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July 08, 2011

Day 2 of July Product Parade

Welcome to day two of our product releases!

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We are having a big party with this set of stamps....a birthday party!

Trudy has designed this adorable set of stamps....just perfect for cards and tags....but it gets better! We took several of the stamps from the set and enlarged them to scrapbook size and perfect for 6x6 cards! You are just going to fall in love with these stamps!

A must have for any collection!

Birthday Party

Go to Birthday Party Clear Acrylic Stamp Set

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

Sample by Lori McCroskey:

Clear Dollar Stamps: Birthday Party, Birthday Blessings Oval
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Tickled Pink
Tools: Cuttlebug

Sample by Candy Fosta:

Birthday Photo Frame
Stamps: Birthday Party
Cardstock: DP - SU Retired, White, Limeade
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: 8X19 photo mat (CDS); Elegant Accents Border Die, Copies, Twine

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Lots of birthday words to invite and celebrate with your friends and family!

Happy Birthday

Go to Happy Birthday Clear Acrylic Stamp

Celebrate

Go to Celebrate Clear Acrylic Stamp

It's A Party

Go to It's A Party Clear Acrylic Stamp

You Take the Cake

Go to You Take the Cake Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

Sample by Candy Fosta:

Birthday Frames
Stamps: Elegant Accents Tag Frames; Happy Birthday; Celebrate; It's A Party
Cardstock: Tropical Mist, Limeade, DP -SU Retired
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Elegant Accents Frame Die

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Ice Cream Cone

Go to Ice Cream Cone Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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Birthday Cake Swirls

Go to Birthday Cake Swirls Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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Birthday Cake Slice

Go to Birthday Cake Slice Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

Samples by Candy Fosta:

Birthday Invite Favor Bag
Stamps: Birthday Cake Slice; It's A Party
Cardstock: White, DP = unknown
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics

Birthday Cake Swirls Card and Lotion
Stamps: Birthday Cake Swirls; You Take the Cake; Happy Birthday
Cardstock: Tropical Mist, DP = unknown
Ink: Tim Holtz Dusty Concord
Accessories: CDS Label Tag Die, Sakura Stardust Pen, Copic Spica Lavender Pen

Ice Cream Cone Card & Lotion
Stamps: Ice Cream Cone; Celebrate
Cardstock: Candy Apple Red, White, DP = CTMH
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics

Hope your day is filled with blessings and stamping galore!

See you tomorrow for day three of our product parade!

Go to the store to see all that is new in July!

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July 07, 2011

Day 1 of July Product Parade

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Product Parade for 3rd Quarter 2011.....we are just sure you are going to find something you like here! Everything is available to purchase today....no waiting!

Let's get started!

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Our first set is a die set with matching stamp sets. Elegant and versatile you are going to want to add this to your collection! Pair it with the Little Stacker Nesting Dies - Ovals Qty 6 that we carry and you can create some beautiful cards!

I have created a border, tag, and main medallion for you to create layers and layers of coordinated beauty on your cards!

Elegant Accents Die Set

Go to Elegant Accents Die Set

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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Here is our first set of accent stamps for this die set. Some frames for your oval to make your images pop!

Elegant Accents Ovals

Go to Elegant Accents Ovals Clear Acrylic Stamp Set

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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This set is larger than most of our sets....and I think you are going to love this! Perfect for church card ministry groups! Symathy, praying for you, welcome someone, or just use it as your personal ministry set!

Elegant Accents Stamp Set

Go to Elegant Accents Clear Acrylic Stamp Set

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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I decided to do a couple of individual stamps to match this die set.....per customer request! I had some customers who prefer to just buy one stamp at a time....so I listened!

Your Friendship Oval

Go to Your Friendship Oval Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with this stamp:

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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Birthday Blessings Oval

Go to Birthday Blessings Oval Clear Acrylic Stamp

The DT members who created previews with this stamp:

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

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These little tag frames fit perfectly in your Elegant Accents tag....perfect for accenting the sentiment on your cards!

Elegant Accents Tag Frames

Go to Elegant Accents Tag Frames Clear Acrylic Stamp Set

The DT members who created previews with these stamp(s):

Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy

Here is my little Product Parade I put together for you using these sets....I just couldn't stop I was having so much fun!

First, I decided to make a card pack for a gift out of all my new stamp sets and die sets....I'm so excited to give this as a gift with a matchin gift bag!

