Video Hop for Jessica

Hi there! Today I’m joining my crafty friend, Jessica, for a video hop to celebrate her reaching 10k YouTube subscribers! I’ve created a colorful project featuring some gorgeous products by The Greetery.

The Greetery-Mimosa Musings, Square Dance Stencil, Written in Ribbons

For the background I used the Square Dance stencil set. For the florals I used the Mimosa Musings stamp set and for the sentiment I used the Written in Ribbons set.

The Greetery-Mimosa Musings, Square Dance Stencil, Written in Ribbons

Here’s a video to show you how I created this card.

There are over $800 in prizes to be won! You must leave comments on the YouTube videos before 11:59PM ET on April 8th for a chance to win one of the prizes.  The more videos you comment on, the better your chances to win!  Winners will be announced on Jessica’s blog and YouTube channel on April 9th.

Pinkfresh Studio March 2021 Cling Stamp, Stencil, Die, and Hot Foil Release

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Pinkfresh Studio for their March Release Blog Hop! You can check out the fun, new products HERE!

Pinkfresh Studio-Folk Garden & Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate, Stencil Set & Die

I’ve created a couple projects using the new Hot Foil Plates. This first card features the Folk Garden Hot Foil Plate. I used Rose Gold foil onto white cardstock.

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After foiling the foliage I used the coordinating Folk Garden Stencil Set to add color. For the sentiment I used the Lea’s Ornate Uppercase & Heathers Lowercase dies with solid colored cardstock. I also added a few jewels for bling.

Pinkfresh Studio-Folk Garden Hot Foil Plate, Stencil & Die

My second card features the Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate. This time I used silver foil onto white cardstock. The results are stunning.

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To add color I used the coordinating Folk Art Birds Stencil Set with Pinkfresh Studio inks. For the sentiment I used the My Favorite Things to Say 2 set.

Pinkfresh Studio-Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate, Stencil Set & Die

Here’s a video to show you how I created these cards.

GIVEAWAY!
Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel.

TEN $25 gift cards will also be given away picked from the comments along the hop.

Winners will be posted on April 5, 2021 on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. Please check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Spring Birds

Hi there! Today I’m sharing this colorful Spring Birds project that was up on the Simon Says Stamp blog a few days ago.

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For the birds I embossed the images from Spring Birds in clear and blended distress inks for the rainbow color. For the sentiment I used the Reverse Sympathy Sentiment Strips.

SSS-Spring Birds

I’m also sharing this card over on my Instagram feed as part of a Colorful Celebration Insta Hop for my crafty friend Danial Diaz. He is celebrating one year of joining Instagram and this awesome crafting community. Daniel also lives in Germany and his friendship has been such a blessing to me these past two years. He is such a ray of sunshine and the biggest encourager and cheerleader to so many in the crafty community.

SSS-Spring Birds

There are some AMAZING prizes that Daniel has lined up for his Insta Hop Giveaway. You’ll need to hop over to my feed HERE to check out the details and how to enter the giveaway. Make sure to stop by Daniel’s feed as well to say congratulations!! Thanks so much for stopping by!

All the Feels Release Blog Hop

Hi there! Today I’m joining Simon Says Stamp for their All the Feels Blog Hop. You can check out the fun, new release HERE!

SSS-Sweet Garden Birds, CZ Mini Slimline Patterns Stencil, Inside Family Messages

For my project I started with one of the CZ Mini Slimline Patterns Stencils. I used the dotted stencil with Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel.

SSS-Sweet Garden Birds, CZ Mini Slimline Patterns Stencil, Inside Family Messages

I stamped the Sweet Garden Birds using Pinkfresh Studio inks. I used two shades of each color per image to give it a soft, gradient look. For the sentiment I used the Inside Family Messages Set.

SSS-Sweet Garden Birds, CZ Mini Slimline Patterns Stencil, Inside Family Messages

GIVEAWAY!
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 31st of March.

HOP ORDER:
Simon Says Stamp Blog   
Debby Hughes
Laura Bassen
Amanda Korotkova
Heather Hoffman
Bobbi Lemanski
Vicky Papaioannou
Bibi Cameron
Kathy Racoosin
Dilay Nacar
Mindy Eggen
Emma Williams
Seeka
Tina Smith

All the Feels Release

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a couple of projects from the latest All the Feels release with Simon Says Stamp. You can check out all of the fun, new products HERE!

SSS-Sweet Garden Cherry Tree, Floral Garden, Bear Hugs, Reverse Sassy Mama

My first card features the adorable Bear Hugs die. I used khaki, vanilla & black cardstock for the bears. I also added a small rosy cheek using an R30 Copic.

SSS-Bear Hugs, Reverse Sassy Mama

For the sentiment I used one of the new Reverse Sassy Mama Sentiment Strips. The background is some older pattern paper by Pinkfresh Studio.

SSS-Bear Hugs, Reverse Sassy Mama

This next card uses the Sweet Garden Cherry Tree die. I masked off the blooms to blend color onto each one using distress inks. I added some chunky rainbow jewels to the centers of each bloom.

SSS-Sweet Garden Cherry Tree, Floral Garden

I added acetate to the back of the die cut to turn it into a shaker and filled it with heart & star confetti. The background is Pinkfresh Studio pattern paper again and the sentiment is from the Floral Garden set.

