'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!

Challenge #189 Dies

Hello from Michigan! It's Tuesday and time for a new weekly challenge! This week's theme is...

DIES

Take a look at these fabulous designs from our DT Sweeties...

Donna K

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

Shelly Schmidt

We'd love to see your latest creation using dies, so come play along! {Cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, etc.} 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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Our Monthly Technique Challenge {Chalkboard Technique} runs through October 14th so come play along for your chance to win FREE stuff!

***Check back later this week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties and Guest Designers!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

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Challenges #163 Dies

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!  It's time for another weekly challenge! This week's theme is...

~Dies~

Here are some fabulous creations from our DT sweeties featuring our own SweetCuts dies:

Annette Andersson

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

Denise Paxton


Donna K

Erika Winterlia

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill*

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

*Tamara Morton*

We'd love to see your swirl creation (cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media, ATCs, etc.), 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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Our Monthly Technique Challenge is Inking Stamps with Markers and runs through April 15th. Come join us and check out what our DT Sweeties made! View ALL the monthly challenges here.

***Don't forget to check back later this week for more inspiration from our monthly Guest Designers!***

You may have noticed some "new" items on some of our DT's creations from Globecraft & Piccolo {a division of SweetStamps.com}. Click here to jump to the G&P blog to check out some of the G&P DT posts, they are a great addition to any crafting project!

Next week our theme is EASTER. 

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

"Give Thanks..."

"Give thanks to the LORD for He is good." 

                                                   Psalm 136:1

Hello, and happy Thursday to you all!

Sandie here again...a November guest designer...with a "Thanks" card for this week's challenge.

And that is the verse I used on the  front of my card, a SweetStamps stamp called "Staggered Give Thanks" and the two dies I used are also theirs. They are "Elegant Leaves" and "Classy Deer". 

I am using this as a Thanksgiving card which I plan to mail to my family in Wisconsin. I have not finished the inside yet so we shall see if I get this mailed on time. Sad to say, I am notorious for getting cards in the mail one day late...very consistently. LOL

This was a fun card to make. I made a stencil of heavy card stock and inked the bottom layer of the leafy wreath with an orangish ink, then die cut 3 more colors of the leaves to arrange in the wreath shape. (For delicate die cuts like this I use spray adhesive.) Some of the leaves have glitter added in gold and crystal.

The deer is one of my newest (and "deerest") dies and I've used it with glitter card stock. The very first time I visited the SweetStamps online store I knew I wanted that die. I'm looking forward to making some elegant Christmas cards with it.

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful samples made by the SweetStamps design team. Scroll down to see them if you haven't already. And once you are inspired, we'd love to have you join the challenge with YOUR creation. Each week there is a generous prize given to one randomly chosen winner of a $20 shopping spree for SweetStamps merchadise at their online store.

Thank you, crafty friends, for stopping by today.

Challenge #118 SweetCuts Dies

Hello from Connecticut! Our challenge this week is to use one of our NEWEST products, SweetCuts dies for papercrafting. These dies are MADE IN THE USA from hardened steel and work on a variety of surfaces - not just paper!

 Anything Goes 

with SweetCuts Dies

Since SweetCuts are such a NEW product - they were just released this month - we know not everyone has them {yet}, so to join in our challenge this week you may also use a Cheery Lynn Designs die. And to sweeten things up, you can get 10% Off all SweetCuts dies with this coupon code: sweetcuts10 which is valid thru next Monday, May 27th.

Let's take a look at what our Sweeties have created with these new dies:

Annette Andersson

Bonnie Sharp

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

DeNetra Bates

Denise Paxton

Erika Selander

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill*

Karrie Snider

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

*Tamara Morton*

We'd love to see your creation with SweetCuts or Cheery Lynn dies, 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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Don't forget about our Monthly Technique Challenge (Flip Flop Card) runs through June 14th. Check out the monthly challenge here.

Next week's challenge theme will be Flowers. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win some sweet stamps & stuff!

Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!
 

Embossing Folder + Die(s) + Stamp Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #106 Embossing Folder + Die(s) + Stamp is...

Barbara

Congratulations!

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 technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Challenge #106 Embossing Folder + Die(s) + Stamp

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another fun-tastic SweetStamps.com weekly challenge! This week's theme is...

Embossing Folder + Die(s)
+ Stamp (use all 3)

You can win FREE stamps by playing along in our challenges. Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Check out these beautiful designs our Design Team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Jacqueline Hill

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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See you next Tuesday, when our challenge theme will be Embossing Folder + Die Cut(s) + Stamps (use all 3). Hope you'll join us for your chance to win some Sweet Stamps!

Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!

P.S. Our Monthly Technique Challenge: Triple Stamping runs through March 14th, so come try out this fun technique for another chance to win some Sweet Stamps!