Below are the cards individually:

Clear Dollar Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp Set
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Papers: Basic Grey Marjolaine
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Ripe Olive, Deep Sea, Hot Cocoa
Tools: Cuttlebug

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Clear Dollar Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp Set
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Papers: K&Co Wild Raspberry
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Bubble Gum
Tools: Cuttlebug
Embellishments: Microbeads, mini brads, Viva Paper accent

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Clear Dollar Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp Set
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Papers: K&Co Wild Raspberry
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Sweet cheeks cardstock, Pretty Porcelain ribbon, Spring Leaf Ribbon and cardstock, Fresh Papaya cardstock
Tools: Cuttlebug
Embellishments: Viva peal accents

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I made this little tin as a pick-me-up for a friend...it has some little Hershey nugget candy bars that I wrapped with the Elegant Accents border die and ribbon. It also has a little note pad and pen that I decorated to match....fun!

Clear Dollar Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp Set, Elegant Accents Ovals
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Turquoise Gem and Tangelo Smoothie
Tools: Cuttlebug

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Did I forget to mention that the Elegant Accents stamp set coordinates with the following sets?

Bitty Botanicals Clear Acrylic Stamps

Beautiful Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps

Clear Dollar Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp Set, Bitty Botanicals Stamp set
Clear Dollar Stamps Dies: Elegant Accents Die Set, Oval Die set
Clearly Coordinating Cardstocks/Inks: Spring leaf, Tropical Mist, and Bubblegum
Tools: Cuttlebug

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Candy put together these sweet little samples for you:

Tye Dye Canvas
Stamps: Elegant Accents Stamp
Cardstock: White
Ink: Big & Juicy Waterfall
Accessories: Elegant Accents Die Set
Ribbon, Tye Dye Felt

Your Friendship Tag
Stamps: Your Friendship Oval; Elegant Accents
Cardstock: White, Teal
Ink: Big and Juicy Waterfall
Accessories: Elegant Oval Die; Ribbon

Birthday Blessings Card
Stamps: Birthday Blessings Oval
Cardstock: White, Red, Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick
Accessories: Elegant Accents Oval Die; Beautiful Butterfly Die; Pearls; Red Ribbon

See you tomorrow for day two of our product parade!

If you want to see everything we have for the month of July:

New in July

Hope your day is filled with blessings and stamping galore!

Posted at 10:00 AM in New Releases | Permalink | Comments (2)

July 05, 2011

Coloring "EnamelWare Look" With Tombows

Hi Everyone!

True :D here.

You get a special treat this Tuesday! Both Lisa and I have prepaired tutorials so make sure and scroll down to see the fun project she has to share with you when you've finnished checking mine out!

I hope you had a safe, happy and healthy 4th of July!

But now...it's time to put the sparklers down and pick up your markers! :)

EnamelWare or SpeckleWare is doing a comeback! I am so excited because I just love the stuff! I remember my grandmother having just about every dish in her cabinet made from it. One of my favorite pieces she had was a rooster creamer. Ever since I illustrated the "Rooster Sunrise" set for Clear Dollar Stamps, I have wanted to try making it look like EnamelWare. I hope you don't mind me sharing my technique here with you this Technique Tuesday.

Here is the video tutorial. Remember that you can click on the 4 arrows in the lower right hand corner to go full screen. Then just hit your "Esc" button on your keyboard to go back to normal.

Here is a look at the finished card.

I used DCWV "Linnen Closet" stack.

Here is what the entire set looks like:

Here is a peek @ another card I did with this set.

If you would like to see the entire card plus all of the others I created with this set, please visit my blog HERE. I would love it if you left a comment in both places so I will know that you visited. ;)

I hope you have enjoyed this video half as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you!

Hugs,

True :D

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Step Up Front And Center

MY OOPS IS YOUR GAIN. I THOUGHT TODAY WAS MY TUESDAY. OOPS. SO...YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS STILL GOING...HEE HEE....YOU GET TWO TUTORIALS TODAY. ENJOY!

Happy Tuesday Tutorial am to you. Hope your weekend was restful. The weather here was fantastic for the holiday weekend. So nice. Let me start by giving a shout out to our sweet Katie...Hi Katie-Kate. Now onto my tutorial today. Today I will show you how to make a Center Step Up Card 5x5".

