Welcome to the PMS September BLOG HOP

It's time for the blog hop to begin!

Here is a quick run down of events for the day!

RIGHT NOW (7am CST) the blog hop will begin! You hop along to get design team members blogs to see some fabulous creations AND dont forget... Each design team member has a letter for you. Put those letters together and you will have a code that you can put in your cart at checkout to get 15% off all the new releases! This code is good for 1 week this month! If any any point a long your hop you encounter a glitch (we try to catch em first!) dont forget that all of our design team members blogs are posted in the sidebar. :)

ALSO - there is a hidden gift certificate within the blog hop! SO you'll want to be sure to leave a comment on each blog! 1 lucky stamper will be drawn from all these comments and win a $25 gift certifcate to the PMS shop! Good to be used on whatever they wish! The winner will be announced tonight at the release party! There is also another hidden chance to win so you'll want to keep your peepers out for that too!

WHICH... starts at 9pm CST. The stamps will go live... there will be some games and such. All winners from the sneak peek week comments will be drawn and announced. PLUS we have yet seen sneak peeks that due to some unavoidable circumstances, we didnt get in just yet, but they will be officially released here in about a week or so but we'll still show you some sneaks during the party so you wont want to miss it!  The friday Freebie (which it isnt friday, but we'll let that slide) will be given away tonight at the party as well!

And now... onto the hop.... But first, lets start this Party out right by giving you the first letter of your code which is the letter P!

Now hop along to Tina Hale

ETA:  We've hit a few snafus on our blog hop tour.... until they can be fixed, here's what you'll need to do... When you come to Shaela's blog, please skip over Dawn Knights blog (her letter for you is the letter A) and go to Christi's Blog.  When you come to Mindy's blog, you'll hop long to Dawn Barrett's blog next.

Thanks so much!

September Sneak Peek day 6... Coffee anyone??

As the summer winds down and we head into Fall, one thing that i always cant wait for is all those warm yummy drinks! Ok, so i still drink coffee in the summer, but once the fall and winter hit is when you can get all the best flavors!

This new set called Caffeine Trip is a combo of our 2 newest designers to the team. Cynthia Liu dreamed up these super fun and different coffee images while Shaela put together some fun and fabulous wordart. Together, this will become a staple set for me i'm sure!

The design team seemed equally as thrilled with this set...

Take a look here at what they came up with!









And just look at how nicely Moody for Coffee (same fabulous illustrator!) goes with these sentiments!



Wanna win this set? Leave a comment here and a winner will be chosen at the paaartay on Septmber 7th (between 9-11 CST)

September Sneak Peek day 5... MORE FAIRIES!

Yep, thats right, more fairies!!!!  We coulda shown them to you all in 1 day, but we spaced it out.  teehee.  You are going to flip at these fairies!  We have 2 more new fairies and then by popular demand, the Friendship Fairies that were only available digi have now been rubberized!  

Here are some samples from the design team....

Melissa the bookworm fairy!  I can already tell by how many gals on my design team wanted her, that she's going to be very popular!  And she was named after 2 of my bookworm design teams members!

The quote on Jamie's card is also available as rubber

And then we have a special heart fairy for the American Heart Association. Diem (the illustrator of the Beautiful Day Fairies) approached me with the idea of having another charity fairy for the American Heart Association. Her cousin recently suffered a heart condition at the young age of 27! I told her that i loved the idea! So all purchases of this fairy from the PMS website (i cant control what my wholesale vendors do :) ) a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association.

Here is the Heart Fairy!  The sentiment you see on Christi's card is also available in rubber this month!

And then last but certainly not least, just a reminder of the sweet friendship fairies (that could also be sisters, mother and daughter, you get the idea!) that will now be available as rubber!!!!! The sentiment you see on the first card is also a new sentiment available in rubber this month!



Wanna win yourself a fairy? Leave a comment here and 1 lucky winner will be drawn at the release party on the 7th from 9-10 CST!

September Sneak Peek day 4... Apples to Apples!

