Where has the time gone????

Oh my word, I return to work on Monday, and it feels like FOREVER since I have stamped or been creative! Currently, all my creativity is being poured into my lesson plans and preparing my students for the adventures in third grade. I hope to get some more digital sentiments done this week for future collections, as well as catch up on my personal stamping. GRR-- who says we need to have these little things called job and a life??????? :)

Oh, and be watching some of our favorite challenges, as Say it With Stamps, by Jen will be sponsoring some prizes in the upcoming weeks.

Birthday gift for you!

In honor of my birthday, here's the special treat, as promised, for each of you! These are what I call buttonholes-- the circular middle is perfect for adding an embellishment, like a button. Enjoy, and please share with us what you create!

p.s.-- if you prefer a png file, please email me at go90feet @ hotmail.com (no spaces)

new stuff~

Happy Thursday! I know it has been awhile since my last post, but I am still here~ working on some stuff for the Sept and Oct releases.

Remember to stop by tomorrow for a *treat* for each of you. I will not be here tomorrow, as we are headed outta town to celebrate my birthday, but I will be glad to answer emails when I get home.

New Background~

Likey the background on this card? It is called "Defining Adventure." I love how it is used on this SU! Soft Suede in-colors with SU! Basic Brown to create a vintage look to go with the motor cycle from Prickly Pear stamps. This background is available now in the store for only $1, or as part of the entire release package with 30 other digital sentiments, backgrounds, word images and more for only $5.

WE'RE OPEN~

We are now open~ the store front is at www.shophandmade.com/store/SIWS. You can click on the banner above for now, and I will activate the link in my sie bar in the morning. Thank you so much for your kind words, support, and encouragement over the past few weeks.

Happy Creating!
~jen

And the Winn-ah IS....

Using Melissa Craig's patented random drawing system ;) CRAFTYANNY is the winner of our Bloggie Candy~ please contact me with your email address and mailing address for the goodies. (go90feet@hotmail.com). Thank you to all who posted and played along. Please stop by on Monday for our shop opening~

This card uses another Digi-Migi to be released on Monday. How cute is this card with the Digi-Migi below??

Here's a card featuring a Digi-Migi that will be available for sale on Monday. The Digi-Migi are larger quotes or sentiments that can be used as a focal point on a card.

*** Remember, there will be a special treat to each of you here on Friday, 8/21! ***

TGIF

GREETINGS STAMPERS/SCRAPPERS/ALL WHO ENJOY BLOGGIE CANDY!

Wow~ what a response I have had to that post. People from around the globe have posted, and I am thrilled at the resposne we have had! So much going on here at my house, preparing for back to school, thoroughly cleaning the house, and prepping for the upcoming Grand Opening!

Starting Monday morning, you will be able to get your hands on all the ones featured here, like the background from Sheri's card, and many more. Make sure you stop by next Friday for a *SPECIAL TREAT* for each and every visitor to this blog.

Til then, Happy Stamping!

Here's a preview of a creation using a background from the August '09 Release. To get this background, please join us on Monday for the big GRAND OPENING! My girlie Sher created this card, and the details can be found here

Remember to post a comment under the Blog Candy to be entered in the drawing to win it all-- everything in the picture and the entire AUG '09 Release!

u-pick

I've been working on some digi-migi's, one-liners, backgrounds, and buttonholes for future releases. Today's question is:

What would you like to see featured in future releases?

drawing time

Can you BELIEVE it~~ our release is less than one week away! Remember to leave a comment under the Blog Candy to get your name entered in the drawing to win all that cool stuff, and the entire August release. Do it fast, too, the drawing will be held on Sunday around noon Eastern time.

I'm a winner! Melissa over at TMS emailed me today and I won the random drawing just for playing along with her sketch last week. Melissa posts a new sketch each Tuesday morning, and we have until Sunday night to create and post. Woo-Hoo!

Speaking of winning sketches, SIWS, by Jen is sponsoring the sketch one week later in the fall. Be on the look out for us! And if you have a challenge ad are looking for sponsors, just contact me at go90feet @ hotmail.com and we can arrange something.


