Miss You

Hey there, Fresh Squeezed friends!  Stacey here with a fond farewell!  It's hard to believe four months has come and gone for my term here at Fresh Squeezed Stamps!  Time flies when you're having fun!

For my card today, I used my MOST FAVORITE Fresh Squeezed Stamps set, Close Your Ears: Deer with the "miss you" sentiment from Say Anything.   The deer head is so fun, trendy and masculine...which is perfect for all occasions.

I kept the card fairly simple with a pop of gold heat embossing to really show off this cool deer!  Some simple graphic patterned paper with a masculine color scheme went into play; and a simple sentiment tag embellished with a button and ribbon knot.

                                   Say Anything                          Close Your Ears: Deer

A big shout out and thank you to the wonderful owners, Ryann and Shannon, and to all of my fabulous teamies!   We had a ball during our time here at Fresh Squeezed Stamps!   Thanks so much for stopping by the FSS blog today! Happy stamping, all!  XOXO  -Stacey

Make a Wish

Good morning, Fresh Squeezed friends! Stacey here with a soft and feminine birthday card using the "make a wish" sentiment from Everyday Expressions with the star image from Friendly Folk.

The sentiment was inked up in a leafy green ink and stamped over some mint green patterned paper while the star was stamped three times and fussy cut to create a sparkle effect from the hand-rolled candle. Lots of yummy birthday layers and textures went into play on my card today...plus a little splotchy ink and a few scattered sequins.

    

                                Friendly Folk                            Everyday Expressions

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

Spring Cleaning - Day 2

Welcome back to our Spring Cleaning Extravaganza!  Today we've got another clean sweep with fabulous creations by our very awesome design team.  Aren't they the best?! Yeah, we think so, too!  They've done an outstanding job featuring some of the best of Fresh Squeezed Stamps, so let's get to it!

But wait, before you get too excited, we want to let you know that we've got another giveaway!  There are several ways to enter, and all the details are just below...

First up is Katie Gehring's card that squeezes in all the beautiful colors of our unofficial namesake set, Sublime Citrus!  You've gotta love the overlapping slices in this blocked homage to sunny places (and perhaps some juicy beverages!)

Next up to bat is Stacey Schafer with Say Anything!  She's used the cool border stamped in gold and the sentiment especially for an awesome coach.  The neutral tones in her patterned paper, along with a little splatter, make this card a home run!

Lesley Croghan's fresh take on Weather Through reminds me a bit of Mary Poppins' flying umbrellas -- makes me smile just thinking about it!  Colorful paper piecing and an eye catching addition to her sentiment really make this card - supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Kim Singdahlsen mixes two parts sparkliness with one part fun sentiment to give us a Fresh Squeezed mock-tail! Using the Sublime Citrus set, lots of glitter, and a dash of Background Check, Kim's card is definitely shaken, not stirred!

Virginia Lu uses faux stitching to give us a handmade beauty using the Weather Through set.  Her umbrella is preciously paper pieced and reminds us that April showers bring May flowers!

Sarah Gough knitted one and purled two with this awesome card using Mother Knows Best! The ball of yarn is perfectly colored and everything about this card says women and crafts just go together!  Love the layout and die-cut pieces...any grandma would be thrilled to get this card!

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Sublime Citrus stamp set!  One winner will be announced on our blog this Friday, February 7th!  *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.

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We're doing some spring cleaning in our online store beginning next week, so watch out for some great savings on featured sets! We'll discount different sets each week, beginning February 10...

Spring Cleaning - Day 1

Surprise! Today we've got our newest stamp set, Close Your Ears: Deer for sale in our online store! Grab 'em while they last -- it's going to be the new "little black dress" of your stamp collection.

Close Your Ears: Deer

Forget about those winter storms and start planning for warmer weather by joining Fresh Squeezed Stamps in some SPRING CLEANING!! Our design team has pulled out some of the most loved Fresh Squeezed Stamps sets, polished up the ol' ink pads, and are ready to show off some brand new cards using some old favorites.

Today we're GIVING AWAY one of these favorites -- there are several ways to enter today's giveaway, and all the details are just below...


Sarah Gough has stitched up a comfy, cozy card using our Friendly Folk set, which has lots of rustic, primitive images and a real homey feel. The wooden button and twine are the perfect finishing touches, too!

Virginia Lu's looking toward spring with a garden full of fresh veggies and colorful watering cans! These spectacular watercolored cans, along with all the other fun images and sentiments, are from our Mother Knows Best set.

Kim Singdahlsen dusted off the favorite, Weather Through, a set packed with lots of meteorological images (ooh, big word!) and great sentiments you won't find anywhere else. Kim's made a standout card with her poppin' color scheme and clean style. Love the sequin raindrops, no doubt from a cloud with a silver lining!

It's all about some sunshine we're hoping for to melt the cold and bring on springtime! Lesley Croghan gets us in the mood with her sweet and cheerful card using Sublime Citrus. If you like puns as much as we do, this is a must-have set!

Katie Gehring's inspired ingenuity brings us a great new take on the Weather Through set! She's heat embossed the moon and stars and added die-cut clouds for texture. Love the sprinkle of sequins and the little pennant. Did we mention the sentiments in this set are unique?! Out of the box, folks, think outside that box!

