1 week from today the Gray Hare sets and Chick Chat sets will be available for purchase. 

To celebrate we will be having a design team blog hop! 

Here is a look at the entire set called “Gray Hares”available on March 16th!

 

Here is the amazing Sketch number 15 from Sgt. Stamper:

She used gray hares to make this adorable card:

Mary Giemza worked her “Copic magic” on this lone chick from Chick Chat. I Love how she made the flower out of cut and embossed Nestabilities (scalloped circle). She crinkled them up a bit and inked to edges and viola – it is so cute! If I have time to make a card tonight I am so going to try that!!!

Next is Michelle’s take on the sketch. She used Chick Chat for one, and Gray Hares for the other:

Now here is the entire set called “Chick Chat” it also will be available for purchase on the 16th of March.

Here is how Erin used Gray hares for this darling card:

Here is the inside too:

Angela used Gray Hares as well to make this fantastic card: I am loving her darling background! 

Here Chelsea used Chick Chat to make her “Cheerup chicka” card:

Now who wouldn’t love to get that card in the mail.

Here is Kandi’s take on the sketch. She made this yummy looking cookie card with a mix of stamps from the following sets:buns and crunches, and chocolate volume 1:

Here is a colorful card from Jackie Pedro using an unrealsed Bra stamp set…

Here is a colorful card from Sankari, she used Chick chat and one of my favorite sentiments on that set:

 Here is Peggy’s wonderful creation.  She used Buns-n- Crunches to make this stylin’ journal.

I hope all these great cards inspired you to give  this sketch a try. Since I am done writing this post a smidge before midnight I am off to give it a try myself!  Maybe I’ll share what I came up with. That is, if I don’t fall asleep while making it ;0)

I can only imagine how hard it would be to get a glue dot out of your hair. 

 On second though maybe I’ll go to sleep, rather than risking finding out about glue dots and hair the hard way.

Before I go one more last important annoucement : 

FREE Stamps ALERT!

There is a special bonus next week….  

 “Sassy Snow” (a $14.50 value)yours for FREE

Just buy “Chick Chat”and”Gray Hares”+ one more set of your choice=FREE Sassy Snow!

Release date -unknown

 *I wrote this fun variation on the snowman poop poem.  Now you can use it for Winter birthdays, as well as little gag Christmas gifts. I also get a kick out of the sassy snow woman.  The other snow person is sweet and happy kinda the opposite of “miss sassy” up top!

Be sure to come back next week for the Design team hop!!!  We will have some random blog candy to give out. Until then…

Happy Stamping!

Heather

 I want to thank you all for your amazing support in this effort to raise money during the hop(e) for Haiti. 

The money was donated to the Red Cross.  So not only will it go to help those in Haiti, it will also help the survivors of the Chille Earthquake as well.

Here is how the money stacked up:

Ebay auctions of stamps and amazing designer cards. Brought in:$328

*this donation included the shipping charges as well as the winning bids

*Each of the unsold cards were purchased by SSD for $5 -because We LOVED them;0)

The $2 donation for every stamp set sold during the two week fund raising period added another $ 178

The Grand total of money raised and donated was an amazing

$ 506

I was so excited to reach our goal for this fundraiser! 

From the bottom of my heart Thanks you to all the participants ans supporters.  We couldn’t have done it without you !

Our next fundraiser will be in September/October. 

All proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

We will also be releasing a new volume of the Bra stamp sets during that fund raiser!

  This month we are featuring guest designer Jami Bova aka “Sgt. Stamper”.She has come up with 5 Fantastic sketches for the month of March!  Be sure to come back each week and check them out.  Also you will be seeing a sneak “peep” at two new stamp sets that will be for sale mid month…… and one “test marketing set”

Here is our weekly sketch challenge  SSD014 courtesy of Jami Bova:

Jami’s darling take on the sketch using the new set “Chick-chat”

We are also THRILLED to announce that we have two AMAZING Guest Designers on our team for the month of March.

1st We have Sankari Wedgeman.  You can see more of her fabulous creations on her blog called: Sankari’s Sunshine Corner  I go their all the time to see her refreshing a distinctive style.

On her fantastic Card Sankari used stamps and sentiment from the new “Gray Hare” set:

Our second Guest designer joining out team this month is  Jackie Pedro.  Her blog “the Scalloped Edge” is another blog I frequent for inspiration, and Oh so cute ideas!

Jackie also used stamps and sentiment from the Gray Hare set on her delightful card:

Now here are the fabulously stylish stamp tramps and their take on this weeks sketch!

Michelle Giraud did two amazing cards this week!

First she used “Sassy Snow” our test marketing set to do the great card below.  You have to see the rest of the stamps on this set to understand the title.

She used “Gray Hares” for her second fabulous creation!

Mary Giezma also used Gray Hares for her festive card, love the inside on this too!

