Trendsetting Spotlight- Melissa

It's time for the Trendsetting Spotlight! Each Thursday we feature a card made by someone who has participated in the previous week's TSG Challenge. Would you like to be in the Trendsetting Spotlight?? Join in the fun by participating in our weekly challenges posted every Monday!

Last week the TSG Challenge was to create a shape card. I knew that this might be a little tricky for you guys but all of the cards that were made were fabulous! One card that stood out was this one made by Melissa. I love how she used a flower shape for her card and those button embellishments are great! She also did a beautiful job on coloring the image from the set Garden Of Friends :)

Great job on your challenge cards last week everyone! I hope to see you play along this week as well in our TSG37- Embellish x 3!!

Wednesday Trends- Top 5 Embellishments

*For some reason Blogger didn't publish yesterday's Trendsetter Tuesday like it was supposed to so make sure you scroll down to check out what Jessie's favorite paper crafting products are!*

Hey everyone, and welcome to this week's Wednesday Trend post!! This week, I decided that we would cover what I have found to be the top 5 embellishments in the stamping world!! They aren't in any particular order, but I am going to start with Ribbon...who doesn't LOVE ribbon (besides Jessica, haha).

1. Ribbon
Ribbon, for me, and apparently everyone else, adds so much to a card. Whether tied around the card, through a punched hole, on a spiral clip, or as a ribbon tab, ribbon is one of the things you see on the mass majority of cards out there.


2. Bling
The next embellishment in my top 5, is BLING!!! Jodi has used a TON of yummmmy bling on the card I have shown below. "Bling" comes in a variety of styles, shapes, and sizes...but it all boils down to one thing...it makes it SPARKLE!! Let's face it ladies, who doesn't need a little bling in their lives?


3. Buttons
My next embellishment is BUTTONS!! Jessica's card has so many yummy buttons on it, I couldn't help but show it off!! WOW!! Buttons are so much fun, and like bling, come in many colors, sizes, shapes and varieties. Whether naked(nothing in the holes), with ribbon, or with thread, buttons add a little extra somethin' somethin' to all your creations!!

4. Brads
Number four on my random list, is BRADS. Like buttons, and bling, and ribbons...oh my, hehe, brads also
come in various colors, sizes, and shapes. You can use them just to embellish, to hold things onto your card, the skies the limit!!

5. Sewing
My last embellishment, and one that I hope to master VERY soon is SEWING!! LOVE IT!! Whether using a Janome Sew Mini, or a regular sewing machine(which I give you major props for because I tried it and DIDN'T excel at it), you cannot deny how much a little sewing adds to a card. Jodi sewed a TON on her card, and it is making me giddy just looking at it!! I am a HUGE fan of paper piercing(shocker), but I would love to add a little sewing to my repertoire!!

Well, that is it for me now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Trendsetter Tuesday- Jessie

It's Tuesday which means that it is time to feature another one of the super talented Trendsetters! This week out focus is on the awesome Jessie Rone! Read below to find out what inspires this fabulous lady :)

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TSG37- Embellish x 3

Our challenge this week is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week, Jessie! She has challenged us to use at least 3 different types of embellishments on our card. You can use multiples of each embellishment but there must be at least 3 different types. There are so many fun things out right now that you can use on your cards that this challenge should be super easy! Just think of all those buttons, brads, ribbon, rhinestones, glitter, clips, rub ons and on and on and on!!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that incorporates 3 different embellishments (you can use multiples of each embellishment but there must be 3 different types), then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the Mr. Linky that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Jan. 18th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. I will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG37 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Need some inspiration to get you started? Check out these great project from the following Trendsetters!
- Jessica
- Jessie
- Wendy
- Jackie
- Maki
-Gretchen
- Jodi
- Sandra
- Dawn

Last week's TSG36 Shape Card winner is: Melissa Craig
Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:3
Timestamp: 2010-01-11 08:09:12 UTC

1. Chrissie 2. Cat Spicer 3. Hazel 4. Michele L. 5. Chupa 6. Katie Skiff 7. KelliJo 8. Clare P. 9. Billie Anderson 10. Yvonne 11. Kim Y. 12. IRIT 13. Made By Mandy

14. lizb42 15. Lori 16. Mary S. 17. Caroline 18. IRIT- SHAPED CARD 19. julye 20. Gloria M. 21. Chupa 22. irit cohen 23. Linda B 24. IRIT- NEW CARD 25. Sammye Jo 26. Itzuvit

