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Our Design Team’s Challenge this week was to create calendars.   Many of the images they used are in our Clearance Sale or our 25 cent sale!  The month images are also available in a slightly smaller version as 597 cling set or 597 unmounted sheet set.

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January is from Jenny Gropp who used 585 January and 1197 Snowflake Flourish Small.

February and March are from Amy Cokley who used 1086 Double Hearts and 196 Shamrock.  Click the small images to see larger ones.

April and May  are from Miriam Napier who used 588 April and 589 May.

June and July are from Kathie Bailey who used 898 Wedding Cake and 582 Seasons-Summer for June and for July she used 318 America the Beautiful, 441 Leaves of Summer, 882 Ball Glove, and 095 Swing.

August and September are from Sue Eldred who used 592 August and 593 September 

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October and November are from Jeanne Jachna who used 594 October, 1228 Have A Wicked, 314 Trick or Treat and 4o5 Pumpkin on Rocks and 595 November, 488 We Give Thanks and 672 Horn of Plenty.

December is from Jenny Gropp who used 596 December and 1047 Santa’s Coming (which is on the 25 cent sale!).

Super Simple Christmas Card is our current Customer Challenge.   Send us a jpg of your card (the main image on the card must be from Serendipity Stamps) by Nov. 18th and you will be entered in our random drawing for a $25 gift certificate to Serendipity Stamps!

The card above is an entry from Karen McAlpine.   She used our Poinsettia image.    Click the images below for other ideas.

Be sure to subscribe to our blog and/or “Like” Serendipity Stamps facebook page!   Later this week we’ll be announcing a 12-Hour Free Shipping Special and you don’t want to miss it!

Our new line of Fall and Winter Stamps is up on the Serendipity Stamps website!    Order now and you’ll get 10% off stamps in the New Stamps category.   All orders containing New Stamps will be shipped after September 12th.  This sale will end when we get our plates in and start pressing the new stamps so don’t wait!

Customer Challenge – Halloween!
Due: Sept 16th, 2011
Prize:  Halloween Super Pack – one of each of our individual Halloween Stamps (on cling cushion).  That’s over 40 stamps!
Want some more inspiration?  Head over to our Halloween Gallery.

August’s Customer Challenge – Photo Inspiration
Due – August 19th, 2011   Winner announced August 22nd
Requirements – Send a card (or other project) for which your design inspiration comes from the following photo (photo from Country Living Magazine).    The primary stamp used on the project must be a Serendipity Stamps image.  
Random Drawing Prize – $25 in Serendipity Stamps.

Here are our entries so far…

The Serendipity Stamps Design Team did this challenge a while back.   Here are examples of their inspirations.

The card below was created by Lynda Benden using 222QCL Nest In Tree Cling Set.

The card below was made by Jenny Gropp using 024E Hands of Memory and 998K Fern Leaf Lg.

The card below was made by Anya Schrier using 638QCL Shells Cling Set.

And last but not least, the card below was made by Amy Cokley using 078QCL Dragonfly Cling Set.

Janice Melton won our random drawing for her entry in our Non-Traditional Christmas Card Challenge.   Congratulations Janice!   You won a gorgeous set of 45 Bruynzeel Watercolor Pencils!   Here is Janices’ lovely card.  You can see other entries here.

Mustang - 344H - Janice Melton

50% Off All Clear Envelopes

We have all of our clear envelopes on sale for 50% off!   Sorry – I STILL don’t have pictures up, but hey – one clear envelope pretty much looks like the next one right?  

Those pencils?   Just enter our current customer challenge and you could win our random drawing for a brand new set of 45 Bruynzel Aquarel (Watercolor) Pencils.   Here’s the info.  Scroll down for some inspiration.

Due – July 16th, 2011
Requirements – Send a Christmas card (or other project), made using stamps that are NOT traditionally Christmas or winter stamps. That means no snowmen, no Baby Jesus, no Christmas trees etc.   But it has to be obvious that it’s a Christmas or “Winter Holiday” card – don’t be sending me any red and green birthday cards…The primary stamp used on the project must be a Serendipity Stamps image.
Prize – A brand new set of 45 Bruynzeel Aquarelle Pencils (watercolor pencils) – a value of $50!

Check out the card below which was  submitted by Karen McAlpine.   She used Strawberry Hearts, 1083D to create her card.  Check out Karen’s blog for details and lots of other create ideas!  And congrats to Karen for the upcoming publication of her card (made with a Serendipity Stamp) in the Sept. 2011 issue of Scrap and Stamp Arts! 

To see other examples of Christmas Cards made using stamps NOT traditionally used for Christmas, just visit the SS Current Customer Challenge page.

