It's not too early to get a start on Christmas cards! We're already more than halfway through this year (yikes!), and Christmas will be here before you know it. My inspiration for this card is the song, O Christmas Tree. I used a musical note background stamp from Skipping Stones Design on a kraft card base. Then, I built a little 'forest' of gilded trees on top of an embossed oval. The trees are from both Hero Arts Merry Christmas Trees and Stampin' Up!'s Patterned Pines. The gilding comes in the form of gold Smooch ink, some golden sequins, and a gold-embossed star. Stamps: Timeless Texture background - Skipping Stone Design; Merry Christmas Trees - Hero Arts; Patterned Pines - Stampin' Up! Accessories & Tools: gold sequins, gold embossing powder, Holiday Frame embossing folder - Stampin' Up!; Gold Smooch Ink; Copic markers

It's the first Saturday of September, which brings us a fabulous new Sketch For You To Try, a new sponsor, and a new guest designer, Alyssa from ACS Paper Creations. In addition, we're excited to add two new faces to the SFYTT team: Becky Carafa and Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)! Welcome, ladies! This month we're being sponsored by Skipping Stones Design, makers of some of the funniest stamps available! Take a minute to browse through their products -- prepare for a chuckle, a snort, even a full belly laugh. While you're there, you'll also notice some more "serious" sets, including one of my very favorites, Healing Wings, which I've used today. This set just speaks to me -- the butterflies, the encouraging sentiments, the beauty. The various papers I've used today are from the "Rosy" Lost & Found Two collection by My Mind's Eye. The doily die and matching border die are by My Favorite Things. Here's the September sketch: I love the rounded corners, but had to leave those out as my corner rounder bit the dust a while back. I must get around to replacing that! For more sketch inspiration, visit the amazing, talented SFYTT Sisters: Jen del Muro with August guest designer Alyssa Amber Hight Becky Carafa Carole Burrage Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) Jen Tapler Jodi Collins Kerry Johnson Megan Lock Susan Liles Terri Moore 1. The SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY {SFYTT} will be posted on the first Saturday of each month on www.iheart2stamp.com at 8am EST and will stay open to participants until the last day of the month, unless otherwise noted. 2. This is for fun! Interpret the sketch as you wish and embellish as desired. There are no vendor restrictions, but we would love to see you use the sponsor’s stamps! 3. Each month we will have a Designer of the Month that will be chosen from past month’s participants. 4. Come and play with us on each and every sketch! On Christmas Day 2011 a prize package worth over $200 will be given away to one very lucky and loyal SFYTT stamper that participates in EVERY sketch for the year. 5. To be eligible for the prize package, you must complete ALL of the sketches by each of the deadlines AND link your creation to the link system on that month’s sketch post (the first Saturday of the month). Everyone except for SFYTT Sisters are eligible for the prize package, including Designer of the Month and international players. 6. When posting your sketch creation on your blog, please post the sketch and link back to the sketch post on www.iheart2stamp.com. When posting to online galleries, please use the keyword “SFYTT.” Have a great weekend! Stamps: Healing Wings (Skipping Stones Design) Paper: Papertrey Rustic Cream and Fine Linen card stock, My Mind's Eye Rosy Lost & Found Two dp Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Old Paper Distress Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, My Favorite Things Decorative Doily Duo and Faux Crochet Border Die-namics dies, Papertrey Fine Linen satin ribbon, distressing tool, Papertrey button, May Arts natural burlap string Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Good morning friends! Today is Tuesday, which means there’s a new sketch over on the Skipping Stones Design blog :) I kept this card pretty simple as I wanted to do some old fashioned stamping on most of the card. My sister asked me if I make masculine cards and I do, but not many. So this was the perfect opportunity to showcase this fun set, Grunge, and work on my masculine card stash. I stamped the background with Sahara Sand and the sentiment in Chocolate Chip. Heavy metal eyelets, twine and a button round out the masculine elements :) See, it’s not always a girlie girl card! LOL Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day :) what’s in it? stamps: skipping stones design Grunge paper: pti kraft, cream, su espresso, My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose dp ink: su sahara sand, choc chip accessories: su eyelets, pti twine, buttons, banner die, corner chomper

