Did You See?

the preview of Marks Paper Company English Garden line?

It's Stacy Mark's new Spring Line for Marks Paper Company.

I think Stacy must have a line to my head and she just knows what I love! Its so soft, pretty and shabby! I love it and can't wait to get my hands on it. Here are a few sneak peeks to whet your taste buds...

And Die Cuts...

And Covered Buttons...

If you love this sneak peek, click here to see the rest of the entire line.

Marks Paper Company "Grow a Flower" Blog Contest April 15-29, 2009

Marks Paper Company is excited to celebrate the addition of our new Digital/Hybrid Design Team. We're inviting you to celebrate with us! Marks Paper Company is having our first ever blog challenge. Because Spring is such a wonderful time year, we have chosen "Grow a Flower" as our first challenge for the Marks Paper Company Blog. Check out Patty Schaffer's blog for a tutorial!

The Challenge:
Using 75% of Marks Paper Company's products, create a flower(s) on a scrapbook page, altered item, home décor item, mini album, you name it. How creative can you be? Put on those garden gloves and get growing!

The grand prize winner will receive a set of each of the Marks Paper Company paper collections (August and Old Fashioned Courtship), Digital Kits for both lines and a sponsored prize by Short Cuts - SheetLoads of Cards, which includes five (5) each of Clear and Frosted Card Blanks (10 pcs), five (5) each of Clear and Frosted Full Sheets (10 pcs), two (2) each of Gift Card Holder Folders in white, ivory, kraft and black (8 pcs). Total retail value for this prize package is $30.00. In addition, your winning project will be featured on the Marks Paper Company Blog and in our monthly newsletter!

When your project is complete, post a comment on our blog that includes a link to your blog or on-line gallery so we can view your project. Deadline for submissions is midnight (EST) April 29, 2009. Winners will be announced on April 30, 2009 on our blog.

Please e-mail any questions to contactus@markspaperco.com.

This week, enjoy this FREE Printable Patches download by visiting our blog.

Marks Paper Company's April Celebration Continues

Marks Paper Company is excited to celebrate the addition of our new Digital/Hybrid Design Team throughout the month of April! We're inviting you to celebrate with us!

From April 8th through the 14th, Marks Paper Company will offer, for one week only, a Free Desktop Calendar! Come and get yours over at our blog.

We also would like to start introducing our digital design team ladies by showcasing their work individually. A new digital project will be showcased every Sunday and Wednesday over at the Marks Paper Company blog the whole month of April.

Today we are showcasing my very good friend Maggie LaMarre's tutorial. Check it out.

If you have created an awesome layout using Marks Paper Company papers, please comment on the Marks Paper Company Blog by leaving a link to your layout and you just may find yourself and your work highlighted on the blog! You'll get to feature this blinkie award on your blog!

Lots of Happenings & Free Digital Kit @ Marks Paper Co :)

Thanks so very much to all of you for spreading the news about Marks Paper Co! If I daresay, I feel like this new paper company is the hottest thing to have debuted from Jan '09 CHA. Whoohoo to Stacy Marks, our wonderful creator and owner of Marks Paper Co.

Now on to some NEW news.... :)

We recently had a Digital Hybrid Design Team search and I just want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to our newest additions to the Marks Paper Co Design Team:

Maggie LaMarre - who's our new Marketing Director too!
Michele Ciola
Patricia Komara
Cathy Pascual
Deanna Kroll
Cindy Gilchrist
Pamela Young

Check out their blogs!! These ladies are majorly talented!! Its an honor to be on the same team with them!

Marks Paper Company is excited to celebrate the addition of our new Digital/Hybrid Design Team throughout the month of April! We’re inviting you to celebrate with us all month long!

From April 1st through the 7th, MPCo will offer a Free Digital Template Giveaway and 25% Off All Digital Kits! Visit the MPCo blog for your chance to win!

April 1st also means the reveal of our featured Guest Design Team Member who is Charity Hassel. Check out Charity's work here in our gallery!

Be sure to keep an eye on the Marks Paper Company Blog...do a MPC layout link yourself up and you just may find yourself and your work highlighted on the blog! Yep...this award! How cool!

And finally, I want to share my most recent projects using this fabulous paper. I've always been enamoured with papers that wax childhood nostalgia, and this particular paper from the Old Fashioned Courtship line just melt my heart! For my card, I used the He Loves Me/Picnic Blanket & Neck Tie/He Loves Me along with Long Walk/Rouge papers. Yeah, I know, I have a thing for the paper pleating. My friend Kari says I need to move on from this technique. Lol, in time Kari, in time!

For my layout, I used Summer Log/Meadow and Ice Cream Cone/Board Shorts from the August Collection. I was soo proud to have snapped an "artsy fartsy" photo when my Mom and I were lounging in front of the Pantheon. It took us a few days to find this monument since the streets in Rome are pretty windy crazy, especially when you're tired and your feet hurt! Later on that day, I remember, my Mom and I just hung out on the steps of that Fountain enjoying the box of chocolates that we had hand picked earlier in the morning. It was a GOOD day indeed!


