From Owl of Us

Hi everyone!  Lesley here with my final design project for Fresh Squeezed Stamps!  Today I am sharing a card I made with my absolute FAVORITE stamp set called Hootie Who?  My entire classroom is owl themed and so I was absolutely thrilled to receive this set!  I can see myself using it a lot!  I mixed it up with the pretty birthday sentiment from Everyday Expressions.

                              Hootie Who?                                Everyday Expressions

It has been an awesome experience, designing for both Ryann and Shannon.  Supportive and really organized, these ladies made me feel good about myself as a card maker!  I loved working with the amazing design team too!  You ladies inspired me to try new ideas and to move outside of my comfort zone with my projects.  It was an all-around fantastic experience!

Thank you for stopping by!  -Lesley

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

Make a Wish

Happy New Year everyone! Lesley here with a fun birthday card/gift combo! I am so excited to ring in 2014!

My hubby turns 42 on Sunday and I wanted to make him a birthday card and a matching gift card holder.  I just used a random gift card for the photo...the one he is getting is for a local bike shop but I have not been able to pick it up yet!  This time of year is just TOO busy!

I used a new to me set called Breath of Fresh Flair!  This was one that I had on my wishlist for a long time!  I just had to have it because of the little bike in the set!  I love that it fits perfectly in my circle punches!  The sentiments are from Everyday Expressions.

Breath of Fresh Flair                       Everyday Expressions

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you are enjoying the holidays!  -Lesley

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Happiest of Birthdays!

Hello everyone! Lesley here!  Today I am sharing a 40th birthday card.  I used some pretty colors - pink, red and green.  I wanted to keep my card fairly clean & layered...with the flower being the main focus.

I've used Everyday Expressions for the birthday sentiment and the 4 and 0 numbers from Take a Number.

Everyday Expressions                            Take a Number

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Be sure to join us tomorrow for more Fresh Squeezed inspiration!  -Lesley

Wintery Birthday Wishes

Good morning, Fresh Squeezed Stamps lovers!  It's winter..it's cold...arctic, actually! This card is my attempt at embracing the recent arctic blast that made it's way through our neck of the woods recently.

I created this girly birthday card using the new Arctic Friends and Everyday Expressions. My dear daughter, Hannah, has a birthday party to attend and she loves this wintery walrus with a little bloom on her head!

      Arctic Friends                            Everyday Expressions

If you haven't picked up the Arctic Friends stamp set, you are missing out on the most adorable animal builder set around!  Thanks so much for stopping by Fresh Squeezed Stamps today!   -Stacey

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

You Make Every Day Special!

Hi everyone! Lesley Croghan here and I am thrilled to be sharing my first official post as a designer for Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the stamp set called Everyday Expressions. I wanted to create a fresh and springy card for a friend! It felt good to break out the bright colors. I added some black accents to really make the colors POP!

Everyday Expressions

Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by! Stop by tomorrow to check out what Kim has created for you!

A Special Adventure

Hi there! Leigh here with a card that I made using the sweet little bicycle from Breath of Fresh Flair and a sentiment from Everyday Expressions.

I had been looking through my 6x6 paper pads and came across this fun travel sheet. I decided it would be neat to used these stamps to convey the message that when we're together, every day feels like an adventure!

I trimmed my patterned paper panel and adhered it to my card base. I die cut two frame dies from kraft and cream cardstock. I stamped my sentiment in black on the cream cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it to the kraft frame, on which I heat embossed my bike using red embossing powder. I added a thin strip of striped patterned paper and finished it off with some twine, because it reminded me of a package.

     Breath of Fresh Flair                      Everyday Expressions

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Getting More Out of Your Stamps

Hi there! Leigh here with a card that I made with Everyday Expressions in an unusual way: I used the front and back sides of my stamps!

I inked up the back of several stamps in three colors to stamp my background, stamping off with each color.  Then I went back and stamped the corresponding image overtop, stamping off again sometimes.

I trimmed my stamped panel and adhered it to my card, stitching it in place. I stamped my sentiment and then adhered a die cut frame (embossed with a woodgrain impression plate and wrapped with twine & buttons) with dimensional adhesive.

Everyday Expressions

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

World Card Making Day 2013 - Giveaway!

Happy World Card Making Day 2013!!  We're got BIG plans today to blog hop the day away!  Paper Crafts magazine created this fun annual event for paper crafters around the world to unite and make cards together.  And the timing of it couldn't be more perfect - just in time to start making those holiday cards!!  

While we didn't create a holiday card, we DO have a card to share!  In the spirit of celebrating WCMD together with YOU - we thought a party themed card was quite appropriate for today!

If you like what you see, be sure to become a blog follower and join us on Twitter and Facebook for even more inspiration!  Don't forget to grab our blog button too!  :)

by Ryann Salamon // stamps used: Everyday Expressions & Say Anything

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One random winner will be announced on our blog tomorrow, Sunday, October 6th! *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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Caring Hearts Card Drive

You've a heart of gold, so turn your passion for card making into a big smile by participating in the Caring Hearts Card Drive!  It begins today and Fresh Squeezed Stamps is one of its proud sponsors -- get all the details HERE!

You Make Every Day Special

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Hi there!  Leigh here with a card that I made using three stamp sets: the little bicycle from Breath of Fresh Flair, the skyline from On Trend 2013 and a sentiment from Everyday Expressions.

I started by stamping the skyline in Versamark and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  Then I die cut some clouds from some post-it notes to make masks for when I added some blue ink to the card using a blending tool.  I added some strips of patterned paper and stamped the bicycle. Then I cut a banner from my mat, stamped the sentiment and adhered to the card after wrapping with twine. Some stitching finishes it off!

Breath of Fresh Flair                    Everyday Expressions

On Trend 2013

Thanks for stopping by & have a great weekend!

Dreams Come True Year!

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Hi, everyone! Heather P. here with a quick and easy fall-themed card!

To create my card, I started with an aqua card base.  Next, I stamped the woodgrain image from Background Check in white ink onto kraft cardstock, then wrapped it with twine.

Next, I stamped cream cardstock with peach, tan and aqua inks using the larger leaf image from Everyday Expressions.  To finish up, I stamped one of the sentiments from Inside Scoop: Birthday in brown ink.  To finish up, I adhered the stamped layer to peach cardstock and attached it to the card front with pop dots.

That's all from me today, but be sure to come back tomorrow for more FSS inspiration! :)

Celebrate

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Happy Saturday!  It's Heather Campbell here!  I have a happy, clean and simple card to share today.

To create this card, I stamped the bows first, then I added the string and then light bulbs. To add color to the light bulbs, I masked the outside of them and used a sponge dauber and an ink pad to add color!  I use this technique a lot because of the neat texture it adds to the images!  All the images are from String Me Along and the sentiment is from Everyday Expressions.

Have a great day!

Thanks Bunches

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Hey there! Leigh here with a card that I made using a new set that was just released last month: Everyday Expressions.  I used some patterned paper as my background and, while doing a bit of masking, stamped the flowers, leaves & sentiment directly onto it.  I couldn't resist adding a scalloped border and some enamel dots to finish it off.

Everyday Expressions

This is such a pretty stamp set!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!