"Alter" That Stamp!

Happy Monday, Fresh Squeezed friends! It's Virginia here sharing a card that requires a little "tweaking"! Have you ever tried to alter the look of a stamp and make it work with your design? Today's card will give you some ideas about what I mean.

I love the animal balloon and wanted to use it. I also wanted to incorporate the PARTY sentiment from the "bubble" image. So what to do? First, I stamped and masked the balloons in various inks! Then I simply cut off the word "PARTY" and colored it with copics and outlined the word with a small black pen. Basically the image went through a little "surgery"! After that, I attached the image with strings and a small wooden clip! FUN, huh?

Life of the Party

I hope you like the transformation as much as I do. I hope this inspires you to make the stamps work for you! Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Bash & WCMD Winners!

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So, how'd you like our Birthday Bash week?!  And what about World Card Making Day?! We had so much fun reading everyone's responses to our daily birthday questions and hopping around blogland discovering "new to us" card makers!  But as they say, ''all good things must come to an end".  We're not TOO sad though - we have a bunch of WINNERS to announce today!  :)

We have FOUR lucky random winners who will receive the NEW Paper, Scissors, Ink 2x4 stamp set!

• from Tuesday, October 1 -- Denise Bryant
• from Wednesday, October 2 -- Lillian Child
• from Thursday, October 3 -- Teresa Godines
• from Friday, October 4 -- Donna Gabbard

We have ONE lucky random Birthday Bash Challenge participant who will receive a Birthday Bash prize pack that includes Inside Scoop: Birthday, Life of the Party and our special Birthday Bash release Paper, Scissors, Ink!

• #21 Erin T. -- you are our winner!

We also have ONE lucky random winner from our World Card Making Day giveaway!  The prize is one (1) stamp set of the winner's choice.  We had so much fun learning what everyone's first choice of a FSS stamp set would be.

• A Wee Christmas -- Trisha Klowak

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

*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.



We're back to our regularly scheduled program tomorrow - so be sure to join us for more Fresh Squeezed inspiration!

World Card Making Day 2013 - Giveaway!

Happy World Card Making Day 2013!!  We're got BIG plans today to blog hop the day away!  Paper Crafts magazine created this fun annual event for paper crafters around the world to unite and make cards together.  And the timing of it couldn't be more perfect - just in time to start making those holiday cards!!  

While we didn't create a holiday card, we DO have a card to share!  In the spirit of celebrating WCMD together with YOU - we thought a party themed card was quite appropriate for today!

If you like what you see, be sure to become a blog follower and join us on Twitter and Facebook for even more inspiration!  Don't forget to grab our blog button too!  :)

by Ryann Salamon // stamps used: Everyday Expressions & Say Anything

We've got a fun question for you to answer (using the Rafflecopter widget below) to be entered to win a FREE stamp set!  If you need some help finding your answer - HERE is a HINT!  :)

One random winner will be announced on our blog tomorrow, 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 5, 2013

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Caring Hearts Card Drive

You've a heart of gold, so turn your passion for card making into a big smile by participating in the Caring Hearts Card Drive!  It begins today and Fresh Squeezed Stamps is one of its proud sponsors -- get all the details HERE!

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