Crafty Friend

Hello Fresh Squeezed fans, Sarah here with my last post for Fresh Squeezed Stamps! I wanted to make a card that I could share with all of you to say thanks for your comments and crafty friendship!

Paper, Scissors, Ink just sums up everything we love about paper crafting!  I've stamped on vellum with a pigment ink, and hidden my pop dots under the strip of light blue paper. Sequins and a die cut heart finish off this simple design.  Here's a peek inside...

Paper, Scissors, Ink

Thank you so much to Ryann and Shannon for having me this term, it's been so fun sharing with you all each week and I'll miss designing alongside these fantastic ladies!  
Hugs - Sarah - thINKingstamps

Crafty Gift!

Hello and happy almost 2014! Sarah here today with a gift box perfect for the crafty friend in your life!

I stamped the awesome subway style image from Paper, Scissors, Ink repeatedly on pink cardstock before turning it into a gift box. I wanted a tag with lots of punch, so adhered strips of leftover cardstock together before embossing the sentiment in white.

I cut my strips random widths, but love how it all worked out to highlight parts of the stamp!

Paper, Scissors, Ink

Wishing you a fabulous, happy, healthy and VERY crafty 2014!

Use Those Embellishments!

Welcome to Monday's Fresh Squeezed Stamps post!  It's Virginia here! Today's post is all about embellishments. What is your latest love?  Buttons, twine, sequins, pearls, gems, ribbons, washi tape, chipboard, brads, lace, trims...etc? What are embellishments exactly? 

According to Wikipedia, in sewing and crafts, an embellishment is anything that adds design interest to the piece.  Paper, Scissors, Ink is perfect stamp set for adding your favorite embellishments because you can personalize it however you like it!

With a little masking, I stamped the image in three different colors!  After that, I simply added a few sequins, button, twine, gems, washi tape and a tiny bit of ribbon!  I purposely chose bits and pieces of colors and elements to compliment this design. Adding the embellishments is part of the fun!  To me, they are the "eye candy"!

Paper, Scissors, Ink

What are your favorite go-to embellishments lately or what are the embellishments on your craft table?  We would love to hear from you! 
Thanks for stopping by!

PS: if you are interested in winning an Everyday Expressions stamp set, Virginia has an incredible giveaway on her blog.

FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 5 - Giveaway!

This is it!  The final day of our week long Birthday Bash!  We've been celebrating all week long and have had a BLAST - we hope you have too!  We want to thank each and every one of you for supporting us this past year and making all this possible - we couldn't have done it without YOU!  :)

We also want to give a special shout out to our design team and all of our Birthday Bash special guests that have been providing you with AMAZING birthday cards all week long!

We're accepting entries to our Birthday Bash challenge until 6:00pm Pacific today - so get those birthday cards made and linked up!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

We've got just a couple more birthday cards to show before wrapping up our Birthday Bash today!

Leigh Penner

Ryann Salamon

We've got one last giveaway for you, too!  Good luck!  :)

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog 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.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 4, 2013

To enter this giveaway, use the widget below:


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Join us right here on the blog tomorrow for World Card Making Day!  We hope to see you here!  :)

FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 4 - Giveaway!

Welcome to the fourth day of our par-tay!!  Fresh Squeezed Stamps is celebrating our first birthday this week with a huge Birthday Bash!  If you've been keeping up with us - you probably already know about our Birthday Bash challenge we're hosting all week.  If you haven't already joined in the fun - here's your chance!!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

We've got more samples from our amazing design team featuring our NEW special edition stamp set, Paper, Scissors, Ink.  We also have some special Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!

Erin Taylor

Chunyuan Wu

Jennifer Rzasa

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog 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.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 3, 2013

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FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 3 - Giveaway!

We're officially halfway through the week and halfway through Fresh Squeezed Stamps' first Birthday Bash!  We're absolutely LOVING the entries in our Birthday Bash challenge thus far.  Haven't played along yet, but want to??  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

Our design team has done an amazing job showcasing our NEW special edition stamp set, Paper, Scissors, Ink.  In addition to these, we've got even more Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!

Tracey McNeely

Amy Tsuruta

Michelle McClure

Savannah O'Gwynn

Donna Mikasa

Donna Mikasa

So, you're probably wondering what today's giveaway is?  Well, there is one located here on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog AND if you were to check out Donna Mikasa's blog HERE, she just *might* have a little something special for you too!  :)

Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog 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.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 2, 2013

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FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 2 - Giveaway!

Welcome to Day 2 of Fresh Squeezed Stamps' first Birthday Bash!  We had so much fun yesterday sharing our new special edition stamp set Paper, Scissors, Ink.  We have some fun birthday cards to share all week using this set from our amazing design team members.

And, don't forget to participate in our Birthday Bash challenge - Make a NEW Birthday card!  You can find all the details HERE (bottom of the post).

In addition to ALL that, we've got a whole new bunch of fabulous Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate our Birthday Bash today!  Shall we have a look?  :)

Heather Pulvirenti

Arielle Gordon

Amy Kolling

Jennifer Ingle

And because our Birthday Bash wouldn't be complete without a giveaway...  :)


Use the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win a Paper, Scissors, Ink stamp set!  Winners will be announced on our blog 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.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 1, 2013

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Fresh Squeezed Stamps is proud to sponsor the Link Up For Pink, a linky party for breast cancer awareness - check it out and get your crafty PINK on!

Link Up for Pink - October 1 - 14, 2013

FSS First Birthday Bash - Day 1 - Challenge & Surprise!

Fresh Squeezed Stamps is turning ONE this week - woo hoo!  To celebrate this milestone, we’re throwing a weeklong Birthday Bash right here on our blog and we'd love for you to join in the fun!  To get this party started, we've got a SURPRISE for you - new stamps!

Paper, Scissors, Ink is a very special set created to celebrate all of us paper crafters and stamp lovers!  The image is similar to our Subway Series sets, with a mixture of fun images and words that describe the goodies we adore.  There’s also a bonus sentiment you can use with any other celebratory sentiment to create cards for your favorite paper crafter!  

Paper, Scissors, Ink is a 2x4 clear stamp set and retails for $3.99.  You can find it on our website for purchase now!

(Subway art stamp is about 1½” x 3”; Crafty Friend sentiment is 1½” wide)

In addition to our amazing design team, we asked some of our Fresh Squeezed friends to help us celebrate this special occasion!  :)

Virginia Lu

Heather Campbell

Val Stangle

Maureen Merritt

Lynn Mangan

Want to party with Fresh Squeezed Stamps and be entered to win a Birthday Bash prize pack that includes Inside Scoop: Birthday, Life of the Party and our special Birthday Bash release of Paper, Scissors, Ink?!  Here are the details:

• Create a NEW birthday card!
• You don't have to use Fresh Squeezed Stamps to play along!  If you have our stamps, we'd love it if you used them, but it's not required.
• Each participant may submit up to two (2) NEW entries.  
• Please submit a DIRECT LINK to the specific blog post your project can be found in.  Projects not linked properly will be deleted.
• Entries will be accepted through Friday, October 4, 2013 at 6:00 pm Pacific.
• One randomly chosen participant will be announced here on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog on Sunday, October 6, 2013.  Good luck!  :)

After you've created your NEW birthday card, simply enter your information into the Linky List below to be entered to win!  Be sure to tell all your friends to play along too - we want to share the birthday love!

Be sure to visit us again tomorrow for more Birthday Bash FUN!