Friday, January 27, 2012

Want some new stamps??

Happy Friday everyone! Yesterday was our last day of sneak peeks but no worries because you still have time to participate in the Blog Hop Challenges for your chance to win these fabulous new stamp sets!!!! They will be open until tomorrow right before the Release Party Chat.
I have also put together some tip sheets showing you some fun ways to use these new sets! Simply click on the link below the tip sheets to download the .pdf file and then you can either save it to your computer or print it out like I do and keep it in a binder to have inspiration right at hand :D
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 Download the Perk Up tip sheet right here!
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Download that Scootin' By Make a scene tip sheet right here!
Download Scootin' By Masking tips right here!
Download the Scootin' By Masking fun tip sheet right here!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Scooin' By / Scootin' By Accessories Blog Hop Challenge!

Hey There She Goes fans!! We REALLY hope you have been enjoying this week's blog hops! Today is our FINAL day of Blog Hop Challenges, and today we have TWO super cute new sets from Melyssa!!
 

Cruising on a Sunday afternoon, scootin’ by to say hi! Melyssa Connolly has brought Leah back and she’s " to be wild"! She already comes with lots of fun, but if this isn’t enough she has a kit to accessorize to her hearts content! Whether she’s moving, heading off to school, or enjoying a ride she’ll surely make tracks into your heart.
 

Scootin’ By is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 15 stamps and will sell for $18.00.  

Scootin’ By – Accessories is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $10.00. Would you like to win the new Scootin’ by and Scootin’ by Accessories stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

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For today's sneak peek I wanted to show how these two new stamp sets are able to be combined with the mini set Vroom! With a little masking you too can create an adorable scene like this!!! I'm telling you, these stamps are so darn fun to play with :)

Scootin' By


Here is the list of participants in today's Blog Hop!!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Perk Up Blog Hop Challenge

Welcome back for our second day of TSG sneak peeks! The set we have to show off today is going to be a MUST have for all of you coffee/tea drinkers! I was doing some image combinations with this set and I was able to come up with 20 right away and there are SO many more than that possible!!!!


Friendship and coffee are a good blend to send greetings near and far. Torico has created a darling set to perk up the one "mug" you’ve been missing. An absolute must for those sweets and treats without all the calories!


Perk Up! is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 36 stamps and will sell for $18.00.  

Would you like to win the new Perk Up! stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat. Here is the list of designers participating today!!

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 I had my image colored for this card way before I even know what I wanted the card to look like but I'm happy with the way that it came together! Of course I used my very favorite twine that I got from Ribbon Carousel. You guys are probably going to get pretty sick of seeing this stuff because I have a really hard time making a card that doesn't have it on it lol!!
Perk Up


Thanks for stopping by!


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Nursebot Blog Hop Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to day one of the TSG Blog Hop Challenges! I am so excited about this release because we've got some great stamp sets for you :D

No "bots" set would be complete without Nursebot! Torico has done it again. She warmed your heart last month with Lovebots and this month she’s going to make you feel all better with Nursebot. What a great way to send well wishes then a visit from the Nursebot!!
 

Nursebot is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 11 stamps and will sell for $10.00.  

Would you like to win the new Nursebot stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM EST, January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

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Now that the BHC info is out of the way, here is my card :D

This stamp set is great because not only is there this adorable nursebot stamp that I used but there are a few other different images that are so cute too!! 

I went CAS with my card sample and I really like how it turned out!The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils.

  Nursebot



Here is the list of designers participating today!! Have fun!!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

TSG139- Back To Nature / Snow Day!

This week the Trendsetters have a super fun and easy challenge which is to create a card that includes both a character and nature. Check out all of the details about this challenge as well as find out how you can win a TSG gift certificate simply by playing along right here on the TSG Blog!

For my card I used one of the TSG (again!) stamp sets that are being featured this week- Puppy Love! I also used the sun from the stamp set Day or Night and grass from Blossom by Blossom. Don't you love how well that these images go together??

All images were stamped onto white card stock, colored with Prismacolor pencils, blended with OMS and sewed along the edges.
Puppy Love

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And I also wanted to share some pictures of our snow day yesterday :) We went from having hardly any snow on the ground at 1 am to around 16 in at 7:30 am! Unfortunately it started sprinkling soon after so the snow isn't going to be sticking around for long :(

The girls of course had so much fun!

This was the view from the balcony off of my craft room

I was watching the girls play in the snow from our bedroom balcony

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Warmest Wishes

Here is another Christmas card that I created using the stamp/die set Warmest Wishes. I'm not sure what it is about this card, but I just love it!

Warmest Wishes
Supplies: 
Stamps- Warmest Wishes
Ink- Momento tuxedo black, Crumbcake, Early Espresso
Paper- Crumb cake, cream, Early Espresso
Accessories- Dimensionals, Tree die from Warmest Wishes stamp set, SU markers, SU scallop border punch, 1/8" circle punch, sponge

Recipe:
*I created the card base from kraft card stock, rounded bottom colors, and sponged the sides in same colored ink.

*The pattern paper was created by stamping the sentiment in alternating colors before being sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake ink. It was then adhered to the Early Espresso layer (which had been punched across the top using an SU scallop border punch) and then adhered to the card base.

*The circle images were stamped onto cream cardstock and colored with a red marker before being punched out with a 1/8" circle punch and adhered to the card base using dimensionals.

*Use tree die from the Warmest Wishes stamp set to cut a tree shape. Stamp tree onto separate piece of cream cardstock, color with marker, cut out and adhere to tree die cut. Adhere to card base.

*Stamp sentiment in Early Espresso ink.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Holly Jolly

I have some Christmas cards that I created but never got the chance to actually post them and share them with you so over the next few days, I will be sharing those with you :)

This card was created with the stamp set / die combo Holly Jolly. I stamped the solid house image across the bottom of the card base in black ink and added Glossy Accents to the windows. I then cut out the white cardstock using the die in the set, stamped the images then colored with Prismacolor pencils. The die cut shape was then adhered to the card base using dimensionals.
Holly Jolly

Supplies:
Stamps- Holly Jolly
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Poppy Parade, white
Accessories- Glossy Accents, Die (included in Holly Jolly stamp set) Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, dimensionals


Monday, January 9, 2012

Out Of This World

It's so hard to believe but this past week, my adorable godsons turned a year old! Since I don't have any boys of my own, I am so thankful that my BFF had two of them for me :) It has been so amazing watching my two little guys grow and I can't wait to see how they change in this next year! Below is a picture of Blakey-poo and Troy-boy. Now that they are mobile, it is getting increasingly more difficult to get a picture of them together lol!
I was browsing through all of my TSG stamp sets trying to decide which stamp set I wanted to use for the boys' cards. As soon as I came across Out Of This World, I knew that it was going to be the perfect set :)

All images are from the Out Of This World stamp set, stamped onto white cardstock using Momento Tuxedo Black. The images were then colored using Prismacolor pencils, blended with OMS, cut out, layered using dimensionals and adhered to the card base.

This is Blake's card-
Out Of This World

And here is Troy's card-
Out Of This World

The cards side by side-
Out Of This World
Supplies: 
Stamps- Out Of This World
Ink- Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper- DP (scraps from my stash), White, Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories- Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Dimensionals, Corner rounder, sewing machine, Glossy accents, Stardust gelly roll pen, SU dies, sponge