Five Minute Friday: Dog Sympathy

Hi everyone!  It's Taylor here today, sharing a really great Five Minute Friday card that Kate made.  Here's what she shared about her card:

"As any animal lover knows, losing a pet is one of the most painful things to go through.  Sadly, one of my friends lost her dog recently and I made this quick, little card for her."

And here's a look at the supplies she used:
 
Woof Mini Collection Kit (Echo Park),  Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities (Spellbinders),  Pawprints On Our Heart (Market Street Stamps),  Vintage Finds paper pad (Teresa Collins),  Memento ink,  Copic E53, and What’s Up Layered Felties (Basic Grey)

Have a great weekend - be sure to check back with us next week to see what's new in the store!

Five Minute Friday: Swept Off My Feet

Hi there!  It's Taylor here today, sharing a fun 5 Minute Friday card from Kate.  Take a look at the supplies she used to create this adorable card:

Oval Nesties, Copics, Dimensional Dots, Memento Cantaloupe from the new Snow Cones color collection, Paper Smooches Squeaky Clean, Frosted Lace Stickles, A2 Polka Dot embossing folder

It all came together to make such a sweet card, didn't it?  I love all the white space, with a pop of yellow.

Have you shopped the birthday sale yet?  Our gift to you is a 25% off coupon for the whole store, valid 10/16-10/20 (in stock items only not valid on prior orders and not valid on gift certificates).  Use code: 4bdayIHP.  NOTE:  Shop early!  Once seasonal items are sold out, they will most likely not be restocked.  Also, the store will be closed from Oct 18-25th and there will be no shipping during this time.  Orders will resume shipping on 10/26.

October happens to also be Adopt A Shelter Dog month, as well as the birthday of one of Kate’s dogs and the Gotcha/Adoption day of the other. In honor of all of that, IHP will be donating 10% of all sales during the birthday sale to Home For Good Dog Rescue, Eleventh Hour Rescue and Pilots ‘n Paws.  And if you make your own donation to any of these organizations, we will send you a gift certificate to IHP for 50% of your donation amount (these will be sent at the end of the month).  Just email us a copy of your donation receipt and we’ll email you a gift certificate!

And to continue our birthday fun this week, today you can win this Healthy Vibes set!  All you have to do is leave a comment here no later than Sunday, October 21 at 11:59 PM EST.  That's it - that's all!  Just leave us a comment and this could be yours!

All winners will be announced next Tuesday, October 23 right here on the blog - good luck!  Be sure to comment on all of this week's blog giveaways too - there's still time to enter!

Five Minute Friday: Perky Plants Thanks

Hi everyone!  It's Taylor here again today for Five Minute Friday.  I'm sharing a cute card that Kate made - it absolutely brings out the smiles!  Here's a closer look at the supplies she used:

Paper Smooches Perky Plants, Jillibean Soup Southern Chicken Dumpling paper, Cotton Candy Stickles, Crackle Accents (on flower pot), Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, Circle Nesties, Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Copics.

Do you follow i {heart} papers on Twitter?  You should, because we'll be doing a fun giveaway starting today.  Don't miss it!

Five Minute Friday: CAS Happy Birthday

Hi everyone! It's Taylor here agan, sharing a fantastic card Kate made for Five-Minute Fridays.  How darling is this quickie bithrday card?  It is a great color combo, and the sketch she used could be adapted for so many kinds of cards! She shared with me that the sketch came from Paper Crafts Go To Sketches from April 2010 (pgs 154-155). 


Take a closer look at what she used to pull it all together:
Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Memento ink; Jillibean papers from Neapolitan Bean Bisque and Southern Chicken Dumpling; Tim Holtz Lavish Trimmings (cut the flowers apart); Kaisercraft Pearl Basics (as the flower centers)


Doing some shopping this weekend?  Don't forget our HUGE Pre-CHA clearance sale!  From July 11-21 you can get 25% off your order of $50 or more!  WOW!

Use the coupon code CHA2012

And remember, it's a store-wide sale! That includes paper, Copics & refills, stamps, ribbon...everything!

And still, as always,  you will receive free US shipping with your $60 order!

Five Minute Friday: Hey Chick!

Happy Friday! It's Taylor here today, sharing a fun Five Minute Friday card that Kate whipped up!   How cute is that little chick, all sparkly like that?

