Blog Hop Team Up with Pinque Peacock: Day 2

Welcome back!

Ready for more blog hopping? Today is Day 2 of our team up with Pinque Peacock for a SUPER FUN BLOG HOP between the SweetStamps "Sweeties" and the Pinque Peacock "Pinquettes"! 

Have you seen the awesome pretties that Pinque Peacock has to offer? Check them out here! So many beautiful items to add to your creations!

  

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The theme is...

Anything Goes

Invite your friends to check this out too! There are so many gorgeous creations along the hop and SweetStamps and Pinque Peacock will each be giving away blog candy! {instructions for entering the blog candy drawings at the end of this post}  

Here are the blogs for today's hop. If you get lost along the way, you can always come back here to get back on track! And if you missed anything from yesterday's hop, I've added those to this post as well.

Day 2 Blog Hop - June 19

1. Kimberly Pate
   http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
2. Annette Anderson
   http://designette.blogspot.com
3. Robin Perkey
   http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/
4. Carolyn LaBille
   http://mspetuniascrafts.blogspot.com
5. Nupur Patel
   http://downthememorylane9008.blogspot.com
6. Roxie Glaza
   http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
7. Mary Montecalvo
   http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
8. Monica Edwards
   http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
9.  An'Jenic Gibson
   http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com
10. Denise Paxton
    http://dixicreations.blogspot.co.uk/
11. Heather Flaherty
    http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
12. Tamara Morton
    http://poshcatcrafts.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa Woodward
    http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/
14. Irena Kowalczyk
    http://papierowaobsesja.blogspot.com/
15. Rhonda Bewley-Ratliff
    http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com

Day 1 Blog Hop - June 18

1. Kendra Sand
   http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
2. Donna K Baes
   http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com/
3. DeNetra Bates
   http://essentiallyyourswithdenetra.blogspot.com/ 
4. Marji Franklin
   http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
5. Erika Selander
   http://lillgumman.blogspot.com/
6. Janet Royer
   http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
7. Lisa Lahiff
   http://lisascreativeniche.blogspot.com/
8. Paula Driver
   http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/
9. Irit Shalom
   http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il/
10. Susie Gerdes
    http://scrappyrandomness.blogspot.com/
11. Karrie Snider
    http://www.stampers-den.ca/blog/
12. Beckie Woodall
    http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
13. Calypso Bastian
    http://calypsocandycraft.blogspot.com/
14. Jessie Mitchell
    http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com
15. Shelly Schmidt
    http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

SweetStamps is giving away a $20 shopping spree (to be used on stamps, SweetCuts dies or Shades Dye Inks) at shop.sweetstamps.com 

and Pinque Peacock is giving away a NEW "Nana's Pillowcase" Product Bundle which includes beautiful fabric covered buttons, fabric flowers and coordinating stick pins!

To enter the drawings, you need to do the following:

• LIKE Pinque Peacock's Facebook page
• LIKE SweetStamps Facebook page 
• leave some love @ Pinque Peacock's blog
• leave some love @ SweetStamps blog {comment below}
• comment on EACH blog post in the hop {yes, we will be checking these!} 

We would love to have you become followers of our blogs too...that way you can keep up with all the latest and greatest things happening at both Pinque Peacock and at SweetStamps.com!

Pinque Peacock Blog
http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
SweetStamps Blog {you are here}
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/

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Thanks again for joining us on this cross-promo Blog Hop, I hope you have been inspired to create something lovely!

:) Stacey

Blog Hop Team Up with Pinque Peacock: Day 1

Oh Wow! This week we are teaming up with Pinque Peacock for a SUPER FUN BLOG HOP between the SweetStamps "Sweeties" and the Pinque Peacock "Pinquettes"! This is SO BIG that we had to split it up between 2 Days! 

Have you seen the awesome pretties that Pinque Peacock has to offer? Check them out here! So many beautiful items to add to your creations!

  

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The theme is...

Anything Goes

Invite your friends to check this out too! There are so many gorgeous creations along the hop and SweetStamps and Pinque Peacock will each be giving away blog candy! {instructions for entering the blog candy drawings at the end of this post}  

Here are the blogs for today's hop. If you get lost along the way, you can always come back here to get back on track!

