Ton’s of inspiration await you in today’s post.  From our fabulous sketch artist to the amazing designs of the Stamp Tramps.
Teri has come through again with another amazing sketch!!! SSD #029

Here is Teri’s “Dahling” card! She used the stamps from “ Birthday Donuts”  The inside of the card reads…sometimes it’s best not to recall how many you’ve had…..”

Peggy Russell Used Chocolate Volume #2 and gave everyone a Fantastic Sneak Peek!!!:

Michelle Giraurd used Chocolate Vol #2 in her delicious looking card!

Amanda Sewell’s funny card completes our Sneak peeks this week for chocolate Vol. #2:

 Jennifer Ingle “Jingle” Used Dandelion Dreams for this Botanical Beauty:

Erin Grotuegut also used Dandelion Dreams for her elegant creation:

Angela Thomas has me dreaming of a tropical paradise, and a big warm sun with her card.  She used Tropical Birthday.



Kandi Philips got sporty for her card and used “Havin’ a Ball”  which is a great and “well rounded” set -bwa ha!

Chelseas Van Wyk Used “Fangs or Fur” for her hillarious card this week.  Next week all the girls should have their set so you can have even more Peeks at this Fangtastic set!

One last official sneak Peek at this months sets that are due to be released on the 29th of June!!!

For you Chocolate Fans:

For you “Fur or Fangs” Fans:  Here is your second sneak “Peck”~ Well It’s more of a full blown kiss than a peck …..

So how many of you out there are Twilight fans??? 

How many of you like a bit of Eye candy???

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you’ll want to stay tuned to the end of this post for a special treat!!!! 

Now no sneaking to the end first... it will ruin the surprise.  Plus you’ll miss out on an amazing sketch, and some inspirational cards!

Here is Terri’s Rockin’ sketch for this week…..

and here is her fun and fresh card:

Now I know you want to go try your hand at the sketch but wait…..there’s more

Here are the stamp Tramps with more inspiration for you:

Angela T.

Michelle G.

Peggy R.  

Erin G.

Kandi P

Amanda S.

Jennifer I

Now for a peek at the pecks *drool: 

Here is a Stamp and a sentiment from “Fur or Fangs” which could unofficially be called “Eclipse” *Wink *Wink

Thanks To Cathy ~From Altered Art and Scrap Playground Here in Rapid City SD~  For her original and hilarious sentiment about switching sides once the shirt comes off…..

I’ll leave you with that Nummy Eye candy and a promise of more sneak peeks to come!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. 

  Don’t miss the sneak peek of our 2 Newest stamp sets at the end of this post!

Here is this weeks Fresh and fun sketch from Jen Del Muro at I heart 2 stamp:

I am in LUUURVE with the card she made!!! She used stamps from Bras Vol #2~which is not yet available for purchase.

How adorable is that?????

Next we have my contribution.  I broke out the stamps from the NEW set “Holy Carp”.  That fish is So stinkin’ cute that he doesn’t even need to be colored in.  “Holy Carp” is the first stamp set where I hired another artist to design the images. Of course the sentiments, and  concept,  came from me and my goofball sense of humor.   I will be introducing  you to Jeff in a separate blog posting this week.

Please excuse the cat tail…It was the best picture I had managed on a rainy morning.  I didn’t realize Miss “nosey” had swished her tail at the last moment.  Of course, by then it was to dark out to get another decent picture.

Here are our amazingly talented guest designers and their creations for the week.

Jennifer Ingle ( Jinngle as you may know her) Used “Home of the brave” ~also being released next week~ to make this stunningly patriotic creation!

Classy and timeless come to mind when looking at Deb Felt’s elegant creation inspired by this week’s sketch. 

~Deb used the stain and coffee cup from Coffee Vol #1.  

Now when you see the next group of cards you will understand why I feel so lucky working with such a talented group of ladies that make up our design team. The stamp tramps have some up with cards that will get your creative ideas sparking!

Angela Thomas/Dandelion Dreams 

Michelle Giraud/You know you’re getting old

Kandi Phillips/Birthday Donuts

Erin Grotegut/Rustic Tiles

Peggy Rusell/Healing Wings

Here is your first look at “Holy Carp”.  This is an amazing set to make not only funny cards but masculine as well.   It is just in time for father’s Day but this set will get plenty of use year round!!!! Come back later this week to find out more about the artist who did the designs for this hilarious set.

