Holiday Tag Alongs

Welcome to Day 3 of the peeks for the October release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today's release is a stamp set called Holiday Tag Alongs,  

 a set that's perfect for making tags this holiday season.

Instead of making a tag, however, I decided to use this set on a card...

I stamped the snowflake image twice on my card front and

stamped a sentiment from Inside Scoop: Holiday.

Like the card I made for Hello December, I embossed some snowflake dies on the front by running them through my diecutting machine with my embossing mats.

I added a snowflake diecut from vellum and a button with twine to finish it off.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using Holiday Tag Alongs. 

There, you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

I'm also linking up this card for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Inside Scoop: Holiday

Welcome to Day 2 of the peeks for the October release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today's feature is a stamp set called Inside Scoop: Holiday. 

Like the previously released Inside Scoop: Birthday,
it's a sentiment set that's perfect for the insides of your cards,
but also works really well on the front of them, too.

Here's the card I made with it...

I loved this sentiment and immediately thought of pairing it with one of my winter dies.
The little homes with the lights on (strips of patterned paper behind the windows) make me think of "the closeness of friends and the comfort of home."

I stamped my sentiment in Versamark and then heat embossed it in white.

Then I did the same thing with the tiny little circle stamp from A Wee Christmas.

I added the diecuts (using dimensional adhesive for the lower layer) and

matted it all on some patterned paper.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using Inside Scoop: Holiday. 

There, you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

I'm also linking up this card for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Hello December

Welcome to Day 1 of the peeks for the October release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today, we're featuring a stamp set called Hello December. 

It's a great set that would be perfect for making Christmas cards or using for Project Life
or in a December Daily album.

Here's the card I made with it...

To start, I ran my lime cardstock through my diecut machine with my large speech bubble die & my embossing mats, so it wouldn't cut my cardstock, only impress the die's image into it.

Then I diecut a smaller speech bubble and diecut an ampersand image from it.

I stamped the "merry" & "bright" images from Hello December onto cardstock, fussy cut them out and adhered them to my card using dimensional adhesive.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using  Hello December. 

There, you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

Thanks for looking!

A special adventure

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today's card was made using the sweet little bicycle from Breath of Fresh Flair 

and a sentiment from Everyday Expressions.

I had been looking through my 6x6 paper pads and came across this fun travel sheet. 

I decided it would be neat to used these stamps to convey the message that when we're together, everyday feels like an adventure.

I trimmed my patterned paper panel and adhered it to my card base. 

I diecut two frame dies from kraft and cream cardstock. 

I stamped my sentiment in black, trimmed it and adhered it to the kraft frame, 

on which I heat embossed my bike using red embossing powder. 

I added a thin strip of striped patterned paper and finished it off with some twine, 

because it reminded me of a package.

Thanks for looking!

"Suntime"

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today, I have a layout to share that I made using stamps from several different sets:
 Subway Series: Summer, You Said It, Sister & Breath of Fresh Flair
and Sketch #106 from Inspired Blueprints.

 

Here's my layout:

I decided to use some Echo Park patterned paper for my background, but wanted to add some stamping and inking to it. I stamped the polka dots from You Said It, Sister below my photo and then layered a title that I cut on my Silhouette over top, using dimensional adhesive.

 

To create a sunburst on my background, I used some post-it notes

and added some ink using a blending tool.

 

Using a masking technique, I stamped some of the words from the beach themed sentiment from Subway Series: Summer.

I stamped off the teal one a second time, slightly off from the first time,

to add a bit of a drop shadow.

 

To finish off my frame, I stamped the bird image from Breath of Fresh Flair and fussy cut out two of the birds.

I love this little detail, because the photos of Jonah and Sage perched on the back of the couch

remind me of birds perched on a wire.

Here's a close-up of my journaling:

Thanks for looking!

Getting more out of your stamps

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

 

Today's card was made with Everyday Expressions, in an unusual way. 

I inked up the back of several stamps in three colours to stamp my background, stamping off with each colour. Then, I went back and stamped the corresponding image overtop, stamping off again sometimes.

I trimmed my stamped panel and adhered it to my card, stitching it in place. I stamped a sentiment and then adhered a diecut frame, embossed with a woodgrain impression plate and wrapped with twine & buttons, with dimensional adhesive.