Supplies Needed

STAMPS:Cupcake, Birthday Celebration

PAPER:Wild Huckleberry, Cottonball White

INK:Memento Tuxedo Black, Wild Huckleberry, Hot Cocoa, Copics YR31 Fresh Papaya, V06 Wild Huckleberry,

ACCESSORIES:Score Pal, Scotch foam tape, 1/16" hole punch, sponge, paper trimmer, bone folder, acrylic blocks

Start with your 10 x 5" piece of Wild Huckleberry Cardstock. Make a cut 1" in from the sides from 1" - 6". (I used my paper trimmer). These dimensions will make a 5 x 5" card.

(This is still the same paper...it just looks red in this picture). Place your cardstock in your scoring tool with the long side against the top edge. Score to your cut line at 1", 2", 6" on both sides.

Next, score in between your cut lines at 5" (from left side).

Fold as shown above from left to right, the first two folds are mountain folds (folded with the peak up), the third fold is a valley fold (fold with peak down) and last fold is a mountain fold. Be sure to press firmly with your bone folder for crisp folds.

Here is the front view. Now to decorate it.

Cut 4 x 3" piece of Cottonball White cardstock and adhere to front.

Stamp Cupcake individual stamp twice on Cottonball White cardstock with Memento Dye Ink Tuxedo Black.

The two cupcakes are for layering pieces for dimension. Using Copic Marker V06 (Coordinates with Wild Huckleberry cardstock and ribbon) color in the candle and sprinkles on the first cupcake image. On the second cupcake color the edge of the candle only and the three outter sprinkes plus the cupcake bottom. With Copic Marker YR31 (Coordinates with Fresh Papaya cardstock and ribbon) color in the flame and color edge of the flame on the second cupcake as well as the capcake inside at the base of the frosting.

Cut out the two cupcake images as above.

Sponge edges with Hot Cocoa Palette Ink.

Adhere dimensional foam tape to the backs of all pieces.

Adhere all layers to front of the card.

Take a 3/4"x 1" piece of Cottonball White Cardstock and stamp sentiment from BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION stamp set using WILD HUCKLEBERRY PALETTE INK PAD.

Punch a hole in the left corner of the tag with a 1/16" hole punch. Tie a bow with floss and adhere to card.

I love making these since I first tried it. I hope you like making this card as well. Thank you for tuning in.See you next Tuesday. Lisa

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July 01, 2011

Clearly Inspired Challenge #31 (CIC31)

Happy Friday, everyone! It's Cassie here to bring you a new Clearly Inspired Challenge! It's a new month, which means we have winners from last month to share. We had a whopping 72 participants over the month, which means that we have a total of 6 winners! Three of those will receive a $10 gift code good for stamps or digis only, and three of those will receive last month's featured digi.

Winners of the $10 Gift Code are:

E. Marie

Sylvia Blum

Sherri P.

Winners of the June featured Digi are:

Patti Painter

Karen Howard

Bethie J.

Please contact Cassie ([email protected]) within the month to receive your goodies!

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Now let's move onto the next challenge!

Punches, Die Cuts, Cut Outs -- let's see some love for those punches, die cuts, or cut outs! CDS has a great selection of SVG's and Designer Dies that fit the category too. Let's see how creative you can get with this one!

Here are a few guidelines for the challenges:

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-Challenges are now going to be on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month. The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month. For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs. (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries! Here is what July's featured digi looks like:

Now for a little DT inspiration:

Laurie Wilson -- featured digi Gigi Giraffe

Christi Bryant -- Bold Butterflies & Bold Butterflies Designer Die

Barb Best -- featured digi Gigi Giraffe and Tabs & Tags Designer Die

Jan Hunnicut -- featured digi Gigi Giraffe

Dawn Frost -- Daisy April FOM digi

Michelle Sampson -- Spider Greetings

Kathy Dunnegan -- Designer Label Die

Linda Anderson -- Bold Butterflies & Bold Butterflies Die, Plumes & Blooms, and Words of Gratitude

Cassie Trask (me) -- Christian Sympathy, Blooming Bouquet & Blooming Bouquet Designer Die, and Scalloped Edge Border Die

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly. We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps. The next challenge will be on a Saturday (a bit different from normal), because of Digital Releases. So remember you have until July 15th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month. That's 2 weeks! Be as creative as you can while sticking with the theme. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

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