Sneak Peak of May's kit

Paper Niche has done it again... this is a sneak peak of May's kit. It is full of goodies that will challenge you to another level of creativity. You sure do not want to miss it... Happy Friday!

Friday Inspiration

Happy Friday scrappers!!
We are starting the weekend off with some inspiration by Maryangella.

Design Team Scrap

Hello my pretties,

Just a few sneak peeks of May's fabulous kit.

I'm lovin the pinks and the blues.

Thanks for the look.

Love

L

sketchy wednesdays

Join us every Wednesday for a sketch contest.

We present a new sketch and challenge you to make it your own!

Congratulations to Elysia
who won last weeks sketch contest!
Submit your layout using our sketch by Sunday, May 2nd
and one lucky winner will receive a fabulous prize.
Here is this weeks sketch by Leah and a little inspiration to get you going.

Please send all submissions to customerservice@paperniche.com

with SKETCH in the subject line.

More Sneak Peeks

Happy Wednesday everyone, Gine here showing some sneak peeks of the new kit coming out this Monday. It is totally awesome and there is soooo much yummies in it, both embellishments and papers. Hope to see a lot of you girls at the store this weekend for National Scrapbooking Weekend. Take care for now =)

A Tuesday Sneak

Hello ladies! Maryangella here : )

Today is my day to post a sneak peek but before I go any further I must say that this kit is filled with yummy embellishments and pretty papers!

At first I struggled with this layout but as soon as I pulled out the inks and paints everything fell into place and a page was born! I have no doubt that you will enjoy this kit!

Wishing you all a wonderful day filled with sunshine! Make sure you come back tomorrow to check out the other girls sneaks and THANK you for stopping by!

May Kit Sneak Peek!

It is such a dark and stormy day here in South Florida! Hopefully this little peek at the upcoming kit for the month of May will brighten your day!
Lovely, bright colors and some of the very latest products just released for shipping!

Here's hoping you get to enjoy the rainy day by scrapping!

Stay posted for more sneak peeks from the other girls!

Paint challenge

Are you up for a new challenge?

Visit our blog every Monday for a new challenge and a chance to win a fabulous prize.

This weeks challenge: Paint
Submit your layout, card or project using paint
and one lucky winner will receive a prize.

Here is a layout created by Luci using the new Donna Downey foam Stamp,

The Girls Paperie and Hambly transparencies.

Please email all submissions to customerservice@paperniche.com -with CHALLENGE in the subject, or upload it to your blog with a link in here and leave a link to your layout in a comment on this post. Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 30.

Happy Scrappin'!

A winner will be announced Monday, April 26 along with a new challenge

National Scrapbook Weekend

Just a few spots left for our NSD weekend

Video tutorial - paper roses

Happy Thursday fellow scrappers!
Today's video tutorial features Gine teaching us how to create her simply fabulous paper roses.
To recreate this look you will need the following supplies:
paper
crackle paint
floral stem
ink
glue dots
mini mister with water

Sketchy Wednesdays

Join us every Wednesday for a sketch contest.

We present a new sketch and challenge you to make it your own!

Submit your layout using our sketch by Sunday, April 25
and one lucky winner will receive a fabulous prize.

Here is this weeks sketch by Gine and a little inspiration to get you going.

Please send all submissions to customerservice@paperniche.com

with SKETCH in the subject line.

Fabric Challenge

Congratulations to Andrea, she won our stamps challenge!

Are you up for a new challenge?
Visit our blog every Monday for a new challenge and a chance to win a fabulous prize.

This weeks challenge: Fabric
Using fabric and ribbon when creating your scrapbook or projects can really add to the texture and feel of them! I love adding touches of stitching and fabrics to lend a softer feel - not just to the touch, but it also can add the "Awww..." factor! There's something about the sweet touch of softly gathered fabric that brings comfort to mind. Or if you're going for a more edgey feel - I start ripping or leave some loose threads hanging from my stitching.
For this project, I started with the Prima refill pages for their 8x8 canvas album, and one of the swirly iron-ons made to fit. After apply the iron-on, I chose a photo to cut to fit, layered a couple of felt leaves and added a simple bloom created with a piece of ribbon. A few more touches, and I had a ready to hang decoration for our wall!

