FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 5 - Giveaway!

This is it!  The final day of our week long Birthday Bash!  We've been celebrating all week long and have had a BLAST - we hope you have too!  We want to thank each and every one of you for supporting us this past year and making all this possible - we couldn't have done it without YOU!  :)

We also want to give a special shout out to our design team and all of our Birthday Bash special guests that have been providing you with AMAZING birthday cards all week long!

We're accepting entries to our Birthday Bash challenge until 6:00pm Pacific today - so get those birthday cards made and linked up!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

We've got just a couple more birthday cards to show before wrapping up our Birthday Bash today!

Leigh Penner

Ryann Salamon

We've got one last giveaway for you, too!  Good luck!  :)

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog Sunday, October 6th!  *Please note that winners have seven (7) days to contact us, otherwise prizes are returned to the prize bucket for another giveaway. You can find our complete contest/giveaways policy HERE.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 4, 2013

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Join us right here on the blog tomorrow for World Card Making Day!  We hope to see you here!  :)

FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 4 - Giveaway!

Welcome to the fourth day of our par-tay!!  Fresh Squeezed Stamps is celebrating our first birthday this week with a huge Birthday Bash!  If you've been keeping up with us - you probably already know about our Birthday Bash challenge we're hosting all week.  If you haven't already joined in the fun - here's your chance!!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

We've got more samples from our amazing design team featuring our NEW special edition stamp set, Paper, Scissors, Ink.  We also have some special Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!

Erin Taylor

Chunyuan Wu

Jennifer Rzasa

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog Sunday, October 6th!  *Please note that winners have seven (7) days to contact us, otherwise prizes are returned to the prize bucket for another giveaway. You can find our complete contest/giveaways policy HERE.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 3, 2013

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FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 3 - Giveaway!

We're officially halfway through the week and halfway through Fresh Squeezed Stamps' first Birthday Bash!  We're absolutely LOVING the entries in our Birthday Bash challenge thus far.  Haven't played along yet, but want to??  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

Our design team has done an amazing job showcasing our NEW special edition stamp set, Paper, Scissors, Ink.  In addition to these, we've got even more Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!

Tracey McNeely

Amy Tsuruta

Michelle McClure

Savannah O'Gwynn

Donna Mikasa

Donna Mikasa

So, you're probably wondering what today's giveaway is?  Well, there is one located here on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog AND if you were to check out Donna Mikasa's blog HERE, she just *might* have a little something special for you too!  :)

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog Sunday, October 6th!  *Please note that winners have seven (7) days to contact us, otherwise prizes are returned to the prize bucket for another giveaway. You can find our complete contest/giveaways policy HERE.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 2, 2013

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FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 2 - Giveaway!

Welcome to Day 2 of Fresh Squeezed Stamps' first Birthday Bash!  We had so much fun yesterday sharing our new special edition stamp set Paper, Scissors, Ink.  We have some fun birthday cards to share all week using this set from our amazing design team members.

And, don't forget to participate in our Birthday Bash challenge - Make a NEW Birthday card!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

In addition to ALL that, we've got a whole new bunch of fabulous Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!  Shall we have a look?  :)

Heather Pulvirenti

Arielle Gordon

Amy Kolling

Jennifer Ingle

And because our Birthday Bash wouldn't be complete without a giveaway...  :)


Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog Sunday, October 6th!  *Please note that winners have seven (7) days to contact us, otherwise prizes are returned to the prize bucket for another giveaway. You can find our complete contest/giveaways policy HERE.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 1, 2013

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Fresh Squeezed Stamps is proud to sponsor the Link Up For Pink, a linky party for breast cancer awareness - check it out and get your crafty PINK on!

Link Up for Pink - October 1 - 14, 2013

FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 1 - Challenge & Surprise!

Fresh Squeezed Stamps is turning ONE this week - woo hoo!  To celebrate this milestone, we’re throwing a weeklong Birthday Bash right here on our blog and we'd love for you to join in the fun!  To get this party started, we've got a SURPRISE for you - new stamps!

Paper, Scissors, Ink is a very special set created to celebrate all of us paper crafters and stamp lovers!  The image is similar to our Subway Series sets, with a mixture of fun images and words that describe the goodies we adore.  There’s also a bonus sentiment you can use with any other celebratory sentiment to create cards for your favorite paper crafter!  

Paper, Scissors, Ink is a 2x4 clear stamp set and retails for $3.99.  You can find it on our website for purchase now!

