Serendipity Stamps - AUGUST Blog Hop #2!

Welcome to the second HOP this month for Serendipity Stamps!

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez's blog.

I used Serendipity's AUTUMN die on my card.
I also used Echo Park's 12x12 Celebrate Autumn paper.

I die cut the word 3 times in brown card stock 

(and glued them together)

and once in green so I could cut off the 

leaves and glue them on top.

I cut out a second image of the banner, flower and acorn top,

inked the edges and popped it up over the top of the acorn.

Finished size is 4 1/2" x 5 3/4".

The HOP Prize is a $20 Serendipity Stamps 
Gift Certificate to a random commenter.

You can leave comments from today through Sunday

 and Mary will announce the winner on August 20.

Here is the list of Design Team members participating in the HOP:

Mary's Blog

Beth Chiu 

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier (that's me!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Next up is Vickie Zimmer's blog here.

Serendipity's Stamp of the Month is 

Acorns and Sweetgum 

and the Die of the Month is the Sympathy die.   

Both are 50% off

Serendipity Stamps & dies: Autumn die 065DD

Other dies: My Favorite Things - A2 Stitched Rectangles 1 & 2, Tonic - Scalloped Rectangles

Paper: Echo Park Celebrate Autumn 12x12

Serendipity Stamps - November Blog Hop #2

Welcome to this month's 2nd HOP for Serendipity Stamps!

Today I used the darling new stamps, Happy Holidays Set. 

I love the edgy, rustic design of these stamps.  

Pairing them up with some linen ribbon seemed

to be the right design.  They are colored with Copics 

and covered with a glossy glaze pen.  

I cut my sentiment stamp apart so it would be easier

to stamp this way instead of one long line.

Finished size is 4 3/4 " square.

Here is a little tag I made to go with the card.

Stamp of the month for 50% off is SLED:

The HOP Prize is a $20 Serendipity Stamps Gift Certificate 

to a random commenter.  

You can leave comments from Wednesday through Sunday

 and Mary will announce the winner on Monday.

Here is the list of Design Team members participating in the HOP:

Mary's Blog
Beth Chiu
Patti Kehl
Carol Mayne
Miriam Napier
Julie Warner  (not hopping this week)
Vickie Zimmer 
Marybeth Lopez

• Serendipity Stamps: Happy Holidays Set 1423CSS
• Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black & Olympia Green
• Paper: Authentique - Alpine 6x6, Neenah Natural White, Bazzill Black
• Other dies: My Favorite Things - Cross Stitched Tag & Wonky Square dies, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Squares
• Other: Echo Park Enamel Dots - I Love Winter, May Arts - Linen Ribbon
• COPICS: W0, W2, B93, B95, YG93, YG95, YG97

IO Challenge - Season's Greetings

Impression Obsession is having a Season's Greetings Challenge 

and I decided to play along with TWO cards.

I die cut VERY MERRY in different colors and glued them onto 

an embossed piece of Constellation White shimmer paper.

Finished size is an A-2.

My next card has the same die cut but fewer words!  

Gold Mirror paper gives cards such an elegant look so I used it for my words

and a layer.  I love a gold, red and white color combo.

Finished size is 4 3/4 x 3 1/2.

• DIE: Impression Obsession - Very Merry
• Paper: Gold Mirror, Curious Cryogen White, Bazzill - Red Hots
• Other: Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangle dies, Echo Park - Winter Chill Embossing Folder

Chilly the Penguin

In September I took a class from the talented Karen Burniston.  
We made a display board with her wonderful animal dies 
made by Elizabeth Crafts.  
My favorite is Cheepers the Chicken but I thought 
Chilly the Penguin would make a cute Christmas Card.

I added papers embossed with an Echo Park embossing folder 
(Winter Chill) and I highlighted it with Bo Bunny's Sugar Glitter Paste 

(but you can't see the sparkle in the photo).  His beak and toes are colored
with a Copic Marker and his scarf is cut from Bazzill Rain paper.