Here’s a darling card from Peggy Russel using “Chick-Chat”

Here’s another cute card from Chelsea Van Wyk.  Thanks to Chelsea the sentiment she used below is part of the stamp set ;0)

Here is a cheerful card from Kandi.  She also used a stamp and sentiment from “Sassy Snow”

I LOVE the Color combo she chose, the patterned paper is perfect too!

My appologies to Angela Thomas for not getting her chick chat and hare stamps to her earlier.  Angela is one of my favorite Canadians!  Even though her hockey team beat my hockey team(U.S.A.) we’re still friends:0)
She used Healing Wings in the beautiful card below.

COME back next week for a Peek at the entire sets that will go on sale March16 th after a DT hop….

Happy Stampin’

Heather

P.S. We will have a special Blog announcement(in the next couple days) of how much money you helped us raise in the “hop(e) for Haiti”

 The fundraising for Haiti is going to continue until Sunday at Midnight!!!

The response was so overwhelmingly positive~ We decided to continue the fundraising for another 6 days! 

For everystamp set sold, Skipping Stones Design will donate $2 to the Red Cross and their efforts in the Haitian relief effort. This donation per set will continue till Sunday at midnight!

Now here is the last sketch from the amazingly talented Belinda Chang.  We are going to miss her creative and fun sketches around here!

 Kandi Phillips put “Dandelion Dreams” to work in this cheerful creation:

 Mary Giemza used “Rustic Tiles” to create this lovely Irish blessing card:

Chelsea Van Wyk used and unreleased stamp set “Poppin’ By” to create this colorful card:

Peggy Russell used “Healing Wings” to create this beauty:

Check back next week for:

1. A new sketch challenge from our March “Sketch Artist” Jami Bova aka”Srgt. Stamper”

2. The announcement of the grand totall of money raised for Haiti

3. To find out who our two Design team guest are for the month of March

4. More sneak peeks at our new March stamp sets….. 

Click here for the ENTIRE PAGE of auctions  

Links to 4 fun new (pre-release) stamps

Chick Chat

Gray hare birthday

Brrrthday

Sassy Snow

Nice big pictures for super sized sneak peek.

*Here are the Auctions for incredible cards 

by your favorite designers:

Amy Sheffler Card Ending Suday Night

Jennie Harper Card Ending Suday Night

Auctions Ending Monday evening/night:

Jackie Pedro Card

Chels Van Wyk Card

Deb Felts Card

Jeanne Tomshack Card

Angela Thomas Card

Bev Rousch Card

Erin Grotegut Card

Dawn Easton Card

Peggy Russell Card

Sarah Masteller Card

Debbie Fisher Card

Kim Teasdale Card

Mary Giezma (Gift & Card)

Latisha Yoast Card

Sharon Perry Card

Karen Giron Card

Kathi Carlson Card

Jamie Bova Card

Jen Del Muro Card

Kandi Phillips Card

Michelle Giraud Card

Sankari Wegman Card

Wendy Price Card

Laurie Schmidlin Card

Courtney Baker Card

Belinda Chang Langer Card

Heather Timmins Card

Remember all the money goes to the Red Cross.

Hop(e) For Haiti:

A few weeks ago I was seriously suffering from P.M.S. Poor Me Syndrome. I was sitting on my couch trying to pass my third kidney stone in about a month. Then on the TV came a special coverage story about Haiti. I was speechless as I witnessed tragedy, survivors, heartbreak, and devastation.

I realized that my physical pain would pass but for the people of Haiti life would never bee the same.  Those who survived still faced amazing struggles, and heartbreak beyond imagination.

But what can I do?  I’m just one person- I could only make a small donation- see I started to get back into P.M.S. again.  Then I remembered a saying coined by those who raise money for breast cancer “together we can make a difference”.

Which lead me to think of you.  The warm, and supportive, group of paper crafters who make up our on-line community.  I knew that if I was able to bring us together for this cause that we could do something amazing!

I believe with all my heart that today and the rest of the week together we can make a difference.

Here is how you can help:

Talk about it:

1. Please, help spread the word about this hop to all your paper crafting friends!!! The more people that know the more money we can raise!!!

 Bid on the cards & pre-release stamps:

2. EVERY beautiful card and project you see along the hop will be auctioned off  on Ebay. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.

3.   Four Pre release stamp sets are up for auction as well.  Just take a look at them to preview what is coming in the next few weeks. Or place a bid at a chance of being the first person to get these stamps.

* The link for the  auctions will be up and active by Tuesday evening and the auctions will end Sunday night. All auctions will be held on E bay and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross.

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$2 of EVERY stamps set purchased now through Monday at Midnight will be directly donated to the Red Cross.

Enjoy the hop and help give  some hope to those in Haiti.

