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I have received many emails from people wanting an easier way to reference projects contained in a specific countdown. Well, I have spent some time this morning organizing ALL of the Papertrey countdowns by category.
<---The list of countdowns can be found here, to the left.
This is the way I will file future countdowns as well so they will always be easy to access. Enjoy!!!
He pulls the cat's tail.
He likes to stuff whole rolls of toilet paper into the toilet.
He even flushes things DOWN the toilet that don't belong.
He colors on the walls with crayons.
He throws his food across the room.
He sticks foreign objects up his nose.
He just HAS to put his hand in his own poo every single time I change his dirty diaper! (UGH!)
He plays with the remote and changes the settings so we can no longer operate the tv.
He attempts to call foreign countries with the telephone.
He pours his milk into my new shoes.
He screams as LOUD as he possibly can whenever we're in the car.
He thinks "No" really means "Yes".
He gives me THE best hugs ever.
He can light up a room with his smile.
He is starting talk. Can't wait for "mama".
He has the bluest eyes that twinkle when he recognizes you.
He crinkles his adorable little nose when he thinks something is funny.
He plays with Matchbox cars with an amazing sense of concentration for his age.
He like to lay his head on my shoulder when he gets sleepy. (His head fits just right, like a puzzle piece falling into place.)
Gotta love this little guy.
So the big news is.......(insert drumroll, please)
Royal Caribbean here we come!
That's right! We're taking you on a cruise! You can go to the OFFICIAL BLOG for all the details.
So what do you think? Are YOU onboard?
If you are REALLY anxious to see what Emily, Gina and I have been up to (and you happen to be a night owl!) there will be a new banner ad rolling at Splitcoast Stampers tonight (around midnight pacific) announcing our project. I think it has JUST about killed the three of us to keep a secret THIS BIG silent for SO long! I will be sure to post some banter about the BIG NEWS tomorrow as well. See you then!
t
o house #1658! Would that happen to be you? I made this project for the latest special issue from Paper Crafts entitled Room to Room. If you haven't seen it yet, you just HAVE to get a copy! It has 283 super easy ideas for altering/creating home decor projects all with paper crafting supplies! I just love being able to take the supplies I normally hoard and make something that I get to look at everyday rather then just a card, which the recipient may or may not keep. I got SEVERAL ideas from it that I plan on using to create gifts for people this Christmas.
So, back to the subject at hand, I made this project for the issue. It's a house number plaque to hang in a porch or sun room. I used numbers that I thought visually balanced each other out, not even THINKING as to what in the world I would do with it after it had been photographed for the magazine! So I want to pass it along to one of you who just HAPPENS to live at house #1658! Leave a comment here, and IF there is more than one person who lives at #1658, I will randomly draw a name. I'll share who the recipient will be tomorrow!
Many of you may remember that back in July we asked for winter sentiment ideas from all of YOU! Many of the sentiments included in our new holiday stamp sets came from those submissions! We got hundreds AND hundreds of fantastic ideas! I want to thank all of you for taking the time to share your words with us! A handful really stuck out from the crowd, and were awarded gift certificates for their contributions.
ANNE THURMAN-TATE
“Holiday Blessings to You & Yours” (used in Holiday Wishes)
“From Our House to Yours” (used in Holiday Treats)
AURA FLORA
“Friends & Family are the true gifts of Christmas” (used in Holiday Wishes & Believe)
CHARLENE AUSTIN
“Believe” (inspired the name & theme of our Believe set!)
CLAUDIA FRANSON
“Star Light, Star Bright, Make a Christmas Wish Tonight” (used in Take a Bough)
JESSICA FORD
“Cheers” (used in Holiday Wishes & Take a Bough)
SANDY DAYHOFF
“May the Magic of Christmas Fill Each Corner of your Home & Heart”
(used in Holiday Wishes)
STACI MISERLIAN
“Wishing You the Merriest Christmas & All the Best in the New Year”
(used in Holiday Wishes)
Thank you so much to all of you! I hope you enjoy seeing your ideas in actual stamp formation! Your words really inspired me!
