Happy New Year

Hello there!  How is everyone?  How was your Christmas?  Our's was fantastic and we have had a week full of fun get togethers.  We even get to make a fun little getaway for New Year's!  Today I am sharing a great New Year's card using Sweet Stamp Shop sets!  I used Sweet Alpha Doodles, Sweet Victoria, and Cool Scoop (for the hearts) to create a sparkly, pretty card!

I had fun incorporating all of these stamp sets into one card and making it sparkly and shine like New Year's should be!  I used some dark blue shimmer cardstock and some silver cardstock with silver ink and lots of glitter!!  I love how the word background turned out on the bottom, such a fun thing to do with alphabet stamps!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and a great start to 2012!  I'll be back after the holiday, another Sweet Stamp Shop release is on the horizon! 

Sweet Christmas

Hello there!!!  Only three more days until Christmas and I have a fun last minute card to share!  I used some Sweet Stamp Shop sets to create this super simple card, easily made and completely mailable!  I used Sweet Alpha Doodles to create the focal point sentiment strips and Tree Traditions to create the background. 

First I created the background with red and green inks using the larger two snowflakes from Tree Traditions on a crisp, white card base.  Then I made my banners using Sweet Alpha Doodles, easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting today and everyday!  I wish you and your's a very Merry Christmas!! 

Merry Christmas

Another Christmas card to share with you this week before the big day!  I really enjoyed putting all of these elements together - woodgrain stamp from PTI, sentiment and heart from Hero Arts, snowflakes from My Cute Stamps and patterned paper from Echo Park.  Just a little homespun looking card made just for a good friend of mine.  Well, I'm making this short and sweet tonight and wishing you a great week!! 

Reverse Masked Tree

Happy Wednesday!  I have another masked Christmas card for you today.  This time I used the reverse mask from the one I shared the other day.  Just used Eclipse to create my mask - this stuff is irreplaceable when it comes to masking.  Again I used my Mint Motif stamps - Beyond Borders and Very Merry Sentiments - available at i {heart} papers. 

Very basic card, I added glitter to outline of the tree again and this time I used gray ink for the sentiment and added one simple pop of red with the rhinestone at the top of the tree.  This card is a little flatter than the one I shared the other day and therefore easier to mail.  I just might make a couple more of these since I just love how they turned out!!  But first I need to make a few gift tags...I am off to work on those now.  Have a great day!

Look at them Apples

It's Tuesday and my day to post a sweet card for you!  Today I used the super cute set, "The Core of It" from Sweet Stamp Shops very first release!  I can't believe it has almost been 6 months!  Nicole has some super cute things coming up in January too, you won't want to miss them!  I combined the apples with a partial sentiment from "Hello Beautiful" for a simple card. 

I started by simply stamping some of the apple slices on Kraft cardstock and coloring them a bit with green, red, and a white gel pen for the seeds.  Then I trimmed them out and decided to overlap and line them up along my card.  I used a pretty piece of patterned paper from Echo Park as a background, love those polka dots!  Then I punched a fancy label and stamped just the Hello sentiment.  I lined it all up and adhered before deciding to add two cute buttons - quick and easy!

So that's it today, a cute card easy to customize for any occasion or with a different color scheme!  Thanks for visiting today and I hope your week is going great!

Masked Tree

Happy {almost} Monday everyone!  The beginning of another week, the last week before winter vacation for us and another week closer to Christmas!  My children are both so excited about Christmas this year, the youngest (3) is old enough to grasp the concept of the holiday and all the fun that surrounds it.  My husband (random side note - I am not saying hubby anymore since apparently there are tons of people who cringe at the word!  Are you one of them??) and I successfully completed our holiday shopping goals this weekend and it wasn't even overwhelmingly crowded!  Just a few little things to put together and lots of holiday baking (the fun part for me) and I am finished with all my tasks. 

So here is another Christmas card I made last week using Mint Motif stamps - Beyond Borders and Very Merry Sentiments; both available exclusively at i {heart} papers!  I made the tree mask myself with some paper and a ruler, super simple with a bit of measuring.  I then stamped the bubble border (my name for it;)) in alternating colors of green (Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress inks from Ranger).  I thought it needed a little definition from the rest of the card so I quickly added a glitter border (just used a fine tip glue pen to add the glitter) and a shiny red button and sparkly rhinestone at the top.  I added the sentiment to the center of the tree, fits perfectly I think.  The  little scalloped edge on the bottom is actually a piece from Echo Park's Season's Greetings collection that I just punched.  What a simple and totally reproducable card right?!  And you could definitely leave the button off to accomodate mailing it. 

