Serendipity Stamps Blog

But hurry – some are in very limited quantity.   Here are some ideas for using our stamps that coordinate with punches.  Most of these cards are very simple and work up quickly!  The stamps used are listed under the gallery.

The stamps/punches used are:

Maple With Quote and Super Giant Maple Punch

Flower With Quote (on the clearance sale!) and Super Giant Flower Punch.

Flower with Quote or Large Flower Set (also on clearance) and Super Giant Flower Punch.  This bracelet is made using shrink plastic.

Small Flower Set and Flower Punch.

Circle Alphabet Cling Set and Super Giant Circle Punch, and Circle Punch.

Victorian Heart Set and Super Giant Heart Punch.

Fun Heart Set and Super Giant Heart Punch

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!).

Congratulations to Ellie McFadden Jacobson! She won our random drawing for $25 off her next Serendipity Stamps order. We used a random number generator to choose our winner from a combined list of subscribers to our email blog and fans of our Facebook page. Thanks for trying – we’ll draw another winner soon!

Jeanne Jachna posted the beautiful card at the top.   Even though we’ve had a mild winter here in Missouri (first measurable snow last night!), this card was a breath of fresh air in January.   So let’s have a “Roses In Winter” festival.   Create your own card using a Serendipity Stamps rose stamp and email it to serendipity@serendipitystamps.com  or post it on the Serendipity Stamps Facebook page!

The cards you see  include 762 English Rose, 281 Rose, 761 Rose Square, 083 God Gave Us, and 734 Stop and Smell.  You can find them at www.serendipitystamps.com by typing the number in the Search box.

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Karen McAlpine recently posted this beautiful card on her blog.   The two stamps, 039 Dance and 098 Ballet Slippers are both currently on our 25 Cent Sale.   Can’t beat that!

Women are good at multi-tasking…especially when it comes to crafts.   Most crafters I know indulge in more than one craft (and many of us have the overflowing closets and drawers full of supplies to prove it!).   Here’s a card for those stamper/quilters out there.   Kathie Bailey made this card using 973 Heart Quilt.

NOTE:  The Serendipity Stamps workshop will be closed December 21 through January 4th.  You are welcome to place orders during that time – in fact I’ve added some specials to our website – checkout the Deal Of The Week.

Our Design Team’s Challenge this week was to create a Super Simple Christmas project.   I really think some of my DT members need an intervention – “simple” is just NOT in their vocabulary!   But we’ll just replace “simple” with “stunning” and all will be well.

The card below was made by Miriam Napier using 482 Mistletoe Large.

The card below was made by Kathie Bailey using 486 Christmas Ball and 1136 Season’s Greetings.

The card above was made by Jenny Gropp using 1251 Snowman Trio.
The card below was made by Anya Schrier using 1252 Quilted Tree.

The card below was made by Amy Cokley using 411 Christmas Whimsy Set and 1035 Merry Christmas.

Serendipity Stamps is happy to announce the addition of Jeanne Jachna to our Design Team!   Check out her blog at http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/  Welcome Jeanne!

Last week’s challenge was “Tea Time”   Take a look at the SS DT’s contributions to this theme.  Look closely!   These cards are full of beautiful and clever little details.

The card below was created by Amy Cokley using 636D Japanese Teapot.  It’s hard to tell from the photo, but Amy used a clear glaze on her red teapot.

The card below was created by Anya Schrier, using 1242E Heart Cup and 1240D You’re Just My Cup.   Notice that her cup is a postage stamp and the words are stamped on a Post Card!

The card below was made by Miriam Napier using 635QCL Tea Pot Cling Set.  The top image is the front of her card and the next one is the inside of her card.  Miriam used beautiful Japanese Washi paper for her background.

The card below was made by Jenny Groppe using images from the 1240QCL You’re Just My Cup Cling Set.   On the outside of the card she stamped the Heart Teapot and on the inside corner, she stamped the cup.

And last but not least we have Kathie Bailey’s card.   Kathie used the Heart Cup 1242E image and the Tea Border 080E image for her card.

Last week’s Serendipity Stamps Design Team Challenge was “She’s Gone Country” – to create a card using Serendipity’s “country” themed stamps – you know…barns, farm animals, calico…PLUS it had to be watercolored.

Anya Schrier created her card using 952E Cardnials and a calico themed paper for the background.

Amy Cokley used our Tractor Cling Set 208QCL for her country card.

Kathie Bailey used the Barn Door With Wreath Cling Set 1190QCL for her country Christmas Card.

Jenny Gropp used our Screen Door 001K image for her country card.

And even though I showed her card in my last post, it’s so pretty it’s worth repeating!   Miriam Napier used our Rooster Large 715K for her country card.

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Look at this gorgeous card created by Miriam Napier for our “She’s Gone Country” challenge.   Miriam used our Rooster Large 715K image for her card.