Many of you have already begun receiving your holiday stamps that were released Friday night. I would love to see what you create!!! And I am sure all of my reader's would as well! Please feel free to share links to your latest Papertrey creations below! I will highlight a few of my favorites here in the coming days! I look forward to seeing all of your projects!
Well this month's search for two Guest Star Stampers was difficult to say the least! And not because we were lacking for amazing entries! We received over 450 submissions (honestly, I just stopped counting!), and it was SO tough for me to narrow it down! The winner for best use of Beautiful Blooms was Melanie Muenchinger (more about her in the next post below!). And Natasha Trupp was chosen for her outstanding design using Spooky Sweets. Natasha created the most clever backdrop for her bats by piecing together our Avery label image, stamped in a spectrum of colors (see her project HERE). This is such a great idea, and something you could use for cards of all occasions and themes, especially since we are offering other varieties of these images now! Thanks for the great entry, Natasha!
And as always, there are a few additional entries that cannot go unmentioned! So here are September's Honorable Mentions!
BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS
Sherrie Seimens used one of the flowers to make breath-taking snowflakes. Don't you just love that! As well as a clever concept, I think the colors & design are so peaceful and serene!
Dana Vitek made this bold & bright picture frame (and her daughter comes close to stealing the show!) Notice how she punched circular windows through the frame and hung charms made from polyshrink! I just LOVED that!
Charmaine Ikach paired a really vibrant, unique color-scheme with a fantastic design. I love the detail of adding two strips of knotted ribbon.
Julie Brooks color scheme and simplicity on the front of this box just took my breath away. It just visually speaks to me and it would be so simple to replicate at the same time. Just beautiful!
Lauren Meader had SEVERAL entries this month, but this one caught my eye the most. I love the innovative use of pairing Borders & Corners with the Beautiful Blooms set. I think they really compliment each other nicely in this project!
SPOOKY SWEETS
Jen Ofiana created this stunning tag project. I just love how she integrated all the bits & pieces from this set into one project. The trio of spiders in the middle is so cute too!
Lexi Daly put some googly eyes in the "double o" in spooky! Isn't that such a fun idea! I am SO going to do that on some projects I have planned for my children's teachers this year!
Carole Burrage made this Halloween decor for her house using scraps of patterned paper and the pumpkin face images from Spooky Sweets. I think this would be such a fun project to do with kids!
Next month's contest has already begun! We will be choosing THREE winners! The sets we want to see entries made with are:
You have until October 13th! You can read all the details HERE. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
She is our Guest star Stamper this month for her use of Beautiful Blooms. You can see Melanie's fabulous card HERE, and I know once you see it you'll just have to replicate it! I just had to give her a special little shout our here amongst the Honorable Mentions. She submitted over FIFTY projects to this month's contest. Yes, you read that right, 50! And they were all of the highest caliber. I decided to share some here with you that were some of my favorites! This girl is definitely going places!
Here is one she created with a mixture of bright colors, a variety of blooms all on a clean white backdrop. Gotta love the simplicity of one layer cards!
For this entry she created butterflies from the leaves contained in our Beautiful Blooms set. If you were just to look at Melanie's creation you would think that the leaf images were SUPPOSED to be butterfly wings!
Here she used the Avery label stamp from Spooky Sweets to create a Band-aid! What an adorable get well card!
And here she turned the same stamp into birthday candles, and used the leaf images from Beautiful Blooms for the flames! Genius!
The same Avery label stamp once again, only paired with the flourish image (also from Spooky Sweets) to make a beautiful Christmas gift. Seriously! What an impressive idea!
And last but not least (and I think this may be one of my favorites) is her card titled "Pumpkin Bloom". She used the pumpkin from Spooky Sweets, upside down to create a flower. This is a perfect example of thinking outside the box! Thanks for all your fantastic entries, Melanie. (All 50 of them!)
