Jessica's Surprise Birthday Blog Hop

Hello there!  Today is a very fun day and I am part of a very special birthday blog hop for Jessica Knutsen - she's the fabulous gal that started up There She Goes Clear Stamps.  I am honored to have been part of her talented design team and now I'm excited to be part of this birthday hop!

For my card today, I used BombDiggity stamps and the layout from Deconstructed Sketch 101.

I stamped the bomb in Black Licorice ink and the hand cut it out to pop up over the little explosion.  I cut out 3 fishtail flags and stamped the sentiment on some 21/Seven paper from Simple Stories.

On the inside of the card, I used a sentiment from A Little Treat and then added my zigzag stitching around the edges.

Happy, happy, happy birthday, Sweet Jessica!  I hope you are blessed beyond measure this year and are filled with joy.  I'm so happy to have met you through this crazy little hobby!!

recipe - 
stamps: bombdiggity (tsg), a little treat (tsg)
paper: electric red (mft), black licorice (mft), smooth white (mft), 24/seven 6x6 (simple stories)
ink: black licorice (mft), orange fizz (mft)
accessories: circle stax die-namics (mft), award seal die-namics (mft), fishtail flags stax die-namics (mft), sewing machine, thread, foam tape   

Sew Glad

Good morning!  I thought I'd share a card I made using Cute as a Button stamps from There She Goes Clear Stamps - I have a little sewing tutorial over at the TSG Blog and I'd love it if you hopped on over and took a peek.  *grin*

Have a fabulous day!

TSG158 | Cork It!

Hello!  It's my turn to host the weekly challenge over at There She Goes and this week I've decided to Cork It!  I'm challenging you to make a card or project using cork - any kind of cork: cork board, wine bottle cork, cork paper (check out the Note to Self papers from Echo Park!), cork letters, and now I feel like I'm in Forest Gump.  Anyway...  here's the deal - once you've made your card or project, hop on over to the TSG Blog and link up your post on gallery photo with the Inlinkz button there and you'll be entered in a prize drawing!

For my card, I'm using Cute as a Button, a new set just released this weekend!

I started with a 4.25" card base and used this sketch from Got Sketch.  Since chevron stripes are super trendy right now, I thought I'd make some chevrons from cork and go from there.  I picked up a couple sheets of thin cork board at Michaels and ran a piece through the Vagabond with the Chevron Stripes Die-namics from MFT.   The patterned papers are Farmhouse 8x8 from October Afternoon and I used some scraps to make the little flower, complete with button center.  I loved working with cork and I hope you'll join in on the fun!  What a fun way to add texture to your card, eh?

Thanks so much for stopping by - 

recipe - 

stamp: cute as a button (tsg)

paper: wild cherry (mft), old olive (su!), choice buttercream (te), farmhouse 8x8 (october afternoon)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: cork sheet, neutrals buttons (su!), cappuccino twine (mft), mix & match banners die-namics (mft), first place award ribbon die-namics (mft), beautiful blooms 2 set 1 (pti), chevron stripes die-namics (mft), sewing machine, thread, foam tape

There She Goes Sneak Peeks | Day FOUR

Good Morning!!  It's the final day of sneak peeks for the June release of There She Goes Clear Stamps - Be sure to read the details at the end of this post for a chance to win one of the new sets.

Oh Crop is our second set from Melyssa this month, and it has STOLEN our hearts!! The flying pigs, the picturesque scene, that ADORABLE farmer…really, how could you NOT love this? You don’t have to be a country girl to know that THIS set is a Blue Ribbon WINNER!

Oh Crop is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 21 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Another fun and witty stamp set from TSG!  I love this one and the images are just darling!  I chose to use this sweet little barn and silo image for you today and I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copic Markers.  I stamped some clouds and cut them out to pop up over the image too - love them!  The layout is Jen Shults' DS52 and the papers are Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks 6x6 from My Mind's Eye.

Would you like to win the new Oh Crop stamp set?  Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

recipe - 

stamps: oh crop (tsg)

paper: black licorice (mft), choice snow white (te), miss caroline fiddlesticks 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, first place award ribbon die-namics (mft), circle spellbinders dies, black pearls (kaisercraft), sewing machine, thread, foam tape

There She Goes Sneak Peeks | Day THREE

Good Morning!!  It's day three of sneak peeks for the June release of There She Goes Clear Stamps!!  The Trendsetters have amazing cards and projects for you this week, so be sure to hop around and check them out.