Here's a better look at the supplies she used:

Doodlebug Hello Spring, Copics, Chick image from Paper Smooches Green Acres, Memento ink, Stickles, Crepe White ribbon, Square Nesties

Don't forget there is a monster sale going on in the store right now - close to 400 items are  just waiting to get snapped up by you!  Head over and take a look.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Happy Anniversary

Hello!!!  It’s been a while since I’ve actually done a Five Minute Friday card but here I am!

I needed a quick card for John’s parents’ 40th anniversary and I love the sentiment from Good Gab and wanted to pair it with some hearty things without making it too over the top mushy.  So the What’s Up felt stickers paired with some Konnichiwa paper was perfect!  I stamped the sentiment in Memento ink (have you SEEN the new colors?  LOVE!) and scalloped the edge using my Classic Edges One Edgeabilities (it’s a great assortment of basic edges).  I twisted some ivory silk ribbon and added some bling and that was it!

Thanks for stopping in today, especially if you’re here from Moxie Fab!  I’ll be back Tuesday with our monthly DT Challenge!  Have a great Father’s Day weekend!

Five Minute Friday: DT Spotlight: Ouch!

Another fabulous CAS card from Lori!  She rocks CAS.  I love this little Our Craft Lounge set.  You can see all the (short) details about the project on Lori’s blog here.

Thanks for stopping in today! 

Be sure to check out the new section for recent arrivals!

Five Minute Friday: Happy Birthday

Happy Friday!!  Thank you to everyone who hopping along with our joint Market Street Stamps DT Challenge hop on Tuesday. 

We had so many comments that I decided to draw two winners!  SO, congrats to Kelli H and Marianne S.  Contact me and let me know which in stock MSS set you would like and your mailing address!

This week also marked the one month of Katie Renz’ passing and the birthday of her oldest, Hunter.  I made another deposit from the Swimming for Katie fundraiser this week also – almost $1200, which her husband tells me will go towards her memorial marker. 

This is the birthday card I made for Hunter.  I used Paper Smooches My Peeps and Sentiment Sampler, stamped in Memento inks with Copics.  I hand cut the tag and attached it with dimensional dots and red Divine Twine.  

Later today we’re going to cut down our Christmas tree (the dogs are going to “help”) and this weekend is big Christmas prep weekend.  I hope you have a great day and weekend.  Thanks for popping in today!

Five Minute Friday: Renz Twins (Teapot Tuesday)

Hello!  Today’s cards were made for Will and Nate Renz, the soon to be 6 year old twins of Katie, who recently passed.  This will be their first birthday without their mom and I wanted to make it a little special for them.  I am also thrilled that one of the Swimming for Katie participants helped coordinate a Teapot Tuesday challenge for them!  So, these cards are my first TT Challenge!  You can see the gallery for them here.  If you play along please tag your cards MMTPT172.

The boys LOVE cars and trucks (and Legos).  I sent them some remote controlled Cars 2 cars.  Shhh…it’s a surprise! 

For my cards I used the new Paper Smooches set, My Guy, a sentiment from What A Card! and the new Authentique Gathering pad for some quick and simple cards.  Stamped in Memento and colored with Copics.  The clouds are popped up with some dimensional dots.  That’s it!

Their birthday is tomorrow so if you’d like to send a card, you can send it to:

PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to check back next week.  I’ll have a Black Friday sale for you.  :)  Have a good weekend!

Five Minute Friday: MSS Peace

I made this quick card to send to Katie’s mom.  I used Market Street Stamps Hippie Chic for the saying, stamped in Palette ink a cut out with Labels One and Labels One Small and then just added a strip of Country Drive paper and some fabric lace tape and gemstones.

Katie Renz’ memorial service is Monday.  Her obituary and guest book is here.  The paper crafting community got a nice mention for all of our support of her. 

Thanks for stopping in today.  If you have a moment, please go and leave Kevin and the boys a comment on the obit page.  I know they will appreciate reading through them when they’re not so deeply mourning.

Have a good weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Carolyn’s card

Happy Friday!!!  Today’s card was a quick card I made for DT member Carolyn for her birthday last week.  I used the new Gathering paper from Authentique to make the 3 panels and then my circle Nesties with some Zva bling and a sentiment from Very Square Sentiments, stamped in Memento ink.  That’s it!  Easy peasy! 

