Skipping Stones Design Inspiration Challenge #136

Good morning!

Welcome to Skipping Stones Designs Inspiration Challenge #136!!

Here is your inspiration...

I love these colors and this MAP!!


Here is how I answered this challenge....

I used the fabulous SSD Victorian Summer set.  Gosh I love this set.  You can never go wrong using it.

I added some Distress Inks to the background paper, and in true distress fashion, sprayed it with water to blend the colors together!!

Would you like more INSPIRATION??  Check out what the fabulous design team has created this week...

Katie Gehring

Karen Baker

Wendy Price

JoAnn Valderama

and our guests

Laurel Seabrook

Deb Felts

Now it is your turn to inspire us!!  Using our Inspiration photo, create and upload your creation to the Skipping Stones Designs Blog.  Next week a winner will be chosen at random to win a free set of stamps!!!

I also need to announce the WINNER of Cupcake Cutie, Skipping Stones Designs Featured Set of the Month.

Drum roll please....AMANDA!!!! Congrats!!!

Send me an email with your mailing address and I will get your set sent to you right away!!

Have a beautiful day!

Skipping Stones Designs *NEW RELEASE* Blog Hop and a *NEW* Sketch Challenge!

 

Good morning!

Today, Skipping Stones Designs is releasing a new set called Breathtaking Butterflies!  Isn’t it beautiful!!

Our sketch artist for June is the wonderful Cyndi Bundy…

Here is my rendition of Cyndi’s Sketch…

If you just happened upon my blog today and are in the middle of the hop, start back at Skipping Stones Designs at the beginning. If  you came from Megan’s blog you’re in the right place!

Here is the hop order in it entirety,

Wendy Price

Stephanie Mino

Megan Aaron <---June Guest Designer

Wendy Jordan

Pamela Young

Cyndi Bundy <----June Sketch Artist and New Design Team Member

JoAnn Valderama

Connie Mercer <--- June Guest Designer

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring

Jennifer Ingle

You won’t want to miss the eye candy in store for you at Pamela’s blog!!  Can you say AMAZING!!!

Link up your original creations to our Skipping Stones Designs blog before next Tuesday for your chance to win a FREE set of stamps!!!

Thanks for playing along!!  I can’t wait to see what you create!  Have a great day!!

Speaking of butterflies, I have an extra Healing Wings for one lucky commenter!

Please tell me in your comment, what colors you love to color your butterflies when you’re creating!!

I can’t wait to hear!!  I will announce the winner next Tuesday on my blog post.  Entries will be accepted until Sunday, June 17th!!

Have a great day!

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #131, A Winner Announcement and some good news for me!!!!

Good morning crafty lovelies!!

We have  a brand new Sketch Artist, Cyndi Bundy!!  She is not only a dear friend of mine, but she will soon share a seat on this fabulous Design Team with me!!!  You have to check out her amazing blog.  She is one talented COOKIE!!!

I will be the first to admit, I took a few LARGE liberties with this sketch.  Cyndi….you don’t mind do you??

None the less, I did use the amazing Skipping Stones Designs set, Victorian Summer.  I kind of forgot how much I love this set!

This card is the result of some amazing Stampendous PEARLustre embossing powder and some heat embossing.  The color is called Tanzanite.

Last week, I posted that I had an extra “Grapeful” and today, I am announcing the winner of this FABULOUS set!!

Drumroll…..

Winner is #10, Jennifer Dove!!

Hey I know you!!  Email me (wendyjo72@gmail.com) your mailing address and I will get this to you ASAP!!

Thank you for all your great comments. I love to see what part of each set is everyone’s favorite. 

Keep checking back here for more SSD giveaway’s.  Here is the secret….I just received four sets in the mail this weekend for GIVEAWAY’s.

One more BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for me!!

I have been asked to join the PAPER CRAFT PLANET SUPERNOVA’s!!  Could I be happier???  NO WAY!!

You all have to run over to Paper Craft Planet and sign in and get involved.  There are challenges, tutorials, forums and your own gallery. 

It is a great place.  Once your there…look me up.  Here is a link to my profile!

Wendy Jordan….wendyjo

Before I forget, please check out all the fabulous designers that used Cyndi’s sketch for amazing creations!!

Cyndi Bundy, Sketch Artist

Megan Aaron <---June Guest Designer

Connie Mercer <----June Guest Designer

Jennifer Ingle

JoAnn Valderama

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring

Pamela Young

Stephanie Mino

Wendy Price

See you tomorrow!!!

Skipping Stones Designs Challenge #130 and a GIVEAWAY!!!!