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I was feeling extra creative today so I decided to enter another card challenge for Skipping Stones Design. I love challenges ... they inspire me and introduce me to designs that I may not have typically chosen for myself. This is the sketch: This is what I created: Cards are fantastic for using up scraps and especially a card like this! So if you scrapbook like I do and have lots of scraps left over, this is a great use for them! Used: Authentique Journey Bazzill Cardstock in White Adirondack Dye Ink in Espresso Hero Arts Clear Stamp The Twinery Twine

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I have a card for you using this month's SFYTT sketch. I was lucky enough to win some blog candy earlier this month (thanks to Buttons and Bling) and it included this cool stamp set by Skipping Stones Designs called Heartsong. I love the vintage style and the sheet music imprinted images in the set. The timing was serendipitous because the sponsor for September's sketch just happens to be Skipping Stones Design! I stamped the music staff image repeatedly across the cardstock to create a pattern and sponged the edges to soften it up. Then I just added the layers following the sketch as shown above. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the Dark Chocolate layer to continue with the music theme, as well as add a nice bit of texture. I love how it turned out! Stamps: Heartsong (Skipping Stones Design) Ink: Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Marjolaine, Nordic Holiday (Basic Grey) Misc: Allegro embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Standard Circles (Spellbinders); corner rounder (Crop-A-Dile)

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In addition to margaritas and the mariachi, today also brings us the May SFYTT, which is sponsored by Skipping Stones Design, home of some of the funniest stamp sets in the industry. Here's what we're playing with this month: I was in the mood for something soft and pretty this morning when I sat down to stamp up today's sample (nothing like waiting until the last minute), so I pulled out my all-time favorite Skipping Stones Design set, the classy and timeless Healing Wings. I stamped one of the beautiful butterflies onto pink paper, then trimmed it out, curled the wings for dimension, and attached it to a patterned gray Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die-cut. All of the papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Evangeline Mini-Deck. Accents include crinkled seam binding, burlap string, stick pins, mini rose ribbon, adhesive pearls, and distressing. Missing is some stitching, and that's because my brat machine is broken -- again! Grrrr. Visit the SFYTT Sisters for more sketch inspiration: Jen del Muro with designer of the month, Annie Rose Amber Hight Becky Carafa Carole Burrage Jen Tapler Jodi Collins Kerry Johnson Megan Lock Susan Liles and our newest Sister, Tracy Shultz (Welcome Tracy! Woohooo!!!) Hope you'll join us at SFYTT this month! All the how-to is in the graphic below (click to enlarge): Have a fantastic weekend, friends!

Hello and welcome. I’m a guest over on the Skipping Stones Design Blog and I created a card for the Anything Goes Challenge. I decided to work with a fun set that is a continuation of THIS and THIS set… I stamped the bra image on to a piece of THIS patterned paper. I added THIS ink to the edges to make it pop. I created a clothesline using some string and cut little black rectangles to resemble clips. I did some watercolor...Continue reading

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**Edit** Sorry for the delay on the post!! I was gone all yesterday and had this scheduled to post but didn't realize it never posted! Good morning! Today, is my fifth and final week as Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Design. I want to say a Huge Thank You!!! I have really enjoyed creating the sketches and the cards and being able to see how the other designers use the sketches to design their cards. I am very excited to share my card and sketch with you today! Here is the card that I designed for the sketch. I used Birthday Purses stamp set from Skipping Stones Design and paper piecing with My Mind's Eye Paper. Here is the sketch for this week. Supplies Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Birthday Purses Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White; My Mind's Eye Hazel Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S5-034 Parisian Accents Accessories: Want2Scrap White Baby Pearls, My Mind's Eye Brads Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments over the past few weeks!! I have really enjoyed being a Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Designs!!! Thank you so much for stopping by today!! Hugs & Smiles, Heidi

Hi Stampers! Happy Friday! And it's the last Friday of the month, which means it's time for the Skipping Stone Design challenge. After a month break we are back and this month the challenge is Summer.

