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Stamp Spotlight: Summer

Summer means trips to the beach, picnics, sunshine and lots of fun.

And we've got Summer on our minds today in a big way.

And we've got Ashley Harris and Jaclyn Miller here with some projects they made in honor of the season with our Summer stamp set.

First up is Ashley with this sweet Summer scene.

Talk about a card that feels like the beach! Ashley created the entire scene with the Summer stamp set.

Stamping the umbrella and beach ball on patterned paper is such a fun touch. And I love how she created the look of sand with tan cardstock.

Next up is Jaclyn with a card that is perfect to send to a friend or loved one from the beach.

Those adorable flip flops just scream Summer. So cute!

Jaclyn created the sentiment using the Summer set, as well as stamps from Belle on a Bike and Petite Posies.

A Patriotic Party Favor from Jaclyn

I love the 4th of July.

After I graduated from college, I moved to a small city that celebrated Independence Day in a big way every year. That small city would literally double in size every Fourth of July with people from around the region wanting to spend the day there.

With a morning parade, picnics and barbecues in the afternoon and a huge fireworks dispay in the evening, the holiday was always a truly incredible and memorable experience.

Jaclyn Miller has come up with a party favor reminds me so much of that small town on the Fourth of July. 

Jaclyn's favor began as a jar and a bunch of bottles of bubbles.

She made tags to hang on the bubble bottles with the USA Seal.

I love how she popped the flag off the tags with foam adhesive!

She placed all the bottles of bubbles in a jar and then tied lots of beautiful red ribbon around it.

She finished things off with a small "Thanks" tag created with the Swanky Sentiments stamp set.

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue

The Fourth of July is just a few days away, and we have some cards to put you in a Patriotic mood today from Daniela Dobson and Sharyn Tormanen!

Daniela created this fun shaped card with the USA Seal!

Daniela designed the shape of the card with her die-cutting machine. Check out that star! Yep. That's patterned paper she used to cover the points of the star.

She bent the words and small stars to stamp them around the circle. The words and small stars are from the USA Seal and Original Seal.

She finished her card off by creating the layered USA circle with the USA Seal and tying a bow with twine.

Sharyn also used the USA Seal to make her card.

She stamped the small stars with a silver ink.

And she colored the large star (from FUNdamentals Superstars, which is on sale right for $3.56) with a yellow chalk ink pad. She finished it off by stamping the circle from the USA Seal set right in the middle of it with red ink.

To give the star some extra pop, she sealed it up with a layer of Glossy Accents.

Greenhouse Society Round-Up: June

Let the shipping begin!

It's June 25th so the Technique Tuesday warehouse crew is ready to start shipping June's Greenhouse Society stamp set.

And to get things rolling, we've got another round of great projects for you that our Creative Team has made with the new stamp set.

(By Tobi Crawford)

(By Tanis Giesbrecht)

(By Kris Chirhart)

(By Laura O'Donnell)

(By Birgit Edblom)

(By Birgit Edblom... again!)

(By Teri Anderson. Made with June's set and the Loving Words by Ali Edwards set.)

Our team will be back on July 15th with some great ideas for July's set. Just wait until you see the set and what they cook up with it.

Challenge: Signed, Sealed and Delivered

We at Technique Tuesday love a good challenge!

And we've challenged our Creative Team to put their thinking caps on and create something with our new Signed, Sealed and Delivered collection of stamps.

There are 12 stamp sets in this fun collection. Here's a peek at a couple of them.

You can see the whole collection on our Web site.

These stamps work well for cards, scrapbook pages and other paper crafting projects.

But don't take our word for it. Check out all the incredible projects our team made when we challenged them to use these new stamps!

(Made by Linda Barber with the Happy Birthday Seal)

(Made by Jaclyn Miller with the Handmade Seal. What a great way to decorate a treat box!)

(Made by Laura O'Donnell with the No. 1 Seal)

(Made by Tobi Crawford with the Cap & Gown Seal)

 

(Made by Daniela Dobson with the No. 1 Seal and FUNdamental Superstars. By the way, the FUNdamental Superstars on sale right now for $3.56 (regular price $8.99)!)

(Made by Sharyn Tormanen with the THX Seal)

(Made by Charlene Austin with the Happy Birthday Seal, Handmade Seal and I Love You Seal. Look close and you'll see stamps from all 3 sets!)

(Made by Kris Chirhart with the Cap & Gown Seal and the star from the Happy Birthday Seal)

(Made by Ashley Harris with the I Love You Seal and Hearts by Ali Edwards)

(Made by Teri Anderson with the Happy Birthday Seal and Passion for Polka)

Stamp Spotlight: Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards

Summer's here, and we are paying tribute to sunshine, trips to the beach and playing outside with the Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards stamp set.

On your mark. Get set. Get ready to be amazed.

