Serendipity Stamps November Blog Hop #2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

I played with this month's 50% off Stamp of the Month...Covered Bridge. The image was stamped onto PTI Select white with memento tuxedo black ink and colored with copics. Added some glitter for a little shiny snow :-)

Had a chance to do the inside. The sentiment is Serendipity's Peace and Love... I masked off the "and yours".

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....
The 50% off stamp and die of the month are.... Covered Bridge and Merry Christmas. 

Serendipity is discontinuing many of their wood mounted stamps and there are over 150 wood mounted stamp sets and individual wood mounted stamps on clearance in the Bargain Basement.  Most are in qty of just 1 or 2.   

As well, There are clearance sales.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND... One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps- November Blog Hop #1

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So, I was still playing with Serendipity's Acorn's and Sweetgum stamp. So I created an alcohol ink background and stamped it with the image and then stamped again onto white cardstock. The result is this blended and muted color image. It was fussy cut and mounted onto layers of white cardstock. The background is a watercolored panel I created a while back... thought it worked perfect with this sweet image. The sentiment is Serendipity's Peace and Love... I masked off the "and yours".

Here's a little close up... when I photoshopped, the leaves are a little darker than IRL. The full card pic is more true to the softness of the colors.

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....
The 50% off stamp and die of the month are.... Covered Bridge and Merry Christmas. 

As well, There are clearance sales.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND... One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps October Blog Hop #2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

 So, this time I played with the Nativity cling image and used non-traditional colors. The image was stamped onto PTI select white and colored in "soft" colors. It was die cut with an old spellbinders die and adhered with foam tape. 

This week I was able to do a quick inside....

The sentiment is Serendipity's Winter Fenceline cling set.

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND....free shipping on any US order of $20 or more Wed 10/17 to Sun 10/21

AND... One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendpity Stamps Blog Hop October #1

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So, this time I played with the The Wheat Sheaf and Blessings die -both of these are the 50% off special this month. The sheaf was stamped onto PTI select white cardstock and colored with copics. The Blessings die was cut three times for a little dimension. Added some splatters, patterned paper on the edges, and twine to finish.

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND... One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendiity Stamps September Blog Hop- #2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So, this time I played with the Boo Die which is the special this month. First I created a panel using alcohol inks in Halloween colors. Originally, when I cut out all those "Boo's" out, I was going to make a background using the positive of the die (seen below with my witch) but, I ended up saving all of the positive pieces and gluing them to the negative of the alcohol ink panel. Added a little patterned paper and some ribbon. 

For this card I used the Witch from the Halloween Pops Cling set. She was stamped and colored with copics. Again I added a little patterned paper and one of the positive Boo dies from the alcohol ink panel. 

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

The Boo Die is the 50% off die of the month. 

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND... there is a sale this week....Good through Sunday Sept 23rd – Buy 3 Items and the 4th one is free.  

AND... One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Blog Hop- September #1

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So I played with a few Serendipity goodies!! First I die cut the Snowballs Reverse Die with white card stock and sponged the outer layer in blues. The panel behind was sponged with orange and yellow inks (to show through the open circles/snowballs. Then I added some Halloween ribbon for fun!! For the focal image, I stamped the Pumpkins on a Fence (50% off stamp of the month)- colored with copics and fussy cut. It was layered on top with foam for dimension. 

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

The Boo Die is the 50% off die of the month. 

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab. 

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop August- 2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So I played with the Oak Leaf die set. A while back I was playing with some alcohol inks in warm colors and this sheet was one of the results. As I was thinking about my card for this hop-I thought it would be perfect for some beautiful leaves

Here's a little close up of the leaves. Aren't they gorgeous and alcohol inks are fun to play with!! The oval was die cut with a Cherry Lynn die and I used Serendipity's Woodgrain Background stamp for the inner circle (tone on tone stamping). I added some twine and buttons for a little something. The Autumn die was cut twice and adhered a little offset for some color. 

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

The Sympathy die is the 50% off die of the month.

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

Serendipity Stamps- August Blog Hop #!

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!! So I took some time off and got my days all mixed up!! When I woke up this am (looking at my phone) I realized it was Wednesday but, this girl had to get to work so here I am just a "titch" behind!!

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So, I played with this month's 50% off image...Acorns and Sweetgum

When I started this card, I stamped the image for a background onto watercolor paper and heat embossed with gold. Then, I colored the image with my zigs. Yes, acorns and leaves can be different colors (in my world anywho!) Then,  decided to spritz with water and the colors ran- not exactly what I was going for :) It is pretty IRL.

Here's a little close up of the sentiment. I die cut the Thanks in the pink card stock as well as gold and layered them slightly offset. The sentiment was adhered with foam dots for dimension. 

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

The Sympathy die is the 50% off die of the month- I had another card in the works using these two specials (stamp and die) but, since I was a little off on the day of the week- you'll see that next time :)

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop July #2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. 

So, I played with the Cooking image. It was stamped with memento tuxedo black onto PTI select white cardstock and colored with copics. Die cut and layered onto a  patterned paper panel- this is an excellent way to create a background and use up your scraps :-)

On the inside, I had a little fun!! The Friends die (50% off die of the month).was cut and colored with copics and added above this fun sentiment...Approach Love. 

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

Other deals....

The Stamp of the Month is the Grill- you can find it here!! 

As well, There is a clearance sale on select dies – 20% off.   They will be listed under the “Specials” tab

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop- July #1

First, Happy Happy July 4th to all the US stampers out there. I will be hanging at the pool tomorrow with my youngest daughter, youngest granddaughter, and hubs!! Hope you enjoy your day and any celebrations you have planned!!

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. I have a clean and simple card for you today.

So, this image is all in one.... It's Five O'Clock Fun image for summer (well, depending all year 'round) I stamped the image with Versamark black ink and colored with copics. When creating a CAS card you can add little elements to give it a little sumthin' sumthin'

For this card I added a wonky frame, popped it up on the base with foam, and added crystal effects (glassy effect to the glasses- you can's see it the pic but, IRL it looks good). Other ideas may be to add some twine, glitter on the rims of a couple of the glasses, sequins, liquid applique for foam on the beer mug etc. etc. 

For the inside I added this Rest, Relax sentiment- perfect for a little summertime libation :-)

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!

Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop June- #2

It's time for the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! We're changing it up this year- there will be two hops each month as usual and there will be opportunities to win $ to purchase Serendipity Stamps. The design team will be showing you the latest products and offering a chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Marybeth Lopez blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below. I have a kinda' clean and simple card for you today.

So, I'm still in the beach mode, that time of year.... right!! So I played with the Lighthouse die. The background was water colored with blues and browns for the sands using distress oxide inks. After the ink was sponged onto the watercolor card stock- I sprayed with water. This was done several times to get the color variation I wanted. When the sky was 99% dry I added some clouds using the same distress oxide ink but, without spraying the water. I added some white splatters to the sand. The Lighthouse die was cut several times for layers and to get the red accents. 

I thought the sentiment- My Life- is one of my favs- this girl is dreaming about sitting on a beach with no cares in the world :-)  

 Looking for some awesome inspiration?   

Serendipity Stamps 

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier- taking a break

Vickie Zimmer

I'm the last stop on the hop today!!

AND... there are always prizes. One random comment along the hop will receive a $20 gift code to the Serendipity Stamps store. You have from today until Sunday to leave your comments. Mary will announce the winner on the Serendipity Stamps blog on Monday!!

Have a great day... hugs, Vickie!!