It’s Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches JUNE release with you! FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available to purchase on May 31st at 8:00pm pacific time. Once our release goes live, you will find our new products HERE.
To add extra fun to our blog hop…we are offering up a prize!
The prize – a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.
Here are the details:
- FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
- Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes)
- Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, May 31st to leave a comment.
- Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, June 1st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.
A couple of our designers are taking a small hiatus to care for different things in their life. Julia Stainton is filling in for Emily and Kristina Werner is filling in for Pamela. We are so excited to have them join us in June!
Alice Wertz
Ashley Marcu
JJ Bolton
Julia Stainton
Kalyn Kepner
Kay Miller
Kristina Werner
Laura Bassen
Laurie Schmidlin
Michele Boyer
Teri Anderson
To increase your chances of winning:
- Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
- Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
- Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop
(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)
I used the new Stitched Flourishes 2 Dies to create the background pattern on my card. I die cut the new Frame 4 die into the panel and layered it up for dimension, then added one of the Hello Words die cuts and added glitter to it.
Thanks so much for hopping by!
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I love the stitches! And the color blending! And the sentiment….just the right touch! You are a PRO!
Your card is so softly beautiful and then has a great friendly Hi in the middle – who wouldn’t just smile getting this one.
Such soft colors and I love the little bit of sparkle.
I shared the hop on Facebook. I’m trying to tweet it, but Twitter won’t let me 😦
Twitter finally let me post the tweet about the hop. Sheesh.
Elegant card.
I love how you match the pattern of the background on your layers. Very pretty card. I did facebook your blog hop.
ANother gorgeous card. WOuld make a beautiful baby welcome!
Love the soft, soft sponging~
Very pretty card. Love the background.
So soft and pretty!
Such a beautiful, soft and lovely card! I love the stitched swirls!
I loved the stitches on the card, it gave the card a very unique look.
I really like the colors and stitching, I shared on Facebook and my blog
So pretty! Love how you inked the outside of the card panel. Not your usual bright rainbow colors:)
so soft and pretty!!
amazing card.
Love the stitching.
Love the lacy look of this card using the flourishes as a background.
Awesome
Your card is lovely. thanks for sharing
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Love the “simplicity” of this card. Very elegant.
Pretty color and I really love the stiching.
What fun dies and another stunning card.
stunning!!
Love the die you showcased. The flourish background is a nice addition.
Beautiful card, love the die.
This is so pretty! Soft looking and very chic.
Love the stitches flourishes background
This is just gorgeous! Fabulous work!
Gorgeous! Love the background!
Love that stitched background!
Love your card! Thanks for sharing….Gina F
You come up with the coolest card idea’s, thanks for sharing.
The flourish die is very unique, I love it! The card is beautiful.
Love the stitched backgroung it looks lovely. Also love the pretty light colors and the center frame.
Love the stitched background…………seems like this style card could be used for many different ocassions. Simple, soft and exquisite!
I really like the background pattern. Great card idea.
Once again, you’ve knocked off my socks. Clean simple, romantic and gorgeous. Excuse me, I have to go find my socks.
Great elegant card.
Love the stitched flourishes! Beautiful card!
What a beautiful card!!! I love the stitched background and the simply word Hello !! Just perfect!!
looooove your card Laura! ♥
I love the soft colors!
https://twitter.com/Morentin1326/status/603944910719295488
very pretty. Love the details.
Love the details and the simplicity of the card, and I like that you popped up the frame.
What a lovely pastel card.
Beautiful card, Laura …. Can’t wait to see the rest of the release.
This card is such a surprise for me. You used such soft colors! I like it just as much as your brighter cards, which just proves how truly talented you are.
Love the stitched line background!
What a lovely card!
Beautiful card….definitely love the flourish background you created.
so soft and pretty! would be perfect for a baby card 🙂
That card is beautifully elegant.
such a sweet and pretty card! loved the color n the stitched background
What a pretty card!
Beautiful- the stitched background is so elegant !!
Love your card Laura (as always).
Gorgeous as always Laura!
Gorgeous card, Laura! I love the dimension on the frame with your sparkly word die cut, and your background is just beautiful!
Great card, Laura. Love the frame!
Very pretty! I Facebooked about the hop so others can enjoy!
This is a very unique card and you always ROCK your cards!
Wish I could figure exactly how you made all of the designs match up!
Fabulous design. Love the Cas look.
Oooooo and Awwww, I think I’m really in love with that die! Your card is super cute as always. Too bad you don’t have a video because I enjoy listening to you! Posted on FB and Tweeted about the blog hop.
Luv your design and colors!
Beautiful card–love all those swirly stitches.
Totally loving that stitched flourish die!
Great combination of perfectly matched components.
Love all the cards.
