Goodness Gracious Boy!

Hi everyone, Norma here with you today!  

You know I'm not a real big scrapbooker but I always look forward to doing Scrapbook Saturday.  I have so many pics that I would like to scrapbook.  I think that scrapbooking is such a great way to tell the stories behind photos that might other wise be forgotten.  It's also a fun way to get creative with papers, stamps and paints.  The overall layout not only tells the story of the subject but of the scrapbooker.

I was going through my photos and I came across these great pics of my youngest getting into all sorts of things.  Combined they tell of the story of my sweet and silly boy.

I wanted to create a fun feeling to match my silly boy so I combined several stamps sets.  I used circles from Sacred Geometry (must have set), Hanging Stars, Art Textures, Southern Sayings, A Perfect Alphabet and A Banner Day (40% off this month).

I stamped some of the circles from Sacred Geometry in paint and others in Colorbox ink.  To stamp with paint I added paint to my palette paper then smeared it using a brayer.  Then I just rolled the brayer over my stamp.  If you use paint with your stamps be sure to clean them real good afterwards.  I stamped all of the stars on the Hanging Stars set then outlines some with a white Signo pen (another must have).  The banner and most of "I Love You" are from the A Banner Day set.  I used A Perfect Alphabet for the "I" and "Love You" from A Banner Day.

I used patterned paper and a fabric brad from the Creative Girl Nesting Components kit.  I cut the circles using a punch and scalloped Spellbinders die.  My sentiment "Goodness gracious" is from Southern Sayings.  I just added "boy!" using the A Perfect Alphabet (another great set to have).

To finish off my layout I added a little journaling and a cute quote from my paper stash.  Super easy layout but I think I was able to captured my son's sweet adventurous spirit.  Well friends that's all for today, thank you so much for joining me and enjoy your weekend.  Hugs to you all!!

Sacred Geometry Clear Stamp Set Art Textures Cling Stamp Set Distress Circles Cling Stamp Set Hanging Stars Clear Stamp Set Southern Sayings Cling Stamp Set Perfect Alphabet Clear Stamp Set Creative Girl Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit Uniball Pen - White

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Throwback Thursday - Banner Day

Hello there peeps!  Carrie here with you today to share a few samples of our Featured Stamp of the Month.  The set we are featuring this month is Banner Day.  You can get it for 40% off the original price until the end of the month.  Get yours today!

This set features some great words for all occasions and that fabulous banner!  The best part about this set is since it is made from clear rubber, it easily bends.  You can shape the stamp on your acrylic block and have the words bend around an image or fit within an area.  Endless possibilities!

Tutorial Tuesday- Stamping on Vellum

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Hi, Katie here! Happy Earth Day! Are you doing anything to celebrate? I have a pretty good sized garden that I planted, so I made this cute garden journal to write down and keep track of my harvest this year.

It's Tutorial Tuesday, so I'm also showing you how I made/colored the stamped vellum embellishments on my cover.

Stamps used: Build a Scene, Leaf Border

Supplies: Vellum, Ink, Stamps, Prismacolor Markers

1. Stamp your designs onto vellum and let them dry.

2. Cut out your designs. Use your markers to color the back of your stamped images. Why the back? Depending on the ink you used to stamp with, your markers could smear the design and since it's vellum, your color will show through.

After you're done coloring, just flip them back over and use them to embellish! The cool thing about prismamarkers is that you can blend colors together (like Copics) when you're coloring your stamped images.

The Build a Scene stamp set and the Leaf Border stamp set are both perfect for Earth Day crafting!

While you're here, be sure to check out some of the other inspiring posts on the blog! Also, if you make any projects using PWP stamps, please share them on our facebook page!

Build A Scene Clear Stamp Set

Leaf Border Clear Stamp Set

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Vintage Domino Melange Congratulations Card

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Hello everyone and Happy Easter! It's Amber here with this weeks Spotlight Sunday post. Today I am spotlighting the Vintage Domino Melange Cling Stamp Set. This stamp set contains nine 1" x 2" stamps. You can also find three different larger stamp sets in the shop that have these same images. Check them out HERE.

There has been lots happening here over the last few weeks so I thought I would go ahead and do a little recap in case you missed something! 

• Thursday a call for guest designers went out.We are looking for dependable, creative, and social people! You can find all the requirements and how to apply HERE. 
• The April Get Inky Challenge went up at the beginning of the month. You will have until April 25th at 11:00 p.m. CST to link up your project. You can check out the challenge details and link up your cards HERE for a chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions Shop!
• Our Featured Stamp of the Month is Banner Day,  This set is 40% off during the month of April only.  
  You can check it out HERE..
• Our new stamp release this month is a super cute Easter set designed by our dear friend Liz Allen.  This set is being offered at a special Easter discount of 25% off the retail price during the month of April only. You can check it out HERE.
• Carrie shared the newest Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit HERE. This months theme is Vintage Easter. The PWP Flight attendants have been sharing lots of fun projects with this gorgeous Kit all month long.
• We also have a NEW Paper Wings Productions Facebook Share Group. We'd love for you to come join our group and share the projects you create with Paper Wings Productions stamps and kits!
  
  
  Lots of fun stuff right! Every month there will be a new Nesting Components Mixed Media kit, a new challenge, a featured stamp of the month at a discount, and a new stamp set. 
  
