Paper Dolls

Challenge Week 5 - Stamps!

Happy Monday! It's a new week and a new challenge! A big THANK YOU to those who joined us last week! We will announce winners on Wednesday! LOved all those 'flippy floppy's'!

This week we've got a fun challenge, but no freebie files. It's all about STAMPS this week! Who doesn't love a good stamp sentiment? They add that 'little extra' to a card, layout, etc. So, show us what you've got! Use a stamp, ANY stamp! Your project must be created with mainly SVG files. We've got a fabulous prize for you this week! As always, the wonderful SVG Place has donated $10.00 to one random winner. Also, they just started a Facebook page! Please go show them some support and 'like' their page! They donate $10.00 to us EVERY week! We're so thankful!

Then, the winner with the BEST project will win a $15.00 gift certificate to pinkbydesignstamps.com! donated by Sarah! Wow! Thanks, Sarah! Be sure to stop by her FACEBOOK page and say thanks!

 

Ready for some inspiration? This week, we've got Thienly and our guest designer, Jessica, from SVG Attic!

Thienly - Mod Paperie

I wanted to create something fun that I could use to motivate my kids to read over the summer.  So, I decided to create some bookmarks and place it in a beach pail container!   Aren't the stamps cute?  These are all Pink By Design Stamps - Summer Vacation! More pics and detail available on my blog!

Jessica - Jessica's Crop Corner

Jessica created an amazing step card with a beachy theme! These are her own SVG File designs from SVG Attic! Nice, right? Love the simple stamp! Thanks for joining us this week, Jessica!

Are you ready to play? Here's how!

1). Create a fun project using SVG files and add ANY stamp to it!

2). Post them on YOUR blog*.. click on the TITLE of your blog post you want to share and copy the link from your browser.

*You can also host them from Flickr or other hosting websites if you do not have a blog.. :)

3). Come over to Paper Dolls and share! Make sure you select the thumbnail photo you want!

4). Share about our challenge and giveaway on Facebook or your blog... pretty please?

Then, next Wednesday we will post the winners!..

We can't wait to see everyone's stamped projects!

~ The Dolls

Please give a warm round of applause to Featured Artists - Suzan and RJ!!!

Whoo-hoo!!!!  It's always so exciting to be able to introduce talented artists every week!  Today, it's actually not an artist - we're featuring a duo!!!  These two met online (they've never met each other in person!) and they have brought out the best in each other to create some beautiful SVGs :)  One is an artist, and the other creates SVGs from his designs! How cool is that!

Let's give a warm welcome to Suzan and RJ!!!!!

It's great to have both of you with us today!  Please introduce yourselves!

Hi! I am Suzan. My partner RJ and I own Main Street Arts and Crafts.  My store is Papyrus Jungle where RJ sketches lovely designs and I create the SVG files. RJ's store is RJ Ogren Artist.  It is a wonderful combination! I am the office manager for Premier Security, Inc.  I have been married 25 years to my wonderful husband Bryan, and we have 1 daughter Valerie who is 22, 2 dogs, 4 cats, and a pigeon we rescued as a baby last year (you don't even want to know). RJ is a Vietnam veteran, a graduate of the University of Miami (FL), a former Disney artist, actor and teacher for over 35 years.  He is married to a wonderful woman Suzanne, and they have 2 lovely children, Dawn and Sean.
 
What got you into crafting/how did you start your business? 
 
This is kind of funny - when Bryan and I were first married, he was in the Navy, and we were being sent to Panama Canal.  We went to visit his parents in Montana and got the chicken pox from my sister in law.  Well, with nothing to do but scratch, my mother-in-law suggested that I make my hands busy, because busy hands are happy hands.  So I learned how to do counted cross stitch, which led me down the road of crafting forever.  One of my favorite things to do was tole painting, and then I found paper and haven't turned back.   Working with SVG's and cutting is the best thing ever.  The first machine I had was the C *** but I didn't want to be tied down to cartridges.  Then, I found Sure Cuts Alot, and it so opened my world of crafting.  I am one that is addicted to boxes and other 3D items, and at the time there weren't a whole lot available so I started slowly learning Illustrator and began making little boxes and things.  I wanted to see more types of patterns available, but I am not a scrap booker and I don't make cards. I just wanted different types of patterns, and when I met RJ I knew we had something that no one else offered.  And BOOM - Papyrus Jungle was started! We also wanted to offer the opportunity for other types of crafters to be a part of what we wanted - so then Main Street Arts and Crafts was born, and it is still growing!