3rd Annual Skipping Stones Designs Blogs For Boobies Charity Hop Bras Volume #1 by Skipping Stones Design Before I tell you about this hop, I'd like to mention my mother in law Vena, who is currently battling breast cancer. She has had a mastectomy a few weeks ago and is feeling good. Now she's preparing to begin 10 weeks of chemo over the summer. After a routine mammogram, it was discovered that she had a lump. Because this is a rapid spreading cancer, without that early detection, her survival chances would have been so much less. So, make sure you get checked! Hello, today I'm happy to be a part of this amazing hop, this is day 7 of a 7 day event! All of the money raised through the silent auction, on our blogs, will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation, via the coordination of Heather Timmins and friends from Skipping Stones Design. Not only are ALL the cards and projects up for auction but Skipping Stones DesignSkipping Stones Design is also donating $2 to the cause for every stamp set sold during June 1st-14th. SSD is celebrating "Blogs 4 Boobies" with the release of 6 ALL NEW Stamp sets. You can shop here. You can also help by bidding on any project in this hop, make sure you tell your friends! How To Bid! In the comment section below, fill in the dollar amount you'd like to bid on my card and include your email so I can contact you if you've won. We recommend a starting bid of $5 or more. Remember your bid includes shipping as well as the card. 100% of the money your bid will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Thank you for your generosity! Once you have entered your bid/comment sit back and wait. If someone out bids you then you may bid again. Bidding will continue on my card until 8:00 p.m. Mountain time June 8. The "Winner of the Auction" Will be the highest bid (that includes an email address)in the comment section of the MOST RECENT blogs 4 boobies post at the end of the silent auction. Please note that ALL cards/projects WILL BE REPOSTED seven days after their initial post. MY auction will end at 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time June 8. What Happens if you win my auction? Once the winning bidder pays via PayPal and I receive notice from Skipping Stones Design I will ship your card to you. Shipping to USA addresses only. That is how you stamp out cancer!! If you have any questions I direct you to the SKIPPING STONES DESIGNS Blog for more details:))) Here is the list of other Bloggers Posting their cards for auction today. Skipping Stones Design Lisa Fish Lee Ann Barrett AJ Bodine Deborah Felts Kara Stainbrook Majo Wybranietz Kim Klinkovsky Kandi Phillips

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Hi Everyone, I am over at the Skipping Stones Design blog today with my card, using this beautiful set called Let it Be This is the set: Don't you love the chevron butterfly? I sure do! I first heat embossed it in gold and then stamped it in black and fuzzy cut it. I water colored around the edges of the butterfly. Let it dry and added black splatters. Wrapped gold embroidery thread around the black butterflies waist and mounted it with a thin strip of foam tape for extra dimension. I hope you liked this! Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge - use Patterned Paper (small strip on this card)

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Hi everyone! Welcome back for another Skipping Stones Design Tuesday where every Tuesday we bring you a new sketch to try out. This weeks is another sketch by the fabulous Amy Sheffer! I used the sketch and Skipping Stones Design Halloweenies set to create Boo Bags. My boys love going and "booing" their friends during the Halloween season! Instead of two stripes I used three to mimic candy corn. To create the spider web, I twisted tulle tightly. Gotta love tulle! The spiders are super easy to make. I have a tutorial for them up on my blog...HERE. Be sure to link your card to the Skipping Stones Design Blog!

