Dollar Find Friday - Pam

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's Pam here with another installment of Dollar Find Friday!  Before we get started with that, I wanted to remind you to join us tonight right here on the TSG Forum for our TSG Friday Night Chat!  The chat officially begins at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (10 PM EST), but feel free to stop in at any time during the day to say hello :)

 

AND join us bright and early Saturday morning for the MOTHER OF ALL BLOG HOPS. You will not want to miss this my friends. You can go right here to read about all the deets and all the AWESOME prizes that you could win.

Now for my Dollar Find Friday project!

What is Dollar Find Friday? Every Friday the featured Trendsetter will share a project with you that was created using an item that costs $1 or less. Everyone loves a good bargain...now we will show you some ideas on how to actually use those great finds!

I found this picture frame at a local scrapbook store for almost nothing. I decided that I would decorate it with some patterned paper and some stamped images and give it to my mother for Mother’s Day. I really like how it turned out. It is a pic of my mom and my son. The sentiment is from the What’s Up Buttercup? set and the flowers are from the Dance set. Let me know what you think.

 

Thanks for joining me. I hope this will inspire you to make some projects for your family and friends also. I know I’ll make more.

Hugs,
Pam

~Trendsetting Spotlight on Tanja H~

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!




Good morning, Friends!

Are you all getting excited for the upcoming Mother of All Blog Hops?! It's only two days away!!

Today we're turning our trendsetting spotlight on Tanja Hartmann. Tanja caught my eye with this amazing little card made with Loads of Fun.



In an e-mail exchange with Tanja, I found out In an e-mail exchthat she is a sweet German girl living here in Alabama. I'm thinking that was quite the culture shock! She was worried about her English, but I have to say, she is quite efficient in our language. I'm wondering if she's taken on a southern drawl :). Tanja's family has also lived in the South of France. She has two boys, one born in France and one born in Alabama. They are quite the international family!

Tanja was introduced to stamping in 2007 by a neighbor, but has been doing paper crafting for many years. It is just a natural fit! Her favorite tool is her Big Shot with nesties. She's also a Copic girl!

When she's not stamping, Tanja enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, all kinds of sports, and scuba diving! Family and friends are important to her as well.

Tanja, thank you so much for sharing your world with us. You can see more of Tanja's work on her blog, Love Paper and Stamps.


Hugs!

Wednesday Trends/TSG Tips & Tricks - Pam

What is Wednesday Trends / TSG Tips & Tricks? Every Wednesday the featured Trendsetter will either share a stamping trend that they love or will show you new ways to use their favorite TSG stamp sets!  I hope you are inspired by this tutorial, and that you will try it out for yourself!  :)

Hi, it’s Pam here. Today I am going to show you a technique I call “Out of the Box”. This technique has been done other ways but I am going to show you how I do it. 

1. First, I take a stamped image and pick out a Nestie that I want to use to cut it out.

 

2. I have laid the Nestie on top of my image so that you can see that part of the image does not fit in the Nestie. That is the part that will be left out of the frame when I am done. I have made pencil marks on each side of the leaves where it sticks out. This is where I will cut.

 

3. Next I cut on each side of the leaves a little bit past the Nestie edge. I do this to account for the rim on the inside of the Nestie. I then place the part I cut out on the OUTSIDE of the Nestie. This is very important because if you leave it on the INSIDE it will cut the leaves off.

 

4. Now cut your image out with your Cuttlebug/Sizzix, etc.  You can see from the pic that the leaves did not get cut as long as they are on the OUTSIDE of the frame.

  

5. Here is the image completed after I have taken it out of the Nestie. Now it is ready to put on my card.

  

Here is my completed card using the stamp set Dance.

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and you find it helpful in your crafting. Thanks for joining me today and happy stamping.

Hugs,

Pam

Trendsetter Tuesday- Pam

Welcome to Trendsetter Tuesday! Every Tuesday we will get to know one of the Trendsetters and learn what products they use & love to create their gorgeous projects! This week our fetured Trendsetter is this fabulous  lady- Pam :) Make sure you stop by this crazy stamper's diary to check out her beautiful cards!

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TSG53- Color Challenge

This week’s challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week, Pam! She has challenged us to use these gorgeous and summery colors in our creations, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with, too!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that using the featured color combo, 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 (May 10). 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. We 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 TSG53 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Need some inspiration to help you get started? Check out these great cards made by the following Trendsetters!

-Jessica
-Mercy
-Pam

-Lisa

-Danielle
Winner from last weeks TSG52 sketch challenge- Carol R.
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Here are your random numbers: 11
Timestamp: 2010-05-03 06:57:24 UTC

Congratulations Carol! Email me to find out how to claim your $5 TSG gift certificate :)

TSG53- Color Challenge Participants

1. Chupa 2. Crafty Math Chick 3. Kristyn 4. Arielle ~ SnappyStamper

5. Hazel 6. Devlin 7. TanjaH 8. Cat Spicer

9. Pam 10. Linda L. 11. Nanea 12. Sheila D

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Week In Review (April 26 - May 1) and Card Give Away!

Winner from last week's WIR: Crafty Math Chick
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Here are your random numbers:7
Timestamp: 2010-05-02 23:32:43 UTC

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 :)

Danielle

Lisa

Jodi

Sandra

Holly

Pam

Pam

Mercy

Donna

Kim

Stampbook Saturday- Mercy

Happy Saturday, everyone!  It's Mercy, and I'm here with this week's Stampbook Saturday! The weekend is in full swing, but it is only hours away from a brand new work week. The older I get the more I realize just how quickly time flies, and how important it is to document every little thing while you have the chance. What better way to do this than to create stampbook pages?!?

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 ;)

I decided to create an 8X8 stampbook page that coordinated with the card that I had created for this week's Wednesday Trends post using some of my other TSG Stamps.   I used the same patterned paper packs and layout (for the most part).

The Card That Inspired My Layout (Circle Piercing Tutorial can be seen HERE):

My Stampbook Page:

This picture was taken by my sister-in-law at my niece's birthday party.  As usual, my fellas were hanging out in the kitchen!  LOL!  Can you tell that my boys are both hams while their daddy is a bit more camera shy? :)  As soon as I saw this picture one of the sentiments from the "Chemistry" set came to mind.  It states, "True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."  My guys are not perfect by any means...but my love for them is!

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by today, and have a wonderful weekend!

{{{Hugs}}}

Mercy