Love the subtle color which makes the stitched flourish background pop out and the pretty frame is beautiful!
Love the texture in this card.
Such a nice, soft card – like that splash of color and sparkle.
oh my gosh, your card is lovely! I really need that frame and those stitched flourishes are gorgeous!
Love this card – love the stitches, love the frame, love the colour!
Oh My, My, My! Thank you for sharing your Beautiful Inspirations of Art! ♥
I love the frame and the background. The tone on tone looks very classy.
I Facebooked about your Fabulous Blog hop! https://www.facebook.com/kimberlyrae.patrickforde
Beautiful card. Love that stitching die!
AwesOne card, will share on FB
Beautiful card. Love the colors and the way you used them. Cute die
You’ve been PINned! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/86061042856415023/
Gorgeous card! Love all the different textures!
I blogged about your blog hop—> http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/paper-smooches-blog-hop
Love the background and the sparkling “hello”. Thanks
I have made my “wish list” on what my next order will be. I think I will wait for the new release – so that I can include in my order. LOVE.
Simple and elegant, this is a gorgeous card.
Love this and all your cards!
Lots of texture to this card….and love the colors
So pretty! Love the frame and “hello” sentiment!
It’s always fun to see what you come up with, Laura. You never disappoint.
I love the clean beauty of this card. No bright colors but this card doesn’t need them because of it’s simplicity. Love the dies you used. Great design…beautiful job! TFS
Love the stitched details! So soft and pretty!
Very pretty, as usual!
Very Vintage looking!!!
Beautiful, just beautiful! Can’t wait to see the Stitched Flourishes 2 die. Love that background.
Love your card! Super pretty!
Very pretty with the flourish background and the framing of the sparkly hello.
Wow, shocked to see a card from Laura with only a touch of color. This is so beautiful, light and airy.
Such a pretty and soft background you created for this sparkly sentiment.
I shared on FB about the hop.
What a great card
Great looking card. Love the design and the coloring of it.
This is gorgeous!
You are always one of my favorite ‘go to’ sites. You never disappoint, love this!!
Love the softness of this card and thanks to Kristina Werner you now have a new follower. Loved the smooching technique.
Love this elegant card, the texture on that stitched flourish die is beautiful.
Posted on my blog/Flickr account about this great release. https://www.flickr.com/photos/74238397@N06/18014985700/
Hello – love the card.
Love the colors and sequins
what a lovely card. . .
Your cards and lessons are amazing!
That stitched flourishes background is so interesting! Thanks for showing it to better understand what that looks like.
So soft and so pretty!
This card is so pretty! Love the stitched flourishes in the background and the soft ink blending around the edge!
Love your beautiful card, thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win.
Love this card, great stitch detail in background.
Laura, you are one of my favorite card makers! Thank you for so much laughter and inspiration.
Laura I love the framed glittered word.
Simply gorgeous!
This card is gorgeous! Love the stitched background with the popped up frame!
Wow!!! I really like this card.
Love your background.
Really pretty!
What a pretty card. Very simple with all the white
Beautiful card, awesome background!
Wow.. That background is just stunning! I absolutely love it. Thank you so much for sharing.
You’ve gotten Kristina in on the ink smooshing! Way to go 🙂
Love the white on white card!
I love how you cut the frame to match the background as if it was all one piece.
So sweet and delicate! LOVE this card ♥
Hop posted to FB ♥
Love the color blending and the look of the stitching on the background. Plus a little “glitter” makes everything better
What beautiful card !!!
Love the stiching and the colors of this card. Great job. Thanks for sharing
Your card is really wonderful. You are such a talented and humorous person. You always make me smile and I thank you for that and sharing your talent.
Such a lovely card! It is softly beautiful!
Simply gorgeous!!!!!
Love the background die you used!! It looks so cool!
So beautiful and elegant!!!
Shared on Facebook!!!
Love the die you used in the card.
Such a pretty card!! Love your style:)
I am liking the stitched swirls on the background of this card. It’s nice to see something different.
wow this a very pretty clean card, love it
Love the Stitched Flourishes background and the glitter! So pretty!
I’ve shared on Facebook!
Such pleasant colors. The Stitched Flourishes background is a favorite!
Lovely card as always.
Such a soft pretty card.
This is very pretty. Lovely card. I hope I get the chance to win even if I don’t Facebook, tweet or blog.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Tweeted about the Yummy Hop! ♥
What a beautiful card! Great use of color, it’s so clean and cheery!
Nice design. Really pretty!
Beautiful card! Started following you on Twitter and Pinterest! Shared your tweet about the blog hop!
BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE the FUN Design!! Can’t Wait for the New Release!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a FAULOUS WEEK!! =)
Very pretty ! I have that little die and have yet to use it.,
Awesome! Love it!