(Subway art stamp is about 1½” x 3”; Crafty Friend sentiment is 1½” wide)

In addition to our amazing design team, we asked some of our Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate this special occasion!  :)

Virginia Lu

Heather Campbell

Val Stangle

Maureen Merritt

Lynn Mangan

Want to party with Fresh Squeezed Stamps and be entered to win a Birthday Bash prize pack that includes Inside Scoop: Birthday, Life of the Party and our special Birthday Bash release of Paper, Scissors, Ink?!  Here are the details:

• Create a NEW birthday card!
• You don't have to use Fresh Squeezed Stamps to play along!  If you have our stamps, we'd love it if you used them, but it's not required.
• Each participant may submit up to two (2) NEW entries.  
• Please submit a DIRECT LINK to the specific blog post your project can be found in.  Projects not linked properly will be deleted.
• Entries will be accepted through Friday, October 4, 2013 at 6:00 pm Pacific.
• One randomly chosen participant will be announced here on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog on Sunday, October 6, 2013.  Good luck!  :)

After you've created your NEW birthday card, simply enter your information into the Linky List below to be entered to win!  Be sure to tell all your friends to play along too - we want to share the birthday love!

Be sure to visit us again tomorrow for more Birthday Bash FUN!

Oh, Happy Day!

Hi, everyone! Heather P. here... I'm back today with a cheerful little card featuring flowers made from non-floral images.  :)

To create this card, I started with a 4 1/4" square card base, then cut two smaller layers and attached a strip of patterned paper to the bottom.  I stamped the sentiment then wrapped green twine around the panel before adhering it to the card base with pop dots.

To make the fun flowers, I used the wavy flag image from Trendy Triangles! I stamped the flag image 15 times, cut them out, then used my corner rounder to give each piece a petal appearance.  Cute, right? :) I assembled the flowers, then adhered them to the card front with pop dots.

Trendy Triangles

That's all for me today, hope your day is amazing! Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see more FSS inspiration!

Also, just a quick note to say Fresh Squeezed Stamps is sponsoring this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge – and they’re celebrating their birthday!!  Pop over and check out the sketches...enter and you might win a FSS stamp set!  After you enter, come back and let us know you did in the comment section below so we can check out your creations.  Enjoy!

Squeeze-A-Palooza Challenge #8 Winners...and More!

Hello there!  We've got some exciting news to share today -- we've got the winners of our SUMMER themed Squeeze-A-Palooza Challenge #8.  We want to thank everyone who participated and all their friends and fans who voted!!

There are always TWO winners in our monthly challenge, so let's start off with our READERS' CHOICE WINNER for receiving the most votes..

Our sincere congratulations go to Cheryl H, whose aDORable card is shown above. Cheryl's card is a perfect summer card!  She's used String Me Along to capture this little summer scene.  We love how she's highlighted the individual fireflies and paper pieced the mason jar light.  Too cute!!

Our RANDOM WINNER is lucky number 3 ... Colleen W!!

AND... 

Our BONUS WINNER for having 15+ entries is lucky number 5 ... Lori T!!

Congrats, ladies!  We're thrilled you played along!  Please contact us HERE with the stamp set of your choice along with your mailing address and we'll get your prize sent right out!*  

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

AND...AND...

Fresh Squeezed Stamps is sponsoring this month's BABY themed challenge over at V's Sweet Challenge Blog, so be sure and stop over there for the details.

AND...AND...AND...!!!

Fresh Squeezed Stamps design team member Amy Tsuruta has partnered up with some friends to bring you the third installment of Let's Get Trendy Now!  You can check out all the excitement on their blog or Facebook page.

Squeeze-A-Palooza Challenge #8 - Summer

Today is the 23rd of the month!  You know what that means??  It's time for Squeeze-A-Palooza!  In case you're 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?

We LOVE using inspiration pictures with our challenge, so here's a little eye candy to get those creative juices flowing!

Cape Cod

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

Here Val used String Me Along, A Punny Valentine and Mother Knows Best to create a back porch feel on this adorable card.

Val Stangle

Ryann Salamon
Stamps used: Words to Live By

Okay, here's what you need to know:

• Create a NEW project (card, layout, altered item, banner, tag, etc.) using this month's theme:  SUMMER
• You must use at least one Fresh Squeezed Stamps image.  Projects using zero FSS images will be deleted.
• Each participant may submit up to two (2) entries per challenge.     
• 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!!