Make it Personal with PSA Essentials {GIVEAWAY!}

I hope you are having an absolutely fantastic weekend! AND...I'm hoping to make it just a little better! I have a fabulous giveaway to offer you today from PSA Essentials!


PSA Essentials makes super cute personalized stamps and the very best thing about them is that you can totally Change out the center to make them work for any season using PSA Peel and Stick stamps! They include the famous PSA stamp handle that makes it super easy to use your persnolized stamp, too! Easy AND versatile! They are seriously fabulous, you guys! For reals!


One lucky Just Jingle reader is going to win a personalized stamp with free shipping from PSA Essentials! Simply use the Rafflecopter form below to enter! (If you are reading this in an email or via a reader, you will need to click through to enter.) It's SUPER easy to enter and you have two weeks, so spread the word! The giveaway is open to US Residents only, per the sponsor.

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MUAH!

Hiya, folks!  Welcome to Tuesday!  So... I have a card to show you today... I KNOW, Shocking, right?  K.  Well, anyway... this one is kinda super crazy fun.  No, like for reals, though.  It just makes me smile.


ACK! She is too cute. TOO.STINKING.CUTE. Just sayin'. She comes from the Smirk Collection from PSA Essentials. Her little MUAH! sentiment comes from the new sentiments collection from PSA Essentials! Something for everything in that set! Love that! Sally the Cricut was kind enough to cut out the sweet little speech bubbles for me. LOVE that girl!

I thought she would be a perfect fit for the Make Your Mark challenge over at CAS-Fridays, as her bright and totally trendy outfit is totally colored with Tombow markers. Because obviously that's what all the cool kids are wearing.

Obviously.

HA!

To check out more fabulous PSA Essentials inspiration, be sure to pop on over to the PSA Stamp Camp blog. It's a rock'n good time, folks!

Well, that's all for today, kids! Have a HAPPY!!!!

Jingle Out!

Hanukkah Greetings and a Christmas Bucket o' Goodness

Creating fabulous cards and wonderfully presented gifts doesn't have to be hard!  Actually, it doesn't even have to take all that much time!  Today I have a simple Christmas gift and a pretty Hanukkah card to share with you.  Both of these projects are super simple and wonderfully festive, all at the same time!


I found this great treat bucket at Target in the $1 bin. And...because it was part of the previous season...it was 50% off. Yup. Totally. Love it when that happens! I stuffed it with a bag of Christmas candy and tied that off with a fabulous May Arts mesh ribbon bow. I then stamped a tag (punched with a great Fiskars ornament punch I've had for years and years) from the brand new PSA Essentials Peel and Stick tag collection, colored it, and attached it! Nice and easy!


As for my Hanukkah card, I used a great Bazzill shimmer paper as the base to give it a little sparkle with ZERO work. Then I stamped the Star of David from the PSA Essentials Mixed Holiday Peel and Stick pack and fussy cut them. This sounds time consuming, but due to the straight lines, it's actually super quick! I stamped the sentiment on a little banner and...voila! Nice and easy! LOVE.THAT.

For more PSA Essentials inspiration, check out the PSA Stamp Camp blog!

Also, I have a really great Christmas wreath going up over on the May Arts blog today! I've included the full tutorial so you can create this one, too. Be sure to stop by there to check it out! Here is a little sneak!


Oh...and for those wondering how court went yesterday... The guy didn't bother to show up, so that was certainly a point in our favor. We sat before the Magistrate and a detective and told them what had happened. The magistrate said he felt the charges should at the very least be bumped up from 'wanton destruction of property' to 'malicious destruction of property'. We don't know if there are other charges. It all seemed quite positive from our end, although, we won't hear anything for awhile. They did tell us that we WILL hear something, but due to the back logs and such, it will be a bit, so we are good with that. I'm just happy to have this piece done with. I never knew 20 minutes of sitting in a room describing an incident could be so VERY exhausting! LOL!

Jingle Out!

Clean and Simple Candy Canes

As you are likely aware, I really love creating CAS cards.  Love it.  There is just something about the simplicity that attracts me.  When it comes to holiday cards, CAS can be particularly nice, as it is often (although, certainly not always) a bit easier to produce in bulk.  Today I have a fun card to share with you that would not take too long to do in multiples, yet, still has a strong enough design to stand well on its own.



