Better than Mom

Hi everyone- wow, I have not posted in a while! Between being AWAY on vacation for the kids' spring break and fighting allergies since we returned, I have been pretty beat. I hope you all are heathly and feeling great!  It's with a heavy heart that I write this post.  My dear friend, Patti, is closing her store, Paper Maniac. It has been a great pleasure to have the opportunity to design for her over the years.  

She is offering 30% off all merchandise, use the discount code GOODBYE at checkout. 

So, please visit www.papermaniac.com today!!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for visiting.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI: Chevron Stripes.  Verve: Love Deepens.
Paper: White CS
Ink: Memento: Angel Pink, London Fog and Plum.
Accessories: Websters Pages Stick Pin, Plum ribbon, Spellbinders Label 18 die.

Paper Maniac- May Sale

Have you checked out this awesome Paper Maniac sale yet??  Hurry, its ending on the 15th!! Lots of new items in the store now too.

www.papermaniac.com

Have a great night!!

Welcome Little One

Here is a sweet baby girl card that I made for a friend at work, who just welcomed his 1st grandchild. I LOVE making baby cards, and this is the first one I have made in a while. I used a Kraft card base with Echo Park: Springtime papers.  I stamped the image and sentiment (from Taylored Expressions: Hangin' Out stamp set) onto a vanilla Spellbinders: Lattice Rectangle die cut. I colored the image with Copic markers and added glittery accents with Stickles on the flowers.  I then cut felt flowers using the PTI flower fusion dies, and added rhinestones to the centers. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hi There

Hi There, Paper Maniacs! Here's a fun card made using the new Basic Grey- Hello Luscious papers, along with Websters Pages Spring Market papers and Hero Arts stamps. I stamped the large house stamp onto the Spring Market papers two times: once on the cream colored sheet and once on the red polka dotted sheet. I cut the roof off the red sheet and adhered it to the house. I colored all the accents on the house with Copic markers. The Hello Luscious paper is the hills- I liked how this pattern resembled rolling hills, so I cut out a strip, rounding the hills, and adhered to the bottom of the white card base. Then, I adhered the house. I then stippled blue ink around all the leftover white space, to resemble the sky. The potted plant images also come from the Hero Arts stamp set. Thanks for stopping by today. There is just a few more days left of the amazing April sale, so be sure to check it out.

I wish all of you a wonderful holiday weekend.

Sending Love

Hello Paper Maniacs!! Hopefully, by now, you are all experiencing some nice spring weather. It appears the weather will be breaking here in NJ, real soon. Yesterday it was yucky and rainy, so here is a card that fit the day. I used Echo Park Springtime paper and and adorable Stampavie stamp (Under My Umbrella). The trim is from Websters Pages. I colored the image with Copic Markers.

Please stop by the storefront this week, Patti is having another amazing sale. You won't want to miss this one!!

Have a wonderful day. :-)

HB 2 U

Hey Paper Maniac peeeeps, how are you all doing on this wonderful Thursday?? I have a really easy card to share with you today- its a white cardstock base, which I stamped the images right onto. The images are Kanban Stamps- Fairy Cakes, and colored with copics. I accented a few areas with stickles, and the glittery strips are made with double-sided tape and just press the glitter of choice right into the strip.

Hope you have a great day!!

Happy Spring!

Hello Paper Maniacs, is anyone getting Spring Fever yet?? I know I sure am.  The weather is starting to get real nice in NJ and I hope it stays this way.  I am done with the dreaded winter already.  So, in honor of spring, I made this card with some cuuuuuuute new Echo Park paper (Springtime) and an adorable Stampavie Stamp.  Patti has tons of new CHA releases arriving at the Paper Maniac Store everyday, stop on by and check it out. 

Have a wonderful day! 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!