There are some new items in the store so be sure to check out the new section for Paper Smooches and other goodies!

Please don’t forget the Swimming for Katie stamps are still available and the donation link is still live.  Katie was moved into the Hospice House this week and it’s been pretty somber.  You can read about it here.

The twins’ birthday is November 19 (and her hubby Kevin’s is the 17th) so if you’d like to send cards, I know that they would be appreciated.  The boys (Will and Nate) will be 6. 

PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thank you for continuing to keep Katie and her family and friends in your thoughts.

Have a good weekend.  I know I’m sure looking forward to that extra hour of sleep!

Five Minute Friday: Let The Good Times Roll

Just a quick CAS card for today.  I used Market Street Stamps Hippie Chic set, stamped in Memento ink.  The rest of the elements are from Echo Park’s Happy Days Collection Kit and then added some Zva bling and popped up the main focal image with my favorite Sticky Thumb dimensional dots.  That’s it! 

Have a great weekend!  Don’t forget, you can still get all of the Swimming for Katie images. 

We’re supposed to be getting SNOW this weekend.  Crazy!!  We never get snow this early.  Stay warm, stay safe!

Five Minute Friday: Fight Like A Girl

Hello!  Happy Friday!  I have a quick card today, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month using the new Paper Smooches set, Hope and some more Angel Pink Tsukineko Fireworks.  I stamped in Memento inks and then added some white satin ribbon, some pink shimmer ribbon and my new scallop Edgeabilities.  I love these things.  Super fast.

Congratulations to Miriam Prantner who said...

Adorable. I too have a princess at home who would love this glittery wand!

(on Lori’s blog).  You’re the winner of the Fireworks giveaway from this week’s DT Challenge.  Please contact me with your mailing address so I can get them out to you. 

Swimming for Katie is still ongoing.  We made the first deposit for over $5800 this week, so thank you.  Katie has been having some radiation treatments to stem the bleeding on the tumor and is home resting but with all three boys’ birthdays coming up in Nov/Dec, they really need our help.  Please donate or purchase if you haven’t already.  All the information is here.  There’s even this beautiful shawl up for a random donor who donates $50 or more by 10/26.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Operation Julie’s Smile

Phew…what a birthday celebration week we’ve had! Thank you so much for making it so fun! Just a quick reminder that the storewide 20% off coupon expires tonight at midnight EST. Use code 3bday for 20% off everything in the store in celebration of our 3 year birthday. Plus all orders placed will be entered into the drawing for a $50 gift certificate. Winners from this week’s festivities will be announced here Sunday or Monday.

But, for today, we’re turning our attention to Operation Julie’s Smile: A benefit for Julie Ranae Murray. If you came here from Stephanie’s blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to start from the beginning at the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog and take your time. You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us and win prizes!

Today’s blog hop is large and there could be a break somewhere in the chain, so please bear with us. A complete list of blogs on the hop is posted on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog. You have a complete weekend to get around to all the blogs to be eligible for prizes by leaving comments. There are over $2500 in prizes donated by the very generous companies, including a $20 gift certificate to i {heart} papers. :) A complete list of sponsors is listed on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog.

Prizes will be drawn for the following:
1. from Blog Comments left
2. from PayPal Donation list
3. for Blog Hop Hosts

A little history about Julie and her situation:

The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have them all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!

Because she is an event organizer by trade, Julie has taken on the job of organizing all of the blogs in this hop as her way of ‘working overtime’ for what she needs, the same as if she were able to work overtime at an outside job to pay for the work to be done.

It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon. If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, there is a donation button ready for you to click on the left (MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON JULIE’S, as I have Swimming for Katie donation button also…more on that later). Any amount is appreciated and ALL DONATIONS will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500.”

For my card today, I used the smiling pear from Fruity Family Felties and then curved my sentiment from Thank You For Being My Friend, stamped in Memento ink. Then I laid a scrap of Sheer Pull Ribbon (without pulling it, obviously) as an added accent. A quick, CAS Five Minute Friday card! I hope it makes YOU smile!

The next stop is Andrea’s blog. Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs and if you can, please make a donation so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back on Monday with another charitable cause, Swimming for Katie – an event I’ve coordinated for my dear friend, Katie Renz, who is battling inoperable gastric cancer. Please, please stop back on Monday for this special event!

Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Joyful Snowman

Hello!  I’m back for a quick card using the Market Street Stamps Joyful Snowman.  I stamped it in Memento ink directly on some Echo Park Country Drive paper and then added some pink, orange and icicle Stickles as accents.  I finished it off with some awesome new self-adhesive ivory lace tape.  I LOVE this stuff.  LOVE. 

Anyway, that’s it!  Tomorrow (Saturday) is World Card Making Day.  I’ll be doing random giveaways on Facebook and it’s the start of our Birthday Bash kickoff, so be sure to check in either here or on Facebook so you don’t miss out on any of the festivities!

Thanks for stopping in!  Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Make A Wish

Hello!  Long time no blogging, right?  Wow…thanks for sticking with me.  All these deliveries have been unbelievably time consuming to get into the store and then the orders!  You sure do love new stuff!  *grin*

So, I FINALLY got a very brief stint in my studio this week…just enough time to throw together this little ensemble.  No stamping.  That’s why it was 5 minutes.  :)  It’s all stickers and paper from the new Country Drive Collection Pack from Echo Park.   I used i {stick} papers to adhere to polka dot paper to the jar.  It’s a little gift for a dear friend of mine in NC.  The cookies are her favorite from a local NJ bakery by me, so I stopped and got a pound of them and put this together and dropped it in the mail for her!

So, anyway, there you have it!  Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping in!  And, don’t forget to check the new section of the store.  I’ll be back on Tuesday with our monthly DT Challenge! 

Five Minute Friday: Father’s Day: Mint Motif style

Oh gosh…I just realized I never posted this Father’s Day card!  Oops!  I’m a little behind I guess!

Well, here it is!  I used Beyond Borders stamped in Palette ink to make the pattern on the left and then tied a sailor’s knot, using this animated tutorial, from white hemp rope and adhered it with some i {stick} papers and then stamped the father’s day greeting from my stash.

Thanks for stopping in today!  Sorry I’ve been a little MIA…the CHA deliveries and ensuing influx of orders have really been sucking my time – and that’s a good thing!  But, it means I’m a bad blogger.   Forgive me?

Have a great weekend! 

Five Minute Friday: u r sweet

Happy Friday!  I’m still pretty exhausted and catching up from CHA but I did manage to pull out this cute little card using some Zva alphabet bling and Unity’s Sweetest Day, colored with Copics and a piece of Divine Twine.  Easy!

Don’t forget the Copic mandated price increase is August 1, so stock up now before the price goes up! 

Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Dotty Vase

Happy Friday!  I’m still in Chicago so this is a pre-scheduled post. 

Orders placed 7/16-7/24 will not ship until 7/25 due to being away at the CHA Trade Show buying new goodies for the store!  Email replies may also be delayed.  Thank you for your patience!

For my quick project today I used some leftover punched out dots from A Walk In The Park when I made this card and just wrapped a vase with some white satin ribbon with i {stick} papers (more on order – click the restock notify button) and then attached the punched out dots.  A very quick 3D project and great for summer.

Thanks for popping in today even though you know I’m away.  I assure you I’m having a fabulous time with all my girls and at this point my feet are probably KILLING me!

Orders will ship out on Monday!  Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: ChickenGirl Birthday Elephant and coupon!

Helllloooo!  So sorry for my long absence.  As most of you know I spent 8 days chasing BooBoo through the woods of NJ.  Then we caught her (yay!) and we’ve been working hard to get her adjusted to her new home here.  And helping Mr. Barbo get adjusted too.  Oh, and I had 8 days of work to get caught up on, and I leave for CHA on Monday!  Eeep!!

Today’s card was for my mom’s birthday (hers was on Wednesday).  I used Birthday Wishes, stamped with Memento Black, colored with Copics.   The paper is from Life of the Party and finished with a piece of yellow faux suede ribbon.

I’m going to try to post updates to Facebook from CHA but it will all depend on the signal from the hall. 

Some housekeeping – I am running a 10% off CHA clearance coupon that expires 7/22.  Use code: chatimeblog at checkout.  Remember, beginning August 1 there is a Copic mandated price increase so be sure to stock up now while they are still only $4.87/marker and $5.62/refill.

Orders placed starting tomorrow, 7/16 through 7/24 will not ship until I return on 7/25.  Orders placed today until 6PM EST will ship out tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping in!  Chicago here I come!