So, what inspires you? 
 
Honestly, I don't have a lot of artistic ability.  I don't draw, and I can't draw a straight line with a ruler! However, some things make me happy and smile - even if it is my cat Emmie purring sounding like someone with asthma!  I love to think outside of the box and try new and fun things.  I would have to say my biggest inspiration is RJ's sketches.  The things he creates that I can make into patterns is amazing.

When do you get to design? Also, tell us about your other hobbies and interests? 
 
I craft whenever I can, after work, before work, weekends, you name it. If I can steal five minutes to craft, you better believe I am going to.  We love to play Rock Band, watch TV (the older the show the better), same with movies (I love old movies!), and Nascar (I am the only child of a major Nascar fan!)  When I was 5, my dad would drag me to Riverside Raceway to watch the races, we had so much fun, and it got a lot better as I got older, and then when I was a teenager, there were some young cute drivers and to this day we watch the races every weekend. 

What cutter do you use and prefer? Besides the cutter and software, what is the one MUST HAVE crafting tool?
 
As far as I am concerned, there one cutter - and that is the Black Cat Cougar (please no one yell at me!)  It is an awesome machine, and it has never failed me.  It does everything people say and more!  I love the fact I have the control to change the force of my cutting by 1 or 100 if I want or need. It engraves, embosses, cuts leather, cardstock, vellum, metal, chip board.  I had to cut 300 very intricate snowflakes one year out of cereal weight board, and it only took a couple of hours!  (and this is because I didn't have enough mats to keep the machine pre-loaded - it could've been faster!)  Also, the customer service is unbelieveable.  My only regret with this machine is that I didn't order the big one.  Dawn and Sherri are there for you 24/7, plus everyone on the Black Cat USA forum is fabulous, always willing to help each other and NO drama.

Gosh, I am so glad this last question about the one MUST crafting tool doesn't include my Cougar, because I couldn't do any of this without it.  But second to that, is my Wacom Cintiq.  It is ancient but I love it.  Since I work off of RJ's sketches, I can work right on the screen and pick up all the details with the pen right on the screen, with the mouse it was near impossible. 

Now let's take a look at some of their fabulous files! 

Holiday Express Airplane - What a fun file!

Rohee the Giraffe - isn't it so adorable?  So detailed!  Do you see a touch of Disney in there???

Violin - So intricate and so elegant!

Thank you so much Suzan and RJ, it was great having you here!

Don't forget!  The Flip-Flop challenge is still on until the end of Sunday.  If you haven't downloaded the super cute SVGs, make sure you get them :)  We've received some CUTE entries - so don't forget to check them out!

Then, join us on Monday for another challenge! Have a great weekend, everyone!

 ~The Dolls

Linky Party 3: Paper Dolls Color Theme!

Yippee!!!  It's our third linky party!  Time to show off your projects and make some new friends on the way!

What is a link party? It's simple! Everyone shares a certain post in their blog to show us something you've created using Paper Dolls Themed Colors - beige, white, light pink, light yellow and light blue.  You may use all or most of these colors.  You can only submit links for 24hrs.

 *You can have cartridge cuts and such on your project, but please make sure it's mainly SVG files!

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY!

Go to your blog and select the post you'd like to link to. Click on the TITLE of your post so it will link to the correct post when someone clicks over from our blog. Copy the link from your browser and come enter it over here at our link-up party! You'll be able to select a thumbnail to show your project! It's very simple and you'll be sharing your blog with all our readers! Yay! (You can also link from Flickr, Photobucket, etc. if you just want to share!)

Once you have shared your project, we'd love for you to post on Facebook to come join/view our link party OR put this little blinkie on your blog somewhere!  Also, go and visit other blog links and check out what other crafty friends have been up to!  Make sure to leave some love for them :)

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NEXT LINK UP PARTY:  It's July 5th!  Post any July 4th Patriotic project or July 1st Canada Day projects!  Time to start thinking if you wanna join us :)

Happy crafting, everyone!

~ The Dolls

 

Challenge Week 4 - Wearin' my flippy - floppy's!

