You Color My World…A handful of cards I made to say Thank You!
This stamp set from Lawn Fawn is ridiculously cute! 😉 These cards make me smile! Hope the recipients do too! 🙂
Thanks for dropping by–
Jill 🙂
Supplies: (Color My Word stamps)(Hearts & Say Cheese dies) Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts dye ink, Prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, Wink of Stella, thread.
…oooooweee! I just really, really like this set from Altenew! 🙂 The possibilities…!
I love these layering stamp sets, but the flower ones and I just don’t seem to get along super well? I like those flower sets, and enjoy seeing other people’s awesome creations, but I sort of fall on my face using them. But I’ll keep trying with the set I have! I’ll share someday…?
Throw in a little PS Uplifters sentiment love and some stitching…done! Send off to brighten a mailbox! 😉
Thanks for stopping by…
Jill 🙂
Supplies: (Dodecagram) Altenew, (Uplifters) Paper Smooches, Hero Arts dye inks, Wink of Stella, thread.
Another card made awhile back…
Just a little stamping, one layer fun here…always like to take one element of a stamp set and go nutty. 🙂 Lawn Fawn goodness 😉
Oh, and these are Memento Pigment inks, which I enjoy…but you gotta be very patient and let them dry to not smear them. Ask me how I know!
Thanks to you for dropping by–
Jill 🙂
Supplies: Dies: (Wish You Were Here) Lawn Fawn, Memento Luxe pigment inks, scoring board, stylus, thread.
I made this card months ago, enjoyed it then…and still now! It’s that layered stamping. So fun! Though looking at it now, I’m amazed I centered this. I feel like I don’t do that often? Hmmmm…
This is one of those cards that, while you are making it, you sort of hold your breath as you get further along…hoping it all stamps out well! Especially because this is a woodblock stamp…a wee bit trickier (and in some respects, easier)! 🙂
Hero Arts: My first love in this wonderful crafty world 😉
Back to mailing out my holiday cards…Thank you for dropping by…
Jill 🙂
Supplies: Hero Arts: (Ampersand woodblock and Classic Messages). Hero Arts dye inks. Cardstock: Paper Source. Thread.
The AEI♥U Challenge this month is Inlaid Die Cuts!! Oh dear, one of my favorite things to do! So here’s my entry…To You From Me 😉
Non-holiday products to make a holiday card–Fun!
This is a lot of die cutting, and that panel takes a beating running it through the machine so much, but it’s worth it! So enjoyable. 🙂 A couple of tags stamped, cut out…and Bam! 😉
Love me some Avery Elle-ments dies. Ooooooweeee. 🙂 Here’s a few more: here, here & here!
…And the random winner from the World Card Making Day Blog Hop is….#32: Amy Jones #8546! Thanks to you Amy for your kind comments and to everyone who took the time to leave one–they were fun to read! 🙂 Amy please go to the “About” section, and fill out the comment form including your name, mailing address and email. I’ll send the crafty fun out to you! 😉
Thank you for stopping by…
Jill 🙂
Supplies: Avery Elle-ments: Modern Leaves, Custom Panels & Simply Tags. Avery Elle stamps: Simply Tags: Every Day. (Jute) American Crafts. Hero Arts Dye inks. Cardstock: Paper Source. Bazzill, American Crafts, Hobby Lobby, Micheal’s. Thread.
…Awesome! Paper Smooches has THE best sentiments! 🙂
I die cut these glasses & hearts and inlaid them–double inlaid? Ha! Fun. I even added sequins–Hark! I usually never glue them down because they looked forced when I lay them out. But I thought these worked. 🙂
That’s it for today. Oh, but I do want to thank all those who have left nice comments on my recent posts–I know it takes time and I appreciate yours in doing so 🙂 So kind.
I’m including this for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge this week–Anything Goes!
Thanks for popping by…
Jill 🙂
Supplies: (Tiny Hearts & Glasses dies, Lovely Thoughts stamps) Paper Smooches, (Constellation Background) Hero Arts, (Let’s Polka Sequins) Lawn Fawn, (Kiss Me Pink sequins) Hazel & Ruby, Hero Arts die ink, Versamark, (Cardstock: Paper Source, Bazzill, & Micheal’s), thread.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! I just squeak all over again! I’m honored as a winner in the World Card Making Day contest! I’m certain there were dozens of awesome entries. I’m fortunate to be one of three winners in the “Thank You” category, along with Virginia and **Isha**(where you arrived from on this hop). Oh, the company I keep! 🙂 The talent! Garsh. I’m so glad I tried and threw my hat (card) in the ring–what a thrill!
SO MANY THANKS to Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine. So. Many. Including our appreciation for hosting this WCMD hop.
