P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! If you’re like me, life is busy and there’s never enough hours in the day. Regardless of our work and family commitments, we all need our ”me” time to relax and recharge.
If you’re feeling the need to paper craft more and are looking for new outlets to express your creativity, you’ve come to the right place!
Today I’m excited to talk about the three S’s in the Paper Crafts world: sketches, sentiments and stamping!
1. Sketches:
On Monday, I announced our new Go-to Sketch Challenge #6. Featuring a fun sketch from Paper Crafts Go-to Gal Teri Anderson, you’ll find three online bonus projects that use this sketch HERE. And if you’re in a “sketchy” kind of mood and would like to participate in this challenge, click HERE for all the details. Deadline: Monday, Aug. 30 at midnight (MDT).
One of the three online bonus projects is this Always You Card by Heidi Van Laar.
2. Sentiments:
On Tuesday, Susan spotlighted our Simple Sentiments from the September/October issue. Not only are these great for Halloween cards, invites or favors, but they’re super easy to use. Just print and add a few fun embellishments! Wanna play? Browse through our library of downloadable sentiments, make a card using one of them and upload it to our Simple Sentiments Challenge
. Deadline: Monday, Aug. 23 at midnight (MDT).
Susan R. Opel created this card with a sentiment from our March/April 2009 issue.
3. Stamping:
And just yesterday we announced we’re extending the deadline of our Stamp It! Techniques call for submissions. If you like to stamp, you get one more week! We’re looking for projects that incorporate the following six techniques:
1. Paper piecing with stamped images
2. Using spray-ink mists on stamped projects
3. Masking
4. Using markers in stamped projects
5. Gradient/spectrum stamping
6. Heat embossing
Click HERE for all details. Deadline: Monday, Aug. 30 at midnight (MDT)
Ready for today’s giveaway? To inspire you ink up your stamps and submit to our new call, how about some stamp-tastic goodies? Just leave a comment telling me your favorite stamping technique and two random winners will each receive this fun prize package (retail value over $95!) from Stampin’ Up! All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, Aug. 22.
Two lucky winners will take home this prize package from Stampin' Up!
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from Teri’s Tye-Dye Misting post!
1. Shelly K. (Aug. 18, 3:32 p.m.)
2. Alyssa M. (Aug. 18, 6:45 a.m.)
3. Barbara (Aug. 18, 10:29 a.m.)
Congrats, winners! You’ve won some fun Shimmerz products. I’ll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments!
I submitted several cards for the Stamp It edition. And I would LOVE to win this prize. Pick me!!
I love embossing…it adds that extra bit of sparkle.
Thanks for the opportunity,
Donna
I love stamping an image with multiple color inks.
Right now I am really loving the emboss resist stamping technique.
A stamping technique I love is stamping with clear Versamark and rubbing over with blending chalks for variegated colour.
This is a wonderful prize. Thanks for the chance.
I love just plain ol’ stamping and then I fill in the details with watercolor pencils. So much fun!
I love embossing and stamping a sentiment over an image. Looks like an awesome giveaway!
Sooting… it’s great for so many things… Halloween, Winter, basic backgrounds.
What beautiful cards. Right now i am really into embossing. Thanks for another great week of bogs.
My favorite card making technie would definitely be coloring my stamped images with my copics!
Love spectrum stamping right now. Just so many fun colors to combine! Thanks for the chance
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My faves are using watercolour pencils and embossing powders. Thanks for a chance to win.
Love Stamping Up. Thanks for the give away!
Wow, it’s hard to pick just one technique as my favorite. There are so many! But I think my favorite right now is dry embossing with my Big Shot! I’ve included it on pretty much every card I’ve made recently.
My favorite (for now) is coloring stamped images with my copics! I usually color like I am in grade school but the copics make me look like I actually know what I am doing!
My fav is always stamping more than one and I love using embossing too in white or stamp and embossing with clear powder and then give distress ink on it …woow I really love stampin UP stamp but too expensive for me…finger cross that I can win this set…thanks for the chance to win this
I really enjoy heat embossing. It always wows people when I show them how it works and it provides just the right pizzazz I need to make a card pop.
That is a hard choice, but I guess I’d have to say my favorite technique would be to stamp my image and color it in with water color crayons or water color pencils. I love the look and how they blend.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love spritzing my cardstock before adding embellishments or stamping. It adds dimension and vibrant color to any card. Thanks for this prize!
My fav technique is emboss resist over watercolor paper and spraying with a mix of water and Perfect Pearls. Thanks for a chance to win!
I really love using masking techniques in stamping. So fun! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love embossing and masking! Thanks for the opportunity!
I like to stamp my own backgrounds with heat embossing strategic sections.
I love to use sponges to create antiqued edges or to create soft subtle backgrounds
I’m enjoying stamping combined with paper piecing. Love to stamp and color with Copics and Prisma colored pencils as well.
I don’t know enough about stamping to have a favorite technique! Clearly, I have a lot to learn!!
It has to be paper piecing – it allows the opportunity to tie the image into the background or other items, to produce the fab card. I am new to coloring but still find it very stressful – more instruction would be great. xx
Embossing is my top stamping technique. I still remember the first time I saw an embossed project in a craft store and how it caught by attention.
Ahh, difficult choice!!!
I enjoy doing all the techniques and try to incorporate more than one technique for my project… like paper piercing and making my own background by stampin’ up. I also enjoy coloring my stamping image with color pencils and water colors… giving them different hues 
. Thanks for a chance to win this wonderful giveaway 
fingers crossed to win this 
xoxo
I would have to say my favorite is masking…with a die cutting machine the possibilities are endless!
I like stamping on acrylic with staz on over alcohol inks
I love stamping with masks! It’s my new favorite thing! I also love just coloring my images with my copics! I’m just learning how to use them so I’m still trying to master shading~