Skipping Stones Design

The PMS sale or Purchase More Stamps sale IS BACK!  The more you buy, the more you save!

• Buy ONE set: Enter PMS1 for 5% off!
• Buy TWO sets: Enter PMS2 for 10 % off!
• Buy THREE sets: Enter PMS3 for 15% off!
• Buy FOUR sets: Enter PMS4 for 20% off!
• Buy FIVE sets: Enter PMS5 for 25% off!
• Buy SIX or MORE sets: Enter PMS6 for 30% off!

If you have any challenges with the discount codes, please email Heather directly at madebyme33 (at) hotmail (dot) com. She will turn around an invoice that reflects your savings.

Although Heather plans to leave the store open and continue to make available some of our most popular sets, the inventory of some of our other sets will not be replenished once they sell out.  So buy your favorite sets now before they sell out.

There has been some confusion as to whether or not we are still open….YES we are still selling stamps and shipping!!!!

Better Yet we are having a SALE!!!!!

Buy any 3 stamps get one FREE!!!!! Buy 6 stamps get 2 FREE!!!   Buy 9  get 3FREE!!!! and so on…..

Email me your order at madebyme33@hotmail.com  and I will send you a pay pal invoice reflecting the free set(s)!!!!

Order  this week and get FREE SHIPPING TOO!!!!

HURRY  the offer for FREE shipping ends on FRIDAY Feb 15th at midnight!!!

This sale is good through midnight Feb 28th!!!

Hello friends,

We have exciting news to share today!!! Cath Edvalson of Paper Crafts Magazine- Moxie Fab World, gave Skipping Stones Design her “Stamp” of Approval.  We are pretty humbled by this honor as we think Cath is pretty moxie fab herself.   Cath is giving 2 luckies a chance to win all the fab and trendy sets she is highlighting today including Heartsong 2, Damask Darling, Victorian Summer, Grunge 2 and Beautiful Botanicals. Visit this post and leave a comment by Sunday, September 9 for a chance to win!

Here’s just a sampling of the Skipping Stones sets that Cath highlighted today…

Victorian Summer

Grunge 2

And if you are not the patient type and don’t want to leave your crafty fate to chance, you are in luck! Our Labor Day, Buy 3, get 1 free sale is good through tomorrow.  To take advantage of this special offer, send an email to our owner, Heather at madebyme33(at)hotmail(dot)com and let her know which sets you want!  She will take it from there!

Thanks for sharing in our good news today and for all your support and kind words!

Katie G.

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:

PMS(Purchase More Stamps) sale starting Sunday the 15th…..going through Sunday the 22nd at midnight.

I am running low on the inserts that I package my stamps with…so I am having a big sale to help raise money for the new ones.  My bill is your gain, and you can save some big time money!!!!
The more you buy the more you save.

Here is how it works

Buy 1 set and save 5% Enter PMS1 at checkout

Buy 2 sets and save 10% Enter PMS2 at checkout

Buy 3 sets and save 15% Enter PMS3 at checkout

Buy 4 sets and save 20% Enter PMS4 at checkout

Buy 5 sets and save 25% Enter PMS5 at checkout

Buy 6 sets OR MORE and SAVE 30% on every set you buy-no limit!!!

Enter PMS6 at checkout

That way if your husband asks how much you spent you can turn around and tell him HOW MUCH YOU SAVED!!!  And if you want a set to make him a card I have the perfect one.  Here is our newest release Gunge #2:

***If you have ANY troubles getting the coupon codes to work just email me your order and I will turn around and send you a pay pal invoice that reflects your savings.

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!

This is Jingle here and I don’t know about you, but I find that it is about time for me to start thinking about making my Christmas cards. Particularly after telling my husband (on my OWN suggestion) that I *might* make them for all of his students.  He teaches 8th grade.  He has just under 150 kids.  What was I thinking?  HA!!!  But, after seeing the great inspiration cards that the Skipping Stones Team and Guests have put together for you today, I think I am ready to go!!!  Let’s start out with our fabulous sketch by Cristina!

Yup.  It’s pretty fabulous.  Just say’n. And these are the two sets that we are featuring today. Each of these sets are on sale for October so get them now so you will be ready to go for your holiday cards!

Let’s get started with our Guest Designers for this month!

Tammy

Karen C.

Andrea

And here is what the Stamp Tramps have come up with for this week!

Wendy P.

Taylor

Wendy J.

Stephanie

JoAnn

Karen

It’s Karen’s birthday today, so stop by her blog and wish her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Katie

Kandi

Jingle

WOW! So…I’m ready to make some stuff, how about you? Don’t forget to check out Christmas Swirls and Wisemen, as they are BOTH on sale right now!

Now it is YOUR TURN! Create a card based on this week’s sketch. You can use any supplies you have. We love to see you using SSD stamps, but they are NOT required to participate in the challenges! YAY! Be sure to mention that you are participating in Sketch #98 and link back to this post in your blog post! This is a great sketch and I can’t WAIT to see what you guys come up with!

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!

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

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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