Create Your Own Colored Paper

Happy Monday, Fresh Squeezed friends! It's Virginia here! Today I am sharing a birthday card. Why a birthday card in the middle of December? Well, it happens to be my birthday today!  :)

I used the festive piñata from Life of the Party along with a fun sentiment from Everyday Expressions to create my birthday card.

I set out to create an unique colored paper and used my favorite medium - alcohol inks! It really is simple to do!  If you have not tried using inks to create colored paper, you should give it a go.  You do not have to use alcohol inks, any inks will do.  Just swipe your chosen colors onto paper and then you can stamp/emboss any image!  Here I used glossy paper and dabbed alcohol inks and blending solution and then let dry.  After that, the fun part is to emboss the image over the color paper.  Cut and assemble.  Voila!

      Life of the Party                         Everyday Expressions

I hope this inspires you to create your own colored paper!  It truly is a lot of fun!  Thanks for stopping by!  -Virginia

Holiday Photobomb

Hello Fresh Squeezed fans! Katie Gehring here with a #HolidayFun card to share using Arctic Friends.  I heard that the word of the year for 2013 is "selfie," so my card represents what might happen if the cutie penguin from Arctic Friends attempted a selfie...

....he gets photobombed by his friend, the walrus!

I covered my card base with a panel and strip of patterned paper.  I then die cut a photo frame from patterned paper and on a piece of white cardstock, I stamped the penguin, masked the penguin and stamped the walrus.  I added the shading to the walrus along with a pale background with markers. 

I stamped the sentiment from Hello December onto the photo frame. A button and bit of twine added a finishing touch.  I have to say, with a face like that, I would welcome a walrus photobomb any time!  

Hello December                      Arctic Friends

That's all for me today!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great Saturday! 

Katie

A Merry Walrus

Happy Friday!  It's Kim and I'm definitely happy it's Friday because it's my day here at Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

I have never tried the chalkboard technique, and as I was thinking about this post, I realized that Fresh Squeezed Stamps had the perfect stamps for it.  A happy walrus from Arctic Friends, sitting in the ice and snow, wishing us a merry time!  ("Merry" is from Hello December.  I love the woodgrain on it.)

Hmmm...I've used the penguin from the set and now the walrus.  I wonder what I should do with the bear???  :)

Arctic Friends                            Hello December

I hope you have enjoyed this quick peek at one of the Arctic Friends!!  There have been so many cute cards on this blog since the set was released a week ago - and I'm sure there are many more to come.   -Kim

Penguin Gift Bag

Hello, hello!  Lesley here sharing a simple gift bag I made using the Arctic Friends stamp set!  I heat embossed the penguin...to make him all shiny!  Then I added some paper to a glassine bag and added a tag from the Holiday Tag Alongs set.

I will use this bag for a gift card...easy to create but a nice way to wrap up gift card for family!

Holiday Tag Alongs                            Arctic Friends

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to check back tomorrow for more inspiration from the Fresh Squeezed Stamps design team!  

Santa's Parking Lot

Good morning, Fresh Squeezed friends!  Wednesdays are wonderful because I get to spend them with you here at the FSS Blog!

Stacey here with a bit of a "wonky" feel for my card today!  After placing the panels and elements down all straight and narrow, it occurred to me that it would be much more fun with some slanting and sliding!

The fabulously fun images from the Hello December stamp set are perfect for a bit of "off kilter" placement!  I paired the sleigh sign, Santa flair and date stamp up with an image from a different set!  Have you noticed the city scene from On Trend 2013 at the bottom of my background panel?  I love how it creates a parking lot for Santa!

The city scene and sleigh sign were inked up with Versamark and heat embossed with some sparkly embossing powder for a little tone on tone effect.  The Santa flair was inked up with black along with the date stamp, while the flair image was circle punched and marked with some glitter pen for added shine!  Finally, I added some stars, a bit of curly twine and some flat sequins to give a little extra whimsicality to my project!

 On Trend 2013                              Hello December

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are inspired to create something a bit "wonky," too!  -Stacey

1 of a Kind

Hello Fresh Squeezed fans!  Sarah back today with a card featuring both of the new stamp sets released this month, Take a Number and Arctic Friends.  I had the stamps out on my desk and was thinking of the cute little penguin from Happy Feet, he was totally one of a kind right? So that was the inspiration for my card!

I masked and stamped the penguins in soft charcoal ink, adding in one extra special, one of a kind penguin in teal. I added a little shading and some rosy cheeks with Copic markers.

I dotted a little Stickles glitter glue in the background to mimic snow and kept everything else very simple, color blocking with a scalloped edge and the bright orange card base.

Arctic Friends                                 Take a Number

Thanks for stopping by today, happy stamping!

Let's Mingle!

Hello December!  As you are probably aware, Christmas is just around the corner now! It's Virginia here.  Today I am going to encourage you to mix your stamp sets up and play mingle!

So I decided to do a little "match making" and created a fun scene using the little elfin boy from A Wee Christmas and the sleigh parking sign from Hello December.

Hello December                             A Wee Christmas   

What do you think? There are LOTS you can do with these stamps! I hope that you are inspired to play and mingle! Happy December!