Good morning!!  Today Skipping Stones Designs is hosting  a new challenge… A Color/Inspiration challenge.

Awww…this scene sure brings back some good memories….

I was inspired with the colors and the theme, to create….

I used Grapeful, the May release from Skipping Stones Designs, which is FULL of great sentiments.  This sentiment in particular really speaks to me “I’m outdoorsy, In that I like to get drunk on patio’s”.   Haha, cracks me up!!  I have plenty of girlfriends who will love this card.

I also used some fabulous papers from Canvas Corp and as beautiful ribbons from May Arts.

Please play along with our challenge this week and link your Inspiration challenge to the SSD blog.

AND

I am giving away Grapeful this week here on my blog!!  Please leave me a comment telling me which sentiment you like most from Grapeful and your entered to win your own set.  Please leave your comments by Sunday, June 3rd and the winner will be announced next Tuesday!!

Have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Paper: Vintage Cream (Papertray), blue chevron, ivory damask on cream (Canvas Corp);

Stamps: Grapeful (Skipping Stones Designs)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), marker (Tombow)

Ribbon: Turquoise Twill Stripe , Ivory Net (May Arts)

Skipping Stones Designs Release Day & The Twinery Blog Hop!!

 

Welcome to Skipping Stones Designs Release of Grapeful!!  A super fun set filled with hilarious sentiments!!

 

This week, Skipping Stones Designs has teamed up with The Twinery for our New Release Blog Hop!!

The Twinery is kind enough to be giving away a Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack  for one lucky commenter.  All you have to do is follow the Hop in it entirety and leave a comment.

Skipping Stones Designs has prizes too.  Another lucky commenter will win our New Release Grapeful and another mystery set.  Two sets to one winner!!

The deadline for leaving comments is 11:59pm EDT, Friday May 25th.  Winner will be announced on The Twinery Blog, Sunday May 27th.

If you just arrived from Kellie Winnell’s blog, your on the right track!!

I had a great time making this darling little pom pom with my Lilac Twine…

In addition to Grapeful, I also used and older set of Skipping Stones Designs stamps called Frills.  I stamped a few borders above and below my patterned paper.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Ocean Tides (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Venice (7 Gypsies)

Stamps: Frills, Grapeful (Skipping Stones Designs)

Ink: Versamark Watermark Ink (Tsukineko)

Twine: Lilac (The Twinery)

Extras: Lavender Liquid Pearls (Ranger), doily (Wilton), Tanzanite PearLustre Embossing Powder (Stampendous)

Our fabulous sketch artist this month has given you another beauty to play along with.

Link your creation to Skipping Stones Designs blog and one random participant will win a free Stamp set next Wednesday!!  It could be you!!!

Ready for more Skipping Stones Designs and The Twinery Inspiration and two chances to win fabulous prizes from each of these companies?  Head over to Lauren Brewer’s blog.

Be sure to check out all the stops today.  If you just happened upon my blog, here is the entire list.  Start from the beginning and enjoy yourself!!

The Twinery
Skipping Stones Design
Tiffany DeGough
Heidi Van Laar
Ashley Bores
Karen Baker
Jen Carter
Stephanie Mino
Katarina Damm-Blomberg
Jennifer Rzasa
Stacy Rodriquez
Jamie Cripps
Stephanie Mino
Kellie Winnell
Wendy Jordan
Lauren Brewer
JoAnn Valderama

Skipping Stones Designs is having a sale!!!

The PMS Sale has been extended! Yup! You have more time to take advantage of this great Purchase More Stamps Opportunity! Here are the details for you, again!

Buy ONE set: Enter PMS1 for 5% off!
Buy TWO sets: Enter PMS2 for 10 % off!
Buy THREE sets: Enter PMS3 for 15% off!
Buy FOUR sets: Enter PMS4 for 20% off!
Buy FIVE sets: Enter PMS5 for 25% off!
Buy SIX or MORE sets: Enter PMS6 for 30% off!

Have a great day!

Skipping Stones Designs Tips & Trick Thursday…Stamping on Acetate

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a  not so secret, secret to stamping on acetate!!  It is really all in the ink!!!

Here are my supplies:

Acetate, Skipping Stones Designs Beautiful Botanicals stamp set, Color Solutions Alcohol Inks by Dreamweaever Stencils, Felt Applicator and protection for my stamped surface.

I cut a 2 by 3 rectangle of acetate.

I applied a few drops of  Color Solutions Iceberg Ink to my felt applicator and started adding color to one side of the acetate.

I added a few drops Color Solutions Aspen Leaf Alcohol Ink to the felt applicator and daubed under the first color.

