PSA Essentials Card 3: Kindred Spirit

 

The PSA Essentials stamps are so cute I really didn't want to add too many elements to this card so that the focus is taken away from the main image.

 

For this card, I used Make-the-Cut to cut out the Lettering Delights' Kite (Spring-a-ling SVG set) with my Silhouette SD cutter. 

 

I used Make-the-Cut's Boolean Join tool to modify the kite so that the spine of the kite is on one layer. Because the spine is very narrow, I cut out the layer with a scrap piece of vinyl. I did the same for the mini bows too.

 

Simple has never looked so cute! If you are just joining us on our Queen's Court PSA Essentials Blog Hop, please click here to start with Day 1's project.

PSA Essentials Card 2: Kids in School Bus

I am still on Spring Break but I will pop in here really quickly to show you this quick little card that I made with PSA Essentials' Smirk Coffee Confidants Peel and Stick stamps. I used Lettering Delights' Class Act Graphic Set and Make-the-Cut's print-and-cut capability to create the printed layer of the school bus.

By pixel-tracing the graphic and importing the texture, the layers of the school bus were easily cut out by my Silhouette and printed by my Canon inkjet printer. All the layers were adhered to the card base with foam tape.

If you have not signed up to enter in PSA Essentials' Giveaway (worth $125!), just click here to put in your entry.

WINNER! Easter Basket Blog Hop Giveaway.

*** If you are looking for the Queen's Court PSA Essential Blog Hop, please click here ***

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Thanks everyone for joining me on the Easter Basket Blog Hop. It was so fun to see all the Easter basket ideas from all the other participating bloggers but I thought it was even more interesting to read the comments left by all of you. It seems that the ATG gun is a favorite crafting tool to many of you and I have to agree that it is one of my favorite tools too. The other two of my favorite tools are the Cutter Bee Honey Bee Scissors and the Cutter Bee Tweezer Bee which I am giving away to one lucky reader!

There were 198 entries for my giveaway and the winner has been selected by Random.org. The lucky winner is :

Congratulations, Laura! I will be emailing you shortly. 

Everyone, don't forget that I still have two giveaways going on right now. One is for the Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing Machine (click here) and the other is for the PSA Essentials Stamp Package (click here). Entries to both giveaways will be accepted only until the end of the week. If you have not entered in the either one of the giveaways, do put in your entry today.

The Queen's Royal Court Design Team: PSA Essentials

***** If you are looking for Alex's Gotta have Friends Blog Hop, please click here *****

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*** Today's Blog Hop is sponsored by PSA Essentials ***

Hi Everyone, I am super excited to have you join us on another blog hop by The Queen's Royal Court Design Team. This blog hop is sponsored by PSA Essentials who is also joining us on our hop today. Once again, here are the Queen's Royal Court Design Team members:

Theresa

http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Alex

http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/
Cristi
http://www.scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/
Jenny
http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Jin
That's ME! --- http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/  --- That's ME!
Kassidy
http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
Liz
http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Raven
http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Rosy
http://www.sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/
Ruth
http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Libby
http://www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com/

If you have arrived at this blog from Jenny's Crazy About Cricut Blog, you are on the right track. If not, just click here to start the hop from Theresa's The Scrapbooking Queen blog and keep hopping until you're back here. If you should lose your way on the hop, just come back and refer back to the list above to get back on track.

Have you heard about PSA Essentials' Personalized Stamps and their Peel and Stick Packs? I've heard good things about them but I wasn't really sure what it was all about until I received this from our generous sponsor:

I opened up the plastic baggies and realized that basically the PSA Essentials' stamp is a self-inking personalized stamp with an interchangeable center! Because the ring and the center can be separated, it can interchange with the Peel and Stick Packs. 

So for example, I can stamp it so that my name is in the center or...

....I can switch the center out with a stamp from their Peel and Stick Pack to make a brand new stamp! 

How cool is that?

The best part about the Peel and Stick stamps is that I can use them with the personalized stamps or I can use them on their own. Just slap one onto an acrylic block and use them like any other clear stamps. And that is exactly what I did with my Peel and Stick stamps.

The Peel and Stick stamps come in several designs but my absolute favorite line has go to be the SMIRK Collection. I couldn't have been more excited when I received the Smirk-Coffee Confidants pack. Smirk girls + Coffee, seriously? This pack was made for me! These stamps are so super cute. My 5 year old thinks that the girls should have eyes but I love the images just the way they are. 

I think that the stamped image is the perfect size too. Look, the girls fit perfectly in their Cadillac, so they must be the perfect size right? LOL!

For this card, I used the Lettering Delights' California Love graphic set (Cadillac), the Big Apple graphic set (storefront), and the New York SVGs set (storefront). I used Make-the-Cut to cut all the layers out by using the print-and-cut technique. 

All the layers were adhered to the card with foam tape for added dimensions. 

 

The decorative edge on the black cardstock was made by using a border punch and the yellow label was also from a punch. The "Fabulous Friends" stamp comes from the same Smirk-Coffee Confidant stamp set.

