Season's Givings blog hop

This hop is going to be a little bit different, in the fact that every single person on the list below, is giving something away.  All you need to do, is go to their blog, and leave a comment.  Really, really easy.  Now grab a cup of coffee, or tea, or maybe some hot chocolate, whatever your favorite is, and start hopping.  

Here is to starting off the year 2013 in a fun way!

Paper Crafts magazine

Kelly Marie Alvarez/Lawn Fawn

Unity Design Team

Avocado Arts

GinaK Designs

Latisha Yoast

Lee Murphy

Laurie Schmidlin

AJ Otto

Michelle Woerner

Jocelyn Olson

Cindy Lawrence

Amy Tsuruta

Jessie Rone

Karen Baker

Lori Tecler

Jodi Collins

Kim Kesti

Tosha Leyendekker

Lisa Henke 

Tonya Dirk

Ann Cox

Jimmi Mayo

Cristal (Pinky) Hobbs

Vera W. Yates

Jennifer Gallacher

Emily Leiphart

Lori Craig

Melody Rupple

Kim Hughes/Paper Smooches

Lynnette Kauffman

Beate Johns

Ashley Marcu

Becky Olsen

Jessica Diedrich

Alice Wertz

Joanne Basile

Carolyn King

Teri Anderson

Isha Gupta

Melissa Mann

Lydia Fiedler

Beth Pingry

 Jaclyn Miller

Glenda Wyatt

Julia Stainton

Angie Blom

Sharon Harnist

Karolyn Loncon

Julie Overby

Tenia Nelson

Emily Branch

Windy Robinson

We are giving away our NEW January stamp release!

ONE lucky winner will receive all sets shown below:

    Bold Blooms

 

Cuteasaurus

 

Needle Little Love

 

Nine Lives

For your chance to win - please tell us what stamp set shown above is your favorite!

Deadline:  Jan. 3 - winner will be announced on Jan 4th :)

Good Luck!

Hoping your 2013 is fabulous in every way!!

smooches!

Kim

You're Purrrty!

Heidi and Kalyn created with NINE LIVES and chose the same sentiment and pink is their focal color...LOVE how these two cards compliment each other.  Both so soft and pretty.  Did you see how they used the paw print as an accent?  LOVE how fun and flirty these cards are!!  Both girls are crazy-amazing fussy-cutters!  (and Heidi's card uses one of our new frame dies)

 

 "Nine Lives" releases at midnight EST tonight...stay tuned, something fun is coming...

I hope you all have a safe, healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR!

Raising my toasting glass - Cheers friends!

Thank you for your love and support over the past year - we wouldn't be here without you.

Bring on 2013 :)

Loves,

Kim

Today is the day...

that I planned on sharing a new video, but I just couldn't make it happen my friends.  I think you will understand when you see how incredibly busy I have been.  WE will have plenty of videos showcasing our NEW DIES - you can count on that!  I have a LOT of fun things planned for January, so stay tuned...

I do have a fabulous card to share.  This card was created by our latest SPARKS challenge winner Kailash
I love how she combined snowmen from two stamp sets (Swanky Snowdudes and Freezy Fellas)  It was a color challenge, and she rocked it!!

The newest SPARKS challenge is an inspiration challenge using this photo:

Happy creating!!
xx Kim

PS...if you missed our BIG announcement yesterday - scroll down...

December DT Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches January stamp release with you!  The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase at 12:01am, Eastern time...on January 1st.  You will find them HERE.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new stamp sets!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify)  You have until midnight MT on Friday, December 28th to leave a comment.  Please check all five blogs on Saturday, December 29th to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Emily Leiphart
Heidi Van Laar
Kalyn Kepner
Laurie Schmidlin
Teri Anderson

1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop
(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog)

I have a special treat for you!  I have been working around the clock to make sure that we come out with a BANG at the winter CHA show in a few short weeks. 

Soooo since my "free" time has been very limited..I didn't have time to create a new card to post today, so I am sharing a card that I created for our catalog.  AND it has a NEW product on it - ok...time to spill the beans...we are adding DIES to our product line on February first - EEEEEK!!  I am crazy-excited!  Seriously, I am so proud of this release - I hope it knocks your socks off :)

Soooo, I used our new set called Cuteasaurus (that will release on Jan 1) and a die called Duo Die 4 (which means that there are three more like it in the collection.  I stamped the bottom of the frame with our Houndstooth background stamps.  You like?

Thanks for playing along :)
I am thrilled you are here!
xx Kim

exhale...

