Release The Stamps: Day 1

Tonight is New Years Eve and we are doing it up right!

Welcome to our Big Release Party!

We have 7 new stamp sets and 2 new coordinating die sets debuting this week and you are gonna love 'em!

I'm really excited about our new Coffee Collection! Today you get to see the first 2 sets in this sassy collection.

For those of you who grabbed one of our Peace Love and Coffee 3 x 4 stamp sets in December, you will be doing your happy dance to know that the little coffee cup die in today's set will work with the little coffee cup stamp in that set! Yay!!

We also have a very special guest joining us for the coffee release, Amy Tsuruta!

Introducing Cup of Coffee and Coffee Cup Fri-Dies!

I know your mind is already gleefully swirling with ideas for these fun new sets. Let's see what Amy and the Girl Fridays came up with...

From Amy

From Nora

From Vicki

From Jeanne

From Lisa

From Shona

From Kimberly

So what do you think??

Please leave us a comment here telling us what you think of the first day of our release week.

The fun and excitement is just getting started! We'll be back again tonight at midnight with a very special blog hop post and then our release will continue on New Years Day at 9am with 2 more sassy coffee sets! 

I hope you're ready to party!! ALL of the new release sets are in the store NOW! We'll continue to bring you awesome inspiration as we introduce the new goodies each day this week but you don't have to wait til the end to get them! Happy New Year!

Take Me Shopping!!

It's Christmas Eve!!

It's Christmas Eve!

Shona has a wonderful snowy card for you today to start the day off right as we countdown to sundown and then wait for that magical sleigh to make it's way across the globe! 

Ohhhh! It's so pretty!! Funky Flakes all stacked up to make a tree!

I've got a special something for everyone! EVERYTHING is on SALE through 12-26-17!

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Make sure your stockings are hung by the fire with care and there's a snack for ol' St. Nick!

Merry Christmas!!

7th Night of Hanukkah

On the 7th Night of Hanukkah, Lisa has created a wonderful 4 panel card for you.

"I had fun creating my own patterned paper with a mix of the Star of David and Spin the Dreidel Stamp sets. Once they were stamped I trimmed them down and adhered them to Silver Glitter cardstock. Next I spaced them apart and adhered them all to a darker gray panel, before finally adhering them to my card base. My sentiment is from the Star of David set as well, and was cut apart so that I could stamp the words next to each other in a darker blue ink. I finished the card with a few flat back gems in silver and blue."

Tomorrow is the big finish to our Hanukkah party. The Menorah will be full and bright and we will have one last project to share with you! Join us!!

6th Night of Hanukkah

On the 6th Night of Hanukkah, we have a stunning card from Kimberly using our new Chanukah stamp set

"I stamped the sentiment from Chanukah in an ombre of different shades of blue ink and then stamped again over top using Versamark ink and heat embossing with clear embossing powder (with just a touch of sparkle added). I placed an oval embossing diffuser over the top of the sentiment and ran it through my die cutting machine with a snowflake embossing folder. I added blue Distress Inks to the edges to finish off the card!"

Only 2 nights left! We hope you are enjoying all these wonderful ideas for cards you can make using our Hanukkah Collection. We'll be back again tomorrow with our 7th project.

5th Night of Hanukkah

5 candles will shine brightly on the Menorah tonight!

For today's project, Vicki made a really pretty card by taking an unconventional route. She used a non Hanukkah set and stretched it's versatility to create a real stunner!

She created those amazing candles using a letter from our Flower-case Alphabet, and then lit them with a border stamp from Modern Petals!!

The gold embossed sentiment from Chanukah pulls in the gold glitter edging and finishes off this card.

We'll be back again tomorrow with another great card idea!

4th Night of Hanukkah

We are celebrating each of the 8 nights of Hanukkah with a special project!

Today we bring you our Night #4 project from Jeanne!

She stamped a delightful background of spinning dreidels using our Spin The Dreidel stamp set and added a sentiment from Star of David. Those cute little sparkly gold stars are from our Hanukkah Fri-Dies.

I hope you are enjoying our Hanukkah projects and are getting lots of great ideas for this year or next year!

We'll be back again tomorrow with more eye candy!

3rd Night of Hanukkah

Tonight 3 candles will light the Menorah! 

Nora made a pretty card using a background made up of Star of David, and a sentiment from Chanukah. 

Did you know there are a lot of ways to spell Hanukkah or Chanukah? Apparently when you translate a language some phonetic liberties can be taken. Both spellings are pronounced the same way, but Chanukah is a more formally recognized spelling of the holiday while Hanukkah has become a more widely spread usage. Either way, your holiday wishes will make their way to the intended :)

The stars stamped in light colored ink give a subtle but still beautiful backdrop to the gold embossed sentiment. It's simple but so pretty!