Holy Carp! 4X6

  This stamp set is dedicated to two friends I grew up with, who are now pilots in the U.S. A.F..  The sacrifices made by those who serve (and by those who love them) are unimaginable.   To all who serve or have served in the U.S. military THANK YOU!  We are gratefull for your bravery, integrity, honor and dedication in serving our country. God Bless you all!!!

Home of the Brave 4X6

Next week join us for our Blog hop! We will be celebrating the release of  our two newest stamp sets!

Happy Stamping!!!

~Heather

 Here is one VERY SPECIAL (limited time) OFFER for a very special FREE stamp set!

Buy ANY 4 stamp sets and get one set of the unreleased BRA Stamps absolutely FREE!!!! 

That’s right, you can win them before you can buy them!!!!

*hurry quantities are limited!

Here’s how it works:

Buy any four stamps sets & receive Bras vol#2 OR vol#3 for Free.

It is as simple as that.

Due to limited quantities of both of these sets I can not honor request for one stamp set or the other. 

 However, you are sure to love either one ! 

 I will show the stamps sets on this post. 

 But at midnight on the 22nd of April not only does the offer disappear so do the images of both stamp sets. 

***This offer is good while the limited supplies last OR April 22nd at midnight.  If the bras sell out before the cutoff date, I will announce that on the blog.  These stamp sets are scheduled to be released in 6 months and 18 months. They will not necessarily be released in numerical order.

Sorry these sneak peeks images are no longer available …

Funny Bras Volume #2

Funny Bras Volume #3

With the two newest stamp sets that we are releasing tomorrow, plus the funny gray hares and chick chat sets from last month you have plenty of new ones to choose from.  IF you just found us you’ll have to browse our funny, inspirational, and best seller categories Just  to get started! 

The Amazing Kimberly Crawford: 

 You may have heard of her blog”For the love of Paper“~where she inspires the cardmaking masses.  Or may recognize her name from the pages of any number of  Papercraft(ing) publications.  In fact we’d like to congratulate Kim on her 5 projects that were featured in Papercraft’s latest publication “Go-to sketches”.

 All month long she is sharing her creativity with Skipping Stones Design. She has created 4 sketches that will have you papercrafting till dawn.  I was literally up till 3:00 a.m. this morning having fun with the first two sketches.  

 Now that you have been warned here is her first sketch: and the Fabulous card she made using Healing Wings.

This month we are so lucky to have two guest designers joining us to share their crafty creations!

  First we  have the sophisticated stylings of Ashley Cannon Newell.  No stranger to publications either she offers inspiration on her blog  A New Design.  As Elegant as it is Beautiful here is her card made using stamps from ”Healing Wings”.

Next we have the Spunky Beverly Rousch . You can find her Sassy Stylings on her blog Bevithia.  Bev’s commentary will have you cracking up, and her cards will spark some inspiration.  I always leave her blog with a smile on my face, and lots-o-ideas in my head! She is making us laugh this week with her springin’ donut card creation!!! 

To see the all of the stamps in Birthday Donut~being released April ~13th stay tuned to the end of the blog!

Now for your 2nd sneak peek: Here is my card made with the Brand spankin’ new set “Whispering Wings”~  I did a few variations of this card, but this was my favorite. I love the new trend of decorating the inside of the card! I love using up the scraps, and framing the sentiment inside too!

Supply list:

 Stamps”Whispering Wings” Release date~4-13-10 Skipping Stones Design    Ribbon: Papertrey;Olive?     Bling:Studio 18

Inks:Tombow Markers:673,757,847,&158,192 + watercolor brush  Ink: Ranger/TimHoltz “Victorian Velvet”

Paterened Paper:We R memory Keepers;Vintage Blue “Fashion Forward”  Solid Paper: Bo Bunny; Mulberry Dot/ Papertrey; Olive?   

Here are the always talented and lovey “Stamp Tramps” with this weeks creations.  These cards are guaranteed to get your card makin’ mojo going’ !