That's what my daughter call her flip flops... lol.

Well, well! So nice of you to stop by and check out our WEEK 4 CHALLENGE!! Whoo-hoo!

I'm excited about this one and can not wait to see everyone's take on this amazing file created just for us by the fabulous Eleanor of SVG Shop! Everyone please be sure to stop by her FACEBOOK PAGE and tell her thank you for being so generous! Yes, generous! She's also donating a $20.00 giftcard to svgshop.com to one lucky winner! *high five* This giftcard will go to the BEST project judged.

The other lucky winner this week will win a $10.00 giftcard to SVG Place! Amazing, right? We think so! This will go to a randomly chosen participant!

Ready to get flippy - floppy?...

Download your files! 3D Flip Flop Box

And now.. GET INSPIRED!

 

Tamara - Happy Life, Crafty Wife

Thienly and I are rotating weeks now for inspiration projects and this week is my week! I was very excited to work on this little flip flop box, how fun, right? This would be great for party favors, etc. I had a few different themes in mind for mine, but I decided on a Luau theme! If you want to see how I made mine along with more photos, check out my blog!

 

 

Kendra-Sue - KSD Creations

Kendra-Sue made some colorful and fun flip flop boxes using a 3d flower! So cute! I love how she made a pair! Thanks for joining us this week! For more info and photos, please go to her blog!

 

 

Martha - Beautiful Creations by Martha

Martha made a lovely flip flop box! Gotta love that little rose and the added bling! Thanks so much for joining us this week! For more info and photos, please check out her blog!

 

Didn't you just love those?!

Are you ready to play? Here's how!

1). Download the files HERE

2). Create something.. ANYTHING crafty with these SVG files! You must use at least ONE of the files provided.

3). Post them on YOUR blog*.. click on the TITLE of your blog post you want to share and copy the link from your browser.

*You can also host them from Flickr or other hosting websites if you do not have a blog.. :)

4). Come over to Paper Dolls and share! Make sure you select the thumbnail photo you want!

5). Share about our challenge and giveaway on Facebook or your blog... pretty please?

6). If you are downloading the freebie files, but won't have time to join the challenge, it would be nice to leave a little thank-you comment to our SVG designer for this week! :)

Then, next Wednesday we will post the winners!..

 We can't wait to see everyone's flippy-floppy's!

~ The Dolls

Drumroll please!! Introducing our Featured Artist.......Patricia Zapata!!!!

Whoo-hoo!!!! It's my fave day of the week again when we get to share with you some of the amazing talented artists in this SVG world!!!  (Well, besides Mondays, when we get to announce our weekly challenges!)  This is also our 4th artist that we've shared - wow!!!! Can you believe it?? That means it's Paper Dolls one month anniversary!!!  Cool, right???

Well, to celebrate our special date, we've got someone super special and you all know her (assuming you've been following our blog!) because she's the one that designed the dollhouse for the challenge we used last week!!!  Wasn't that awesome? Her super clean, modern and simple lines?  We totally love her work and we're excited to have her on our blog with us today!!! 

Please give a warm welcome to Patricia Zapata!!!!  (clap, clap, clap :) )

It's great to have you here!  Please introduce yourself!

I'm a graphic designer and paper crafter that has been working from a home studio since 2001. I'm married and have two awesome kids—a boy that is 11 and a girl that's 8 yrs old. I'm so very lucky to work and own two businesses in the areas that I also consider my hobbies: design and crafting. Zapata Design  is my graphic design business, where I work on corporate identity materials from small to mid-sized businesses. A Little Hut  is my paper goods and craft business. (A Little Hut is also on Facebook!)

So, what got you into crafting and how did you start your business?

Although I went to school for design, crafting has always been a part of my life. As a kid paper, pencils, scissors and the like where never too far from my hands. As I got older, my studies and life in general consumed most of my days, so crafting was not something I had a lot of time for. I was working at a graphic design firm when we had our first baby. I decided to be a full-time mom and never went back to an office job again. After I'd been with our son for a year, I started my graphic design business from home and A Little Hut, got started 3 years later. Crafting became an even bigger part of my days when I started my blog 6 years ago. I started my A Little Hut blog to work on some handmade ideas that weren't related to my design and computer driven projects. I craved some time to work with my hands. I never thought that it would lead me to a career in the crafting world. When writing a paper craft book (Home, Paper, Scissors) became a reality, I couldn't believe how far my craft had taken me. It was a dream come true. Nowadays, I focus on tutorials for paper and recycling items and my shop is more focused on the creation of cutting files. When I discovered cutting machines I was immediately hooked! I can't stop coming up with ideas—I just wish there were more hours in the day. But as many of you know, it's tricky to balance work and family life.