I'm linking these up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: use a rubber or clear stamp.
 

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday, FSS!

Fresh Squeezed Stamps is turning one this week
and we've been celebrating all week long!

I have a card to share using their new stamp Paper, Scissors, Ink. 

It's a subway style stamp that's perfect for card makers and scrapbookers. :)

I stamped the subway art sentiment onto a diecut in red ink 

and layered it over some Teresa Collins patterned paper. 

I added a die cut banner, on which I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from You Said It, Sister 

and the Crafty Friend sentiment from Ink, Paper, Scissors.

A Studio Calico wooden scissors and some buttons finish it off.

Be sure to head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog
to check out the birthday celebrations there
and to entered into the draws they're having this week!

Thanks for looking!

A Wee Christmas

Welcome to Day 3 of the peeks for the September release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today, we're featuring a stamp set called A Wee Christmas. 

It has some adorable and creative Christmas images in it, as well as some lovely sentiments!

Here's the card I made with it...

I had fun paper-piecing this one! 

I stamped three trees onto the mat, as well as that tiny little reindeer 

(I had to mask him a little... but he's so cute!) 

I found some patterned paper in my stash that I thought worked well with these folksy images.

I stamped one of the sentiments directly onto the patterned paper underneath.

A little twine finishes it off.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using A Wee Christmas. 

There you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

Thanks for looking!

Frightfully Delightful

Welcome to Day 2 of the peeks for the September release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today, we're featuring a stamp set called Frightfully Delightful.

That's right. You guessed it.... it's a Halloween stamp set. :)

I decided to make a tag for a treat bag using it...

I diecut the tag from some patterned paper and stamped my sentiment onto it. 

I also stamped the potion image and paper-pieced it.

A little button finishes it off.

Here's a photo of how I attached it to the treat bag.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using Frightfully Delightful. 

There you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

Thanks for looking!

Say Anything

Welcome to Day 1 of the peeks for the September release for 

Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today, we're featuring a stamp set called Say Anything. 

It's a sentiment set that has some creative sentiments in it, 

as well as a great background stamp.

Here's the card I made with it...

I stamped the background stamp onto kraft cardstock using Versamark 

and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 

I stamped one of the sentiments onto my mat die cut and added a wooden apple and some twine.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration 

from the other DT members using Say Anything. 

There you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

Thanks for looking!

You make every day special

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed 

for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today's card was made with three stamp sets: 

the little bicycle from Breath of Fresh Flair, 

the skyline from  On Trend 2013 

and a sentiment from Everyday Expressions.

I started by stamping the skyline in Versamark and heat embossing it with black embossing powder. 

Then I diecut some clouds from some post-it notes to make masks 

for when I added some blue ink to my card using my blending tool. 

I added some strips of patterned paper and stamped my bicycle. 

Then I cut a banner from my mat, stamped my sentiment and adhered it to my card, 

after wrapping it with twine. 

Some stitching finishes it off.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: to use a product from their store.
They sell Fresh Squeezed Stamps stamps. :)

Thanks for looking!

Thanks bunches

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

The card I'm sharing today was made with the oh, so pretty Everyday Expressions stamp set.

I used some Crate Paper patterned paper as my background and, while doing a bit of masking, stamped directly onto it, with the flowers, leaves and sentiment. I couldn't resist adding a scalloped border and some enamel dots to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Back to school

Well, it's back to school for us this week & I have a back-to-school layout to share 

that I made for Fresh Squeezed Stamps using Subway Series: Summer.

Now, before you assume that I'm super on the ball with scrapbooking my photos, 

I have to tell you, these photos are from two years ago. ;)

I used some school-themed patterned papers to go along with my photos.

I stamped the school sentiment onto black cardstock 

and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 

Then I dipped a paper towel into some white pigment ink 

and rubbed it over my sentiment to give a chalkboard effect.

There's a tab below the photo of my daughter with her teacher 

that you can pull out to read my journaling.

Thanks for looking!

Inside Scoop: Birthday

Welcome to Day 3 of the peeks for the August release for Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today, I'm featuring a great set for stamping on the inside of your cards: Inside Scoop: Birthday.

