Friday, June 22, 2012

Paper Smooches Inspiration

Happy Friday everyone! I'm so excited for this weekend! There's a community festival by my neighborhood, and I can't wait to check out all the arts and crafts booths! Do you have anything fun going on?!

To kick start our weekend, I have some ADORABLE Paper Smooches inspiration cards with some of the new stamps!

Shilo created the first and second cards below, aren't they just so shabby chic?! I love how perfectly the embellishments and papers work together! She used the Pip Squeaks Paper Smooches set for the first card, and then the Green Acres Paper Smooches set for the second! The sentiment could not be more fitting for that card (and it's included also in the set!)!

 


Teri created this card using one of my personal favorite stamps set from Paper Smooches- Qwick Qwips!
Besides the fact these colors are incredible together, I love how the stamps fit into each other!
Here's another example of how some of the words work. Each sentiment or abbreviation in the set fit onto the tag stamp that's included, either vertically or horizontally! So perfect!

Next up, we have a lovely interpretation of this interior design into a card by Emily Keaton!

Emily mentions how she left blank space in honor of the blank wall in the photo- and I think it definitely does the card justice! She used the Wake Up Paper Smooches set, and it's awesome how the toast shooting out of the toaster gives such a vertical effect.

Stamp sets from above, and some ingredients to recreate these cards:
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105 comments:

  1. Such cute cards. Love PS! The hubby and I are leaving on a jet plane on Sunday! AND we're leaving the little ones behind with my parents. It's a belated 10 year anniversary trip over the pond to Hungary and Romania. CANNOT WAIT!

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  2. I love the inspirations! I'll enjoy my weekend making some cards and having fun with the new items that just arrived! Have a lovely weekend you guys.

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  3. I just love the "this calls for a toast" card, it is super cute, just like the paper smooches stamps. We will be celebrating a friends 55th birthday and working on our yard in the beautiful summer weather!

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  4. ooh the cards are so cute, I especially like the "call for a toast" one. I plan to go on a picnic!

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  5. Joan-Anne WeatherbeeJune 22, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    I love all the cards! Gets my creative juicies flowing! I plan on doing some reading, scraping, and not so fun over due housework. Thankks for the chance to win!!

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  6. LOVE all those cards, especially the "i love you moo & moo" one! SO stinkin' cute!!! (: This weekend, I'm helping my best friend celebrate her hubby's surprise birthday party!!! We've been working hard at this, so I'm excited to finally see it all happen!! (:

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  7. Love the cards today -really fun.
    I will be attending a fundraising dinner for my youngest Canadian grandson - he is a champion sailor.

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  8. I am going to get DH to put together a DIY closet, well actually my daughter already helped assemble it, now we need the muscles to get it into the closet and secured with all the components. I am having company this summer and really want this closet done for them!

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  9. What awesome cards. So inspiring. makes me want to make something.

    We're attending the Utah Arts Festival. My oldest son is volunteering in the Children's tent and we're just hanging out, enjoying all the art.

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  10. Friends of ours are opening a pie shop this weekend, so will be there munching our way to goodness!!!!

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  11. I plan on cleaning and packing this weekend so not much fun but I will be taking a road trip next weekend:)!!

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  12. I am going to swim and craft all weekend... can't wait!

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  13. The teens are having a meeting at our house. And I have laundry to do. And tons of cleaning. No rest for the weary.

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  14. This weekend I am getting together with some fellow scrappers for a little while and doing some scrapping, then I will proably go to the farmers market also. Then maybe we will take the kids to the botanical center for a railroad garden exhibit. Oh, and we are going out for ice cream tonight!

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  15. I'll try to put a goo d spin on this but I am packing up a lot of my flat. I am having renovations done and need to have all my things out of the way. On the up side, by the end of July, when the renovations are done, I will have a brand new crafting space with lots of storage and room to work!!!

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  16. Sunday and 3 more days in the next 10 we're attending the US Olympic Track & Field trials in Eugene, Oregon! It's going to be a blast - and maybe I can sneak over to a craft store for more goodies!

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  17. Meeting up with some family to go out to eat and the rest of the weekend is picking out new stuff for the house including paint colors!

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  18. Wish I had some fun plans for the weekend. Maybe next weekend.

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  19. I definately want to visit our Farmers Market tomorrow AM. Need some local grown produce. We haven't planned anything else YET.Thanks for the blog candy.

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  20. thanks for the inspiration and giveaway.

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  21. It's our anniversary on Sunday and we're celebrating in a low key way with a Sunday lunch in a special restaurant after church. Later that day we will probably go to the concert in the park near by. Love the cards shown today. Paper Smooches has some really neat stamps!

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  22. Love these cards! Too cute....thanks for the giveaway. We have a great BBQ planned this weekend, lots of yummy food =)

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  23. Gorgeous inspirational cards....I will do some shopping this weekend....than crafting and Sunday evening I have dinner with my mother in a restaurant!
    xxx Margreet

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  24. I love paper smooches. Great cards!