Sparkliest Butterfly

Hey Paper Maniacs! Hope you are all having a great weekend so far! I was happy that I grabbed some time to play with some new Memory Box papers and an awesome new Memory Box butterfly stamp. The stamped image is fun to color and glitter up. :-) The pattern papers are from the Minuet collection, look at that- it even matches the stamp. The lace accent is from Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Birthday Wishes

Hello Paper Maniacs and Happy Saturday.  Hope you all had a great week.  All my lovies have been struggling with another round of sickness this week- and I'm blaming this terrible winter.  We had a small taste of spring last week, and poof, its gone and now its freezing again.  So, in honor of spring, I wanted to make a bright, floral card.  I used the awesome new Memory Box Brioche papers and a sentiment from Kanban Stamps Love Hearts set.  The lace is new Hero Arts adhesive lace found in the store.  I made the floral medallion, and Paper Maniac will be sharing that tutorial with you real soon.  Enjoy your weekend and stay warm and healthy. 

Wishing for Spring

Happy Saturday Paper Maniacs!! Hope you all had a great week and are off to a great weekend. Here's a fun card I made using new Kanban Stamps and 3 Bugs in a Rug (April Showers) papers found in the Paper Maniac Store.  The stamped image is colored with Copic markers.  The "Happy Spring" sticker also comes from the April Showers paper pack.  This paper pack is so awesomely beautiful.  I actually had a dilemma deciding which papers to use- I didnt want to cut them up, they are that pretty!! Hope you have a great weekend.

With All My Heart

Happy Saturday Paper Maniacs!

Hope you all had a wonderful week, and not too much snow, ice or rain wherever your location. We have been clobbered with snow lately, and I'm really getting sick of it, anyone else?? lol. I am ready for spring!!

Heres a fun Valentine's/Love card made using the awesome Bo Bunny Crush papers that Patti carries in the store. I added a sticker for the sentiment, from the Echo Park Be Mine paper pack. The card is also decorated with some lace trim. The cardstock is Memory Box- Dove Gray.

Enjoy your weekend and Stay Warm!!

Vintage Style

Happy Saturday Paper Maniac peeeeps.  Have you been enjoying our Vintage Week on the Paper Maniac Blog?? If you haven't stopped by yet, please check out all the awesome projects when you have some time, they are so inspiring!

Now, Vintage is not necessarily my style, so this week's assignment was a bit challenging for me. However, once I found my Echo Park "Be Mine" paper pack, I was having some good ideas.  This paper collection is full of vintage-y goodness!!  I paired the paper with the Unity Stamp Co stamp kit called Life Becomming (by Melody Ross).  Then, I just distressed the edges of the papers with a distressing tool and some vintage inks and sewed them onto the card front, which is Memory Box (Begonia).  I have become addicted to Memory Box papers for card bases.  The papers are colored on one side and white on the other!! How cool is that?? 

Well, I hope you have a great weekend!

Hot Cocoa time!

Happy Saturday Paper Maniac peeeeeps!!  Here is a really easy card to make using Echo Park Wintertime paper pack and matching stickers.  This hot cocoa cup called my name as soon as I saw it.  I have been "digging" hot cocoa this winter, drinking plenty of it!! Hope you are all staying warm too. 

Have a great weekend. :-)

Snowy Birthday Wishes

1-1-11.....Hello Everyone, I hope you are having a fabulous NEW YEAR! Here's a card using the super cute Warm Winter Wishes stamp set by Flourishes. I really enjoy using these stamps, first, the snowman is AAAAAAdorable, next, the sentiments are terrific for all winter long, and last, the snowflakes of varying shapes and sizes make awesome backgrounds!

I used a Kraft cardstock base, and stamped snowflakes in white and navy ink creating a background. Then I stamped the snowman onto a white Spellbinders oval die cut and colored it with Copic markers, then layered with a navy oval die cut. Last, I cut a thin strip of navy cardstock to stamp the birthday sentiment on, and then cut the corners on each side to resemble ribbon. I placed a blue candy dot on each end of the "ribbon."

