Last Day with Core and Petaloo!

Happy Friday!

We're so sorry to be saying toodaloo to our partnership 

with Core and Petaloo! 

But, we have some great stuff to show you today 

as our 'send off'!! 

Let's dive right in! 

First up is Michelle -- 

She used one of my favorite sets 'Core of it' 

LOVE IT!! 

Check out this cute card from 

Kari - 

I like how Kari used the flowers in the clouds

Total genius! 

Of course, Kari used 'Scootin' By'! 

I made a couple cards too! 

Hooray! 

I love that Pattern Craze! It works so well with 

so many different themes - projects - cards! 

I used it this time with a sentiment 

from 'It's a Man's World' and 

it made for a great Congrats card! 

Don't-cha think! 

I also made a bit of a shaker card using 

some old packaging - check it out! 

Here is how I did it -- 

Here's the tricky part - you'll wanna make 

the 'confetti' two sided so, cut up the pencils 

and cut your pencil stamp so that it's just 

one pencil ( see above ) - then carefully 

(it's easy!) stamp it on the back of each 

pencil... color and bam! You have two 

sided confetti! 

I did the same thing with the apples

and I cut out some Hexagons from 

the 'Shape-tastic' die set - and it 

turned out super cute!

Today is the last day for you to 

enter to win some goodies for this week 

Wanna Enter?!

(of course you do!) 

Be sure to comment below (and comment 

along each day of this week!) AND

head over to the Core Blog and Petaloo's Blog!

Also, be sure you're following us on the blog and 

on any social media site that you frequent! (let us know 

in your comment that you do!) 

Winner will be drawn at random next Monday 

and announced here on the blog! 

Thanks for stopping in and checking out the fun inspiration! 

A big thanks to Petaloo and Coredinations for partnering 

up with us - it was such a *sweet* week! 

Have a great labor day weekend and a great day! 

Hugs, 

N. 

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It's Nicole's Birthday!

It's day four of our inspirational parade! 

(and it's thursday - which is like, practically Friday!) 

AND AND it's Nicole's birthday!! So, be sure to stay 

with us through the end of this post to find out how 

you can get in on the celebration! 

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WEEKLY CHALLENGE UPDATE

Side note: Our weekly challenge that started 

last week will be postponed this week due to 

the partnership with Petaloo/ Core and b/c of 

Nicole's birthday celebration - Come back 

next thursday for a NEW challenge, a NEW free 

digi, AND to see if you're the winner from last 

week! - Thanks for your patience! 

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Ok, back to our - 'back to school' inspiration! 

Here is Stephanie's card and a little hello 

from her- 

I love embossing with the core'dinations cardstock it comes out awesome and for the school theme I used a number background embossing folder and then lightly sanded the cardstock.

For the stamp set I used It's A man's world and sweet alpha doodles.

For the Dp I used studio calico and then to finish off my card I used the gorgeous flower from petaloo and also added some timeless twine.

That's such a cute card Stephanie! LOVE~

And, then Kim is sharing with us today--- 

I love this card - and the cherry blossoms never looked 

so good!! A++

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A big thanks to our designers today for showing 

off such awesome projects! 

Be sure to stop by their blogs and say hi! 

Stephanie

Kim

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The stamp sets used today are... 

Cherry Blossoms

3x4

It's a Man's World 

3x4

Sweet Alpha Doodles

4x6

Sweet Victoria

4x6

Ok, are you ready to enter to win some goodies - 

Here's how

Be sure to comment below (and comment 

along each day of this week!) AND

head over to the Core Blog and Petaloo's Blog!

Also, be sure you're following us on the blog and 

on any social media site that you frequent! (let us know 

in your comment that you do!) 

Winner will be drawn at random next Monday 

and announced here on the blog! 

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HIP HIP HOORAY!

Now - the big birthday bash can start!! 

Nicole is turing the ripe old age of 

28

today -- so we thought it might be fun to let 

you in on the celebration! 

We know that Nicole wishes that number was 

a little closer to 20 than to 30 

Sooooooo

Today only - use coupon code HB28 for 

$8 off a $28 (or more) purchase. 

Yep, this is the first coupon code (and might be 

the last for a while) - that you can use on 

the new DIES!! 

These dies are so much fun - 

Here is a peek at a project Nicole's 

been working on using these! 

Phase 1

Phase 2 

Stay tuned for Phase 3 (hopefully, 

the completed piece!) :) 

Find the dies in the shop: HERE

Coupon Small print: Coupon code must be 

used today and can not be combined with 

any other offer - like free shipping. 

