Sweet Saturday Challenge 2

Happy Saturday!

I hope your weekend is starting out fabulous! Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not play along with our challenge :)

So let me first thank you all for being so patient with us. We try to inspire you all in so many different ways sometimes it is difficult to figure out how to get it all to you without overwhelming you! Originally the game plan was to have a Thursday Challenge. However, we really felt like the post was so long and maybe just a bit too much. Enter Saturday to save us! From here on out the challenge will start on Saturday and end on Thursday at midnight.  We will also be announcing the winners with the new challenge.

Alright now let's get to this week's challenge!

Image Credit

Inspired by an Album Cover

If you remember from the first week I said we would be trying out all kinds of different challenges and this is one of them :) Ready for the inspiration parade?! I am!

Nicole using You Light Up My Life Digi

Anita using It's Raining

Jaime using Across the Miles

Ellen using It's a Man's World

Misty using You Light Up My Life Digi

Kelly using Scootin' By

Stephanie using God Bless America and Sweet Victoria 

Aren't these girls just amazing?! I love how differently each of us was inspired. Now I can't wait to see how you'll be inspired!

Interested in another free digital stamp to play along with? Nicole drew up this uber-adorable image for you to get inky with, so fun! Please be respectful of Nicole's design and use this stamp to join in the challenge. Also please review the Terms and Conditions.

Download Digital Stamp Here

The Rules

1. Create a new project using the Album cover as inspiration (edited 09/09/2012 as I cut and pasted the previous rules and forgot to update it :( My bad!)

2. You DO NOT have to use Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps to play along (although we would sure love to see 'em if you've got 'em!)

3. Upload your new project into our Flickr group and tag it with SSSweektwo. 

4. You can enter the challenge a total of 3 times. Each entry must be a new project. 

5. You can combine your entry with up to 3 other challenges. 

6. Submit your project by Midnight Eastern Standard Time on Thursday September 13th. *Changed it to a two-weeker. You now have until midnight on Friday September 21st*

The Prizes

One random winner will be chosen to receive one in stock stamp set (in varying sizes). If you are an international winner you will have to pay shipping costs.

Every week we will select a Top 4 to feature. At the end of the month we will put together the Top 16 and giveaway a spot as a guest designer here on the blog! 

Speaking of Winners . . . .

I am thrilled to announce Sweet Stamp Shop's first ever Sweet Tarts!

In no particular order . . .

duffyma_1999 (Michele) - Absolutely adorable little lady bugs!
mprantner (Miriam) - That sentiment on vellum is "so cool!" 
momma_audrey - Sweet little slices of gorgeous!
samanthamann11 (Samantha) - Heart buttons + Fluff Beard = Precious Gnome!
You four ladies will have your name thrown in the hat to be a guest designer here on the challenge. The lucky name will be picked at the end of the month :) and don't forget your winner badge too!

Last but not least our random winner of the stamp set is. . . . .

Mel9252  (Melissa Shea)!!!
Congratulations to all of you! Mel9252 Please email me at Kelly@Sweetstampshop.com with your shipping information by next Saturday September 15th. And we'll get a special set right out to you! 
________________SALE SIDE NOTE!

We're also extending our sale on the pre-orders 

(cause you guys have been awesome and 

pre-orders are flying in!) 

If you'd like to pre-order any of the new sets (they'll be

shipping by the end of next week!) use coupon 

code: PREORDER for 30% off the new stuff. 

Sale now good through Tuesday! 

(Once we get the sets in they'll be back at 

full price!)

Reminder of the new stuff.... 

Dream Ocean

3x4

Haunted House 

4x6

It's Raining

3x4

Head over to the shop to 

grab your pre-order 

HERE

Thank you all so much for playing along with us! Cannot wait to see your fabulous creations for this week!

XoXoKelly

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New Sweet Challenge! Come join us!

Hello Crafters! 

Today is the day! Are you ready for our first Sweet Stamp shop weekly challenge?! It's Kelly here to introduce you to it :) I cannot even tell you guys how excited we are to be sharing this with you! So without further ado the first weekly challenge is  . . . .drum roll please . . .  

Paper Piecing! 

Sweet Stamp Shop stamps are perfect for so many things but oh to paper piece them :) Makes me happy! I would like to note that you DO NOT have to use Sweet Stamp Shop stamps in order to play along. we understand everyone has a different stash and sometimes a certain stamp is just *perfect* for the challenge. However we would love to see what you create with our stamps too :) You don't currently own any Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps?! *Shock and Awe* there may be a way for you to get one *wink* keep scrolling*

Are you ready to see some SWEET projects from the design team? I sure am!

Let's start with the super sweet illustrator herself, Nicole! Using Sweet Tart and Packaged Pretty 

The fabulous Misty using The 'Core' of It 

The amazing Jamie using Sweet Tart 

Little old me, Kelly, using Happy Bugs, Furry Friend Forever, and Melvin and Vernie 

Lastly, we have the fantastic Michelle using Sweet Tart

Aren't these girls unbelievable?! Seriously, their talent is off the charts :) You can visit each of our blogs by clicking on our names or our inspiration photo. Spread some Love!