In the mean time, make sure you post a comment under the BLOG CANDY to be entered in the drawing!

TTFN~ (that's Tigger-talk for Ta-Ta For Now!)

Another Freebie, and I now have Inktegrity!

I made this super cute card for a few challenges, and I REALLY needed a sentiment for it, so I created one. :) The image is from Inktegrity by Joni, the one-liner used on the front of this card is available below (click to D/L). Enjoy, and please share with us what you create!

P.S.-- the details of this card can be found here

fees set, Grand Opening is 10 days away~

I'm running into some issues with fees from my online store and paypal, so I will not be able to offer the digi's as cheap as I wanted, but don't worry, they are still WAY reasonable~ the larger ones are $1 each, and the smaller ones are being sold as packages-- usaully 3-5 images per package for $1-$2/package.

But the BEST part is... I am still able to offer ALL 31 images (yes, that is a 2-digit #... 30+1!) for $5. I know that is a bit more than I originally wanted, but you get more images in the deal.

Happy Holidays!

This is a little one-liner I whipped up this afternoon to use on a stocking stuffer swap on SCS. I filled small containers with Jolly Ranchers and added this sentiment. Got the swap all packaged up for mailing, and wouldn't ya know it, I forgot to take a pic. I wouldlike to see your uses of this one-liner, so please share with us!

Click on image to D/L

I want CANDY~

I know a guy who`s tough but sweet

He`s so fine, he can`t be beat

He`s got everything that I desire

Sets the summer sun on fire

I want candy!

I want candy!

C'mon~ you know you wanna sing along! In honor of our upcoming Grand Opening and release, I am giving away BLOG CANDY! Sweet, delicious, calorie-free BLOGGIE TREATS! This is just a mini-give away, more like the check-out counter at Wal-mart, instead of the entire sweet shop. All you have to do is post a comment. So what's included you ask? Here's the run down:

• A clear set from Hanna Stamps
• A mini set from There She Goes
• Star Dust Stickles
• Prima flowers
• Ribbon, ribbon, ribbon!
• Brads
• Jumbo flowers
• Chipboard shapes
• Heidi Grace round clips
• * The ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE from S W I S, by Jen *

All you need to do to be entered in the drawing is post a comment! The candy will be given away on August 16th at 9 pm. So get the word out, and invite your friends to play along~

Buttonholes? Digi-migi's? One liners?

Greetings, everyone! What on earth are those-- buttonholes, digi-migis, one liners? These are the names of some of the different digital sentiment shapes.

Buttonholes: circle shaped sentiments with a hole in the middle for a button, an embelli, or whatever you like!

Digi-Migi's: larger digital sentiments with whole quotes that can be used as a focal image/quote. I thought of calling them "Digital Images", but "digi-migi's" are quick to say, and if ya say it fast enough, it sounds like "digital images."

One-liner: A quote in a linear shape, great for boarders and trim.

and some backgroudns will be offered as well, but for now, grab the freebies and start creating!

SNEAKY PEEKY~

This card using a Aug 09 Release was created by my friend and paper master crafter Sheri over at Paper Crafty's Creations. the image is Hippie Anya from TGF, but the sentiment is by me, and will be available as part of the Aug. 09 Package Release.

Look for more sneak peeks as the days draw closer to our Grand Opening on August 17th~

FREEBIE~

Isn't that so insightful? I saw it on a painting by a child while in the Children's Hospital ER Friday night. My DD KArsyn broke her arm, and while admiring the artwork made by patients of Nationwide Children's Hospital, I saw this written in a painting. It just blew me away, and I would love to give credit for the quote, but there was no identifying information on the painting.

This digital sentiment is a freebie, and if you download it for a creation, all I ask is a link back to this blog if you chose to post your artwork, along with a pic for us to see. (Click on the pic to D/L).

AND, here is a tut on how to make your own rub-on transfers using the digis you have. How cool is this!

Enjoy~