May I Have Your Attention Please!!!!

Now announcing....the Paper Temptress Blog!!!! Yep! Ya heard it here! Also...a SALE!!! The leather line is 40% off AND....the velvet, suede and plastic cardstock is on sale for 30%off. These specials will run through the month of April. Go HERE to shop!

Purse For A Friend

This is another little goodie I have been wanting to try! I can definitely see more of these little babies in my future...LOL!!! I used the SU! 5-in-1 envelope template to make this. I cut my cardstock into a regular A2 size card. I laid the template onto my cardstock. I then traced, cut and scored as directed. Once my purse was cut out and scored accordingly I used my SU! So Swirly wheel with Pretty In Pink ink and rolled it across the bottom flap on the backside so it would be in the front when finished. Once I got my wheel rolled and my purse together I used a foam square to attach my circle and placed it just enough on the edge to also close the purse. I added my 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon to the back for my handle and attached KaiserCraft Rose colored pearls to the flap for an extra added touch. I used the Paper Temptress Cotton Candy Pop Tones cardstock. Verrry nice shade of color! To me it looks like a peachish (is that even a word???) pink color. Beautiful!!!!!! I have been so impressed by the Paper Temptress cardstock. There is wide range of colors that you just can't go wrong. There's the perfect shade for any occasion!!!!

Ink: SU! Pretty in Pink
CS: PT Cotton Candy pop Tones and PTI White
Stamps: SU! So Swirly Jumbo Wheel and Elegant Greetings
Ribbon: SU! 1/4" White Grosgrain
Acc: KC Rose Pearls, Foam Square and 1 3/8" Circle Punch

You can purchase the Paper Temptress Cotton Candy Pop Tones Here...

Handmade Wedding Present

This ain't no ordinary wedding present...LOL!!!! This was actually very simple to make. The card base in the paper Temptress Retro Black Glossy cardstock. Looove the design! This picture doesn't do it any justice!!! You can see a small part of the design at the very top of the card. It is veeeeeeery smooth! To get a better pic of the black the silver would have been so shiny it would've been blindingly bright. I used the Paper Temptress Vintage Silver Lustre cardstock for the 'ribbon' and bow. To make the bow I just cut strips of the Vintage Silver Lustre cardstock and used mini glue dots to stick them together where the fold meets and to the next layer. I stamped the sentiment after I had my ribbon and bow on my present. This card could be used to hold a great surprise inside such as money or a gift card to the receiver's favorite restaurant, hotel, department store, etc....

Supplies Used:
Ink: Rubber Stampede Silver
CS: PT Vintage Silver Lustre and Retro Black Glossy Lustre
Sets: SU! More Great Greetings (retired)
Acc: Mini Glue Dots

You can purchase the Retro Black Glossy Lustre cardstock here...

Vinatge Silver Lustre here...

A Father's Day Train

I love this image so I finally got a chance to get it dirty...LOL!!! I used the Paper Temptress Pearl Vellum. I love the sheen!!!! This picture does NOT do it justice at ALL! Very smooth and YUMMY stuff!!!! I stamped my image and sentiment using Stone Gray Staz On ink directly on the vellum and let dry. This vellum takes ink very well. I used mini glue dots in the corners to adhere it to my card base. The card base on the card is made with the Paper Temptress Retro Black Glossy Lustre cardstock. I used gray dew drops on the corners to add that extra touch to my card.

Supplies Used:
Ink: Stone Gray Staz On
Sets: SU! Happiness Is A Journey and SU! All Around Argyle (sentiment)
CS: PT Pearl Vellum and Retro Black Glossy
Acc: Gray Dew Drops, Mini Glue Dots

You can find the paper Temptress Pearl Vellum here....
Retro Black Glossy Cardstock here.....

