Paper Smooches Pep Rally–September New Release!!

Well, hello!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches September stamp release with you!  FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available for purchase at 12:01 AM (EDT) on September 1st.  You will find them HERE (when they’re released.)

To add extra fun to our blog hop, we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the eight design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of our new stamp sets!  (You do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify.)  You have until 12:00 AM (MDT) on Friday, August 30th to leave a comment.  Please check all design team blogs on Saturday, August 31st to see if you are one of the EIGHT lucky winners.

Emily Leiphart
Heidi Van Laar
Kalyn Kepner
Karolyn Loncon
Kim Kesti
Laura Bassen
Laurie Schmidlin
Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning, you should:

1. Leave a comment on this blog post;
2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop;
3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop; and/or
4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop.

(Which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog!)

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My project features the new stamp set and coordinating dies called Free Spirits.  It’s a set that has a gajillion fun icons and images for the drinker in your life!  LOL  I see some amazing possibilities with this stamp set and it’s coordinating dies – it actually has two sets of dies that go with it or coordinate:  Drink Glasses Wise Dies and Free Spirits Icons Wise Dies.  Oh and a Wine Tag Wise Die that will be super fun and useful for gift giving during the holidays or any special occasion!!

I was inspired to make a shaker card similar to an uber clever card that JJ Bolton made for one of her Gallery Idol projects a few years ago.  You can find her tutorial HERE.  So basically there are two duplicate “wells” – one is empty, and one is filled with microbeads that spill into the glass when you turn it upside down and right side up again.  This was so fun to make!  Here’s a close up shot:

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If you need additional information, or have any questions about how I made this, don’t hesitate to email me!  I’d be happy to give you more in depth details.  But JJ’s tutorial is really helpful, too!

I’ll be back in an hour with the latest (and my last as a team member) CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge!  Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!


PRODUCTS USED:
STAMPS:  Free Spirits (Paper Smooches)
INK:  Jet Black StazOn (Tsukineko)
PAPER:  The Good Life 6 x 6 DP (Fancy Pants)
OTHER:  Free Spirits Icons Wise Dies (Paper Smooches), Purple Plum Baker’s Twine (Divine Twine), Purple Micro Beads (Martha Stewart Crafts), Scallop Edge Punch (Stampin’ Up!), Black Polka Dot Washi Tape (my stash)