Now for our weekly challenge:  

Every Tuesday we have a sketch challenge designed by a guest sketch artist.  This month our designer is the talented and lovely Belinda Chang.  Here is her sketch:

This week you have to hop to see what the lovely ladies of the SSD design team are up to.

Sorry to say you are “stuck”  with me.  Now I must make the disclaimer, that I am not sure I am talented enough to make my own design team. You will see what I mean as you go through the hop.  The Stamp Tramps(our DT ) and all of our guest are one amazing group of ladies!

My “goofy” Card not only follows our weekly sketch, but you also are getting a first look at a new stamp set! If you enjoy this card, you will be in heaven for the rest of the hop!!!

Here is a little close up of the chick:

They say an artist always look a bit like their drawings.

Yep- come to think of it:

two eyes? – check

two legs? -check

bottom much bigger than breast? double check!

Now off you got to “hop”

Just remember any of these cards can be yours!

Tuesday Evening the link to the ebay auctions will be found here.*Once you get to the first card group click on “see other items fron this seller” in the top right hand box.*Then you will see all we have up for auction.

 Happy Hopping!!!

If there is a break somewhere along the way,  there will be a master list at:

Skipping Stones Design or at Sparkle and Bling

Order of participants:

You are Here!!!~Skipping Stones Design   http://skippingstonesdesign.com/

Angela Thomas http://sparkleandbling.blogspot.com/

Kim Teasdale http://paperintheworks.blogspot.com/

Dawn Easton http://treasueroilerdesignz.blogspot.com/

Karen Giron http://kgiron.blogspot.com/

Erin Grotegut http://www.inkysmiles.blogspot.com/

Christi Milliken http://www.blessingsonpaper.com/

Sarah Masteller http://sarahspapertray.blogspot.com

Sharon Perry http://ladybug820.blogspot.com/

Mary Giemza http://mycardz.wordpress.com/

Jen del Muro http://iheart2stamp.com/

Kandi Phillips http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Sankari Wegman http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/

Laurie Schmidllin http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Amy Sheffer http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Jackie Pedro http://thescallopededge.typepad.com/the_scalloped_edge/

Chels Van Wyk http://www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/

Deb Felts http://withastampandasong.blogspot.com/

Jennie Harper http://stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/

Jeanne Tomshack http://tomshack.blogspot.com/

Bev Rousch http://bevithia.blogspot.com/

Peggy Russell http://beautifulgreetings.blogspot.com/

Debbie Fisher http://debbiedee.blogspot.com/

Latisha Yoast http://crafteebee.blogspot.com/

Kathi Carlson http://kathiscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Jami Bova http://sgtstamper.com/blog/

Michelle Giraud http://twisted-chick.blogspot.com/

Wendy Price http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/

Courtenay Baker http://courtbaker.blogspot.com/

Belinda Chang Langer http://cadnileb.blogspot.com/

A Great Big Thak You  for hopping with us today…..

&  A HUGE Thank You to all the amazing designers who joined us in htis fund raising effort

A Final Thank You to Angela Thomas for organizing this hop.  Angela you are my organizational hero, I’d be lost without you!

Bog Candy Alert  ~Whoot! ~Whoot!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! There will be a few pre-release sets up for grabs hidden along the blog hop.  The fun part is…we’re not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!!

-That’s right all you have do do is share some love as you hop for a chance to win BIG!!!

Here it is!  The Darling Poster made by Erin Grotegut to help us spread the word.  The hop(e) for Haiti will be here Feb. 16th. Here are the details:

Starting Feb 16th for every stamp set sold SSD will donate $2 to the American Red Cross.

Also Starting Feb 16th every card that you see  on the hop will be up for auction.  A link will be found at SSD to those card auctions.  Some amazing original artwork will be up for grabs.  Yes,You guessed it…100% of the proceeds go to help Haitians through the Red Cross.

Please Help us by spreading the word. 

Copy and paste this poster on your blog.  Send it to your friends, so they can put it on their blogs.  If you have a newsletter please send out the poster and let all your peeps know.  The more people know about the hop(e), the more money we can raise!!! 

 I know what a warm and caring group of online stampers are out there. 

Thanks in advance for your help getting the word out.

Due to very Popular demand- yes I am giving into peer-pressure- Free donuts are back till Sunday at midnight.  That’s right not only do you get to see this hilarious set, but it can be yours for FREE with purchase of 3 stamp sets…..This offer is good while the donuts  last, or until Sunday February 14th at midnight.

As you all know Belinda Chang is our amazing sketch artist this month.  Here is Belinda’s fabulous sketch #11:

It is 6:00 a.m. and my computer, and I have had a rough night. I wish I could send it to a time out and make it behave!!! So today, I will be a woman of few words due to exhaustion ;0) Here are the amazingly talented Stamp tramps and guest:

Michelle Giraud  with “Well Behaved” and “Margarita Birthday” below.