I also used a few journaling bits from Photo Log Journaling Jotters set of 7 (in Kraft & White) available from Jenn Steven's etsy shop now renamed Creative Chaos.




"He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not...He Loves Me" Card
Paper: Marks Paper Co "Old Fashioned Courtship" PP; Bazzil Bark CS
Embellishments: Offray Ivory Ribbon; Jenni Bowlin Jeweled Ivory Button; Kaiser Kraft Pearls
Accessories: SU Sizzix Top Note Die; Glue Dots

"My Best Shot"
Paper: Marks Paper Co "August Collection" PP
Embellishments: Prima Lace & Flowers; Marcela by Kay Diecuts & Dimensional Stickers; MM Tiny Alphas (White); Creative Chaos "Photo Log Journalling Jotters" Spots; White "Daiquiri" AC Thickers
Accessories: AC Slick Writers in Black Fine Point; Glue Dots

3 Times is the charm??? Win Some Marks Paper Company Collections

Marks Paper Company is just getting started!! Check out my fellow DTer Beatriz Jenning's blog for your chance to win, yet, another entire collection of Marks Paper Company.

Good Luck!

Another Marks Paper Co Giveaway

Ladies, I know many of you wanted to win some Marks Paper! Its time for another blog candy opportunity! Check out my fellow DTer Mimi Leinbach's blog for your chance to win an entire collection of Marks Paper Company.

Good Luck!

A Toot and another Marks Paper Company Project

Its been awhile since I've submitted to Basic Grey so I was really happy to have gotten the email when I was driving home this past Friday night, that this card I made last week for Embellish-Online and Creative Chaos was accepted into the Basic Grey Gallery. Whoohoo!! I miss tooting! I only have 1 item to my name in the Basic Grey Gallery, so that means I better hop to it and create some more to submit!


I finally got to photograph my card that I created for Marks Paper Company this morning since the lighting, etc is so much better in my office.

I made this card by hand cutting all these little flourish thingies from the August paper collection. {I'm still sick, so I can't articulate right now!} I'm apparently in love with circle medallions because I immediately knew what I was going to do with this paper when I received it in the mail.


I think this August line looks fabulous with white. It makes it look so crisp and the colors even more vibrant. I had to pull out my old MM white rubons in Heidi's handwriting because I wanted a white sentiment but didn't have any white phrase rubons. In case you were wondering, this is what the patterned paper looks like from which I hand cut those thingies:

Pretty cool eh?? Definitely check out the DT Gallery at Marks Paper Company for more inspiration by all the talented ladies. They seriously blow me away!



"Flower Medallion" Card
Paper: Marks Paper Co "August Collection" PP; Bazzil Lace Scalloped CS
Embellishments: Offray Cream Satin Ribbon; Kaiser Craft Sage Bling; Misc Hat Pin and Bead (from my stash); MM White "Heidi" Rubons
Accessories: Cutter Bee Scissors; Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Pop Up

A layout using Marks Paper Company....Old Fashioned Courtship

I have been fingering the "Old Fashioned Courtship" line ever since I received it from Marks Paper Company a few weeks ago. This paper seriously looks like linen and feels so creamy when you cut into it. These colors and designs are soo me!

Scrap 'N Yap just got Glimmer Mists in the store as a result of Liz Hicks teaching technique based classes at our store, so I was able to stock up on another dozen or so bottles. I can't wait for Elizabeth of the Yap to replenish her stock as well as carry even MORE colors!!

The reason I brought up Glimmer Mists is that I used a few new colors (for me that is) on this next layout I created using the "Old Fashioned Courtship" line.

I repurposed one of the priority boxes I had lying around from this week's deliveries, and I spritzed it with Mimosa (bright sunflower yellow), Latte (reddish brown) and a bit of Moonlight (dark teal). I discovered that Graphite (black) was too stark and thus not complimentary to the patterned papers. I also hand painted a few swashes of gold acrylic paint on to the edges for further texturing.


Here is a detailed photo so you can see the dimension I created with the corrugated innards of the priority box along with my paper pleated photo matting strip.


I decided to die my pom pom ribbon which was a natural (rope) color from Prima with the Mimosa Glimmer Mists to draw out the yellow of the sunflower papers. I also added in some journaling bits from Creative Chaos which are from the Fabulous Random Date Journaling Spots and Valentine Ticket bundles.

The picture is of my mom when we were vacationing in Rome during Thanksgiving back in 2006. She had gotten used to the Starbucks sized coffee drinks so she was just beside herself with the small portions in Italy. Each and every morning, she'd order 3 lattes, or cappucino's, etc..you get the drift. She pretty much became the infamous Mama! (imagine saying that in a very dramatic Italian accent complete with hand gestures!) at the cafe we frequented in the mornings before we started our day of sight seeing! Ai-ya-ya...my mommy can be soo funny! Therefore, my layout is entitled "Bon Giorno Mama!"