For years I stamped on Acetate, to reveal a black smeared image that I was disappointed in.  I was told  Memories Ink by Stewart Superior  would not smear on Acetate and of course, I had to see it to believe it.

Before stamping on the acetate, you will want to stamp on the side of the acetate that doesn't have alcohol ink on it.

I added Memories Ink to my clear stamp and placed it on my Acetate surface.  Low and behold....NO SMEARING!!

♥happiest girl in the world♥

PERFECTO!!!

Using a rectangle nestabilities die, I cut a rectangle out of the front panel of my card and then another rectangle out of a piece of a bit smaller cardstock.  I adhered my stamped acetate in the open rectangle of the front panel.  To give the inside a finished look, I adhered the second window panel of cardstock over the edges of acetate.

The finished product....

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

See you next time!!

Skipping Stones Designs Feature Friday with Heartsong!!

Good morning!

Today I am featuring a fabulous set, Heartsong…

This week, Skipping Stones Designs release Heartsong 2, so I felt it was only right to get out this older FABULOUS set and CREATE!!

As you can see from the image of the Heartsong set, this set has a sentiment for every occasion!

Today I chose a birthday card, for a dear cousin that is turning 18 soon. 

Just like Heartsong 2, this week’s sketch challenge went great with Heartsong!

Link your creation to the Skipping Stones Designs blog for  your chance to win a FREE stamp set from SSD.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Skipping Stones Designs NEW RELEASE Heartsong 2!!

Good morning!

Welcome to the NEW RELEASE Heartsong 2!!

Our April sketch Artist Dina Kowel has given us another beauty to work with this week.  Actually, Heartsong 2 is such a fabulous set, that it will work with any project you have!!

Dina’s sketch, as you can see I took a few liberties.

If you would like to win a FREE set of Skipping Stones Designs stamps, link your creation up to the Linky tool on the Skipping Stones Designs site!!

Good luck!!!

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #122

Good morning and WELCOME to Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #122!!

April is here and we have returning Sketch Artist Dina Kowel and Guest Design Team Members, Annette Allen and Veronica Zallis!!

We are going to have a lot of fun in April!!  I can feel it.  Let’s get this party started now!!

This week I was really eager to play with this older set from Skipping Stones Designs, but it is a set that I just received, Tropical Birthday!!  It is such a fun set!!

A few years ago, my Mom and I took the vacation of our lives in Maui, so I knew that this set was going to make a Birthday card for her!!  Her birthday is next week!!

It just so happened that this set and Dina’s sketch went PERFECTLY together!!!

The patterned papers I used for this card are from a fabulous paper crafting shop on Maui called Island Paperie!  They make their own Hawaiian paper designs there.  You can check their store online as well!!

The rest of the Skipping Stones Designs team has made fabulous creations this week.  Check out their blogs and leave them some love…

Jennifer Ingle

Katie Gehring

Pam Young

Lindsay Amrheim

Stephanie Mino

Wendy Price

JoAnn Valderama

Karen Baker

and our Guests

Dina Kowel

Annette Allen

Veronica Zallis

Supplies:

Stamps: Tropical Birthday (Skipping Stones Designs)

Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper: Island Paperie

Ink: Copic Sketch Markers

Extra: Stickles (Ranger)

I can’t wait to see what you create with Dina’s sketch!!  Link your creation to the Skipping Stones Designs Sketch 122 Mr. Linky, and you could win a FREE set from Skipping Stones Designs!! 

Have a great week!

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #121!

Good morning Skipping Stones Designs lovers!!

Angi Barrs has provided ANOTHER fabulous sketch for you this week!!

Today I used Heartsong!!  I love this set.  In April, SSD has a big surprise for our customers, HEARTSONG 2!!!

I love this sentiment from Heartsong!!

I want to show off my Geo Die!!  I have had this little beauty for a year and NEVER used it.  I love it.  You will have to check out their website, and see all the fabulousness!!

Angi’s Sketch

Are you ready now for some more Skipping Stones Inspiration???  Check out these chica’s…

 

Angi Barrs

AJ Otto

Amy Tsuruta

Lindsay Amrheim

Joann Valderama

Wendy Price

Jennifer Ingle

Katie Gehring

Karen Baker

Stephanie Mino

Pamela Young

Are you ready to win a stamp set from Skipping Stones Designs?  Link your creation, using this week’s sketch to the SSD blog!! 

We can’t wait to see what you  will create this week!!!

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #120

Good morning!! Welcome to another Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge!!

Angi Barrs has provided us with another fabulous sketch this week!!

I did some slight tweaking to the sketch….