Welcome to day 4 of our September sneak peeks! I told you that we wouldnt disappoint this month! Well, today we have "sort of" a new designer for you! :) It's Shaela Odd! Ok, now you all think i've lost my marbles and are saying, "Katie Dear, Shaela has been doing awesome wordart for a couple months now!" Well, I havent COMPLETELY lost my marbles yet! Now Shaela is using her drawing skills as well! Ok, not the first time, the rainbow and clouds in the Raindrops and Rainbows set are hers to. Ok ok so it's not that new! But i'll tell you want is new... this set! I love it! It's so much fun! And after some discussion with this fabulous design team of mine, we've decided that it will be available in rubber AND in digi! :) Just think of the possibilities! :)

Here is what the design team has come up with...

The cards below have used the rubber stamps... just so you know the size of the stamps. :)




And then these Design Team samples were created using the digi version.  Some sizes may have been adjusted slightly...  :)

And just think... with it as a digi set as well, you could make a GINORMOUS apple. In fact, i think i might do that. I love me some apples! :)

Leave a comment here about what you love most about this set and you could win the whole thing! :)

September Sneak Peek day 3... New fairies!

Did you think we werent going to have fairies this month?! Well you were wrong! Very wrong! There are 6 new fairies this month! (one previously a digi, hint hint). We will just be showing you 3 of them today! :)

First we have Candy. This little sweat pea would be fantastic for halloween but can also be used for birthdays, or other sweet pick me up cards. She comes with a little sentiment as well!




Then we have Rachel, the domestic goddess fairy! You all know you know that 1 gal in your life that does all things domestic with ease! I know i do! You'll have to read up about her on my own blog. teehee. Here are some cards of her!



And last but not least for today... Is Marissa! She's just the prettiest ballerina you ever did see! There is also a wordart being released that pairs perfectly with Marissa or can you used alone. You can see it in Mindy's card!





Wanna win yourself a fairy? Leave a comment here and a winner will be pulled during the release party!

September Sneak Peek day 2... The Moody Girls intro!

I have been waiting for this day!!!! The day that I finally get to announce that we are adding a new illustrator to our little company! Dont worry, we still have more coming from our very wonderful illustrators already on board, but I think that Cynthia is the perfect addition to our budding little stamp company!

Her name is Cynthia Liu. She is from Toronto and just has this fantastic edge quality about her! You can visit her blog to see more of her fantastic work. You can even buy her prints! Go here for print pricing and info!

This new collection of girls are called The Moody Girls. Moods can range all over the place from extreme joy to deep contemplation. I think these girls capture that mysterious-ness that I think is just so beautiful!

I will say... when i first showed the design team these new stamps... they all agreed they were beautiful illustrations, but many of them were terrified to color them! But let me tell you, after they got started.... they all raved about how much FUN they were to color!!!! And we have a range of coloring styles within the design team from copics to water-based dye markers, to watercolors, shimmerz, chalks, permanent markers (bics and sharpies). We really cover the ground! And we all love coloring the Moody Girls!

Check out what the design team have come up with...

Moody for Art






Moody for Music






Moody for Coffee




Moody in the Pumpkin Patch





Would you like to win a moody girl? Leave a comment here and a winner will be drawn at the release party! (you do not have to be present to win... though hint hint, more will be given away there!)

PMS sneak peek day 1!

Wow, is it already september? We have so many stamps to show you for our upcoming release on the 7th that we have to start the sneak peeks TODAY! That means 7 whole days of new stamps to see! Are you ready for this week! It's going to be a blast!

Our first sneak for you today is some fabulous wordart by Shaela Odd. It's called Spooky Sentiments and will be available in rubber on September 7th at 9pm CST.

Here are some of the concoctions the design team brewed up...

By Dawn Mercedes

By Christi Thorsen

By Tina Hale

By Katie Cotton

And one design team member (who doesnt celebrate Halloween) wanted to show off how wonderfully spooky our monster line by Steve Hammond can be for halloween...

By Lisa McKinney

and there is actually 1 saying that isnt previewed here... so you'll have to wait to see it! :)