Wow! So, what inspires you?

I know this is going to sound cliché, but everything inspires me. I never know what will trigger an idea—a grocery store trip, something one of the kids says, something on TV—it can be anything. If I had to pick only one source of inspiration it would be nature. Patterns and textures that are found in flora and fauna fascinate me—my sketch books will attest to that! 

When do you get to design and craft?  Please also tell us about your other hobbiesa and interests?

I'm crafting and designing alternatively on a daily basis. Like I said, part of what I do is driven by graphic design work (client deadlines) and part of it is related to my self-imposed crafting projects and goals. I work during the day when the kids are in school—but of course, the summer throws all that overboard. I'm also very famous for my night owl tendencies. Sometimes, I focus so much on a project that I don't realize the clock has ticked away and that it's 3 or 4AM. Ooops! My other hobbies are reading, knitting and crocheting. Believe it or not, I wish I'd practice a bit more of papercutting too. Lately, I've become very addicted to my cutting machine.

What cutter do you use and prefer? Besides the cutter and software, what is the one MUST HAVE crafting tool?

Currently I'm working on a Cricut Expression (with SCAL) but I'm about to get a Black Cat Lynx. As far as a must have tool, it is hands down my Xacto knife. If it weren't dangerous, I'd probably carry one in my back pocket at all times!

Thank you so much Patricia!  We feel like we totally got to know you! Now, please share some of your work with us!

Paper Quilt Gift Boxes Collection  These beautiful boxes are available in PDF, SVG and DXF formats (great news for Silhouette users!)

Wall Art  There's so much more wall art on her blog, if you would love to go take a look :)

Hexagon Candle Cover How beautiful is this! (in SVG format only)

Petals Collection With this collection, you get 7 petals that you can mix and match - and look how amazing these look!  So pretty on a card or a layout, box or a bag, or even a wall! (SVG format, PDF format - click here)  She also has a similar collection to this, called Summer Blooms, and is available in both SVG and DXF formats.

Beautiful isn't it?  Please leave a comment here letting her know how amazing she is and how lucky we all are to have gotten to know her :) 

Just a few reminders: 

1.  Don't forget about this week's challenge - it's on 'til end of Sunday!  There's still time to enter! Win one of two prizes - $10 gift card to Creating is Fun Etsy shop or $10 SVG Place gift card!

2.  Join us next Monday for our new challenge - another super duper cute file!

3.  Then, join us Tuesday for the next link-up party!!! It's a Paper Dolls blog theme - so using all or most of these colors: pink, beige, white, blue and yellow.  Get your projects ready!

Okay, girls - have a wonderful weekend!

Monday Challenge - Week 3

Our week 3 challenge is here! Wow, the week sure went by fast! Feels like I was just doing this post two days ago for week 2! LOL!

Before we get started, we just want to thank those of you who entered our challenges! Our blog is just getting started so we don't expect a ton of entries (can't wait for that!) but we sure do enjoy seeing your work! We did a little poll over the weekend and notice some people feeling like their work is not good enough.... please, PLEASE do not ever feel like that! This is just for FUN! We love to see EVERYONE'S work! So no more of that crazy talk, got it? ;) Plus you have a chance for some cool prizes!

The Details:

The challenge files this week were created just for The Paper Dolls blog by the lovely Belinda of Bee's Hive o'drama! She was our featured artist recently..

You can download the challenge files right here - Belinda's Paper Doll Files

For this challenge you need to use one or more files from this collection! You can make anything from a layout, card or decorate a giftbox! If you need a little inspiration, then you're in luck! Thienly and our guest designers, Alyssa and Diana, created some really cute projects to share!

Next Wednesday we will randomly pick TWO winners. One will win a $10.00 GC to SVG Place and the other will win a $10.00 GC to Martha's Creating is Fun Etsy shop! (Get some trim and buttons!) And as a BONUS, Martha is giving our readers 25% off at her Etsy shop with the code challenge25.. How awesome is that?!