For my card, though, I decided to stamp one of the sentiments on the front of my card:

Using some patterned paper from a coordinating 6x6 paper pad, I cut 3x6" pieces & rolled them up with a piece of baker's twine in each one. Don't they make pretty candles? They go perfectly with the sentiment that I used from Inside Scoop: Birthday.

So head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration from the other DT members using Inside Scoop: Birthday. There you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

(I'm linking up this card to this week's Simons Says Challenge: Anything Goes.)

Thanks for looking!

Subway Series: Occasions

Welcome to Day 2 of the peeks for the August release for Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

I'm quite excited about the set that's being featured today... Most of you probably know that I love my Subway Series: Summer stamp set. So I was pretty happy to see that FSS is adding to their Subway Series stamps with Subway Series: Occasions.

There is a baby themed stamp and a wedding themed stamp in this set, but I decided to make a card using the girlfriend themed stamp.

I used some patterned paper from a 6x6 paper pad for my background and stitched it in place. I diecut a banner and stamped my sentiment in black-- I thought it looked very striking. A button and a little bit of twine finishes it off.

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration from the other DT members using Subway Series: Occasions. There you can see the full stamp set AND leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win it!

(I'm linking up this card to this week's Simons Says Challenge: Anything Goes.)

Thanks for looking!

Life of the Party

Welcome to Day 1 of the peeks for the August release for Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

There are some fun new sets being released this week and today, I'm excited to share a card that I made using a birthday party set called Life of the Party.

Here it is...

I decided to make a shaker card to complement this fun set. I stamped the balloons and balloon animal on the background card stock. Then I diecut a frame from some patterned patterned paper. I adhered some clear cardstock to back of it, as well as some foam adhesive all the way around the window opening. I poured some glitter on top of the stamped images and adhered my frame over top.

I diecut the banner and added the birthday sentiment Life of the Party. The "happy" is a stamp from another set being released this month..... more on that one on Thursday!

So, you'll want to head to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration from the other DT members using Life of the Party. There you will see the full stamp set AND have a chance to enter for your chance at the giveaway of this set!

Thanks for looking!

We deserve a party

Welcome to my Friday post, where I share a project that I've designed for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today's card pairs together two new sets that were just released last month:  Everyday Expressions and Sublime Citrus.

I used some Teresa Collins patterned paper for the background and made a "table" using a strip of Authentique patterned paper. Using the same technique as I did on this card, I created some vellum glasses and pitcher that I "filled" with pink lemonade.

I stamped an Everyday Expressions sentiment on a banner layered over a second pink banner. Just looking at this card has me longing for a glass of pink lemonade! Mmmm!

I'm linking this up to the Fusion #16 Challenge:

Thanks for looking!

Summer home decor

It's Friday and today, I'm sharing a project that I made for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

In the summertime, we like to bike around to garage sales. It's a fun activity to do together. A couple of weeks ago, we found this pretty frame for a $1 and couldn't pass it up.

When I saw the size of the opening, I decided that rather than filling it up with a photo, I would use  the Subway Series: Summer stamp set to create some summer home decor -- and was thrilled to discover that it fit perfectly!

I stamped the summer sentiment onto aqua mist cardstock in Versamark, which I heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then I ran it through my diecut machine with a woodgrain impression plate.

I added a decorative brad and some twine to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Watermelon Wonder

It's Friday! And that means that today, I'm sharing a project that I've designed for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

I made another card for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Watermelon Wonder, which Fresh Squeezed Stamps is sponsoring.

I love watermelon! For me, watermelon equals summer. So I used the Subway Series: Summer stamp set to make my card.

I stamped my sentiment onto some woodgrain patterned paper using three shades of ink, attempting to mimic the colours of a watermelon. Then I punched some semi-circles from the sides, tied some twine and added some buttons. Then I adhered my panel to the card with some dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

A little ad inspiration

It's Friday! And that means that today, I'm sharing a project that I've designed for Fresh Squeezed Stamps.

Today's project is a card that was inspired by the Old Navy ads that I've been getting in my inbox lately. Here's one of them:

I just love the orange lettering over that wooden plank background! I thought this would be so easy to replicate using Subway Series: Summer and some Authentique patterned paper.

I paper-pieced the sweet little flip flops from Beachy Keen with some Fancy Pants patterned paper. I love how I was able to mix in some clothing, just like the Old Navy ad!

I'm linking up this card to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!