Angela Thomas:

Mary Giemza: 

Kandi Phillips:

Peggy Russell:

Amanda Sewell:

Chelsia Van Wyk:

They’ve finally graduated from test marketing and are moving into the SSD web-store!!! ”Birthday Donuts” will be for sale Beginning Tuesday April 13th.

Here is the 2nd set that will be released next Tuesday. Use “Whispering Wings” to send smiles across the miles! Full of winged critters with sentiments to encourage, inspire and make you go “awwwww!”

If you are having trouble signing up for the news letter please read this…..

Some people have been having a terrible time singing up for the newsletter.  “Page not found” is the error message you receive when you try and sign up.  Even though it says page not found you are in the system.  You should receive a confirmation email shortly after hitting the “page not found” message.  It sounds crazy but that is what my “web people” tell me. They are hard at work to fix the error message.  If you tried to sign up and DIDN”T receive the confirmation email plese contact me through the website.  To email me, click on the contact button that is available on the top of every page.  Thanks for your patience while we work on getting this problem fixed.

Here is hoping you have a great week, with lots of time for fun, family, and friends!

Hugs

~Heather

The Gray Hares and Chatting Chicks are out!

I have been eagerly awaiting the day where I could send my little critters out into the crafting world.  I hope they’ll bring joy to your projects, and spread laughter and smiles wherever they go!!!

Gray Hares “4″X6″ ~ High quality clear stamps, manufactured in the U.S

“Chick Chat ”4″X6″ ~ High quality clear stamps, maufactured in the U.S

Free Pre release stamp set details:

Sassy snow stamp set is not for sale anywhere, and won’t be for some time.  You can add this funny stamp to your order, Absolutley free of charge!

Here is How: Buy 3 regularaly priced stamp sets, and get “Sassy Snow” Free!!  You don’t have to do anything special at check out. It will atomatically be added to your order and shipped with your other free stamps!

Hurry this offer is good untill midnight March 23rd , or while supplies last!

I will post on the website when we run out of  “Sassy Snow”.

“Sassy Snow ”4″X6″ ~ High quality clear stamps, manufactured in the U.S 

Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday Challenge:

Not only are we celebrating their release with a DT blog hop today, but it is also Tuesday!
Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means the Design Team is showcasing another great creation from Jami Bova aka sgtstamper.I had SO much fun with this sketch I couldn’t stop at one card.

We’d love for you to play along with the sketch. Just remember to use the keywords SSD016 if you are uploading to any online galleries or link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. We’ll be looking soon for Guest Designers so you never know….

So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!!

Here is the Maaavelooouus Sketch:

This is what I whipped up :

I didn’t put a sentiment on the outside of the card,  ’cause any of them would work.  One thing I love about this set is the versatility!  You can make a card to be signed by a group. You have the thank you,birthday,cheer up,catchup,options along with tons of additional girlfriend type cards too!  I love the little matching UPC code that you can stamp on the back! “Not Cheep” sheesh, sometimes I crack myself up~

So here is the next one I did:

I even decorated the inside of the card!  I love this trend, and think is is a great way to use up scraps;0)

Now off you go to the next blog…..

Your next stop is Jami Bova: http://sgtstamper.com/blog/

If you get lost along the way come back here to the list of participants:

Order of participants:

• Skipping Stones Design: http://skippingstonesdesign.com/
• Jami Bova: http://sgtstamper.com/blog/
• Erin Grotegut: http://www.inkysmiles.blogspot.com/
• Kandi Phillips: http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/
• ankari Wegman: http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/
• Mary Giemza: http://mycardz.wordpress.com/
• Chelsea Van Wyk: http://www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/
• Jackie Pedro: http://www.thescallopededge.typepad.com/
• Peggy Russell: http://beautifulgreetings.blogspot.com/
• Michelle Giraud: http://twisted-chick.blogspot.com/
• Angela Thomas: http://sparkleandbling.blogspot.com/

Make sure to stop back by check out our store!

Take home some chatty chicks, funny bunnies, and some free snow before they are all gone!
Thanks for looking come back on next Tuesday for another great sketch!!!!

Don’t forget to leave a comment on all the blogs~yes even this one~ The more love you leave the better your chances are of winning a free stamp set!

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

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

  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”

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!!!