Skipping Stones Design

Don’t forget that the World Card Making Day challenge is still open and you can submit your cards using SSD stamps until Saturday when the winner will be drawn for some FREE STAMPNESS!!!!

I love October, I really do!  The crisp, beautiful fall air, the fun of Halloween, the smell of pumpkin candles and fireplaces burning….it’s just a wonderful time of year!  And we have some FABULOUS guest designers and an amazing sketch artist to share with you during this wonderful month!  Let’s get it started!!!

Cristina has given us a beautiful set of sketches this month and the Guest Designers and the Design Team have really done a wonderful job of showcasing this first one!  Here is the sketch for this week!

And here is what our guests have created with it!

Andrea

Karen C.

Stephanie

JoAnn

Karen

Wendy P.

Jingle

Katie

Wendy J.

Taylor

Kandi

And now it is YOUR turn! How could you NOT be inspired by all of that fabulousness? I mean, REALLY, folks! I can’t WAIT to see what you do with this fabulous sketch! Be sure to link your creation below by next Monday at midnight for your chance to win a free set of Skipping Stones Design Stamps!  You do not have to use SSD stamps in your entry, but we love it if you do!
 

Here is this week’s sketch (our last *sniff sniff) From the A~Mazing Teri Anderson:

Here is her super cute take on the sketch Using Pumkin Seed Sentiments:

Here are our awesome guest who we are SO going to miss!!!
Karen Baker:

Kryssi Ng:

And Maureen Plut:

Here is the departing design teams last card sketch. WE ARE going to MISS THEM SO SO MUCH!!!!! One HUGE HUG to you all! Mwah! You have done such an amazing job representing SSD and showing off our newest stamps!!!I can’t thank you all enough!!!
Brenda Used Victorian Summer:

Barb Used Sassy Shoes:

Gladys used Christmas Swirl:

Jingle used Everyday blessings:

Kandi used Grunge:
Now it’s your turn to try the sketch:  You could win a free stamp set of your choice:

We have another amazing sketch for you today from the talented and lovely Teri Anderson.  Her sketches are so easy to work with and so inspirational! This week’s sketch is no exception.

Here is Teri’s take on the sketch which I just A-dore!!!

Now we have our amazing guest and their FANTASTIC takes on this week’s sketch:
Here is Karen Baker who used Victorian Summer:

Next we Have Kryssi Ng Who used the peacock feather from Victorian Summer:

Next we have Stephanie Mino who put Coffee #1 to work for her humorous card:

WE also have Maureen Plut who used Healing Wings:

The Stamp Tramps also did a GREAT job with this sketch:
Here is Amy who used a sentiment from Coffee #1:

Barb Combined a sentiment from Everyday Blessings (will be release on Tuesday Aug 16th~check below for a sneak peek) she also used the roses from Victorian Summer to create a nice patterned paper for the background:

Brenda Combined Everyday Blessings and Pumpkin Seed Sentiments for her card:

Gladys Used Everyday Blessings:

Jingle put Coffee #1 to work for her card:

Kandi Used Sassy Shoes:

Tammie Used Friendly Fruit:

Wendy used Everyday Blessings:

Speaking of Everyday Blessings I promised you a sneak peek of it didn’t I. Before I show you this set I need to thank Kryssi Ng for doing such a great job with the word art/font work on this set!!!
OK here it is and it will be available starting a week from today:

Now here is the code to get FREE SHIPPING THIS WEEK ONLY: enter freeship at checkout and you will pay nothing for shipping ANY SIZE order.
I also wanted to let you know that BLOGS 4 BOOBIES our annual fundraiser for the Komen Foundation starts on the 15th of August!!! That is less than a week away!!!!
There are 3 ways to help:
1. SHOP WITH US: SSD will donate $2 for EACH stamp set sold starting AUg 15th through the end of Blogs 4 Boobies
2. BID ON CARDS from your favorite designers: We will have a 3 day blog bounce(hop) where EACH and EVERY card will be auctioned off. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Komen Foundation!!! We will have instructions on how to use the comment section to place a bid on starting on Aug. 15th
3. TALK ABOUT IT: Tell other stampers/crafters about our fundraiser and get them to join in on the fun(draising). Post on your blog,talk about it with your cropping buddies, help us get the word out!!!

Now it’s your turn to try out this incredible sketch. I know you will Love it as much as we did!!! You could win a FREE set of your choice!