I needed a sentiment so I split Impression Obsession's

 Very Merry die with MERRY on the outside and CHRISTMAS on the inside.
You can see this card in person at Impressive Ideas in Norcross, Georgia.
The finished size is an A-2.

Stay Warm!

Serendipity Stamps November Blog Hop!

Can you believe it is November already?? Serendipity Stamps kicks off the month with a Blog Hop of new products!!  You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez's blog.  

I chose the new Cottage die to make a holiday card.

I lined my windows with acetate and put some curtains inside the left window.

This cute cottage could be a gingerbread house or bird house or haunted house!

This great die set comes with all kinds of little goodies to dress up your cottage.

Inside I stamped the MERRY, MERRY, MERRY inside my A-2 card.

Special: Buy 3, Get the 4th (least expensive item) free.   
Offer good Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8 .

The stamp of the month for November is Snowman Ice Skating http://www.serendipitystamps.com/product/816G.html

Leave comments on the blogs through Sunday, November 8 for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Serendipity Stamps.  Mary will  announced a winner on Monday, November 9. 

Mary's Blog

Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna 
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier

• Serendipity Stamps and Dies: Cottage Die 070MD, Merry Merry Merry 663D, Happy Holidays 665
• Ink: Versafine - Crimson Red
• Paper: 6x6 Echo Park - Dots & Stripes Christmas, Neenah Solar White, Misc red, green, kraft & blue card stock
• Other: MFT pierced rectangle die, silver pearl, May Arts twine

Mini Blueprints - School Style

Happy Friday everyone!  I have four cards to show you today using 

Tim Holtz's Mini Blueprints.

For the globe I stamped it twice, colored it with Distress Markers and used a water brush. I cut it out and popped it up with foam tape.

For the apple I paper pieced it and shaded it with a COPIC marker.

I stamped this one twice, cut out the books, colored them with 

Distress Markers and popped them up with foam tape.

For the pencils I just die cut and colored them with Distress Markers.

The sentiments are all from a great Impression Obsession set called 

Life Stuff Sentiments.  Great for so many occasions!

Have a great weekend!

• Stamps: Tim Holtz - Mini Blue Prints, Impression Obsession - Life Stuff Sentiments
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versafine - Onyx Black, Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
• Paper: Neenah Natural White, 140 lb watercolor paper, Echo Park - Birthday Wishes 6x6, Penny Black - Painted Blooms 6x6, Kraft, Bazzill Heavyweight - Black
• Other: Spellbinders dies, May Arts - Natural Twine, Mini Perfect Layers, COPIC marker, Distress Markers, Collall - Odorless Silicone

Serendipity Stamps - JUNE Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps JUNE Blog Hop!  
Can you believe SUMMER is just a few days away?!

You should have arrived here from the talented:
Marybeth Lopez 

I have two cards to show you.  Birds are definitely my theme today!

My first card uses the darling new Bird House stamp.  I decided to keep it simple with colors and format.  The background of the card base was stamped with the Wood Background stamp to go with the wood of the bird house.
.
 

The bird came from the NEW Bird Bath stamp.  I stamped it, colored it, cut it out and popped it with silicone.  I did the same with the butterfly.

Inside I stamped the Bird House again to dress up the liner.  

The finished size is an A-2.

My second card uses the new Bird Bath stamp.
Isn't it cute?!?!?  I just love the little bird.

It is colored with Copics and I added a cute little "Thanks" tag.
Did you know Serendipity has all kinds of little words you can buy for $1 or less?

The inside is finished off with the same stamp in red.
The finished size is 4 3/8 x 4 3/8.

Special:   40% Off Coupon   The code is “40fromhigh615”  
Good on the highest priced item in your cart.

Good from today, Friday, June 12th to Monday, June 15th.

Please leave comments through June 14th for a chance to win a 
$20 Gift Certificate for Serendipity Stamps.  

Mary will announce a winner on Monday, June 15th on her blog.