What can we say about this new set from Torico, other than…it’s Cute As a Button?! The perfect sewing set for ANY crafter, full from top to bottom, end to end, with as MANY stamps as you could POSSIBLY need to make the perfect card or scrapbook page, this whimsically cute set is sure to have EVERYTHING you need to celebrate the crafter in your life!

Cute As a Button is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 33 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Sew what's new with you??  Hehe!  I love this new set and I know you will too - especially all of you who sew, and I mean those of you who actually sew on fabric and make amazing things.  Ok, it's good for all of us who only sew on paper too *wink*

I did a little paper piecing with this one today - I stamped the image on both kraft cardstock and a scrap of Indie Chic Ginger paper and cut out part of the sewing machine to glue to the kraft cardstock.  I added some Copic coloring to highlight parts of the machine and then cut it out with a circle Spellbinders die.  The layout is Clean & Simple Stamping FTL190 and I added a few Rose Pearls for a fun accent.

Would you like to win the new Cute As a Button stamp set?  Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

recipe -

stamps: cute as a button (tsg)

paper: hot fudge (mft), kraft (mft), indie chic ginger 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, circle spellbinders dies, first place award ribbon die-namics (mft), rose pearls (kaisercraft), sewing machine, thread, foam tape

There She Goes Sneak Peeks | Day TWO

Good Morning!!  It's day two of sneak peeks for the June release of There She Goes Clear Stamps!!  The Trendsetters have amazing cards and projects for you this week, so be sure to hop around and check them out.

Excuse me, I MUSTACHE you a question….is this NOT the CUTEST set?! Mustache’s, and puns about mustaches (lol), are all the rage right now and we couldn’t help but add a little TSG flare to this FABULOUS trend! The possibilities, and uses, for this set are endless…and just ENTIRELY too funny!

Flava Sava is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $10.00.

I tried to channel my inner Debby for this card - I just adore her CAS style and I am always so tempted to add layers and ribbon and bling, and more layers to my cards.  I hope I did it justice!  haha!  The layout is CPS265 and the papers are On the Bright Side Two 6x6 from My Mind's Eye.  Since the 'Stache is a more solid image, I stamped it in Brilliance Graphite Black and the sentiment is a partial sentiment that I masked off so I could use the mustache image instead.  The card size is 6-1/2" x 3-1/4".

Would you like to win the new Flava Sava stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

recipe - 

stamps: flava sava (tsg)

paper: choice snow white (te), on the bright side two (my mind's eye)

ink: brilliance graphite black

accessories: foam tape

There She Goes Sneak Peeks | Day ONE

Good Morning!!  It's the first day of sneak peeks for the June release of There She Goes Clear Stamps!!  The Trendsetters have amazing cards and projects for you this week, so be sure to hop around and see them all.

Melyssa is at it again, and just in time for all your graduation needs! This stamp set is PERFECT for ANY grad, young or old!! There is NO better way than to honor your favorite grad with a card, or scrapbook page, honoring their achievements!

ConGRADulations is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 17 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

It is graduation season around here (as it is everywhere) and my youngest just had her preschool graduation this past Friday.  There isn't anything cuter than 5-year-olds dressed up in construction paper caps and yarn tassels.  So precious!  I made this card for her.

I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Markers.  I think I'm finally getting the hang of coloring grass - yippee!  The layout is MOJO241 and the papers are new in my house - On the Sunny Side 6x6 from My Mind's Eye.  LOVE this one.  What a sweet little girl, don't you think?

Would you like to win the new ConGRADulations stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.



Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -

stamps:  congradulations (tsg)

paper: sno cone (mft), black licorice (mft), choice buttercream (te), on the sunny side 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, circle/scallop spellbinders dies, first place award ribbon die-namics (mft), wire butterfly, sewing machine, thread, foam tape

TSG157 | Sketch

This week our challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetters! We are challenging YOU to make a card or project using the provided sketch!! We LOVE a good sketch challenge at There She Goes, so be sure to look for it every month!!

• To be eligible for the giveaway, create a card or project using the provided sketch and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (May 28th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!
• By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)
• You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG157 so we can check out your beautiful work!

