Grab Your Brooms

Come on in to Paper Wings and One Little Spark next Saturday, October 29th at 11 am for a little crafty time with "the girls" and a little Monster Mash! Details will be posted SOON!

Inspire Me Sunday

Need some "me" time?!?! How about a small crafty project to get your creative juices flowing?! Next Sunday, October 16th at 11am come out and make this cute tag album for only $10.00! Call Paper Wings to sign up at 609-812-5447 or email thegirls@paperwingsnj.com.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!! Join the Challenge

So let's celebrate with a Saturday Challenge.  Along with it being National Scrapbooking Day, it is also my wonderful husbands birthday!!!!  And funny enough, his father's as well.  So, in honor of that, today's challenge will be to create a birthday themed project (card, layout, altered item, etc).  Also, if you leave a comment on this post, sending Dominick and Nonno some love, you will get entered in a second drawing!!!  Our first prize for entering the challenge is a fiskars cupcake border punch:

I love this punch and it adds just that little something to your projects!!!  Now, if you take the time to send some birthday love this way, you will be entered to win a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher!!!! Yippee

Entering the challenge is easy.  Simply post your project on your blog.  Then add your name to the Mister Linky below.  Then our visitors can click on your name to visit your blog and see your submission. 

Entering for the bonus prize is even easier.  Just leave a comment on this post sending some birthday love to my husband and father in law and you'll be in!  It's that easy. 
This Challenge will run from today May 7, 2011 to Friday May 13, 2011 at Midnight
From the girls here at Paper Wings, we would like to wish you all a very happy National Scrapbooking Day.  I commend you all for taking the time to preserve your precious memories for the generations to come!  Have a great weekend!!!

Tea Party

Stop by Audrey's blog to see the rest of this adorable project she made out of recycled packaging! Using Echo Park's Little Girl paper line, in stock at Paper Wings!

And don't forget, there is still time to enter this week's CHALLENGE!

Happy Wednesday!

Saturday Challenge

Thank you Sandi for playing along this week with your GORGEOUS card! The challenge this week is to use paint on your layout, card, or other project.
The sample here is an 8 1/2 x 11 layout where I used paint on my photo to make a border, then added white dots with my Uniball pen (if you are looking for a good white marker, these are the best I have found!) and they are in stock at Paper Wings!

So leave us a comment here on this post showing us a link to YOUR layout using paint! Have a great weekend :)
-The Girls

Easter Beauty by Sandi

A beautiful look at an Easter card made by our talented Design Team Member, Sandi Smith! Sandi's coloring skills never cease to amaze me! and this card is no exception!!!!!

Sandi is entering this card in this week's Saturday challenge. You still have time to play along with a layout, card or other papercrafting project with a Spring theme!

Leave Sandi some love here on this post and stop back often for some more paper inspiration!

Thanks for visiting :)

Cherish Your Dreams

At Paper Wings, we love to find fun new ways to make our own embellishments out of supplies we already have or unexpected household items!
For instance, this flower was made from coffee filters! Just use your scallop circle punch to punch out 8-10 pieces, crumple them up, spray with a little glimmer mist or Perfect Pearls Mist (in stock at Paper Wings), add a brad or flower center, and voila! you have a beautiful flower to embellish a layout or card!

A Winner and Anything Goes for Spring

Sorry for the tardy post, yesterday was a busy day for us and the time got away. Thanks to those of you who played along in our challenge this week and we would like to share a gift with

MICHELLE!

Check out Michelle's layout, isn't it beautiful?!

Michelle, please email your mailing address to Colleen at thegirls@paperwingsnj.com and she will get a little prize out to you.

And now for this week's challenge:

ANYTHING GOES!

Create a layout, project, card with a Spring theme!

Leave a comment on this post with a link to your project.

Have a great week!

Janet's "Little Girl"

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of sharing a two page layout by Audrey using the Echo Park Little Girl line. Now today we will be sharing a layout and a card by Janet, using the same paper line, with a completely different look! 

While Audrey went with a solid background and used the patterned paper in bits and pieces, Janet went with an all over patterned paper effect. 

Both stunning choices and shows you how versatile this paper line is and how you can use it for so many different occassions! 

Check out Janet's blog, if you scroll down a bit you will see that she handmade the amazing flowers on her layout!  

Janet's card also uses Echo Park Little Girl, along with this beautiful trim by Maya Road, which is available in 3 different colors at Paper Wings!

If you are an Echo Park fan, don't forget, in addition to Little Girl, we also have Springtime, Playground and a limited supply of Wintertime, Everybody Loves Christmas and Happy Halloween Echo Park papers in stock now at Paper Wings!

Clowning Around With Audrey

I just love what Audrey did with the Echo Park Little Girl line! She always has such incredible details in her layouts and this one is no exception!
Echo Park Little Girl is in stock now at Paper Wings, along with Echo Park's Springtime and Playground.  We are open Saturday and Sunday right now~stop in and see us!
Check out more details of Audrey's layout HERE on her blog! and come by the blog tomorrow to see the fabulous layout and card Janet made using this same paper line. We are so lucky to have such sweet and talented women on our Design Team!

A Challenge For Ya!