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Winter

Hello Paper Maniac peeeeeeps!! Hope you all had a wonderful, blessed holiday with your family, friends and loved ones. This card is quite fitting for me today, as we woke up to almost 2 feet of snow in NJ!!  Winter is surely here. 

I made this card using the Echo Park Wintertime kit.  The trees and scenery is from the sticker sheet that is included in the package.  The letters are also from the Wintertime paper pack. I just measured the scenery to fit the cardfront, adhered and that's it, you have a card.  soooooo easy! The ribbon is scrap from my stash and the snowman comes from a PTI set.  

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Let it Snow

Happy Saturday Paper Maniacs- posting late today, my apologies! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday season so far.  Its been crazy cold here in NJ this week, however no snow as of yet, so, here is my wishful thinking card- "Let it Snow"  :-)

I used the awesome Echo Park winter pattern paper (Everyone Loves Christmas) for the background.  I used the American Crafts (autumn) seasonal assortment pack for the card base and green layer on the front and inside of the card. I used copics to color the stamped image, and oldie, but goodie from Stampin Up.  I added some sparkle to the letters using distress stickles.  The stamped image is cut with Spellbinders Label 16 (i LOVE this label, and use it ALOT).  I also used some buttons and rhinestones to jazz up the card front a bit.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card:   

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Friends Warm the Heart

Hello Paper Maniacs- I hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend- filled with family, feasting, friends and FUN!! I have a cute winter card to share with you today. I used one of the new Flourishes stamp sets called Warm Winter Wishes and the new Bo Bunny Midnight Frost papers. Those papers are YUMMY, let me tell ya! :-) The cirlce is cut with the Spellbinders Lacey Circles die. I even threw in a Jenny Bowlin stick pin for some added sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Back to the Basics- Basic Grey that is!!

Hey Paper Maniac Peeeeeps!! Have you been following the blog this week, we are showing off tons of creations using the awesome Basic Grey papers in the store. I used the Lemonade series for this card. I keep going back to this stack of papers all the time, its one of my all-time favorites.  I distressed the edges of the papers using a cool distressing tool, and then sewed them onto the kraft card base. The big flower is from the awesome Prima selection in the store. I also used some bakers twine and a button for accents.  The stamped images are from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend!!

Northwoods Oak Leaf

Hello everyone, I hope you had a safe Halloween. I wanted to share with you this amazing stamp image from Northwoods. Its called Oak Leaf frame. I just love that big oak leaf (its fun to color with Copics) and the frame makes it easy to cut out and adhere to your cardfront. The designer papers are from the Imaginisce Apple Cider paper pad. 

Dont forget to check out the SUPER special deals all week long at the Paper Maniac Store. Everyday there is a new special.

TUESDAY SUPER DEAL – Unity Cling Sets are either $6.00 or $12.00 each which represents approximately 50% off the retail price. One large Donna Downey set is $24.00, marked down from $45.00. Does not include Itty Bitty, singles, or retail store kits. Offer good while supplies last and only for one day. Check in Wednesday morning for another super deal!

MONDAY SUPER DEAL – Only 25 cents each for every 12” x 12” single sheet patterned paper and cardstock. Offer good while supplies last. Check in Tuesday morning for another super deal!

Have a fabulous day!!

You are SO Wise

Hello Paper Maniacs, Happy Saturday! I am happy to show you this card today, made with super-awesome, unique images from Northwoods Stamps.  Have you seen that all Northwoods Stamps are marked down 25% in the Paper Maniac store until October 31st?? Eeeeep!!

This card was pretty easy to create. I used a Neenah white cardstock base, and navy layers. I used Spellbinders classic rectangles for the focal image and layer. The Northwoods image is stamped in Memento Black ink and then colored with copics. The night sky and the moon were sponged with 3 different shades of Memento ink: Lulu Lavendar, Cantaloupe and Tangelo. My daughter wanted me to color the tree's eyes blue (not sure if it shows on the photo). :-)
Here is a close-up if the cololring:

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great weekend.