HSS Technique Challenge #22

This week we have two exciting announcements to share with you. The first is to introduce our newest Hand Stamped Sentiments designer...Minnie Cieslak. Minnie has been an SU demo for 13 years now. She is a recent transplant to Texas, via California, and is looking forward to restarting her business and meeting new friends. She is an avid stamper, as you can see from today's project, and loves to share her passion for stamping with others. Welcome Minnie!

The second exciting news is that in honor of our newest member the rest of the design team will be holding a giveaway on EACH of their sites. That's right-you have the chance to win THREE incredible giveaways! All you need to do is visit each design members site (see links below) to see what is up for grabs. Simply leave them a comment, and you are automatically entered into their giveaway. Please only one entry per designer. To double your chances participate in the challenge and post your project. Winners will be picked with the help of Random Generator next Monday, July 5th and will be posted here. Good Luck!

Now here are the details for this weeks challenge:

Use InLinkz below to provide a DIRECT LINK to your NEW project.

Please note that incorrect links are not eligible for contests or Artists' Picks and will be deleted.

TIP for creating a DIRECT LINK: after you have posted your project on your blog simply click on your post title, then copy the URL info listed in your search bar and paste it into InLinkz below.

For this challenge please use KEYWORD HSSSC22 when uploading your project to public galleries. We would also greatly appreciate it if you would kindly note the HSS Challenge and provide a link back to the Hand Stamped Sentiments site in your post.

InLinkz will close at 12p.m. CST on Sunday, July 4th. You will know when the deadline has past because you will not able to submit a new link below (also, the time remaining is displayed next to the “Add your link” button). But meet back here on Tuesday, July 6th for a NEW challenge.

Artists' Picks will be announced on Monday, July 5th.

Here is some inspiration from our Design Team to get you started...

Genevieve Valdes

Erin Gonzales

Shannon Eberhardt

Anything But A Card Challenge #21 Artist Picks

Congratulations to these talented stampers for being chosen as this weeks HSS Anything But A Card Artist Pick Winners!

Cheryl

Robbie

Shanda

Each week we will announce the Artist Pick winners from the prior weekly challenge. The winners receive a special badge to display on their blog to announce that they are a HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS Artist Pick!

Visit us each week to play along.

Tomorrow a BRAND NEW, fun Technique Challenge. We haven't had one of these in a while so you won't want to miss this one! See you in the morning.

Anything But A Card Challenge #21

We are happy to have yet another talented lady as our guest designer this week. This week Maria Vanderform has created this gorgeous Star Album for the Anything But A Card Challenge. Here are a few pictures of her album below, but make sure to stop by her site, Crafty Maria's Stamping World , to see the complete details and pictures of this project.

Star Album Cover

Album top view

Album side view

Here are the details for this weeks challenge:

Use InLinkz below to provide a DIRECT LINK to your NEW project.

Please note that incorrect links are not eligible for contests or Artists' Picks and will be deleted.

TIP for creating a DIRECT LINK: after you have posted your project on your blog simply click on your post title, then copy the URL info listed in your search bar and paste it into InLinkz below.

For this challenge please use KEYWORD HSSSC21 when uploading your project to public galleries. We would also greatly appreciate it if you would kindly note the HSS Challenge and provide a link back to the Hand Stamped Sentiments site in your post.

InLinkz will close at 12p.m. CST on Sunday, June 27th. You will know when the deadline has past because you will not able to submit a new link below (also, the time remaining is displayed next to the “Add your link” button). but meet back here on Tuesday, June 29nd for a NEW challenge.

Artists' Picks will be announced on Monday, June 28th.

And as always, here is some inspiration from our Design Team...

Erin Gonzales

Shannon Eberhardt

Genevieve Valdes

HSS Sketch Challenge #20 Artist Picks

Congratulations to these talented stampers for being chosen as this weeks HSS Sketch Artist Pick Winners!

Sabriena Satchwell

Sarah Newman

Shanda Stirk

Robbie Rubala

Each week we will announce the Artist Pick winners from the prior weekly challenge. The winners receive a special badge to display on their blog to announce that they are a HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS Artist Pick!

Visit us each week to play along.

Tomorrow Anything But A Card Challenge and our THIRD GUEST DESIGNER!!

You won't want to miss this talented lady's incredible creation. See you in the morning.

HSS Sketch Challenge #20

Welcome to another new and exciting Sketch Challenge. Are you ready to apply your creativity to this week's sketch? We'd love for you to join us and share your interpretation of this sketch with us. And remember, you don't have to create a card solely. It can be a scrapbook page, for example.

Before we go into the details of this week's challenge, we are proud to present another incredibly talented guest designer, Claudine Poch.

