12 Days of Christmas - Winner!

Yesterday marked the end of our 12 Days of Christmas AND the end of our third game, Christmas Bingo. Before we get to this week's contest winner, we want to thank each and every one of you that played along and made this event such a success for us! We had *so* much fun these last three weeks and hope you have too!

Behind the scenes, our elves picked 12 themed words for the Christmas Bingo game. Here they are:

eggnog

jingle

jolly

cookies

ornament

fruitcake

wassail

poinsettia

elves

joy

peace

yule

Seven matching words out of 12 was the most any entry included.  Miraculously, FOUR people picked SEVEN matching words!  We put the names of those four people onto a list and used Random.org to choose TWO winners!  The very, VERY lucky winners are Chris Marken and Cindy Kroon!!!

YAY!  Congrats, Chris and Cindy!  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.

Stephanie Muzzulin is back at it again today with a fun and festive holiday card using Christmas Treats.  We love the sparkling bits in the apothecary jar that has been paper pieced.  The cute little sentiment tag is awesome and the sparkly silver bow is perfection!

Christmas Treats

Also, don't forget about our latest promotion!  Help us get our first 40 gallery uploads at Splitcoaststampers using the keyword FreshSqueezedStamps (all smooshed together) and we'll pick a random FSS gallery uploader to receive a FREE stamp set of their choice!!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 12

Welcome to the last day of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  Today is also the LAST day to play this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates so make sure you get your entry in!

Michelle McClure is back once again to share with us this cutie pie card using both Winter Wonderland (moose, trees) and Christmas Treats (sentiment).  We love how she used the back of the tree stamp to create her forest.  The lights strung around the moose make this card so fun and playful!

Christmas Treats

Winter Wonderland

Be sure to visit the blog tomorrow to see who the big winner is of our Christmas Bingo contest!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You only have until tomorrow to play this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates so make sure you get your entry in!

Donna Mikasa has created a fun and playful holiday project using Games People Play. The subtleness of the white inked design really packs a punch against the red cardstock.  We love Donna's "outside the box" approach to this whimsical holiday card!

Games People Play

Be sure to check back here tomorrow for more holiday inspiration from another of our guest designers!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 10

Welcome to Day Ten of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You only have until this Thursday to play this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates so make sure you get your entry in!

Lynn Mangan is back again today with this lovely creation using Soda-lighted.  We love the soft color palette and the glittery flowers in shades of pale pink.  The buttery yellow cardstock compliments the flower centers and really brings this card together.  Simply perfect!

Soda-lighted

Also, don't forget about our latest promotion!  Help us get our first 40 gallery uploads at Splitcoaststampers using the keyword FreshSqueezedStamps (all smooshed together) and we'll pick a random FSS gallery uploader to receive a FREE stamp set of their choice!!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of the 12 Days of Christmas!  We're entering our last week of festivities and hope you're having a blast playing along!


This week's game is called Christmas Bingo.  We've provided you with 30 different holiday themed words.  Behind the scenes, our elves have picked 12 of them as our Christmas Bingo words.  Your challenge is pick the 12 words that YOU think our elves picked!

eggnog

jingle

holly

Santa

jolly

reindeer

tree

stocking

bells

cookies

wreath

tinsel

ornament

presents

fruitcake

snowman

elves

carols

peace

noel

joy

yule

wassail

candy

poinsettia

star

icicle

wrap

sled

Rudolph

How to play:  

• Contact us HERE with TWELVE words you've picked from the above list.

Rules:

• One entry per person.
• A full name and email address must be included in your entry.
• The contest ends on Thursday, December 20th at 11:59pm PST.
• Winner will be announced on Friday, December 21st.

Prize:

• The person that matches the most Christmas Bingo words will win ONE FREE STAMP SET of their choice!
• We have a surprise for EVERYONE that participates, so be sure you do!!