This sketch challenge is really deep undercover.  What we are really doing this week is giving our fabulous leader, Jessica Knutsen, a HUGE birthday shout out!   Her birthday is May 24th and it would be SO fantastic if you would join us by making your sketch challenge card a birthday card and then link it over at the TSG blog and wish her a very happy birthday. 

Tee hee!!  I have a little sneak for you from this upcoming release.  This is Oh Crop and we'll be previewing the entire set on Friday, so be sure to come back by and see more images from the Trendsetters.  I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored them with Copic Markers.  I popped the cow and one of the clouds up with foam tape.  The papers are perfectly amazing for this set!  They are Summer Fresh 6x6 from  Simple Stories.  Yum-oh!!  I got lots of new papers over the weekend, so watch out world!

Jessica - I wish you the very best of birthdays and you are such an amazing stamping boss and friend!  Here's to another year and may it be filled with many, many blessings!
  

Thanks so much for stopping by! I do hope you'll play along this week!
Karen

recipe -

stamps: oh crop (tsg)

paper: kraft (mft), choice snow white (te), summer fresh 6x6 (simple stories)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, little open scallop strip/fishtail flags stax die-namics dies (mft), buttercream twine (mft), brights buttons (su!), sewing machine, thread, foam tape

Mother of All Blog Hops - Still Time to WIN!

There is still time to hop along the Mother of All Blog Hops to get entered to win!! 

Winners will be selected this evening at 11pm EST, and announced at midnight, May 19th!! 

Good luck and Happy Hopping!!

There She Goes {again} Challenge

Hello!  It's There She Goes {again} week and that means we get to give some love to some of our previously released sets from TSG.  This week, the Trendsetters are featuring Life's a Beach, Aim for the Clouds, and A Drink a Day.

I made a card using Life's a Beach:

I started by stamping the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic Markers.  The papers are all Indie Chic Saffron 6x6 from My Mind's Eye and the layout is Jen Del Muro's May SFYTT.

Stop on by the TSG Blog for more inspiration from the Trendsetters.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe - 

stamps: life's a beach (tsg)

paper: choice snow white (te), indie chic saffron 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic makers, black stitched ribbon, rectangle/scallop spellbinders dies, sewing machine, thread, foam tape

TSG156 | Vacation

It's a new week and that means it's time for a new challenge at There She Goes!  This week our challenge is brought to us by the Trendsetters! We are READY for summer, and all that summer can bring…including a nice long VACATION!! Whether it’s taking a hot air balloon ride, or soaking up the sun on a beach with a cocktail in hand, we want you to be inspired by what vacation YOU want to be on right now!!

• To be eligible for the giveaway, create a card or project with a vacation theme, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (May 21st). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

• By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

• You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG156 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Hi!  I hope all the moms had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  I'm ready for a vacation, for sure!  I loved this Vacation Challenge and I made a card using Aim for the Clouds and tried my very best at creating a sunset with Copic markers.  I loved how it turned out, especially with the mountains and fields in front - looks just like my little town!  The layout is Retro Sketches' RS#11.

I hope you will join in this week!  Can't wait to see what you create.  Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -

stamps: aim for the clouds (tsg)

paper: sno cone (mft), choice snow white (te)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, circle/scallop & labels 1 spellbinders dies, black stitched grosgrain ribbon, black pearls (kaisercraft), swiss dots embossing folder (provocraft), foam tape

Mother of all Blog Hops!

Hello!  Welcome to the 3rd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clear Stamps!!  Be sure to hop on over to the There She Goes blog for all the details on how you can win one of our fabulous prizes!  FREE stuff!

I'm loving this new set, Jungle Out There and I'm so thrilled to use it on this amazing hop! I stamped this adorable zebra in Memento Tuxedo black and then highlighted the shadows, ears, and nose with Copic Markers.  The papers are A Walk in the Park 6x6 from Echo Park and the layout is Card Patterns Sketch 164.


Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe - 

stamps: jungle out there (tsg)

paper: kraft (mft), choice snow white (te), a walk in the park 6x6 (echo park)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, brights buttons (su!), circle/scallop spellbinders dies, fishtail flags stax die-namics (mft), embroidery thread, sewing machine, thread, foam tape

Ribbon Carousel | There She Goes Blog Hop

We are thrilled to be teaming up today for a blog hop with the designers from The Ribbon Carousel! If you haven't checked out the Ribbon Carousel Store, you TOTALLY should! From ribbons, to flowers, embellishments and paper, you can get ALL your stamping needs fullfilled!!

