Hey there and welcome to the first day of Sweet Stamp Shop's new release hop for December. There are three sets being released on December 2nd - that's Friday!! Today the DT is showing off projects made with the new set Sweet Victoria. It is such a pretty set, unlike anything else SSS has released. I really like it! So if you got here from Donna's blog, then you're right on track. If not, you might want to start at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!
For my card today, I created a background with the two different sized flowers and the leaves in the set, aren't those pretty? I then added a little half frame and a sweet little border. So easy and pretty, I love the two shades of purple together and the splash of green sets it off so well.
Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:
So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. And if you want an additional entry, just "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog!
And for one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!
One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25!
Thank you so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!!
We are getting into full holiday mode around here, decorated the house and will most likely go get our tree towards the end of the week. We are fortunate to live in an area with A LOT of tree farms so we have a little family adventure and go cut a tree every year. I am also putting together my holiday baking list, I love baking at the holidays. Really I love baking all the time, but the holidays are like an excuse to make lots of delicious stuff. Anyhow today I have another Christmas card to share with you, it is a hybrid of Hero Arts stamps and Mint Motif stamps.
Good Morning and Happy Saturday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Black Friday:)! We had a great Thanksgiving, filled with fun, great food, family and lots of laughter. Just a perfect day! I don't do Black Friday shopping unless it's online but I'm sure lots of you out there got great deals! So today I have a my first Christmas card of the season to share. I admit though that I do not send all handmade cards, I do picture cards and guess what? - I already did them!! Yay, first time I have ever done them in November...I used Snapfish this year cause they are having a 50% off sale on all their holiday cards and I like their designs a lot.
Anyhow, for this simple and colorful card, I used Mint Motif's Beyond Borders to create the red and green chevron pattern on the white card base. I then made a frame using a piece of red polka dotted paper from the Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup collection and Spellbinders circle and labels 1 dies. In the middle I added my sentiment from Very Merry Sentiments and lots of glittery accents, this is Martha Stewart glitter and I just used a glue pen to add it to the card. Remember the only place you can get Mint Motif stamps is at i {heart} papers! And Kate has a great sale that is continuing through the weekend, she is offering 25% off your order of $35 or more! There is so much fun stuff in the store, especially in the paper section, I would buy it all if I could!!
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a fabulous weekend and I'll be back next week, promise:)!
Hey there! It's almost Thanksgiving here in the US and my little boy has the week off school. We are really looking forward to a fun Thanksgiving and the start of the Christmas season! Today I get to share a fun card made with one of Sweet Stamp Shop's "originals" - Old School Rock! This is my first time using it and I had some fun with it for sure! I combined it with the border from Sweet Tooth which is one of my favorites, so many uses for those whimsical little circles.
I started this card with the diagonal circle pattern using some Distress inks, then I added the border. I stamped the tape on some Basic Grey manilla paper and then sponged some ink around it. After adhering the tape, I thought it needed a little something so I added the individual dots around it in little clusters. And look at that cute sentiment, Nicole has some of the funnest says in her sets!!
Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous week and a Happy Thanksgiving!!
Hey there everyone! I am hoping you are having a fantastic week. All is well here, this is such a busy time of year for all of us and time just seems to fly by. I haven't been super crafty lately as reflected in my blog...but I did find time to make a card just for fun last night. Really it has been a while since I just pulled some stamps out and made a card for the heck of it. I had fun and used some favorites...pink, circles, pearls. These are some new Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamps that I got from i {heart} papers the other day, I just love them! I also got some of this pretty Authentique paper, the Uncommon line - love the pinks and greys together.
Supplies: Stamps - You Are The Best (Hero Arts/Studio Calico); Ink - Sugar, Provincial, Strawberry (Fresh Ink), Dark Brown (Clearsnap); Cardstock - SS White, Pink Shimmer, Smokey Shadow (PTI); Patterned Paper - Uncommon (Authentique); Accessories - Upper Crest Border Punch (Fiskars), Pink Pearls (Kaiser Craft)
Thank you all for stopping by! I will be back next week with another fun post for Sweet Stamp Shop - they have their super cute Thanksgiving Owl-fits set on sale for $6 right now too! Have a great weekend, we will be celebrating Madison's birthday tomorrow and just spending time together.
ETA - I added some additional items to my sale page, a few more PTI stamps, buttons and some Marvy punches. Send me an email if you're interested in anything!