So this week, we would like to see you use a "ruffled or pleated ribbon" technique on your layout, card or other papercraft project.
Here is a sample for you!

On the right hand side, you'll see a bit of ribbon that is "ruffled". I accomplished this by using a strip of red line tape and ruffling the ribbon a bit as I stuck it down. A fun technique to add a bit of texture to your project! Let's see what you can do!
Colleen is off at a crop today and I'm not sure how to set up the Mr. Linky (I'm so NOT the technical one in the family!) so just leave a comment here with a link to your project!
Thanks for playing along!
And if you're looking for something to do today, remember the store is closed but Colleen is vending at the Toys for Tots crop at the Ocean Acres Community Center, stop by and say HI if you are out and about!
Enjoy your weekend!
Nora Anne

Lucky...

I was feeling a little crafty last night and made this layout for a challenge. Journaling reads "Lucky 2 Have A Sister Like U". And how true this statement is! I am one lucky girl to have such an awesome family and scrapbooking is a great way to document these relationships. I love this picture of me and Colleen with the sunset in the background and had lots of fun creating this layout.
See the two hearts in the bottom left hand corner that are part of the little embellishment cluster? Guess what I used to make them? If you guessed Wawa coffee sleeves, then you were right! I die cut them with my Sizzix Big Shot and Sizzix Primitive Hearts die. Painted on a little Tim Holtz Embossing Crackle Paint and added a dash of Diamond Dust for a little sparkle.
That's one of the MANY things I love about my Big Shot,  you can use it to die cut so many different things from paper to fabric to metal! Love it! Don't have a Big Shot? Just let us know and we can order one for you! It's one of those "must have" tools that I can't create without!
Thanks for stopping by today.
See you at Paper Wings!
Nora Anne

Challenge Winner

Congrats to JANET! You are this week's challenge winner with this two page winter layout using Echo Park's Wintertime, in stock at Paper Wings.

 Thank you to Janet and Jen for participating in our challenge this week!

Echo Park Little Girl

I just LOVE the Little Girl line from Echo Park, BUT since I have a little boy in my life :) I decided to make a card rather than a scrapbook page to share today! Although, these papers can be used for Easter pictures including boys and since I am a sucker for all things girlie in the scrapbooking world, I have found ways to incorporate lots of this kind of stuff into my boy layouts over the past few years! I think when they are little you can still get away with it *wink*!
Stop by Paper Wings to check out the full line along with lots of other new products that arrived this week! Remember, for the month of March we are open on Saturday and Sunday only (shop closed on March 26th, but you can find us at the Ocean Acres Community Center for the Toy Drive Fundraiser Crop).
Happy Weekend!

Sick Leave

photo source

The Paper Wings challenge will be on hiatus this week due to the flu bug sweeping over us all, including poor little Dominick who has 105 fever. Please say a prayer his fever comes down so he doesn't have to go the hospital.
xx, Nora Anne

Cupcake Inspiration Photo Challenge

Hi all. Thanks for this weeks challenge submissions. Our mystery judge has chosen our winner. But first a little about her. This weeks judge is a wonderful lady that we are lucky to know. Mrs. Patricia Thorpe from our favorite little stamp shop One Little Spark. If you've never had the pleasure of visiting her store, it's well worth the trip. Visit her website at
Www.one-little-spark.com. And now for the winner:
Congratulations to Brenda Brown. We loved both and Pat had a hard time choosing between the two. And now for this weeks challenge.

Hope you all had a great week! Today is a big day for me, I am in New York City celebrating my "Big 4-0". So in honor of my day (thought I'd embrace it rather than DENY!) I thought it would be fun to do a photo inspiration for this week's challenge using this fun and festive ice cream cupcake image!

Photo Source

So use this as your inspiration for a layout, card, or any papercrafting project that suits your fancy! As you can see by my sample below, my interpretation was very literal, I used a cupcake stamp and a circle punch to create the polkadots in the background. I made it quick and simple since I am busy packing for my weekend away :) But feel free to take this in any direction you please, whether you use the colors, the party theme or wherever it leads you. Just be sure to have fun with it!
See you next week!
xx, Nora Anne

Some Design Team Layouts

Hold on to your seats ladies! Some fabulous eye candy coming your way from the lovely and talented JANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boardwalk Layout by Janet

 Printer Tray by Janet

 Mom by Janet

You and Me by Janet

Check out more of Janet's beautiful designs on her blog at:

http://www.mybeautifullifeinpages.blogspot.com/

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We are also very anxious to share Sandi's work with you however, I'm having some technical difficulties with her photos (they keep uploading flipped to the side!) If I can't fix it I will post them and you can turn your laptops (LOL!) and those of you without laptops will have to wrench your neck a bit!

Hope you are having a crafty Friday :)

13 More Hours....

and 20 minutes to get your entries in for our first challenge! Remember, it can be a scrapbook page, a card or any altered project! and there is a great prize up in the air, so get your RED, WHITE & BLUE groove on and link up your challenge to the bottom of this post HERE for your chance to win! Become a follower and double your chances! (winner will be picked by random drawing).
No time to play this week?! That's okay, we will be posting another challenge tomorrow afternoon!
TGIF!