Love You This Much

Hello Fresh Squeezed fans!  Katie here with a Saturday double-header, two sweet cards for the little loves in your life!  I'm still thinking about Valentine's Day and this time I wanted to create a card that would work for the kids.   I hit upon a design that will work well for both boys and girls by just swapping out some colors and patterns.

Since I have daughters, I started first with the girly palette.  I was inspired by the "I Love You This Much" sentiment from Love Signs and in thinking about things that are vast, (to represent a large amount of love), I hit upon the idea of the ocean and combined a few of my favorite FSS stamps to create this scene.

First, I stamped the sentiment from Love Signs and the whale from Breath of Fresh Flair on a white cardstock.  I masked the whale and used the scallop border stamp from Background Check to create the water and waves.  Lastly, I stamped and masked the cloud and sun from Weather Through.  I rounded the corners and adhered the stamped panel to a pink cardstock base that I covered with some fun polka dot patterned paper.

By swapping out some ink colors and the patterned paper, here's the same card in a more boy-friendly color scheme.  I think this one will go to my nephews.

                        Breath of Fresh Flair                           Background Check

                               Love Signs                                   Weather Through

That's all for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by!  -Katie

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey, Fresh Squeezed friends!  Stacey here with a scrappy take on a Valentine's Day card! When I create valentines, I can't help but remember way back when...back when I was a kid cutting and gluing special valentines for my friends in elementary school!

I inked up the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment from When Hearts Collide and created a scrappy banner of sorts with images from Love Signs.  After stamping three images, I circle punched them and stitched them over a panel of vellum heart and bitty kraft bag with some decorative pom pom trim, buttons and twine.

                         When Hearts Collide                                Love Signs

Thanks so much for stopping by the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog today!  Have a wonderful rest of your week!  - Stacey

Romantic Tag

Hello there!  Sarah here with something a little sweet and romantic today!  Cross stitch influences are everywhere in paper crafting right now, and this gorgeous example from Love Signs is right on trend!  

I paired it with some soft colors, lace and that beautiful bliss banner stamp for a romantic look.  Stamping in chocolate rather than black adds to the softer look of this tag.

I love tags, they make a simple gift really stand out!  My little bag of chocolates is also stamped with one of the sentiments from When Hearts Collide - these two sets work so well together!

                                Love Signs                                  When Hearts Collide

Do you like bold, bright Valentines or is romantic and soft more your style?  I like both! Happy creating!  -Sarah

Check and Double-Check

Yep, the list is complete! Our talented and fun-loving guest designer, Emily Leiphart, has created another awesome card using some of our new love-themed stamp sets.  Here she's used Love Signs to create a clipboard for the Love Laboratory!

Emily Leiphart

When your love's atomic, you've just got to create that special card to say so!  No Bunsen burner or beaker required, just grab some Fresh Squeezed Stamps  and get your craft on!

Love Signs

Hugs and kisses -- Cupid

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Bold Bliss and Pastel Love

Happy Friday everyone!  It's Kim.  I have been having so much fun with the new sets Love Signs and When Hearts Collide.  What I like most about these sets is their flexibility.  Some stamps are cute - some are masculine - some are graphic - some are traditional - they can work in so many ways.  I used a few stamps from both to create this bold card.

I love the bliss banner and I particularly love the arrow.  It's not just one big stamp, it's in two parts so can be used on small hearts and big hearts.

I'm doing a two-fer today.  Every time that I have posted a card with either of these sets, I comment on their flexibility.  But every card that I make is bright and bold.  It's no wonder since I am surrounded by men and boys and I simply don't have much use for soft and sweet Valentines.  Whether or not I have any use for it, I have wanted to use this next stamp.  My mother and I have two obsessions hobbies in common - we loved to cross-stitch (or really any other kind of needlework) and we loved to make cards.  So this card is a tribute to my mom.

                      When Hearts Collide                               Love Signs

Hope you have a "bliss"ful and love-filled weekend!!   -Kim

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Love Grows Here

Our guest designer, Emily Leiphart, has created this fantastic card just perfect for the upcoming holiday o' love!

Emily Leiphart

Isn't the tree, fashioned from embossed and die cut cardstock, the coolest thing?  Emily used our conversation-type hearts from Love Signs and morphed them into little love balloons!  The writing's on the wall (or tree) - it's love, sugar, and our newest stamp sets, including Love Signs, are just what you need!

Love Signs

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A Jar of Hearts

Hello and Happy Saturday Fresh Squeezed fans!  Katie here with another Valentine's Day card idea using the two newest sets from FSS: Love Signs and When Hearts Collide.

I die cut a jar from white cardstock and stamped the 'hubba hubba' and 'hot stuff' conversation hearts from Love Signs with Versamark and embossed them with pink, light pink, and red embossing powder.  I created the solid hearts by using a Versamark marker to fill in the words on all but two of the hearts. 

Next I added a few chalkboard touches with white pencil and white pigment ink.  Finally, I stamped "love sweet love" from When Hearts Collide onto a tag and tied it to the jar with a bit of twine.  I adhered the completed panel to a pink cardstock base. 

           Love Signs                             When Hearts Collide

Well that's all for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by!  -Katie

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K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!