Lets get hopping!
I ❤ paper smooches
oh la la! pretty!
Super cute clean card!
I tweeted about this blog hop 🙂
Beautiful card as always Laura..Thanks for great Blog Hop.
Great card. Enjoying the blog hop too.
Love the stitching die
Beautiful! I really like the Stitched Flourishes 2 Die…neat background.
I knew your card was going to be a standout and you didn’t disappoint. Beautiful.
Love our card! Especially the scroll work!
this card is really cute. And the stitching is awesome. I didn’t know there was a die that did this. Great!! I know what my next die purchase with consist of. Thanks for sharing your ideas. And I WILL be posting about this blog hop on my Facebook page. I don’t twitter so I can’t do that, but I do have a small blog of my own that I’ll post this info on. Thanks again for the creative ideas!!! On to the next. Hop hop hop!
Lovely elegant card.
Great background and I love the sparkly word.
Such a fun card. Love the simplicity of the design with the addition of some brilliant LB touches lol.
Awesome love the stiches background
sigh, I love it!
I love how you added texture to this! Very cool design!
Love how you used the stitched flourishes. Lovely card!
Love the card.
beautiful card!
Beautiful and so elegant card
Such a sweet card – it’s so simple but yet so intricate!! Love the idea
Simply gorgeous!!! Love the softness of the color on the edges.
Niiiiiiice! Love what you did with the edges …very classy!
Great card, love the stitches And the color blending. Thanks for sharing.
Very pretty – love the soft edges, texture and a touch of sparkle.
Really pretty background and love how you’ve tied it in with the frame and popped it up!! 🙂
I love the little touch of ribbon on the card, really finishes it off. The swirl die cuts are fantastic!
Oh I love that background so much!
I love how you have so much texture and dimension on your card! Very pretty!
I love each of the details of the card, it’s so lovely!
I tweeted about the blog hop!
This is beautiful! So elegant looking!
The stitched die background and perfectly matching stitches on the frame look incredible.
Love the stitched background on this great card.
That die is so pretty ! It’s going on my Wish list !!!
Beautiful elegant card!
so fun! love that elegant look!
Such a wonderful card!
Very pretty card
You rocked it again! Beautiful soft colors and fantastic design elements.
I don’t know how you do it … perfection every time! Love the softness of color, the detail of the stitching swirls … all of it. Gorgeous!!
Loved the stitcing and the frame. It made the sentiment pop.
I really like how you layered the stitched “background” over the dimensional frame element on your card!
What a wonderful effect popping the frame out!
Love the shape of the new frame die and all that flourish stitching is gorgeous!!
I love the dimensions, I love the colors! Very beautiful!
Like the way you framed this and used the stitch look.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I posted on my FaceBook page about blog hop.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I posted on my blog about blog hop.
http://createdbysunshinehoneybee.blogspot.com/2015/05/paper-smooches-blog-hop.html
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful soft card. I love that frame, so pretty.
Very cool look.
lovely softness and bling!
tweeted https://twitter.com/charktweets/status/604683964771667968
I love the soft colors and the texture on the background. You always makes great cards
Great card! Love the way you put the sentiment in focus.
I posted about the hop on my blog today.
http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com/2015/05/thank-you-card-huge-thanks.html
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
OH my GOSH love that background!!!
Love the stitched effect on your card! Did you attach the frame to the front of the card then used the stitched swirls on it??
Fantastic creation love that stitches very much
http://ilikepaper01.blogspot.com/2015/05/hugs-prayers.html
Posted on my blog about the hop
https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn
Posted on my facebook about the hop
Beautiful card, I love how you used your new die!
Wow, what a gorgeous card! I love the background and elegant look. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome to see the stitched dies, I just love the look, and as always your card is fabulous 🙂
Beautiful, Laura! I love this quilted look and the dies just look thick, I was surprised when you said they are layered.
Such a sweet card, Laura. Like it a lot! 😀
Lovely card and like the simplicity of it. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Lovely, clean card. Love the stitching!
Such pretty colors, Laura – love that new stitched flourish die too!
Nice card !
I love the frame dies. I’m so glad to see another one! The way you made your background with the flourishes, too. It’s very pretty and not overpowering!
I love how delicate this is and so old fashioned. Just simply beautiful!
What a unique card!
Punchy and pretty. Well done, Laura.
Very elegant and clean card! Love it!
I am going crazy over your card! I love, love, love that background! Those Stitched Flourish designs are gorgeous!! I have to have this die!
Love this card. Did it take a lot of passes for the embossing?
Awesome textures on your pretty card!
Absolutely lovely! You’ve got me lovin’ on the Paper Smooches!
Karen
I love this frame.