I was super excited to hear this was my winning card, because I gotta tell ya, I really enjoy this one—the white, colored stripes, stitching, lines, this LF die and TT sentiment…eeek! Happiness! 😉 The cardstock is pieced, sentiment die cut then inlaid. The panel is scored, forward and backward, and then stitched, matted, and adhered to a navy card base.
Made it, put it in the box, and mailed. Hence, I send a BIG Thank You to Stacy at PC&S for taking the time to photo this and send to me. Again furthering my admiration of this publication and all the great people who make it happen. 🙂 Thank You!
Instead of these cards being in the fourth issue of 2015, they are coming to you today, the fourth of December. Kind of fitting, but still incredibly sad the April issue will not exist. But, let’s stay on the happy today, shall we? Yesterday’s post and hop about did me in! 😦
You can follow my blog and leave me a comment below (by December 10th) telling me what your favorite part of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine is. I’ll pick one random winner to send a little Lawn Fawn sparkly surprise & a few bits of paper crafting fun out to…so check back after the 10th to see if it’s YOU! 🙂
Hop on to Virginia’s blog next! Now she’s skilled–watch out!
Here’s the other WCMD winners–be sure to stop by and leave them a note! I know I can’t wait to see their winning cards and do so myself! One of the biggest perks of this win: Getting to know these crafty ladies! 🙂
(thanks for making this photo spread Virginia!)
1. Jamie Greene
2. Simone Naoum
4. Donna Bowman
5. Maureen Wong
8. Piali Biswas
10. Jacquie Southas
11. Wendi Lau
12. Tosha DelJanovan
13. Isha Gupta
14. Jill Dewey Hawkins <—-me! you are here 🙂
15. Virginia Lu
Thanks to Holly at PC&S for helping us put this hop together! You rock Holly! 🙂 Thanks also to Melinda for making the badge! 🙂
Hope you all are enjoying the (hip) hop! Thanks for getting all the way to me at #14! One more to enjoy! Go! Spread the love 😉 ! Pssst…if you started here, go back to the beginning. So worth it!
Thank you again PC&S for all this joy! And Thank you for taking the time to hop over!
Bustin’ with gratitude- Jill 🙂
Supplies: (Scripty Thanks die) Lawn Fawn, (I Like You) Technique Tuesday. Various cardstocks including Paper Source, Bazzill & Hero Arts. Hero Arts dye ink, scoring board, stylus, thread.
I always love a good laugh…and while I fully intended to post a Thank You card, I thought we might need a laugh at this point! 🙂 But please, pass the tissues :(.
Today we, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine enthusiasts, say a BIG THANK YOU and a fond farewell to a beloved publication & the people that made it all happen…ok, seriously, get the tissues 😦
You should have arrived here (stop #133) from Taylor Usry’s blog.
When I received the contributor email regarding the ceasing of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine after the February issue, my heart sank. The people. The amazing people at PC&S. I so feel for their loss on many levels. Then, after awhile, it sank in further…no more Paper Crafts. No more? 😦
Well, what the heck? What do I do now? What do WE do now? PC&S is soooo much more than publications. It’s a community. It’s inspiration. It’s fun and let me be frank, awesome! AWESOME. AWESOME. 🙂
I am guessing I am similar to many…for years I’ve read and admired issues of Paper Crafts (& Scrapbooking). I’ve always considered it the go-to publication/resource in the industry. It just spoke to me with it’s clean look, clear layouts, fun articles, Go-To-Gals, and AMAZING content. Seriously. Every issue I find myself gasping at people’s talents! Gosh–the talent is unbelievable. And it is clearly a reflection on the publication itself, drawing that talent issue after issue.
One day, like MANY, I read the publication calls. It was for scraps. Well, gee, I have a card on my desk that fits this bill entirely. Maybe I should finish it and send it in? What the heck! And after letting it sit on my computer for awhile, rethinking it over and over, I did. By golly, I’m glad I did! I got that coveted email from Susan R. Opel. It’s like the heavens opened with sunshine, and that music played in the background…and I kept thinking, “Is this a joke? Surely this is a joke!?” If you’re a paper crafter/card maker/scrapbooker, being in PC&S is like the FREAKING BOMB. That giddy feeling of an acceptance email is unexplainable. I buzzed around not knowing what to do with my hands! What do I do with my hands!!? LOL. Too funny. I must have read that email over 27 times+. Then I responded to Susan’s email with about 10,000 exclamation points. I figured she’d think I was nutso. (Which I was!) Instead, she shared in my joy and cheered me on. SRO…a truly delightful and sincere person :).
