Paper Crafts magazine has really been working hard to revamp their website and has some fun things you may want to check out!
Their blog is updated regularly and we all take turns posting interesting tidbits about our personal lives and the industry. Right now you can try your hand at winning an Ellison Tote for die-cut storage!
There is a new Simple Sentiments section that lists unique sentiments for cards, separated by category. I think this is a fantastic resource that I will turn to again and again!
Paper Crafts website also hosts one of the biggest swap boards around! Check this list out. Members are updating it regularly! There are so many types and themes of swaps going on, it is hard to pick just one to participate in! And you never no when you might get to swap with 
Stacy or one of the Pros! We pop on there about once a month and host a swap of our own! This is a card I made for a swap I just hosted called Spring Showers & Flowers where everyone utilized floral stamps and a watercoloring technique. (As a side note, I discovered that the Circle of Friendship images from SU! can fit this round tab punch from McGill by just using the center of the images in conjunction with a 5/8" circle punch. I also stamped a "dot" from Butterfly Kisses in the center to help tie in my accent color).
Check out their free downloads as well. They are so fun and make it quick & easy to put together something really unique!
While referencing the magazine I thought I would also link you up to the fabulous felt resource I found while creating for the PC101 column in the April/May issue of Paper Crafts magazine! The company is called Artgirlz and they carry a plethora of unique "artsy" supplies that could be used for paper crafting and other hobbies. Their felt is the best quality I have found because of it’s density and it comes in SO many pretty colors!
Super card Nichole…thanks for all the links!
I love papercrafts magazine and I super love all the stuff on their website…but can you tell me why the webmaster can’t fix the header on papercarfts website? I don’t like how it bumps everything down on the page and it takes up so much room and leaves that huge gap. I don’t surf on papercrafts website because of this design flaw. Someone might want to check this out because it probably annoys others too.
Hey Nichole, love the warm colors of your card, thanks for the tip with that circle of friends set! I received my papertrey set and just love it! I did a card today that I didn’t make the deadline to submit but if you want to check it out here is my link….
http://sherrie-cardcreme.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-sheet-wonder.html
Wow, thanks for all the links! I was looking at that issue of Papercrafts (my favorite magazine) this weekend and thinking I could CASE your cute card using the Green Thumb set since I don’t have any felt on hand! Love that article!
thanks for posting about the paper crafts blog. it has recently become one that i read often. loved your felt article too–did i spy the actual ribbon you modeled your recent faux bow after on one of the accent close ups? such great ideas!
WONDERFUL card!! I love the colors and your work is always PERFECTION, thanks for the
GREAT links!! TFS.
Your card is gorgeous!
Mary
OK, so now I want that punch!!! I’ve seen it and not realized what it would look like!
It’s just beautiful, Nichole, and I love that tab punch! (Hmmm. . . Could there be another punch in my future??) TFS!
I wanted to tell you that I ended up following a link to the Papercraft’s contest page and I entered Megan’s “I spy” contest and won! Not the tote but I have a Special Issue of Papercrafts on it’s way to me so again, thank you for all your fun links!!!