Thienly - Mod Paperie

When I saw these files from Belinda, I knew right away that the scalloped hearts and the frames would make perfect embellishments for my shoes SVGs that I had been saving away for that "special" project!  I had so much fun making these, it's tempting to make them in every single color to match my wardrobe! Please come visit my blog for more pics and info!

Alyssa - My Thoughts Exactly

Alyssa made this really cute 'We've Moved' card! I love the little address cards she made! For more information and details on how she made this, please see her blog!

 

Diana - Scrappin' Butterfly

Diana made a cute dollhouse birthday card! Please check out her blog for more info and pictures!

 

Are you ready to play? Here's how!

1). Download the files HERE

2). Create something.. ANYTHING crafty with these SVG files! You must use at least ONE of the files provided.

3). Post them on YOUR blog*.. click on the TITLE of your blog post you want to share and copy the link from your browser.

*You can also host them from Flickr or other hosting websites if you do not have a blog.. :)

4). Come over to Paper Dolls and share! Make sure you select the thumbnail photo you want!

5). Share about our challenge and giveaway on Facebook or your blog... pretty please?

Then, next Wednesday we will post the winners!..

Silhouette Sunday with the dolls!

Hello there! It's our first Silhouette Sunday! We've notice Silhouette's are getting more and more popular, especially since the whole 'bug' lawsuit with MTC and SCAL. Both of us dolls caved and got one!

The Silhouette is an amazing little machine that cuts like a dream! It's very afforable at under $200 (I got mine for $154!) compared to other cutter, so that's a plus!  It does only cut to 8" but really, that's perfect for most projects! Plus, you get to shop the Silhouette store that has all sorts of cute little things to cut! You can NOT cut SVG files through the Silhouette Studio BUT, you can open them in Inkscape (a free program) and save it as a GSD file. Easy peasy! If you have MTC, there is a NEW plug-in available that allows you to cut your SVG's through your Silhouette without having to use printer drivers and all that mess! You can download the plug-in HERE! It's beta testing right now, but give it a go! As far as SCAL, I am not sure and if someone knows, we will gladly add the info!

One of my (Tamara) favorite features is the amazing print and cut! It cuts pretty spot on to a printed graphic with a few simple steps thanks to it's super snazzy opical eye!

The other day I was struggling with trying to figure out how to color a layered GSD file and make it into a print and cut. With some research and lots of playing around, I figured it out! It's actually pretty easy and once I did it the first two times, I was able to go through them super quickly.

So, in this Silhouette Sunday, we will be coloring a cutable GSD file and making it into a PnC (Print and Cut).

Fire up the Silhouette and open the Silhouette Studio Software.

**EDITED 6/16 - I actually created a video tutorial if you rather watch this instead! Enjoy!**

For this tutorial I am using the cute Echo Park Fish available in the Silhouette store.

First, I took a screen cap of the fish as shown in my library because I wanted to color mine the same colors to match the Echo Park Splash papers. I did color the eyes differently.. I just prefer them with black pupils. So you will want to save your screen cap and crop in on the fish. In the Silhouette Studio open the fish cut files on a new mat. Then go to FILE>MERGE and select the little screen cap of the fish and open it. IMPORTANT: When opening graphics, etc. make sure 'all files' is shown on the drop down menu.

 Once you have it open it will look like this:

Now we will color the fish! Ungroup the fish by selecting the group of fish and right click 'UNGROUP'. Now you will see all the pieces separatly. Now drag the pieces down for one of the fish so you can easily select each layer.

For this tutoiral we will color the smaller area/inside of the fish. Open the paint bucket / fill color window. Now select the shape you want to color. See the 'dropper' tool? Click that to select it and then click on the colored fish that you want (the teal one) now your dropper will select that color and add it to the fill color window. Just click the color on the palette (it will be right next to your dropper tool, as shown below) and voila! The first part of the fish is colored!

Now you will place it back over the white fish shape (you can make it a little darker or a whole other color if you prefer, but I chose to leave it white) Just line it up where you want it! Once you do that, draw a box over the layered fish shapes and right click 'GROUP'.

Now you will color the white and black of the eye. Same way as I mentioned above. When you go to layer the eye over the fish, it might be behind the fish. Just right click the fish shape and select 'SEND TO BACK'. IMPORTANT: Make sure you color the eye white first.. or it will be 'invisable'.

