Owl's It Going?

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Val here and I hope owl's going great for you today!  I just love this big eyed owl from Hootie Who? I added shiny brown brads to give him big brown eyes.  The limb was inked in Memento Toffee Crunch and kissed with the woodgrain element from Background Check using Rich Cocoa, adding a unique texture element.  A strip of dotted patterned paper ties into his cute dotted belly.

Hootie Who?

Background Check

Thanks from "owl" of us here at Fresh Squeezed Stamps!  Please come by tomorrow and see what else is in store for your inspiration.

V.~

Miss You Like Crazy

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Hi everyone!  It's Amy K. here and I have another card to share that uses Trendy Triangles!  I told you I'd be back with more!  This is such a "trendy" set!  Today I've stamped a panel using the wavy triangle......and adding in a simple sentiment from the same set!! 



Trendy Triangles

I kept it pretty simple since the wavy background kinda got a little "crazy"! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Wednesday!



Keep Calm...

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Hello!

It's Amy T here with a card to share:

Why yes, I do love the 

Hot, Hot, Hot set

There are so many possibilities!

I've been lovin' my many vellum bags lately...I trimmed off the flap on this one and slipped the tag inside...

I did a bunch of masking on this one to give you the sense that the cups/saucers are stacked...I'll let you in on a secret, my girl helped me figure out the masking part of it.

Question:

If you were to stamp this tag, would you start from the top or the bottom?

My Answer:

Typically I'd start at the bottom.  

That was my 'problem'...starting at the top and working down lets you mask off the saucer.

Tone-on-Tone stamping gives you the opportunity to then add BAM...like the sentiment.  The cups/saucers add to the tag, not take away from the sentiment.

I love texture and am always trying to incorporate it into my projects.  Big fan of cork and that little smidge on the top adds quite a bit to the tag...finishing it off with Timeless Twine's Aqua Delight makes it so the tag could easily become a bookmark!

Rainbows and Sunshine

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Hi! This is Jennifer here with you today and ready to share a super fun card I created using the Weather Through and Background Check sets. I stamped the grungy background in rainbow colors across the card and then stamped the sentiment in black over a lighter color.

I heat embossed the sun with clear embossing powder over a bright orange ink to make it really stand out and then added a fun button embellishment to it.

Background Check

Weather Through

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a Happy!

Winner Update

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If you participated in the Chinese New Year blog hop, a couple NEW winners were drawn...and one of them is for a Fresh Squeezed Stamps set of your choice!!!!

So, click HERE to get the details.

Squeeze-A-Palooza #5 - St. Patrick's Day

Today is the 23rd of the month!  You know what that means??  It's time for Squeeze-A-Palooza!  In case you are recently new to our blog, let us explain...

Squeeze-A-Palooza is a monthly challenge played here on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog.  We offer a free digital image and prizes to two lucky participants!  Sound good?

You know how much we LOVE using inspiration pictures with our challenge!  Here's a little eye candy to get those creative juices flowing!

photo credit

photo credit

Because not everyone has Fresh Squeezed Stamps (but you all really should!), we thought it would be fun to offer a FREE digital image so everyone can participate in Squeeze-A-Palooza! 

To download, right click on the image below and save it to your photo editing program. From there you can print out the digital image and play along!

Okay, here's what you need to know:

• Create a NEW project (card, layout, altered item, banner, tag, etc.) using this month's theme:  ST. PATRICK'S DAY
• You must use at least one Fresh Squeezed Stamps image (stamp or digital).  Projects using zero FSS images will be deleted.
• Submit a DIRECT LINK to your blog post.  Projects not linked properly will be deleted.
• You must mention this challenge and link to it in your blog post.  Feel free to grab the Squeeze-A-Palooza banner to use on your blog too!

There will be two winners of Squeeze-A-Palooza every month!

• Readers' Choice winner - The project with the most "LIKES" at the end of the challenge will win one (1) stamp set of their choice.
• Random winner - One random challenge player will win one (1) stamp set of their choice.

After you've created your new Squeeze-A-Palooza project, simply enter your information into the Linky Tool below to be entered to win!  Remember that we're looking for TWO winners - one random participant and the person with the most "LIKES" on their project. Be sure to tell all your friends to play along and vote, too!!

Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday, FSS fans.  Chunyuan here today.  I have a bright and colorful card to share today.

Here is the stamp set used, Trendy Triangles.

Thanks and have a great weekend --

I'm Over the Moon for You

Val here with a little creative bending of the sentiment so it could be literally over the sparkly moon.  It's easy to do with flexible clear stamps, a die and a block.  Just use the die as a template to line your stamp up on the block in a circular shape.  I've used one of the newest FSS stamps sets, Weather Through!

Weather Through

Thanks for dropping by today, please head back tomorrow for more designer inspiration!

V.~

Trendy Triangles=LOVE

Hey there!  Amy Kolling here with a "trendy" project!  It's no secret that triangles, chevrons and arrows are HOT right now.  I made this for the release of Fresh Squeezed Stamps newest stamp set......Trendy Triangles!

I just LOVE this stamp set and you will be seeing more of it.....GUARANTEED!  This card is pretty straight forward....CAS.  I love that I could use it for so many occasions!

 I picked out the brightest ink colors I had for this!  It certainly makes for a Happy Day!

Trendy Triangles

Thanks for stopping by!!!

It's Cloudy Without You...

Hello!

It's Amy T with a 5x5 card:

I used a polaroid die and combined the sentiments from

Weather Through

Love this February Release!

It's Cloudy Without You

Hello, friends! This is Jennifer Ingle here with you today sharing a fun card using the Weather Through set. For this one I stamped the various elements in different ink colors and heat embossed the lightening to give it a metallic flair. It is a quick and CAS card, but still totally fun!

I hope your day is, indeed, not a cloudy one at all! Have a happy Monday, folks! Jingle Out!

CNY Winners Announced

We hope everyone had a fabulous time hopping for Chinese New Year 2013, and that the Year of the Snake is very good to you!

The very lucky winners have been announced on Emily's blog, so simply click on the logo below and be whisked away!

Graphic Thanks

Hello there!  It's Maureen here on this lovely Saturday morning.  I hope you have something fun planned for this weekend!  Even better, I hope you have some stamping time scheduled into your weekend :)

Today I have a clean and graphic card to share with you.

Trendy Triangles is the perfect set to make clean and graphic cards with,

it offers so many possibilities!

To make today's card I used my pencil and a ruler to draw a light line and used that as a guide while I stamped my images.  I started with the sentiment and then stamped the arrows or chevrons.  I find that it is extremely important to keep everything aligned and precise in clean and graphic design.  Once the card was complete, I simply erased my line.

If you use this technique, be sure to erase with a white eraser so you don't leave marks on your card!

Trendy Triangles

Come back tomorrow for more inspiration by the FSS Design Team!

Gracias Merci Thanks

Happy Friday, FSS fans.  Chunyuan here.

Today's card is a little bit layering and stamping collage.  I've wanted to try something like this for awhile.  Background Check and Trendy Triangles are perfect stamps for it!

Here are the stamps used on this card.

Background Check

Trendy Triangles

Have a great weekend!

I'll Owl-ways Love You

Val here wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day with a sweet little owl card to send a little love your way.  Hootie Who? is such a fun stamp set with cute owls and fun sentiments. You're sure to want to have it come roost at your place!

Hootie Who?

Be sure to fly by tomorrow and see what lies ahead to inspire you!  Have a lovely day!

V.~

I ♥ U

Hello Fresh Squeezed Stamps fans!  Amy Kolling here today sharing a card I made using some inspiration.  I'm sure most of us have gone to the opthamologist at one time or another......you know the Snellen eye chart?  Well, that's where I got my inspiration from! 

My idea was a bit different but I LOVE how it came out!  I used the stamp set called Games People Play.  I arranged all the letters on a block where I'd want them and stamped on scratch paper a few times to adjust the letters if needed.

Since tomorrow is Valentine's Day.....I thought it would be perfect to share this today! 

Happy Valentine's Day (tomorrow)! 



Classy & Fabulous...

Hello!  It's Amy T here with a one-layer card:

I challenged myself to do a one layer card and incorporate a mask.  Originally I was going to die cut a whole lotta hearts and then I thought of just hand cutting one large heart.

I like the outcome....

The sentiment was a last minute decision and I think it suits the overall design.

Just to give you a sense of how I managed to put this card together.....

I'm a big fan of that extra wide washi to hold everything down.

I used 

Tickle My Fancy

and

Trendy Triangles

{February New Release}

Thanks for stoppin' by!

A Very Starry Birthday!

Hello, Fresh Squeezed friends!  I am so excited about the stamp sets that we released last week! For REALS, you guys!  Aren't they amazing!!!  I am showing off the brand new Weather Through set again today for this fun, starry-eyed birthday card!

For my card, I stamped and cut the two larger stars repeatedly and adhered them to my card.  I then stamped (two generations) the smaller star to finish out the design.  I pulled the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Happy Hexagons set, as it seemed like a great fit for this fun card!

Weather Through

Happy Hexagons

Have a super happy Monday, folks!!!

Jingle Out!