'Tis the Season | Mr. & Mrs. Snow!

Hello sweet people!

Britt Bass here and I'm so excited to bring you my first official post as a DT sweetie for Sweet Stamps!

I saw these little pair of Snow People and just KNEW it would make an excellent "snow globe" shaker card!

First I stamped Mr. & Mrs. Snow DUO with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers.  I used Distress Ink in Stormy Skies to add a winter-y blue sky above the happy couple and then added stars, highlights and fun details with a white gel pen.

I die cut a large circle in a 6x6 sheet of Christmas tree paper (from my stash) with a Circle Die and then used the same die and a slightly larger scallop circle die to create a frame with green cardstock.

I assembled my shaker with a piece of acetate and filled it with a mixture of Sugar Sand, Clear Glass Micro Beads, and some blue micro beads (from my stash).  I didn't add any sequins or larger pieces because I wanted it to look like a snow bank the swishes from side to side as it shakes!  I finished the card with a layered sticker from my stash!

Thanks for taking a look!

Microbeaded Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Monthly Technique Challenge Microbeaded is...

Mrs. A

Congratulations!

Fabulous job on that technique! And now you can learn even more techniques, because you've won a specialty CD from Technique Junkies! Just email Pat with your selection and she'll get that out to you!

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 NEW weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Microbeaded {Monthly Technique Challenge}

Hello sweet friends. I can't believe it's the middle of November already - and we've already had a little bit of snow here in Michigan! Just a taste of what's to come I'm guessing. This month our technique challenge is... 

Microbeads

You can add a lot to a card (or other project) by adding microbeads! They come in many colors, but some of my favorites are the transparent ones like our Sugar Beads (smaller than microbeads) and Sugar Sand (even smaller than sugar beads!)
Take a look at these awesome microbeaded cards crafted by our very talented DT Sweeties:

*Calypso Bastian*

Donna K

Denise Paxton

 

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill* 

Lisa Lahiff

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

*Tamara Morton*

We'd love to see your microbeaded creation {cards, ATCs, altered art, scrapbook pages, etc. are welcome}, so come and join the fun! You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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This is our Monthly Technique Challenge, so it will run through December 14th. Check out all the monthly challenges here. Happy Stamping! 

 

An InLinkz Link-up

Micro Beads or Sugar Beads Winner

Using Random.org, a winner from last week's challenge was chosen.

And the winner is....#5

 Congratulations

S`andra Gagnier VanWoerden

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at 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 challenge every Tuesday!

Challenge #70 Micro Beads or Sugar Beads

This week at SweetStamps.com, our challenge is to use

Micro Beads or Sugar Beads

Beads give your projects a unique finish and texture. Use beads on super sticky tape, or clear dimensional glue. They are fun to use over die cut or stamped images. We have some instructions too - check out this video: Stacey's Stained Glass Technique and this project: Sugared Flowers.

Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.


Check out these creations from our sweet & talented design team this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Dawn Lotharius

Jacki Randolph

Jacqueline Hill

Jenn Cochran

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

Sandy Fredrick

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week's challenge theme is Patriotic or Summer.

Happy Stamping! Hope your day is super sweet!

:) stacey