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SugarPea Designs 4th Birthday Bash

March 30, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Sugar Pea Designs for their 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop.
Sugar Pea Designs-Otterly AdorableMy project features the Otterly Adorable stamp set.
Sugar Pea Designs-Otterly AdorableTo begin I die cut three “wave” panels using the Sugar Cut-Card Front Element Builder dies. I blended each panel with distress oxide inks. I flicked water on each panel with a small wet brush. I also smooshed the oxide inks onto an acrylic block and with a wet brush I flicked the color onto each panel.
Sugar Pea Designs-Otterly AdorableI stamped the adorable otter images with Memento ink and colored them with Copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and adhere them behind each wave.
Sugar Pea Designs-Otterly AdorableTo celebrate, SugarPea Designs is offering a coupon code: BDAY04 for customers to receive 15% off their entire purchase AND a FREE 4×8 stamp set with any purchase (valid until April 7th 11:59 EST).

GIVEAWAY
SugarPea Designs will be giving away (4) FOUR $40 gift certificates to the SugarPea Designs shop.
Winners will be randomly chosen from all the comments left along each stop of the hop.
Comments will close on April 7th 11:59 PM EST with winners announced on April 8th.

Blog Hop Order:
Amy Kolling
Amy Rohl
Amy Tsuruta
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Becky Pearce
Jennifer McGuire
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kelly Lunceford
Kelly Latevola
Kerin Sylvester
Kristina Werner
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Lea Lawson
Lydia Fiedler
Martha Tucker
Nichol Spohr
Nina-Marie Trapani
Raluca Vezeteu
Sandy Allnock
Simonne Clay
Stéphanie Beauchemin
Taheerah Atchia
Vera Yates


Altenew-Hope

March 28, 2018

Hello there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the Altenew blog featuring the Hope Stamp Set. I thought I would try a color combination that I’ve never tried before. I don’t think I’ve ever combined purple and orange together, other than maybe at Halloween time, but they are absolutely gorgeous paired together.
Altenew-HopeTo being I blended Midnight Violet on the bottom of a panel and Orange Cream on the top. I adhered the beautiful Dotted Washi Tape over the ink blended panel, which really toned down the colors, but still allows you to see the subtle purple and orange ink blending.
Altenew-HopeThe next step was stamping the beautiful floral images from the Hope Stamp Set. For the bloom I used the Shades of Purple ink set and for the leaves I used the Green Meadows ink set. I also added Sunkissed and Autumn Blaze for the center of the bloom.
Altenew-HopeThen I die cut a circle window opening into the background panel using one of the Halftone Circles dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Hope Stamp Set and embossed a coordinating sentiment in white onto a strip of royal purple cardstock.Altenew-HopeHere is a video to show you how I created this card.

I have a winner to announce from the March Release blog hop.
Congratulations Kathy McCluskey!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant-Dragon Wishes

March 26, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the Mama Elephant blog featuring the adorable Dragon Wishes stamp set along with the Kingdom Trio-Creative Cuts.Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesTo begin I die cut three panels with the Kingdom Trio-Creative Cuts and blended each of those with distress inks. Then I blended the card base to give it a soft sky background. I also flicked the blended background with water.
Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesI colored the images from Dragon Wishes with Copics and die cut them using the coordinating Dragon Wishes-Creative Cuts. The sentiment is also from Dragon Wishes.
Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesThat’s all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by!


Motion Crafts Blog Hop

March 25, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Motion Crafts for their Spring Blog Hop! I have a couple of projects to share using some of their fun animation stamps & die set.
Motion Crafts-Pull Slider die set & Critters & Sunshine Animation Stamp setBoth of my cards are featuring the Animation Card-Pull Slider die set. The card below also uses the Critters stamp set for the images & sentiments.
Motion Crafts-Pull Slider die set & Critters Animation Stamp setThis next card uses the Sunshine stamp set for the rainbow & sentiment. The photos just don’t do the animation justice!
Motion Crafts-Pull Slider die set & Sunshine Animation Stamp setHere’s a video to show you how I created these animation cards.

GIVEAWAYS AND PRIZES!
Each participant in the blog hop has their own prize giveaway, so be sure to check in on each of their blog posts to see how you can win! I have a picture of my giveaway below. It is a Animation Card-Pull Slider die set & the Sunshine stamp set. Leave me a comment for your chance to win!Motion Crafts GiveawayMotion Crafts will be giving away 3 $50 gift certificates to use in their shop. You must leave a comment over on their blog to qualify.

Blog hop order:

Motion Crafts Blog
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Vicki Papaioannou
Kreative Kymona
Svitlana Shayevi
Martine Rijnbeek
Kelly Griglione
Karen Hasheck
Taheerah Aticha
Tracey McNeely
Michele Ferguson
Miriam Prantner
Jeanne Jachna
Kassi Hulet
Keren Baker
Tammy Nickel
Carolina Zarate Ponce

 

Mama Elephant-Lots of Letters

March 22, 2018

Hi there! I’m back with Mama Elephant highlighting the Lots of Letters stamp set.Mama Elephant-Lots of LettersI created a humorous circle shaker card using the Basic Circles Creative Cuts and stamped the sentiment with the Lots of Letters stamp set. You might not catch it, but I realized, after I made this card, that I accidentally used the number 0 for the “O” in moody & booty. Whoops! Oh, well! Not that noticeable, well, until now:)
Mama Elephant-Lots of LettersCheck out the Mama Elephant blog to see more inspiration using this fun Lots of Letters set. Thanks so much for stopping by!


