Happy Monday friends!  Katie Gehring here with a little surprise… you see I have hijacked the Skipping Stones blog today because some friends of Skipping Stones Design and I want to say thank you to Heather Engebretson.

Heather is the creative mastermind behind Skipping Stones Design.  Over the past several years Heather has been such a passionate supporter the stamping and paper crafting community from offering up weekly inspiration through sketch challenges to her charitable work through the legendary Blogs for Boobies.  She  has given generously to  her design team and guest designers as well as artists that make Skipping Stones Designs come alive on paper. At the beginning of December, Heather announced that Skipping Stones Design would be taking a hiatus.  Heather’s creativity and sense of humor will be missed, and today, we want to say thank you.

Joining me to say thank you to Heather today is a chorus of 15 other talented ladies.  Please take some time to visit each blog and enjoy the fantastic Skipping Stones inspiration.  Some projects will be lovely, some will be sweet, and some may even make you LOL in true Skipping Stones style.

And because you can’t have a blog hop without prizes, I have three sets to give away to lucky folks who participate and comment on the hop.  The sets are Heartsong, Grapeful, and Sassy Snow.   The cut off for comments will be Sunday, February 3 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.  Winners will be randomly selected from the designer’s blogs and will be announced on Monday, February 4 on the Skipping Stones blog and  my blog as well.  Please make sure that your contact information (email address) is connected to you blog profile or leave it in the comments section so I have a way to get a hold of you if you are one of the lucky winners.   I have also heard there may also be another set  for grabs on a designer’s blog.

Without further ado, below is our order for today’s hop.

Good morning and happy Tuesday!

We are continuing to celebrate the release of Victorian Christmas today with another awesome sketch by Kelly Schirmer.  The whole team is playing along today with Kelly, Ivanka and Jennie in a blog hop featuring Victorian Christmas and some other Skipping Stones set that will definitely add a sense of festive to your holiday celebrations!

Your first stop on the hop is this month’s sketch artist, Kelly Schirmer.  Below is the entire hop order in case you need it along the way.

Kelly Schirmer
Judith Gowdy
Cyndi Bundy
Jennie Harper
Wendy Price
Megan Aaron
Rochelle Washington
Ivanka Lentle
Stephanie Mino
Karen Baker
Tesa Broman
Glenda Wyatt
Katie Gehring

Once you have finished hopping, don’t forget to come back here and link up your take on this week’s sketch.   We have just a few simple guidelines for our sketch challenges:

1. Do not link more than five total challenges (including this one).
2. Create a NEW card based on the sketch (no back linking).
3. You do not have to use SSD stamps, but we LOVE when you do!
4. Link up with a DIRECT link to your post in the linky below!

And don’t forget to have fun! One lucky winner will be randomly selected from all participants to win a free stamp set of his/her choice! Hooray for free stamps!

We are looking forward to stopping by your blog soon! Hope you have an awesome Tuesday!

Thank you for stopping by!

Katie G.

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of our festivities celebrating Skipping Stones’ newest release, Cheers!  Today, our design team and guests are showcasing our newest set along with a new sketch challenge from Kim Kesti!

Be sure to hop along and visit each designer’s blog for lots of ideas for using the new set and new sketch! Here is our hop order for today:

When you are done hopping, be sure to come back to the Skipping Stones Blog and link up your take on this week’s sketch challenge.   We have just a few simple guidelines for our sketch challenges:

1. Do not link more than five total challenges (including this one).

2. Create a NEW card based on the sketch (no back linking).

3. You do not have to use SSD stamps, but we LOVE when you do!

4. Link up with a DIRECT link to your post in the linky below!

And don’t forget to have fun! One lucky winner will be randomly selected from all participants to win a free stamp set of his/her choice! Hooray for free stamps! We are looking forward to stopping by your blog soon! Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Good morning!!

Welcome to Day 2 celebrating our release of our newest set- Bras Volume 3! This is a totally fun and sassy set that will make your friends laugh out loud (and that’s a good thing).   We are also continuing with our rewind theme for the month and for this week’s challenge, all the designers are offering up their interpretations on this fun sketch by Teri Anderson:

Are you ready to see what our design team and guests came up with?  Your first stop on the hop will be Katie and you should finish up at Stephanie’s blog.  In case you get lost along the way, the entire hop order is below.

Hello friends!

Welcome to Day 2 celebrating our release of our newest set- Darling Damask! As you can see from the samples yesterday, this set sure is pretty and lends itself quite nicely to all sorts of elegant and formal occasions.   Also continuing this week is our second challenge based on an inspiration photo.  We challenged our design team and guests to create a project with Darling Damask based on this photo:

Are you ready to see what our design team and guests came up with?  Your first stop on the Hop will be the talented Karen Baker and you should finish up at Jingle’s blog.  In case you get lost along the way, the entire hop order is below.

After you have hopped, don’t forget to come back and link up YOUR take on our inspiration photo.  Remember, this must be a new project, entered in no more than 5 challenges, and we must be able to see the inspiration or have an explanation from you as to how you were inspire. Oh, and you don’t have to use our stamps, but we LOVE it when you do!  The winner of this challenge will be announced next Wednesday and will win a FREE Skipping Stones set of choice!

One last thing, if you happened to miss yesterday’s post, we announced the start of the search for new members to add to our Design Team- exciting!!! Just scroll down for all the details.

The Skipping Stones Design Team is thrilled to be teaming up with the fabulous designers from The Ribbon Carousel to bring you a blog hop that is sure to impress!  

PLEASE CLICK ON THE INLINKZ LINK BELOW TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF HOP LINKS! THANK YOU!

And don’t forget to check out the new Inspiration Challenge posted yesterday! Play along for your chance to win FREE STAMPS!

