There She Goes: April 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Even more exciting news!!

This has been in the works for months and I am so excited that I can finally share this exciting news with you!! There She Goes is the proud sponsor of SheetLoad of Cards for the month of May. What is SheetLoad of Cards? It's a FREE monthly e-zine that shows you how to get a multitude of cards out of just a few pieces of cardstock. Not only that but this month, all of their samples are made using There She Goes stamps!! It is such a gorgeous issue, you are definitely going to love it. So head over there now and check it out :)

Here are our winners for this months challenges:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:15 17 5 5
Timestamp: 2009-05-01 03:11:15 UTC

Happy Day Winner: Lori

A-Z and 1,2,3 Winner: Charlene Merrick (Lil Luvs Stampin)
She's A Lady Winner: Cammy

TSG Challenge Winner: Joy aka daiseyfreak

Congratulations ladies! Email me your info and I will get your goodies right out to you :)

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Big changes

After a few months of loooong days and no sleep, I am finally ready to share with you guys what I have been working so hard on. But first I would like to say a HUGE thank you to my friend Ron! None of this would have been possible without his help. When ever I had a question (which was a lot lol!) he was always there with the answer and to take care of the big things for me. I would also like to thank Pien for coming up with some amazing stamp sets for all of us! She is a very talented artist with a varying style to fit everyone's tastes.

So many changes and upgrades... where to begin? Let's start off with the new fabulous There She Goes logo! Do you recognize this sassy lady? She is the same one that is featured in the new set She's A Lady. Once I saw this image, I immediately new. She's the one. She is the "She" in There She Goes! Yes, it was love I tell you. But shhhh.. don't tell Matt ;-) I hope that you will love it as much as I do!

Let's see.... next on the agenda? Oh yeah, you guys would probably like to know about our brand new RELEASE DATE! That's right, There She Goes will now be releasing new stamp sets on the last Sunday of the month (instead of on the 1st like it is currently) and will start at the end of May. This will make it easier for all of you to be able to hang out and chat with us on Saturday night for our Release Parties on the new forum! Oh wait.. I haven't told you about the new forum yet, have I? Silly me....

There She Goes now has it's very own forum! The perfect place to come and chat about TSG and everything else that tickles your fancy.

Oh, and we can't forget about the new Gallery either! It will now be easier for you to find inspiration using your TSG clear stamps. You can browse the gallery by Stamp Set or by Trendsetter, which ever you prefer. Not only that, but you are able to click on a card to get a closer view as well! How great is that??

Ok, so here is a recap-

New website features:
Wish list
Compare products
One Page Checkout
Shopping cart that saves your products for up to 30 days
Secure site protected by 128 bit RapidSSL security certificate

New products that will be available May 1st:
Acrylic blocks in all the sizes you will need for your TSG Stamps
TSG Double Stamp Scrubber
2 oz. Clear stamp cleaner
8 oz. Clear stamp cleaner refill bottle

Forum Features:
Get new info from There She Goes before anyone else!
Chat directly with the Trendsetters
Challenges
A special place to toot your horn and show off a TSG project that you are proud of
Great ideas on new and interesting ways to use your TSG stamps

Gallery Features:
Easy to navigate
View projects by Stamp Set or Trendsetters (Past, Present, and guest)

And of course, sooo much more that I can't possibly remember right now! So go explore all the fun at the new website- There She Goes Clear Stamps!

Don't worry, I didn't forget! Here are your peeks at the new stamp sets that will be available May 1st.

A-Z and 1,2,3

Set of 70

$15.00

Happy Day

Set of 17

$18.00

She's A Lady

Set of 14

$15.00

Join us tomorrow for our release party at 7:00 PM (Pacific Time)! We'll probably play some games, talk about chocolate (hey Wendy, are you bringing chocolate for us again??) and of course chat like we're old friends :) Hope to see you there!

Have fun exploring, let me know what you think about all the changes!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Happy Day Blog Hop Challenge

Here it is, the final day of the May release sneak peeks! I think that I just may have saved the best for last :) I am so in love with the new set Happy Day. It is so much fun to color and paper piece! This set was designed by both Pien DaPino and myself. She is the mastermind behind these fabulous images though. I think that once you see this set in full tomorrow, you will fall in love as well.

Here is a cute card I made using this new set. I just love these colors together!

And of course we can't forget that today is Stampbooking Wednesday! I cased my sneak peek card to make this Stampbook page of me and my crazy husband.

Yes he is shirtless. Apparently, he doesn't believe in wearing shirts from June-August lol! How cute are those two little love birds in the tree??

Want a chance to win this set? Comment on all of the Trendsetter's Happy Day sneak peek blog post, come back here and add your name to the Mister Linky. You do not have to have a blog to play along, you can also use the URL of your favorite online craft gallery!