Altenew March 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

March 22, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Altenew for their March release blog hop. If you are following the hop then you should have arrived here from the Altenew Card Blog. I have a couple of projects to share with you featuring several of the new releases products.
Altenew-Doodled Dots Cover, Cross Stitched Flower & Flat & Fold AlphaMy first project uses the gorgeous Doodled Dots Cover die. Before die cutting the cover die I blended the panel with several Altenew inks: Sweet Dreams inks on the bottom and Green Meadows inks on the top.
Altenew-Doodled Dots CoverFor the sentiment I used the Thanks die from the Scripty Words 2 set. I embossed a coordinating sentiment from the Cross Stitch Flower stamp set.
Altenew-Doodled Dots CoverThis next card features the Cross Stitch Flower stamp set. For the bloom I used inks from the Tea Party Oval ink set.
Altenew-Cross Stitched Flower & Flat & Fold AlphaI used the awesome new Flat & Fold Alpha die set for the sentiment spelling out the word ‘hello’. I added an embossed sentiment from the Cross Stitch Flower stamp set and popped the panel onto a white card base.
Altenew-Cross Stitched Flower & Flat & Fold AlphaHere’s a video to show you how I created these cards.

Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, March 29th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/31/2018.

You can also leave me a comment for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate!

Your next stop on the hop is the lovely May Sukyong Park.
Thanks so much for stopping by!


MFT-YAY

March 21, 2018

Hello there! Today I have a super fun project over on the My Favorite Things YouTube channel featuring a few of my favorite new products from their March release. I am in triangle heaven with the new Triangle STAX & Triangles Stencil!!!MFT-Triangle YAYI also used the Sunrise Radiating Rays Stencil and for the sentiment I used the Yay for You stamp set along with one of the So Many Yay dies. Head over to the My Favorite Things channel to see the full video! Thanks so much for stopping by!


Mama Elephant-Hippity Hop

March 21, 2018

Hi there! I’m back with Mama Elephant highlighting the adorable Hippity Hop stamp set with coordinating creative cuts.Mama Elephant-Hippity Hop & Basic Circles-Creative CutsTo create my circle shape card I used the Basic Circles-Creative Cuts and Graphic Grid Pastels pattern paper. I filled the shaker with Pastel Paradise sequins.
Mama Elephant-Hippity Hop & Basic Circles-Creative CutsHow sweet are these bunnies? I stamped the Hippity Hop images with Memento ink, colored them lightly with Copics and then die cut them with the coordinating Hippity Hop creative cuts.
Mama Elephant-Hippity Hop & Basic Circles-Creative CutsCheck out the Mama Elephant blog to see more inspiration using this Hippity Hop set. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant-Me and My Dragon

March 19, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m joining Mama Elephant to highlight the adorable Me and My Dragon stamp set along with the coordinating Creative Cuts.Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesFor the background I blended distress oxide inks in Blueprint Sketch & Mermaid Lagoon onto Bristol Paper followed by some flicks of oxide inks that were smoothed onto an acrylic block and  applied with a wet brush.
Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesI used one of the Landscape Trio Creative Cuts for the cloudy border. I colored the images from Me and My Dragon with Copics and added an embossed sentiment from the Dragon Wishes stamp set.
Mama Elephant-Dragon WishesYou can see more inspiration using the Me and My Dragon stamp set over on the Mama Elephant blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Flora & Fauna-1st Birthday!

March 16, 2018

Hi there! Today I’m joining Flora & Fauna for their 1 year birthday celebration! I’m a HUGE flora & fauna fan! I love their simple & quirky images so much. I’ve created a couple of projects featuring the Mermaid Love & Love Bug sets.Flora & Fauna-Love Bug & Mermaid LoveThis first card features the Mermaid Love stamp set. If I could title this technique I would call it “Crop it like it’s Hot”. Sound good?
Flora & Fauna-Mermaid LoveFor both cards I cropped the images, sometimes aggressively, onto their own separate smaller panels. This is a great way to use smaller images that can be hard to fill up the space.
Flora & Fauna-Mermaid LoveThis next “Crop it like it’s Hot” example (I just like saying that…or typing that:) features the Love Bug set.
Flora & Fauna-Love BugPretty much can’t get any better than a llama in a pink car, unless you add a bouquet of balloons. Then it actually CAN get better!
Flora & Fauna-Love BugThe Flora & Fauna birthday sale starts today! Everything is 20% off! (code: birthday)
Check out Flora & Fauna’s instagram for all sorts of fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!