Day 1 Blog Hop - June 18

1. Kendra Sand
   http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
2. Donna K Baes
   http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com/
3. DeNetra Bates
   http://essentiallyyourswithdenetra.blogspot.com/ 
4. Marji Franklin
   http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
5. Erika Selander
   http://lillgumman.blogspot.com/
6. Janet Royer
   http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
7. Lisa Lahiff
   http://lisascreativeniche.blogspot.com/
8. Paula Driver
   http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/
9. Irit Shalom
   http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il/
10. Susie Gerdes
    http://scrappyrandomness.blogspot.com/
11. Karrie Snider
    http://www.stampers-den.ca/blog/
12. Beckie Woodall
    http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
13. Calypso Bastian
    http://calypsocandycraft.blogspot.com/
14. Jessie Mitchell
    http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com
15. Shelly Schmidt
    http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

SweetStamps is giving away a $20 shopping spree (to be used on stamps, SweetCuts dies or Shades Dye Inks) at shop.sweetstamps.com 

and Pinque Peacock is giving away a NEW "Nana's Pillowcase" Product Bundle which includes beautiful fabric covered buttons, fabric flowers and coordinating stick pins!

To enter the drawings, you need to do the following:

• LIKE Pinque Peacock's Facebook page
• LIKE SweetStamps Facebook page 
• leave some love @ Pinque Peacock's blog
• leave some love @ SweetStamps blog {comment below}
• comment on EACH blog post in the hop {yes, we will be checking these!} 

We would love to have you become followers of our blogs too...that way you can keep up with all the latest and greatest things happening at both Pinque Peacock and at SweetStamps.com!

Pinque Peacock Blog
http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
SweetStamps Blog {you are here}
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/

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Thank you for joining us on Day 1 of this cross-promo Blog Hop and please stop back tomorrow for another dose of crafty inspiration and beautiful creations on Day 2!

Parchment Craft Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #121 Parchment Crafting is...

Sandie L

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree at shop.SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a NEW technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Happy stamping!

Chalkboard technique with Guest Designer Elizabeth H.

Hi again from Maryland. It is week three for my guest designing spot at Sweet Stamps and I am very excited about the technique we have this week -- the very popular technique of chalkboard stamping. It is such the rage right now and so easy to do. Just use black paper and ink your stamp with white ink. I always tap a little ink off because you  really don't want it solid bright white - you want it to look like a chalkboard. You can also smudge a tiny bit of white ink around to give it a more realistic look.

The stamp I used this week from Sweet Stamps is very cool (Billy Painting Happy Birthday Duo/549). The stamp is a duo that comes with the boy and the happy birthday sentiment -- but they are separate pieces and that will give you lots of choices for placement. A very fun stamp!

Chalkboard Technique with Guest Designer Donna K

Hello again from Eastern, NC!

Donna K here with another SweetStamps "challenge" project for you this week.

The challenge is.... Chalkboard Technique and let me tell you... I LOVE this technique.

I think it's "vintage-y" and nostalgic and just plain pretty! 

You MUST give it a try and be sure to link up your card with this month's SweetStamps technique challenge!

I used a corrugated card base that is quite large at 5.5" X 5.5", but it provided me with lots of space to feature the lovely stamped Parisian Bouquet image.

I stamped the image using white craft ink.  I inked the stamp pretty heavily to be sure it looked "chalky" once it dried.  After it dried I used white colored pencils to draw around the distressed edges of the black paper to give it more of that chalkboard feel.  Are you feeling it?!

I hope you enjoy my project as much as I enjoyed creating it. 

Thank you again to Sweet Stamps and their lovely, talented crew for having me this week!

~Donna K -- Created by Donna K

PS... you can pick up this lovely Parisian Bouquet stamp HERE.

Monthly Technique Challenge: CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE

It's the middle of the month, so it's technique challenge time again! Technique Junkies is sponsoring our monthly technique challenge, which means the winner will be able to choose from an awesome selection of Pat's awesome CD tutorials...jam packed with techniques and step-by-step photos and instructions!

This month we are doing a...

CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE 

Here's a tutorial on this fun technique!

And here's some inspiration from our DT Sweeties:

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

Denise Paxton

Erika Selander

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

Karrie Snider

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

*Tamara Morton*

Join us for this challenge and your chance to win a specialty CD from Technique Junkies. 

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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The monthly winner will be announced July 15th, along with our next monthly challenge. Good Luck and have FUN!