Win a FREE Stamp Set!

Hello, My Friends!

Upload you cards or other project using flowerpower2fill to the gallery and get entered for our next drawing and a chance to win a FREE stamp set! http://bit.ly/1UyScyg

Happy Stamping!

It's Not Too Late to Enter!

Hello, My Friends!

Upload you creation featuring happymail2stamp to our gallery! Everyone who does by January 15th will qualify for this months drawing. Two random winners will be chosen! http://bit.ly/1OOaAA9

Happy Stamping!

Contest Reminder and a FREE Gift!

Hello, My Friends!

Don't forget that Friday the 15th is the last day to enter the birdcage2stamp gallery contest. Upload to the gallery for your chance to win a FREE stamp set from The Stamps of Life! Two random winners will be selected!  http://bit.ly/1DEYisR

And the FREE gift!!!
We wanted to say thanks to all of you who are in the Stamp Club & Die Hard Club so we will send a FREE storage sheet with the June Club shipment to all of you!

Happy Stamping!

30 Second Card in 5 Minutes Contest!

Hello, My Friends!

How about a little contest?
The new 30 Second Card in 5 Minutes will be posted on Thursday January 22nd... the person who guesses the closest to the time I finished my card in the video will win a FREE Stamps of Life stamp set of their choice.

All guesses must be posted in the comment section of this post by Tuesday Jan 20th at 8pm Pacific time to qualify. Winner will be announced on Thursday January 22nd.

Happy Stamping!

Contest Winner!

Hello My Friends!

We have a winner for the favorite stamp set on your wish list contest!

Moosisk said... I like the set called "Anniversary2celebrate". I need those verses for inside cards. Thanks for the chance to win. :D

Woo hoo! You win anniversary2celebrate!  Please contact me with your mailing address and we'll get that set out to you.

Here is a beautiful card from Deb Felts using anniversary2celebrate.

We'll be bringing in the new year with a new Club Set! See you January 1st!

Happy Stamping!

How About A Little Contest?

Hello My Friends!

I think it's time for a little contest!

To enter go to the store and then leave a comment below on this post (only entries posted to the blog comments section below will be counted) telling me what your favorite stamp set on your wish list is. I will pick a random winner... if your name is chosen you will win that set!

The Stamps of Life - Clear Stamps 

I will chose a winner Sunday night and announce on Monday!
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Here is a card with one of my favorite sets (birthday4Cookie) by Lorie Souther.

 

Happy Stamping!

Contest and Incredible Tutorial!

Hello, My Friends!

I have two things to share with you today....

1.  It's contest time....we will be releasing our next episode of a 30 Second Card {in five minutes!} on Friday.....guess my time for a chance to win your choice of stamp set ($12.95 value).  Just leave a comment on this blog post....PLEASE visit the blog to leave your comment.  Emailed entries will not be entered.

2.  I have an incredible tutorial by Design Team Member, Anna Wight to share with you today....You will LOVE it!!!!

 

Emboss Resist Tutorial    by Anna Wight

When I saw the gum4backgrounds stamp from The Stamps of Life, it immediately made me think of a fun technique called emboss resist. So, I thought I would use the large background stamp to share with you a photo tutorial on how to do the emboss resist technique using the Stephanie Barnard color Sprays!.


Here is a detail photo of the panel I created using the emboss resist technique. Let me show you how it's done!


The supplies you'll need are watercolor paper, embossing ink, embossing powder in white or clear, water, several color sprays, a waterproof craft surface, a heat tool, and of course the stamp.


Start by embossing the stamp image onto watercolor paper using embossing ink and an embossing powder.


You can use white or clear embossing powder, or even a clear based irridescent powder. The powder I chose is irridescent and has a bit of sparkle to it as well. Beautiful, and really adds to the "bubble" look of the stamp image.


Spray your waterproof craft surface with a couple of spritzes of each spray color, overlapping them slightly, but not completely. I chose to use two different blue sprays as well as a bit of purple, for a nice complimentary color palette. Spray water onto the colors until your colors start to form slightly larger pools of color.


Next, lightly spray the embossed side of your watercolor paper with water. This step preps the paper fibers for absorbing the color sprays. Once your paper is dampened with water, set your watercolor paper (embossed side face down) into the pools of color. Press the paper onto the crafting surface so you get color on the entire surface of the paper.


Lift the watercolor paper from the crafting surface to reveal the color. You can see how the embossed area resists the color, and leaves you with a beautiful pattern.


Using a heat tool, dry the watercolor paper to set the ink colors. If you like the results, you can be finished with the coloring stage... or, you can take it a bit further!


To add more color, tap the dried paper down into the remaining pools of color, adding a random assortment of spots to the surface of the paper. Tap randomly, into big spots and little spots. When you're happy with the additional splotches, heat set your paper again to dry the ink.


You can repeat this process until you're happy with the results.


The Stephanie Barnard Sprays! have wonderful, intense color payoff, and blend together beautifully! I was thrilled by how they took to the watercolor paper. I trimmed my dyed paper to size and assembled my card.


One more thing ... you could simply clean up your craft surface with paper towels, but don't let that left over color on your craft surface go to waste! Use the left over color to make hand dyed ribbon! This is white seam binding ribbon that I used to wipe up my crafting surface after I was finished coloring my paper. Once I had the ink all wiped up with the ribbon, I gave the ribbon a couple spritzes with water to help soften the edges of the inks, and then set the ribbon aside to dry. Now I have some beautiful hand dyed ribbon to use on future projects.