Our Creative Team used the popular stamp set to make all of these incredible scrapbook pages and cards!

(By Laura O'Donnell)

(By Charlene Austin)

(By Ashley Harris)

(By Sharyn Tormanen)

(By Kris Chirhart)

Have you made anything lately with the Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards stamp set? We'd love to see it. Please share it with us through our Facebook page. You can also submit your projects for consideration in our Customer Gallery by sending them to us via email at Ideas AT TechniqueTuesday dot com.

PS. A big thanks goes out to everybody who joined us for the Technique Tuesday and Zva Creative Blog Hop. We also want to send a thank you to the talented team at Zva Creative for hopping with us! It was a true pleasure. The winner of the $25 gift certificate to TechniqueTuesday.com is ~amy~, who commented on Laura's blog post (6/18 at 8:05 a.m.)! Congrats, Amy! Teri will be contacting you shortly so we can get your prize out to you. Be sure to check Zva's blog to see if you are the winner of their prize package!

June's Greenhouse Society Round-up!

Hooray for June!

It's time to introduce you to June's Greenhouse Society stamp set.

June's set consists of five clear stamps on a 3" x 4" storage sheet that are perfect for saying thanks, sending well wishes and extending caring thoughts.

This limited-edition stamp set is on sale now and starts shipping on June 25th. Sign up to be a Greenhouse Society member and you'll get the set for $9.99 (plus shipping and handling).  Don't want to become a member? You can buy the set for a limited time for $12.99 (plus shipping and handling).

We've rounded up some great projects today from our Creative Team to share with you.

Take it away, team!

(Created by Kris Chirhart)

(Created by Birgit Edblom)

(Created by Laura O'Donnell)

(Created by Teri Anderson with June's set + The Family Circle by Ali Edwards)

(Created by Tanis Giesbrecht)

(And another one created by Tanis Giesbrecht)

Let's hear it for June!

Technique Tuesday & Zva Creative Blog Hop

Take some stamps from Technique Tuesday.

Throw in some crystals from Zva Creative.

And what do you get? You get one great blog hop!

We are so excited today to join the good folks from Zva Creative for this very special blog hop.

As you know, Technique Tuesday is a manufacturer of top-quality clear stamps, Technique Tiles and other innovative products for paper crafters and scrapbookers. 

Zva Creative produces many beautiful color groupings of high quality pearls, flowers and crystal embellishments that can be used on scrapbooking, card making and mixed media projects. 

When used together, both companies products make for a lot of fun projects!

We invite you to sit back, relax and check out this special blog hop.

Your first stop on the hop is the blog of Andrea Ewen.

In case you get lost during the hop, here is the entire line-up:

• Andrea Ewen
• Jaclyn Miller
• Lisa Gregory
• Ashley Harris
• Nicole Martel
• Daniela Dobson
• Windy Robinson
• Kris Chirhart
• Robin Shakoor
• Laura O'Donnell
• Lisa Somerville
• Sharyn Tormanen
• Teri Anderson

Be sure to comment during the hop!

We'll be giving away a $25 gift certificate to TechniqueTuesday.com picked at random to someone who comments. The winner will be announced on this blog on Wednesday, June 20th!

Zva Creative will give away at random one Zva prize package worth $30 to one lucky person. The winner of that prize will be announced on Zva's blog on Wednesday, June 20th!

Happy hopping!

Happy Father's Day!

It is Father's Day, and we at Technique Tuesday want to remind you to give the Dads, Dads-to-be and Dad-like figures in your life a hug today!

And in honor of all the fathers out there, we've got a Dad-inspired card from Tobi Crawford to share with you.

Can you believe all the gorgeous texture here? Tobi dry-embossed the stars and then used real-life burlap ribbon across the card!

She created the circle with our Dad Seal. She stamped the circle, cut it out with circle punch and then scruffed up the edges.

All those little touches make it the perfect card to give a special Dad not just on Father's Day but any day of the year.

And the winner is...

It's time to pick a winner for the June Studio AE Blog Hop!

And that lucky winner is Amy Coose, who left a comment on Ali's blog post.

Congrats, Amy! Teri will be in touch via email shortly so we can get your prize to you.

We appreciate all of your comments made during the hop!

And we hope you are inspired to use the new Life Right Now by Ali Edwards stamp set, which is now shipping. If you don't have the stamp set yet, it is available for purchase for a limited time through our Web site and through some retailers. Check with your favorite retailer to see if they carry Studio AE stamp sets or to ask them to do so.

And as a thank you to all of you who took part in the hop, we have some bonus ideas for using the stamp set.

(Created by Laura O'Donnell)

(Created by Daniela Dobson)

(Created by Charlene Austin)

(Created by Sharyn Tormanen)

We'll see you again on July 10th for the next Studio AE Blog Hop!