Just Jingle

7.19.2012

Sweet & Sassy Christmas in July Blog Hop!

*Note: This is my second post for today. Scroll down for more inspiration!*

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is celebrating Christmas in July! I got to play with the SUPER adorable Cocoa's Christmas set! I LOVE this adorable stamp set! I did a bit of paper piecing and a bit of coloring on my image and then added some sparkle by heat embossing the red ornaments with Stampendous! tinsel embossing enamel. I love the sparkle!

The bottom of the card is wrapped with May Arts twine and I channeled Jennifer McGuire just a bit and decided to do some clusters of gem stones around the card! SO FUN! The sentiment is one of the BRAND NEW SRM stickers! Love those things!

YAY for super fun stamps and cards!!!

Lots of great things are happening at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps during these pre-holiday festivities! ALL Christmas clear stamps are 20% off through Wednesday, July 25. Three new holiday sets are in stock early, for a fun pre-release, and they you can get them before they are released in September and October... if you buy them now, you can take advantage of the sale price!

Every order of $25 in Christmas clear stamps will receive Gingerbread Man, a darling new 2" x 2" mini clear set. And as always, all clear stamp orders of $50 or more get this month's free w/ stamp set, Christmas Candle (while supplies last).

Ready to see what the Design Divas and a few special friends (YAY! I get to be a special friend!) have been up to with their Christmas stamps? Take a look (and be sure to read on, for information about how you can join in on this hop and win some prizes):

Julie Ranae
Jessica Fick

Korin Sutherland

And what's the best part about Christmas in July? We want YOU to play along with us! Just link up your Christmas project using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps below and join in our Customer blog hop. You have until Sunday, July 22 at 11:59 PM EST to play along. One randomly selected participant will receive their choice of one Christmas clear stamp set!

Remember This

It's my day to show off a fun The Alley Way Stamps card today and I had a TON of fun creating this one! I used the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line, I LOVE these papers! and stamped the letters from Alphabet Soup for a super fun sentiment!

I love how the sticker and the stamped/embellished sentiment all flows together so well by using this coordinating line! YAY!

And..just in case you missed it...I posted a giveaway yesterday! Be sure to check that out! I am also linking this up to the {PIN}spirational Challenge for this week!

Have a happy day!!!

Jingle Out!

7.18.2012

Simon Says Stamp Sketch Challenge!

Quick Note: This is my second post of the day! Be sure to visit my 150,000 visit GIVEAWAY in the previous post!

Yes, that's right! This week over at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog we have a fun new sketch for the challenge! It's a great one, too!

The team is playing with goodies from My Favorite Things this week, and I chose the fabulous Mini Wavy Pennant Dies! They are SO FUN!

I first put assorted washi tapes onto cardstock, and then ran them through my die cut machine to get the adorable flag cuts! The papers are all from the Basic Grey What's Up! line! The sentiment is from the Studio Calico/Hero Arts Hooray! Set.

AND...as an added bonus, while making this card, I discovered that toothpicks actually go right through a Xyron 'X' sticker maker QUITE NICELY! LOL! Just say'n. HA!

As usual, Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner of this challenge a $50 voucher to the store! YAY!

I am linking my card up to the Paper Issues Wishy Washi Challenge, too!

One Hundred Fifty Thousand Plus {WOYWW & a Giveaway}

Well, today is a pretty exciting day around here at Just Jingle! My blog has officially crossed over 150,000 visitors! I know some blogs do that in like a couple of months, but for me, it's pretty darned exciting! LOL! AND...worth a giveaway! So..be sure to read today's full post to get in on that fun!!!

Let's start with a fun card using some Gourmet Rubber Stamp cuteness! For this card, I pulled out the Great Outdoors set. I LOVE the super cute images in this stamp set! Absolutely LOVE THEM!

I was inspired by the CAS-Fridays challenge to cut the tree into strips and reassemble as a very tall, skinny tree! I love it! Super fun!

I coated the tree with a bit of Smooch Glitz (Clearsnap) to give it a bit of sparkle and shine! I love that!

As for my workspace, WELLLLLLL....it just so happens that the prize box from the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest arrived yesterday!!!! YAY!!!! So...this isn't my desk, but rather, a corner of my living room floor, but I just HAD to share!!!!

HOLY TONS OF SCRAPPY GOODNESS FUN BATMAN!!!!! HUGE thanks to Paper Crafts, each and every sponsor, AND, MOST OF ALL - all of YOU who voted for me along the way! I put some of the goodies away, but some landed on my desk...so that's a bit of a.... oh, who am I kidding? It would look like this anyway! HA! Don't forget to check out Julia's blog for more WOYWW goodness!

