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    Aug 31, 2016

    A Bushel of Birthday: Day 3 Sneak Peeks!

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    Good morning, crafty friends! It’s the last day of sneak peeks before we officially kick off our birthday celebration! All of the new products will be available for purchase at the TE webstore beginning tomorrow at 7am PST! It’s been exciting to share everything with you so far and today we have one more group of fall and birthday themed products to show you.

    If you’ve missed out on sneak peeks this far, it’s not too late! You can still enter yourself to win one of 8 gift certificates we’re giving away to celebrate our 8th birthday! Here’s a little more about our party plans just in case you’re tuning in for the first time today:

    Number1  It wouldn’t be a party without PRESENTS! 

    We’re offering several gifts with purchase during our birthday celebration and we’ve even designed a special set just for the occasion! The Wish Big stamp and die combo (pictured below) will be FREE with orders of $50 or more from September 1st – September 11th.

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    AND if you reach additional tiers with your purchase, your order will include even more exciting birthday themed products including our Hello Happiness paper pack, coordinating ink, and sequins!

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    Note: Free products will be automatically added to your shopping cart with qualifying orders placed by 11:59 PM CST on Sunday, September 11, 2017, while supplies last. Qualifying orders are based on total amount before tax and shipping. Offer not available with wholesale orders.

    Number2It wouldn’t be a party without PRIZES! 

    To mark our eighth birthday, we’ll be giving away EIGHT GIFT CERTIFICATES throughout the week! Gift certificates will be awarded in increments of $10 all the way up to $80. That means we’ll be giving away one gift certificate in each of these 8 denominations: $10, $20, $30, $40, $50, $60, $70, and $80!

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    To be entered to win just leave a comment on any/all blog posts this week (Monday – Wednesday). One comment per person per day. All comments must be entered by Wednesday, August 31st at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Thursday, September 1st, 2016.

    Number3It wouldn’t be a party without CAKE! 

    If you know me, you know I have a love for cupcakes (and really all kinds of cake!) and I want to share my love with you! One lucky winner will receive your choice of two cupcakes in a jar from Wicked Good Cupcakes (yes, I’ve tried these myself and they’re delicious!). Choose from 16 different flavors including everything from Cookie Butter to Marble Mutt!
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    A winner will be chosen from among all the orders placed between Thursday, September 1st at 7am PST and Sunday, September 4th at 11:59pm PST. Only U.S. shipping addresses are eligible (sorry… they don’t ship cupcakes overseas!).

    Today the Creative Team will be sharing a combination of fall and birthday creations along the hop. I think I’ll start with a fall project using the Simply Stamped – Leaves set:

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    I don’t think I have appropriate words to describe how much I love this set! The detail on the multi-layered leaves is so pretty! For this project, I used multiple colors of Tim Holtz Distress Ink as follows:

    1. Red: Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Fired Brick
    2. Yellow: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey
    3. Green: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (off-stamped once), Peeled Paint (fully inked)

    I started by stamping the most solid layer of the leaves throughout the background so I could make sure my arrangement was good before spending time on the layers. Then using a Stamp-a-ma-jig tool to line up the layers, I stamped the remaining portions of the leaves. I wanted a little bit more highlight to the background so I colored the open spaces with Copic (Bg10, BG11).

    To finish it off I die cut and popped up one of the stamped leaves and also added a couple die cut leaves from the Mini Leaves die set.

    Here’s a closer look at the Simply Stamped – Leaves stamps and dies that I used:

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    Simply Stamped – Leaves
    Simply Stamped – Leaves Dies
    Stitched Rectangle Stacklets
    Stitched Circle Stacklets
    Mini Leaves
    TE Premium Cardstock – Red Pepper
    TE Premium Cardstock – Buttercream Frosting
    TE Premium Ink – Dijon – Full Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Chocolate Truffle – Full Pad
    Copic Markers
    1/16″ Foam Tape
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    We’re also featuring more birthday themed products (apparently we had a lot of birthday ideas to get out there!) and I’m especially happy with how this fun card turned out:

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    I knew I wanted to use the Bitty Banners die set and I discovered that our Mini Caps Alpha dies fit perfectly inside to spell the word ‘happy’. After finishing the banner I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go so I grabbed the Bold Balloons set and started stamping. The Pink Champagne and Mint Julep are two of our new colors this month and they complement the Cookie Monster, Lollipop, and Salt Water Taffy perfectly!

    BoldBalloons500 BittyBanners500

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    Bold Balloons
    Bitty Banners
    Mini Caps Alpha & #’s
    Little Bits – Birthday Confetti
    Simply Stamped – Cupcakes
    Wish Big Stamp & Die Combo
    TE Premium Ink – Oreo – Mini Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Lollipop – Full Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Cookie Monster – Full Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Salt Water Taffy – Full Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Pink Champagne – Full Pad
    TE Premium Ink – Mint Julep – Full Pad
    TE Premium Cardstock – Salt Water Taffy
    TE Premium Cardstock – Mint Julep
    TE Premium Cardstock – Lollipop
    TE Premium Cardstock – Oreo
    TE Premium Cardstock – Pink Champagne
    TE Premium Cardstock – Sugar Cube
    1/16″ Foam Tape
    Doodlebug Matte Sprinkles – Bright Assortment
    Copic Markers
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    And last, but certainly not least, we have one more special guest joining us today to show off another project using the Wish Big Stamp & Die Combo which is FREE with purchases of $50 or more starting tomorrow. Here’s a bright and beautiful card by the fabulous Lisa Henke! I love the primary colors she chose with the soft blue background! You can find all of the details of Lisa’s card on her blog: My Little Creative Escape.

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    The rest of our talented Creative Team is here with more inspiring projects so make sure you check ’em out! In addition to the products that I used on my projects, the design will also be featuring the following new goodies:

    SimplyStampedCupcakes500   SimplyStamped-Cupcake

    PumpkinBouquet500 PumpkinBouquet500

    BushelofBlessings500 BushelOfBlessings500

    DoorToDoor-Fall500

    BuildACake500 CandleNumbers500

    TE-Ink-mulledwine500 TE-Ink-dijon500 TE-Ink-sweetbasil500 TE-Ink-toffee500 TE-Ink-pinkchampagne500 TE-Ink-mintjulep500

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    Don’t forget to leave your comments on all three of our sneak peek blog posts for a chance to win one of 8 gift certificates (valued all the way up to $80). See you back here tomorrow for the full reveal! I can hardly wait!

    Charmaine Ikach
    Gayatri Murali
    Jean Manis
    Jen Shults
    Joan Ervin
    Kendra Wietstock
    Kerri Michaud
    Kim Singdahlsen
    Melody Rupple
    Taylor VanBruggen
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