If you've seen Claudine's work you know she is an amazing designer and has an uncanny ability when it comes to coloring images, as seen below. Here is Claudine's take on our Sketch Challenge and you will definitely want to run over to her site to see the other gorgeous projects she has produced.

Claudine Poch

Here are the details for this weeks challenge:

Use InLinkz below to provide a DIRECT LINK to your NEW project.

Please note that incorrect links are not eligible for contests or Artists' Picks and will be deleted.

TIP for creating a DIRECT LINK: after you have posted your project on your blog simply click on your post title, then copy the URL info listed in your search bar and paste it into InLinkz below.

For this challenge please use KEYWORD HSSSC20 when uploading your project to public galleries. We would also greatly appreciate it if you would kindly note the HSS Challenge and provide a link back to the Hand Stamped Sentiments site in your post.

InLinkz will close at 12p.m. CST on Sunday, June 20th. You will know when the deadline has past because you will not able to submit a new link below (also, the time remaining is displayed next to the “Add your link” button). but meet back here on Tuesday, June 22nd for a NEW challenge.

Artists' Picks will be announced on Monday, June 21st.

And as always, here is some inspiration from our Design Team...

Erin Gonzales

Genevieve Valdes

Shannon Eberhardt

Father's Day Theme Challenge #19 Artist Picks

Congratulations to these talented stampers for being chosen as this weeks Father's Day Theme Challenge Artist Pick Winners!

Shannon Neparko

Barbara Dondero

Sabriena Satchwell

Sylvia Phan

Summer Braxton

Each week we will announce the Artist Pick winners from the prior weekly challenge. The winners receive a special badge to display on their blog to announce that they are a HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS Artist Pick!

Visit us each week to play along.

Tomorrow a SKETCH Challenge and a NEW GUEST DESIGNER!!

You won't want to miss this talented lady's gorgeous sketch interpretation. See you in the morning.

Father's Day Theme Challenge #19

Welcome to an exciting day at HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS. This week we have a new Challenge, in honor of Father's Day our theme will revolve around those special men in your life, and a FIRST for us- drumroll please- Our FIRST Guest Designer!

Our very first Guest Designer is Robbie Rubala. Robbie has been a regular participant to the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenges and constantly amazes us with her creativity and insight. You can see all her incredible creations here and get more details on today's project. She created this beautiful album perfect for a Father's day gift. We've featured a few of the pages but go to her blog to see them all.

Robbie Rubala

Here are the details for his week's challenge:

Use Mr. Linky, below, to provide a DIRECT LINK to your project.

Please note that incorrect Links will not be eligible for Artists' Pick and will be deleted.

TIP for creating a DIRECT LINK: after you have posted your project on your blog simply click on the post title, then copy the URL info listed in your search bar and paste it into Mr. Linky.

For this challenge use KEYWORD HSSTC19 when uploading your project to public galleries. We would also greatly appreciate it if you would note the HSS Challenge and provide a link back to the Hand Stamped Sentiments site in your post.

Mr. Linky will close at 12 p.m. CST on Sunday, June 13th, but meet back here on Tuesday, June 15th for a NEW challenge.

Artists' picks will be announced on Monday, June 14th.

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team...

Genevieve Valdes

Erin Gonzales

Shannon Eberhardt

Color Splash Challenge #18 Artist Picks

Congratulations to these talented stampers for being chosen as this weeks Color Splash Artist Pick Winners!

Charlene Driggs 

Claudine Poch

Robbie Rubala

Each week we will announce the Artist Pick winners from the prior weekly challenge. The winners receive a special badge to display on their blog to announce that they are a HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS Artist Pick!

Visit us each week to play along.

Tomorrow a Father's Day Theme Challenge and the DEBUT of our 1st EVER GUEST DESIGNER!! 

You won't want to miss this talented lady's incredible creation. See you in the morning.

HSS Color Splash Challenge #18

This week we're back with a BRAND NEW Color Splash Challenge. With wedding and graduation season around the corner, we are taking a sophisticated look at color.

Here are the details for his week's challenge:

Use Mr. Linky, below, to provide a DIRECT LINK to your project.

Please note that incorrect Links will not be eligible for Artists' Pick and will be deleted.

TIP for creating a DIRECT LINK: after you have posted your project on your blog simply click on the post title, then copy the URL info listed in your search bar and paste it into Mr. Linky.

For this challenge use KEYWORD HSSCSC18 when uploading your project to public galleries. We would also greatly appreciate it if you would note the HSS Challenge and provide a link back to the Hand Stamped Sentiments site in your post.

Mr. Linky will close at 12 p.m. CST on Sunday, June 6th, but meet back here on Tuesday, June 8th for a NEW challenge.

Artists' picks will be announced on Monday, June 7th.

Now for some inspiration from our Design Team...

Erin Gonzales

Genevieve Valdes

Shannon Eberhardt