Borders Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #137 Borders is...

Dorothy S.

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!

Borders - Guest Designer Penny Ward

Hi everyone...My name is Penny Ward (and my little dog Snowy). 

As a Guest Designer this month, I would like to thank everyone at Sweet Stamps for the invitation. I have had so much fun playing with your stamps and getting inky.

I have been card making for about three years after retiring from a Fortune 500 company. I was hooked when I saw all the pretty papers and tools. When you get a spare moment, click over for a visit to my blog Penny Ward Ink.

So .....

Let's Make a Card

Fall is in the air somewhere (I live in Florida...it is still in the 90's here). I like to make my everyday cards according to the season...do you?

This card is fairly simple to make. With the Leaf Corner stamp, I only inked one edge and stamped the long side of my card panel using Memento inks. I then took a large post it note (LOVE them) and masked off a section of the card about an inch in and stamped along the edge again.

I wrapped Fall colored embroidery thread around the card, then took a long length of the threads and soaked them with Glossy Accents. Let dry. 

Tied hardened threads into a bow.With the long "tails", I wrapped them around a pencil to get those sweet curls.

Stamped the Thank You sentiment and also stamped the Leaves three more times on scrap paper, colored and fussy cut them to add as an embellishment to my bow.

Easy Peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will return again real soon as the Designers have so much more for you in the following days.

Hugs, Penny

Let's go Shopping:

White card stock

Stamps: Leaf Corner & Thank You Curly (Sweet Stamps)

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Tangelo, Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Spectrum Noir Markers

Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Liquid Pearls: Hot Cocoa (Ranger)

Embroidery Thread

Challenge #137 Borders

Hi there. Can you believe it's October already? Since it's Tuesday, it's time for another weekly challenge at SweetStamps.com and this week's theme is...

Borders

Check out all the fabulous border stamps and dies we have in the online store here. 

Now it's time to be inspired by our awesome and talented DT Sweeties! Take a look at their creations:

Annette Andersson

Carolyn LaBille

DeNetra Bates

Denise Paxton


Erika Selander

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill*

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

We'd love to see your border creation, {remember: altered art, ATCs, cards, mixed media, scrapbooks, 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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Remember, our Monthly Technique Challenge {Paper Piecing} runs through October 14th. Check out all the monthly challenges here.

Next week our theme is Fall. Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!

 

SweetStamps NEW RELEASE Blog Hop

Today SweetStamps is hosting a blog hop to showcase a dozen new stamp designs!  Come join us for your chance to win 3 of these new stamp images! (See the instructions below)

Here's how to play along:

Visit each team member's blog (please leave a comment on each blog so we know you were there!) and collect a letter. Once you get all the letters, unscramble them to reveal the secret phrase. Then return here to the Challenge blog and leave a comment with the answer.  

We will be choosing twelve lucky winners to each receive three of the new stamp designs!   Blog Hop winners will be announced on Monday, April 9th before our next challenge.  Start your hop with Bonnie's blog and continue through the team to see the fabulous creations using these new stamps.  

Bonnie

Calypso
Dawn B

Dawn L

Jackie

Jacqueline

Jenn

Joni

Kendra

Linda

Shelly

Tamara

Sandy

Stacey

Be sure to leave some love on each designer's blog, and don't forget to return here to the Challenge blog and leave your answer as a comment. 

Good luck and happy hopping!

:) Stacey