Sites of the week

Surprise, it’s me! Yep, I am re-joining the MFT team and am super excited about it! I’m just one of the 3 new designers that you will “meet” along the way.

As the title of this post suggests, you are in the middle of the MFT VIP HOP. Well, actually you’re just at stop #2. So, if you didn’t get here via Kim’s blog, hop on back and check out all of her good stuff!

What is VIP? It’s a chance for you as a customer to pick up some of next month’s releases, including stamps and product, THREE WEEKS early! So what’s available for the JULY VIP?…

Who’s That Gardening Girl? $15.95
Ruffled Ribbon Garden Collection (2 yards each of 3/4″ ruffled ribbon in Tomato, Celery, & Sunshine) $7.95
Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety $5.95
Garden Button Collection $1.95
Set of 10 White Scalloped A2 Notecards $4.95
Green Thumb mini stamp set (FREE, $9 value)

~~~Who’s That Gardening Girl? VIP $36.75~~~

When is it available?
June 15th 10 PM EST through June 16th at 11:59 PM EST

Here’s my sample using the new Who’s That Gardening Girl paired with a sentiment from the Green Thumb set…

A couple of detail shots…

Now hop on over to Amy’s blog for a continued peek at the VIP products!

Monday greetings! I’m running a little bit behind on last week’s TCP Tuesday challenge {click HERE for the deets on Susan’s blogaroo} to use any of the TCP alphas. Nic ‘decided’ to come down with a lil’ virus last week that put him all sorts of moods. Needless to say, stamping time was at a minimum. He’s feeling better and taking a good nap now, so I got a chance to play…YAY!

This is the card that I made for Tony for Father’s Day with the TCP Coolvetica set. Ellie affectionately refers to him as “The Daddyman.” Kinda like the “Candyman” on Willy Wonka. It’s so cute to hear her talk about her “Daddyman.” I tried to keep it sweet and simple since it is for a guy, but I didn’t necessarily drive myself towards masculine colors, as you can see.

I popped up the heart to give it a little bit of dimension and distressed and sewed on the Kraft panel for some texture…

Psst…I got word that there’s gonna be another TCP release fairly soon. I’ll be sure to keep you posted with as much info as I’m allowed to give As for now, there’s some new twine in the store that is *divine* and you can see it HERE.

Welcome to this Saturday’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY! We are very lucky that this week SKIPPING STONES DESIGN is our sponsor. You will have a chance to win some of their cute and funny stamps, too!

THANK YOU TO SSD FOR SPONSORING US THIS WEEK!

Here’s this week’s sketch…

Here’s my take on it using my favorite SSD set, Cupcake Cutie along with Fly A Kite paper from October Afternoon…

Designer of the Month, Andrea Ewen created this beauty…

How about checking out some more great samples using Skipping Stones Design stamps from…
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
and another great sample of this sketch from Jenn Diercks

Want a chance to win not just one, but TWO, NOT YET RELEASED sets from Skipping Stones Design? Here’s a peek, or peck!, of one of the sets and be sure to check out the other SFYTT Sisters where there is a hidden peek of the other set.

For a chance to win BOTH of the UNRELEASED sets, just play along and upload your creation below by Friday at noon. A winner will be announced on next week’s SFYTT post. Good luck!

Welcome to your next stop along the Your Next Stamp {YNS} blog hop. Since this is a hop…

You should have started HERE at Cabio’s blog and arrived on my blog via Maylee’s blog HERE. When you leave you’ll be hoppin’ along to Maureen’s blog HERE {I’ll link it down at the bottom, too}.

For this hop, you have a chance to win $50 in YNS Stamps by just leaving a comment at each stop along the hop by Sunday, June 13th at midnight EST. Good Luck!!

Here’s my Father’s Day card using Ethan out on the Pond {part of the Fhiona line that I love so much}.

It’s hard to tell from the pic, but the blue paper is actually polka dotted. I love polka dots, but they aren’t exactly masculine, but I think this paper does the trick, especially since the image is a little cute-sy. I chose red and orange cardstock to compliment the way that I colored the image and I used black cardstock to make it all “POP.”

I think I will be stashing this layout for future use, too!!

Ok, I’ll stop my yapping and let you get hopping along to Maureen’s blog. Happy hopping!!

YAY! It’s the first Saturday of the month and oh boy, is a busy one here at the del Muro house. Gym, errands, breakfast with a friend, party and shopping are all on the agenda…whew! While that will all be fun, what I’m excited about here is introducing a new DESIGNER OF THE MONTH! Without further adieu, let me introduce…

ANDREA EWEN…

A little about Andrea in her own words…
My name is Andrea Ewen and I’m married to my high school sweetheart, Guy. We have 2 beautiful children together, Troy is 12, Analise is 10 and they are the absolute lights of my life. I work full time as a pharmacist at the Jersey Shore in a quaint little “Mom ‘n Pop” pharmacy. When I’m not working or running to and from sporting/school events, I’m in my craft room working up a storm. I was introduced to Stampin’ Up! in 2002 when a girlfriend invited me to a party. Since that time, I’ve been hooked but just recently found the confidence in myself to post my creations online. I’m overwhelmed with the amount of encouragement and support this hobby’s enthusiasts have bestowed upon me and I’m so grateful for the wonderful gals out there who have graciously commented on my work. I am absolutely honored that Jen has chosen me for Designer of the Month; I think she and the other SFYTT ladies are fabulously talented artists. Thanks so much Jen!

This week’s sketch…

Here’s my card using Stamping Bella stamps. I think Ellie might just like this one because yesterday when I was editing the pic on the computer she walked by and said, “Oh my gosh! That is darling cute!” WOW, did that make me feel all warm and fuzzy!…

Andrea created this beauty…

Want a chance to be next month’s Designer of the Month? Just upload your creation below! Each Designer of the Month is chosen from the participants. Don’t worry, you don’t have to play each and every week, just be sure that your creation gets posted on the correct sketch.
Need more inspiration? Check out what the SFYTT Sisters have created…
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Jenn Diercks
Kelly Lunceford

CHECK IT OUT…I switched to inlinkz so we can all see AND CLICK on your submissions. Hopefully this works. If not, I will be back to fix it {hopefully}.