Another Christmas is over (sigh) what a fun time of year!  my holiday was wonderful, hope yours was as well :)  Now back to work!! LOL

Another short and sweet post from me...sooo much to do today.

This our last day to show off cards created by Grisel.  It was wonderful having her as out guest!

How sweet is this???  LOVE the peeking window and how she added her dog to the card - this card is just soooo cute!!

...and what a PERFECT wedding card!  I am sure that it woudl work for an engagement or anniversary celebration as well.  Crazy-LOVE!

...and ahhhh Miss Teri created this mega-fabulous Flap Happy card.  I am diggin' the paper pieced butterflies - seriously wow friends!

Tomorrow is our blog hop...so please stop back to see what we have planned for our January stamp release
xo Kim

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you are all enjoying your day (or night) so far.  I have some down time until we make another visit, so I thought I'd pop in to say "Merry Christmas!"

As usual, I have two amazing cards to share in case you are wandering blogland today.

Today let's pretend that this sweet little pooch is a Maltese.  Emily's card is dang cute!  LOVE the colors...and design!

Laurie's card is totally trendy...love the color combo that she chose as well.  Those stripes really make the main paper panel pop!  FAB!!

Thanks for including us in your day
xx
Kim

ack!

It feels like a weekend day, so I completely forgot to post this morning - I am so sorry for this delay :)

I am finishing up our catalog for CHA and of course prepping for Christmas tomorrow...anyone else's head popped off this week from their "to do" list?

THANK YOU soooo much for all of your love and support this year...I know that it's not New Year's yet, but I just wanted to let you know how blessed I feel.  I am so fortunate to have you in my life (HUGE HUGS)

Kalyn's "We Connect" card is gorgeous!  LOVE the soft steel blue mixed with neutrals.  Totally swoon worthy!

... and Heidi's card is just so soft and pretty...makes me go "ahhhhh".  Love the cute embellishments :)

I should go and get to work on my to do list.  I hope your day is fun and not stressful (grin)
Thanks so much for stopping by
love you!
Kim

Happy Friday!

The crunch is on...are you all done with your holiday shopping?  I have a few more gifts to buy but I have it under control.  (feels good)

I'd like to share the past two winner's cards from our SPARKS challenge blog.  I think they are both FABulous!

Karen Haman created this festive lights card that is sooo clever!  She hand drew the curly lines to hang the lights from...and she used the back side of the light bulb stamp to create the "glow" - so awesome!!

...and last week's winner was Morag!  This card is full of trends - chevron, cameras and Polaroids - what's not to love?  So dang cute!!

This weeks challenge is a color story - check it!

Have a great weekend cute friends!
smooches!
Kim

Our January Guest Designer Is...

Karen Haman

Congrats Karen! I adore your super cute snowman card!!  Your color combo is so pretty and your design is perfect!  I can see that we will be in for a treat in January :)

Our February guest designer search begins on January 3rd.  Please give us another try...you are all amazing...ohhh how I wish I could choose everyone :)  Thank you so very much for sharing your art with us!
smooches!
Kim

pure genius

hehe, Teri used the bow from the Yorkie and created a bow tie for the Pug!  LOVE it!  ...and what a sweet little scene (grin)

and in case you missed Teri's blog hop card - here it is...just in time for Christmas!TOTAL stinkin' cutemess!!

Here's another gorgeous card created by Grisel (our guest this month)  She combined Woofers & Tweeter and We Connect brilliantly :)

Short & sweet post from me today...hope to see you tomorrow.
Have a good one!
loves,
Kim

We Connect

I have some "We Connect" cards to share today but first I'd like to mention one of my favorite magazines...Creating Keepsakes.  I have a layout in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue and I used PS stamps of course.  My first layout was published over eight years ago and it is still as exciting as that first time.  I am a scrapbooker that turned into a card maker that morphed into a stamper - what a fun ride!
Here is half of my page - to see the whole double page layout, you will need to see it in the latest issue.  I used Reflections to accent my journal spot.

With Christmas right around the corner...this tag is a great idea!  What an easy way to dress up a package!

Emily's card is so sweet!  The We Connect stamp set can be used in s many ways...no need to connect words with an ampersand.  The words are string enough to stand alone.

I am sure many of you are out shopping - I hope you are enjoying this festive time of year!
smooches!
Kim

It's a winner-day!

Heidi's monochromatic Flap Happy card is cool - in more ways than one...cool because it's just plain fun to look at and cool because of the colors that she chose, it reminds me of winter or cold water.