Mother's Day will soon be here.....

so I thought I'd get a start on my cards for this year. My Grandmother's favorite color is purple. I just happen to have some Violet Vellum from the Paper Temptress that I still haven't tried yet. It was karma I tell ya! LOL!!! Anyway, I wanted something simple enough to show off the vellum without distracting from it. This is another shade of purple I'm very happy with. The vellum itself it VERRRY niiiiice!!!!! It doesn't tear, shred or anything else when you dry emboss it. I cut a piece of the Violet Vellum to card front size. I used this sentiment from SU! All Year Cheer II set (now retired) in black stazon ink and stamped directly onto the cardstock. I used my Stylized Flowers embossing folder and zipped it through my bug. I ran my dotto adhesive all the way around the vellum and attached it to the white base. Then I took my KaiserCraft Pearl pearls and put one on each corner of my vellum. Voila! Finished!

Supplies Used:
Ink: Black Staz On
CS: PT Voilet Vellum and PTI White
Sets: SU! AYC II
Acc: Mini Glue Dots and KaiserCraft Pearl Pearls
Tech: Dry Embossing

You can purchase the paper Temptress Violet Vellum here....

Flowery Tote Bag

I have been really wanting to try one of these. I see lots of them posted in Split Coast Stampers galleries and on blogs. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. It is very simple to make. You can find a tutorial for this tote
here....

Thank you very much mcshamus75 (splitcoast stampers)for your template to make this tote.

Instead of using patterned paper on my tote I decided to use a flower stamp from the SU! set In Full Bloom (now retired). I stamped my flower randomly over the entire piece of cardstock with SU! Elegant Eggplant ink before I did any cutting or scoring. I used the Paper Temptress Grape Jelly Pop Tones for the tote. This is a really beautiful shade of purple!!!! Love it!!! There are a few colors that I am VERY picky about the shade and purple is definitely one of them! hehehehe It is also just the right thickness for altering projects or making totes, purses, etc... It isn't hard to crease, score or anything yet sturdy enough to hold cards in. Once I had my tote put together I used black 3/8" grosgrain ribbon for my handles. You can also use cardstock or ribbon going from front to back depending on how you want the finished product to look.

Supplies Used:
Ink: SU! Elegant Eggplant
CS: PT Grape Jelly Pop Tones
Sets: SU! In Full Bloom
Ribbon: 3/8" Black Grosgrain (from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts)
Acc: PC Swiss Dots EF

You can purchase the Paper Temptress Grape Jelly Pop Tones cardstock here...

Butterflies For A Freind

I absolutely loooove this color!!!!! This Paper Temptress Rose Vellum. This was actually my first time using vellum. I have to say....I'm very impressed. Especially with the quality. I ran a card front size piece of vellum through my cuttlebug with the textile embossing folder. It came out very crisp and very sturdy! Then I used the Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly punch for all the butterflies and set them aside. I took the sentiment (SU! All Holidays) and flipped it rubber side up. I took my Orchid Brilliance Dew Drop ink and dabbed it onto the stamp. This method makes the ink last longer since there is less chance of over inking. I used pop dots to adhere my butterflies to the card then added KaiserCraft Snow Pearls to their backs.

Supplies used:
Ink: Orchid Brilliance Dew Drop
CS: PTI White and Paper Temptress Rose Vellum
Sets: All Holidays
Acc: KaiserCraft Snow Pearls, MS Classic Butterfly Punch, Pop Dots, PC Textile EF

You can find the Paper Temptress Rose vellum here....

Mardi Gras Mini Book

I was just having a little fun with my Bind It All and some more Paper Temptress cardstock. I wanted something a little bright and funky. Those that know me KNOW this is way out of my comfort zone...lol!!! Anyway, it being Mardi Gras time around where I live I couldn't think of a better way to showcase this cardstock. I used the Golden Glow Metallic cardstock. I took two 4x4 chipboard coasters and traced them onto the cardstock and trimmed them to size. I then took my typeset uppercase alpha to make the letters in elegant eggplant ink. The ink doesn't show up real clear in my pic...it looks black for some reason. I'm still learning this new camera...lol! So after those were completed I set them aside to dry. I took some regular index cards and trimmed them to size. I used the side with the lines to make it easier to write notes on. You can use how ever many you like but make sure your wires are large enough to accomodate them. After the ink was dry, I used my BIA to punch the holes into the coasters and the inside pages. I inserted my coil and closed it. I didn't have the brighter ribbon colors so I had to improvise...lol! I then added some elegant eggplant and some hunter green ribbon to the wires and the clear rhinestones to the corners. My project is now complete. This can go in your purse (how many of us need to jot something down and can never seem to find paper when we need it???LOL!!!) or given as a gift.

