TSG "Oh Snap" Blog Hop Challenge

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Today is our fourth and final night of new release peeks, and we are finishing up with a set that is sure to appeal to all the cardmaking, scrapbooking, camera wielding stampers out there!!

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.


OK, I'm going to be a bit cheeky (pun TOTALLY intended!)

I probably should have showed off more than just that little pin and the funny sentiment from this stamp set for a sneak peek, but I am sure my fellow Trendsetters will be showing you more of the images from the stamp set so keep on hopping!  As soon as I saw this set, this idea popped in my head to combine this set with one of my favorite TSG stamp sets called Ba Donkey Donk.  I couldn't get it out of my head so I went with it for this blog hop. Hey, it's just another fun way to use this set!   I cut a frame out of PTI brown CS then re-cut it several times so I could layer them to give the frame dimension.  I colored the "picture" of the donkey with copics.  I added some brown jute for frame's wire,  colored one of pin images from the new stamp set, cut it out, and adhered it to the jute to pin it to the "wall."  I paired it with some DSP from the We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor 6x6 paper pad.

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.

ISSC13 - Birthday Turtle

Happy Friday, everyone!  Hopefully you will have some time to craft this weekend and will play along with us for this week's iSpy Sketches Challenge!

This week the talented Dawn Mercedes is the source of our inspiration.  You can check out her SCS gallery HERE!  Our sketch this week is based on THIS card of Dawn's.

Here is my take on the sketch:

I am playing along with this cute new Whimsie Doodles image called "Birthday Turtle."I colored the image and cut it out so I could pop it up with foam dimensionals over the oval panel.  I distressed the edges of the oval panel and added some tea dye distress ink.  I also sponged the clouds with some SU bashful blue ink.  I paired some DSP from the Simple Stories Happy Day 6x6 paper pad and some PTI dark chocolate and ripe avocado CS.  I added some natural jute and tied a double bow.  The sentiment is the "Happy Birthday" Verve Stamp.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here's how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.
• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC02), and link it up over on the iSpy Sketches blog.Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12.01 AM EST, and you have until noon on Wednesday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Thursday" post where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying:" your creations!

Be sure to check what the other Special Agents have created for some additional inspiration!

Angela Thomas

Tobi Crawford 

Christyne Kane 

Vicki Dutcher

Danielle Daws

Jessie Rone 

Kim Teasdale

Jenny Peterson

Vicki Zimmer

TSG Bombdiggity Blog Hop Challenge

Today is day THREE of this month's New Release Blog Hop Challenges, and today we have our second set from Torico, but our THIRD for this month's release!!

Our second of THREE Sets being released from Torico this month is so awesome, it’s EXPLOSIVE! Approach these SUPER CUTE girls, with their frazzled hair, with caution….they just might EXPLODE!  Bombdiggity is the PERFECT set for showing JUST how excited/happy/proud you are of that special someone in your life….and it’s just FUN!

CAUTION!!---may cause you to SQUEEE due to OVERWHELMING cute-ness(or sing You Dropped a Bomb On Me…Baby, for DAYS)!!

Bombdiggity  is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 24 stamps and will sell for $18 .

HA!  Don't you just love her hair?!  I went with some color blocking for this card and I was diggin' the red, black, and white theme for this Bombdiggity set.  I colored her with copics and then stamped the sentiment on red panel.  I stamped it again on white CS and paper pieced the word "bomb."  I added some black licorice Divine Twine and tied a double bow.

Would you like to win the new Bombdiggity 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.

TSG "A Little Treat" Blog Hop Challenge

Today is day two of this month's Blog Hop Challenges, and we have a SUPER adorable set from Torico for you today!!

Torico has cooked up a set this month that I am sure you will be DEMANDING seconds of!! Her whimsical cakes, and adorable chefs, are sure to serve up the PERFECT birthday card for ANYONE on your birthday list! She even threw in some coffee, because that’s how we at TSG ROLL….right out of bed to the coffee pot!

 A Little Treat is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 12 stamps and will sell for $15.

I started with a PTI white CS base and then I stamped the background stamp from the set in Momento tuxedo black ink to make the bakery floor.  I colored the images with copcis and cut them out.  I mounted over the color blocked panel created with DSP from the Fancy Pants Designs Summer Soul 6x6 paper pad.  I popped up the sentiment panel with foam dimensionals and added some black vintage seam binding from the Ribbon Carousel.

Would you like to win the new A Little Treat 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, April 28^th, with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

All That Scraps Challenge

Wednesday means it's time for anotherAll That Scraps Challenge!  This week you have a choice for the the challenge.  The can be "something simple" or "something torn"  I chose to go with the "Something simple" choice and made a CAS card using the newly released C.C. Designs Laugh Lines Garden Rubber Stamp.