    This weekend I will be working :(

    Serena

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  25. I will be scrapping, yah! and trying to clean out my scrap room - it's such a mess.

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  26. Such fun cards (love the toaster card). It's been a very busy week and I haven't had a chance to get inky so I plan on doing some crafting and I'm going to make a couple of pizzas!

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  27. I wish I could have some fun plans this weekend. There is a wildfire burning about 5 miles from where I live and don't know if it will end up coming my way so I'm not making any plans in case we have to evacuate.

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  28. Oooh I'm waiting for my paper smooches stamp :) This weekend, I'm planning to do ALL my studying for my homework to prepare for the super long weekend next week!

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  29. Hope to make a mini album for a friend's birthday

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  30. I just finished a big exam, plus it's my boyfriend's (and twin sister's) birthday this weekend so I'm going to dive into the crafts and make a couple of cards! Perfect timing to be finished an exam :).

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  31. Fabulous cards! I plan a weekend of birthday card making & rest :)

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  32. Cute and funny cards. Love it. Thanks for sharing and inspiration.

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  33. Great cards! Funny you should say you are going to a festival this weekend. My hubby is a photographer and exhibits at art festivals and this weekend he will be at a show not far from home. (Yeah for local shows!) I will be helping him take down from the show on Sunday, but that isn't my fun thing. My Mom's church is having a 'salad bar' luncheon and silent auction on Saturday and I'll be going to that. It's always fun to see all the cool things up for auction and maybe bid on some of them.

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  34. What cute cards!
    This weekend I plan to make some cards & a layout. In between that will be household chores lol.

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  35. THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! All of the crads are SO creative!! =) Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  36. I will be volunteering and participating in our local Relay for Life. My sweet niece will be coming with my brother to visit, too. We will definitely get in some "arfts and crafts" time. She loves to make cards, play with stamps and inks, cut out shapes, apply stickers, etc., etc. It's a delight to watch her have so much fun.

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    1. I got ahead of myself and forgot to say I voted and have you on my calendar to do so for the next couple of days, too. Also, such fun cards! They are in my bookmarked folder.

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  37. Thanks so much for featuring my card today!! What a fantastic surprise--it made my day!!! :D

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  38. It doesn't sound exciting, but my favorite big plans this weekend are to say in and not do anything. :)

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  39. paper smooches are always a delight! thank you for sharing and the chance!

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  40. This weekend my family and I will be going to the beach and soak up the sum :)

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  41. Some fun plans for this week-end? Well that´ll be that we´re celebrating the midsummer here tomorrow night, and every year it´s celebrated with a huge bonfire, where we place a witch on top of the fire and send her to Bloksbjerg. It´s a very old Scandinavian tradition, that we´ve been following always and now my kids and grandkids are all comming here for this every single year on June 23rd. Last week-end I made the huge witch together with 4 of my grandkids. You can see some pics of it here if you like: http://maryannla.multiply.com/photos/album/452/Our-busy-week-end-here.
    We´re definitely going to have an awesome week-end, and I hope everybody else will too.

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  42. Oh my goodness, how CUTE!!! :)

    A fun plan we have for the weekend is to go house hunting! I can't wait. ;)

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  43. Lovely modern cards!! So different than all this cuties. I haven't got any plans yet for this weekend. Perhaps if the weather is a bit better, i can go for a trip on my bike, if not; I have to stay home and craft! Poor me hahaha.
    Hugs,
    Marianne MW

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  44. Well, I'm working so I don't have fun plans for the weekend, but Monday and Tuesday I plan on crafting and lounging around in our new kiddie pool on the deck :) Thanks for the chance to win, and btw, these cards are ADORABLE!!!!

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  45. Fun cards!
    We're all set for a wild, wet and windy weekend here, so my plans will all be indoors! Might clear out my wardrobes, or I might just have a nice crafty weekend :)

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  46. I hope to work on more cards this weekend! Watching some movies with my son who just had surgery and sleeping in!!

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  47. My weekend plans are to clean up my craft space so that I can get some projects complete.... Thanks for the chance.

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  48. I cleaned my house today, and tried to finish up all the loose ends of my work, so I am really hoping that I find some alone time in my craft room this weekend!

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  49. I love the toast card! So cute.

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  50. Love the cute images! Weekend plans are to do gardening and during breaks make lots of cards.

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  51. Very cute! We're heading to a Camaro Club Anniversary party. Should be fun.

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  52. i luuuuuuuuuuuuurve my paper smooches!!!!

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  53. Great cards! Don't have much planned for the weekend - just going to do a little catch up!

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  54. I will be visiting family in New York this weekend.

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  55. Ahh sweet! I love you moo and moo each day!! I plan on enjoying the sunshine with my hubby and kids this weekend. Rebekah

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  56. I love paper smooches, I find myself wanting to purchase their products all the time! I love the "calls for a toast" with the toaster, so cute.