I hope you try out this technique. It's super easy, and so FUN to watch the color transform the white paper (and ribbon!) into a beautiful, one of a kind, surface.

Supplies:
Stamps: gum4background and bubblegum4me by The Stamps of Life
Ink: VersaMark, Black StazOn, Stephanie Barnard Color Sprays in Blueberry, Sky, and Grape
Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Neenah
Other: bakers twine, button, tracing wheel, Transparent Embossing Powder, heat tool, craft mat, white seam binding ribbon


Thanks so much, Anna!

Friends, don't forget to enter our 'Time Guessing' Contest...leave a comment on THIS blog post.  :)

Lots of Fun!

Hello, My Friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you have a day full of lot of {LOVE}.  :)

It's time to announce the Flip-it Gallery Winners!

We had SO many wonderful entries!  It was hard for the team and I to choose our winners!  We also had some random winners!  Below you'll see all of the winners.

By Dania

Created by Trisha

Created by Linda Mott

Created by Maria Angelica Langston

 

Created by pdhowell

Created by Tinabos

Created by Sarah B.

Created by Lisa Silver

Created by Silvia Peterson

Created by Jessica Lepine 

 

 

 A BIG Congrats to the winners!  Thanks so much to EVERYONE that participated!

Winners, please email us through our website and let us know your mailing address and Flip-it Die choice!

To see even MORE wonderful Flip-it Die Creations, visit the Contest Gallery! 

Oh, I almost forgot!  We have some NEW Sizzix Products on our site! 

SPECIAL PRICE:  $24.99 Club Members pay only $21.25

Regular Price is $27.99 Club Members pay only $23.79

Happy Valentine's Day!

Blog Hop Winners and More...

Hello, My Friends!

It's time to announce the Blog Hop winners!  The winners get a stamp set of their choice ($12.88 or less).

Terri Deavers

Anna Wight 

Tina Gilliland 

Ladies, Karen from our office will be emailing you!  :)

Thanks to everyone who joined us on the Blog Hop!  :)  Ready for another contest?!?  Check out the bottom of this post!

 

Have you seen our new stamp sets?  Here are some fun Design Team samples!

by Vicky Garrett

stamps4life

houses4us2

houses4us2

back2squares

back2squares

Don't forget about our Flip-it Card Contest!  Click Here for more info!

Hugs!

Stephanie

The Stamps of Life

Contest Time!!!

Hello, My Friends!

Have you heard?!?  We are having a HUGE contest at The Stamps of Life!

Can't see the video? Click Here!

 Here are the guidelines....

I can't wait to see what you create!

CLUB MEMBERS.....you are receiving a FREE Flip-it Card Die Cut in your January shipment!  :)  Feel free to use it for the contest!  :)



Hugs!
Stephanie
The Stamps of Life

Wow.

Hello, My Friends!

Wow.  That's all I can say.....

Our Travel Schedule for the 2012 year is now over.  

SIXTEEN conventions!

44 planes!

16 Hotels, rental cars...

Numerous Olive Garden Dinners....

A Million New Friends!

We had such an amazing travel year. I loved sharing my love of stamping and die cutting with so many of you.  I love hearing how much you enjoy my stamps, the quality, the Club, the Flip-it Dies, etc.

THANK YOU!

It's because of all of you that we do what we do.  Your enthusiasm for my products energizes me to create.  :)

Since we are now done traveling for the year, (Next year's travel schedule will be announced soon!) I thought we would do a contest....

It's almost time to release the next 30 Second Card {in Five Minutes!}

So, add a comment to this post your guess on how long the card takes me.  We will reward the winner (or the closest winner) with a stamp set of their choice.  :)  

READY....SET...GUESS!

Hugs,

Stephanie  

Contest Winners!

Hello, My Friends!

Well, we did it!  We now have over 5,000 fans on Facebook!  Thanks so  much for sharing us with your friends and family!

I'm here to announce the winners.  There are TEN winners!  Each winner wins their choice (up to $12.88 in value) of stamp set.

If you've won, please contact us via our website and let us know your name, address and stamp set choice!  :)

And the winners are listed below along with their favorite stamp sets:

Andrea8:01 AM

Definitely tea4two!!! LOVE the samples above & congrats!!

tea4two

Laura {aka scrapaddict}9:43 AM

Woohoo for the 5000 likes! Thanks for giving US the gifts!! I haven't met a stamp set I didn't like....but really love coffee2go and the new hexagons2love!!

hexagons2love

Banu9:57 AM

WOW Congrats. So many favourites. If I had to pick, I would say flower2doodle. Love this stamp set.

faces4stamps

Suba9:28 AM

Congratulations on yoyr 5000 likes! Thanks for this contest as well. My favorite would be kids2love. Thanks again!

kids2love

 

 

 

 

Amy Prather-Smith2:26 PM

Cute stamps! My favorite is the Scream4IceCream.

scream4icecream

Anita Braddock11:20 AM

Wow how awesome is this Giveaway. my Favorite stamp set is Island2Visit but I love Love all of your Stamps and am so happy I am a Club member. thanks for the chance to win

island2visit

Lilie11:17 AM

I am so happy for you Stephanie on reaching 5000. My favorite stamp set is Banners4All. Thanks for a chance to win.

banners4all

Kathy H9:09 AM

Congrats!!! My favorite right now is kites2fly.

kites2fly

cofkris9:59 AM

congrats!!! I love the trees2build set. Thanks for the chance to win.

trees2build

Banu9:57 AM

WOW Congrats. So many favourites. If I had to pick, I would say flower2doodle. Love this stamp set.

flower2doodle

Big hugs!
Stephanie