Happy Friday!   It's Kim!  I love the stamps in the new set, Love Signs.  It is such a good mix of feminine and masculine; and funky to traditional.  It includes a heart stamp that I had to use for my husband's Valentine.  We are both old enough to fondly remember playground games, jump ropes and sing-song chants, so this will be perfect!



I did have my husband in mind during the entire process with the embossed trees, the neutral frame and natural twine bow.  I may have to figure out a way to remove the sequins because I think that's a bit too much for him!   Does everybody else have to deal with husbands who think every card has "too much bling"??!  I'm thinking this fun woodgrain heart will balance out the bling!

Love Signs

Have a great weekend!  -Kim

P.S. - Still looking for the perfect stamp set for your Valentines cards?  Don't forget about our fabulous 30% discount on A Punny Valentine and We Go Together.  Prices are marked on the website and are available until February 14, 2014 or as supplies last.

You + Me ... Forever

Hello there, Fresh Squeezed Stamps fans!  Stacey here with you today!  How darling are the new stamp sets revealed last week?!  I'm "in love" with them and couldn't wait to combine them for my card today!

I inked up the sentiment from Love Signs and stamped it over some map themed patterned paper, while the heart and arrow from When Hearts Collide were stamped onto the hanging tag.  These new stamps work so well together!  

    Love Signs                             When Hearts Collide

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are inspired to start creating Valentines for the loves of your life!  - Stacey

Guest Designer Extraordinaire!

It's time to reveal and welcome our fabulous guest designer!

We are so excited to have Emily Leiphart guesting for us this month.  Emily has designed for many manufacturers in the paper crafting industry and has been published in Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking, CARDS and CardMaker magazines.  She has also won both the prestigious World Card Making Day and Stamping Royalty contests hosted by Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine.  Please welcome Emily for the next four Sundays as she creates with our January release!

Emily Leiphart

Today Emily's sharing a card she made using several of our love themed clear stamp sets. Can you name them?  There's Subway Series: Spring on the background, then both When Hearts Collide and Love Signs make an appearance in the die-cut heart shapes. Such a clever design - sophisticated and charming all in one!

Emily Leiphart

Wouldn't this lovely layered card be perfect for your special someone on Valentine's Day? Be sure to join us next Sunday to see what Emily's created for us!

January Release Week Wrap-Up

If you haven't felt Cupid's arrow by now, you soon will!  We so enjoyed sharing our brand new sets with you this week, and we hope you take advantage of our limited time offer we shared yesterday.  A big bear hug to our phenomenal design team for their creative, heartfelt inspiration this week!

All of January's new stamp sets revealed this week are now available for purchase in our online store!  Don't hurry away too quickly, we want to announce the lucky winners who will receive a FREE stamp set from our new release!

• Love Signs -- Tricia Barber
• When Hearts Collide -- Jennifer Ingle

WINNERS - Please contact us HERE with your mailing information so we can get your prize 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.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  We have a fantastic guest designer in the house this month! Join us in welcoming her this Sunday -- you'll be SO glad you did!


Here's another look at our brand new stamps:

Love Signs

When Hearts Collide

Thanks for stopping by and know that we {LOVE} our Fresh Squeezed friends!!

January Release Week Day 1 - Love Signs

Welcome to Day 1 of our release week!  Fresh Squeezed Stamps has the loveliest clear stamp sets of the season and all signs point to Cupid!

Love Signs makes short work of telling someone how much you care!  Get a conversation started about how your love measures up, or be a kid again carving it up with a smoochable chant!  So many fun ways to express how happy being in love can feel.

Love Signs

Lesley Croghan starts off the parade of sweetness with a fun gift set that includes an adorable gift card and candy-filled packets, all dolled up with the cutest tags.  Can't you see these at your next Bunco party or even your kids' classroom?  Endless possibilities here, folks!

Lesley Croghan

Virginia Lu's modern twist on an old-time favorite will brighten anyone's day!  We love the graphic, multicolor background and the hand embossed "frame".  Looks like something hanging in a MoMA gallery, eh?!

Virginia Lu

Katie Gehring's take on the chalkboard effect is spot on!  Literally, she's created a lovely little chalkboard straight out of the School of Love...eek, aren't those tiny "chalks" so cute? Did you notice the chalk tray made from Background Check? The paper doily and enamel dots are the perfect touches!

Katie Gehring

Stacey Schafer's style really shines in this Valentine's Day card that's just smitten with detail!  Love Signs really measures up -- in so many ways.  She's easily mixed and matched the fun images for that special someone.

Stacey Schafer

Kim Singdahlsen's taken a crisp, clean approach to her card and thrown in a border from Background Check to create the graph paper edge.  The black and white, with bold splashes of color, really set this card apart.  It's simple science, people, you're sure to love this new set!!

Kim Singdahlsen

Sarah Gough sees the writing on the wall -- it's true love!  She expertly combines her paper pieced "bliss" banner stamp with the banner on her patterned paper.  The heart checked box, with just the right touch of bling, add a feminine touch to this pretty, yet rustic, card.

Sarah Gough

All stamps previewed during Release Week will be available for purchase in our online store beginning this Friday, January 10th!

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Love Signs stamp set!  One winner will be announced on our blog this Friday, January 10th!  *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, January 7, 2014

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