We have a WINNER and a NEW CHALLENGE for YOU!!

Another week down, FIVE weeks until Christmas Day! Are you ready? Maybe you're in the middle of preparations or maybe you've yet to begin... Are you in need of some additional Christmas design paper, some embellishments, stamps? We, at Humble Pie have the answer for you. This week's RANDOMLY CHOSEN challenge participant will receive an assortment of Christmas papers, cardstock, embellishments and the adorable HUMBLE PIE Chrysanthemum Fairy stamp (all pictured below)!!

Our first order of business however, is the announcement of this past week's CHALLENGE WINNER! All of the SKETCH CHALLENGE submissions were phenomenal! Thank you so very much to all of our extremely talented participants! Please continue to visit the HUMBLE PIE kitchen and keep on sharing your delicious designs with us. Now, it is my pleasure to pronounce BEVERLY of GOTT HEART ART as our randomly chosen winner of the sketch challenge! Congratulations BEVERLY! Please contact Phebe, the Town Scrapper at info@townscrapper.com to claim your $10 in Maggie Bucks.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE is to CREATE AN ALTERED ITEM.

Here's all the CHALLENGE details:

• submissions must be ALTERED ITEMS (some examples are gift bags, clipboards, tiles, tins, canvas...)
• the use of Humble Pie Stamps are NOT MANDATORY (but if you've got'em we'd LOVE to see 'em)
• in order to submit your creation, please leave a comment following this post with a link to your design
• place a link in your post featuring your submitted creation, back to our HUMBLE PIE BLOG
• all submissions must be sent to the HUMBLE PIE kitchen by MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 (EST)

In need of a little altered item idea inspiration? Look no further, the BAKERS have been busy in the kitchen altering a variety of articles. Take a peek!

ANGIE'S ALTERED COFFEE TIN:

LEAH'S ALTERED COFFEE SNUG:

ANN'S ALTERED MINI TAG BOOK:

JANET'S ALTERED CANDY TIN:

KATIE'S ALTERED GIFT BAG:

KIM S.' ALTERED GIFT BAG:

LISA'S ALTERED COOKIE TIN:

TRICIA'S ALTERED TILE/COASTER:

Have an AWESOME ALTERING weekend!

Inspiration Thursday!

Hello my friends! Welcome to our second weekly edition of Insiration Thursday! If you haven't been inspired by this week's sketch, well...you are just not inspirable! LOL - I'm pretty sure that's not a word.



When I'm looking for some inspiration, I often go blurfing. (that's blog surfing for those of you who are new to the blog lingo!) I must admit, though, I think I spend WAY too much time blurfing. I don't know about you, but the time just seems to go by so quickly when I'm clicking here and there and looking at all the fabulous blogs out there! I do have a few favourites that I like to check every day. But, my favourite sites to inspire me are Sketch and/or Challenge Sites! I have a few favourites, (besides Humble Pie Stamps, of course) - so I thought I'd share some of them with you.



2Sketches4You

Caardvarks

Sheetload of Cards

Triple the Sketch

Cute Card Thursday

CPS - Card Positioning Systems

Cuttlebug Challenges

Copic Creations

Mojo Monday

Little Stamp Shoppe



There ya go! All the inspiration you could EVER need! Thank you so much for stopping by! You still have time to participate in this week's sketch challenge at Humble Pie Stamps! AND, it's a sketch challenge, with a prize!

TUTORIAL Wednesday in the Humble Pie kitchen!

We're so glad you've joined us for another Terrific Tutorial today! This time, our fabulous Baker-girl, Kim Sparks is sharing her cool ROCK N ROLL technique... ENJOY!


Rock and Roll Stamping Technique

I’m going to use these supplies to demonstrate the rock and roll technique to make a fall card from Easter egg stamps. I have my acrylic stamps and blocks, a selection of inks, cardstock and patterned paper, ribbon, scissors, my Nestabilities and my favorite adhesive.

Step 1, load up your stamp with base color. Stamp image onto cardstock.



Step 2, after cleaning the stamp, roll the edges in a darker color, being careful to ink only the outer edges. Align the stamp over the base color image and stamp.

Step 3, cut your images out.

Step 4, adhere the pieces together using your favorite adhesive.

Step 5, cut the card to your desired measurements. Use your favorite embellies, stamps, and ribbons to complete the card. Here is my finished card using Easter egg stamps and the rock and roll stamping technique. I hope you give it a try. It does take just a little practice, but it gives a great touch to your images. Have fun!

We'd love to see your Rock N Roll projects! Maybe you can use it to play along with our CURRENT SKETCH CHALLENGE! You still have until tomorrow, Thursday, at midnight EST to participate for this week's prize, $10 in Humble Pie Bucks, to use on your favorite Sweetie Pie stamps from The Town Scrapper! Good luck, and we'll be back tomorrow with a new challenge for you!