Non-Traditional Christmas Card Challenge - Karen McAlpine

You have just one more day to send in an entry for our Black and White Customer Challenge!   Have your entry in by midnight June 17th.  I will post the winner of our random drawing for $25 in free stamps on Monday.

Meanwhile….many of you have already asked about the next challenge so I’ll go ahead and give a head’s up now.   July will be here before you know it and while I don’t want to rush Christmas, many of my customers begin planning their Christmas cards now!   (Not me – I wait until Thanksgiving and then don’t usually mail my cards until Dec 26th!   Remember – Christmas lasts for 12 days!).   Anyway….below is the info for our next challenge.

Customer Challenge – A Non-Traditional Christmas
Due – July 16th, 2011
Requirements – Send a Christmas card (or other project), made using stamps that are NOT traditionally Christmas or winter stamps.   That means no snowmen, no Baby Jesus, no Christmas trees etc.   The primary stamp used on the project must be a Serendipity Stamps image.  
Prize – A brand new set of 45 Bruynzeel Aquarelle Pencils (watercolor pencils) – a value of $50!  

The Serendipity Stamps Design Team did this challenge a while back and they created some wonderful cards using stamps that are not in our Christmas/Winter category.   Take a look and be inspired!

The card below was made by Jenny Gropp using 233E Candy Jar and 668C Merry Christmas.

The card below was made by Amy Cokley using 1201G Chipmunk and 668C Merry Christmas.

The card below was made by Anya Schrier using 282K Cheryl’s Postcards and 1140E Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The card below was made by Lynda Benden using 992G Mare and Foal, 1194H Winter Fenceline, and 668C Merry Christmas.

And last but not least, the card below was made by Kathie Bailey using 213H Typewriter.

Sorry to be so delayed in posting these!   Aren’t they gorgeous?   Want to play?   Just email your Black and White entry, made with a Serendipity Stamps Image as the primary image, to serendipity@serendipitystamps.com by June 17th, 2011.   You could win our random drawing for $25 in Serendipity Stamps!

Also – I’ll be out of town for a few days, so if you try to contact me, please leave a message and I’ll get back to you when I return next week.   Send in those B & Ws!

Black and White Challenge - 549G - Cecilia Sawyer

Black and White Challenge - 344H - Janice Melton

Black and White Challenge - 027D - Velta Wesson

Black and White Challenge – 443G – Sharon Du Coudray

Customer Challenge – Put It Down In BLACK and WHITE

Due – June 17th, 2011

Random Drawing Prize – $25 is free stamps from Serendipity Stamps

Just send your card, done in Black and White only, and using at least one Serendipity Stamp, to serendipity@serendipitystamps.com by midnight June 17, 2011.   You could be the winner of our random drawing for $25 in free Serendipity Stamps!

Below are the cards created by the Serendipity Stamps Design Team for their Black and White Challenge.

 Lynda Benden used the English Rose L762 and Smile 430C (on the $1 sale!) to create this card.

Amy Cokley used the Hollyhock 1214L to create this scrapbook page.

Jenny Gropp used the Books 063QCL Cling Set to create her card.

Kathie Bailey used the Triton Shell 280H to create this card.  This stamp is currently 50% off!

And last but certainly not least, Anya Schrier used the Marigold Seed Packet 456H on her card.

Customer Challenge – Teacher/Coach Card – Due April 15th

All you have to do is enter our Customer Challenge with a qualifying project and you could win our random drawing for $25 in free rubber stamps from Serendipity Stamps!  

Challenge Subject: Card for a teacher or coach – remember – these folks come in all shapes, sizes, and themes!  Music teachers, swimming coaches, Lamaz instructors, personal trainers, Yoga, dog obedience, flying instructors,  and of course readin’, writin’, and ‘rithmatic.  But please, don’t drag out some “Thank You” card you made last month.   I want to know by looking at the card (inside or out) that this card is for someone who taught or coached someone.  SS DT member Kathie Bailey said it all when she posted her Teacher/Coach Challenge card.  

Here’s to teachers everywhere who give of themselves everyday to make a difference in children’s lives. They have one of the toughest and often thankless jobs out there and they inspired me to love the process of learning, to better myself, to get lost in a book and to shoot for the stars!

Rules:  

• Your project must include at least ONE Serendipity Stamp.
• Your project must coincide with the theme of the current challenge.
• A photo of your project must be emailed to serendipity@serendipitystamps.com by midnight of the deadline date.
• One entry per person per challenge.
• Each challenge will include a random drawing from the participants for the prize announced along with the challenge.
• Cards that include Serendipity Stamps as the primary focus of the project will be posted in the Customer Gallery at www.serendipitystampsgallery.com.

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50% off all acrylic blocks.   This is a great chance to fill in some gaps in your block collection.   These are really wonderful thick blocks with smooth curved edges.   Thinking of going cling?   Now is the time!