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I promised a fun announcement yesterday, but before I get to that, just wanted to let you know that Verve's New Release Spotlights have begun! Head to the Verve blog for a list of all the Divas offering peeks today, and mark your calendar for Friday's release party, at 9 pm EST in the Verve Forum! I can't wait to share my peeks tomorrow and Thursday (truth be told, I can't wait to make them -- how's that for last-minute?). Today, I'm thrilled to be guest designing for Skipping Stones Design and more specifically guest sketch designing. SSD posts sketch challenges every Tuesday. I encourage you to check them out and play along! I'll be there all month long! For lots more sketch inspiration, head over to Skipping Stones Design to check out what the SSD design team and guests have put together. Plus, there are chances to win goodies! In fact, I have a set to give away today... more on that in a minute. But first, here's sketch #58: And here's my card, featuring the super cute and humorous Gray Hares stamp set. (outside) (inside) Awwww, isn't that cute? One of my very best friends is celebrating her birthday today, so I made this with her in mind. Happy Birthday Becky! I did my coloring with Copics, and the papers are all from Basic Grey's Marjolaine 6x6 pad. For the grass, I used the grass Die-namics die by My Favorite Things, and the clouds on the inside were also cut with a Die-namics die. Lots of stitching on this one. I am soooooo over hand-stitching and will be taking my ailing machine in for repair this week! I've been meaning to since before Thanksgiving!! Would you like to win Gray Hares??? Just leave a comment here on this post for a chance to win! Deadline is Thursday at 11:59 pm EST. I'll do a random drawing and announce a winner on Friday! Good luck!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! Stamps: Gray Hares (Skipping Stones Design) Paper: Papertrey white and Aqua Mist card stock; Basic Grey Marjolaine designer paper Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Aqua Mist Accessories: Spellbinders Lacy Circles Nestabilities, Papertrey button, May Arts white burlap string, green satin ribbon (source unknown), Kaiser black adhesive pearls, My Favorite Things grass and clouds Die-namics dies, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder, paper piercer, needle, and thread Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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Good morning! Today I am very honored to be participating in the 3rd Annual Blogs for Boobies Card Auction coordinated by Heather Timmins of Skipping Stones Design. I am very fortunate to not have any personal experience with breast cancer (and I sincerely hope to never hear that word in a doctor’s office); but I […]

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I'm sure you have already seen the gazillions of coffee cards across blog land this week and I could not resist adding one more! It is the week for the 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I just had to combine the coffee theme with this week's new challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Welcome to Sketch Challenge 115 and the release of Sassy Cats 2! If you just came from JoAnn's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened along my blog today, start at the beginning of the hop at Skipping Stones Design. The entire hop order is there and you can hop from blog to blog with ease. Well, due to my recent travel schedule, I do have a card to share showcasing Sassy Cats, but it does not follow the sketch. Sorry Kazan! Sassy Cats is one of those hilarious sets that Skipping Stones is famous for! I couldn't resist using this kitty image paired with one of the many funny sentiments included in this set. You see, I have always been told by my helpful friends and family that if you have to ask, that's your answer (LOL)!! I stamped the rear facing kitty on white cardstock with black Memento ink and colored him in with Copics. I then drew a frame with some zig-zags around the image and mounted in to a chartreuse rectangle. I stamped the sentiment on a word bubble sticker from the Paper Studio and adhered it to the card. The arrow is a piece of chipboard that I covered in cardstock and also added a hand drawn border. The patterned paper is from KI Memories.The completed card front was then adhered to a card base on kraft cardstock. Here's another look: If you would like to play along with this week's sketch challenge (and who wouldn't love to win some free stamps??), just upload your take on this week's sketch to the Skipping Stones blog. Here is the sketch to use for this week's challenge: Also, Skipping Stones Tweetheart Sale has been extended another week to accommodate the release of Sassy Cats. Here's how it works. Buy any 3 stamp sets and get Heartsong 2 for FREE. Heartsong 2 won't be available for purchase until April, so this is your opportunity to be one of the very first to get your hands on what is sure to be another best-selling set! Here's a peek: The sale is being extended for one more week only, so don't delay and order today! Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers’ blogs. This month we are welcoming Cyndi Bundy and Barb Turpin to our team as Guest Designers! Kazan Clark will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the sketch we're using in today's hop! Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day! Katie