Once you have the fish all colored and layered. Draw a box over the fish and group them so the fish will be one single graphic. (I decided not to use the 'fin' on the side.)

 Do these steps for each fish until they are all colored!

Now we will print and cut! Whoo-hoo!

First, draw a box over ALL the fish and right click 'GROUP'. Open the cut style window and you will see all the parts of the fish the Silhouette wants to cut.

You are going to click 'CUT EDGE". (Image below only shows one fish ready to cut)

Now it's ready to cut! Delete the graphic in the corner for color reference (if you haven't already) and open your registration marks window and click 'SHOW REGISTRATION MARKS'.

Now print! Make sure the graphics do not cover the registration marks!

Time to cut! Put them on your cutting mat and send to the Silhouette! Make sure you have the Silhouette detect the registration marks!

There ya have it! Perfect little fish, freshly cut!

Sushi, anyone? ;)

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!.. it seems a lot harder than it actually is! I promise to do a video of this soon! Just need a microphone for my computer first! Once I get a video done then I will put it up!

Enjoy!

We will see you tomorrow for the NEW MONDAY CHALLENGE! Thienly and I are going to rotate week's for challenge inspiration projects... and she has made something SUPER cute for this week! And don't forget, our next LINK-UP PARTY is on June 21st. The theme is any project using Paper doll colors!pink/beige/white/blue/yellow! So get your projects ready!!

-- The Dolls

Featuring another talented artist - Please give a big welcome to Lenae Daly!

It's another happy Feature Artist Friday again!!! This week we get to feature someone that has just started blogging in February and ever since, she has wowed us with her amazing talents.  She has an eye for design and her projects are just beautiful.  We knew that with her projects, that it was a matter of time that she'd get into a design team.  Sure enough - RSMobleys Designs snatched her up within a month!  She also has been designing SVGs on top of her design team work, and they have been just really beautiful.

Please welcome our third Featured Artist - Lenae Daly!!!!!

Hello Lenae! Please introduce yourself!

Hi I'm Lenae! I live the beautiful NW with my fiancee and my black lab. I have been into arts and crafts all my life and have really gone bonkers in the last year over paper crafting.

So, what got you into crafting/how did you start your business/DT that you're on?

I would say my mom got me into crafting. She always encouraged me to be artsy. As far as paper crafting though, I was invited to a card making party about 6 years ago. That was all it took and I've been hooked ever since! I have been making cards and expanding my crafting abilities since then. I am completely 100% obsessed! Right now, I am really obsessing over stamping, coloring and 3D SVG design.

Where do you get your inspiration? 

I am inspired by so many things I couldn't just say one thing. I would say the internet has really opened up my eyes and expanded my horizons. I would say all of you out there in web land have inspired me the most. You are all so amazingly talented. Youtube is a fabulous place to get inspiration.

When do you get to craft and design? And, tell us know your other hobbies and interests!

I lost my job about 3 years ago due to the economy. The company I worked for went out of business. Since then I have been blessed with more and more time for crafting and a fiancee that supports my hobby. I would say I craft almost every day.
Some other hobbies I enjoy are traveling, fishing, shopping, entertaining, spending time with friends,family my lab and my fiancee.

What cutter do you use and prefer?  Besides the cutter and software, what is the one MUST HAVE crafting tool?

I use a Cricut Expression with SCAL 2. It is the only cutter I have used, but I am eyeing the Black Cat Lynx when my Cricut dies.
I would say the one tool I would not be able to live without is my laptop. It's really hard just choosing one thing.I don't think I could live without most of my tools! Hahaha... But if you don't already have a set I would definitely recommend the Tweezer Bee tweezers that Jessica also recommended. They really make paper crafting easier. Especially with those teensy tiny pieces.

Now, we get to show you some of her beautiful work!

Square Cupcake Pedestal - This was one of her first SVGs that she's designed and wow - how fantastic is this? The download link on her blog had expired, but she has re-activated for all us to download today only from her blog post today! Thanks Lenae! (cupcake wrapper not included)

Rainbow Spinner Card - How clever is this! This cheerful card would brighten up anyone's day!  You can purchase her SVG file on her blog side bar if you're interested! 