You are Going to adore Teri’s sketches this month! Here is the first one:

Here is Teri’s sweet creation based on this week’s sketch using Uplifting:

Now here are our A-mazing guest and their take on this week’s sketch:
Karen put Grunge to work in her masculine card:

Kryssi used Heartsong for her beaut of a card:

Next we have Maureen who put grunge to work in her masculine creation:

Stephanie put Holy Carp to good use in her “40th” birthday creation:


Next we have the amazing stamp tramps.  Their work this week is sure to inspire!!!

Amy Used a sentiment from Everyday Blessings due out the 3rd TUesday this month:


Barb Used Victorian summer in her creation this week:

Brenda put Uplifting to work this week in her card:

Gladys used both Victorian Summer and a sentiment from Everday Blessings:

Jingle used Victorian Summer in a rich red and poped up the center in her creation this week:

Tammie Used Everyday Blessings for her card this week:

Wendy Jo Used Healing wings and a great technuique on her creation this week:

Now it’s your turn to give the sketch a try: You could win a stamp set of your choice:

So sorry this post was a little late… It has been a crazy week and it’s only Tuesday YIKES!!

Sunday my printer died~ it is the one I use to print the sticker sheets that I put on top of the stamps so you can see the images. SO I couldn’t package stamps until I got a new one at about $400 plus another $350 for the ink cartridges. Anyway my ex had an old one he gave me. He came over to install it and only took him 3 hours to get it working-thanks Trent. Then I (not so intelligently) agreed to let me son have a sleepover at our house. That always equals chaos and extra messes to clean up!!!  Then last night when I went to do this blog post I couldn’t……..The pictures wouldn’t  load into phtobucket due to a trust error. If I can’t put the pictures into photobucket I can’t put them on the blog.  It takes up to much bandwidth! So I spent a few hours last night and most of today working out the “Trust Error” Problems so I could show you the amazing cards the DT and guest did this week! I just got the technical issues solved a few minutes ago. Thanks so much for your patience!!!

So get ready for a Treat ’cause the cards this week are extra Sweeeet!

I am so sad to say that this is Kim Kesti’s last sketch for us this month. We have loved your sketches and having you with us has been such a delight!!! Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us!!! We will miss you!!!

She has an extra special blog post today where she has a tutorial AND BLOG CANDY!!!! So you want to check out her blog : Think Fast @ http://kimberlykesti.typepad.com/

Here is her Pretty and Petite card using Victorian Summer and this week’s sketch:

Doncha just LOVE IT!!!

Now we have to say goodbye to our two Mahvelous Karens!!!! Sniff Sniff We will sure miss having them as guest. The did a wonderful job doncha think?

Here is Karen Bakers stunning card using Dandelion Dreams:

Next we Have Karen Christensen With not one but TWO Fabby cards!!!

First she used Sentiment Frames and a great color combo:

Next She used Sassy Shoes (one of my fav. sentiments from that set) and Sentiment Frames For this Super Sassy creation:

Now we have our A-MAZING stamp Tramps. They really did a Fantastic job this week. I SO am Loving their creations!!!

Amy used Sentiment Frames :

Barb Used You know you’re getting Old and Sentiment Frames:

Brenda Used Healing wings in soft colors and Sentiment frames in Darker colors:

Glady’s also used sentiment frames in soft colors for the back ground and bold colors on top:

Jingle combines Uplifting and Sentiment Frames flipping the sketch:

Tammie used a soft floral Papers that complimented the butterfly from Victorian Summer perfectly:

Wendy Used “Always Here” and some gorgeous colors for her creation:

Victorian Summer is on sale this week only for $12.49 here is another look at our most recent stamp set:

Also on sale this week is Sentiment Frames only $12.49: Get both of these amazing sets for less than $25!!!

Now it’s your turn to give this sketch a try: You could get a free stamp set of your choice!!!



Thanks so much for checking out this weeks sketch! Here at SSD we are thrilled to have Kim Kesti as our A-MAZING sketch artist.  Here is SSD #85

Here is Kim’s fabby card based on her sketch.  She flipped the sketch and came up with a Great card!!!

Karen Baker Put Victorian Summer to work in her beautiful and blue card:

The stamp tramps did an A-mazing job with this week’s sketch:

Amy used stamps from a soon to be released set called “Everyday Blessings” for her fabby card!!

Barb made a great masculine card with “Grunge”

Brenda did a fresh and fun layout with this sketch, she used the butterflies from Victorian Summer:

Gladys used Victorian summer for her elegant creation.                                                                                                      

Jingle used “Healing Wings” for her lovely card  

Tammie used “Victorian Summer”  for her stylin’  CAS card this week.