Hello there and happy Tuesday! Today I get the pleasure of sharing a fun card made with one of Sweet Stamp Shop's new releases, Sweet Alpha Doodles! I love this whimsical set of letters, numbers, symbols, and frames; seriously it is jam packed with images! And Nicole was nice enough to include multiples of popular letters to make spelling out names and sentiments even easier!
I decided to make a little number strip and pair it with some happy, colorful patterned paper from My Mind's Eye. Then I spelled out Happy Birthday with the letters and stamped a cute background. I added a cute star with the birthday age highlighted, so so cute!!
Thanks for stopping by today, have a great week!!
Today is my day to share a cute Sweet Stamp Shop creation with you, this time using one of the new sets, Sports Fever! I love the cute girlie sports images in this set, they are so fun!
For my card today, I chose the football image cause that's the time of year we are in right?! I created a little background with it and the hearts and also added in the smaller hearts from the Cool Scoop set. I added a little banner type strip with the sentiment stamped all over it in red (tone on tone stamping makes a nice understated impact I think). Then I added the cute heart with the sentiment again and coordinating rhinestones along the bottom. Overall I was satisfied with how this came together and you could totally use the same concept for any of the sports represented!
Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! A fabulous LONG weekend if you're in the US! Happy Veteran's Day!
ETA: If you ordered anything from my stamp sale, it has all been mailed out! Thank you for all the orders! There is still lots of stuff over there, just check out the crafty stuff for sale tab at the top!
Just a heads up that I updated my sales page with lots of stamps and other goodies...take a look if you're interested and send me an email if you see anything you like! Lots of Papertrey, a little Stampendous, My Cute Stamps, Waltzingmouse, and lots of border punches. Thanks!!!
After all the excitement of the new releases from Sweet Stamp Shop, I have a card to share today using a set that was released last month. Tree Traditions is such a fun set, my favorite part is the cute snowflakes!
For my card I used a spectrum of blue cardstock and stamped lots of pretty white snowflakes, then added the sentiment in coordinating colors. I love the simplicity of this card and I guess it is perfect for this time of year, it is starting to get cold here and we just might get some snow this week.
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!
Welcome to the third and final day of this month's Sweet Stamp Shop sneak peek blog hop! If you arrived here from Donna's blog, you are right on track! All of the great sets are available today at the shop!
We are highlighting the super cute new alphabet set Sweet Alpha Doodles! It is so much more than an alphabet set, full of whimsical frames as well as numbers and symbols. I used it yesterday on my basketball card too! But today I used it to make some simple Thanksgiving place cards. I love the frames so much!
Aren't they so cute, I added those adorable leaves using some Jillibean Soup paper and coordinating cardstock. I Here is a closer look at one of the placecards -
And don't forget that you could win your very own copy of this cute set, all you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop. And for an extra entry, share the hop on your Facebook page...but make sure to go to the Sweet Stamp Shop page and let us know! By the way, you have until Friday to comment!
Now, go out and hop, the next stop on the hop is Aga's blog. And in case you get "lost" along the way, here is the whole list:
Sweet Stamp Shop
Julie Ranae
Savannah O'Gwynn
Lindsay Amrhein
Donna Mikasa
Geny Cassady (you are here!)
Aga
Leigh Ann Baird
Nicole Rixon
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have enjoyed all the peeks this week!
Welcome to day 2 of this months Sweet Stamp Shop sneak peek blog hop! If you arrived here from Donna's blog, you are right on track! Today we are previewing a set called Sports Fever, it is full of "girly" sports images and sentiments, really cute!
My card uses the basketball image and a couple of other supporting images. I made this for our basketball coach (& good friend) even though we haven't even started the season yet, nothing like getting a jump on stuff right? Anyhow, I was attempting to make it look like the basketball was bouncing across the card, I hope I succeeded. I trimmed out the final basketball )which was embossed with some dots) and popped it up and added a cute little heart.
And don't forget that you could win your very own copy of this cute set, all you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop. And for an extra entry, share the hop on your Facebook page...but make sure to go to the Sweet Stamp Shop page and let us know!
Now, go out and hop, the next stop on the hop is Aga's blog. And in case you get "lost" along the way, here is the whole list:
Sweet Stamp Shop
Julie Ranae
Savannah O'Gwynn
Lindsay Amrhein
Donna Mikasa
Geny Cassady (you are here!)
Aga
Leigh Ann Baird
Nicole Rixon
Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow for one more sneak peek before the sets are released!!
