I’m sorry for having abandoned you for two days… I didn’t shy off from stamping, in fact I was as busy as always! I started preparing stuff for the time that we’re off for a vacation after Christmas… lots and lots to make still! One only realizes how much gets posted every week, when that week’s taken from them
Anyway, I’m (again) late to the party… meaning the new challenge at the TSG blog!
It’s brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week- Theresa, and she has challenged us to make a card using the colors blue, pink, and red with a winter theme.

Now, I already had it established, that this combo is my absolute favourite for Christmas/winter this year. There is one more card with these colours, coming on my blog in Monday, and I can’t wait to share it
For now, I present you with this fun number, put together with the beautiful Snowy Days set by Torico:

Supplies: cardstock: Canson (pink, red), white; papers: Cosmo Cricket (Mitten Weather); stamps: There She Goes (Snowy Days); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Copics; Nestabilities Fleur De Lis Rectangles; twill ribbon; button: Basic Grey; corner rounder: EK Success; button twine; Liquid Pearls (Pastel Raspberry)

The inspiration for my layout comes from SC363:

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card the photo as your inspiration, , and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (December 12th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG134 so we can check out your beautiful work!

I’ll have one more post ready, in a couple of hours, when the next CASE Study challenge launches. See you then! xo

Hello, friends! This week’s challenge at the TSG blog is this beautiful inspiration, brought to us by Jackie:

On my card, I used one of my favourite sets, Wonderful Winter Wishes. It’s Torico’s style at it’s best…

Supplies: cardstock: Canson (turquoise, cream); papers: Aunthentique (Journey); stamps: There She Goes (Wonderful Winter Wishes); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Copics; Nestabilities Circles/Lacey Circles; Ice Stickles;edge distresser; seam binding; string; button; pearls: Flourish with a Bling

I played with the VLVNov2011 Week 3 sketch. I’m also entering the card into The Ribbon Reel challenge #16 - Anything Goes.

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card using the recipe, , and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (November 21st). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG132 so we can check out your beautiful work!

I’m signing off for the day, but I hope to pop in tomorrow! Have a great day!

We’re closing this month’s There She Goes release, with a simply wonderful set of stamp and matching dies, if I do say so myself! I’m in LOOOVE with this one

Torico is in the mood to make winter all warm and cheery. She has illustrated a fabulous set that will keep you in stitches or get you in the mood to make gingerbread houses and sugar cookies. The set includes hearts, stars, and snowflakes to create a one of a kind snowman or holiday tree. This set also includes six dies – so warm up your die cutting machine and let the baking begin. What set wouldn’t be complete without a few sentiments to add to your winter projects?

Warmest Wishes is a 4×4 set that includes a total of 23 stamps and six dies and will sell for $31.50.

I wanted to achieve the warm, glowing look on my card, as if these mittens were really comforting. I had so much fun putting them together! Firstly I die cut the shapes from cream cardstock, then stamped and cut out the mittens from patterned paper. I layered all of these on the circle panel, with foam tape under each layer. Luv me some dimension
A length of string, secured with tiny blobs of Glossy Accents, and “Glossified” stamped buttons on top, finished the mittens.

Supplies: cardstock: PTI (Fine Linen), American Crafts (brown), cream; papers: My Mind’s Eye (Lost & Found); stamps/die: There She Goes (Warmest Wishes); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Nestabilities Circles; brown pen; Liquid Pearls (Bisque); Glossy Accents; string; checked ribbon; button; border punch: EK Success

I used this beautiful, timeless sketch from FMS12, and just because I don’t have enough of the gorgeous inspiration in this week’s Tuesday Trigger: Red & Rustic, I let it guide my card as well.

Would you like to win the new Warmest Wishes 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 November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Good luck, and happy hopping!

Welcome to the second day of There She Goes release sneak peeks!! Did you enjoy yesterday? I’m sure you must have, for there’s nothing better than a bunch of new, wickedly gorgeous stamps, paired with the talent of the Trendsetters… hee hee!!

No two snowflakes are alike…each with a beauty of their own and Melyssa Connolly has captured the beauty of snowflakes in this new Holly Jolly set that are sure to make you wish it were snowing. This amazing set also includes a die! It’s a fabulous versatile set that will surely bring a holiday glisten to your projects – all you need to add is the glitter!

Holly Jolly is a 6×8 set that includes a total of 35 stamps and one die and will sell for $31.50.

And here’s my card…
I tucked the die cut with the stamped snowflake, under the panel with the snowman and the sentiment. This particular sentiment comes as single curved phrase, so I stamped it twice to get an effect of an image enclosed in a circle of words.
I also stamped some smaller snowflakes with brown ink, on patterned paper. I like experimenting with different colours of my stamped snowflakes, and so far they never felt wrong - brown, pink, blue - you name it! I encourage you to do so too… so FUN!

Supplies: cardstock: PTI (Ocean Tides), white; papers: My Mind’s Eye (Six By Six - Honey Cake); stamps/die: There She Goes (Holly Jolly); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa), Versa Color (Celadon); Copics; distressing tool; sewing machine; twill ribbon; buttons; Nestabilities Circles; chipboard snowflake: Maya Road; pearls/pearl brad: SEI; baker’s twine; glitter glue; paper lace

You might have noticed, that I also rebelled with the use of paper… yes, the brown DP underneath is covered with roses! HA! Does it work? I think so, but you tell me

The card is my loose take on Cardabilities sketch #43. I’m also playing with RCC30 - Holiday Hoopla.

Would you like to win the new Holly Jolly 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 November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Good luck, and happy hopping!