12 Days of Christmas - Winner!

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We've made it to the end of the second week of the 12 Days of Christmas AND the end of our second game, Dear Santa.  After reading through all the entries, the Fresh Squeezed Stamps elves have picked their favorite Dear Santa letter...

Dear Santa,

I've been really good this year!  I always go to yoga class on Mondays and Wednesdays and I never, ever come home and eat cake straight from the pan on the counter with the day old fork I used yesterday.  

While my family and friends might give me a nice sweater, a vacuum cleaner or a re-gifted vase, what I'd REALLY like for Christmas is a gift certificate for a pedicure, so my instructor doesn't lose her inner zen from staring at my funky feet. Boy, if I found that under the tree on Christmas morning, I'd be so happy!

Thanks Santa - you're the best!

Love,

Kristen Combs

YAY!  Congrats, Kristen!  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.

Stephanie Muzzulin is joining us again today with this fun and festive creation using Christmas Treats.  She's done an amazing job pairing up the stamps and this patterned paper.  The circle elements echo the peppermint discs perfectly and we *love* the double wide banner the sentiment resides on.  Sooo cute!!

Christmas Treats

That's it for this week, but be sure you join us again on MONDAY for a whole NEW contest!  Have a great weekend!!

**We're having a Design Team call!

Go HERE for details!!**

12 Days of Christmas - Day 8

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Welcome to Day Eight of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  Today is the LAST day to play this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates so make sure you get your entry in!

Michelle McClure has created this fun and festive Mardi Gras themed layout using Tickle My Fancy.  What is not to love about this layout?!  Check out the DIY transparencies Michelle created using the different feathers in this set!  Way cool!

Tickle My Fancy

We'll be back again tomorrow with the winner of the Dear Santa contest as well as more inspiration from another one of our guest designers!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 7

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Welcome to Day Seven of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You don't want to miss out playing this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates!

Donna Mikasa is back today with a super sweet card using The Sweet Life.  She used chalk ink and the kissing technique on the fence. The texture it gives the fence is awesome!!  Donna also used reverse stamping for the right bird to create a little scene. So sweet!!

The Sweet Life

Be sure to come back here tomorrow for an awesome idea for using stamps in scrapbooking!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 6

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Welcome to Day Six of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You don't want to miss out playing this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates!

Lynn Mangan is back again today with a show-stopping CAS card using Christmas Treats! We love the candy cane bundled with jingle bells, the rounded corner and the plethora of white space.  This card makes our hearts happy!

Christmas Treats

Before we sign off, we wanted to remind you of our latest promotion!  Help us get our first 40 gallery uploads at Splitcoaststampers using the keyword FreshSqueezedStamps (all smooshed together) and we'll pick a random FSS gallery uploader to receive a FREE stamp set of their choice!!

We'll see you back here on the blog tomorrow for a "sweet" little number from another of our guest designers!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 5

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Welcome to Day 5 of our 12 Days Of Christmas festivities!  We hope you enjoyed the Say What?! caption contest -- and again, congratulations to Chris Loritsch for her winning entry!

Today we're starting a new reindeer game called Dear Santa...  It may have been a while since you've written to dear old St. Nick, asking for a long list of toys from the Sears catalog (oh, am I dating myself?!)  Well, it's time to break out the paper and pencil (or just the trusty keyboard) and craft a creative letter to Santa Claus telling him how super good you've been all year and what you'd REALLY like for Christmas!

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Here is a Dear Santa template we found online to help kickstart your creativity:

Dear Santa,

I've been really good this year!  I always __________ and I never, ever ___________________.  While my family and friends might give me a nice sweater, a vacuum cleaner or a re-gifted vase, what I'd REALLY like for Christmas is ___________. Boy, if I found that under the tree on Christmas morning, I'd be so happy!  

Thanks Santa - you're the best!

Love,

____________

Full Name

_____________

Email Address

How To Play:

• Simply use the letter template above, adding your own clever ideas.
• Copy and paste your completed letter HERE in the message box.

