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Weekly Giveaway: Stamp Attack UK

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If you have never seen the wonderful selection of stamps on the Stamp Attack UK site, then you are in for a treat! Stamp Attack UK is today's giveaway sponsor, and I am proud to reacquaint (or introduce) you to this outstanding stamp company. Now I know what you are thinking. A stamp company in the UK? You are going to be pleasantly surprised!

Stamp Attack's stamps run the gamut from elegant to cute (just LOOK at those birdhouses on the front page of her site!!!). The set we are giving away today is a vintage set (below). For my card, I used these stamps with the Clear Coat Collage Technique (June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter).
The owner of Stamp Attack is Carol Clements, a long-time TJ subscriber. She would like to offer you a special deal: Anything you order on her site this week is 10% off AND you have free postage! To take Carol up on her offer, simply email your order to her at craftyccc@googlemail.com , mention the code TJ986 in your email to her, and she will send a Paypal invoice direct to you. It couldn't be simpler!

To win this set and card, simply leave a comment by Sunday, July 19th at midnight. The winner will be selected Monday July 20th. Make sure that you leave enough information so that I can contact you to let you know you won. Just a reminder that Blogger does NOT leave me your email address. A great way to do this is to leave your email address in a spelled-out way, such as "p huntoon at optonline dot net." I will use my handy random number generator to pick the winning entry. You do NOT need to be a TJ subscriber to win. Good Luck!

Congratulation to Karen Deerborn for winning this giveaway!

P.S. Look for Stamp Attack UK stamps in the upcoming issue of RubberStamp Madness this month, too. I feature these stamps in the article I did for my Tips and Technique Column for using spray starch.

Kind and Caring Thoughts

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This was just a quick little card I made for a friend of mind when she lent this set to me last month. It uses Stampin' Up!'s Kind and Caring Thoughts set with the Depth of Field Technique from the June 2009 issue of the TJ Newsletter.

Some friend I am! I borrowed the set, then left the index print sheet on my stamping desk. I returned this set to her in mid-June -- and yet I still have the index print! Oh well, I will have to just have to send her ANOTHER card!

Stamps: Stampin' Up!, Kind and Caring Thoughts

Blogger's Challenge -- CASE-ing Margaret

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CASE: Copy and "Steal" Everything.
That was today's Blogger's Challenge. We were charged with CASE-ing another Blogger's Challenge member. I chose to use a card from Margaret Raburn as my inspirational CASE. A little about Margaret: I have known her for at least 8 or 9 years online. In addition to her wonderful stamping talent, I find her to be humble, sweet and giving. It is my HONOR to CASE her.
Okay, so down to it...Here is my card:

For my card, I used a Shimmering Resist Background for the main green panel (August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter -- also on CD6). This is a VERY shimmery card in-person -- I had a hard time capturing the shimmer. A little slice of it is on the right so that you can see how pretty it is. My focal image was smaller than Margaret's so I had to add an extra black layer (under the seahorse) and I also had to change where the embellishments were because of the scale of my image. For comparison, here is Margaret's card:
I think that I haven't done her justice! When I see the cards side-by-side like this, Margaret's certainly is far superior. Beautiful work, Margaret!

Make sure to check out the other Blogger Challenge cards -- click on the logo on my sidebar to see all the challenge participants.

Weekly Giveaway: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Lighthouse

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Today's gorgeous stamps for our giveaway are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, and were designed by TJ Designer Chris Dickinson! This set is absolutely gorgeous and includes fabulous sentiments. The full set is HERE:

This is a new release from Sweet 'n Sassy, and can be found HERE on their site. Note that SNS is also having a Christmas in July Sale, too! For the entire month of July, the Christmas & Winter stamp sets are 15% off!But the fun doesn't stop there! When you spend $25 in Christmas & Winter stamps, you will receive a FREE Holiday Greetings stamp set. Tell her you found out about it on TJ : ) Oh -- and don't forget that TJ members receive a 10% discount, too, with the code iluvtjn.

In addition to the stamp set, you will receive the card above. This card features the Lighthouse colored with Copics, then layered over a piece of Black ruche paper from The Paper Temptress. This is on top of a piece prepared with the Metallic Alcohol Roll technique from the October 2007 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter (CD6, for those of you who have them!) .
To win this set and card, simply leave a comment by Sunday, July 12th at midnight. The winner will be selected Monday July 13th. Make sure that you leave enough information so that I can contact you to let you know you won. Just a reminder that Blogger does NOT leave me your email address. A great way to do this is to leave your email address in a spelled-out way, such as "p huntoon at optonline dot net." I will use my handy random number generator to pick the winning entry. You do NOT need to be a TJ subscriber to win. Good Luck!

Congratulations, Frieda F! You are the lucky winner of these stamps -- enjoy!

Blogger's Challenge: Red White and Blue

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Today's Blogger's challenge was to create something Red, White and Blue. Unfortunately, I am at the bottom of an inspiration hole. I have a deadline Monday for submitting to a magazine I write for and I need to make one more sample for them...and everything I made yesterday hit the trash. Today I woke up thinking I was inspired -- I thought using the sparkle flower from SU's Good Friend set would make a great firework explosion. Alas, I am rushed -- DH wants to paint the kitchen today and I need to go pick out paint colors.
I do have to say, in my defense, that the sparkle thingy does look like fireworks. And the red paper in the background, from The Paper Temptress, looks great. I originally intended to make this a Beaded Window card, too (December 2005 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter). I couldn't find any white floss (again, hurried) so I strung my beads on tan -- and when I laid them down, they just looked plain ol' cruddy. Then I dropped the string of beads all over my floor... I also wanted to put a more current "Celebrate" word in there, from SU, but all I could find was this old retired one....I think that threw me off further. The "Happy 4th of July" saying is from Artistic Outpost.

So my card became a drywall-stitched card (April 2009 issue of TJNL). And don't look too close, because it is not a great one at that!

C'est la vie. It is only a card!!! Happy 4th of July to you!

A Shopping Spree for YOU!

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Who doesn't love a shopping spree? I know I do! And today's giveaway is for a $20.00 gift certificate from The Paper Temptress!Our card today was made using the Twinkled Stencils Technique (from the June 2009 Technique Junkie Newsletter). The Mermaid and Flora (from Rubber Stamp Plantation) were colored with Copics, and I added little sticker and crystal details to her hair, armband, and ring. I popped this on a piece of Gold Metallic Paper (from The Paper Temptress, of course!). The Twinkled Stencil background is also layered on this luxurious paper! I took a closer picture from the side so that you can see the paper and details better.

One Lucky winner today will be awarded a $20.00 gift certificate (along with the card above) to spend at will from the Paper Temptress website. There are so many wonderful papers to choose from!
To enter this giveaway, leave me a comment and let me know which paper from The Paper Temptress site is your favorite, or which you would like to try. Comments should be left on this blog by midnight Sunday July 5th. Make sure that you leave enough information so that I can contact you to let you know you won. Just a reminder that Blogger does NOT leave me your email address. A great way to do this is to leave your email address in a spelled-out way, such as "p huntoon at optonline dot net." I will use my handy random number generator to pick the winning entry. You do NOT need to be a TJ subscriber to win. Good Luck!

congratulations to Nelda D, the winner of this gift certificate and card!

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