Stamp of the month is the Grill - 50% off 

Here's the link: 

http://www.serendipitystamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH

Next on the HOP is the talented:

Vickie Zimmer

Mary's Blog

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

Jeanne Jachna

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps - Wood Background 1320BK,  Bird House with Sign 1355F, Hi There Large 620B, Bird Bath 1356E, Thanks small 613B
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versafine - Onyx Black, Satin Red, Crimson Red
• Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Natural White, Echo Park - Sunny Days Ahead 6x6, Bazzill Red & Green Heavyweight card stock
• Copics: BG0000,53; G40,43,46; R20,22,24; YR30,31,21; W1,3,5; 0
• Other: Spellbinders - Marvelous Squares, Classic Circles, May Arts - Ribbon & black twine, SU! ribbon

Serendipity Stamps - APRIL Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps April Blog Hop!!  I hope you have enjoyed seeing the new products on the HOP!  I made a Peony card with the darling new stamp shown on the banner above.

You should have arrived here from:
Marybeth Lopez

  
I made a unique folding card for the HOP.  The flap with the Peony on it opens up and the flap at the bottom opens down to reveal the message on the inside of the card.

Just something different for a change! 
I embossed the pink background paper with an embossing folder for texture.

 

I have 2 peony shrubs in my garden and wish I could grow more.  Here in Atlanta it gets too hot too fast for the blooms to survive very long.  So, almost as soon as they open, the petals start falling off.  A professional told me to get the Festiva Maxima variety for the best result.  It is white with a streak of magenta in the center.  I can wait till the blooms open!

Here is a picture from last May.  You can barely see the magenta streaks.

I am the last blog on the list. 

 Here is the whole list in case you need it:

Mary's Blog

Vickie Zimmer

Jeanne Jachna 

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Don't forget the 50% off stamp of the month is the Jar Label http://www.serendipitystamps.com/product/1212E.html  

There is also a SALE!   Buy 3, Get a 4th Free.   

Good Friday through Sunday  April 10 – April 12

If you comment on all the blogs you will be in the running for a prize! It is a $20 gift certificate to one commenter randomly selected from all the blogs. You can leave comments through April 12 and the winner will be announced on Mary's blog on April 13.

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps - Peony 1346F, The Little Things 435E
• Paper: Echo Park - Sunny Days Ahead 6 x 6, Neenah Solar White & Black Linen
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versafine - Onyx Black
• Die: Bo Bunny - Lattice Frames Dies 
• Copics: R81, R83, R85, RV10, BG0000, YG23, YG25
• Other: Mini Perfect Layers, Anna Griffin Butterfly Embossing Folder, black gems

Serendipity - SSCB Spring Fever #41

With the new month (can you believe it is March already?!) 
we are starting a SPRING FEVER challenge 

for you from the  Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog.

To participate just use any of Serendipity's images or dies in your creation 
with this theme for a chance to win!  I have 2 cards to show you today.

The design team had an added challenge to make a 
Saint Patrick's Day project this time.  
I just love the cute shamrock die with the little hearts cut out of the stem!

I die cut and glued 3 shamrocks together before adhering to my card.  
The little clovers are from the LUCKY word die.

Inside I stamped the great sentiment in Smokey Grey ink.
Finished size is 4 5/8" square.

On my second card I used a new background stamp from Serendipity.  It is called Beaded Strings Background and its available now!

I die cut LUCKY twice and glued them together.  
Only one layer of the little clover on this one!

For the inside I cut off one heart from the 
shamrock die and glued it to the liner.

Finished size is 5" x 4".

Our Guest Designer this month is Karen Dunbrook:

 http://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/
 

Check out what the rest of the Design Team created!

Karen Amidon
Jenny Gropp
Jeanne Jachna 

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier (me!)

Julie Warner

Vickie Zimmer

• Serendipity Dies and Stamps:  Shamrock Die 018ED, Happy St Patty's Day 1293E,  Lucky Die 054DD, My Die 044BD , Day Die 041CD, Beaded Stings Background 1354BK
• Ink: Versafine: Smokey Grey, Distress Ink: Peeled Paint
• Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Echo Park - Sunny Days Ahead 6x6
• Other:   MFT - Stitched Jumbo Fishtail STAX Die-namics, Spellbinders - Marvelous Squares dies, BAZZILL ribbon