Don't forget to check out the May TSG Challenge!

Next stop is Angela and I have included the entire list of Trendsetters in case you get lost along the way. Happy Hopping!

Here is the list of all of the Trendsetter's blogs in case you get lost along the way-
Jessica (Owner) you are here!

Jen Tapler (Guest Desinger)

Silke

Happy Day Blog Hop Challenge Participants

1. Melissa (stampin_melissa)
2. christine
3. Lisa Henke
4. Shaela Odd
5. NinaB (Croatia)
6. Harriet Hensley
7. Terri E.
8. Tracey
9. Cammy
10. Justine
11. JenMarie

12. Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin)
13. Michelle Sambajon
14. Terriavidreader
15. Lori
16. Kay Demonbren
17. Becky S
18. Nancy L.
19. Cathy Green
20. Katie Renz
21. MichelleH
22. Ida

23. Michele L.
24. Jennifer
25. Jackie R.
26. Cathy D
27. Diane Glassmaker
28. Julie-justwritedesigns
29. Debbie V
30. Kim P
31. Lynn Everett
32. SueB (of Blondin Blogs)
33. ~Q~

A-Z and 1,2,3 Blog Hop Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope that you all had a great time hopping blogs and checking out the rest of the Trendsetters gorgeous cards. Aren't they amazing??

Are you guys ready for Blog Hop Challenge #2?

The set that we will be giving you a sneak peek of is called A-Z and 1,2,3. This set is going to be the only alphabet set that you will ever need! This 4x6 set has all of the letters of the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase. Not only that but there are also numbers 1-0, 6 types of punctiuation and two monogramed circles that work perfect with a 3/4 in. punch. All of this for only $15!! And these aren't teeny tiny letters either. There are a total of 70 stamps in this set!!!

But wait, there's more! Starting May first, There She Goes will be carring a 3"x4" grid lined acrylic block as well. How perfect is that? You can see from my picture here that mine is already getting some lovin :)

The card I made today is using stamps only from the new A-Z set to give you an idea of how versatile it is. I'm telling you, it's going to be the only alphabet set you will need. The next stop is Angela..

Want a chance to win this set? Comment on all of the Trendsetter's Blogs on their A-Z and 1.2.3 sneak peek post, come back here and add your name to the Mister Linky. You do not have to have a blog to play along, you can also use the URL of your favorite online craft gallery!

Don't forget to check out the May TSG Challenge!

Here is the list of all of the Trendsetter's blogs in case you get lost along the way-

Jessica (Owner) you are here!
Angela
Becky
Christi
Faith
Holly
Jen Tapler (Guest Desinger)
Jessie
Joanne
Jodi
Julie
Maki
Silke

A-Z and 1,2,3 Blog Hop Challenge Participants

1. Joy aka daiseyfreak
2. Christine
3. Kim P
4. Anita
5. NinaB (Croatia)
6. Katie Renz
7. Jada
8. Denese
9. Lisa Henke
10. Terri E.
11. Crystal
12. Cammy

13. Jenn ashley
14. Beth S
15. Cathy Green
16. Lynn Everett
17. Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin)
18. Kay Demonbren
19. Sue Lis
20. pas
21. Ida
22. Harriet Hensley
23. Becky S
24. Nancy L.

25. Kerri S
26. MichelleH
27. Tracey
28. Michele L.
29. Jackie R.
30. Cathy D
31. Melissa (stampin_melissa)
32. Michelle Sambajon
33. Justine
34. Diane Glassmaker

Sunday, April 26, 2009

She's A Lady Blog Hop Challenge

The time is here and I can hardly believe it. This month has just flown by for me. The set that is being Sneak Peeked today is called She's A Lady designed by a very talented lady- Pien DaPino. I have been working with Pien for the last couple of months and she has designed some great things that I can't wait to share with you all! This set is special to me and I'm sure you will know why in a few days ;)

I would like send out a huge thank you to all of the Trendsetters. They are so inspiring and I look forward to seeing all of their wonderful creations every day. These ladies are not only amazing stampers, but they are great friends as well. I couldn't have asked for a better group of ladies to work with. I absolutely love how well we all get along and I can honestly say that each and every one of them is a friend.

On to the challenge!

Want a chance to win this set? Comment on all of the Trendsetter's Blogs on their She's A Lady sneak peek post, come back here and add your name to the Mister Linky. You do not have to have a blog to play along, you can also use the URL of your favorite online craft gallery!

Happy hopping everyone, the next stop is Angela.

I have provided all of the Trendsetters blogs at the bottom of this post in case you should get lost along the way :)

Here is my card, and I agree. A lady needs to be classy and fabulous lol!

WIR Winner:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:13
Timestamp: 2009-04-27 04:09:06 UTC

Comment #13- Diane!