I chose Skipping Stones Designs Grunge this week. I stamped my background with Big & Juicy Hydrangea ink and popped up the front panel with punched holes and added the birthday sentiment!!

We’d love to see what you can create with Angi’s sketch!!

Link up your creation at the Skipping Stones Designs blog this week for your chance to win a FREE Skipping Stones Designs stamp set!!

Skipping Stones Designs Blog Hop with Scor-Pal!!!

Hello, friends! Today Skipping Stones Design is excited to be releasing another BEAUTIFUL stamp set! It is called Beautiful Botanicals and it is a must have!!! And, even better, Skipping Stones has joined up with the fabulous Scor-Pal team for an amazing blog hop! The hop will begins at the Scor-Pal blog and will finish off at the Skipping Stones blog! If you came from *Steph's* blog you are already on track! If no, you may want to hop on back to Scor-Pal to join in on ALL the fun! Don't forget to leave comments! Skipping Stones Design will be giving away one stamp set to a lucky winner and Scor-Pal is giving away a Scor-Buddy, so there is lots to win!

Now it's YOUR turn! Join in the sketch challenge this week by creating a card using the featured sketch and link up to the Skipping Stones site for your chance to win FREE stamps! You don't have to use Skipping Stones Stamps, but we love when you do! Do you have a Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy? We would love to see you rocking those, too!!! We ask that you don't combine the challenge with more than five total in your post (including SSD) and please link back here! Have fun! Your next stop on the hop is *Tami's* blog! A HUGE thank you to Scor-Pal for providing Scor-Buddies to the Skipping Stones Design Team! We LOVE THEM!!!! Here is the complete hop order for you, just in case!

Scor-Pal Blog

Lindsay Amrhein

Diane Zechman

Katie Gehring

Gini Cagle

 Stephanie Mino

 Karen Baker

Anji Barrs

Lisa Andrews

 JoAnn Valderama

Katie Tate

A.J. Otto

Jennifer Ingle

 Steph Ackerman

 Wendy Jordan

Tami Mayberry

Pamela Young

 Amy Tsuruta

Kandi Phillips

Virginia Nebel

Wendy Price

Skipping Stones Design Blog

A ♥BIG♥ Skipping Stones Welcome!!!!

Good morning!!  Welcome to Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #118 AND two NEW designers as well as our sketch artist, Angi Barrs and our March Guests, AJ Otto and Amy Tsuruta!!

Angi brought us this fabulous sketch…

For my card this week, I am *sneak peeking* Heartsong 2, to be released in April.

I included some pretty die cuts from Spellbinders!

We’d love for you to play along this week.  Follow Angi’s sketch and link it up at the Skipping Stones Designs blog, for your chance to win a FREE stamp set!!!

Check out these gals for more Skipping Stones Designs inspiration…

Our Guests…

Angi Barrs

AJ Otto

Amy Tsuruta

Our Designers…

Jingle

Katie Gehring…Yep, Moxie Fabber of the Week!

Pamela Young…NEW DESIGNER…WELCOME!

Lindsay Amrhein….NEW DESIGNER…WELCOME!

Stephanie Mino

Wendy Price

Kandi Phillips

Karen Baker

Joann Valderama

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #117

 

Welcome to Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #117!!!

We have another fabulous sketch from Kazan Clark!

 

I couldn’t wait to use this new set!!  This is a small sneak peek for March’s,  Beautiful Botanicals!!

Here is Kazan’s fabulous sketch!

Would you like to win a Skipping Stones Designs stamp set??

Play along with this week’s sketch and link it to Skipping Stones Designs blog, and we will announce a winner next Wednesday!!

Do you need more SSD inspiration??  Check out the rest of the team projects this week!!!

Taylor

Jingle

Katie

Wendy P.

JoAnn

Kandi

Stephanie

Karen

and our guests

Kazan Clark

Barb Turpin

Cyndi Bundy

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge and “Tweetheart” Sale continues!!

Welcome to Sketch Challenge 115 and the release of Sassy Cats 2! If you just came from Skipping Stones Design’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.

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!

Head over to Karen's blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!

Wendy J.
Karen
Kazan
Shannan
Cyndi
Taylor
Kandi
Barb
Wendy P.
Stephanie
Jingle
JoAnn
Katie

Skipping Stones Designs is also have an AMAZING sale and a chance to get Heartsong Two, which won’t be released until April!! Buy three sets and get Heartsong Two FOR FREE!!! Check out how amazing the images are…

We can’t wait to see what your going to create with Kazan’s sketch. Please link your creation to Skipping Stones Designs!!!