inspirational and comforting and I wanted the images to remain cute but yet still be sophisticated. With the help of illustrator, Silvia Gasevic, Nature's Song was born!

This set includes 4 images (or 5 if you should chose to cut 1 into 2 as some of the design team did, hehehe), 3 quotes and 2 simple sentiments. I know this is a set I will use time and time again.

Without much further ado, here are some of the amazing creations the design team has made.  

One lucky stamper will win this set! All you have to do is leave a comment on this thread and let us know what inspires you!

Let the Sneaks BEGIN! Dino Day!

Ok, actually, before we show you some sneak peeks, let's go over a little run down of the week!!! We are going to be doing the preview days a little bit differently and hopefully you'll like it! They are going to be more streamlined, scheduled and easier to follow for one thing! You'll also be able to get a better idea of what is in store for you? How is this might you ask? Well each day the design team will show off a different collection that will be released on June 7th. This is our summer release and it's pretty big which is why we've broken it up this way! We hope you like the change! On june 7th (our release day) we will have a blog hop! And then the party will be in the PMS forum just like it was last month only this time since the 7th falls on a Sunday, we're bumping the party up to 4pm EST that way some of our European friends can play too!

And now, as the subject reads... LET THE SNEAKS BEGIN!

Day 1, Dino Day!

Dustin has created more dinos for you to all love and adore! There is also a "dino essentials" set being released that includes some dino images plus a slew of dinosaur sentiments that can go with the previously released dinosaurs or the ones this month!

Check out the goods!

Trike



Iggy (the iguanadon)




Stegster (the stegosaurus)




Dino Essentials (you may have noticed some sentiments and other dino-ness like the card above that also come from the dino essentials set!)








And dont forget about Dustin's Blog Candy. there is still time to enter and you could possibly win every single dino including the dino essentials set! Check it out!

And peek back in tomorrow morning for round 2 of the sneak peeks!!!

Tuesday Meet n Greet with Meli Mitchell

Hello ladies! It's time for another Meet n Greet with one of our fabulous Design Team Members!

Today we're "meeting" the wonderful Meli Mitchell!

First... here's the questions we always ask!

When did you start stamping?
I started stamping about 5 years ago. I had been into scrapbooking since Natalie was born and a friend that I scrapped with invited me to a Stampin' Up! party. I had fun and got a few sets...then that friend became a demo and I joined her stamp club. We did tons of projects and partied once a month with our stamps. It was lots 'o' fun. Now I'm a big stampin' geek.

What first drew you to PMS?
The people. I "met" Katie through the Bellaholics group and have known Christi, the DT leader, since we were in the 6th grade. I joined the PMS group over at Paper Craft Planet and just loved getting to know Katie and the people who used the stamps.

What's your favorite stamping color combo?
Anything paired with dark brown. I actually painted the rooms in my house according to Stampin' Up! colors. I took pieces of Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky and Pink Pirouette cardstock in and had them match it. I know, I'm a freak! I tend to use a lot of pink too.

What else do you like to do?
I am a total nerd. I read a lot. Jane Austen, Harry Potter series, Jackie Collins. I will read anything. I am also a huge old movie buff. Most nights you will find me curled up in my recliner with my Yorkie watching an Audrey Hepburn or Monte Clift movie. I spend a lot of time with my husband and my kids. That usually means we are on a ball field watching or playing a game. I also collect Hello Kitty. It's an obsession.

Where do you get inspiration from?
Other crafters mostly. I troll blogs a lot and will jot down things or sketches in my journal that I really like.

What's on your Ipod?
LOOOOOTS of John Mayer. When I say that, I mean I have over 500 John Mayer songs. I'm serious. My husband is constantly making fun of me because he's almost all I listen to.
I also have a lot of Prince, 80's hairband music, Lady GaGa, Enrique Iglesias, Madonna, Ne-Yo, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Psapp, Regina Spektor, Amy Winehouse, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, New Kids on the Block.....I just love music.

And now, Meli has been ROCKIN' PMS stamps this past week or so.  I mean, when she has to take a break (her daughter had a big birthday bash to which she gave away some fun blog candy if you might remember) she comes back with a vengeance so all of these beautiful creations are ones you havent seen yet (on this blog... hehehe)

Aren't these all just GORGEOUS?! Dont forget to go leave Meli some love on her blog!

PMS Monday Challenge: Spring A Ding Ding

Happy Monday!! Welcome to another Paper Makeup Monday Challenge! I would first like to thank all of you who participated in our "winged thing" challenge for the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's event. Gorgeous creations!!!

This week's DT challenger is the fabulous Mindy Baxter and her challenge is to either use the Spiral Pop-Up card technique OR use "spiral" or "pop-up" as your inspiration. I decided to use the "pop-up" as my inspiration... I am so sorry it's hard to see the sentiment in this picture but man does it look cool IRL! I "popped up" my butterfly on dimensionals and...

Made a pop up sentiment for the inside as well! :) Here are more design team creations for your inspiration:

Dawn Knight

Dawn Barrett

Mindy Baxter

Katie Cotton



Aren't they all fabulous?!! I hope everyone can play along this week! If you do not have any PMS Stamps no worries! You can use any stamps you like but if you've got PMS Stamps we'd love to see you use them!!

Mr. Linky has been having problems this past week but I am going to put it on here and hope it works. If you see the Mr. Linky box below please post a direct link to your card on there. If you do not see it just put a direct link in the comment section. When you upload to SCS/PCP please use keyword PMSMC13 so we can see your creations there as well!

Happy Stamping!!

Christi