Supplies Used
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
CS: PT Golden Glow, Index Cards (reg. ones you can buy at WalMart)
Sets: Typeset Uppercase Alpha
Ribbon: Elegant Eggplant and Hunter Green 1/4" gorsgrain
Acc: BIA, Clear Rhinestones


You can find the Golden Glow cardstock here....

Golden Anniversary Gift Inside

Here's the inside. On the insides of the postcards I used the Paper Temptress Sandy Stripes Vellum. The inside pages can be left blank so the receiver can add things to them or they can be altered or made into a mini scrapbook by the giver.

Sandy Stripes Vellum can be found here...

Golden Anniversary Gift

I wanted to make something really simple that can be given for a 50th Anniversary gift. This was really easy to make. I found a pkg of chipboard postcards at my LSS. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but I knew I wanted to make something. I traced 2 postcards onto the Paper Temptress Retro Gold Glossy Lustre cardstock and trimmed them to size. I punched 2 holes in one end about 1/4" inch from the edge to make the top on each one. I used the negative part of a chipboard heart, covering it in gold ink. I also took 10 sheets of cream colored cardstock, cut them to size for the inside pages and punched the holes the same as the postcards. I cut some 1/4" cream (ivory or vanilla will work) colored grosgrain ribbon, threaded it through the postcards and pages, added some cream colored bridal flowers from Michael's and voila! finished. It didn't take very long to make. The longest part was waiting for the gold ink to dry on the negative chipboard piece.

Supplies used
Ink: Rubber Stampede Gold
CS: PT Retro Gold Glossy Lustre
Ribbon: 1/4" ivory/vanilla grosgrain
Acc: Ivory bridal flowers from Michael's, CAD, negative heart CB piece

You can find the Retro Gold Glossy Lustre here....

Set Sail In......

HOT FUDGE!!!! Ohhhhhhhh....I soooooo looove this Hot Fudge Pop Tones cardstock!!!! I love this Berrylicious Pop Tones too...they have such a smooth feel to them! I used Hot Fudge Pop Tones cardstock for my base. I used the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder on it. This stuff embossed like buttah!!!! It has nice, deep embossing. I have tried a few different brands of cardstock and this has, by far, embossed the best for me. For the matting I used the Berrylicious Pop Tones cardstock.....very niiiiice!! I am partial to blues and this is a wonderful shade. When I saw them I just KNEW they had to be used together on a card! Every piece of cardstock I have used (I still have more to show over the next couple of weeks so don't fret!) from the Paper Temptress has been deeeelish!!!

Supplies Used
Ink: Soft Sky
Sets: Set Sail
CS: PT Hot Fudge and Berrylicious Pop Tones
Acc: Brads, Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder

You can find the Hot Fudge and Berrylicious Pop Tones here....

Happy Father's Day Paper Temptress Style

Ok...I know it's way early for a Father's Day card...LOL! I hadn't sponged anything in a while so I thought I'd just get my stuff out and start playing. My original idea was to just make a masculine card. Once I got the image finished...I realized this would go perfectly with this Paper Temptress cardstock! I used the Blue Rasberry Pop Tones cardstock for the base and matted my image on Hot Fudge Pop Tones. The Pop Tones line is just as yummy as all the others I've tried so far!!! The picture just doesn't do justice for thei stuff! Ya gotta see in in perons...feeeel it!!! hehehe Well...once I got the card finished there was just too much open space for my taste...lol! I had to add a senitment so I thought..what about just making a Father's Day card. It never hurts to have a card made up a little early right? I'm usually cutting it to the wire when I make any type of holiday card *insert eye roll here*.