...and Kalyn's card is hot!  She chose warm tones...and this card concentrates on the hombre effect.  I love how she combined the large and small solid butterfly. swwwwwoooooon!

...and now to announce the winner of our new Bee Mine stamp set!

My daughter chose:

Kate December 15, 2012 5:03 PM

so cute! love it

Congrats!!  Please send an e-mail to info(at)papersmoochesstamps(dot)com to let me know your address and I will send out your stamp set asap.

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!  A sweet friend of mine is giving away a PS Vegtastic stamp set...visit LAURA to see why she has a stamp set to offer up as blog candy...it's a really cute story

Thank you all for your wonderful comments...they make me sooo happy...and they are VERY appreciated :)

xo
Kim

Something special to share - and a giveaway

Welcome!

We are releasing our newest Kismet stamp set called Bee Mine at midnight tonight Eastern time and I am here today to help promote this sweet set along with two amaZing gals!  You will find the new stamp set HERE.

I have one Bee Mine stamp set to give away to one lucky person!  You have until midnight on Sunday, December 16th to leave a comment.  I will post the winner here on Monday, December 17th. 

I used the bee, flourish and sentiment from the new Bee Mine stamp set...and I also used a super NEW stamp set called Clipboard.  It releases on February 1st...and will be a part of our winter CHA trade show release.  eeeek - so exciting!!

For more chances to win...please visit these VERY talented ladies :) 
Laurie Willison

Vera Yates

This will be our last mid-month kismet stamp set.  I have really enjoyed bringing my CHF stamp sets to life in clear stamp form, but the mid-month plan is a hard one to keep up with.  If there is an old stamp set of mine that you would like to see make it into clear stamps, please send me a message and let me know.  I am not saying that I won't re-release other sets in the future, just not as a mid-month release.

I have soooo many upcoming surprises for you all...the excitement is overwhelming.  The sneak peeks will strt on Jan 1 - so please stay tuned...

xo
Kim

The PS Patrol...

ohhhh we found some beauties in our Flickr Gallery!  I thought that I'd choose cards that are perfect for the upcoming holidays.

HERE are our Christmas/Holiday stamp sets

Andi Sexton 
I thought this card would be a great option for Hanukkah.  The colors really speak to me...and I LOVE the split-colored sentiment.

Jenny Mullens
How fun is this???  Jenny used the virus bug from Healthy Vibes and made it into a splat - brilliant!!  her coloring is AH-mazing!!

Karen Dunbrook 
What a fun little who-ville looking card!  I love every inch of this whimsical card!!!

Melania Deasy
This is crazy-cute!  Melania's attention to detail is awesome!  Serious cuteness going on here :)

Rachel Kleinman
This card makes me go ahhhhh...it's perfectly executed.  L*O*V*E!!

If you haven't already created your Christmas cards, I hope these will give you a little inspiration.

Tomorrow is our last Kismet blog promo and I am sooo excited about this set!  Buzzzz :)

Enjoy your day friends

huge hugs,

Kim

12.12.12

what a cool date!!

Grisel is back as our guest this month - yay!  She created with our Woofers & Tweeters stamp set and rocked it!  Her cards are so cute!  I love this happy little scene :)

and oh my goodness...how pretty!!  The outline in white is so cool!!   The string accent is perfect  :)  Can't wait to see what she creates for next week.

Teri created two "We Connect" cards that blow me away!! LOVE the bold rich colors she used...totally swoon worthy!!

 This one is is just so playful and super FUN!  I love the mix of ink colors and the buttons add the perfect touch of whimsy!

Seeing cards like those makes me want to stamp!  LOL

I am thrilled that you stopped by...hope to see you tomorrow...we are sharing projects that we find on the Internet.

smooches!
Kim

BUNCO...

do you know about BUNCO?  My Mother In Law invited me to be a sub when I first started dating her son a few years back and I am thrilled to be a part of such a wonderful group of women!  We had our Christmas party last night and I had a ball.  Lynda and I were the hosts and I think it went well  :)  The ages range from me (at 41) and go up to about age 75.  I LOVE these girls and have so much fun with once a month.  Have you heard of the game BUNCO - and have you played it before?  If you are unfamiliar - it's a dice game between 12 people.

I ask my design team to create two cards per stamp set...and sometimes depending on how the month falls, there is a lone card that doesn't get shown.  Technically it's for the sneak peeks, but our manufacturing has been delayed for months, so it's hard to give them as much time to create as I'd like.  I have finally been able to get stamps into their hands quite early, so I think I will be able to start sneak peeking stamps earlier than the blog hops - yay!

