Hi there!! I’m back again to share a quick peek at a project that I have over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. I used the Perfect Shapes die set to create this colorful star. For the sentiment I used Just Because Word Mix 2. You can check out the video of this project HERE!
Also, I wanted to mention that am joining Jeff Lindberg and crafty friends for his Craft Cocktails-Brunch edition today at 2pm EDT. Come and hang out with us over on his YouTube channel HERE!
Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Waffle Flower for their sixth year celebration!
For my project I used the Color Combo Die and die cut a bunch of colorful little squares. I adhered them onto a panel in rainbow fashion. For the sentiment I used the Big Dots Sentiments set.
Here’s a video to show you how I created my project.
Giveaways: To celebrate its 6th Anniversary, Waffle Flower has been hosting lots of giveaways on its YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $100 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on April 8th, 2020 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 4/10/2020.
We are also hosting an Instagram Hop among all team members that will go live at 12:00 noon EDT today! Don’t forget to join us there!
All of our giveaways open to worldwide participants age 16 and above!
Specials: We do not want to encourage impulsive purchases so we are not hosting a sale. Use what you have or join our giveaways here on the blog and on our YouTube, Instagram and Facebook! Stay calm and healthy! From now till 11:59pm EDT on April 8th, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive a mysterious gift! It’s a brand new product that will be released on April 10th! Sneak Peeks starts tomorrow!
I’ve created a very simple and colorful project featuring the Line Art stamp set.
I stamped one bloom repeatedly using Altenew inks and added a circle opening to frame the sentiment from the Hope stamp set.
Here’s a video to show how I made this card.
Prizes Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2020 for a chance to win one of 37 prizes! Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/18/2020.
Hi there! Today I’m excited to join many, many other talented card makers for the United we Craft Blog Party with Simon Says Stamp!
I created another stitching card. This time with my favorite, beloved triangles. I used the Stitching Panel die by Simon Says Stamp and some yarn that I picked up at the drugstore. Of course, embroidery floss would work, too. I’m just having fun with the fuzzy texture of the yarn lately.
I attempted to get my family involved and catch the stitching on cards bug. My two daughters, Bailey & Emma, are always ready to try something crafty. The others, well, I tried, that’s all I can say:) I think the girls will want to try this again.
Here’s a video to show you my attempt at getting the family crafty during this quarantine as well as how I created my card. Let me just say that my family is in rare form here. This is, what feels like, day 1,999 of being pent up in the house together, so we are loopy and sarcastic and please know that we do actually love each other…..I think:)
Make sure and check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to see a list of all the card makers joining the Blog Party! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hi there! Today I have a fun card to share featuring the Stitching Panel die by Simon Says Stamp.
I’ve had some pretty yarn sitting on my desk now, waiting to either be stitched on a card or made into pom poms. I haven’t really stitched on many cards, but I can see how it can easily become addicting. I have so many other patterns that I want to try. Pinterest has a plethora of stitching patterns and embroidery color inspiration.
For the sentiment I used the Just Because Word Mix 2 stamp set. I used the Nested Circle dies to cut the sentiment as well as some vellum to mat the sentiment. The Stitching Panel die creates a rather large panel. I only used about half of it and carefully trimmed it smaller to be mounted on an Ivory card base. I highly recommend the Tool n’ One to help pop out the stitching holes.
If you look closely you can see that I messed up a little bit on my pattern with a few of the white squares, but I probably shouldn’t point that out, right?:) By the way, I am very happy to report that my daughter’s chocolate chip cookies came out perfect. I kid you not, they looked like they were from a store. They are also long gone, but now I think she might have caught the baking bug. Is that good or bad? Oh boy! A moment on the lips, forever on the hips:) Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hi there! Today I’m sharing a few super simple graphic projects that use very limited supplies. You probably have everything you need to make these today!
I was inspired by some beautiful art that I’ve seen by Andy Westface and others on Pinterest HERE and HERE.
I created circle masks using the Nested Circle dies and blended the color using Altenew inks.
For the mountains I simply masked off the angles using post-it tape.
Hi there! Today I’m sharing my first German card. The sentiment means “All the Best”…at least I think that’s what it means. I have been known to get these things wrong from time to time:)
I used the Ich flieg auf Dich stamp set from the Stamp Corner shop. Ich flieg auf Dich translates, “I’m flying on you”…which doesn’t really make sense, but sometimes things don’t really translate well. There are three German sentiments in this set. The one that I used actually says, “Alles Gute Kommt von Oben, which means, “Everything good comes from above”. I love that phrase, but I shortened it to fit the composition better.
For the image I maskedoff the bear to make it look like he’s hanging over the hot air balloon basket. I masked off the heart balloon as well to blend the color using Spun Sugar & Worn Lipstick. I colored the rest with Copics and fussy cut the whole thing to pop up onto the background. The pattern paper is by Pinkfresh Studio as well as the enamel dots.
Hope everyone is staying safe & healthy during this crazy time. Are you getting much crafty time in? I am having a hard time focusing with everyone home and trying to get these kids to do their homework. We spend 90% of our time translating the directions from German. It is a struggle and makes me appreciate the teachers so very much. Luckily math is math no matter where you are. Reading, however, is another ballgame. I am amazed at how quick the kids are picking up the language, though. Tonight is pizza night so that’s all that matters. Wishing you a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hi there! Today I’m joining Pinkfresh Studio for their Essentials Slim Cuts Release Blog Hop.
I made two long & slim cards using some of the new dies. My cards are 4″x 9″ long. My first card features the Slim Diagonal Stripes die. I die cut a panel of white cardstock & colored the inner diagonal stripes with Copics to create a colorful pattern inlayed into the die cut panel.
Hoping everyone is staying safe and healthy during this crazy time. We have done our fair share of napping and taking walks to occupy the time. I will say we’ve had two beautiful sunny days with blue skies and birds chirping. A sunny day always helps me. That and a little chocolate doesn’t hurt either:) You can check out the video HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by!
For my first card I created a wreath using a stamp from the new Wildflower Doodles stamp set. I’ve lost count how many wreaths I’ve made lately, but there’s so many gorgeous, leafy sets coming out lately that I can’t resist!
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 3/22/2020 for a chance to win.
Leave me a comment for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/24/2020.
