March Sneak Peek Market Street Stamps

What!?! It's practically April already? 

Where does the time go? 

Market Street Stamps has done it again with some really amazing stamps this month! 

Check out my sneak peek of some of whats coming your way... 

Check out the Zebra print~ 

The stamps are just amazing this go around!

I promise~

You're going to want to visit 

Market Street Stamps

tomorrow at 7pm central... to see the stamps sets in all their glory!

Thanks for dropping by and I can't wait to show you more... 

so, stay tuned~

Cheers

N. 

PWCO March Release

Welcome to the March Blog Hop for PWCO release.... 

Oh, No! Abby's sick..... and .... well, so am I. 

This past Saturday I had emergency surgery to remove my appendix... and as I lay in bed writing this I am thankful the whole thing is almost over! 

I didn't have time to create a card or two using the new releases, but... 

before I got sick I did have a moment to put together a little something using the march kit!

Cute stuff, huh? 

You can find the March Kit of the Month and the newest stamps....

HERE

Visit the next designer on the list for the latest in all things PWCO!!

PaperWorks Co. Blog 
Peggy
Kerri
Carisa
Bella
Nicole  ------Your Here --------
Alice 
Danielle 
Cabio
Steph J
PaperWorks Co. Blog 

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a stamp from the new release... 

and keep tuned... once recovered and out of bed... I'll have lots of new stuff to show of!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Cheers,

N. 

Magic is in the Air!

Happy Fat Tuesday! 

I'm Catholic and fat tuesday is a day to eat and party before lent. (Which, begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday) I am plotting an amazing 'fatty' dinner... perhaps pizza!

Anyway, here is a little something I whipped up for my little cousin... every little girl needs a magic wand, 

Right?!@?

It's glitter fantastic!

I hope everyone has a great 'fatty' tuesday!

Cheers, 

N. 

Just a little something for a Wednesday!

Just a little card I whipped up not too long ago... 

Must add all my new cards and stuff to my galleries... perhaps I will do just that, today!

Cheers, 

N. 

February Market Street Release, Already!?!!

Time literally flies by... 

It feels like I was 'just' posting last months stamp release projects... yikes. 

I have been so busy lately, 

I cant keep everything straight!

Between throwing my bff's baby shower (this Saturday) and painting the baby room... and... well, regular life... I haven't had time to post things like I have been wanting to... and lets be real, most of my crafty time lately has been for the shower... and my bff frequents my blog... so I couldn't post much... 

BUT, a Market Street Release party gives me a great excuse to finally make some time to say hi again!

How do you like my new blog design... I did it myself.... kinda.... with some help from 'Blog in a Box'... Anywho, isn't it spiffy! It actually looks like I might know a little something about something... (doubtful!)

So, who's ready to see a little something-something new from Market Street? 

Before I show you... here is my disclaimer.... 

If you are a frequent visitor to my blog you know that I love everything 'detail' ... and from this love, I tend to look in the less obvious places for inspiration. Like, the 'extras' in a stamp set. I love all the little 'extras' Market Street throws into their stamp sets. Between the sentiments and the little embellishments... card possibilities are endless. 

So, don't be surprised if this release you see some of my cards focusing on the 'extras' :) 

I used my favorite Copic airbrushing machine on this little beauty!

Ohhh, what about this little card using my favorite new vintage background??

And the bow unties to reveal the 'inside' of the card... like a secret door!

Ok, are you ready for the cutest... 

I mean kaaaa-uuutest...

card I have made in a great long while... 

Prepare yourself... 

to be impressed... 

Pretty Cute, right?!? 

I mean the picture clearly doesn't do justice... (story of my life) 

But, trust me... it's so.... great! 

I wanted a sort of comic book feel... but without the cheesy factor! 

I think I was successful!

So. Clearly I have convinced you to purchase this release solely based on the 'extras' ... I mean sure those big main stamps are the hit of the sets... but, don't forget about those little 'extras'!

Thanks for dropping by and if you're so inclined 

leave me a little comment with what you've been up to lately! 