I'll be back with another Marks Paper Company project tomorrow to share! Definitely check out the gallery, cuz the DT have really outdone themselves this month.



"Buon Giorno Mama" Layout
Paper: Marks Paper Co "Old Fashioned Courtship" PP; Repurposed USPS Priority Box for Corrugated Base
Embellishments: Prima Natural Lace; "Mimosa, Latte and Moonlight" Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists; Misc. Metallic Gold Acrylic Paint; Misc Fabric rak'd by Stacy Marks of Marks Paper Co; Staples yellow paper clip; Creative Chaos "Fabulous Random Date Journalling Jotters" & "Valentine Ticket Bundle" Spots
Accessories: Glue Dots

Announcing the Marks Paper Company Collections Giveaway!!!

Thank you to ALL of you who left comments on my blog last week and helped to spread the word about Marks Paper Company.

So, with no further ado, let me announce the winners of the paper collection giveaways.

Drum roll please.......


Winner #1:

Kathy said...
Oh those papers are wonderful. I can really see some great layouts with them. I will put a post on my blog http://ascrappykathyday.blogspot.com
just don't look how unpretty my blog is. I have yet to figure out how to change it.

February 14, 2009 12:51 PM

Winner #2:

crazy4scrappin said...
I love those papers so much...very unique style and colour combos. I for sure would love to win some. I have joined your facebook group, posting a comment as I speak and here is a link to my blog...spreading the word.
http://alisoncreates.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-wants-to-win-brand-new-collection.html
THANKS FOR SHARING.

February 16, 2009 4:59 PM

Congratulations ladies!! Please contact me so I can get your full names and addresses to get your paper collections shipped out!!

For those of you that didn't win and would like another shot at getting your hands on some of this yummy paper, please visit my fellow DT member, Tracy Polacheck's blog.

Who wants to win a BRAND NEW collection from Marks Paper Company?

Marks Paper Company has just joined Facebook due to the overwhelming interest in their first two lines of paper designs. Please do join us on Facebook to stay up to date on ALL things Marks Paper Company related. Its a great place to inspire each other too, so please feel free to share your creations with us there. :)

To celebrate the fabulous opening of Marks Paper Company, I say its time for some blog candy!!

I have a full set of each collection to give away! That's TWO winners!

One of you will win six patterned papers from the August Collection....

Another lucky person will win six patterned papers from the Old Fashioned Courtship Collection....

There are six papers per collection and they are double-sided. You can click on the links to see which goes with which and to see a larger detailed image.

So who wants to win some brand spankin' new papers fresh off the press???

All you have to do is simply post a comment here. For five extra entries, post a link to your blog / message board forum sharing this blog candy with others AND join the Marks Paper Company Facebook Group! (If you're already a member of our Facebook group, then you're already half way done!)

Easy peasy, right? You'll have until next Sunday night, February 22nd at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time to post a comment and/or link here. I will announce the TWO winners by noon on Monday, February 23rd.

Good luck and spread the word about this AWESOME new paper company!!!!

I'm about to BURST!! :) **Marks Paper Company DT**

Have I already said how amazing 2009 has been for me??

Last week, I was asked by Stacy Marks to join her Design Team for her brand new company called Marks Paper Company!!! I think I was about to burst all of last week!! This is my very first manufacturing Design Team!!

I can't tell you how honored and excited I feel to work with a product line that looks like it was designed especially JUST for me! I absolutely LOVE this company's papers! AND their products are printed on recycled paper!! (yes, I'm the girl who ALWAYS carries out her own purchases instead of clogging up our planet with MORE plastic bags!)

Stacy's first two paper lines are just absolutely gorgeous. Seriously, check out their inaugural paper collections. If any store owners are reading this, know that these two lines from Marks Paper Company are SHIPPING NOW.

Here's the new August Collection:

And this is the Old Fashioned Courtship Collection:

Ladies...if you are fans of Urban-Anthology and/or are local to me to Scrap 'N Yap, let me tell you that Marks Paper Company will DEFINITELY be featured/carried by both of these fine companies. (lol...if not, the respective store owners know I'm going to throw a FIT!!, know what I mean?)

After 200+ submissions, here's the entire new Marks Paper Company Design Team:

*Beatriz Jennings

*Ching Tan <<<<<<------That's Me!! :)
*Jennifer Davis

*Mimi Leinbach

*Molly Peckham

*Pam Callaghan

*Tracy Polacheck

*Patty Schaffer - Design Team Coordinator If you want to win a complete collection of one of the new releases for yourself, check out Patty's blog post here !!

I can't sign off on this blog post without giving out a special shout out to my fellow My Scrapbook Nook DT Sister Stacey Michaud who's going to be a featured Guest Designer for Marks Paper Company. Whoohooo Stacey!! Congrats to you too!!