PSA Essentials is giving everyone a chance to win a Grand Prize that includes the following:

        1 Custom Stamp
        3 Peel & Stick packs
        2 inks
        1 alignment tool

The total retail value of this prize is  $125.00

There are three opportunities to win this prize package, each action counts as an entry:
1.       "Follow" PSA Stamp Camp blog
2.       "Like" PSA on Facebook (Tell them that Jin sent you).
3.       Repost/tweet/Facebook the Blog Hop information to friends and followers

For those of you who prefer to get your own stamps now, Rossomer Square is generously offering 30% OFF PSA Essentials products until 4/22/11.    Just enter the code "PSACRAFTERS" at checkout to receive the discount.

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And now let's keep hopping! Your next stop is Kassidy's Inking It Up Crazy. Click here to go to Kassidy's blog.

Gotta Have Friends Blog Hop plus GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Alex's Gotta Have Friends Blog Hop hosted by Alex of You Had Me At Craft (http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/).

The following is the list of participating blogs. Did you come here from Julie's Cricut Chick Blog? If not, just click here to start from Alex's blog and keep hopping until you're back here. In case you get lost hopping, just come back and refer back to the list below to get back on track.  

Alex @ http://www.youhadmeatcraft.com/
Tracy @ http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/
Theresa @  http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Ruthie @ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Robyn @ http://www.mypinkstamper.com/
Raven @ http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Mari @ http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/
Mary @ http://cardztv.blogspot.com/
Liz @ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Libby @  http://www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com/
Kassidy @ http://inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
Julie @ http://www.cricutchick.blogspot.com/
That's ME----Jin @ http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/---- ME!
Jenny @ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Gaby @ http://www.gabycreates.com/
Cristi @ http://scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/

For this hop, I made....

Look! It's a seal telling the whale that it's a "Whaley good friend!" LOL!

I had so much fun making this card using Make-the-Cut and Lettering Delights' Eskimo Kisses and Seven Seas SVGs. The speech bubble is from Make-the-Cut's Basic Shapes (Callouts). If you don't already have these two sets in your SVG collection, you must get them especially when they are still on sale for $2 a set. TWO BUCKS! That's an insane price for a ton of fun!

The waves are layered and adhered with foam tape. I used my sticky-tape print-and-cut technique to add the sentiment. The fonts that I used are LDJ Noodge and LDJ Whale Tail. 

Now it's time for the my giveaway! One lucky reader of this blog will win a .....

SIZZIX TEXTURE BOUTIQUE EMBOSSING MACHINE

Here's how to win:

You must be a follower to enter in the giveaway. If you are not already a follower, just click on the "Follow" button on the right.

Leave ONE comment on this post and tell me:

What kind/brand of papers or cardstock do you use the most often?

Make sure that you leave your email address or any other form of contact so that I may inform you if you win.

Entries to the giveaway will be accepted from now until Friday, April 8, 11:59pm PST. The winner will be chosen by RANDOM.ORG and announced on Monday, April 11, 2011.
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By the way, today is the last day to enter in my Easter Blog Hop Giveaway. If you have not already put in an entry, just click here to enter.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Your next stop is
Jenny @ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Happy Blog Hopping!

LD Friday Freebie: Pucker Up Frames Set

It's Friday and here's Lettering Delights' Friday Freebie!

Just click here or on the image above to go to the Lettering Delights website. Add the frame set to your cart, check out and pay $0!

Don't forget that Dollar Days is still going on but the sale will end mid-April. If there is any set that is on your "Must-Have" list, you may want to grab it while you're there at the LD site.

Have a Super Weekend, everyone!

WINNER! Friday Reader Spotlight Giveaway

It's the start of a new month and it's time to announce the winner of my $10 Lettering Delights gift certificate giveaway for January's Friday Reader Spotlight.

 Here are the talented contributors to the Friday Reader Spotlight for January: 

1. Je anne (Animal Boxes)

2. Terri Honz (Penguin Shaped Card)

3. Linda Vanorio (Thinking of You Card)

4. Lindsey Pflum (Apple Shaped Card)

5. Lindsey Pflum (Framed Project)

6. Alyssa (Monster Love card)

7. Alyssa (My Heart Leaps for You card)

8. Alyssa (Treat Bag)

9. Alyssa (We Just Compute)

10. Abbey Childress (Call Me card)

11. Linda Vanorio (Ahhh...Spring!)

12. Sarah Fazier (Explosion Box)

13. Rene Kretovics  (Happy Birthday)

14. Rene Kretovics (You got a new house)

15. Rene Kretovics (Halloween Bear)

16. Maxine Richard (Diva Hoodie)

17. Maxine Richard (Sunbeam bag)

18. Maxine Richard (Princess bag)

19. Inga Klaus (Flower Pot)

20. Inga Klaus (You and Me card)

Thanks everyone, for sharing your beautiful work with us. The winner of a $10 Lettering Delights gift certificate has been drawn by Random.org and it is...

Congratulations,Rene Kretovics! I will be contacting you shortly about your prize.

If you are interested in having your work featured in the Friday Reader Spotlight, just post your project to my Facebook page or email me using the contact form above. Everyone who shares a picture of a project made with at least one Lettering Delights image or SVG will be entered to win a $10 Lettering Delights gift certificate. It does not matter if you use MTC or SCAL.