Are you ready for another Torico-illustrated character set? I hope so, because we are in love with her latest release that showcases sweet little ladies enjoying the pleasures of spring along with some of their favorite spring creatures and blooms. If you've come here from Tammy's blog you're in the right place!


Blossom By Blossom is a 4X8 stamp set that includes a total of 22 stamps and will sell for $18.
Would you like a chance to win the Blossom By Blossom stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Blossom By Blossom Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Blossom By Blossom stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (Apr. 30th) during the Release Party Chat.

Know someone who takes everything too seriously? Or maybe you know someone who needs a little pick-me-up? This set illustrated by our fabulous Torico will “brighten” anyone’s day! There are not only a variety of lamp bases and shades, but there are also some heartfelt and humorous sentiments to coordinate perfectly with the images.
Lighten Up is a 4X6 stamp set that includes a total of 20 stamps and will sell for $15.




Would you like a chance to win the Lighten Up stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Lighten Up Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Lighten Up stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (Apr. 30th) during the Release Party Chat.

Stamps: Mint Motif - School Basics

Paper: pink paislee "Hometown Summer", bazzill, papertrey ink

Ink: memento (black green, and red)

Accessories: baker's twine - cherry red

Stamps: technique tuesday- Amazing by Ali Edwards, and Harlequin Harmony

Paper: PTI

Ink: pti fresh snow, and Memento black

Accessories: Prima flower; nestabilities

Stamps: technique tuesday - love always wins

Ink: ranger - espresso

Accessories: flower, pin, ribbon, tattered angels glimmer mist

This week’s challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the Week, Karen. She wants us to create a monochromatic card. In order to do that you would choose one or more shades of one color along with ONE neutral color to use in your creation. We can’t wait to see what you come up
with!

A paper crimper. I've known about them of course, heck, I've even used them when teaching at my LSS, but did I buy one? No.. I don't even have a reason besides I didn't need it. I felt it was unnecessary.. It still is unnecessary (it all is, really...) but I saw a video the other day that totally inspired me. Don't you love it (read: HATE IT) when bloggers do that?? I watched Sarah Martina's video on how to make your own corrugated cardboard embellishments and it sold me on this ancient tool. You may have noticed a little crimping on yesterday's card, well here's some more. I promise I won't crimp excessively any more after today!!

I'm all out of sympathy cards so it's time to make more... Everyone always says they're the hardest ones to make, but I don't find them HARD to make, I just find it tedious unless I have an actual person/family in mind. I find a clean-and-simple card with maybe a flower embellishment or two is the perfect formula for an understated sympathy card...


I used a few new toys from i {heart} papers on this card, including a few Mint Motif sets: Beyond Borders and Very Square Sentiments. I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and die cut it with Labels 1 nestabilities die. The background was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and I offset the stamp each time I stamped to create the pattern. I had a new bag of Prima flowers sitting on my workspace and I thought the aqua was a great contrast with the red and black.. I love it.

I made this card for today's featured stamper challenge at SCS. Check it out!

It's been a long time since I've played along with a CPS sketch... Too long considering I love sketches.. Anyway, this was the perfect sketch to use in conjunction with some new Nestabilities dies I purchased (Pennants and Lacey Pennants).

This week’s challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the Week, Ann! She wants us to create a card withoutt any angles…only circles and/or ovals! Remember that your card base must also be either round or oval. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!


To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that utilizes circles and/or ovals, 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 the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Apr 11th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

It's the fourth of the month, and you know what that means....  new sneaky little snippets for your to feast your eyes on!  Join me back here tomorrow to see my cards featuring new designs from Whimsie Doodles! 

The challenge is to use an ink-blending tool to create a pretty background. To achieve this look I first die-cut the shape with Nestabilities. Then I stamped PTI's Background Basics: Sheet Music with Ranger's "old paper" ink with the nestie die still in place (this is what caused the white to remain around the edges)... After the ink dried I sponged a few pink inks around the perimeter and green in the centre.

This week’s challenge is being issued by our Trendsetter of the Week, Kim! She wants us to create a card that uses NO MARKERS…no Copics, no Tombow Markers…NO MARKERS AT ALL! Can you believe it? So reach for those pastels, colored pencils, or other coloring mediums that you’ve been neglecting and show them some love this week! And as always, we can’t wait to see what you come up with! To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that utilizes no markers, 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 the challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Apr 3rd). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store! I used one of my favourite sets called Day or Night: