Thank You!

Hi, Friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  We sure did!  Just a quiet small family gathering here with turkey and all the fixings.  I love all the leftovers.  And, today I'm making turkey cream vegetable soup...yum!

I'd like to share with you a card I made to thank Darlene, our team coordinator, from Dies R Us!  She sent all the designers this gorgeous die from Tutti Designs...so pretty!  So, I made this card and sent this to her.

For my card I started with a white card base and water colored the panel background with Tim Holtz distress inks.  The snowflakes were stamped, which are from Cat's Meow(no longer in business).  Sequins from Paper Sweeties and the die frame is from MFT.  The poinsettia flower is from Hero arts.

A couple of Christmas photos of 2016...

And, one of our sweet dog, Shadow...

Ok, well that's all for now.  Our New Year's Eve will be a quiet one here at home watching the OSU v. Clemson game!  Go Bucks!  Whatever you have planned please have fun and stay safe!  Thanks so much for dropping by today!  Take care!

Hugs,
Maria

Merry Christmas! Paper Sweeties Favorite for 2016!

Hi, Friends!

Welcome to Paper Sweeties Favorite for 2016!  Today, the team is sharing their favorite project from this past year!

Since it's Christmas and I'm certainly in the Christmas mood, I'm sharing my gingerbread house project I made last month!  

I am highlighting the new Stand Add-on: Sweet Treats, which are the large candy canes, gum drops, peppermints, snow on windows, heart and siding on the house.  They were die cut using the coordinating die Sweet Cuts-Stand Add-on: Sweet Treats.  The gingers, small candy canes, and the sentiment is from a previously released set Ho-Ho-Ho.  The small holly is from the set Deck the Halls.  The wreath is from the set Home Sweet Home and the bow on the wreath is from Thanks Berry Much.  The window was made using Sweet Cuts-Window Add-on: Elements.  The banner was die cut using the Sweet Cuts-Be Happy.

I started with a paper mache house and painted it with white acrylic paint.  An old stamp pad was cut for the base and covered with texure paste and Martha Stewart glitter for the snow.  I wanted to be able to have the candies easily stand since they have a toothpick center.  So, the stamp pad provided a soft base.  The house was covered with kraft paper.  Many pieces were die cut for the siding and I made six small windows.  The front window was made into a shaker window with the background water colored.  The sequins are (Snowflake) and (Mistletoe).  The door was made using die cuts from the Sweet Cuts-Window Add-on: Elements.   And, here are couple more views of the gingerbread house...

I had so much fun creating this gingerbread house!  You can take the lid off and place treats inside, which would make a wonderful gift!  I wish you could see it in real life.  The photos just don't capture all the glitter and beautiful color!

Please hop along to see what my teammates have created!

Beth Luetschwager

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Jeri Thomas 

Jill Norwood 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick--that's me

Michele Henderson
Michelle Bala

Nancy Salkeld

What's New

Jingle all the Way

Jingle all the Way Sweet Cuts

Stand Add-on: Sweet Treats

Stand Add-on: Sweet Treats Sweet Cuts

Planner Series: Happy Holidays

Just a reminder for the Paper Sweeties Monthly Challenge!   And, I'm excited to announce ...*** The December challenge winner will receive a $100 gift certificate for a shopping spree in our boutique!  Enter as often as you wish to better your chances on a win! ***  A wonderful festive Christmas tree!  It is loaded from top to bottom with ornaments...so pretty!  I hope you're inspired by the beautiful photo to join the challenge!

Thanks so much for dropping by!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Happy creating...take care!

Hugs,

Maria

Celebrate!

Hi, Friends!

I'm just popping in quick to share with you some cards I made for birthdays this month.  The above card uses Sugar Pea dies and paper.  I gave this card to my good friend, Dorothy.

Next up is a bday card for my sis...

We got together last weekend to celebrate her bday and Christmas.  I used Paper Sweeties(bow) and SSS stamp/die to make this fun shaker card.  We had a great time celebrating.  Unfortunately, we were missing one sis who had a very busy schedule.  But, hopefully next time we will be all together again.  Here is a photo of us...

Cecilia, Lucretia, Donna, and me

And, for my last card to my friend, Kathy...

Kathy loves cats!  So, I came up with another shaker card.  At one time I thought shaker cards were too difficult to make.  But, now I love making them!  The cats are from SSS.  Sequins are from Paper Sweeties.  

Ok, I need to get back to things around here.  I did lots of baking yesterday and made a couple of deliveries of the goodies this morning.  Now it's clean up time!:-)  Oh, before I go....one more photo...

Our dog, Shadow, who loves the snow!

More snow on the way for tonight.  Shadow

is happy, but I'm not...lol!

Ok, that's all for now.  Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Maria

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-December 2016!

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-December!

Hi, Friends!

Today I'm revealing my planner pages for the month of December! The new planner set for the holidays released last month was Planner Series: Happy Holidays.  Lots of cute holiday stamps that can be used for planners, tags, or any Christmas project!

As you can see on the right page of my planner, I have little Jake in his  Santa outfit Santa Claus.  He was die cut with coordinating die.  I colored him and the deer, which is from the set Jingle All The Way with copics.  He is ready to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls! 

Also, I used Paper Sweeties Merry and Bright paper pack...

The other planner series sets that I used for my planner are Planner Series-Get Your Craft On, Planner Series: Fall Sentiments, and Planner Series: Celebrate.  

A closer peek at the pages...

Please hop along and view some awesome planner inspiration from our Planner Team:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jeri Thomas

Maria Patrick--that's me

Michelle Bala
Michele Henderson

Nancy Salkeld

And, here again are the Christmas tags I revealed last month using the planner stamps...Planner Series: Happy Holidays!

The images were colored with copics.  The label stamp and die is from the set Thinking of You.  I did add a snow drift under the snowman.  The paper is from Echo Park.

Thanks so much for dropping by!  Take care!

Hugs,
Maria