Diane said...
As always, they are all amazing! Good job, ladies!
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Congratulations Diane! Email me your info and which card you would like and that will be sent out to you :)

Don't forget to check out the May TSG Challenge!

Jessica (Owner) you are here!
Angela
Becky
Christi
Faith
Holly
Jen Tapler (Guest Desinger)
Jessie
Joanne
Jodi
Julie
Maki
Silke

She's A Lady Blog Hop Challenge Participants

1. Shaela Odd
2. NinaB
3. Justine
4. Renee Winch
5. Cammy
6. Ida
7. theresa forge
8. Teresa G
9. Susan B
10. Sue Lis

11. Beth S
12. Kim P
13. MichelleH
14. Katie Skiff
15. Cathy Green
16. Janet Zeppa
17. Brenda
18. pas
19. Cathy D
20. Michelle Sambajon

21. Lisa Henke
22. Terri E.
23. Lori Stokes Wright
24. Jackie R.
25. Melissa (stampin_melissa)
26. Diane Glassmaker
27. Lynn Everett
28. ~Q~

Week In Review (April 20-26) & Card Give Away

Welcome to another Week In Review! I hope that you are all enjoying your weekends so far. We had some friends come hang out with us yesterday which was very nice. Now I'm ready to just relax and have a sweat pants kinda day. Whether that actually happens though is another thing lol!

Are you guys excited to see the sneak peeks of the new releases?? All of the fun starts tomorrow with a sneak peek of the new set She's A Lady :)

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where I showcase cards made by me and the There She Goes Design Team made throughout the week. Not only do you get to see gorgeous samples made by the DT but you also have the chance to WIN one of the cards! Just leave a comment on this post and tomorrow (Monday) I will pick a winner using a random number generator. That person will then get to pick their favorite card and the DT member that made it will send it to the them!

Silke

Maki

Julie

Jodi

Joanne

Jessie

Jessica

Holly

Faith

Angela

Saturday, April 25, 2009

May TSG Challenge Post

With the May Release sneak peeks just around the corner, I have some very exciting things to share with you guys! I have been so busy the last couple of months giving TSG a makeover and I can't wait to be able to show all of you the end result.

Here are just a few of the things that I have up my sleeve-
*New Logo
*New Website
*New Forum
*New Gallery
*A new stamp designer
*New products!!!

Stay tuned in to my blog as I announce more details as they come :)

Guest Trendsetter
I would like to welcome Jen Tapler as the new Guest Trendsetter for May. She is such a wonderful person and an amazing stamper as well! Her way with color and use of layouts is stunning and I can't wait to see what she has in store for all of us using the brand new stamp sets! Stop by her blog and check out her beautiful work :)

May TSG Challenge
To celebrate all of the new changes going on at There She Goes, this months challenge is all about growing and evolving as a stamper. To participate in this challenge, you need to post (on your blog) the very first card that you made/uploaded to a gallery and also post a picture of a favorite card that you have made. It will be great to see how far we have all come! Then come back to my blog and add your name to the Mister Linky on this May TSG Challenge Post.

For those of you that do not have a blog, you can still participate! Just add a link to your first stamped card/project (from your SCS gallery or other online crafting gallery). Please only one entry per person for this challenge.

You have until midnight on Wednesday to get in your submissions.

*There is no "title" for this challenge. For example- tsg0whatever.

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Here is my entry for the May TSG Challenge:
This was the very first card that I uploaded to SCS using my first SU stamps that I found at a garage sale. I was so happy to finally have a real stamp set and some ink not to mention a new 8x8 stack of DCWV designer paper ;) *Before this stamp set, I was using clip art images that I printed for the images on my cards lol!* Sadly, I removed this card from my gallery almost a year ago. It is so funny looking back at this card because I see all of the things that I would like to change and fix. I wonder what ever happened to this card??

And here is one of my favorites. This may not be a card, but I love how this Stampbook page turned out about the girls. This is one of my favorite pictures of my little crazies. We had so much fun on this day raking leaves together. Well.... mommy and daddy were raking leaves. The girls were right behind us un-raking them. ;)

A few of the things that I love so much about this page are the colors, simplicity and of course the cute little squirrel from the You're So Punny set.

Now it's your turn! I want to see how you've grown. Add your name/url link so I can check out your work :)

May TSG Challenge Participants

1. Anita
2. Kay Demonbren
3. Terri E.

4. Stephanie Hargis
5. Joy aka daiseyfreak
6. Kerry Phillips

7. Lisa Henke
8. Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin)
9. Cammy

May TSG Challenge Participants

1. Karen Fox

Friday, April 24, 2009

Dollar Find Friday (Faith- Coaster Message Center)

Happy Friday everyone! I am so happy that the weekend is just about here, cause boy do I need it lol!

