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??

Contest Reminders!

Hey everyone! Just a reminder of our fabulous contests we have running this month!

Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenges

Every friday we issue a new challenge. This month 1 person is randomly chosen from the entries to win a special PMS goodie bag!! There is still time to enter this weeks challenge!

Your Favorite PMS stamp challenge

The winner of this challenge wins a $25 gift certificate to the PMS store!

There are 3 days left to enter this challenge! Winner will be announced on this Saturday!

Get a stamp made just for you!

This is the easiest contest of all our contests and has the most coveted prize!

Like this contest we did once before, you can have a fairy made just for you or someone you love. Only this time, we're opening it up to all to have an image or wordart made from any of our illustrators. You choose the details of the stamp, whether it's what the fairy, moody or monster looks like or what the wordart says! You even get to choose the name!

And of course, you will receive the stamp!

And entering is EASY! All you have to do is upload your cards using PMS to our galleries on splitcoast and paper craft planet. The same card can be loaded into both galleries giving you 2 chances to win with every card! Guidelines for this challenge - the cards entered MUST have the following...

use a PMS stamp

have the tag Paper Makeup Stamps, PMS

and thats it! Contest runs thru the 28th of February and the winner will be announced on the 1st of March.

And now... here's some card inspiration to get your mojo flowing and enter these fun contests!

Card by Gabby Arriaza

Card by Melyssa Connolly

Project by Tina Hale

Card by Maria Gurnsey

card by Christi Snow

Card by Dawn Barrett

Now go get craftin'!