Welcome to the
Paper Smooches Blog Hug! As you all know,
Kim Hughes announced her retirement on June 6, 2020 and
finally closed her Paper Smooches shop on August 2, 2020. I know, both of these were very sad days. Kim delighted us with her whimsical illustrations and punny sentiments for nearly 10 years!
Paper Smooches was one of the first photopolymer stamp companies I was drawn to when I started blogging in 2008 after my son was born. I was on Kim's design team from January 2012 to January 2016 -- 4 years! That's the longest I've ever been on a design team and I'll never forget it. I'm forever grateful to Kim for all the great memories and opportunities.
It was so hard to choose what to use for today's Blog Hug but I finally settled on the aptly-named
We Adore You stamp set with coordinating dies. Of course, we adore you, Kim! I just love this fashionable pug and kitty couple! I stamped, heat embossed and watercolored them with distress inks.
I die cut a
Word Bubbles Die from watercolour cardstock and ink blended distress ink around the edges. Then I die cut a second word bubble from vellum and heat embossed the sentiment on that, layering it over top of the ink blended layer. The grass was created with one of the
Borders 1 Dies, arguably my most-used die ever.
I also smooshed my mini distress inks on a piece of acetate, spritzed it with water and used that to apply color to the watercolour panel die cut with the
Stitched Square Die. After that dried, I used thread to attach
Summer Fusion Sequins by Studio Katia. Since all of these
Paper Smooches products are retired, I've listed alternates below in case you're looking to create something similar.
To date,
Paper Smooches remains my most-used brand and you can use the
Search Labels at the bottom of my blog's sidebar to see more of my projects. I also have a lot of
Paper Smooches videos on
my YouTube channel so be sure to check 'em out!
Here's the full 'hug' list:
Karin Ã…kesdotter
We love you, Kim, and wish you the very best in your retirement and future creative endeavours! Thanks so much for joining us today!
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