I started with a PTI white CS base.  I due cut the grass using the MFT Die-Namics Fresh Cut Grass.  The DSP is from the Dots and Stripes Soda Fountain 6x6 paper pad.  I colored the image with copics, cut her out, and popped her up with foam squares.  I stamped the A Muse Art Stamps sentiment in Momento tuxedo black ink.  Finally, I rounded the bottom two corners of the card with my Corner Chomper.

We hope you will play along with us this week!

Here are a few rules:

• Your project must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store.  It will be deleted if not.
• Link up with Inlinkz on the blog by May 8th.
• Prize for this challenge is 5 C.C. Designs digi stamps of the winners choice

Now be sure to check out what my talented DT members have created for this challenge!

• Tracy
• Dangina
• Janine
• Kim O'Connell (that's me)
• Michelle 
• Rachel
• Mimi

TSG Blog Hop Challenge - Cutie Pi

It's my FAVORITE time of the month!  Today is the first day of the There She Goes Clear Stamps Blog Hop Challenges!  Me and my fellow Trendsetters will be showing you some of our creations with the new stamp sets that will be released Saturday night!  There FOUR new stamp sets being released this month so we'll have 4 consecutive says of hops with each day featuring one of the new sets.  Hop along and leave some love for me and my fellow Trendsetters for a chance to win!

Lets get started!

Melyssa and her ADORABLE characters are back this month with another SUPER AWESOME set!! Whether making a card for a boy or girl, young or old, this set will be PERFECT for congratulating them on a job well done, or letting them know how you REALLY feel! Scientifically speaking, it’s the perfect SOLUTION.

Cutie Pi is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $18.

EEEEK!  I just love Melyssa's images!  SO fun to color!  I decided to go with a very linear lay out to go along with the scientific theme of this card.  I colored the images with copics and added some Diamond Glaze  to the goggles.  I paired it with some PTI pure poppy, white, and black CS.  

Would you like to win the new Cutie Pi 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 28^th, with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

RCC50 - Scootin' By

Did you see the news about our Birthday celebration!?! Make sure you come back next Tuesday for the party!!

We are excited to have our friends at There She Goes as this week’s challenge sponsor! It is no secret thatJessica Knutsen and Corinna have become fabulous friends during their crafting journeys. “I love this girl, her designers and stamps are amazing and the DT is incredible!” is how Corinna describes Jessica and her team. Soooo, we thought it only fitting that Jessica and her team help us celebrate the last challenge of our first year!

There She Goes Clear Stamps offers high quality photopolymer stamps in designs that you will love to use. Jessica’s love of designing stamps came while looking for different tree stamp sets. “I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for, so I decided to design my own.The first set that I ever designed was Branching Out. I had so much fun that I designed a few more. I was so happy with the end results, that I wanted to be able to share my stamps with others.” From elegant to playful, we have something for everyone!

Jessica is giving this week’s lucky random winner a gift certificate of $25 to spend at the There She Goes store!

I decided to ink the adorable There She Goes Clear Stamps Scootin' By stamp set to play along with this week's challenge!

I colored her with copics and paired her with some DSP from the Simple Stories Fabulous 6x6 paper pad  and some PTI Hawaiian shores, oranange zest, and dark chocolate CS.  I added a few pearls and some walnut brown vintage seam binding.  

Be sure to head on over to the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog to see what my fellow Crewmates have done for this week's challenge and by sure to link up your creation!

What's Cookin'?

It'sTuesda! It is time to show off an adorable by Lori Designs images for BLD Tuesday! 

I've got a cute card to show you today made with a sweet image called

Lollipop Lil Chef Girl by Lori Designs.

Isn't she sweet?!  I think she one of my favorite BLD images!  She reminds me of my daughter when she was into making gross little cakes in her easy bake oven!  HA!  I colored her with copics and paired er with some DSP from the Simple Stories Baby Steps 6x6 paper pad and PTI kraft and dark chocolate CS.  

I printed the image from my computer and used one of the died from the MFT Die-Namics mini tabs quartet  dies.  I added some brown jute and tied a double bow.  

Be sure to check out what my fellow DT members have created this week as well with these cute images on the by Lori Designs blog!  

Paper and Such Challenge - Mother's Day Cards

Ready for a Paper and Such Challenge?  

This week are are challenging you to make something with a Mother's Day theme! 

I decided to use the Splicoast Stampers CAS166 sketch for my inspiration.

I stamped the daisies from the Daisies stamp set in Momento Tuxedo black ink.  I colored them with copics and then used an X-Acto knife to cut them out.  I layed them over a PTI black CS cicle and a PTI raspberry fizz CS strip.  "Nana" is from the Kids Speak stamps set.  I added 3 black pearl to embellish.

