Introducing Grapeful- SSD and Twinery Blog Hop

Good morning!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  It's a big, big day because Skipping Stones Designs is celebrating the release of our newest set, Grapeful and we are partnering with The Twinery to do it up big!

If you are hopping along today, you should have arrived from Amy's Crockett's blog.  If not, please visit The Twinery or Skipping Stones Design to pick up the hop order from the beginning.

Using Grapeful, I created a card using our sketch artist, Heidi Van Laar's, fantastic sketch as a starting point.

I started by stamping the very funny sentiments on a circle patterned paper.  I stamped the martini glass and citrus wedges, fussy cut them and added some Stickles to mimic the look of a sugared or salted rim. I adhered the citrus to the top of the card to create a scalloped edge.

The Twinery sent us an awesome sampler of twine to play with, and I added a band of twine and I created a frame with the twine, by running some glue around the circle and adhering two strands of twine. A few blue pearls finished off the card. All the patterned papers are from Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic collection.

A Sale
Skipping Stones PMS (Purchase More Stamps) Sale has been continued through Memorial Day, May 28th! Simply fill your cart and enter the appropriate code at check out and enjoy the savings!

• PMS1 for 5% off 
• PMS2 for 2 stamp sets and 10 % off 
• PMS3 for 3 sets and 15% off 
• PMS4 for 4 sets at 20% off. 
• PMS5 for 5 sets at 25% off 
• PMS6 for 6 sets or more at 30% OFF- WOW!!!

A LOT of Contests!
What's a hop without a contest or two or several, really?

The Twinery will be giving away a 'Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack' (retail $20) to one lucky hopper.  To enter, simply visit each blog on the hop (remember this is a two day event) and leave a comment. The Winner will be announced on The Twinery Blog on Sunday, May 27th.

Skipping Stones Design will also be giving away 2 sets Grapeful + a special surprise set to one lucky winner- comment like crazy to win.

The deadline for leaving comments is 11:59pm EDT, Friday May 25th.

AND.... I just happen to have an extra Grapeful set that I will be giving away.  Leave a comment below if you would like to have a chance to win.  All comments must be received by Friday night at midnight EDT. I will be announcing the winner of the Grapeful set, right here on my blog on Saturday morning.

Finally, don't forget Skipping Stones weekly sketch contest. Upload your take on this week's sketch to the Skipping Stones blog by next Monday, May 28 at midnight EDT for a chance to win a FREE Skipping Stones stamp set of your choice.  You don't even have to use Skipping Stones Stamps to play along.

Well, I am the last stop on the blog hop for Tuesday, but don't be sad, because we are going to have another fabulous Skipping Stones + Twinery hop tomorrow with more Skipping Stones and Twiney goodness.  The party starts at 8 a.m. EDT at The Twinery blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Katie