Cheers, 
N. 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

HEY ALL... 

EXCUSE MY MESS! 

BLOG IS GETTING A MAKE-OVER!

BE DONE SOON!

Stamping with Shimmer Sprays Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Another Challenge with Moxie... 

Love her blog and her challenges... you should check her out!

This challenge was to use Shimmer Sprays in an unusual way....

So, I painted with them... and it was fantastic. 

A water color effect that was easy to do!

I don't have a ton of sprays and all of my sprays seem to be a brown tone. 

Guess I'm 'beige' like that :)

Here is my watercolor 'Sepia' toned card:

Just the 'simple' card: 

and it's inside... isn't the water color look amazing? 

And to think... all you need is this: 

*total dt plug* 

You can find the stamp set I used here:

Market Street Stamps

You all might remember this layout I did using the sprays in their intended way:

I just love sprays... any way!

You can check out Moxie's Challenge: HERE

Cheers, 

N. 

Clear Stamp Organization... Metal Die organization.... and more~

CLEAR STAMP ORGANIZATION

Update: 

I know that I introduced my clear stamp organization a few months ago... 

but, I wanted to update you with the system now that I have 'lived' with it for a while. 

I still love it! 

It has to be one of the best systems I have created ...

AND...

I have used a wider variety of stamps making use of what I already own!

It also helps me want to put new stamps away the moment I get them... It's been a total success...

I can't recommend this organization more.... and it seems like I've tried it 'all'~


Side Note: if you want to know where to get the envelopes you can look  here ... but beware it's costly on this website... I got them at the office store for around $1 - $1.50 each envelope (like $3.50 ish a pgk ) 

METAL DIE ORGANIZATION

Ok, I totally can't take total credit for this idea... 

but, I can let you see my twist on it and how it works for me.

I used magnetic vent covers (found at your local hardware store) 

and attached them to the closet mirror doors in my craft room. 

I actually have more dies sitting next my wall ready for me to put up another magnetic sheet.... I should probably do that today :) 

Anyways, it's a great system that quickly shows you what you have and makes the dies easy to use and put away. 

EXTRA ORGANIZATION:

I used to love my 'Clip it Up' and I still love it... but when I recently moved (and I now share the office with my Dad) I didn't have the space I needed to use it the way it needed to be used. So, I decided to use legal drop files in the office file cabinet to organize my sticker/chipboard/paper pieces...etc...

It's actually working pretty nicely! 

So nicely in-fact that I created some drop files for my solid and patterned paper pieces. 

Here is why my systems have been working for me... 

1. I need to be able to readily see what I have so I can use it and so I don't buy doubles. 

2. I want to be able to clean my room as quickly as (or quicker) than it gets messy.

Sounds easy right? I thought so too... but it's seem to have taken me a few years... and a lot of different organization tools to finally figure it out. 

I hope that this might be able to help you reorganize and get the most use out of what you already have~!

Cheers, 

N. 

Paperworks Co. Gift Bag

Here is just a little gift bag I made for my Valentine... 


for Moxie Fab World's 'Stamp It! Technique Challenge'


You can find the details : HERE


I encourage you to play along too!

I used Copic Airbrushing on a sheet of heavy plastic to create the blue 'sky' around the owls... 

Copic's are awesome markers for lots of different surfaces beyond paper... including plastic~

Here's a close up...

Those little owls are just the cutest!

Stay tuned for some informal instructional video's I am planning to shoot this weekend!

Including, but not limited to... Copic airbrush... L Letterpress... Color pencils...

Cheers, 

N. 

Welcome to the PWCO Blog Hop/February Release!

Happy Hopping! 

Here is a little map of the hop, just in case you stumbled on my blog first ;)

Peggy - http://peggysmessydesk.blogspot.com/

Bella - http://www.isabelle1976.blogspot.com/

Kerri - http://www.cardsbykerri.blogspot.com/

Alice - http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/

Danielle - http://craftangeldanielle.blogspot.com/

Cabio - http://cabioscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Nicole - http://www.onesweetromance.com/     --------------------------You're Here!

