Skipping Stones Design

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!

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!!!

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

Hello bleeps
We’ve got a great sketch for you today! It’s from the talented and lovely Latisha Yoast who you met yesterday:

Plus a sneak peek at the funny new set Dogs Volume #1 later in the blog post ;0) Here is Latisha’s awesome take on the sketch using heartsong:

Here is Dina K.’s breathtaking take on the sketch using Always Here and Timeless Textures:
Here is Karin aka Peppermint Patty’s super cute take on the sketch using Dandelion Dreams:

Next we have the Stamp Tramps. Their creations this week are sure to inspire:
Amy Starts us off using Timeless textures and Sentiment frames:

Then we have Brab using Green birhtday for her groovy creation:

Next up is Brenda who used Dandelion dreams for her breathtaking card this week:

Gladys uses Dogs v 1 and gives us a great sneak peek using one of my favorite sentiments “Sit happens”:

Jingle impresses us with her use of shoes and some pretty cute papers in her creation this week:
Kandi also did some pretty cute work with the shoes and timeless textures:

Tammie used Healing wings in her inspirational creation this week:

Wendy Jordan used Pumpkin seed sentiments and Friendly fruit for her super cute creation this week:

Here is your sneak peek at “Sit happens” or Dogs Volume #1:
It will be available for purchase on the 14th of June.
Now it’s your turn to try the sketch: You could win a stamp set before it’s available for purchase:


I hope you all have a great week and have ton’s of time for stamping and creativity!

Take care,

Heather

Good morning bleeps!

I have a FREE SHIPPING code for you this morning: enter “Free ship” at checkout and get FREE SHIPPING this entire week

We have another A~MAZING sketch from Danielle Flanders to share with you today!

You’ll be inspired and awed by what the Dt this week! I know I was!
Here is Danielle’s breathtaking card based on her sketch:She used Timeless textures for the background and Dandelion Dreams for the little “sprigs”:

Wendy Jordan’s card put Shoes, Healing Wings, and she used the circle from “Uplifting” to create a rockin’ background. The combination of these stamps with her creativity resulted in the following “FABBY’ card:

Now we have the always amazing stamp tramps and their mahvelous take on this week’s sketch:
Amy combined the sentiment from Cancer Schmancer, along with timeless textures and grunge. The result was nothing less than fabulous!

Ann Used the sentiment from Chick Chat in her super cute spring card:

Barb combined soothing colors and stamps from Always Here for her latest and greatest creation:

Brenda used the sentiment from Pumpkin Seeds, and the texture from Grunge for her fabby take on the sketch:

Gladys gave us a sneak peek at next month’s new release and also put Timeless textures to work in her super cute card:

Jingle combined Green Birthday and a dahling shabby chic look for her take this week. The results were too cute for words:

Then she took a sentiment from Friendly Fruit for the inside and tied it in perfectly to the card.

Kandi knocked it out of the park with her adorable creation this week. Her card featured stamps from Heartsong.

I’d Also like to congratulate Kandi for Getting published in the latest ediction of Card Creations volume 9 from paper Crafts Magazine. CHeck out Page 94 to see her fabby card!!!

Tammie also put Heartsong to work in her super cute card:

Now it’s your turn to try this week’s sketch.  You could win an Amazing Pre release stamp set way before you can buy it:

New “Sassy Shoes” are here today, we are having a blog hop to celebrate their release!!

 Celebrate friendship with the help of “Sassy shoes” are our newest and sassiest stamps yet…

In honor of our newest release we are having some VERY SPECIAL SAVINGS……  Buy ANY3 stamp sets and get one FREE.  This works if your double it( buy 6 get two free) and yes we have even had people triple it (buy 9 get 3 FREE).  Any way you look at it, it’s a GREAT DEAL!!!  Just enter ONE FREE  at checkout time.

If you have any trouble with the savings codes or abnormally high shipping charges ( we are working out some bugs) just email me your order @ madebyme33@hotmail.com  I will throw in free shipping for your troubles with the codes or the shipping charges.   

Now for the Amazing Daneille Flander’s sketch of the week:

I cheated a bit on my interpretation but I thought it followed the heart of the sketch design.

If I have more time I am going to go back and cut our the shoes and color them with tombow markers.

Below is the blog hop order:

Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers blogs.

You are here @ Skipping Stones Design.  Next you should go to Danielle’s blog:

Danielle Flanders…..http://danielleflanders.blogspot.com/

Amy Tsuruta…http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

Gladys Chia…http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

Wendy Jordan…www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com

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

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

Tammie Beaton…http://alwaysinking.blogspot.com/

Ann Kranitz….http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/

Don’t forget to  participate in our sketch challenge this month. The winner of this week’s sketch challenge will win a shiny new SSD Stamp set!!

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Hello bleeps! 

Before we get to this week’s sketch I want to give you a code for FREE shipping.  WE have been having some problems with our shipping application in the store. SO feel free to use this code for free shipping while we work on getting it fixed:  freeship  will work for the next 10 days.  Also if you like “Uplifting” and have been on the fence about buying I need to let you know they are almost sold out…so grab one before they are all gone ;0) Now~ 

We’ve got a GREAT sketch for you from the amazing Danielle Flanders. Here is SSD # 75:

Here are her amazing results after she combined the sketch with our very popular stamp set “Uplifting”:

Now we have the talented and lovely Wendy Price who used “Holy Carp” to produce a Beaut. of a card:

Isn’t that coloring amazing? I need her to teach me how to do that!!!
Now we have the Stamp Tramps who I must say have been “rockin’” the paper and scissors this week!!!
Amy used Sentiment Frames:

Ann Used the Happy Birthday stamp from Chick Chat:


Barb used Home of the Brave:


Brenda was nice enough to give a sneak peek of “Dogs 1″ before the June release date :0)


Gladys also gave a sneak peek of “Shoes 1″ which will be released a week from today!

Kandi used “uplifting” this week:

Tammie used Dandelion Dreams:

Wendy used a combination of Healing Wings and Garden Stamp Kiss

Now I promised you some Dahlin’ Shoes. They will go great with Birthday Purses! Here are “Sassy Shoes” :

Now it’s you turn to try the sketch! You could win a pre release Mystery stamp set!!!