EtsyInspired #92 ~ My Zoethrope

Super short post as my kids' birthday party is TOMORROW and I have no finished projects. Here's the run down:

This week's shop: My Zoetrope
My Zoetrope is a fun, colorful shop full of whimsical characters and cute images. They sell prints, cards and other acessory items!

Prize from shop: one print of winner's choice!!!

This week's sponsor: Sakura of America

Sakura of America is the maker of fine art and craft pens like Gelly Roll and Souffle!

Prize from sponsor: This Moonlight Gelly Roll Pen Set

How to play:

~go to the shop - My Zoetrope

~find inspiration and make a project

~link it below by Friday, June 18 noon Pacific time

~2 random winners will be chosen

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Ashley
De
Emily
Jackie (family emergency)
Joy
Kerry

Shannon
Alex (June Guest)

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And the winners for EIC #91 are...

And the winner's are... ME!  Oh wait, I can't win.  Dang it.  Okay, enough kidding around, the winners are...

howbeadyful- the beautiful set of pink flowered buttons goes to:

Emily Keaton!!!!

 AND

Pretty Tape - the $35 gift certificate goes to:

 Sandra P!!!!!

Congrats ladies!  E-mail me at stampindeva{at}bellsouth{dot}net with your snail mail/email addresses! 

Be sure to click on the winners names to view their projects and leave them some love!

Thanks SO much to everyone that played this week!  We had a ton of participation from some really amazing and talented paper crafters out there!  We love you guys!

And of course a special shout out to our shop, howbeadyful and our sponsor, Pretty Tape for providing inspiration and amazing prizes!  We couldn't do it without you!

Have a fantabulous weekend and come back tomorrow for more Etsy Inspiration!

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Wednesday Reminder!

There is still time to play! Check out the post below for the details!  Then hop on over to howbeadyful, get inspired and CREATE!  In addition to a great prize from the shop, we've got an awesome sponsor offering up a prize this week too!  Pretty Tape!  Check out their shop... it's beyond amazing!

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EtsyInspired #91 ~ howbeadyful

This week's EtsyInspired shop is howbeadyful. Can I tell you how much I love a pun? And let me tell you, the name does not lie! This shop is beautiful! They specialize in these fabulous handmade buttons and embellishments. They come in a ton of different designs from classy and elegant, to cute and cozy to fun and fresh. These buttons can be bought to use on your products or as earrings, pins, a pendant for a necklace or even hair pins. They are all super cute! There are other items in this shop as well like hand stamped ribbons, bracelets, inspiration kits, rings, and vintage inspired hair clips. This week, howbeadyful is offering up these lovely pink flower buttons (shown here) as a prize.

To play along:

~Visit the howbeadyful shop and choose any item to be inspired by

~Make any creation you'd like and post a link to it using the Inlinkz below

~You must link your inspiration piece in your blog post/gallery

~Your creation(s) must be linked by June 11, noon Pacific time

~Please use keyword EIC91 if you are uploading to an online gallery

This week, we also have a wonderful sponsor! It's an Etsy shop called Pretty Tape! One lucky winner will get a $35 gift certificate to the shop! I wish I could win!!

Please check out the DT for inspiration!

Ashley
De
Emily
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Shannon
Alex (June Guest)

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And the winners are.... drum roll please...

And our winner's are...

Spoon pendants from our wonderful shop, Sunshyne Silverwear:
Julie Ranae

AND

Nicole

The Claudine Hellmuth picture is:
Amy Tsurta

Yea ladies! I am SOOO jealous!  I hope you all enjoy your goodies!  Please e-mail me at stampindeva{at}bellsouth{dot}net with your snail mail addy's so we can coordinate your goodies for you!

A big huge heartfelt thanks goes out to our Sunshyne Silverwear and Claudine Hellmuth for helping to make this week's challenge another success!  And as always, thanks to our wonderful, dedicated and talented players! 

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Please Welcome our June Guest Designer...

Alex Lundgren! We are excited to have Alex joining us this month...she has a great style!

Here's what Alex had to share about herself:

I live in Idaho with my husband and our 2 sons. I work part-time in the financial industry and in addition to paper crafts, I also crochet, knit and dabble in some tatting and sewing.

I was first introduced to stamping at a D.O.T.S. home party in the early 90s. I enjoyed myself and began what is now a very extensive inventory of stamps and stamp sets. I put my stamping aside for a period of time when I was first introduced to scrapbooking. I had the mistaken idea that the two were not compatible. I began scrapbooking in 1998 while on bed rest prior to the birth of my son. I have been passionate about it ever since and have really returned to stamping with the same passion about 2 years ago. I enjoy making cards with stamps immensely.

I have a very BLING side and also a Goth side that needs to come out and play. They seem to balance each other out. I often find myself covered in glitter with inky fingers. Nothing is better! I am drawn to anything fairy, but am an equal opportunity stamper.

Here is a peek at some of Alex's work.

I love the intricate details of these cards...I told you she had great style! :)

Be sure to stop by Alex's blog to say 'hello' and visit her tomorrow to see her first Etsy Inspired project!

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It's your EIC Mid-Week Reminder!

There's still time left to play EtsyInspired this week so jump on over to  Sunshyne Silverwear.  Get inspired and get creatin!  There are three chances to win this week!  Two amazing spoon pendants are being offered up by the shop and our sponsor, Claudine Hellmuth is also offering an amazing prize!! 
For all the details, be sure to check the post below!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!

ALSO, check us out on Facebook.  We'll have some prizes for our followers over there to be drawn later today!

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