Heather Timmins- that’s me. I Used “Dandelion Dreams” and a Faux Watercolor technique that I learned Kim Teasdale’s Class at MCC.

Mary Giemza with the special free donut stamps ;0)

This is from Peggy Russell using “Well Behaved”

Belinda Chang with Rustic Tiles and Cupcake Cutie

Erin Grotegut with “Dandelion Dreams” and a sentiment from “Cupcake Cutie”

Angela Thomas with “Chick Martini”.

Chels. VanWyk with “Well Behaved”

Kandi Phillips with “Cupcake Cutie” I must add a congratulations to Kandi on her multiple cards that were chose for publication ;0)  Way To Go Kandi!!! We are very proud of you !

Next Tuesday you do not want to miss out on our Hop(e) For Haiti:

~All the cards that you see on the hop next Tuesday are up for auction. We will have the link to the auctions on the website by Tuesday night.  The auctions end Sunday night and here is the best part. 100% of the money from the auctions will be donated to the Red Cross to help with their amazing efforts in Haiti.

~Two dollars of every stamp set sold during the week of the hop will be donated to the Red Cross As well!

~The number of famous and amazingly talented bloggers will blow your mind!!!! Were are looking at over thirty.  Check out Jen Del Muro from I heart to stamps, Karen Giron from Sunday Sketches, Jami Bova(Stamp Happy),Kim Teasdale, Amy Scheffer, Bev Rousch, Latisha Yost.  So many more amazing ladies are joning us in our efforts to raise money for a Great Cause!!!!!

Introducing: Belinda Chang Langer

It is my great pleasure to introduce you to our new Sketch artist for the month of February.  Belinda Chang Langer has a incredible paper-crafting blog called Bell Blue Paperie. Click here for her site

I fell in LOVE when I saw her style and versatility.  I was so excited when she agreed to be a guest this month!!!! I know you will all find inspiration her projects and sketches. Here is her first sketch and the DT’s take on the sketch. 

 Please feel free to comment, give Belinda a warm welcome.  There is the mention of blog candy on a post from yesterday.  I will be accepting comments on that post as well as this post and will be randomly selecting a winner by Saturday. Sunday I will announce the winner of Gray Hares! 

Here is Belinda’s sketch SSD0010 I think we all had quite a bit of fun with it on the D.T..  We know you’ll have fun if you use it to make a card, Layout, or project. I personally want to use this for a one photo layout, if I get the time to scrapbook in the near future that is.

Here is Erin’s card made withthe same stamp set released just last week. She did a beautiful job with the background colors- brayered them I think

Possible “Skipping Stones Sketch” Delay

& a hidden Give away;0) wink wink

If the blog is not posted on Tuesday morning please forgive me.  I am having surgery on Monday to remove a Kidney Stone or-as my 6yr old refers to it- “that Dumb bunny rock that hurts mama”.  Anyway I might be goofy all day Monday so here is a sneak peak as compensation for the possibly tardy sketch challenge.

This card gives you 2 sneak peeks:

1. I used the sketch challenge to make it.  However it is not the sketch exactly because I changed a little of this and that.  I don’t color or design “inside the lines”

2. I used my new stamp set called Gray Hares on the card.  There is no set release date on this…but here is a sample:

3. I’d love to know what you think of the image and sentiment.  Leave a comment and who knows?????I might pick a random comment and give away one of these set.

Introducing:

It is my great pleasure to introduce you to our new Sketch artist for the month of February:

Belinda Chang Langer from Bell Blue Paperie. Click here for her site

I fell in LOVE when I saw her style and versatility.  I was so excited when she agreed to be a guest this month!!!! I know you will all find inspiration her projects and sketches.

A GREAT Class:

Also One of our fabulous former Guest is teaching a class. The amazing Kim Teasdale is teaching a Water-coloring with markers at “My Creative Classroom”.  Need more convincing to join me in the class?  Here are some of the amazing cards Mrs. Teasdale created while she was our guest. Beneath these samples you will find a link to sign up for her class. 

-(And to answer many of you who are asking about another bra set: Bras #2 and Bras#3  are in the works;0)

Stamps From “Gettin’ Old”

Stamp here are from “Coffee vol.#1″

Stamps from “Margarita Birthday”

I can’t wait to learn how Kim does these amazing images.  They are even more stunning in person.  Then are each little works of art.  I’ve been waiting for this class to come around again, and now I can’t wait for it to start!

Here is the link to My Creative Classroom and Kims specific class.

Thanks for checkin’ in ;0)

Heather

Blog Candy???

P.S. As mentioned above I’d love to hear from you.  Hint Hint  Let me know what you think of Kim’s cards or Belinda as our guest this month.  Leave some feedback about the Gray Hare, or sentiment. I am definately feeling like giving away a gray hare set. Wink! Wink!