Hi there! Have you seen the amazing new Limited Edition Mother’s Day Card Kit by Simon Says Stamp? It is absolutely gorgeous! Full of beautiful florals, gold accents and everything you need to create special projects for Mother’s Day and beyond.
I’ve created two projects using the contents of the kit. This first card uses one of the gorgeous metallic gold die cuts from the 4×4 mat stack by DCWV that is included in the kit. For the background I used a piece of patter paper by My Mind’s Eye, also included in the kit.
For the sentiment I used the Script Mom die and then embossed a coordinating sentiment from the Mom’s Clematis stamp set included in the kit. To finish it off I added some Nuvo drops in Rose Water and Metallic Bright Gold.
For this next card I die cut two tags using the Stitched Dress Up Tag die. Then I die cut an oval into the white tag die cut using one of the Stitched Oval dies. This created a perfect frame for the gold Puffy Heart sticker. I also added some Flourish Thickers Stickers one each side of the puffy heart.
I embossed another sentiment from Mom’s Clematis and added the trimmings to the tags using the Carousel ribbons by Crate Paper.
You can see more about this Limited Edition Mother’s Day Card Kit over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway
April 3, 2018
Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Altenew for their 4th anniversary blog hop! If you are following the hop then you should have arrived here from May Sukyong Park’s blog. Below are a few of my favorite projects from the past year showcasing Altenew products.
I’ve created a project featuring the gorgeous Deco Wallpaper Stencil.
I blended several Atlenew inks using the Deco Wallpaper Stencil. For then sentiment I die cut the “you” using the Caps Bold Alphabet Dies onto aqua glittered cardstock. I also stamped a coordinating sentiment using the Crafty Friends stamp set.
Here’s a video to show you how I created this card.
Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 5 lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Altenew: 5 $50 Altenew Gift Certificates
- Altenew Academy: 5 Class Spots
- Jennifer McGuire Ink: 2 $100 Altenew Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: 3 Class Spots
- Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
- Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
- My Sweet Petunia: Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
- Tombow USA: 2 Dual Brush Pen Sets(10 Colors) and 2 TwinTone Dual Tip Marker Sets(12 Colors)
- WOW! Embossing Powder: $40 Gift Certificate
- Create & Craft TV: £25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- Amy Tangerine: 2 Signed Copies of Craft a Life You Love
- Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Scrapbook & Cards Today: 1 Copy of Scrapbook & Cards Today Spring 2018 Issue
Be sure to leave comments by April 15th, 2018 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 30 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 17th, 2018.
Your next stop on the hop is Kristina Pokazanieva!
Blog Hop order:
Altenew
Simon Says Stamp
May Sukyong Park
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Kristina Pokazanieva
Kathy Racoosin
Enza Gudor
Erum Tasneem
Nicole Picadura
Svitlana Shayevich
Chameleon Pens
Kelly Latevola
Flora Monika Farkas
Dana Gong
Vicky Papaioannou
Pinkfresh Studio 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop
April 2, 2018
Hi there! Today I’m joining Pinkfresh Studio for their 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop!
My project features the Floral Squares die set. I die cut five of each die and stacked them together adhering them with spray adhesive.
I adhered each die cut to a small square of pattern papers from the Let Your Heart Decide 6 x 6 paper pack. I embossed a sentiment from the Word Series: Thanks stamp set.
Giveaway!
Pinkfresh Studio is giving away a $40 gift certificate on each stop of the hop. Leave me a comment for your chance to win. Entries close on Monday, April 9th at 6am PST. Winners will be announced on the Pinkfresh Blog on Monday April, 9th at 12:30pm PST.
You can also leave a comment on the Pinkfresh Studio blog for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate.
Blog Hop Order:
Pinkfresh Blog
Adrienne Alvis
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Vicky Papaioannou
Amanda Baldwin
Amy Tsuruta
Ashley Horton
Crystal Thompson
Melissa Bickford
Erum Tasneem
Flora Farkas
Lea Lawson
Heather Hoffman
Kathleen Gramuller
Lorilei Murphy
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Nina-Marie Tripanni
Veera Saarivuo
Zsoka Marko
Isha Gupta
Elsie Robinson
Elena Roussakis
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.
My project features the Otterly Adorable stamp set.
To 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.
I 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.
To 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, 2018Hello 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.
To 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.
The 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.
Then 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.
Here 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, 2018Hi 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.
To 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.
I 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.
That’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.
Both 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.
This next card uses the Sunshine stamp set for the rainbow & sentiment. The photos just don’t do the animation justice!
Here’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 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, 2018Hi there! I’m back with Mama Elephant highlighting the Lots of Letters stamp set.
I 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:)
Check 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.
My 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.
For 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.
This next card features the Cross Stitch Flower stamp set. For the bloom I used inks from the Tea Party Oval ink set.
I 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.
Here’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, 2018Hello 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!!!
I 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!