Now c'mon and play along with us!  There aren't a whole lot of rules here....because, well....

we want you to have fun and not have to worry about rules!

~ so....here are just a few stipulations ~

You can use any image, from anywhere in the whole entire world.

You may enter twice for each challenge - just to keep it fair.

Link up your creation on the Paper and Such Design Blog!

There's a prize up for grabs!  

Be sure to check out what my fellow DT members have created for this challenge!

• Julie Smith
• Janice Melton
• Amber Hillman
• Pattie Goldman
• Kendra Sand
• Meredith Winston
• Stephanie Mino
• Noami Gong
• Mindy Young

TSG153 - Sketch Challenge

This week on the There She Goes Clear Stamps Blog, we are challenging you to create a card based on our sketch!  I love me a sketch challenge!  I decided to ink up the adorable "Under the Weather" stamp set to play along this week.

I colored the image with copics and paper pieced the umbrella.  I used some pretty DSP from the Doodlebug Designs Hello Spring 6x6 paper pad and some PTI lemon tart and black DSP.  I added some gorgeous sky mauve vintage seam binding from the Ribbon Carousel.  Love that stuff!  

Here is the sketch:

Hop on over to the There She Goes blog  to see what some of my fellow Trendsetters have done with this sketch!  Wile you are over there, sign up for the Mother of All Blog Hops to participate in a There She Goes Blog Hop with the Trendsetters and have a chance to win some prizes!  Over $400 in prizes will be up for grabs!  Details are HERE! 

ISSC12 - A Great Dad

Alright, my crafty friends!  The latest iSpy Sketches Challenge has been posted and I hope you'll play along with us!  It's a good one!

This week one of my favorite crafty peeps is at the root of our inspiration!  It's Melyssa Connolly!  I am on her Whimsie Doodles Design Team!  She is also an illustrator for There She Goes Stamps and I am on that Design Team as well so I am lucky enough to get my hands on all of her images!    We are using THIS card of Melyssa's for our inspiration this week:

And here is the sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

 I started with a PTI fine linen CS base.  The image and sentiment are from the There She Goes Clear Stamps Dadisms stamp set which I stamped on PTI vintage cream CS.  I distressed the edges and added some PTI tea dye duo around the edges.   I colored the image with copics.  I paired it with some DSP from the Simple Stories Yearography 6x6 paper pad.  I added a PTI dark chocolate button and some natural jute.  

Here's how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.
• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC02), and link it up over on the iSpy Sketches blog.Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12.01 AM EST, and you have until noon on Wednesday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Thursday" post where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying:" your creations!

Be sure to check what the other Special Agents have created for some additional inspiration!

Angela Thomas

Tobi Crawford 

Christyne Kane 

Vicki Dutcher

Danielle Daws

Jessie Rone 

Kim Teasdale

Jenny Peterson

Vicki Zimmer

The Paper Shelter Challenge #60 - Wings & Things

This week's theme for the Paper Shelter Challenge is "Wings & Things."  

There are so many cute Paper Shelter digi stamps that fit this theme, 

but I finally settled on using Bee Bear!  I think he's so stink'in cute!

I colored him with copics and sponged some A Muse Studio latte ink 

around the edges of the image panel while it was still in the nesties.  

I paired it with some gorgeous DSP from the Fancy Pants Fabulous 6x6 paper pad 

and some PTI dark chocolate and vintage cream CS.   

Come on and play along with us!  Just head on over to the Paper Shelter Blog to link up your creation!  We have some great prizes up for grabs. If you use a TPS image on your creation you have a chance of winning a $20 voucher. If you use another brand of image you are up for a chance of winning three images of your choice.

B sure to check out whet my fellow DT members have cooked up for you this week for some added inspiration!  

An

Bente

Debra

Judith AKA "Bella"

Kim (that's me!)

Louise

Marie

Shari

Tracey M.

Tracey V.

All That Scrap Wednesday Challenge

It's everyone's favorite kind of challenge this week at the

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge blog.

It's an "Anything Goes" Challenge!

I got to ink up one of the newest C.C. Designs images that was just released last week!

Her name is Rainy Day Birgitta. 

I colored the image with copics and paper pieced her dress.  The DSP is from the Doodlebug Design "Hello Spring" 6x6 paper pad which I paired with PTI lemon tart and white CS.   I added some PTI lemon tart ribbon.  

We hope you will play along with us this week!

Here are a few rules:

• Your project must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store.  It will be deleted if not.
• Link up with Inlinkz on the blog by April 24th.
• Prize for this challenge is 5 C.C. Designs digi stamps of the winners choice

Now be sure to check out what my talented DT members have created for this challenge!

• Tracy
• Dangina
• Janine
• Kim O'Connell (that's me)
• Michelle 
• Rachel
• Mimi