SSS-Sweet Garden Cherry Tree, Floral Garden

I have a fun reveal video showing the entire release over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

More Brilliant Butterflies

Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on My Favorite Things YouTube channel featuring the More Brilliant Butterflies stamps & coordinating Die-namics set.

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I stamped the butterfly wing with My Favorite Things inks and embossed the detail wings using Liquid Platinum embossing powder. For the sentiment I used the Bitty Hugs & Kisses set. You can check out the video HERE! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Friendly Flowers

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a project using the beautiful Friendly Flowers stamp set included in the April Card Kit by Simon Says Stamp.

SSS-Friendly Flowers

To begin I embossed the large floral swag in clear onto white cardstock. I blended distress ink in Kitsch Flamingo, Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon for the color. I added a little bit of Candied Apple to the centers of the flowers to make them pop. These small detail brushes work so good for this.

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I stamped the sentiment & striped border image also from Friendly Flowers and flicked on some black soot onto the panel.

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Check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to see more beautiful inspiration using the latest Friendly Flowers card kit. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy St. Paddy’s Day

Hi there & Happy St. Patricks Day! Popping in to share a festive St. Patrick’s Day project using some products from Simon Says Stamp.

SSS-Leprechaun, Clover Stencil, Reverse Lucky

For the background I used the Clover Stencil masking off each clover and blending with distress inks.

SSS-Leprechaun, Clover Stencil, Reverse Lucky

I used the Leprechaun die with solid colored cardstock. I added a few shadows to the Leprechaun using Copic markers and added a sentiment strips from the Reverse Lucky Sentiment Strips.

SSS-Leprechaun, Clover Stencil, Reverse Lucky

Wishing you the luck of the Irish today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Waffle Flower Top 7 for Year 7

Hi there! Today I’m joining Waffle Flower to celebrate their 7th birthday with a blog hop! Since we are celebrating 7 years, we are featuring our 7 favorite Waffle Flower products. My first favorite product are the Media Mats: full size & mini. I have used these things so many times. You can scruntch them up into a suitcase and they never wrinkle or loose their shape. The are perfect to use with all sorts of wet media.

Waffle Flower-Media Mats

My next favorite are these fun stencils. I love the idea of a rotating stencil and these are three of my faves: the Infinite Triangles, Rings Builder and Infinite Petals Stencils.

Waffle Flower-Infinite Petals, Triangles, Rings Builder Stencils

My next favorite Waffle Flower products are the Paper Pads. Ofcourse you know I love JJ’s Rainbow pad, but I also love the Half-Half Dots & Lines pads, too. The colors are so happy and the weight of the cardstock is sturdy.

Waffle Flower-JJ's Rainbow, Half-Half Dots & Lines Papers

Next up is the Color Combo die set. This is perfect for swatching out your inks or cardstocks, but I love to use them to create geometric designs.

Waffle Flower-Color Combo

Next is the Big Dots Combo set. I love a good dots die and the Big Dots Sentiment set is probably one of my most used Waffle Flower stamp sets to date. Classic font and useable sentiments.

Waffle Flower-Big Dots Combo

Next is the Fresh Rainbow Combo set. This rainbow die gives me life and pairs perfectly with JJ’s Rainbow paper pack. The sentiment are perfect as well with a great mixture of fonts.

Waffle Flower-Fresh Rainbow Combo

My last favorite product is the Oversized Hope combo. I love this big hope die and the sentiment set gives it many uses for various occasions. I think hope is always a fabulous sentiment to send.

Waffle Flower-Oversized Hope

I created a couple of projects using a few of my favorite products.

Waffle Flower-Half-Half Lines Paper, Color Combo Dies, Big Dots Sentiments

For both of these cards I used the Color Combo die with Half-Half Lines paper packs.

Waffle Flower-Half-Half Lines Paper, Color Combo Dies, Big Dots Sentiments

I used a mixture of the Enchanted, Unicorn & Christmas Half-Half paper packs for this happy color combo.

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For the sentiment on both cards I used the Big Dots sentiment set.

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I embossed both sentiments in white onto black cardstock.

Waffle Flower-Half-Half Lines Paper, Color Combo Dies, Big Dots Sentiments

Giveaways:
For today’s hop:
Waffle Flower is giving away one $100 gift certificate, two $50 gift certificates, four $25 gift certificates to a total of 7 lucky winners! You can leave a comment to this post on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on Monday March 22nd, 2021 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 3/24/2021.

Waffle Flower Blog
Arjita Singh
Caly Person
Channin Pelletier
Galina Filippenko
Jeanne Jachna
Jessica Frost-Ballas
JJ Bolton
Laura Bassen
Rebecca Keppel
Renee Day
Vicky Papaioannou

Rainbow Stitching

Hi there! Today I’m over on the My Favorite Things YouTube channel featuring some rainbow stitching or “faux” stitching. I started with the Cross-Stitch Rectangle Die-namics to create my stitching panel. For the sentiment I used the Little Birthday Notes.

MFT-Cross-Stitch Rectangle Die-namics, Little Birthday Notes

I was inspired by the beautiful threading designs of Aheba Williamson. She creates amazing thread designs on card, and I wanted to try something similar with all of this floss that I seem to keep hoarding. You can check out my video HERE! Thanks so much for stopping by!