"Challenge #17 Love/Romance"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #17 "Love/Romance"! Haven't you noticed that wonderful fragrance in the air? We sure have at Paper Creations Ink and truly believe it is "Love And/Or Romance"! So we have decided to go ahead and show the special people in our lives how we feel about them! We hope that you will join us in showing those special people a bit of love too! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Fat Book Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6pm CST. Please be sure to check the Challenge Page for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some works of art to Spotlight!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Smeared Ink. Terra and Tori, the Owners of Smeared Ink have so graciously offered A Whole Digi Set Of Choice from their online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? They also allowed our Design Team and Guest Design Team to have several images to create with! We hope that you like our creations! 

 Now here is some information about Smeared Ink!

Smeared Ink is an online art stamp store that embraces the unusual and offers you a unique perspective when it comes to rubber and digital art stamps. We're dedicated to bringing you high quality unmounted rubber stamp images and digital images that offer you new and interesting avenues of expression. Perfect for paper crafters, scrapbookers, card makers, and multi-media artists that aren't afraid to show off their inner wild side. The goal of Smeared Ink is to think out of the box and offer designs to stamp artists that are unique. Our style is sometimes edgy, sometimes dark, sometimes wild, and always fun! You are sure to find rubber and digital stamps here that you won't find anywhere else. Visit our newly revamped store at http://www.smearedik.com, then join in the fun and meet other awesome stampers on our online forum at http://www.smearedandsmudged.ning.com. We also have a weekly challenge blog, we would LOVE to have you join us at http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/.

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderfully creative two weeks!

"Winners For Challenge #16"

Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our sixteenth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 196 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations"! The Winner of the 4 Images Of Choice From KennyK was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for 4 Digi Images Of Choice From KennyK is...

# 142 Cindy Pointe

     

You can visit Cindy's blog anytime at http://creativepointe.blogspot.com/!

Cindy, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com for the details on how to receive your awesome images!

Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 14 Monique

You can visit Monique's blog anytime at http://phoebekattebeest.blogspot.com/!

# 30 Lou Mac

     

You can visit Lou's blog anytime at http://lou-dot-mac.blogspot.com/!

# 64 Kelly Smith

You can visit Kelly's blog anytime at http://kelsmakes.blogspot.com/!

# 116 Twisted Witch

You can visit Twisted Witch's blog anytime at http://twisted-witch.blogspot.com/!

# 127 Val

You can visit Val's blog anytime at http://valscrafts.blogspot.com/!

We have some very exciting NEWS to share with all of you in regards to our Guest Design Team Positions and Winning Badges!

From now on you will be able to fill out the form on the Guest DT Page; if you are interested in being a Guest Design Team Member! How cool is that? Also another new change is all of the Winning Badges are located on the side bar for your convenience. If you happen to have a Word Press Blog, we are still researching the best way to have you display our badges. So please be patient as we work on this! If you have any questions feel free to email me anytime at artsbysara@gmail.com!

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #16! 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Challenge #16 Die Cuts And/Or Punches"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #16 "Die Cuts And/Or Punches"! Since everyone is going to be winding down from the holidays, looking to relax, and may even be playing with some NEW goodies... What a better way to do that than to have a new and easy challenge!?! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Fat Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 6pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some works of art to Spotlight!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is KennyK. Kenny (Artist) and his lovely wife Elena, the Owners of KennyK has so graciously offered 4 Digi Images Of Choice for their online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? They also allowed our Design Team and Guest Design Team to have several images to create with! We hope that you like our creations! 

 Now here is a some information about KennyK!

Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations!

The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK is a NYC-born professional illustrator who has brought his funky-but-slick, urban-influenced look to the cardmaking and papercrafts world.  His signature style can be seen throughout his various collections of sexy pinup babes, sweet 'n sassy girls, cool rockin' dudes, kid’s stuff, retro characters and more at KennyKDownloads.com . You can also find the Kenny K Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog at http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/.

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderfully creative two weeks!

"Winners For Challenge #15"

Good Afternoon Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our fifteenth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 48 total entries at one of the busiest times of the year and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations"! The Winners for the $10.00 Gift Certificate to Floppy Latte Designs and $30.00 Gift Certificate to Crop Stop was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the $10.00 Gift Certificate to Floppy Latte Designs is...

# 22 Monique

   

You can visit Monique's blog anytime at http://phoebekattebeest.blogspot.com/!

Our winner for the $30.00 Gift Certificate to Crop Stop is...

# 11 Deonna B.

   

You can visit Deonna B.'s blog anytime at http://ilovetomakecards.blogspot.com/!

Ladies, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com for the details of your gift certificates and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blogs!

Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 15 Jennifer Scull

You can visit Jennifer Scull's blog anytime at http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com/!

# 37 Cheryl Walker

   

You can visit Cheryl Walker's blog anytime at http://sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com/!

# 40 Croms

You can visit Croms's blog anytime at http://cromscubbyhole.blogspot.com/!

We have decided to make a change to our Guest Design Team Position Schedule! Please watch the Site/Blog for the upcoming details!

Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #15! 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Thank You And Happy New Year"

Hello Everyone! I hope you started your New Year off with a bang! All of us at Paper Creations Ink sure did. We all spent time with our families and safely rang in the New Year! Michael and I would like to extend our gratitude out to ALL of our Sponsors, Design Team Members, Guest Design Team Members, and our Wonderfully Creative Followers! Without ALL of you we would NOT be a success! Thank You so much for joining us, creating with us, and teaching ALL of us new and wonderful things! We are hoping to have an even better 2012! I must say, we have some Awesome Sponsors lined up for the New Year, so be on the lookout! 

THANK YOU TO ALL AND LET'S HAVE A FANTASTIC 2012, FULL OF CREATING, LEARNING AND SHARING!!!