Another great idea for this year or to file away for next year!

We'll be back again tomorrow for Night 4!

2nd Night of Hanukkah

Tonight 2 candles will be lit on the Menorah and the festivities including gelt, latkes, and family love will continue! We've got a great card idea for you to use this year or file away to use next year.

Shona made this fun and festive Star of David card using pretty colors and a whole lot of gold embossing

I like that she inked the edge of her center sentiment circle, and the fun colors sponged on to the stars make it look like a party folded in half!

We'll be back again tomorrow with our Day 3 Hanukkah project!

8 Nights and 12 Days

Hanukkah begins tonight! 

8 nights of dreidel spinning, candle lighting and celebration!

We will bring you 8 days of inspiration! Join us here each day to see awesome Hanukkah card ideas from the Girl Fridays using our wonderful Hanukkah collection stamp and die sets. You can pin them to your pinterest boards for future ideas, or run right over to your crafty stash and re-create one to give. 

Kelly created a stunning background by stamping the sentiment from Chanukah in multiple colors and adding a star from 8 Happy Nights.

She die cut a silver dreidel and big star from Hanukkah Fri-Dies, and added a few sequins just to dress it up and add a little sparkle.

The sentiment strip from Mazel Tov layered with the 2 die cuts creates a fantastic focal point, and the bit of silver thread looped behind adds that special designer touch.

You can find ALL of these wonderful stamp and die sets in our Hanukkah and Judaica collection. 

And we'll be back again tomorrow for Day 2 of our Hanukkah inspiration parade!

But wait...there's more!!

Our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today are hosting a wonderful event filled with inspiration and prizes called the 12 Days of Holiday Giving!

WE are so excited to be part of this special celebration today and have 2 prizes as well as a special discount code on their blog! 

Head on over to check out the fun and festivities they have in store for you today and each of the 12 Days! 

Kraft and twine

"Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things"

Today's card from Maureen makes me think of this line from that song!

She used a white card base and added a stamped kraft panel then added twine. So home-y and package-y and favorite things-y!

She used the sweet little Merry stamp set that is on sale for just $6.49!!

It has that big sweet sentiment with the delightful snowflakes. 

Then she added a little heart from our Peace Love & Coffee set that is just $5!!

Have you ever set out to make a card and ended up with something totally different than you planned on making? Or have you ever been close to finishing a card that is perfect in every way and then you drop ink where it's not supposed to be? It happens to all of us! Even the Girl Fridays! 

Check out this gorgeous card from Lisa and her story of how it came to be...

"I have to admit something before I tell you how my card was created. This card was originally meant to show off as masking background technique... I failed and had ink outside of the masked area. But I loved the red and the splotches so much that I simply trimmed out my masked area and adhered it to another cardbase. Project saved, yay!!! For my sentiment I heat embossed the joy from the Joy Stamp Set in silver and fussy cut it out. I love how large this sentiment is and that it works as a focal point all in itself! I popped the sentiment up with foam adhesive to finish it off."

2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to this stop on the Coffee Lover's Winter Blog Hop!
We are so excited you're here and can't wait to get to know you better!
We've been a prize sponsor for this fun event in the past but never participated more than that as we didn't have any coffee themed products...until today! 
I am so inspired by the fun and comradery of this hop and group, so I decided to get with it and design some coffee themed sets! I have an entire collection that will make its debut in January, but to wet your whistle just a bit, I have a special 3x4 mini set that I am releasing today! Yay!

Peace Love & Coffee is a 3x4 mini clear photopolymer stamp set made in the USA! It's a web exclusive that you will only find here and to add to the excitement, during the hop you can get this fun little set for just $5!

You will catch a glimpse of this little darling in action in a couple stops on this fun hop and it will make you want to have it even MORE! Be sure to watch for Amy Tsuruta!

and Lisa Lahiff!

***We've got an extra prize to give out here for the hop.

Simply leave a comment here telling us about your favorite coffee mug, and one lucky winner will get the 4 new stamp  and 2 new die coffee themed sets that will release in January!!

Can I get a Woot Woot?!

Leave your comment here by Friday December 15th for your chance to win, and then go get your Peace Love and Coffee set at the special price while supplies last!

Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave heartfelt comments along the way for your chance to win!

I hope you are one of the lucky prize winners of the MANY awesome prizes up for grabs :)

Little Blue Partridge

Do you have any cute paper in your stash? Of course you do! 

Pull it out and have some fun with it like Jeanne did!

Jeanne made this darling card using our Partridge in a Pear Tree stamp set and cute simple papers that add a warm cozy feel.

I love how she colored the little partridge and the scattered sequins add just the right amount of sparkle. 

This is a great set that is fun to color and has beautiful sentiments. 

Come on over to the shop and check it out!