So have a wonderful week, I have another "reverse masked" card like this one to share later in the week!  And some Sweet Stamp Shop goodness too!!  And by the way, I lowered the price of all the Stampendous and My Time Made Easy stamps on my sale page, email me if you see anything you like!  Thanks for visiting!

Sparkly Christmas

Happy weekend!  Can't believe there are only two weeks until Christmas!  A perfect time to share this cute, sparkly card I made the other night.  I have had this idea for a while and finally made time to create it.  I used Echo Park's Season's Greetings collection for the ornaments, I just punched them out using a few different sized circle punches.  Then I added some glitter, isn't it so pretty, just like Christmas! 

I "hung" each ornament from baker's twine, this is from The Twinery and I love it!  The sentiment is from Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas set.  This set is full of perfect sentiments for the holidays, I love the combination of fonts used!

So there you have it, a quick and fun Christmas card.  If I made all my cards I could definitely see reproducing this one!  I did however send out all my photo cards last week, hooray!!  Now I will send a few of these handmade cards to some special friends.  My husband and I are going to attempt to finish our Christmas shopping this weekend, wish us luck!!

Scrapbook Steals!

Woohoo, have I got a deal to share with you today....just head on over to Scrapbook Steals to see some super special pricing and bundles of Sweet Stamp Shop sets.  One or two just *might* be sets that haven't been released yet, but you can get them first!  In fact I can't even share my project with you today (just the teeny tiny peek above) cause I made it with a yet to be released set, but click on over to their blog and you can see it in it's entirety and lots of other great *new* samples by the whole DT!  Happy shopping!  Have a great weekend!  Eeeek, only 16 more days until Christmas!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Day

Welcome to release day for Sweet Stamp Shop!!  Hooray, today you can buy any or all of the three new sets!  Today we are all showing off the new set, Buddy Bee.  It is perfect for all dog owners and lovers.  The dog is so cute and all the accessories are perfect!  Again, if you made it here from Donna's blog, you are right on track.  If not, you might want to start back at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!

I immediately thought of Clifford when I saw the cute dog in this set, maybe it's because my three year old watches Clifford almost every morning!  At any rate, along that vein, I had to make a red dog!  Isn't he cute!!  I really like how this tag turned out, perfect for tying around a little treat for your four legged friend!

Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:

Sweet Stamp Shop

Julie Ranae

Savannah O'Gwynn

Lindsay Amrhein

Donna Mikasa

Geny Cassady

Aga

Leigh Ann Baird

Nicole Rixon

So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. For an additional entry, just "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog, and ours too!

And one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!
One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25 and it's good through this Sunday!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a great weekend!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Hop Day 2

Hey there and welcome to the first day of Sweet Stamp Shop's new release hop for December. There are three sets being released on December 2nd - that's Friday!! Today the DT is showing off projects made with the new set Spectacle.  This is a cute set with images of glasses, perfect for all of us geeks:)!  So if you got here from Donna's blog, then you're right on track. If not, you might want to start at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog so you don't miss a thing!!

So here's my girly, geeky card!  I just love the girly colors and the little hearts on all the glasses - which I had to add glitter to, of course!  And that patterned paper is so cute, it's from Echo Park, the Springtime collection!  I added a little die cut sentiment, nothing fancy just a fun card! 

Anyhow, be sure not to miss any inspiration today and hop on over to Aga's blog next! And just in case you want the whole list in order, here you go:

Sweet Stamp Shop

Julie Ranae

Savannah O'Gwynn

Lindsay Amrhein

Donna Mikasa

Geny Cassady

Aga

Leigh Ann Baird

Nicole Rixon

So, you know Nicole wouldn't have a hop without some prizes right??!! This time, she is offering a giveaway of each of the new sets. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. And for an additional entry all you have to do is "like" Sweet Stamp Shop on FB and follow their blog!

And for one more bonus entry:
Share our give-a-way and new release blog hop with your friends on facebook, your blog, or just maybe in an email... let us know you did so on our facebook wall... and presto, another entry!

One more thing, on Friday when all the sets will be revealed in their entirety and go on sale, there will also be a new release sale! You can get 25% off any set of your choice, including the new releases! The coupon code is NRD25!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!!