Wednesday, November 28, 2012

TSG183: No Peeking / Wishing You

This week’s TSG Challenge is an inspiration piece picked out by our Trendsetter of the week- Candace! This picture is pretty and I love using pink and green together for Christmas cards. Head over to the TSG Blog for all the details about this challenge and learn how you can win a TSG gift certificate just for playing along!!

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Here is a card that I created from an older I Spy Sketches sketch using the stamp set No Peeking and Wishing You. This set is not only to used on Advent calendar projects but great for cards too! No Peeking

Happy stamping!

Monday, November 26, 2012

Scootin' By / Scootin' By Accessories

Here is a super cute card that I made with the stamp sets Scootin’ By and Scootin’ By Accessories . The images were stamped with Memento black ink and colored with prisma color pencils. Because of all the masking that I did for this card, it isn’t really a ‘mass produce’ type of project but I still had a lot of fun creating it!

 Scootin' By
Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Snowbuddies

Today is release day! Tonight after the TSG Release Party chat on Facebook, you can finally get your hands on the brand new stamp sets that we have been showing off all week!! 

I have a couple of cards that I made with images from the soon-to-be-released stamp set Snowbuddies and the sentiments are from Snowman Sentiments. Images were colored with Prismacolor pencils.

The party starts tonight at 9 PM Eastern time, hope to see you there!
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If you happened to miss out, you still have until 5pm EST today (Saturday), October 26th to hop along with our Blog Hop Challenges.




Thursday, November 22, 2012

Snow Buddies & Snowman Sentiments Blog Hop Challenge


Snowbuddies, the new set from Melyssa, has SO many possible ways to be used; we can’t even begin to tell you how excited we are about it! With a whopping 57 stamps, you can build your own snowman, use one provided, or a little of both. It’s the easiest way to build a snowman, and you don’t even have to get cold to do it. ;)



Snow buddies  is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 57 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

What’s a snowman, without a SUPER cute and TOTALLY clever sentiment to go with it…well, we don’t want to know! The Snowman Sentiments set has 9 fabulous sentiments to coordinate with your Snowbuddies set, or any holiday set you want!

Snowman Sentiment is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Would you like to win the new Snowbuddies or Snowman Sentiments 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, November 24th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

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TSG has been in need of a cute snowman stamp set and Melyssa and I have actually had Snow Buddies in the works for about a year! I love how it turned out!! There are SO many ways to customize your santa with all of the different types of accessories that are included in this. 

How cute are those reindeer snowman?! LOVE them!

All of my images are stamped with Memento ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiments on the cards are from the new mini set Snowman Sentiments which will also be released on Saturday evening after the release party chat. The papers used are from the Very Merry Christmas pad from Echo Park.

Snow Buddies

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Don't forget to hop on over to the rest of the team's blogs to see what adorable things that they made with these awesome new stamp sets!!



Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Snow Globe & Die Blog Hop Challenge


I told you yesterday that you had to wait until today to see WHY the new Holiday Cheer set was so versatile…well, wait no more! Not only is it a set that stands alone, the SUPER cute images were designed to fit into today’s set, Snow Globe! Along with a matching die, Torico has really out done herself!!



Snow Globe and Die is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 4 stamps and will sell for $29

Would you like to win the new Snow Globe and Die 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, November 24th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


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I am so in love with the stamp/die combo set that we are sneak peeking today!!! The snow globe was designed to coordinate with the Holiday Cheer stamp set that we showed off yesterday but it is also the perfect size to fit with SO many other TSG stamp sets! Just to show you one of these options, I created another set of four cards (are you starting to sense a theme on my blog this week? lol!) using the new Snow Globe, snow and sentiment stamps along with the holiday set we released last year called No Peeking. These cards were relatively quick and easy to make, the only time consuming part was the coloring and applying of some liquid applique to the snow ( as well as some sparkle with my Stardust gelly roll pen!)

I have been having so much fun playing with this new stamp set/ die combo and I can’t wait for you guys to be get your hands on it too!!

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Snow Globe 1

Snow Globe 2

For even more fun ideas, make sure you check out all of the other Trendsetter’s creations using this new stamp set!


Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Holiday Cheer Blog Hop Challenge




Torico is at it again, bringing us another SUPER cute Holiday set to love and adore, and this one has a twist…but you will have to wait until tomorrow to see WHAT the twist is!! Just take it from me, this set is so versatile, you will be turning to it again and again for all your holiday needs! With four ADORABLE scenes, and four fabulous sentiments, you are sure to fall in love.



Holiday Cheer is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 8 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

Would you like to win the new Holiday Cheer 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, November 24th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


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For my sneak peek samples, I made another set of holiday cards. The images in this set are so stinkin’ cute and fun to color!  All of my images are stamped with black Memento ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. Ribbon and twine is from RibbonCarousel.com.

Holiday Cheer

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Holiday Cheer 1

Holiday Cheer 2

Holiday Cheer 4

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you come back all week long for more sneak peeks as well as for your chance to win the new stamp sets that we will be showing off!

Monday, November 19, 2012

TSG182: Snowglobe and Snow Buddies

Hooray, it's finally time for the TSG Holiday release!! All week long the Trendsetters will be showing sneak peeks of all of the new stamp sets (and dies!!) that will be released this Saturday! Before the official sneak peeks begin, we have a fun challenge to get this party started. Stop by the TSG Blog for all of the details on this challenge and to find out how you can win a TSG Gift Certificate simply by playing along!

For this week's sketch challenge I used two of the new stamp sets and a new die that will be released this Saturday. Stay tuned throughout the week for more information about these as well as to see more sneak peeks!
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Make sure you come back tomorrow for the official first day of Blog Hop Challenges using our brand new, soon to be released stamp sets and dies !!

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Penguin Pals

Happy Saturday everyone!  Here is another holiday card that I made using the Penguin Pals stamp set.

Penguin Pals

Stamp set used: Penguin Pals
Paper: Aspen by Basic Grey
Accessories: Ribbon, button, sewing machine, Prismacolor pencils, Dimensionals

Friday, November 16, 2012

Just For You & No Peeking

My card today uses a combination of images from the stamp sets No Peeking and Just For You. I also used the brand new Just For You Dies as well! I love the shabby chic feel to this card even though it isn’t my traditional style of cardmaking.

Just For You

Stamp sets used: Just For You, No Peeking, Just For You Dies
Paper: Lively by Authentique
Accessories: Crochet ribbon and sparkletts from RibbonCarousel.com, rhinestones from Taylored Expressions, dimensionals, Copic and Touch Twin markers, edge distressor, sewing machine

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Penguin Pals

This week the Trendsetters are featuring a few of the older TSG stamp sets Penguin Pals, Just For You, and Stick Together. This card uses the stamp set Penguin Pals. I love the images because they are so cute and fun to color! 
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Stamp Set Used: Penguin Pals
Paper: Aspen Frost by Basic Grey
Supplies: Copic and Touch Twin markers, ribbon and sparkletts from RibbonCarousel.com, rhinestones from Taylored Expressions, dimensionals, sewing machine, corner rounder

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

TSG181- Let It Snow (Stick Together)

I have been playing along in all of the TSG challenges lately but you wouldn't know it by looking at my blog lol!  Make sure you stop by the TSG Blog for all of the details about this challenge as well as to find out how you can win a gift certificate to the TSG website just by playing along :)

This weekend I got to have two of my favorite stampy friends Jessie Rone and Tobi Crawford at my house again and I actually got quite a bit of cards made this time! Usually I'm lucky if I even finish one when my friends are here! Jessie made me promise that I would actually blog my cards so....... here I am ;)

Of all the cards that I made over the long weekend, this one is my favorite! It's hard to tell from this picture but there is lots of sparkle on this card from the Sparklettes, rhinestones and stardust gelly roll pen that I used on it. The only stamping on this card is the sentiment (from the Stick Together mini set) so it would be super simple to mass produce for the holidays! The gorgeous crushed silk ribbon and sparklettes are from RibbonCarousel.com.

Stick Together

TSG stamp set used: Stick Together 
Paper: Saint Nick by Fancy Pants Designs
Accessories: Sparklettes and silky crushed ribbon from RibbonCarousel.com , Rhinestones from Taylored Expressions