Carisa - http://ladyguineveresinkyfaeries.blogspot.com/

Steph J - http://pinkstarcreations.blogspot.com/

PaperWorks Co. Blog – www.paperworksco.com/blog 

Hopefully you got here by way of 

Cabio~

Isn't she amazing?!? She's a hard act to follow, thats for sure!

So, lets dive right in... and remember if you comment you are entered into winning some of these 

fabulous stamps brought to you by PWCO. 

(small print: the drawings and subsequent prizes are chosen and 

awarded by PWCO... please refer to the main 

PWCO blog for all the winning details, thx!)

I used the *new* stamp set: Swing

Pattern Paper Pad: Basic Grey Two Scoops

Copics: R85 R21 E00 E44 E31 and some Spica's!

Embellishments: All kinds of Happy!

I had great intentions of making one more little item for the release... 

but, the common cold told me otherwise!

Curses! I hate being under the weather... 

I'm not a sleep/bed sort of person... ya know!?! 

I have to have 800 things going on ... or else.... I go stir crazy! 

Hopefully it passes as quick as it came!

Thanks for dropping by and witnessing my madness... come back soon!

Check me out this month on Monday's free for all days at PWCO blog... more fun stuff there!

Now I send you off to the amazingly creative

Carisa

Cheers, 

Nicole

Paperworks Co. Blog Hop

Be sure to come back on Friday for the February release Hop... 

Come check out the new stamps and enter in to win some stamps of your own!

See you all on Friday!!

Lifestyle Crafts CHA 2011

I am going to be revamping my letterpress review... so stay tuned... it's going to be good!

Cheers, 

N. 

Market Street January Release Blog Hop

Hello! 

How's the hop been going? 

Are you inspired to make something crafty tonight? 

Ok, so I totally want to add to your crafty inspiration.... 

But before I do,

I'd thought I would share my tip of the day. 

As I have mentioned in previous posts... 

I am a total crafty cheap skate.

I love looking at the various magazines in all their glory, but

$6 for a magazine, YIKES!

Thats a Copic... or 12 sheets of paper... 

or... ink pads... 

or practically a stamp set with Market Street Stamps. 

But, sometimes they have great templates... 

Alas, guess what!?!?!

They give them away for free monthly online. 

So I decided to use two of the free templates to make 

my cards for the Market Street Stamp January Release...

Check out the templates for this month here

Now you've just saved $6.

 So now you don't feel so guilty going 

over to Market Street and buying the whole release~

Ok enough chatter... here is my good for this release..

Just a little lamp... using the 

'Hearts A Plenty' ( MSS-BK-06 ) 

background stamp. 

And a little sentiment from the 

'Celebrate Cake' ( MSS-16 )

stamp set. 

I love those little pom-poms under the lamp... 

Uggg, they look so much better in person! 

For this little dress form/kitchen apron form 

I used the stamp set

'Celebrate Cake' ( MSS-16 )

I also used one of the tear drop Versa Magic stamp pads... 

Be sure to look out for them!

(Market Street Stamps is now carrying some of those little gems!) 

I thought this could be a great card for a small 'thank you' for a 

dinner party invite. 

Basically, I hope it portrays 

'Wow, your a super star in the kitchen... thanks for 

including me at your amazing dinner'... 

So that's the end of my inspiration for this week.


Oh, yeah! I forgot... 
Market Street Stamps is giving away stamps... 


Here's what to do... 
Comment at each stop and your name will be entered to win one of several stamp sets Market Streets Stamps is giving away! 

Your next stop is at the amazingly talented Tracy.... Whew, her creations are so full of talent... Check her out...

Tracy! 

Be sure to check out the new releases at 

Market Street Stamps

Market Street Stamps Side Note:

I have leant my crafty-ness to a number of companies and without doubt these are some of the nicest stamps I have ever worked with. They are considerably larger then the pictures give them credit for. So, if you want to support a newish stamp company... I couldn't suggest Market Street Stamps more. Give them a try and report back to me!