27. Alexis E. 28. Anita A 29. YAFFGIL 30. Jennifer B. 31. Katie Tate 32. Heather J. 33. Cindy (Royal Things) 34. Linda, the funkie junkie 35. Stamping SAM 36. Sheila D 37. Janice

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Week In Review (Jan. 4-10)

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where we showcase cards made by the Trendsetters and myself throughout the week. Not only to you get to see gorgeous projects made using TSG stamps, but you also have a chance to WIN one of these cards! Leave a comment on this post and tomorrow (Monday) I will choose a winner using a random number generator. That person will then get to pick out their favorite card and the Trendsetter that created it will send it to them :)

Last week's WIR winner for Dec. 28-Jan 3rd: Cathy
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:7
Timestamp: 2010-01-10 08:03:19 UTC

Gretchen

Gretchen

Julie

Jodi

Holly

Holly

Holly

Jessica

Jessica

Dawn

Maki

Maki

Wendy

Stampbook Saturday- Jessica

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying your weekends so far :) Today is my day to share a Stampbook page with you and I love how mine turned out this time!

What is a Stampbook Page? A Stampbook Page is a scrapbook page created using stamps and inspired by a card. Each week I create a new Stampbook Page to give you ideas on how to use your stamps in a new way and hopefully inspire you to catch up on those family photos that you've been meaning to scrapbook ;)

My Stampbook page was inspired by this beautiful card made by a former Trendsetter, Silke! I ended up changing the color scheme (to match the ribbon that I wanted to use) but kept the same style of ribbon treatment with background paper behind. I also used the same mini set Treemendous for my stamped image and added the words to the punched panels using the alphabet set A-Z&123 .

The pictures I used for this page crack me up! They may look like they were taken just to use for this page but I assure you they weren't. My family is just naturally this crazy that I happened to have a bunch of photos that are all too similar to these lol! This is what photo shoots look like in the Knutsen household ;)

Here are some close up pictures of the different elements on this page-

Like the page says- Like father, like daughter ;)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and make sure you stop by tomorrow to check out the Week In Review!

~ Dollar Find Friday & Friday Night Chat ~

Join us tonight HERE in the TSG Forum for the Friday Night Chat!
Everyone is welcome and we love to meet new people :)
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Good morning, Friends!

Holly here :) . It's my week to bring you the Dollar Find project. When I think of the DFF, I usually think dollar stores. Then the other day I was waiting in line at Joann's and they have their dollar bins to tempt you while you wait to check out. Good thing, too! I found these cute little bottles of shower/bath gel and hand/body lotions. They also had lip balms, lip glosses and nail files!



Here is what you'll need for this project:

2 matching bottles of gel, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, etc. (I used gel and lotion)

1 piece of heavy cardstock or chipboard (the backing from a dp pack is great!)

1 piece of acetate

Ink (versafine black onyx used here)

pencil w/eraser

hole punch

scoring blade

sticky tape

cardstock and designer paper to decorate

punches (optional)

Stamps to decorate ( Rejuvenate used here)


Step 1:
Measure your ''product" for size of box needed. I have posted a "Packaging 101" tutorial on my blog to help with figuring out different sized boxes. You can find that HERE. For this box, my chipboard was measured to 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches.

Step 2: Score all sides of this piece at 1 3/4 inches, and cut up on each corner tab as shown.

Step 3: Measure and cut designer paper to fit the insides of your box, but do not adhere until you have put your box together. This way you will cover up the folded in pieces.




Step 4: Using a pencil eraser and ink, create a polka dot pattern on the outside of your box.





Step 5: Apply sticky tape to corner tabs and assemble box. Now you can adhere the designer paper pieces to the inside of your finished box.




Step 6: Create a cover for your box using the acetate. You will use the same concept as the box bottom, only decrease the size by 1/8" on each size so that it will fit inside the box.



Step 7: For the belly band, cut a 2" x 10 1/4" piece of chipboard. Since I did mine a little different, you can find detailed instructions on my blog. Basically, you just need it to fit around your box with a small excess to overlap. Decorate as desired. (I am sorry, I took pictures of this, but my camera ate them!)

Step 8: Decorate as desired.



Total time to create this box was 1 hour.

Makes a great gift for those hard to buy for girlfriends!

~~~Don't Forget!! ~~~




Enjoy!

~Holly~