And, lastly, but not least - the amazing 3D Picnic Bench! How cute is this???? This would definitely be a conversation piece at your next picnic party! You can also purchase this file on her blog sidebar as well!

 

Now, aren't those SVGs so pretty!! As a bonus for featuring her today - she is giving away the above 3D picnic table to one lucky winner that comments on her blog! Totally wonderful, right?  So - please visit her SugarGem blog, tell her how awesome she is, and you may be the lucky one! 

She also has a SugarGem FB page, so please join her as well there!

Thanks so much Lenae for joining with us today and sharing your fantastic work! 

 

We hope that you enjoyed our Featured Artist today, and we'll see you on Sunday!  Sunday, you ask??? Well, Tamara is featuring one of her lovely projects for Silhouette Sunday!!! (a new feature we plan on doing every couple of weeks!)

After that, join us Monday for the third challenge!   Can you believe it? It's the third one already! The next one's gonna be cute!

Don't forget -  Patricia's A Little Hut Mini Dollhouse challenge is running through 'til Sunday - so make sure that you get your entry in! As of now, we only have ONE entry in, so that means she's taking home two prizes! You can't let her do that, could you???  Get your entry in, as there's a great chance that you'd win something!  We'll be announcing the winner for that next Wednesday!

Link-up party - Splash Into Summer!

'Splash Into Summer!'

Whoo-hoo! It's our SECOND linky party! Our first once went well, and we hope to have a great turn out this time, too!

What is a link party? It's simple! Everyone shares a certain post in their blog to show us something you've created (must be a 'splash into summer' theme). You can only submit links for 24hrs.

 *You can have cartridge cuts and such on your project, but please make sure it's mainly SVG files!

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY!

Go to your blog and select the post you'd like to link to. Click on the TITLE of your post so it will link to the correct post when someone clicks over from our blog. Copy the link from your browser and come enter it over here at our link-up party! You'll be able to select a thumbnail to show your project! It's very simple and you'll be sharing your blog with all our readers! Yay! (You can also link from Flickr, Photobucket, etc. if you just want to share!)

Once you have shared your project, we'd love for your to post on Facebook to come join/view our link party OR put this little blinkie on your blog somewhere!

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NEXT LINK-UP:

June 21st! The theme will be 'Using The Paper Doll colors! Light pink, beige, white, light blue and light yellow!' Create a project using most or ALL of those colors! So, if you wanna join in, plan ahead! Hope to see you there!

Happy Crafting and thanks for playing with the paper dolls!

~The Dolls

Challenge Week 2 - Dollhouse!

Week 2 is here! Yay! This week we've got another amazing file set for you to play with! We're very excited about this challenge and to see everyone's take on it!

THE DETAILS:

Get your dollhouse file from the AMAZING Patricia at A Little Hut! It's so cute and easy to put together!

Challenge runs through Sunday, June 12th!  All projects need to use the dollhouse is some from! You can decorate it, or make a tag like our guest designer Kasi did!

There will be TWO prizes this week!

One person with the best project will win this AMAZING giftbox/wall quilt decor set from A Little Hut, take a LOOK.. amazing, right?

And one random winner will win a $10 giftcard from the super cool SVG Place!  

 

READY TO BE INSPIRED?

Thienly - Mod Paperie

My dream is to always live in one of those beautiful infill homes... so my take was to create something that would look like that - small, yet modern and pretty! 

For more pretty pics and details, please come visit my blog!

Tamara - Happy Life, Crafty Wife

I went simple and vintage with this one! I wanted it to look like something you would find in Grandma's attic! Come check out my blog for details and more photos!

 

Kasi - 19eighty Expressions

Our guest designer, Kasi, created a very sweet 'house warming' gift tag! How creative! Don't forget to stop by her for all the details and more photos! Thanks for joing us this week!

Are you ready to play? Here's how!

1). Download the files HERE!

2). Create something.. ANYTHING crafty with these SVG files!

3). Post them on YOUR blog*.. click on the TITLE of your blog post you want to share and copy the link from your browser.

*You can also host them from Flickr or other hosting websites if you do not have a blog.. :)

4). Come over to Paper Dolls and share! Make sure you select the thumbnail photo you want!

5). Share about our challenge and giveaway on Facebook or your blog... pretty please?

Then, next Wednesday we will post the winners!..