Then there were the contests I always admired from afar too. I again figured I had nothing to lose but not trying seemed silly. So I made cards and entered. The honor to be a winner! Geesh. And the community. Just loved it so. I have been so fortunate, being included in issues and amongst contest winners. It’s humbling, as I still feel like I’m “looking in”. 🙂
Anywhoozle…this was way longer than my usual post of 50-100 words, so I’ll close it out with this: Thank you to Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking–for the fun, the inspiration, the challenges, the amazing issues EVERY time, the community, the fabulous photography, the hip articles, the outstanding blog, rewriting my card instructions so they make sense ;), the elevating of oneself, the fun escapes to create, embracing my excitement with me (!), and the long distance friendships. I still struggle to say exactly “something” but…well, Be Cool. It’s a fond farewell to the publication and a see you soon to the people. 🙂
Cheers to Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking! and Thank you again…and again…and again.
Next on the hop is: Chunyuan Wu. Big thanks to Taheerah Atchia for spearheading this hop! And to those who helped her. What an undertaking! 🙂
…start at the beginning on Jennifer McGuire’s blog!
Thanks for hopping by–group hug! xo
Jill 🙂
My first blog hop…how fitting it’s for a tribute to PC&S. xo
Supplies: (Milk and Cookies, Milo’s ABC’s, A Little Birdie Told Me (and die)) Lawn Fawn, (Shadows) Paper Smooches, (Graph Background) Hero Arts, (Hello) Avery Elle. Hero Arts ink, Paper Source & Neenah cardstock, Prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, thread.
Awesomesauce. 🙂 Love it. This was the item I was using for inspiration:
This card was made for Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine‘s June 2015 “Get Inspired” column. You know the fabulous one at the end of every issue that just makes you want to make something STAT!? Ha! No, seriously, it does. 😉
Anywhoozle… I was ever so thrilled to be even considered for such by PC&S, and was all a flutter when Susan R. Opel asked me to do it. C.R.A.Z.Y. Fun. Eeek! Just insanely happy and FREAKING nervous!
I started working on this card immediately! Then proceeded to work on it, piecemeal for about three weeks. Tinkering, thinking, die cutting something here, something there… (Lawn Fawn products=good stuff)…And then I was done! Or so I hoped?! I emailed it to Susan one morning. A few hours later, I received the email about publishing coming to a close after the February issue. *sniffles*. I didn’t connect all the dots until later that night…this column wasn’t going to happen. 😦
I was definitely bummed, as this was a big huge humungous honor for little me. But in the end, I am more grateful than anything. I was asked. And THAT is the true highlight for me. I am just so thankful for the consideration, let alone the call to create. 🙂 I loved being challenged like this from a source I greatly respect. I enjoyed the whole process & thought the end result was fun…even though I admittedly panicked at first! ha! 😉 ) Again, I’m not even kidding. Lol. 🙂 )
I keep saying it, I’ll say it again and I’ll say it often–Thank you PC&S. You will be missed.
…and Thank you SRO! You’re the sincerest cheerleader! Sharing your last blog post with these cards that “almost were” is another sign of your generosity and character. 🙂
Thanks for reading–
Jill 🙂
Supplies: (Cole’s ABC’s & Speech Bubble Border (dies), Milo’s ABC’s (stamps)) Lawn Fawn. Paper Source & Hero Arts cardstock, Versamark, Hero Arts embossing powder, thread.
holy *bleep*! FREAKING OUT (still)! Happy New Year! This is on the January 2015 cover of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking!! And the cards it shares space with?!! Heather Campbell’s & Betsy Veldman’s cards are um…hello!? WOW!! Humbling. I’m still floating. La la la. 🙂
I love a good laugh and trying to write out the instructions for how to make this card sounded like an Abbott and Costello routine…”die cut the die cut, then die cut that die cut into the other die cut…”. But of course, because they know their stuff, they broke it down visually inside the magazine. And can I say, Thank you! 🙂
Check it out:
I cannot wait to sit and really take this whole issue in…the colors inside are fabulous too! PC&S never disappoints…issue after issue after special issue. Incredible. I just can’t imagine only one more month and special to come? Not going to dwell today. Let’s enjoy them while they are here, shall we? 🙂
Thank You to PC&S! 😉 & Thank you for stopping by and reading my freak out!
Jill 🙂
The die cuts I used are two of my favs: Lawn Fawn’s “Scripty Thanks” and Avery Elle’s “Rounded Diamonds”. I rather enjoy a good, bold scripty word, but I am so picky about them…not too swirly, or spaced or whatever it is. It’s silly. This LF one is perfecto! 🙂 Avery Elle also makes another fav of mine, “Chevron Bits”. I had to put those away to let them rest a lil’ while. 😉
Supplies: Dies: (Scripty Thanks) Lawn Fawn, (Rounded Diamonds) Avery Elle. Cardstock: Paper Source, Bazzill Basics, Hobby Lobby & the Paper Company. Thread.
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