Good morning!!!

Welcome back to Day 2 of our fabulous blog hop with the amazing team from the Twinery.

We are also celebrating the release of the newest set to join the Skipping Stones family of funny stamps, Grapeful!!!!

If that wasn’t exciting enough, what would you say to MORE PMS???!!!!  Yes, friends, the PMS (Purchase More Stamps)  Sale has been extended through Memorial Day! Pick up Grapeful and those other Skipping Stones sets you know you want, and take advantage of the awesome savings!

Mmmm twine….

Don’t forget to scroll down to yesterday’s post for more hopping fun ( some prizes along the way- hint, hint), and our latest sketch challenge.

So, without further ado,  here is the talent line up for today.  Happy hopping and remember, if you get lost along the way, just stop by here or The Twinery blog for the full order!

We are SO excited to be release Sassy Cats 2 Today!!!  This is a SUPER fun set and the Design Team and our guest designers have done some AMAZING work with it!  You are NOT going to want to miss this fun hop!

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! Don’t forget to play along and link your card using the sketch here for a chance to win free stamps! Please combine with no more than 5 total challenges, no other sketch challenges, and post a direct link to your post below. You do not have to use SSD stamps, but we LOVE when you do!  Here is the sketch for this week:

AND…not only are we releasing this way fun set, BUT the Tweet Heart Sale has been EXTENDED!!!  Buy ANY three stamp sets and you will automatically receive the YET TO BE RELEASED Heart Song 2 Absolutely FREE!  It’s a beautiful set that will not be available for purchase until APRIL, so be the first to get yours and get it for FREE!!!

Here is a card that Jingle created using Heartsong 2:

Here is a card Heather(owner) created using Sassy Cats:

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

Here is a look at the complete set of Sassy Cats:

Welcome to the Rustic Tiles Blog Hop! That’s right, folks, today we are featuring the GORGEOUS Rustic Tiles set , which is currently on SALE! We also have a new sketch for you to play along with for your chance to win a set of FREE Skipping Stones Design Stamps!

Welcome to Sketch Challenge # 102 and the showcase of our Featured Stamp Set of the Month, Rustic Tiles! Rustic Tiles is a versitile set, that, my friends, you are about to see from our fabuous Design Team. Our hop begins today on Chan’s blog, our fabulous Guest Sketch Artist. 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 Jimmi Mayo, Betsy Veldman and Jessica Griffin to our team as Guest Designers! Chan Vuong has been providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the sketch we’re using in today’s hop!

Also, for every comment you leave along the way, you have a chance to win the Sassy Snow set from Jingle! So, be sure to leave your comments on each blog for your chance to win!

AND…don’t forget to play along with our sketch for another chance to win the FREE Skipping Stones Design stamp set of your choice! One winner is chosen at random from all those who link up a card created based on the sketch above. You do not have to use SSD stamps to be entered, however, we love seeing them if you have them! Spread the word by linking up to Skipping Stones in your post! Have fun!

Head over to Chan’s blog to get started on today’s fabulous hop!!! Below is the entire hop order just in case you need it!

Chan Vuong
Wendy Price
Jingle
Jessica Griffin
Katie Gehring
Shannon Teubner
Betsy Veldman
Kandi Phillips
Karen Baker
Jimmi Mayo
Stephanie Mino
Joann Valderama
Wendy Jordan

Have fun and don’t forget to leave comments along the way and link up your card based on this week’s sketch!

Welcome to the last day of blogs 4 boobies!

There us still time to join in on the fun(draising)!!!! There are two ways you can help:

#1 There is still time to bid on projects:  The auctions will end at 8:00 p.m. Mountain time August 23rd.

Remember 100% of what you bid will go to the Komen foundation!!! If you are the top bidder you will recieve a paypal invoice for the ammount that you bid.

 #2  There is still time to shop!!!  Through midnight on the 23rd of August Skipping Stones Design is still donating $2 (to the Komen Foundation) for every stamp set sold. 

Here are the lists of designers participating in the Blogs 4 boobies auctions:

Day #3:

Rae Ann Barthel: http://simplyrae.blogspot.com/

Karen Baker: http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/

Pam Hornschu: http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Ingle:  http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Ria Johnson: http://craftyria.blogspot.com/

Mel McCarthy: http://melstampz.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Mino:  http://stephaniemino.blogspot.com/

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

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

Julia Stainton:  http://bellepapier.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Taylor Usry  http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Be sure to check out the other amazing designers from the past two days:

Day #2:

Teri Anderson http://terisplace.wordpress.com/

Ashley Cannon Newell http://ashleynewell.com/blog/

Karen Christensen  http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/

Jodi Collins  http://stampingalatte.blogspot.com/

Kimberly Crawford  http://kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/

Jen Del Muro  http://iheart2stamp.com/

Katie Gehring  http://katiegehring.blogspot.com/

Vanessa Menhorn  http://wingsofabutterfly-vanessa.blogspot.com/

Kryssi Ng  http://sugar-buffet.blogspot.com/

Taylor Usry  http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

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

Day #1:

PaperCrafts Connections Blog (Renae Curtz):  http://www.papercraftsconnection.com/

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

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

Michelle Gross:  http://studiomsg.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan: http://papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Sarah Martina Parker: http://sarahmartina.com/blog/

Becky Olsen: http://lifeasathreeleggeddog.blogspot.com/

Barb Turpin: http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/

Taylor Usry:http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Brenda Weaver: http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/

Have fun bouncing from blog to blog.  Enjoy all the designs, and make a bid or two! This is a rare opportunity to take home a card(s)/project from your favorite designer, and fight the war against breast cancer!!!

Together we can make a difference!!!