Wendy used Chocolate #1 for this week’s yummiest creation:

Now it’s your turn to try this week’s sketch.  You could win a stamp set of your choice!

Have a great week!
Hugs,
Heather

Here is another fantastic sketch from the A-mazing Kim Kesti! 

Here is my take on the sketch. I used some Bo Bunny paper and poped up the medalion.  I will have to put up picts of some of the other projects I did using this versital and beautiful set.  I think it is destined to become a bestseller!

Check out what the other designers did with this amazing set!!!  Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers blogs.  This month we are welcoming Kim Kesti, Karen Baker and Karen Christensen to our team as Guest Designers! Kim will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the fantastic sketch we’re using in today’s hop!

Head over to Kim’s blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!

I apologize that this post is late…I have been having some technical difficulties with my computer.

ETA: We are back up and running!

Here is Kim Kesti’s first sketch:

Isn’t it dahling?

Kim used Birthday Purses for her totally fashionable card!

Karen Baker used Grunge in a super creative way by stamping the background on the pinwheels and used a sentiment included in the set.

Karen Christensen put Chick Chat to work in this fun card with a great color combo.

Now let’s check out our DT!

Amy used her favorite set Coffee Vol 1 for her card, check out those buttons!

Barb used the cupcakes from Green Birthday and a sentiment from Donut Birthday for this super sweet looking card.

Brenda took a clean and classic, and completely gorgeous approach using Dandelion Dreams for her card this week,

Gladys used a soothing color combo for her sympathy card using Uplifting.

Jennifer (aka Jingle) used Cancher Schmancer for this darling card, love the details!

It’s your turn to show us what you can do with this sketch!

The inLinkz was not setup correctly (sorry that’s my fault!) so you weren’t able to view all the amazing cards for this sketch! Below is a list of the links, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS! – Kandi

twotearsinmybucket.blogspot.com/2011/07/ssd-83-and-ctd-149.html;Rochelle Washington

nicoleqmullen.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/flying-by-2/;Nicole Mullen

vibgyorkrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/idea.html;E.T

lybeauartyscrappy.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-birthday-theresa.html;Lynnda Hosni

vibgyorkrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/glittery-butterflies.html;E.T

indysdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/07/thanks-ssd-83-simon-says-stitch-in-time.html;Indy

stephaniemino.blogspot.com/2011/07/fancy-fruits-for-summer-card-camp.html;Stephanie Mino

vibgyorkrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/another-card-based-on-skipping-stones.html;E.T

sueblondin.blogspot.com/2011/07/ssd83-plant-seed.html;SueB of Blondin Blogs

sherrithompson.blogspot.com/2011/07/orange-you-fabulous.html;Sherri Thompson

paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/2011/07/sadness-flies-away.html;wendyp

stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/2011/07/ssd-83-sketch-challange.html;~steph~

Sorry about that! Hopefully Heather will have it all perfect for you on Tuesday!  

Hello and thanks for joining us for another fabulous sketch from Latisha Yoast!

Here is SSD #82:

Here is ’ take on the sketch.  She used a texture from a set called Garden Stamp Kiss in her sweet card for the week:

Wendy Used “Cancer Schmancer” and “Pumpkin Seed Sentiments”

Now it is your turn to give SSD #82 a try.  The winner will receive a stamp set of their choice:

Hello Bleeps!  We’ve got another great sketch for you from the amazing Latisha Yoast!! Plus lots of inspiration to get your mojo going too!

Here is SSD #81:

Here are some super cute samples of that sketch:
Latisha Yoast used Timeless Textures,Twine, and Uplifting:

Dina used “Friendly Fruit”

Karen also used “Friendly Fruit”

Now for the amazing stamp tramps and their “crackalackin” creations:
Amy used “Uplifting”:

Ann Used Dandelion Dreams:

Barb used Sassy Shoes and B-day Purses:

Brenda did a layout using Sentiment Frames for the border:


Gladys used Pumpkin Seed Sentiments, and Cupcake Cutie:

Jingle also used Pumpkin Seed Sentiments and Holy Carp :

Kandi used Friendly Fruit:

Tammie used Timeless textures and Dandelion Dreams:

Wendy Used Girls Night Out:

Now it’s your turn!!! Enter this week’s challenge and win a stamp set of your choice!!!