Now, who is up for some prizes? Hop along today and one lucky blog hopper will win a Ribbon Carousel and one lucky blog hopper will win a $50 gift certificate from There She Goes Clear Stamps!

But that's not all! The Ribbon Carousel will give away a $10 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store on our Facebook page and we will give away a $10 gift certificate to There She Goes Clear Stamps on their Facebook page.  Here's what you need to do:

•  Head on over to the Ribbon Carousel Facebook page and say hello!
•  Head on over to the There She Goes Facebook page and say hello there, too!
•  Come back to the Ribbon Carousel Facebook page and tell us you've done it!
•  Share the post on the Ribbon Carousel or There She Goes Facebook page about this blog hop with a friend for an extra chance to win!

For my card today, I used Perk Up along with ribbon from the May Ribbon Club Kit. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and paper pieced it with some Indie Chic Nutmeg 6x6 papers from My Mind's Eye.  The layout is the May SFYTT.

Lets go! Start hopping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -

stamps: perk up (tsg)

paper: kraft (mft), choice snow white (te), indie chic nutmeg 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, rectangle/scallop spellbinders dies, may ribbon club kit (ribbon carousel), sewing machine, thread, foam tape

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 158

Good morning - It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. The links will close in two weeks, next Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time). Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC158 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

WANT TO BE A GUEST Sweet Sunday Stamper?  I'll be picking my favorite card or project after each challenge and that winner will have a special guest spot as a designer on a future Sweet Sunday Challenge.  I'm SO excited about this!  You can enter as many different cards as you'd like before the following Friday deadline, so get stampy!

I will be announcing the next Guest Sweet Sunday Stamper later this week, so be sure to check back to see if you will be joining the design team for SSSC158!

Good morning!  I've been itching to get my Every Child stamps inky again for a while and I grabbed some brand new Indie Chic Citron 6x6 papers from My Mind's Eye to inspire me.  I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored her with Copic Markers - I also added some shine to the paint with my glaze pen.  The sentiment is stamped directly on the patterned paper, so I hope you can read it through that crazy design.  It's one of those 'added it at the last minute' ideas that I'm not so sure worked as well as I thought it would.  Haha!  I added some stitching around the edges of the layers and some yummy kraft ribbon with a bow instead of a flower from the sketch.

The Sweet Sunday Stampers have amazing sketch samples to show you today, so stop on by to see:

• Dana White 
• Erica Cerwin - our fabulous guest designer 
• Jennifer Tapler
• Karen Motz 
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé - She's back!
• Vicki Burdick 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe - 

stamps: every child (there she goes clear stamps)

paper: kraft (mft), choice snow white (te), indie chic citron 6x6 (my mind's eye)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, circle/large scallop circle spellbinders dies, kraft ribbon (mft), glaze pen, sewing machine, thread, foam tape

There She Goes Sneak Peeks | Day FOUR

Good Morning!!  It's the final day of sneak peeks for the May release of There She Goes Clear Stamps - Be sure to read the details at the end of this post for a chance to win one of the new sets.

Torico’s final set this month is SURE to impress the camera hound in us all! Photography is a part of everyday life, and a growing hobby for many, and how much more FUN would it be if you had a camera like one of THESE??!! A picture truly is worth a 1000 words, and with summer vacations, graduations, and well, EVERYTHING, coming up, what a PERFECT set for the photographer in us all. Full of cute sayings, and TONS of images to create the PERFECT card/scrapbook page/project, you really can’t go wrong!!



Oh Snap is a 6x8 set that includes 33 stamps, and will sell for $24.

I love me some good camera stamps and this one is SO cute!  I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with Copic Markers.  The papers are Handmade 6x6 from Lily Bee Design and the layout is Jen Shults' DS49. 

Would you like to win the new Oh Snap stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, April 28th, with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

recipe - 

stamps: oh snap (tsg)

paper: wild cherry (mft), choice snow white (te), handmade 6x6 (lily bee design)

ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copic markers, oval/scallop/circle spellbinders dies, sewing machine, thread, foam tape