Reindeer Friends!

Hello there! Britt Bass here to share a sweet little Christmas card that I created!

I am really looking forward to the holiday season this year and I LOVE Christmas cards!  I plan on putting aside a whole day to make and mail my cards this year!

I like to make a few simple cards, a few elaborate ones. some elegant, some traditional and some cartoonish and cute!  This one definitely falls in the CUTE category!

I stamped this adorable little reindeer and holly berries with ribbon from the Reindeer Friends Stamp set and colored them with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers. I cut my images out and set them aside.

I used a little pattern to create the background of the card and I wanted to share it with you!  This is an excellent way to mass-produce cards for the holidays because you get 2 to 3 cards worth depending on how many papers you cut at once.  Feel free to save this to your computer to use as a reference! (it is NOT sized to any exact measurements - this is just a reference sheet).

After layering my cut pieces of paper and adding a small sentiment sticker from my stash I attached my focal reindeer image and the holly and berries.  Lastly, I tied a satin ribbon around the top of my card and I was done!

Make sure you visit the NEW SweetStamps.com for this and so many other awesome supplies for your holiday crafting!

Thanks for stopping by queenies!

Later gators!

Monthly Technique Challenge ~ Fun Folds

Hello crafty friends, hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day! Now that it's the 15th, it is time for a NEW Monthly Technique Challenge! This month's theme is... 

Fun Folds

For this fun challenge, you can create ANY specially folded card... Gate Fold, Easel, Z Fold, Pyramid, Flip Flop, Center Step, etc.

Take a look at these fabulous Fun Folds from our DT Sweeties:

Annette Andersson

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

Denise Paxton


Donna K

Erika Winterlia

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

We'd love to see your Fun Folded project, 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 March 14th. Check out all the monthly challenges here. Happy Stamping! 

 

An InLinkz Link-up

Guest Designer Card by Hilde: Dryer sheet technique

Hi there, hope you have been enjoying the parchment challenge. This is my contribution to the dryer sheet challenge....I have to confess that the dryer sheet I had was so solid you could not see through it, so what to do, what to do.....??? I had found some gauze that was loosely woven and even though the material is slightly different the effect is still the same, and I must say I like it....

I used the gorgeous Pointsettia Corner ( 746 E) twice, and the sentiment stamp, 

Jesus is the reason for the season ( 961 D).

I kept it mainly uncluttered/CAS, I didn't think it need too much more...I ink distressed the edges and matted it on red, then covered with dryer sheet/gauze and attached to main card, I used papers from my stash, found this cute little red and silver bow...I always colour with Pro Markers, and I used gold coloured liquid pearls for the centre of the flowers....the background card is on a very dark grey/almost black shimmer.

Have fun, blessings Hilde

Monthly Technique Challenge: DRYER SHEET TECHNIQUE

Time for a NEW technique challenge! 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's technique is...

DRYER SHEET TECHNIQUE 

Since dryer sheets aren't available to all our International Sweeties, Irit provided this great tip: use a dry baby wipe to get a similar look! 

Here's a tutorial on this fun technique! If you don't have a Xyron or spray adhesive, you can use our Super Sticky Tape which now comes in 8.5" x 11" sheets!

Now for some inspiration from our DT Sweeties:

Annette Andersson

Denise Paxton

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

Chalkboard Technique {Monthly Challenge} Winner

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

Marianne

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!

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!