So today I have two cards to share by Emily and Laurie using Flap Happy :)

ummm - WOW!  What an incredible card this is!  It looks like she stamped a border and then fussy-cut along the outside edges.  LOVE the spritzing!  I am back to WOW!

Here's another outstanding card by Emily.  She used the back side of the butterfly stamp to add color to the butterfly - LOVE!

and ahhhh, Laurie's cards are soooo elegant and beautiful!  Swwwwooon-so pretty!

...and one more card to make you smile.  What a wonderful idea to highlight one of the butterflies.  I think it's fabulous that she created a neutral background to make the accent butterfly the main focus - Brilliant!!

I hope these cards have inspired you today. 
Happy Tuesday friends
xx
Kim

Woof!

(grin) I have some Woofers & Tweeters cards to show off this morning :)

Kalyn's card is darling.  I imagine this would make a great Christmas card....just change the sentiment and add a Santa hat...voila, a whole new theme :)  Isn't this so sweet?

 

Torn paper dirt, frayed cut paper grass...great design - what's not to love?  I swooned when I saw this card - I adore every little inch!!

 

Thank you for stopping by....I love that you took the time :)
Happy Monday beautiful friends!
xx
Kim

TGIF

We are picking up our Christmas tree TONIGHT - super YAY!  I didn't think I was ready for Christmas, but now I think I am.  I am not ready to listen to Christmas music voluntarily, but I am getting in the mood finally.  Do you own your Christmas tree or buy a real tree every year?  I used to own one with the lights already attached (boy was it easy to put together) but my husband has a tradition of buying a new tree each year and I am totally game.  I like it soooo much better than a fake one.  He is the one who takes care of it, so that's probably why it's an extra dream for me LOL

Today I have a very clever card that was chosen as our SPARKS challenge winner:

Congrats Stacy Buller!!

I LOVE, love, LOVE your card!!  You are so talented :)

This was her inspiration....and she nailed it!

Our NEW challenge is a crazy-easy one!  It's a trend watch...

Use a camera, polaroid, photo etc on a project - have fun with it!!  I hope you play along :)  Please tell your friends too...I'd love to see new players!  Our design team rocks - big time....I am sure they will inspire you.  Visit our SPARKS challenge blog to share your project

Have a great weekend friens
xx
Kim

Be Our Guest

Our January designer search begins today.  Woohooo!

Guest Designers will receive 2 NEW stamp sets, get a blog badge and will have their name and projects featured here on the PS blog for 4-5 weeks (depending on how many weeks there are in the month).

You will have approx. two weeks to show us your talent!  You can submit as many projects as you like and past submissions are welcome.  Guest designers are not chosen randomly.  We will be looking for designers who stand out in one (or more) of the following categories:

• great use of color
• outstanding design
• mad coloring skills
• fun paper piecing
• pure cleverness

You will need to use a Paper Smooches stamp or any of our FREE digi stamps.  You can submit to our call with "old and new" projects...and projects that you create for our SPARKS Challenge are perfectly acceptable..
 
The deadline is Wednesday, December 19th 

Our January guest designer will be announced on Thursday, December 20th 
 
If you have tried out in the past..I hope you reapply - We LOVE looking at your beautiful creations.

Thank you soooo much for sharing your talent with us   :)
xx
Kim

Oh My!

I have reallllly enjoyed hearing about your pet names!  I realize this is an early plug...but I am willing to take the risk!  I designed a CAT THEME set and it releases NEXT month (huge wink)  I am excited about it and hope you love it as much as our dog theme stamp set :)

I was cropping with friends over the weekend and had a ball thinking up a combined name for a doberman/poodle mix!  I am sure you can imagine the possibilities.

And here is a card with our BUTTERFLY theme set called Flap Happy.  Do you find Teri's card even half as amazing as I do?  I think this card is over-the-top incredible in every way!!  She stamped the solid butterfly in five colors and stamped the black outlined butterflies on top - GREAT look!!

Grisel is our December guest - woohooo.  For some reason, her package took a detour between AZ and NJ and her stamps arrived late - ack!  But she was sweet to create a temporary card to share today.  Check out this sparkly little nugget!  Not sure if you can tell but this adorable owl has glittery eyeshadow and the sentiment has glittered edges as well.  TOTALLY sweet card!

Our next guest designer search begins TOMORROW - yay!

Have a great day friends
smooches!
Kim