Head on over to the 

shop HERE - and be sure

to stop in on our facebook page

 to wish Nicole happy b-day! 

See you back here tomorrow for our last 

'back to school' inspirational day! 

Thursday Hugs! 

Happy Stamping! 

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Core/Petaloo/SSS Inspirational Day 3

Whew, these partnership weeks with other 

companies always make the week fly by! 

It's already Wednesday! 

Something new and exciting for today is.... 

We've got the pleasure of a guest designer - 

Audrey Tokach

Here is a little about Audrey - from Audrey!

My name is Audrey Tokach and I am a Stay-at-home Mom to two beautiful boys, ages 10 & 8.  I have been happily married to my wonderful husband for 11 years now.  We currently live in Florida, though we will always consider the Philadelphia suburbs home.  I have been papercrating since 2001.  I started off as a scrapbooker, and in 2009, I was introduced to the wonderful world of stamping.  It is definately my passion, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be a guest designer for Sweet Stamp Shop! :)  Please visit my blog at www.pinkinkoriginals.blogspot.com.  I'd love to have you come visit! :)

Check out her project that she made for today - using the 

*new* Under the Sea and Pattern Craze sets AND the 

new 'Shape-tastic' die set!!! 

Wasn't that Under the Sea themed 

back to school - so cute! Great job Audrey! 

Under the Sea 

Pattern Craze

Shape-tastic

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Ready to enter to win some goodies?!

Here's how

Be sure to comment below (and comment 

along each day of this week!) AND

head over to the Core Blog and Petaloo's Blog!

Also, be sure you're following us on the blog and 

on any social media site that you frequent! (let us know 

in your comment that you do!) 

Winner will be drawn at random next Monday 

and announced here on the blog! 

Thanks for stopping in and checking out the fun inspiration! 

See you tomorrow! 

N. 

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Day 2 Core-Petaloo-SSS

Hey guys and gals! 

We're back today with some more inspiration 

to get us *Back* in the school mood! 

(I know even when I was a kid - going back 

to school was always a hard transition - but, 

my Mom always wrote little love notes in my 

lunch box and I looked forward to it!) 

Ok, we have some really talented designers

showing off their crafty muscles today - First

up is Laurel!

I love the background with the numbers!! So 

COOL!

Stamps used: Lil Sweet Peps, It's a Man's word.

Supplies: Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Copics, Tim Holtz Distress Markers, Liquid Pearls

I dry embossed the Petaloo flowers and layered them and applied Liquid Pearls to the center. I dry embossed the number background onto the Core'Dinations card stock and standing it with the Core'Dinaations sanding tool! I also distressed the edges of both Core'Dinations card stock panels. I used Copics to "messy color" the frame green/blue.

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Next up is Kelly - check out her awesomeness -

I created a Thank You card set for a teacher. When creating a set I find it easiest to determine my layout and then cut all my pieces. This way I can work in an "assembly line" fashion taking up much less time. After everything was cut I heat embossed Against the Grain with clear embossing powder onto the orange cardstock from Core'dinations. I adhered this to a 4 x 5.25 piece of white. I also adhered a 1/8 strip of Core'dinations scubadiver blue  along the right side. I stamped one of the jars from Jars of Sweets to create my vase, I just masked off the lid. I also paperpieced the bottom border using more scubadiver blue. The leaves were stamped on Core'dinations Leaf cardstock and trimmed out. The leaves are from Melvin and Vernie. For my sentiment I turned to Packaged Pretty because I just love the Thank You. It's so pretty with the script "you". I stamped the sentiment on another piece of white, rounded one corner, and adhered it with dimensional adhesive. I wrapped some green Timeless Twine around the ridge side and added a bow. Lastly I adhered my "vase" and added the lovely Petaloo flowers. The leaves were tucked under the bloom. The top left corner was rounded and the whole panel was adhered to a white card base. I absolutely love the way these came out! Such vibrant colors and I adore the way the blue in the blooms matches my cardstock :) I used the same exact layout for the cover of the box. The Petaloo flowers come in a set of 6 with 3 pairs so I created 5 cards and the boxcover. 



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Those were great projects ladies!! 

Ok, are you ready to enter to win some goodies - 

Here's how

Be sure to comment below and 

head over to the Core Blog and Petaloo's Blog!

Also, be sure you're following us on the blog and 

on any social media site that you frequent! (let us know 

in your comment that you do!) 

Winner will be drawn at random next Monday 

and announced here on the blog! 

Thanks for stopping in and checking out the fun inspiration! 

See you tomorrow! 

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