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  57. I am soooo happy! I have NO plans for the weekend! Maybe I will get to play with my art stuff!

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  58. Cute stamps - I'm crazy about that whimsical cow! LOL I love it moo and moo :) My plans for the weekend include visiting farmers markets for some farm-fresh produce!

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  59. Love these little tags w/words that fit into them! This weekend I am going to visit my daughter and maybe go to the flea market.

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  60. Paper Smooches stamps are too cute! The cards are great! Dinner with the my in-laws and hopefully a little bit of crafting...possibly buying of scrapbooking supplies (if I'm lucky).

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  61. I am going to do some crafting and make some cards this weekend.

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  62. In addition to crafting this weekend I am hoping to go see Rock of Ages at the Imax theater. We have a friend who has a cameo role in the movie....how cool is that????

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  63. I have wonderful family visiting from New England. We're having a pool party and cookout...and I can't wait!

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  64. i will be making 30pcs exploding boxes, the 2 tier cake center piece, 2 purse and flower pot. my gosh! a lot i better start.

    luanne

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  65. I'm going to set up my new iPhone and then make my June tag for Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012!

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  66. very cute cards! hoping to just take it easy this weekend!!!

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  67. This weekend includes lots of time in the pool, I hope!

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  68. Unfortunately my not so fun plans include working tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to having Sunday off with the family! ;)

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  69. We are off to Cleveland to visit my husband's family and to finally have one big family picture taken on sunday... fingers crossed the kids both look at the camera! hehehe! Thanks!

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  70. Cute cards. I am gonna rest this weekend. We just spent a long week at scout camp and then Vacation Bible School and San Fransisco next week!!!

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  71. Wedding and baptism this weekend...

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  72. Carolyn P. from CanadaJune 22, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Friend's child birthday party

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  73. I was really sick last weekend so we are having a Father's Day re-do.

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  74. Cute cards! I'm at a crop! Loads of fun! :)

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  75. Lovely cards...I'm having my daughter and her BF over for supper, then games nite. So much fun
    Linda T

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  76. Love the card and video tutorial! It's another weekend at the ballpark for us. My 14 year old daughter plays competitive fastpitch. Nothing like 100 degree softball weather!

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  77. Wow! Such Pretty Cards..Love the Sentiments..TFS !!

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  78. These are the cutest cards! I love all of them! Well, today I went to the Great American Scrapbook Convention so tomorrow I think I am going to rest my feet! Thank you for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  79. Great cards. No work this weekend so family time and crafty time on the agenda!

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  80. I will sleep well. read some books and also do some crafting. Total relaxation!

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  82. hopefully my kids will leave me alone long enough to catch up on some challenges ;)

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  83. Love Paper Smootches stamps,they're so cute. I plan to scrapbook a bit. catch up with PL and get ready some photos for printing.

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  84. These stamps are so adorable! The phrases are funny, and I see some Paper Smooches stamps in my future! Thanks for the chance to win. My weekend will be spent at an all day scrapbook crop! Woohoo! I'll be putting off the house cleaning and having fun instead.

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  85. My weekend is going to be relaxing. Doing chores of course, but no errands to run. Lots of time for Papercrafting!

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  86. What fun stamps! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  87. LOVE these new Paper Smooches stamp sets!! This weekend I have some cards to make - can't wait to get inky!!!

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  88. The Paper Smooches sets are just adorable! This weekend we're shopping for a new media center, and looking at bedroom furniture as we seem to be in a mood to completely redecorate this year. Fun! And I want to play with paper, of course!

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  89. I LOVE Paper Smooches!!!! My plans this weekend are to play with all of my new goodies from my latest SSS order!!! Woo hoo!!!!

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  90. Love PS stamps. Our plans this weekend include
    meeting up with friends and finalizing our camp stuff.

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  91. What adorable stamps and cards. I am in Memphis this weekend with my daughter and we are going to "play" together. Brought half my craft room with!!

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  92. The Paper Smooches sets are GREAT!!!! I`m planning a Sushi night and movie this weekend.

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  93. Love the cards, especially the first. We were going to go to the zoo until one kiddo got sick. :-(

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  94. Love love love the first card. So adorable! We were supposed to go to a festival but my husband got food poisoning last night. :-(

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  95. First off, I voted for Simon.
    Secondly, love the cards with Paper Smooches. Those cards couldn't have come out even better. Love their stamps.
    Thirdly, flew up to Grand Forks North Dakota to move my college graduate back home until he can find a job. Just got home today. I love road trips. Right now that's my life. Have a good one.

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  96. I'm a bit late leaving my comment because i've had a fun filled weekend crafting!! Gorgeous creations as always!!
    Hugs Hazel xx

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  97. The toast card cracks me up. No big plans this weekend. I like it that way. :)

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  98. Enjoyed my weekend. Love the toast.

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  99. I so wish I was crafting but I have to do a stack of computer work for my voluteer group. At least I am warm inside. It is the middle of winter here! Thanks for your blog - I love it!

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