Let’s Party! STAMPtember® Paper Smooches EXCLUSIVE!
Hi readers! Happy Thursday to you! I’m pleased to have TWO amazing designers (Laura Bassen & Pamela Ho) on our blog today to celebrate another truly wonderful stamp company, Paper Smooches!
EXCLUSIVE ALERT! Love the partying turtle above? This little fun turtle is part of an exclusive stamp set that you can only find at Simon Says Stamp! Check it out!
Before we get into all the stamping fun & inspiration let’s take a moment to introduce the sweet and talented artist behind Paper Smooches! The lovely, Kim Hughes!
I begin by sketching images and concepts in pencil. I then draw every sentiment and image with a black pen on white paper a zillion times until I get them just the way I like it. Ok, maybe a zillion is an exaggeration, but sometimes it takes me more than 30 tries to get it exactly right. (practice makes perfect). My clear, Photopolymer stamp sets and steel metal dies are truly a labor of love and I am thrilled to share my designs with all of you. My images reflect my silly personality and I hope they will bring a smile to your face.
Think of “Paper Smooches” as using ink to kiss your paper with our photopolymer clear stamps!
Now… check out the video below of the always entertaining Laura Bassen and how she used this special exclusive stamp set, and be sure to check out the inspiration from Pamela Ho below as well!
Enjoy!
Watch the video:
Designed by Laura Bassen:
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It’s definitely not too early to start making some Christmas cards. There are so many fun Christmas stamps and dies released by Paper Smooches in September so I started my mail-friendly Christmas cards. I used Paper Smooches’ Christmas words 2 die. I just love that huge “Seasons’ Greetings” die!
This was a very simple card to make in terms of the technique used, but surprisingly, it took me days of searching for inspiration! First, 2 cuts were made in white and adhered together with some white glue. Using a piece of washi, I masked off the bottom half of the sentiment and blended some gold ink onto the top.
On my card base, I masked off the top half and blended the gold ink onto the bottom half. I then adhered the sentiment die cut onto my card base, making sure to line up the masked line, so that the gold sentiment would have a white background and vice versa.
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Thanks for reading today, and big thanks to Laura & Pamela for designing such fun inspiration!
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AWESOME!! =) I KNEW I’d LOVE this SPECIAL Set after seeing the Sneak Peeks and I was RIGHT!! =) LOVE IT!! I LOVE the Video and Inspiration that was shared for today too!! THANKS and have a Fabulous Week!! Today is my sons 8th B-day and its my Birthday tomorrow so I guess this set will be an EARLY B-Day Present to myself!! LOL!! =)
Don’t you just love that little turtle! So darn cute . . . great card, Laura.
Love that cute turtle!
Congrats Fran! Cute little turtle and I love the bubbles too!
Very cute cards!
This stamp set is super cute! And I love the cards.. So adorable.
so cute… love it!
I love Paper Smooches stamps! So many cute images! Kim does a great job… well she is from AZ =) Two great cards! Thanks Laura and Pam!
Love this adorable set…and I absolutely love what Laura did iwth it :)…She always makes me smile!
Darn cute turtle in its birthday cap and love how you created a wonderful background!!! That additions of balloons are superb. Thanks for sharing the video tutorial!
Wow, an amazing stamp set… lovely for all year round…
Another awesome Stamptember set. I love that bubbly, dottie, party background.
I love Paper Smooches. This new Stamptember set is a winner! If I hadn’t already ordered the stamp set, seeing Laura’s card would have sent me, immediately, to the store site. I can’t wait til it arrives and I can play with it myself.
Pamela’s card is so simple and beautiful. It could be done in many other colors, though the gold is very elegant!
Thanks Laura and Pamela for great inspiration!
Oohhh these stamps are amazing love them. great cards too.
The stamp set is adorable! And so is the card!
Laura’s turtle is so adorable … and I love the cool, clean crispness of Pamela’s words! Anita :)
That turtle is way cute!!
Fabulous cards! x
Thank you for inviting me to this wonderful Stamptember party!!!
I love Paper Smooches! Super cute cards too.
Two amazing special guests with two fabulous and totally different cards. TFS.
What a cute card. Love the bubbly background and the font of those sentiments.
I always loved the crisp grip on cards by your designers. Another sharp presentation of mew stamps and dies. Way to go!!!!!
This stamp set is just so damn stinkingly adorably cute.Theres another item on my never ending wish list!!!!
Both cards are awesome. That turtle is just too cute! <3 :D
I love the quirky dog in this stamp set and am loving the dark on light light on dark technique of the Season’s Greeting card!! So much inspiration in this post!!
That turtle is adorable! I love the turtle and the set it came from. You could use the stamps for so many things. I love both of the cards and if I had to choose a favorite it’d be the turtle by a slight margin. Thank you for sharing the cards!
Two amazing cards from two amazing designers! Oh I love the dotted background and the turtle!
How cute! Love that turtle :)
Absolutely gorgeous card.
Love, love, love!
Love the balloons on the first card! (Looks like I’m buying them on more sizes lately…) And that sentiment is beautiful on it’s own!
great new stamp set
Cute stamps, Kim! And both the cards are great! Love the the two toned effect of the Season’s Greetings card!
Paper Smooches = Very cute!
Such a cute stamp set with the title. Lovely cards.
Cute and classy all in one post! Love Laura’s cute turtle card and her (always) fun video, and Pamela’s card is oozing elegance.
Wow.. I love the stamp sets!!! So cute!
Such cute cards & Stamp set.
Wonderful cards! Cute turtle and I love the two toned Seasons Greetings!
Laura’s card is to cheerful and bright. Can’t help smiling when looking at it.
I love this super cute stamp set from paper smooches. Check out that puppy – how adorable. Laura card is great fun. Love the video too. Paula’s card is lovely. what a simple technique with such wonderful results.
Such super cute cards! Love the turtle on Laura’s card and the pretty gold embossed sentiment on Pamela’s card!
Another fun stamp set!
Laura, your videos are turtley-awesome! Let’s party with Kim’s exclusively adorable stamp set. Happy Thursday!
Love this stamp set! It’s versatile & absolutely adorable!!!
super cute cards today. I especially love the dotted background.
Such a sweet little turtle and the card is adorable!
Lovely work ladies, who doesn’t love Paper Smooches? Kim Hughes rocks!
I think Paper Smooches is the bomb when it comes to fun and whimsical stamps sets and dies. Kim always creates such great products and who doesn’t love that cute little turtle included in this set.