So did you happen to notice that adorable Sweet Tart image?! Would you maybe like to use that adorable Sweet Tart image? 

Okay, you twisted my arm LOL! Because Nicole is so sweet and generous she is giving away a free digital stamp for the challenge! Just click on the Download link below the photo. Please be respectful of Nicole's design and use it to play along. Also, please check out the terms and conditions too. 

Download Digital Stamp 

Besides her gorgeous inspiration project Michelle did something else amazing for you guys! She turned that digital stamp into a cut file! I know, right?! How super awesome is she? You can download the cut file from Michelle's personal blog. Thanks for being so SWEET Michelle! 

So we have inspiration, we have digital stamps, we have cut files, we have . . . rules . . .ack, I know, but we have to have some kind of game plan :)

The Rules

1. Create a new paper pieced project

2. You DO NOT have to use Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps to play along (although we would sure love to see 'em if you've got 'em!)

3. Upload your new project into our Flickr group and tag it with SSSweekone. 

4. You can enter the challenge a total of 3 times. Each entry must be a new project. 

5. You can combine your entry with up to 3 other challenges. 

6. Submit your project by Midnight Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday August 28th.

Now more fun stuff :) What can you win?

The Prizes

One random winner will be chosen to receive one in stock stamp set (in varying sizes). If you are an international winner you will have to pay shipping costs.

Every week we will select a Top 4 to feature. At the end of the month we will put together the Top 16 and giveaway a spot as a guest designer here on the blog! 

Are you guys as excited as I am? I can't wait to see all your wonderful projects streaming through our flickr group *squeeel* Need some more inspiration?! Okay good, because Ellen is here to share another paper pieced masterpiece with you! 

Take it away Ellen :) 

Hi Everyone! 

Ellen here with a little altered project for you today using the fun new Mermaid Stamp set called Under the Sea.

This is such a great set and can be used for a variety of projects. When I saw the seaweed,  I instantly thought of making my own flower.

I stamped the image in a variety of colors and then cut them out. Then I layered them and added a button and bow. 

Isn't that candle just gorgeous! and how creative is she? Seaweed flower? Completely beautiful! I hope you guys have been super inspired and will help us kick start this weekly challenge off fabulously! Don't forget to head over to the flickr group to upload your projects!

Hope you have a SWEET day!

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Against the Grain and Something New!

Hello Crafters!

It's Kelly here and I'm so excited to share my Sweet Stamp Shop projects with you! But before we get to the cards I have something even more exciting to share with you :)

Did you know that the Sweet Stamp Shop has a Flickr group?! Flickr is such an amazing tool not only for you to see our projects (even though there is a whole years worth of inspiration in the gallery) but for us to see yours too! :) We love seeing all the creative ways you all use Sweet Stamp Shop stamps! Plus it will give us a chance to tell you why we love your projects and share them with others!

Need another reason to go visit our Flickr? . . .hmmm . . . How about a challenge? Yep I said it, CHALLENGE! Squeel!! Every Thursday we will be posting a new challenge in our flickr group and we hope you'll play along! Nicole is super generous so there will be stamps to win as well as Guest Design Team spots! Are you excited? because I sure am!! The challenge will officially start next Thursday August 23rd and I can't wait to see what you make! Speaking of making things I do have some cards to share with you today :)

Today I decided to work with Against the Grain. Now for those of you who don't know me I should tell you I'm all about stretching my stamps. The most bang for my buck if you will :) So I'm sharing three cards with you using this one stamp set differently. Also all the sentiments are from Packaged Pretty. Ready?! Here we go!

For this first card I embossed with clear after stamping in black. I then dabbed on some super bright inks! I love bright colors with black and white, makes my little heart pitter patter :) I used the circle from Packaged Pretty but I masked the sentiment so I could replace it with the thank you. A little tip, my embossing came out really terrible because I didn't use a good black ink. My bad :( Since I wanted the black to really pop I went over the embossing with a black alcohol marker. You don't need anything fancy, a sharpie will do :) Alcohol markers will color embossing quite nicely making my dirty gray dark black! 

Next up Make your own embellishment

For this card I did the exact opposite of the previous one. I rubbed picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, and dried marigold all over my paper. Once dry (seriously you guys, if your distress ink isn't 100% dry you will have an embossing disaster! I learned the hard way :) I stamped the wood grain in versamark and heat set in clear. Then I rubbed black soot distress ink over the entire thing. Once you buff off the extra those colors POP! I die cut them into hearts and added some glitter. I think they look kinda zebra striped :)

Lastly, selective coloring

I heat embossed the wood grain again, this time using actual black powder (I swear I don't normally emboss this much! hehe) then used an exacto knife to cut out only portions of the background. I put the background down temporarily to trace where I needed to color with the distress inks. Once they were colored I just adhered the panel down flat. I thought it provided enough interest it could stand alone, after I added stickles to the colored parts of course!

Thanks for visiting us on the blog today! I hope you found something to inspire you :) Don't forget to check back on August 23rd for the new challenge, so excited to see your projects!

XoXo

Kelly

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