Challenge #191 Fall

Hello from Virginia!  
Since it's Tuesday, it's time for a new weekly challenge! This week's theme is...

FALL

Take a look at these fall creations from our talented DT Sweeties...

Donna K

Irit Shalom

Kendra Sand

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

Shelly Schmidt

We'd love to see your fall creation, so come play along! {Cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, etc.} You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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Our Monthly Technique Challenge {Chalkboard Technique} runs through October 14th so come play along for your chance to win FREE stuff!

***Check back throughout the week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties and Guest Designers!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Fall Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #138 Fall is...

Daniele

 

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree at shop.SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a NEW technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Happy stamping!

Fall - Guest Designer Penny Ward

Hello and welcome to the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog.

Penny Ward here again as a Guest Designer today, and Fall is in the air. YAY!

Are you ready to Make a Card?

The base of this card is Olive Green & Rust card stocks.

I then stamped Leaf Corner on two corners of white card stock that is cut slightly smaller than the base card. Colored the leaves with Spectrum Noir markers.

I cut the large focal point leaf with my Silhouette Cameo from white card stock. It has been inked and then stamped with the sentiment Staggered Thinking of You.

I absolutely love this sentiment stamp!!! Just sayin'

I love Candy Corn, so I just had to color in the odd shaped "O" like a piece of yumminess.

Oh hush, I know that is not a real word, but as you get to know me better, you will find out I make up words. :)

Hoping you like what you see...maybe stop by my blog for a visit sometime.

Many hugs and thanks for coming by today,

Penny

Let's go Shopping:

White, Olive & Rust card stock

Stamps: Leaf Corner & Staggered Thinking of You (Sweet Stamps)

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Clear Embossing Powder (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Spectrum Noir Markers (Darice)

Embroidery Thread

Liquid Pearls: Hot Cocoa & Cantaloupe (Ranger)

Challenge #138 Fall

Hello crafty friends. Are you starting to see signs of autumn near you? It sure has cooled down here in Michigan! It's Tuesday and time for another SweetStamps.com weekly challenge! This week's theme is...

Fall

Take a look at these fantastic fall creations from our talented DT Sweeties and check back this week for some more inspiration from our Sweet Guest Designers!

Annette Andersson

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

Denise Paxton

Erika Selander

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill*

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

We'd love to see your fall creation, {remember: altered art, ATCs, cards, mixed media, scrapbooks, etc. are welcome} so come and join the fun! You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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Don't forget, our Monthly Technique Challenge {Paper Piecing} runs through October 14th. Check out all the monthly challenges here.

Next week our theme is Tags. Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!

 

Shades of Autumn Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #83 Shades of Autumn is...

Suzanne Dean

 Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Challenge #83 Shades of Autumn

Happy Tuesday everyone. The weather is getting cooler, and school's back in session so it must be fall. Our challenge theme this week at SweetStamps.com is

Shades of Autumn

We'd love to see your fall card creation, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Take a look at what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week we have a fun theme for our challenge: Viewmaster Cards. Don't forget to stop by to see what our DT sweeties have created for you next week!

Happy Stamping! Hope your week is super sweet!

:) stacey

Embossing Plate Fun (without a machine)

There are so many looks you can get with one embossing plate, here are just a couple to get you started:

No machine required for these two techniques!

#1.  Litho Plate Transfer

Rub Shades™ dye ink directly onto plate, place cardstock onto inked plate and use a brayer to evenly transfer ink from the plate to the cardstock.

For the sample to the right, I used Shades™ dye ink in Tank green on the E127 Foliage Embossing Plate by Dies Direct and used a wide rubber brayer to transfer the ink to white CS.

#2.  Reverse Image Stamp 

MagicStamp™ Foam Block required. Make a reverse image stamp of the pattern on the plate by heating up a block of magic stamp foam and pressing it into the plate while warm. Ink the foam like you would a stamp, and when you stamp it on cardstock you’ll get a reverse impression of the pattern on the plate.

The sample pictured here was created by pressing a MagicStamp™ Foam Block onto the E127 Foliage Embossing Plate, inking with Shades™ dye ink in Paprika and stamping onto white CS.

Check back soon for even more embossing plate fun!