Today Faith is our wonderful host for the Dollar Find Friday project. She has made this awesome Coaster Message Center. How cute is that???

Make sure you stop by her blog to see the complete tutorial!

Come back tomorrow when I will be announcing this months There She Goes challenge to kick off our May Release!!

Have an awesome weekend everyone :)

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Tried......and failed!

Today's challenge on SCS was to focus on white. I gave it a good try, honest I did! But.... as you can see, I got a little distracted lol! So this card may not work for the challenge, but I still like how it turned out :).

I used the stamp set Tea For Two (There She Goes) and stamped the tea pot on the Label One Nestie layer. I then paper pieced the pot in some SU DP in Ruby Red. For the scallop background layer, I used my Scallop Edge Punch (SU) and then used my Crop-O-Dile to punch out the middles.

And here is the inside of the card.

I will be sending out the monthly TSG Newsletter tonight and it is going to have lots of big news! If you haven't already signed up for it, you can do so here! Be the first to be in the "know" :)

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A sketchy Stampbooking Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday everyone! I was feeling a little crafty this morning and was delighted to see the sketch on SCS today. I wasn't able to make a Stampbook page last night due to not feeling well and having to get our kitty out of a tree at 10:00 PM, and this sketch looked perfect for a Stampbook Page Layout. Since most of my Stampbook pages are inspired by cards, it was only natural that I had to make a card first ;).

I used some more of my new DCWV paper. I soooo love the pretty sparkly pages! I've had my eye on these particular pieces when I got the paper. I knew I wanted to use it for something special. The sentiment (from Crafty Taglines) was stamped on my new Labels Four Nestabilitites and mounted with dimensionals onto the card base.

Here is the inside of the card.

And here is today's Stampbook Page. I took this picture of one of my best friends Dani and my girls this weekend when we were all hanging out. My girls just love their "Auntie Dani" and "Uncle Zack" so every time we are able to get together is special. Do you see the older two "posing"? They do this for just about every picture lol!

The sentiment used is from the set Nature Of Friendship (one of my favorite sets!).

I hope that you all enjoy your Wednesday. Friday is just on the horizon!!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Feelin a little fiesty

I was leafing through my new DCWV paper pack and it inspired me to stamp. Don't you love how good paper can do that to you? I decided to use a set that I haven't used in a while so I pulled out my LOL Taglines.

I used my label one nesties for the top panel, stamped my images and paper pieced the heart. The background panel is a piece of paper from the paper pack. (Isn't that pretty?) I added the main panel with dimensionals and used stickles to glue on some rhinestones.

Sorry so short, but I gotta get my nose back to the grindstone ;) Have a great day everyone!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Startin' em young ;)

Before we headed out to go fishing the other day, the girls and I made some cards. Even Matt got in on the action! Well, he helped the girls with their cards, that counts right?

I made this card for a guy friend of mine (it was his house that we went to). I love the Tastes Like Chicken set for masculine cards cause most of the guys I know have a great sense of humor.

For Kylie's birthday, I got her a Cuttlekids so that she can craft with mommy using her own tools. We have been so busy lately that this was the first time that we've actually been able to play with it. I helped the girls put together the card bases and daddy helped with the flowers. It is so nice having them use up some of my scraps so that I can finally get rid of them lol!

How cute are these cards??

Kayla made the one on the left, Chloe in the middle and Kylie on the right. I think I'm doing a pretty good job on getting the whole family to do crafts with me ;).

And of course, here is this weeks WIR winner!

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:9
Timestamp: 2009-04-20 16:37:47 UTC

Comment #9: Katie Skiff!

Katie Skiff said...
I love them all. I just ordered Tastes Like Chicken, mostly for my SIL who bought a fixer upper camper...I think it will be so funny! But I love the whole set. So thanks for keeping them so dang funny!
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Congratulations Katie! Email me your info and which card you would like and that will be sent out to you.

Have a great week everyone!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Week In Review (April 13-19) & Card Give Away!

Hi every 0ne! We had such a wonderful day yesterday! Beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery and wonderful friends. We didn't catch any fish but we went on some adventures and the girls got to make mud pies and throw rocks into the gorgeous crystal clear river. It was so much fun but my oh my, all of that fresh air as exhausted me lol! I am soo looking forward to a nice lazy Sunday :)

Here are this weeks beautiful Week In Review cards!

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where I showcase cards made by me and the There She Goes Design Team made throughout the week. Not only do you get to see gorgeous samples made by the DT but you also have the chance to WIN one of the cards! Just leave a comment on this post and tomorrow (Monday) I will pick a winner using a random number generator. That person will then get to pick their favorite card and the DT member that made it will send it to the them!

Silke

Jessie

Maki

Joanne

Jodi

Angela

Becky

Jessica