Hello again, if you're looking for my Skipping Stones Stamp & Share Challenge #2 post, please click here or just scroll down. Today, Skipping Stones Design has the honor to take part in the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I created this fall-themed coffee card using images from the Skipping Stones Design Funny Coffee Vol.#1 stamp set. I colored the coffee travel mug with Copics and fussy cut it. The patterned papers are from Echo Park and Fancy Pants. To cut out the striped patterned paper I used a Simon Says Stamp «Stitched Circle» die and matted it with another circle of Dark Brown cardstock. I also die-cut the SSS «Circle Loops» from Ivory cardstock. The banner die which I used for the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!. I cut a thin strip of Coffee Glitter Cardboard and also punched out a little heart. The pretty wooden leaves are from my stash and I tucked them behind the coffee travel mug which was adhered with doubled-up foam tape. I embellished my card with Enamel Dots from Studio Calico and My Mind's Eye. Now please head over to the Skipping Stones Design Blog to see what the DT created for this special hop. SSD is giving away a Funny Coffee set and a $15 gift card! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Good morning! Today, is my fourth week as Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Design and I am very excited to share my second card and sketch with you. Here is the card I designed for this weeks sketch. I used the Heartsong stamp set from Skipping Stones Design to design my card. I used the music border to create a background and then I inked and distressed the edges.Here is this week's sketch for Skipping Stones Design. SSD#69 Here is a close up of the sentiment in the upper corner.Here is a close up of the sweet little bird image. I stamped the image of the bird three times, once onto the label, then the oval and also on another piece of paper. I colored the bird with Copic markers and then hand cut the image, added 3D Foam Squares and layered the images.To make the diecuts I used the Grand Calibur™ and S5-027 Labels Twenty-One, S4-110 Classic Ovals Large and S4-328 Foliage die templates from Spellbinders™ to cut/emboss the shapes.I added some Black and Baby Blue Rhinestones from Want2Scrap for corner accents around the label and a Prima Rose. Supplies Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Heartsong Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Posh Green Crepe 65#, Posh Sky Blue Crepe 65# Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Vintage Photo, Antique Linen Distress Inks; Copic Marker E15, E25, E31, B000, B02, B21 Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S5-027 Labels Twenty-One, S4-110 Classic Ovals Large, S4-328 Foliage Accessories: Want2Scrap Black Rhinestones, Baby Blue Rhinestones; Prima Rose; Beacon Adhesives™ 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue™; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares; Distress Tool Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Terrific Tuesday!! Hugs & Smiles, Heidi

Hello, I am back for today DT's post over Jay Gee's Nook. I love making bookmark and thought of this stamps set "Beautiful Botanicals" from Skipping Stones Design just works well and it could be done by mass produce. More variety colours of bookmark... Hope you get some inspiration from today post. Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy Sunday to everyone! Warmer weather is on the way and that makes me happy! Today’s Ann’s color challenge for the Paper Players makes me happy, too: Woohoo, I love it! I used the Skipping Stones sketch 71: And here’s my card: This color combo is fresh & and bold—even though Poppy Parade is not one of my “go-to” colors!! I realized I had been neglecting my wheels, so I used Friendly Words to make my banner, and an image from Dreams duJour for my focal point. They are both stamped on Textured WW cardstock, as is my card base, and the main image is watercolored with an aquapainter and ink: I just love that canvasy look the textured cardstock gives! This is just such a happy card! I have to admit, I was feeling smug because I actually started my card on Thursday evening and had it all finished, when I realized that I had used the wrong neutral---ACK!!! Would you like to see the first version? Here IT is: I had this idea in my head for days----but I used Ivory cardstock for my main image. It’s okay---I need a congrats card for a special couple who tied the knot in a Western ceremony---so it will still get used! But I had to regroup and quickly make another card---any excuse to stamp more, right? And I used the Fall to Layout 135 for this card: I sure hope you can find some time to play with these wonderful colors Ann has chosen. Make sure you gallop on over to the Paper Players to find out all the details and share your creation with us too! First card: Stamps: Dreams duJour, Tiny Tags, Friendly Words jumbo wheel Paper: Text & WW, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, DP: PP & SS Patterns, Elegant Soiree, Sew Suite Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, So Saffron Acc: Aquapainter, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Brads, Sewing Machine, Tiny Tag punch, dimensionals Second card: Stamps: Out West, Occasional Quotes, Sanded, Woodgrain, Plane & Simple Paper: Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Naturals Ivory, PP Patterns DP Ink: So Saffron, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze Acc: Pinking Hearts Border & Star punches, Nestie, Paper Piercer, Crumb Cake marker, Vintage Trinkets, dimensionals

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