Now...as for that GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the arrival of my Gallery Idol prize and my blog reaching 150,000 visits, I would like to offer TWO stamp sets to one winner!

The first is the Poppy Bottles set from Stampendous! and the second is the Heartsong set from Skipping Stones Design.

Enter using the form below. COMMENTS DO NOT COUNT AS ENTRIES - YOU MUST USE THE FORM. If you are in a reader, please click HERE to go through to the post.

Here is the link to STAMPENDOUS! that you need to answer the first question! YAY!

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7.17.2012

Just Whipped This Up.... real quick like...

You know. How one goes into the kitchen and 'just whips something up' real quick. Yeah. I don't do that. Like...ever. BUT...I do like to bake now and then, and that's super fun! I even experiment a bit from time to time...with results that taste good sometimes, too! HA! But...alas, last weekend The Hubbums actually whipped up some Snickerdoodles and I couldn't resist creating this fun little gift set!

If you happen to get the Gourmet Rubber Stamps Newsletter, this may look familiar! If not, WHY NOT?! It's STUFFED with inspiration every.single.time. Just say'n. I created this fun set using the FABULOUS In The Kitchen stamps! {HEART!!!} A bit of May Arts jute ties it all together! WAY FUN!

Now...I'm sad to say those snickerdoodles are LONG gone, so I should start preparing my statement to get The Hubbums to make some more because they were pretty much wicked crazy good. Just say'n.

Jingle Out.

A Handy Trick for Solid Stamps

Hmmm...let's see... we have changed the schedule up a little bit over at SSD so I don't have a specific post for today and I'm SO used to posting my SSD post on Tuesday, I wasn't sure WHAT to bring to you today. That being said, I decided to share a tutorial that I did last week for the SSD blog! HA! Yes...I get stuck in my ways at times. Just say'n. So...here you are...a tip, a trick, and a tutorial all rolled into one happy card!

Okay, so we all have them in our stash...those solid stamps that never seem to transfer ALL of the ink onto the paper. If you are like me, this drives you crazy, as you would like to have a nice, full, solid image. I have the solution for you today! VersaMark!

Yup! That's your solution! Nice and easy. No. I'm not making you heat emboss, although, that is also an option! :-) Simply ink your stamp with VersaMark first and then....

...without cleaning it, ink it up with your colored ink! I used both black and grey to demonstrate. This double ink layer gives you a beautiful, smooth ink application with your solid stamps! I love it!

Now, if you choose to heat emboss another image over this, be sure to heat set it first, as the ink will be more wet than your simple dye ink because the VersaMark is still sticky! I say this, because that is what I chose to do to finish my card.

For my card, I stamped the coordinating butterfly stamp over the background stamp with VersaMark and then heat embossed that portion with Snow Pearl Embossing enamel by Stampendous!. I mounted the butterfly on a simple pale pink card and stamped the sentiment for a beautiful finish! This beautiful stamp set is the Breathtaking Butterflies set!

Jingle Out!

Oh...and the Stamendous! team is having a bit of a contest, and I would LOVE to win, so if you would so kindly click on THIS LINK (it goes to the Stampendous! website of happy things!) just once or 500 times, that would be GREAT! kthnxbyenow. Just say'n.

7.16.2012

A Ticket To a Happy Birthday! Tami Mayberry and Clearsnap Blog Hop!

***This is my second post for today! Please be sure to check out my Night of the Undead shrine piece below! Thanks!***

So...what happens when you take FABULOUS stamps, like say...those designed by Tami Mayberry for Gina K. Designs and then combine those with FABULOUS inks, like say, Clearsnap? Well...you get FABULOUS RESULTS, that's what happens. Just say'n.

Clearsnap has generously agreed to sponsor the Tami Mayberry Design team and the CPS team! I KNOW, totally awesome, right? Right. Totally. Today, we are bringing together the two teams to share some wonderful inspiration with these products! SO EXCITING! AND...Tami has a prize on her blog, too!

For my card I pulled out the super fun Ticket Trio stamp set, which comes in red rubber or clear polymer, along with some great ink colors! I love how vibrant Clearsnap colors are!

I used the plum, guava, and cornflower colors from the Stephanie Barnard ink line! Such pretty colors! I added just a bit of twine from The Twinery, to finish it off!

Next on the hop you will want to head on over to Ceal's blog! You can find the full hop list below!

Lalo Ik