TSG (Again!) Wonderful Winter Wishes

Hey TSG fans, welcome to day three of a feature we like to call: There She Goes (Again!). I am going to highlight a few cards each day this week that the Trendsetters made in the past, then we will share our new creations on Friday! 

Today we're celebrating a set called: 

Wonderful Winter Wishes

Torico hit it out of the park with this adorable set... There are so many elements to play with, the fun never stops! 

Here are some fav's from the Wonderful Winter Wishes Pinterest Gallery:

Here is watercolouring at its best! Kim brought these little girls to life with her signature colouring style and lovely background papers. 

This is a newer card from Danielle and I wanted to feature it because she did an amazing job with the background!! Check out her tutorial here. 

I snagged this card from Iwona's blog because I love the colour scheme she chose to go along with this little snowman scene. Just precious, Iwona!! 

Stop by TOMORROW for our big reveal of all-new cards by the Trendsetters with this week's TSG (Again!) sets. I've had a peek and they're gorgeous! 

TSG (Again!) Season's Greetings

Hey TSG fans, welcome to day two of a feature we like to call: There She Goes (Again!). I am going to highlight a few cards each day this week that the Trendsetters made in the past, then we will share our new creations on Friday! 

Today we're celebrating a set called: 

Season's Greetings

I love the mix of traditional and folk images in this set and the fact that every stamp is a blast to colour. Take a look at some great cards from the Season's Greetings Pinterest Gallery: 

How is it that Torico always chooses the most beautiful papers and coordinates everything so masterfully?? This card is literally perfect. *shakes head in amazement*

Our owner Jessica is a freakishly good cardmaker. This is another stunning card with this set and I absolutely LOVE this partridge in a pear tree. For such an iconic image you don't see very many stamp sets with it! 

Sandra features the beautiful Santa image with the lovely sentiment on this dark and hauntingly pretty card. Her colour choices are brilliant as is her colouring. 

Thank you for joining me again. This has been a wonderful set of cards... Check back tomorrow for more classic TSG inspiration! 

TSG (Again!) Penguin Pals

Hey TSG fans, it's another fun week of a feature we like to call: There She Goes (Again!) and I am going to highlight a few cards each day this week that the Trendsetters made in the past, then we will share our new creations on Friday! 

To kick of the week we're looking at a fun set called: 

Penguin Pals

There are lots of images to mix and match... It's a blast!

So here are some of my favourite cards in our Penguin Pals Pinterest Gallery:

Sandra's colouring is fantastic and her papers are awesome!! (I loved that paper pack!!) 

Ummmm, Kim's sponging is OUT OF THIS WORLD!! I love how she put the Prima swirls in the sky... It's the perfect touch. 

Danielle made the most precious gift tags with the little birdie from the set and they look fabulous! She combine Penguin Pals with the labels from Just For You. A match made in heaven!! 

Thanks for joining me today! Stay tuned all week! 

TSG234-Winter Fun

This week our challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetters! We are challenging YOU to make a card or project using our Winter Fun theme. 

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

 Karin Åkesdotter

Torico

Chaitali

Wendy

Vera

Tracy M.

Mary J

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a NEW card or project using this week’s challenge theme, Winter Fun, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until 11pmEST on the Sunday before the challenge end. The winner will be announced on the following Monday (November 25th). 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 lookout 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 TSG234 so we can check out your beautiful work!

The winner of TSG233 is: Ardilla 
Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2013-11-18 05:56:27 UTC
Email me at jessi96@yahoo.com to claim your prize.

Week In Review: November 10th-November 16th

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where we showcase cards made by the Trendsetters and myself throughout the our release peeks 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 next WIR 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 Winner Is:Karen (karey2005)

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2013-11-18 05:53:54 UTC

Vera using Lucky Duck

Kim O. using Ho Ho Ho and Warmest Wishes

Chaitali using Give Thanks

Wendy using PANDAmonium, Oh Snap, School Doodles and Give Thanks

Stampbook Saturday---A Vintage Layout

Today is Stampbook Saturday at There She Goes and my last posting as this weeks Trendsetter.  First off let me say hats off to those of you who know how to photograph 12 x 12 layouts well.  LOL  Lighting and getting the page to lay flat is no easy feat and I failed miserably, but I think you'll be able to pick out the good stuff despite the bad photos.

For my project I've created a layout using the one and only photo I have of my great grandfather.  The little guy is my grandpa.  I believe this photo must have been taken shortly after my grandpa, his mother, and brother arrived in the US in 1912 from what is now Serbia.  They arrived in New York and traveled to meet great grandpa in St. Louis.

For my layout I started with a 12 x 12 piece of brown patterned paper.  I then proceeded to add distress ink and Glimmer mist until I felt I had created a vintage look.  I used a brick template and modeling paste to create the brick accents on the sides of the page.  My DP mats were inked and attached with machine stitching in brown.

The vellum strip was stamped with the TSG "Henna Swirls" stamp set and embossed with gold embossing powder.  Tucked underneath it is a panel of lunchbag kraft paper stamped with the "Journal Lines" set.  I used the "Mixed Media Background Builders" to add some aging effects to the lightest DP panel.  The gears are from the "Get in Gear" set.  I blew them up to the size I needed and then traced and cut them out of grunge board.  They're embossed with distress embossing powder.

Here's a better close up look so you can see all the details.

Hope you've enjoyed the projects I've shared this week.  You still have time to play along with my "Thanks/Thanksgiving" challenge.

Have a wonderful weekend!

ABC Friday--Altered Dominoes

My duties today as Trendsetter of the week at TSG are to share a project that is Anything But a Card.  I have been itching to try out the altered domino technique so this was the perfect excuse.
This is a really fun craft.  I don't play with my alcohol inks often but they are so beautiful on these dominoes.
For this one I used the beautiful rose image in the "You Are Loved" set.  I inked the domino with the alcohol inks first and then stamped the image in Stazon on some tissue paper.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and then used some Claudine Helmuth Multi medium to attach it to the domino.  I heat embossed all the sides and slightly on the edges of the front with gold embossing powder.  The whole image was covered in Glossy Accents and then sprinkled with a few gold microbeads.

This domino was also alcohol inked.  I used Timber Brown Stazon to stamp one of the branch images from the "Give Thanks" set.  I added some Vintage Photo Distress Stickles on the leaves and popped on a couple of pearl flowers from Making Memories.  I attached Scoretape around all the edges of the domino and then covered them in silver microbeads.  I added Silver Stickles around the edge and covered the whole image with Crackle Accents.

The third domino was inked and stamped with the cat tails image from the "Lucky Duck" set.  Once stamped I used my Copic colorless blender pen to remove the ink from parts of the image.  The sides of this domino were also embossed in gold

This trio will make some mice magnets for my refrigerator and I imagine they will be getting some more company since this was so much fun.
Back tomorrow with my final Trendsetter of the week project, Stampbook Saturday.