Stacey Schafer's card is a HOOT, and just the prettiest little thing ever!  She's used our Hootie Who? set, which is full of lots of fun owls and great sentiments.  Love the doilies and tiny hearts, plus that black floral and striped patterned paper and punny sentiment round out this adorable card.

 

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Friendly Folk stamp set! One winner will be announced on our blog this Friday, February 7th! *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.

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New Release - Close Your Ears: Deer

It's a little bit cheeky, and a lot a bit fun!  We've got a new mini set that we think you're going to want to add to your collection right away!

Close Your Ears: Deer is the first in our series of edgy, chuckle-out-loud stamps that are meant to make you do a double-take and then grin from ear to ear!  This 2 x 4 mini set features a studly stag and two hilarious sentiments perfect for say, a belated birthday or compliment of any kind!

Close Your Ears: Deer

The design team did an outstanding job creating unique and quite different cards with this set.  This mini is great for a foundation, allowing you to add lots of bits and bobs from some of our other fabulous stamp sets.  Check these out...

Katie Gehring's card is crisp and clean, gender neutral, and downright adorable! Forget that ol' singing Billy Bass plaque (remember those?!), Katie's got her own Donny Deer to make her smile!

Katie Gehring 

Virginia Lu's taken a mod interpretation of this gold lamé rack and multi-hued stag -- always fashion forward, we say!  Sparkly gold sequins round out this ensemble, along with a wooden runway created with our Background Check stamp set.  Strike a pose!

Virginia Lu

Stacey Schafer's made a fabulous masculine card using some trendy elements like gold ink and vellum!  She's also used a border and sentiment from our set called Say Anything. Love the stitching and rustic twine/button combo!

Stacey Schafer

Lesley Croghan really mixed it up with this birthday card for her mom!  Fabulous colors and patterns, and a fun use of sentiments from Take A Number and When Hearts Collide, give this card lots of pizzaz!

Lesley Croghan

Sarah Gough made great use of coordinating patterned paper on her card.  Love the Happy Birthday speech bubble from On Trend 2013.  Everything's perfectly mounted, too!  Pardon the pun...

Sarah Gough

Kim Singdahlsen put her expert skills to use with this woodsy, masculine version.  That woodgrain embossed background is perfect with the flecked cream card stock -- clean, simple and just the right touch of color for *pop*!

Kim Singdahlsen

And finally, we want to share a fabulous card by our January guest designer, Emily Leiphart! She sent this over to us today just for this special release.  Love the cool aqua ink, the stamped off sentiment and the glittery bow...how schnazzy is that?!

Emily Leiphart

Close Your Ears: Deer will be available for purchase in our online store tomorrow - Wednesday, February 5!

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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

Love Sweet Love

Hey there, Fresh Squeezed Stamps friends! Stacey here! Valentine's Day will be here in less than one month. With my card today, I wanted to show how you can stretch your stamps by using Friendly Folk and When Hearts Collide together!

I inked up the sheep, house and stitching from Friendly Folk on to an oval...the red hearts, XOXO and "love sweet love" from When Hearts Collide onto some coordinating patterned papers, and fussy cut the sheep and placed him "peek-a-boo" style behind the house oval panel. I adore those sweet little hearts puffing out of the chimney!

                                When Hearts Collide                      Friendly Folk


I hope you are inspired to create a valentine for someone special today! Have a wonderful rest of your week! - Stacey

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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

January Release Week Day 2 - When Hearts Collide

The shape of a heart is the iconic symbol of love and our brand new set is absolutely filled with hearts (and love)!

When Hearts Collide is a collection of the shapeliest hearts around!  They're as diverse as any group of creative folks -- wiry, solid, sexy, preppy -- to describe just a few.  Mix and match these lovely images and come up with a plethora of designs to express your love.  Add an arrow and sentiment and you've got yourself a heartwarming Valentine.

When Hearts Collide

Stacey Schafer's card is a surprise package of loveliness, filled with all the hearts and good stuff this new set has to offer!  One of the sentiments becomes a banner, and take a peek at what's under the vellum...hearts of every shape and size!  Love the "tails" of the stitching, along with the pretty twine, that give this card a touch of whimsy.

Stacey Schafer

Kim Singdahlsen featured the super fun "wiry" heart in her card.  We just love the shiny enamel hearts that perfectly coordinate, and her taupe and gold base create a fabulous stage for these four beauties!

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan put this fun new set to good use!  She's featured a simple color palette with lots of *pop*, throwing in a dash of coordinating patterned paper for the belly band around the gift box.  All the fun layers are simply delightful!!

Lesley Croghan

Sarah Gough's picture perfect valentine is SO pretty!  All the feminine touches - doily, stitching, gold ink, and sequins - will make Cupid proud!

Sarah Gough

Katie Gehring took the name of our set to heart when she created this one!  A rainbow of hearts collide in this fun, fresh card perfect for anyone on your Valentine's Day list.  Her expert masking brings in dimension, almost as if these hearts are posing for a portrait!

Katie Gehring

Virginia Lu's card is wired for love!  Check out the background of plaid hearts, too!  And in the end, the heart says it all...

Virginia Lu

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 When Hearts Collide 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.

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