I used the candy cane and the sentiment from one of the new holiday Peel & Stick packs from PSA Essentials!  I love that there are a bunch of holidays included in this one pack of stamps.



I used a circle cutter to cut the large circle and a punch for the smaller ones.  Nice and easy.  A white gel pen made it easy to add a bit of pen stitching to finish off this festive card.  For more inspiration using PSA Essentials check out PSA Stamp Camp!

Do you plan to create your holiday cards this year?  Do you do them all the same or do you do a bunch of different designs.  Because I'm constantly creating Christmas cards throughout the year for pub calls and DT work, I give everyone a different one because I end up with quite a nice supply by the time Christmas rolls around!  LOL!  It's kinda handy, actually!  HA!

I hope you have a super fabulous Tuesday!!!!  Thanksgiving is COMING!!!!  We are pretty excited in our house, but I have to work on Wed., so I have to find a way to stay focused!  LOL!

Jingle Out!

Thanks and Stuff

Yes, there certainly is a wonderful holiday that falls between Halloween and Christmas! And, while I admit I make fewer Thanksgiving cards than I do for other holidays, I do like to create some lovely fall and Thanksgiving cards during this season. I created this one using some of the brand new Peel & Stick holiday mix stamps from PSA Essentials!


I love this gorgeous pumpkin stamp! It's just a wonderful size and perfectly plump! I do so love a perfectly pump pumpkin!


You can check out LOTS of amazingly cool ideas over on the PSA Stamp Camp blog! Not just cards, either, here, folks! I'm talking LOTS of great ideas!!!

Have a happy Friday!!!

World Card Making Day Giveaway! ***CLOSED***

***This is my second post of the day...be sure to check out the Stampendous!/May Arts blog hop below!***

Well, it's time to CELEBRATE!!!!  It's World Card Making Day and we are all over this!  I decided that WCMD is pretty much the PERFECT reason to have a giveaway, so...here you go!  Included are items from Stampendous!, May Arts, Eyelet Outlet, PSA Essentials, Skipping Stones Design, Inkadinkadoo, Making Memories, and Clearsnap!  CHECK IT!!!



To enter, leave a comment below telling me how YOU are celebrating World Card Making Day!  If you are a follower of my blog leave an ADDITIONAL comment for an extra entry!  If you 'LIKE' my Facebook Page, leave an ADDITIONAL comment for a third entry!  (You can like over in the sidebar if you don't already!  :))

Also, I'm working toward 900 'likes' on my Facebook page and once we hit that one new liker will win a set of stamps and some ribbon as will whomever referred them, so SEND YOUR FRIENDS!!!!

Happy World Card Making day, folks!

Jingle Out!

Let's Celebrate with Some Martinis! {WOYWW}

I have a very exciting announcement to make! I am now officially a member of the PSA Essentials Design Team! I will be serving the role of card maker on the team...seems like a good fit to me, what do you think? YAY!!! I am so VERY excited to be joining this amazing group of creative bloggers! You can see the announcement over on the PSA Stamp Camp Blog!

AND...it just so happens that this week is also the PSA Essentials and May Arts collaboration week and you can see my super fun tutorial for these Martini Glass Charms over on the May Arts blog!


I look forward to sharing LOTS of fabulous PSA Essentials projects with you over the next year! So excited!!!

AND... for those who came to see my workspace, well, the room is ready to show off entirely yet, but I have been working, nonetheless, so here is the current state of my desk!


You can see in the background that there are still things scattered on the floor waiting for homes, be that furniture that I just bought at IKEA and need to build or the table that got covered with random stuff during the unpacking process, or... well, you know how it goes. However, I did get a super fun shade for my daylight bulb at IKEA! It's like a giant paper pillow!!! I love it! SO FUN!


I DID think about stamping it, but I'm too scared of ruining it or of it casting shadows if I stamp on it, so....it's going to stay fabulously white! And I'm totally cool with that. Just say'n.

Jingle Out!