A Super Sweet Blog Hop!!

It's the BIG Day!!! The Grand Opening of the New Clear Dollar Stamps Store!! Have you been there yet??? Isn't it wonderful!!!!! AND it's CDS Blog Hop day!!! If you came here from Sue's blog, you're on the right track, but if you're just joining the Hop, be sure to go back to LORI'S blog for all the fabulous details! (In case you're wondering, you'll be headed to Dawn's blog next, and if by chance any of the links are broken Lori has the complete list on her blog!)

So what do I have to share with you??? I have *two* new sets that are available at the All New Clear Dollar Stamps Store and some Blog Candy to share as well!!

The first set I have to share with you is Everyday Jar-gon. This is a wonderful set of 25 stamps that retails for $14.99, but is *on sale* for only $9.99 during the Grand Opening of the new store. Here are just a few samples, but be sure to check out the other blogs on the hop for many, many more ideas!! (And be sure to read to the end of the post to see how you can win it for free!!!)

I must admit that I had a hard time which stamps to use first in this set. There were fish and cookies and gumballs and bugs and candy and flowers along with 3 or 4 different jar toppers and gobs and gobs of sentiments. So many decisions!! LOL!! I decided to go with an open vase filled with flowers. I paper pieced the marbles in the bottom of the jar with some Basic Grey Wassail paper and used Copics and prismacolors to color the images, then finished them up with some sparkles from the Stardust gel pen. It's so sparkly in real life!

Flowers & Marbles

ALL CDSTAMPS STAMP SETS USED: Everyday Jar-gon
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Basic Grey Wassail dp, K&Co Bailey dp,
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand
MARKERS (if any): Copic... BG10
ACCESSORIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Button, Gold Cord, Scalloped Rectangle Nesties, Quickie Glue Pen, Stardust Glitter Pen, Sponge
COLORING MEDIUM (if any): Prismacolors w/ OMS
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any): Paper piecing

For my second card I used the jar with one of the lids to be a bug catcher. Sweet, simple and oh, so cute for your favorite friend who's under the weather.

Caught a Bug

ALL CDSTAMPS STAMP SETS USED: Everyday Jar-gon
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: SU dp, Old Olive CS, Bashful Blue CS
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue
MARKERS (if any): Copic... YG95, YG03, B45, BG10, C1
ACCESSORIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon, Scalloped Rectangle Nesties, Eyelets, Paper Piercer, Sponge, Spica Clear Pen, Crop-a-dile, Dimensionals
COLORING MEDIUM (if any): Copics
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any): None!

AND! If the one sweet set wasn't enough... if you place an order from the new store before August 31st, you'll also get this 2 piece mini set *free* with your order!! Isn't it cute!

Fly on Over

ALL CDSTAMPS STAMP SETS USED: Promo MiniFly Set
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Old Olive CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Kraft
INK: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Palette Burnt Umber
MARKERS (if any): Copic... YG03
ACCESSORIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon, Scalloped Rectangle Nesties, Gold Cord, Sewing Machine, Sponge, Spica Clear Pen, Crop-a-dile, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug Tiny Tag Die, 3/4" Square Punch, Yellow Marvy Scallop Square punch
COLORING MEDIUM (if any): Copics
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any): None!

OK, here's what you've been waiting for... BLOG CANDY! I'll be drawing a name tomorrow night (August 16th) from all of you who leave comments. One of you will get the Jar-gon set absolutely FREE!

AND, if you collect all the letters throughout the hop... ( Mine is the letter P) and email the phrase to cdsbloghop@gmail.com you'll be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE - the entire September stamp release!!!! So make your comment and then hop on over to Dawn's Blog for another letter and some more eye candy.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to see you again soon!!! ~Tricia

PS... I had to schedule this post since I'm away at a stamping ShoeBox swap... so if the sizes or pictures are odd, I'm really sorry!!! :-)