☼☼ Be Strong ☼☼

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Howdy!

It's Amy T here with a tall skinny card:

I'm a big fan of color and texture.  How could I not team up the wooden tag and the woodgrain cloud with some fabulous Fresh Squeezed Stamps images?

Weather Through

Words to Live By

I super LOVE the new Words to Live By set...how about you?

Thanks for stoppin' by!

City Love

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Hi!  This is Jingle here with you today.  I cannot tell you how IN LOVE with the On Trend 2013 stamp set I am!  I have seriously inked that sucker up more times than I can count already and it's brand new!  I used a fun Kaleidacolor ink pad from Tsukineko along with some gold leaf to warm up the cityscape a bit in today's card.

On Trend 2013

I used a glue pen to add just a bit of gold leafing to the windows. I like how it gives it a little something extra! Totally fun! Have a Happy!

The Most Awesome!

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Here at Fresh Squeezed Stamps, we believe we have the best design team in the industry!  Each and every week they delight us with some of the most creative designs around the blog-o-sphere.  Recently a couple of our designers received some awesome recognition and we're just so proud, we had to share here too!

FSS designer Amy Kolling was just crowned 2013 Stamping Royalty in the Birthday category over at Paper Crafts magazine.  You can read all about it HERE!

FSS designers Chunyuan Wu and Amy Kolling were both winners in the Paper Crafts magazine April Gallery Challenge.  You can see both of their pastel-themed creations HERE!

Be sure to come back tomorrow with an all NEW creation by another one of our amaZING designers!

Creativity

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Hi, It's Maureen here with some Fresh Squeezed inspiration.  Today's project combines two new sets from the April release, Words to Live By and On Trend 2013.

This sentiment is so true, wouldn't you agree?  I find that if I continually make cards, the ideas come quickly, but if I stop for a few days or a week, I have a hard time finding my mojo. 

This card would be perfect for a crafty friend or a budding artist.  Perhaps a student going off to art school?  So many possibilities!

Words to Live By

On Trend 2013

Have a great Saturday!

Cityscape Birthday Card

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Happy Friday, FSS fans.  Chunyuan here to share a birthday card.  Both the cityscape and the speech bubble are from the On Trend 2013 set.

I stamped the cityscape with VersaMark ink and then brushed on Perfect Pearls in gold and blue.  Click on the image to see more details.  I used a strip of DCWV blue glitter paper to ground the city scape.

I super love all the elements that are part of the On Trend 2013 set!

On Trend 2013

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday!

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Happy Thursday!  Val here today sharing with you a birthday card for my daughter who turns 20 today.  How fun to be able to make her a card to show on my "day" here on the FSS blog using the cute high top from String Me Along!  (She is the proud owner of a new pair of black Converse, so how appropriate!)  

I also used Words to Live By and You Said It, Sister to create this card whose layout was inspired by none other than FSS very own Amy K.! 

String Me Along

Words to Live By

You Said It, Sister

Thanks for coming by today! Head back tomorrow for more designer inspiration!

V.~

Sweet Life

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Hi....Amy K. here with a quick and easy card using The Sweet Life.  As the school year nears the end, we usually end up needing quite a few "teacher" cards to say just a little something.  I thought this sentiment would be perfect for my youngest to write her teacher a note!!

To stamp the apple, I stamped the red "apple" first with the BACKSIDE of the stitched apple stamp.  Flip it back over and stamp with the stitched side.  You get this great look WITHOUT the coloring.....which is right up my alley.  :)

The Sweet Life

Be sure to check us out tomorrow for my Fresh Squeezed inspiration!!

Squeeze-A-Palooza #7 - Spring

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 lots of inspiration, as well as 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!

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Fresh Squeezed Stamps has released TWO DOZEN sets now, so there are lots of possibilities for creating some beautiful spring themed cards and projects.  Use your imagination and let your creativity lead the way!

Happy Spring!  Stamps used: Soda-lighted and You Said It, Sister

Spring Happy!  Stamps used: Mother Knows Best, Background Check and Breath of Fresh Flair

April showers bring May flowers!  Stamps used: Weather Through

An evening in spring.  Stamps used: String Me 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:  SPRING
• You must use at least one Fresh Squeezed Stamps image.  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.
• *EXTRA BONUS PRIZE - A second random challenge player will win one (1) stamp set of their choice...when we get 15 or more challenge participants, so invite your friends and bloggy pals to join in!

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!!

Hang In There!

Hello! This is Jennifer Ingle here with you today with a fun card using the new String Me Along set.

I love the little clothespins in this set! I popped them up on this card to give it a more realistic look and a bit of dimension. YAY!

String Me Along

Have a Happy!

Trendy Flair

Hey there, it's Maureen here!  Many stampers struggle with boy/masculine cards, myself included.  But looking through my FSS stash I found that many sets lend themselves to that theme.

Here I combined On Trend 2013, Breath of Fresh Flair and Background Check to create a card perfect for any tween or teenaged boy.  Don't be afraid to layer your stamped images over one another.  You can get some really fun and funky looks by doing this!

Background Check

Breath of Fresh Flair

On Trend 2013

Thanks for stopping in today.  Check back tomorrow for more from the FSS Design Team!

You Did IT!

Happy Friday, FSS fans.  Chunyuan here with a masculine congrats card to share today. The sneaker image is from the newly released String Me Along set and the sentiment is part of the Subway Series: Basics.

Here are the stamps....

String Me Along

Subway Series: Basics

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Kickin' It Birthday

Val here kicking off your Thursday with a fun card for a teen, young adult or anyone who is a fan of high top kicks.  I combined images and sentiments from three sets (String Me Along, Background Check and Words to Live By) and added a bit of washi tape, patterned paper and aqua brads to make this fresh, fun card.

String Me Along

Background Check

Words To Live By

Thanks for visiting today! Be sure to come on back over tomorrow and see what the Friday designer has in store for you!

V.~

Slice of Happy

Hey everyone!  Amy K. here with a little "slice of happy" for your Wednesday!

I went with an unusual color combination for my Trendy Triangles.......berry, ocean, lime.  Images like these triangles lend themselves to trying out these different color palettes.......so find a trendy color combo.  Give it a try!

I thought this birthday sentiment, from Words to Live By, was perfect to use with these triangles!!

That's all for today!!!  Thanks so much for stopping by Fresh Squeezed Stamps!!!

 

You're in my Thoughts

Hey, it's Amy T!

Aren't you loving the April Release?!!!!

I super love all the elements that are part of the On Trend 2013 set...especially the sweet sequins!

On Trend 2013

I teamed it up with a sentiment from the

You Said It, Sister

You Said It, Sister

Did you notice the pink glittery panel?  Truly a girlie girl card that's sure to cheer up anyone.

April Release Week - Winners!

We've put another release week under our belts and what a great time we had, right?!  Our design team really showed off the new sets, and we bet you've found four new favorites.  We sure appreciate the excitement and exuberance!

All of April's new stamp sets revealed this week are now available for purchase in our online store!

On Trend 2013

String Me Along

Mother Knows Best

Words to Live By

Now on to the FUN part of today's blog post!  We have several free stamp set WINNERS!

• On Trend 2013 - Jamie C Greene
• String Me Along - Cheryl Hutcherson
• Mother Knows Best - Denise Bryant
• Words to Live By - Jennyfer Leung

WINNERS - Please contact us HERE with your mailing information so we can get your prizes mailed out to you!  Congrats, ladies!!!

*Please note that winners have seven (7) days to contact us, otherwise prizes are returned to the prize bucket for the next giveaway.  You can find our complete contest/giveaway policy HERE.