Rules:

• One entry per person.
• A full name and email address must be included in your entry.
• The contest ends on Thursday, December 13th at 11:59pm PST.
• Winner will be announced on Friday, December 14th.

Prize:

• The person that sends the most clever and creative letter (picked by the Fresh Squeezed Stamps elves) will win ONE FREE STAMP SET of their choice!
• We have a surprise for EVERYONE that participates, so be sure you do!!

12 Days of Christmas - Winner!

**We're having a Design Team call!  Go HERE for details!!**

We've made it to the end the first 4 days of the 12 Days of Christmas AND the end of our first game, Say What?!  After reading through all the entries, the Fresh Squeezed Stamps elves have picked their favorite caption for the following picture:

And the winning caption, submitted by Chris Loritsch, is:

Typing it once, Googling it twice, 

Tweeting to see who's Naughty and Nice

YAY!  Congrats, Chris!  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.

We hope you've enjoyed the first 4 days of our 12 Days of Christmas blog event!  We'll pick up where we left off on Monday for Day 5 - so be sure you come back to play!  You don't want to miss it!

Next up is the fabulous Stephanie Muzzulin with this down home country Christmas card using Winter Wonderland.  The paper pieced scene Stephanie created is as charming as can be!  We love the mix of patterns and all the little details that really make this card shine!

Winter Wonderland

Also, don't forget that we're having a design team call.  All the information can be found HERE.  Have a GREAT weekend!!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 4

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Welcome to Day Four of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  Today is the LAST day to play this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates, so be sure you check it out!

Michelle McClure has created this festive winter wonderland using both Christmas Treats (sentiment) and Winter Wonderland (trees).  We love the background of snowflakes, the brad ornaments and the starry tree topper.  The non-traditional holiday colors really work with the theme of the card perfectly!

Winter Wonderland

Christmas Treats

Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for some more inspiration from another one of our guest designers!

Also, don't forget that we're having a design team call.  All the information can be found HERE.

12 Days of Christmas - Day 3

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Welcome to Day Three of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from Monday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You don't want to miss out playing this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates!

Today we have an AMAZING card by Donna Mikasa using Games People Play!  With some handmade Scrabble tiles and a little washi tape, she's created this awesome card!  We love the shading Donna has created on the individual tiles and splatters of ink are FAB!

Games People Play

If you're not already following us on Facebook, you might be missing out!  Also, don't forget that we are having a design team call.  All the information can be found HERE.

12 Days of Christmas - Day 2

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Welcome to Day Two of our 12 Days of Christmas!  In case you missed our blog post from yesterday, be sure you check it out HERE.  You don't want to miss out playing this week's game!!  There is a free stamp set up for grabs and we have a surprise for everyone that participates!  :)

Today we've got a lovely creation from one of our awesome guest designers!  Lynn Mangan has created this little number using Christmas Treats.  We love the open space and the glittered apothecary jar!  And how awesome is that bow!!  Love!

Christmas Treats

Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for some more inspiration for another one of our guest designers!

Also, don't forget that we are having a design team call.  All the information can be found HERE.

12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

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Welcome to Day One of the 12 Days of Christmas!  We've got twelve days of fun planned through the first three weeks of December, so we hope you'll stop by every day and join in on the festivities!!

This week we're starting with a fun game to play called Say What?!  This is a photo caption contest and we've got an AWESOME picture that needs a caption, and a prize that needs a new home!

source

How to play:

• Think of the most clever and creative caption that fits the picture above.  
• Contact us HERE with your caption.

Rules:

• One entry per person.
• A full name and email address must be included in your entry.
• The contest ends on Thursday, December 6th at 11:59pm PST.
• Winner will be announced on Friday, December 7th.

Prize:

• The person that comes up with the most clever and creative caption (picked by our very own Fresh Squeezed Stamps elves) will win ONE FREE STAMP SET of their choice!
• We have a surprise for EVERYONE that participates, so be sure you do!!