  
  
  
  
  I choose the beautiful lady with the flowers in her hair to be the main focus of my card. I also used the Congratulations sentiment from the Happy Day Clear Stamp set to go along with my image. Thanks for visiting! Don't forget we would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, to Pinterest, or leave a comment with a link to your project. You can also check out our Facebook Page and You Tube Page for daily inspiration.
  
  
  Supplies: Cardstock- Black / Patterned Paper- Glitz Design's Raven Collection / Paper Wings Productions Cling Stamp Set- Vintage Domino Melange / Paper Wings Productions Clear Stamp Set- Happy Day / Staz-On Ink Pad- Jet Black / Watercolor Pencils / Sulky Thread- Bright Orange / Sewing Machine

Vintage Domino Melange

Happy Day Clear Stamp Set

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Feature Friday

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Happy Friday Paper Wings Productions fans!!  Erica here with you today for Feature Friday and I am excited to bring you a project I am currently working on using the April Nesting Components Kit!

I decided to create a mini album to hold my 2014 Easter memories!  Today I am sharing the cover of my album since Easter is on Sunday!  I will share the inside pages on my next post!  Now to be totally honest when I opened up myApril Kit I had no idea what I was going to create so I pushed it aside for a couple days.  A few days later I pulled it out again and starting laying everything out and then the wheels in my head started turning and I began cutting, gluing and creating this album!  I think I need to start setting up my camera when I create to show you all my process!  I started with the chipboard pieces that are actually pieces of the packaging in the kit. I cut it down as the base of my album and adhered the muslin fabric included in the kit to the chipboard.  I then took a variety of Lindy's Stamp Gang mists and splattered around my cover and also added some stamping(which ends up getting covered up).  Next I took a few strips of the music note paper and adhered to the cover with mod podge and then added one of the vintage clip art images also included in this kit and tucked one of the Ranger tags that came in the March Nesting Components Kit behind the clip art.  Once it was dry I added the gold trim and the wired bow trim to the side and added a cluster of flowers from the kit.  The tiny gold eggs were created using the stamp set Single Dot Border that comes in the kit.  The circle outline reminded me of Easter eggs so that is what I created using a glassine bag and some glitter.

I inked up the stamp with VersaMark and then stamped onto the glassine bag and used some simple stick which is a very sticky embossing powder when heated.

After I heat the simple stick I added this beautiful glass glitter that is also included in this months kit and then hit it with my heat tool once more to help the glitter set.

 All that is left to do is cut them out and you have glittered Easter eggs ready for any project!  Here is a look at my completed mini album cover and a peek at the inside.

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope I have inspired you to get a little creative today!  Mini albums are so fun to create and I just love to have fun and get a little messy with them!  They are perfect for holding memories and to document special events!  This month our April Challenge is Get Inky  and I hope you will join us in for your chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions shop!  We are also holding a Guest Designer Call till May 9 you can check out the details HERE!  For more inky inspiration head on over to Katie's Whats Up Wednesday post HERE!  Enjoy your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Guest Designer Call

Hello a Paper Wings Fans!  I am excited to announce that we are having a Paper Wings Productions Guest Designer Call!  We are looking for dependable, creative, and social people!

Requirements include 

• Have an active blog
• Social on either Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest 
• Participate in our monthly blog hop, challenge and one guest designer blog post 
• Good photography skills

Designers will receive the following

• A Paper Wings Productions mixed media kit
• 25% off code to the Paper Wings Productions Shop  
• Blog badge

To apply

• Submit 3 photographs of your favorite projects that show your style 
• Provide links to your blog, galleries and all social media
• Quick bio about yourself and why you would love to be a Guest Designer for Paper Wings Productions
• A list of past design team work if any

Please submit your applications by May 9th to Carrie at paperwingsproductions@hotmail.com 

We look forward to seeing your submissions!  Have a great day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

What's Up Wednesday- Stamping in Gesso

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Hey guys! It's Katie here today for What's Up Wednesday! I wanted to spotlight a couple of cards I made recently using my new favorite mixed media technique- Stamping in gesso!

I love all of the fun texture stamping into gesso gives your projects, and it stands out even more if you color over it with watercolors or spray mists. I used stamps from the Sacred Geometry set on the pink card and the Sunburst stamp on the blue card. I felt they were very Summer-y, so I made some embellishments using the fish and seahorse from the Mermaid stamp set as well as layering a few stickers.

 I just used regular white gesso for these. I didn't take pictures for a tutorial, but here's how I do this technique-
Use a credit card or spatula to spread a thick coat of gesso out onto cardstock. While it's still wet, gently push stamps into it and remove them. Be sure to wash the stamps off before the gesso on them dries. Once the gesso on the paper has dried, color it with watercolors.

While you're here, Check out these fun post by our other DT members-

Dana's adorable mixed media Bunny & gorgeous scrapbook page.

And Amber's Beautiful Dragonfly Card.

Also, We have a NEW Paper Wings Productions facebook Share Group. We'd love for you to come join our group and share the projects you create with Paper Wings Productions stamps and kits!

Sunburst Pattern Clear Stamp

Sacred Geometry Clear Stamp Set

Mermaid Clear Stamp Set

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