Supplie Used:
Ink: StazOn Stone Gray, Creamy Caramel, Copics, Bashfull Blue, Going Gray
Sets: TAC Light The Path, SU! Beauty Of Life
CS: The Paper Temptress Blue Raspberry and Hot Fudge Pop Tones
Access: Sponges

You can The Paper Temptress Pop Tones cardstock here...

Thought For Today

Have you smiled and said hello to a stranger today? It may be the brightest spot in their day.

Got Wine? Sophie

I have been just itching to get this stamp dirty since I won it...LOL! I made this card for the Hanna Stamps Sparkles Like Diamonds Challenge on SCS (splitcoaststampers). I would just looove to be her right now. Well, except for the wine of course...BLECH! hehehe

Supplies used:

Stamps: Spa Sophie, KF Snap Stamps

Paper: White, PIP

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black

Accessories: Pink Shimmerz, Foam Squares, Sm Circle & Scallop Circle nesties, Brads, Glitter, Bubble Gum Stickles, December Sky Shimmer, Red stickles and copics.

Teal Felt Grandee Eye Candy

Here's another card with the Felt Grandee line. This is the Teal color. YUUUUMMY stuff!!!! The ink just blends right onto the cardstock. I have tried stamping on textured cardstock....don't like it. It just seems to distort the ink (kind of like little missing spots or something). Not with this stuff...it is awesome!!!!

Ink: Versafine Cloud White
CS: PT Teal Felt Grandee and Blue Raspberry Pop tones
Sets: Unity Beauty of Dreams
Access: Flowers from the bridal section of Michael's

You can find the Blue Raspberry Pop Tones here....
Teal Felt Grandee here.....

A Simple Thanks

I wanted to do something simple so I tried my hand at a 3x3 card. I'm use to making full size A2 cards so this was a little challenging for me. This card also uses the White Felt Grandee cardstock from The Paper Temptress. This stuff is sooo nice to work with! Try some! You won't be sorry ya did...lol!!!

Ink: SU! Perfect Plum
CS: PT White Felt Grandee
Sets: SU! Flowers in Silhouette, PTI Mixed Messages

You can purchase the White Felt Grandee here...

Thought For Today

Never forget to give a smile, a hug and say "I love you" to those in your life every day. Ya never know what tomorrow will bring.

Butterfly Sympathy

I missed my Friday and Monday posts so I'm playing a little catch up here...LOL!!! I'm starting to realize that when I post anything I make with The Paper Temptress card stock I say "I love this stuff!"....hehehehe. I have had sooo much fun creating with everything I have from this brand. It's actually pretty amazing to me because I am only use to using one brand. The stuff really is amazing!!! Ok...enough of my babbling...

Ink: Black StazOn
CS: PT Aquamarine Metallic and Vintage Silver Lustre
Sets: River City Rubber Works Eskimo Folklore
Acc: MS Classic Butterfly Punch, SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Pop Dots

You can find the Aquamarine Metallic here...

Vintage Silver Lustre here....

Candy Tin Purse Inside

I tried posting this with the other one but it didn't quite turn out...LOL!!! I just wanted to show you the inside. It holds 10 sweetheart candy rolls perfectly!

Candy Purse Tin

I have become addicted to altering things....LOL!!! This is what I've come up with for today's eye candy. This is The Paper Temptress Retro Silver Lustre card stock. I absolutely love the shimmer in this. It's very smooth and takes ink very well without distorting it. It also cuts veeeery nicely! I used a gift certificate tin from Michael's.


Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black
CS: PT Retro Silver Lustre
Sets: SU! 09 SAB Yummy
Ribbon: 1/4" and 3/8" Black Grosgrain
Acc: CAD, Black KaiserGraft Pearls, Mini Glue Dots, Silver Brads and Prima's

You can find the Retro Silver Lustre here....

