A New Trend in Stamping ~ It's A What? ~

Good morning!

It's no secret that I love making cards. I often wonder what happens to those cards once the receiver has read it and hopefully displayed it for awhile... LOL So, I wanted to create a card that would pull double duty.

I was fishing around in my stash the other day and found my preforating blade for my Carl cutter. I had this idea! How about making a card that doubles as a bookmark!


I cut the base at 2" x 9" and used the preforating blade to score it at 4 1/2". The little piggie is sticking up just a tad over the top to make the card 2" x 5 1/2" when finished. His head is attached with a thin strip of lift tape so that the pages can slide under his chin.





All the receiver has to do is tear at the fold and voila... a bookmark!

Here are the deets:
Stamps: You're so Punny
Colors: GP White, Pink, Brown
Ink: Versafine black onyx, copics
Accessories: Dimensionals, embossing folders

Now it's your turn! Share your ideas of what a card can double as!

Have a great day!!

~ Holly ~

Trendsetter Tuesday- Holly

Trendsetter Tuesday is back and this week we are featuring the sweet and very talented Holly! Holly has been a Trendsetter from the very beginning and she has inspired us with so many wonderful creations! Today she's letting us into her creative world :)

TSG22- Spooky Cracked Glass

*ETA- a new winner has been chosen for the TSG21 Challenge! Check the bottome of this post :)

With Halloween sneaking up on us, I thought this would be a great challenge to get us in the mood to start our Halloween projects! My challenge to you is to create a card/project using the Cracked Glass technique. The catch? It has to be a Spooky theme :) If you have never tried this technique before, I encourage you to give it a try! It is rather easy and the results give such a great touch to any project. Here is a link to a great tutorial on Splitcoatstampers showing you how to do this technique step by step!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card/layout using a spooky cracked glass image and 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 (Oct. 5th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

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 TSG22 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Winner from last week's challenge TSG21- Trendsetter Goodbyes:
Here are your random numbers:3 LisabeeTimestamp: 2009-09-28 16:03:47 UTC

1. Chrissie 2. Sandra MacLean 3. adleheidi

4. Dina 5. Jodi Collins 6. Julie Lacey

7. Linda B

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Week In Review (Sept. 21-27)

The day that you all have been waiting for is here! Week in review! All week long our newest Trendsetters have been delighting us with their draw dropping sneak peeks of the brand new stamp sets that are now for sale on the TSG Website!

The WIR will now last for an entire week! That's right, now you have a full week to enter your comment on the WIR post for your chance to win your choice of card made by one of the Trendsetters :)

Scroll down to see last week's winner as well as the winners for the TSG Blog Hop Challenges!!

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where I 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 :)

Gretchen Gretchen

Gretchen Jessica Jessica
Jessica Jessica
Jessica
Jessica
Jackie Jackie
Julie
Faith JulieSandra
Sandra
Sandra
Jodi Jodi JodiJodi Maki
Maki
Maki
Maki
Maki

And the winners are......

Spooktacular Silhouettes Blog Hop Challenge:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:21 KIM
Timestamp: 2009-09-27 02:47:39 UTC


Home Sweet Home Blog Hop Challenge:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:38 Laura F.
Timestamp: 2009-09-27 02:49:29 UTC

HSH Halloween Additions Blog Hop Challenge:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:31 Maureen W.
Timestamp: 2009-09-27 02:51:32 UTC

Random Chat Winner:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:264 mrsnoodles aka Dina
Timestamp: 2009-09-27 02:56:23 UTC

Week In Review winner for Sept. 14-20:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:5 Theresa
Timestamp: 2009-09-27 07:23:31 UTC

Release party tonight!!

The time has finally come for us to let our hair down and party ;) The release party is tonight on the TSG Forum and you can find the chat right here! You need to be a registered member to view or post on the forum so make sure you do that first. It only takes a couple of minutes and then you are ready to join the fun!

SCROLL DOWN FOR THE BRAND NEW THERE SHE GOES ICONS AND BLINKIES!!!

TSG Icons & Blinkies

New There She Goes icons and blinkies are here! Just simply copy the code located in the box below the icon you want and paste it where ever html code is accepted.

To do this in blogger:

1. highlight then copy (Ctrl+c) the code that you would like to add to your blog.

2. Go to your blog and click on the 'Layout'.

3. On the right side click 'Add a Gadget'.

4. Choose the 'HTML/Java Script' option.

5. Paste (Ctrl+v) the code into the box.

6. Click save.

7. View your blog to check out your new TSG icon!!

Enjoy :)

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