Caring Hearts blog hop

November 16, 2016

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Today we are celebrating the 7th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive with a fun blog hop! The purpose of this card drive is to collect handmade holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes around the world. Since 2010 we have been bringing joy to many nursing homes throughout the US, Canada and Australia. And this year, we are branching out to the UK! What better way to share our love of card making than to bring joy to others, right? We hope you’ll join us in supporting the card drive. Details for the card drive can be found at: Vera Yates Blog & Jennifer McGuire’s Blog.SSS-Winter FlowersMy project features the Winter Flowers stamp set & dies. I embossed the images in clear & blended in SSS inks in traditional holiday colors. For the sentiment I used one of the Happy Holidays dies along with the “happy” from Happy Christmas.
SSS-Winter FlowersNo hop is complete without fun giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offering $150 gift card for this hop. All you need to do is visit and leave comment on each blog. Winner will be randomly selected from one of the participant blog. You have till midnight Thursday, 11/17/2016 to leave comment. Winner will be announced on Vera’s blog on Friday, 11/18/2016.
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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Neat & Tangled-May Your Holidays Be

November 10, 2016

leiphartonart4091_N&T DT LogoHi there! I’m back again with Neat & Tangled for Day 4 of Release Week.
All new products will be available on Friday, November 11th at 8am EST.
My project features the fun new May Your Holidays Be stamp set with coordinating dies.Neat & Tangled-May Your Holidays BeI colored the ornaments with Copics and embossed the coordinating sentiment in white onto black cardstock. I also added the “merry” from the Merry & Bright dies along with a few of the new Frosted Pine and Peppermint Stick Sequins.
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Leave a comment on the Neat & Tangled Blog for your chance to win the May Your Holidays Be stamp set! There will ALSO be a $25 gift certificate drawn from all comments left on the design team blogs so be sure to leave one here, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Neat & Tangled-Merry & Bright Ornament

November 10, 2016

releaseweek-01Hi there! I’m back again with Neat & Tangled for Day 3 of Release Week.
All new products will be available on Friday, November 11th at 8am EST.
My project today features the fun Merry & Bright Ornament with coordinating die.Neat & Tanlged-Merry & Bright OrnamentI stamped the ornament with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it in with Copics. Then I die cut it out and popped it up onto some pattern paper.
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Leave a comment on the Neat & Tangled Blog for your chance to win the Merry & Bright Ornament stamp! There will ALSO be a $25 gift certificate drawn from all comments left on the design team blogs so be sure to leave one here, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

November 8, 2016

leiphartonart4091_N&T DT LogoHi there! I’m back with Neat & Tangled for Day 2 of their November release week.
All new products will be available on Friday, November 11th at 8am EST.
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My project features the adorable new Elfs and their Shelf stamp set & coordinating dies.Neat & Tangled-Elfs and their ShelfI blended Scattered Straw on the background & colored the images with Copics. How cute are these little Elves?
Neat & Tangled-Elfs and their Shelfreleaseweekgiveaway-01Leave a comment on the Neat & Tangled Blog for your chance to win the Elfs and their Shelf stamp set! There will ALSO be a $25 gift certificate drawn from all comments left on the design team blogs so be sure to leave one here, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

My Monthly Hero November 2016

November 7, 2016

MMH_Logo_TBHi there! I’m excited to be joining Hero Arts for a hop to showcase their latest November My Monthly Hero Kit.
My Monthly Hero November 2016I had so much fun making these ornaments with the stamps & dies included in the kit. There are truly endless ways to make them and are also the perfect size for a small gift or chocolate. I love that!
My Monthly Hero November 2016My next card features the adorable little Mini Christmas stamp set, which is an add-on.
My Monthly Hero November 2016I created a little snowy scene by masking off the church & trees and blending some ink for the background. The snowy hill was just cut freehand with my craft knife.
My Monthly Hero November 2016Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes Sunday, November 13 at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog.

The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone!
Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Monday, November 14.

Here’s the full blog hop order:
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Mariana Grigsby
May Park
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Ilina Crouse
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Heather Ruwe
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Shari Carroll at Simon Says Stamp
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
Libby Hickson

Neat & Tangled-Santa’s Wonderland

November 7, 2016

releaseweek-01Hi there! Today I’m joining Neat & Tangled for Day 1 of their release week.
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My project showcases the fun new Santa’s Wonderland stamp set with coordinating dies.Neat & Tangled-Santa's WonderlandI blended Mermaid Lagoon for the background and colored the images with Copics. I freehand cut the snowy hills with my craft knife and added some glossy accents to a few of the images. This set is so darn cute! I’m lovin’ that deer’s scarf the most, though:)
Neat & Tangled-Santa's WonderlandGIVEAWAY!
Be sure to leave a comment on the Neat & Tangled Blog for your chance to win the Santa’s Wonderland stamp set! There will ALSO be a $25 gift certificate drawn from all comments left on the design team blogs so be sure to leave one here, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant-Gable Box & Meowy Woofmas

October 31, 2016

Hi there! Today I have a cute little box to share using the Gable Box creative cuts by Mama Elephant.Mama Elephant-Gable Box & Meowy WoofmasI added some sweet little images from the Meowy Woofmas stamp set & Enamel Accents for ornaments to the plants.
Mama Elephant-Gable Box & Meowy WoofmasHere’s a video to show you how I created it. Not gonna lie. You WILL get a chuckle out of this video.

I also have two winners to announce.
The winner from my Believe in the Season blog hop post is Kristie Maynard.
The winner from my Altenew giveaway post is raggiodiluce82.
Thanks so much for stopping by!