Skipping Stones Design

Hi there!!

Just a reminder about our PMS sale and an update on all the sets that are sold out.

Here are the sets that are sold out :

• Birthday Donuts
• Whispering wings
• Rustic Tiles
• 4th of July
• Everyday Blessings -1 set left
• Dogs Vol 1 -1 set left

Many other sets are close to selling out so get your favorites while you still can!!!

Here are the details about the sale.  The coupon codes don’t seem to be working at check out  so please email me your orders at madebyme33@hotmail.com  If you order in the next two days I will throw in FREE SHIPPING.  That offer is good till Midnight on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.

Remember, during the infamous PMS sale or Purchase More Stamps sale, 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!

I do plan 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.  Now is the time to pick up a favorite set, or two, or five before they are gone forever!!

Hello.  Only a few more days until Christmas and I am running around in a last minute rush to get everything done! But, I do love this time of year

I wanted to share a fun New Year’s card that I made using this sassy image from Cheers. I thought she was perfect for this card as she looks like she is ready to party! She has been coloured with copics and paper pieced. The background paper is appropriately enough, ‘Life of the Party’ from Basic Grey.

Merry Christmas

One of the most powerful Christmas stamps around is Wisemen from Skipping Stones Design. It is perfect to use on those projects where you want to convey the true meaning of the holiday. Please stop on by my blog, The Bald Dragonfly, to see my finished project featuring Wisemen!

Hi, everyone!

It’s Winner Wednesday!  I love picking the winners and I love it when a random winner actually tries the tips and tricks that we post later that week!  So, today’s winner was a real treat!

Ria!!!

You were the random winner with this beauty!  I love the folded paper and the bright red and white!

Congrats, Ria!

Please send an email to our DT Coordinator, Katie at scrappy_diva(at)yahoo(dot)com and let her know which set you would like as your prize. Don’t forget that we announced a new sketch challenge yesterday! Just scroll down for all the details.

Have a great week and I’ll be back next Wednesday with another winner!

Good morning!

Today, we are super excited to introduce you to the talented ladies who are joining us for some of our challenges in November.  First up is our sketch artist, Kelly Schirmer!

Kelly Schirmer

I am thrilled to be joining Skipping Stones Designs as the guest sketch designer for November!  I live in Avon, New York, a small town just south of Rochester.  My husband Jason and I have been married for 11 years, and we have 2 beautiful daughters, Eva (8) and Claire (7).  The girls would not want me to leave out our black Labrador Retriever named Olive!  I am a Speech-Language Pathologist, and I work with children ages birth to five years old in their homes.  I have been stamping since 2002, but really got interested in the hobby in 2007 after joining Splitcoaststampers.  I am currently on the Waltzingmouse Stamps Design Team.  Past design team work includes Pink Persimmon’s Creative Team, and I also participated on a catalog contract team for A Muse Studio.  So excited to see what everyone designs with these sketches, yay!

Our guest designers for the month are Ivanka Lentle and Jennie Harper.

Ivanka Lentle

 Hi, I’m so excited to be a guest designer for Skipping Stones Design this month.  I live in Southern Ontario with my husband of 25 years and our two wonderful daughters.  I work part time as an RN and love to create in my spare time.  I started out scrapbooking when my oldest daughter was just 2 years old (she’s now 20!).  Then the cardmaking bug hit me and I never looked back.  I love to make elegant cards with  gorgeous ribbons and bling, but lately, I’ve gravitated to a more CAS style and now love making CAS cards …with gorgeous ribbons and a bit of bling of course!  My challenge to myself this year has been to stamp more so I am so excited to be working with the talented DT here at Skipping Stones Design. I learn something new every time I visit the blog.

Good morning!

Do we have any Twilight fans out there?

Well, with the The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 being in theaters in early November, we thought we might break out the Fangs or Fur stamps to entice you a little bit more!

Are you team Jacob or team Edward???

Today’s RETRO sketch was done by Heidi Van Laar and it is a definite keeper!

First up, let’s see what our guest designers created using this month’s sketch:

Miriam Pranther – using Fangs or Fur

JJ Bolton – using Breathtaking Butterflies and Timeless Textures

These are definite beauties from our Guest Designers. Make sure you visit their blogs and give them kudos!

Now let’s see what out Design Team created with this week’s sketch:

Wendy – using Fangs or Fur

Tesa – using Fangs or Fur

Rochelle – using Fangs or Fur

Megan – using Fangs or Fur

Stephanie – using Fangs or Fur

Lots of amazing inspiration for you this week!

We have just a few simple guidelines for our sketch challenges:

Rules:

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!

Hi all! Tesa here sharing a card using the a-mazing Victorian Summer set. I’m working with heat embossing and loads of layers and pearls for some flair. Welcome over to my blog, Tesa’s Scrap, for the complete card.

Good morning and Happy Labor Day to our friends in the USA!

We are so thrilled to be introducing you today to our sketch artists and guest designers for September!!  First up is our sketch artist, Kim Kesti!

Kim Kesti is a self-proclaimed paper crafting addict. Her favorite thing to do is retreat to her cozy craft space and dive into new projects. She describes her style as bright, bold and a little bit funky. Kim started playing with paper when the scrapbooking craze was in full swing and was entered into the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame in 2005. After accumulating quite a bunch of supplies, she turned to card making and altered projects to get more mileage from her stash. Since then, paper crafting has become her first love. In addition to paper crafting, Kim also enjoys knitting, hand stitching, photography and organizing her scrappy space.  She feels very blessed in her life and considers being a Paper Crafts Go-to Gal a “dream job”.

Kim created 4 AH-MAY-ZING sketches that we will be using for our weekly sketch challenges this month.  The first one will be coming your way tomorrow.

Joining Kim this month are guest designers, Laura Bassen and Julie Ranae.

Laura Bassen is a wife and mom to five crazy kids living in central Illinois. She studied graphic design in college, but now card making has become her creative outlet.  Laura is very honored and excited to be guest designing for Skipping Stones Design this month.

Julie Ranae comes from The Forest City of Rockford, Illinois. She has been married to her British-import husband Paul for 22 years and is the mother of two children and Mema to four grandsons.  She is the creator of the very popular weekly color challenge, The Play Date Café & co-creator of the Clean & Simple Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays . She is also the Design Team Coordinator for The Twinery & The Craft’s Meow, a designer for EAD Designs and Marketing Coordinator for StopandScrap.com.  Her work in the rubber stamping industry has been featured in a variety of trade publications and her designs have been featured in Scrapbook News & Review, Paper Craft Planet, CARDS/Create and Moxie Fab World.

We are so excited that these talented ladies are joining us!  September is going to be a great month!

LABOR DAY SALE CONTINUES

Speaking of great, just a reminder that Skipping Stones is having an awesome stamp sale this week.  Buy any 3 sets, get 1 free!!!  To take advantage of this special offer, please send our owner, Heather, an email with your selections at madebyme33(at)hotmail.com and she will take it from there.  Happy Shopping!!

Have a great day, friends!

Katie