05.10.2013

Clearly Besotted Is One Year Old Today!!

Birthday Blog Hop Banner Woohoo!  Today is a big day for Clearly Besotted Stamps!  We are celebrating CBS’ first birthday with an unbelievably amazing BLOG HOP!  It is an honour to be included in the list of tremendously talented bloggers joining in the hop and I am so privileged to be part of such an awesome design team – I have to pinch myself sometimes!. Here’s the order of peeps you should be following…

Stephanie Wincott (the boss)

Amy Wanford

Caryn Davies (you’re here!)

Cristina Kowalczyk

Debby Hughes

Jennifer McGuire

Jennifer Nelson

Jennifer Rzasa

Laura Bassen

Mandy Gill

Michelle Short

Pamela Ho

Paulina Nakamura

Stephanie Klauck

 Impressed??  You should be, lol!! So, if you’re following the hop you should have arrived here from the uber-fabulous Amy Wanford, if you’ve stumbled in here and didn’t know about the hop but want to join in the you need to head back to the beginning and visit Stephanie’s blog.

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If you know Clearly Besotted Stamps then you will know that the owner, Stephanie is one of the most generous people you could meet.  So with that in mind you will not be surprised by the awesome prizes that she has on offer.

One lucky winner, drawn at random will receive a $75 Simon Says Stamp gift certificate and £100 Clearly Besotted gift certificate

But thats not all!!  At every stop on the hop each designer has picked a set to give away!  The set I have chosen is Set The Scene – as featured in my card above!!  To be in with a chance to win, just leave a comment – the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances of winning!

Set The Scene Copyright

And if that hasn’t tempted you play along then Steph is also offering a 10% discount code if you shop at Clearly Besotted Stamps between 5th and 8th October!  But don’t sit about – Steph’s new release treasures have been known to sell out FAST!!

So there you have it, please now hop on to the next blog on the hop which is the gorgeous Cristina Kowalczyk.

Happy hopping,

Caryn xxx

03.10.2013

Feeling all warm and fuzzy!

I’m LOVING the run up to the October release from Clearly Besotted because it has got my Christmas-card-making mojo well and truly fired up!  The card I’m sharing today is from one of the new sets called Christmas Cheer and it’s all about creating that cosy Christmas fireplace scene.  All this festive-ness has me feeling really Christmassey already – it would be too early to start sneaking out the odd decoration wouldn’t it???

fireplace So what have you seen from the sneak peaks so far that has caught your eye?  Not long to wait now – the big reveal is on Saturday and you can get your mitts on the goods at midnight!

Until next time….

Caryn xxx

03.10.2013

Clearly Besotted teaser time!

Hey there – here with another card featuring some of the new products soon to be available at Clearly Besotted Stamps in the October release.  This is my second post today so scroll down for my earlier card.

Teaser Time

So today my card features the gorgeous new Set The Scene stamp set and co-ordinating die.  It allows you to create the cutest snow globes for Christmas but I also think it could be adapted for all year round use – little bunnies at Easter springs to mind (if you’ll pardon the pun, lol).

snow globe snowman

Look at that wee smile on that snowman – isn’t he gorgeous?!  Again, it’s difficult to see (as in the last card) but there is a layer of acetate behind the aperture giving the effect of the glass on the globe.  I think you could make some gorgeous shaker cards with this set – must give that a try!

Well thanks for dropping in again.  Pop back tomorrow for more Clearly Besotted Stamps sneaky peaks.