MFT Guest Designer Contest

This is my first scenery card. Lemme tell ya! It was a blast to make but I may wait a while before I do make another....LOL!!!! The water puddle is painted with December Sky Shimmerz and her boots are painted with Pink Shimmerz. I was gonna use stickles on the rain drops but I forgot until after I took the pic....lol!! I also totally forgot about the button requirement...GEEZ! hehehe I'm not too sure how much I like the buttons on there but I had to put them somewhere...hahaha. Anyway, I hope ya like it! Thanks for browsing my blog! :)

Stamps: MFT Rain or Shine, SU! Watercolor Minis

Paper: PIP and White CS, Spring Fling DSP

Ink: Versafine Onyx, Old Olive, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Going Gray

Accessories: BG Buttons, ShinHan markers 134 (skin), 174 (boots), 185 (puddle), Copics E35 (dog), RV11 (boots), E74 (tree), micron03 pen, Faber Castel Sepia pens, December Sky and Pink Shimmerz, MM Distress tool, sponges, paint brush, glue dots, foam sq.

Techniques: Paper Piecing, Masking, Sponging

MFTIDOL Audition Simply Chic

Here it is! I had so much fun making this card. Of course, I couldn't make it without my Angel Wings Shimmerz paint or my beloved stickles!!!! I absolutely looove this set and MFT stamps. This is the first time I've tried them. Thanks for looking! Enjoy! :)

Stamps: MFT Rain or Shine

Paper: CC, PTI White and Baja CS, Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP

Ink: Versafine Onyx, CC and Baja Refills

Accessories: CC 5/8" grosgrain, BG buttons, pop dots, foam squares, blender pen, paintbrush, Angel Wings Shimmerz (puddle), Baby Blue Stickles (boots), Nesties Labels, ShinHan marker 134 (skin), Copics E33+35 (dog)

Techniques: Paper Piecing

Thought For Today

As Agent Pablo the super secret super spy says....

"Always expect, the unexpected."

NEWS ALERT!!! This Just In........

I just wanted to let everyone know that the WHOLE Irridescent line at The Paper Temptress is 40%...FOR THE WHOLE MONTH!!!!!! Ok...why am I shouting you ask?? Well, the line is awesome, fantastic, the bomb!!!! Love, love , love it! Yep! I sure do....LOL!!!! Oh! and oooone more thing. Just a little tiny thing.....the irridescent line...is um...not quite sure how to say this but here goes.....

It is recommended by COPIC INSTRUCTORS!!!!! Yep! Ya heard it here on my little bitty blog. Ok...are ya ready!? 1...2...3....GO!!! Start shopping!!!!!!!

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Baby Congrats.....

I loooove this Felt Grandee line!!! I'm not too sure how well it shows up in this pic (still learning...lol!!) but the texture is totally awesome!!!! It doesn't distort your image when you stamp on it like some I've tried. The card base is made with White Felt Grandee. The moon was paper pieced with the White Diamond (told ya I love this stuf!!!). The baby, blanket and heart are on foam mounting squares or pop dots. Thanks for looking!

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, ShinHan and Copic markers Y15 (stars), RV11 and R83 (banket), R37 (heart), BV00 (baby sleeper) and ShinHan 134 (skin)
CS: PT White Felt Grandee and White Diamond
Sets: SU! Congrats SAB set and Elzybells (UK) Baby Moon
Access: Crystal Effects
Tech: Paper Piecing


You can find the White Felt Grandee here...

White Diamond here....

White Diamond Birthday Card

Remember me telling you about the The Paper Temptress White Diamond Card Stock? Well....here it is! If you look very closely...you will see that the ink takes on the sparkle from the card stock instead of covering it up. OH! One more thing....the ink color that I used was lighter than what I wanted. So......I colored over my image with copics. Guess what!? It didn't bleed through the card stock or the outline of my image. Copics are alcohol based ink markers and most card stocks aren't thick enough to keep the ink from bleeding through. This is! This card stock is the BOMB!!!! I did a side by side comparison of Stampin Up! Shimmery White card stock and The Paper Temptress White Diamond card stock. I'll have to get a pic of that and upload it later today or tomorrow.

Ink: SU! Pretty In Pink, Ranger Archival Jet Black
CS: PT White Diamond, SU! Pretty In Pink
Sets: SU! Upsy Daisy and PTI Birthday Basics
Accesories: MS Classic Butterfly Punch, Pop Dots, RV02 Copic



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You can purchase the White Diamond Cardstock here....