Please email all submissions to customerservice@paperniche.com -with CHALLENGE in the subject, or upload it to your blog with a link in here and leave a link to your layout in a comment on this post. Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 23.

Happy Scrappin'!

A winner will be announced Monday, April 26 along with a new challenge

rose tutorial

Today's video tutorial teaches how to turn flat flower punch outs into

fabulous dimensional roses.

To create this technique you will need:

a 6 petal punch or die

paper

glue

tweezers

inks

scissors

sketchy wednesdays

Join us every Wednesday for a sketch contest.

We present a new sketch and challenge you to make it your own!

Submit your layout using our sketch by Sunday, April 18th
and one lucky winner will receive a fabulous prize.

Here is this weeks sketch by Beatriz and a little inspiration to get you going.


Please send all submissions to customerservice@paperniche.com

with SKETCH in the subject line.

Our Challenge winner

Congratulations to Lyn B.
She won our latest challenge using Luci's acetate butterfly technique.
Lyn you did a fabulous job with this layout!

Do you want a chance to win fabulous prizes?
Visit our blog daily for challenges, sketches inspiration and more!

This week's challenge: Stamps
send us your layout/card/project using stamps in a fabulous way
and one lucky winner will receive a prize

email us at customerservice@paperniche.com
submission deadline is Friday, April 16

My 50th Birthday and National Srapbook Weekend

Hi everyone ! I am so excited about my first blogging experience!!!!!

Just got off the phone with Marah Johnson and we changed the date of her classes to Friday, May 7 and Saturday May 8th, what a great Mother's day gift!!!I will have the samples by this Friday the latest, she will be using her new papers from her breathless collection and the new real wood papers. Lots of her Luminarte will be used!

I am going to try and be faithful to my Tuesday blog time.Before I share my BIG 50th Birthday with you I wanted to let you know how GREAT our National Scrapbook Weekend is going to be!Don is looking forward to grilling for the girls on Saturday night and I will be cooking my famous lasagna, caesar salad and garlic bread Friday night. Luci will be doing a fabulous make and take, pictured here:

Where else can you go and get 25%off ( or for you wonderful VIS girls 35% off)of the best scrapbooking supplies and we have been stocking up for the weekend.Gine and I have selected something special as a welcoming gift for the weekend. We only have a few spots left, don't wait for the last minute.Don't forget we are having a sleepover Saturday night bring your sleeping bags, blowup beds and pillows I will supply the movie, popcorn and more.........

Now the Big 50th My partner Rhonda and all the girls surprised me with a cupcake tree. Isn't it Fun!!!
Okay , when I blew out the candles Nathalie thought the ceiling sprinklers were going to go off.(that's the firefighter in her)

Rhon and I

Barbie, Mom, Nikkie(my oldest daughter ) Gine, Krista myself and Abbie (my youngest daughter.)

Here we added Nathalie. (she took the other picture)

All the girls made a scrapbook layout and put together a scrapbook that I will always cherish.
This is a beautiful flower Leah made on her page

My Mom made this fab flower cluster and added the princesca hardware piece from 7 gypsies.

Krista out did herself

Leah's page

Krista's page

pages by Mom

This was created by Bobbi in the invitation department, it's a one of a kind

This was from Darinda, also in the invitation department

Fab from Gine

Then I was so blessed again on Sunday morning when I got home from Church.
Rhonda asked me if I could have anything for my birthday what would it be and I told her a rose garden and sure enough when Nikkie drove up to the house my front entrance way was lined up with 9 rose bushes and 2 rose trees with birthday wishes tied to each plant from my family and friends. Needless to say I was in tears. So my wonderful hubby and son planted me a rose garden.

Me and my wonderful husband Don

Me and Mom

See my beautiful roses!!!!!!!!!

Abbie and Me

Me and my son Tom

This is tom's girlfriend Lindsay and Nikkie(Lindsay and i have the same birthday)
Just 25 years difference
I wanted a home baked cake so they made my other wish come true!!!!

Me and my Kids

This is Jay and I on my 50th

Lindsay and I (did they have to put the 25 and 50?)

I promise next week not to have as much to say but it was my BIG 50th!!!!!!!!