TAWS Blog Hop... Hop to it and WIN!

Todays Blog Hop card features The Alley Way Stamps Doodle Frames, together with a sentiment from last months release, Trees Company. Inspired by this weeks Retro Sketch, the frame is stamped on Kaisercraft music paper, and coloured in Whisper Textas.  The background is dry embossed with Cuttlebugs Allegro, and topped off with two roses and some crushed velvet ribbon from my stash, perfect for this weeks Play Date Cafe - touch of maroon, and Stampin' for the Weekend - texture challenge.

It's TAWS Blog Hop time, and one lucky person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!!  So if you want that person to be you, all you have to do is comment on the Hop.  The more you comment, the more chances to win:

1. Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2. Comment on the DT girls Blogs

3. Post about it on Facebook or your Blog

4. Like TAWS on Facebook

and leave a comment on the TAWS site for each thing that you do.

You have until 9:30pm November 30th TAWS time to leave comments.

Here are the DT Blogs to Hop to...

Sneak Peek - Doodle Frames

Sneak Peek - Petal Pushers

Sneak Peek - Petal Pushers

BE Inspired for November Sneak Peeks...

It's that time again - The Alley Way Stamps SNEAK PEEK TIME!!! And the BE Inspired Chalenge!!! With sneak peeks come giveaways!!! So remember to visit The Alley Way Stamps today (Friday) and EACH DAY for the NEXT 3 week DAYS (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday), because they'll be giving one set away each day of Sneak Peeks! And on Wednesday, it's the Blog Hop when we give away ALL THREE! 

I was inspired by the theme, the colours, and the cardboard box boat to create this 3D card using The Alley Way Stamps Kid 'n Caboodle, Background Check and the really cool large photo frame in Framed.  Perfect for The Paper Players Framed Challenge too!

Using a 12 inch strip of Bo Bunny Country Garden Weathered, I stamped 4 and a quarter of the frames, with the side edges touching, so that I created one long strip of Framed large photo frames side-by-side.  I stamped the Kid 'n Caboodle sentiment on the second and fourth panels, and cut out the middle of the frames using a craft knife.  The last quarter frame was tucked in behind the first frame, and secured with double-sided tape to create a four-sided tower. 

The Kid 'n Caboodle boat was stamped onto four pieces of Authentique Fresh papers, and these were used to paper piece two whole boats.  The two boats were taped back-to-back with two pieces of white cotton thread down the centre in between them.  I cut two 7cm square pieces of cardstock and adhered one inside the top of the tower and one inside the base for added stability.  The boat was taped to the top piece of cardstock hanging from the cotton, so the boat can bob around in the breeze.  Waves from Background Check were stamped onto double-sided cardstock, fussy cut them and adhered diagonally across the base of the tower, so you can view the waves from all sides.  Finally I stamped four Kid 'n Caboodle lifesaver rings in Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red and pop-dotted them either side of the sentiment on the front and back of the tower.  

I love that it has ended up looking like one of the life saving towers!

    You can join in the fun at The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired til November 8th! 

Playing Anything Goes at Through the Craftroom Door and Stampin' for the Weekend too!

BE Inspired for a Monster Halloween...

I created this fun Have a Monster Halloween card using images from The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend  and the sentiment combines Admit One, Monster Mash and Cover Ups. Love that the little pumpkin stamp is the perfect button size!

Inspired by the monster Halloween theme and stacked pumpkins from this fortnights BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps, together with this fab Sweet Sunday Sketch and these fab colours over at Colour Q.  Papers are a combination of Authentique and Making Memories, with some gorgeous net ribbon from The Ribbon Carousel, perfect for their Halloween Challenge. Perfect for this fortnights Stampin' for the Weekend Something Spooky Challenge and Simon Say Stamp Eerie Inspiration Challenge too!

Why don't you join in the BE Inspired fun at The Alley Way Stamps?

You have until October 25!

TAWS Blog Hop - WIN 3 sets of stamps!

Had to have a BUNNY card for the TAWS blog HOP!  Don't you just LOVE this cute little guy from the The Alley Way Stamps Cover Ups set, seen here with Alphabet Soup sentiment.  Love the gorgeous green Echo Park paper too.  I hand cut the letters with a craft knife using the chipboard letters from Scenic Route as a template - you can achieve a similar effect by printing a template on the computer using Berkley or a similar block letter font. Broke out my washi tapes for the first time - the checks were a freebie with a magazine, but I think there will be some more washi on my wishi list!!!

Don't forget - One lucky person will win ALL 3 NEW TAWS sets TODAY!! So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop!
There are many ways you can win...
1. Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog
2. Comment on the DT blogs (links below)
3. Post about it on facebook or your blog
4. Like TAWS on Facebook
(leave a separate comment for each thing you do)
You have until July 31st 9:30pm TAWS time (August 1st at 1:30pm EST in Australia) to leave comments.

TAWS DT Blogs to visit:

Hop on over to Tracy for your next dollop of FABULOUS TAWS inspiration!

Joining in the fun at:
Catered Crop - Washi's Up Recipe Swap
Pile It On - Cute as Can Be Challenge
Stampin' for the Weekend - Gorgeous pink & green {heart} Photo inspiration
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes