my Stamp BOX: ABC Card Hop


Welcome to the ABC Blog Hop with myStamp BOX today! I am the LAST stop on the hop today. You should have arrived from Trace's blog here.

If you have just happened upon my blog today, you may want to head to the start of the blog hop today, the myStamp BOX blog.

Here is the ABC Blog Hop schedule just in case you missed anyone:
For participating in the blog hop by leaving a comment on each and every participating myStamp BOX designer's blog, you have a chance to win one of TWO brand new stamps sets being released this month! So leave a comment on all the blog posts and then return to the mSB blog and tell us what you favourite project was along the way for a chance to win! Have fun!

Now on to the show!

Since this blog hop is all about ALPHABETS, I really got to experimenting with my two favourite alphabet stamp sets; Lots of Dots and Rough Copy Alphabet.



For my first card, I wanted the alphabets to be the highlight of my card, so I grouped them together and stamped them in a word format, multiple times as the focus for my simple card.

LOVE

supplies: stamps, myStamp BOX (lots of dots); cardstock, Bazzill, Walmart; inks, Stampin' Up!, Ranger; jute, Stampin' Up!; book paper, Danielle Steele book; die cut shape, Spellbinder's; misc. thread.

For my second use of alphabet stamps, I thought it might be neat to create a shaker card where you could see something fun inside the letters! So I created a shaker card using my Rough Copy Alphabets and some snowflake images from my Let It Snow stamp set.

SN*W

supplies: stamps, myStamp BOX (rough copy, let it snow); cardstock, Core-dinations, Prism; silver pearls, BasicGrey; ink, Versamark, Clearsnap, Copic; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; tools, Spellbinder's Impressionabilities; embossing powder, Hero Arts; gliitter, Martha Stewart; ribbon, Esprit; acetate, packaging from Tim Holtz; misc., thread.

Here's a close up of the letters with glitter peeking out from behind them!

For my third card, I wanted to show you that is it okay to HIDE your alphabets every once and awhile! So I created this little Hallowe'en themed card....

BOO!

supplies: stamps, myStamp BOX (rough copy); cardstock, Bazzill; patterned papers, die cut creatures, My Mind's Eye; brads, eyelet, Making Memories; web punches, Marth Stewert; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; ribbon, Esprit; ink, Copic; misc., thread.

And here's where I hit my alphabets.... under the swinging vampire....

Here's a quick peak at the inside of my card....

Leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win one of TWO newly released stamps sets from myStamp BOX! You're gunna love them.... I promise!

As a surprise for visiting my blog.... leave a comment telling me your favourite alphabet project that you have seen along our ABC Blog Hop (please include some way for me to get a hold of you - email, blog link, etc.) and I will randomly select ONE winner to receive their very own copy of the Rough Copy Alphabet stamp set as a special gift from me! You can leave a comment up until Sunday night at 12 pm MST (Sept. 6th) for your chance to win.

Now that you have completed the ABC Blog Hop with all the designers of myStamp BOX, make sure you head on back to the mSB blog and leave a comment on the mSB blog to let Bettina know what your favourite project along the blog hop was!

Good luck!

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Don't forget.....

Join all the myStamp BOX designers tomorrow at 12 noon EST for the ABC Blog Hop! You'll have a chance to WIN one of two new releases from myStamp BOX!

See you there!

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September Blog Candy and a WINNER!

I plugged in all the valid comments for August's blog candy and threw all the names in the Random.org list randomizer and this is what it spit out for a winner....

List Randomizer

There were 50 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

  1. jessica
  2. victoria
  3. joann
Congrats Jessica! Please email me at sosketchy@live.com with your stamp choice from myStamp BOX.

Now on to this month's BLOG CANDY...

For this month's blog candy, I'm again offering up ANY stamp set of your choice from myStamp BOX (valued at $19.99 CAN or less) again. Yippee for FREE stamps!!!

To have a chance to win a stamp set of your choice, you must:

(PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! Any comments in this post not containing your name & basic location will be rejected.)

1. Leave a comment below with your first name and last initial and your city and province/state of residence.

2. Post something on your blog (if you have one) to indicate to people that I'm giving away FREE stamps and send them here to this post. In a separate comment below, post a link to your blog post. This second comment will also get you another ballot into my draw.

If you DO NOT post a comment below, your blog posts for the month will not count towards ballots for a free set of stamps so make sure you at least leave one comment below with your required information.

To increase your odds of winning, for EVERY comment you make on my blog throughout the month of August (including all the August posts up to here!), will earn you an additional ballot for your chance to win the set of stamps of your choosing.

Good luck!

Blog candy is open to all participants... Canadian, US and international people!


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Thanks Mo!

I got this sweet email from Mo Manning this evening. She is the illustrator of the images for the cards I showed on my blog yesterday. She had an opportunity to see my cards using her adorable images from her store, Digital Pencil Too, that I had posted here. She had asked me if she could share my cards with her blog readers... awwww..... I was so honoured! She had some wonderful comments for my cards and she just made my night! Thanks Mo! I'll be back to buy more images very soon!

Come and check out's Mo's blog, Mo's Digital Pencil Too! and see her post here with one of my cards on it. Goodness I love her work....

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