Hi crafty friends! Apologies for the delay, but it's time to announce the winner of the alcohol ink gift pack from my blog for Rubeena's Crafting Anniversary Blog hop.
The winner is barbara lassiter...please email me through the contact me on my sidebar. I have also emailed you :) Thank you to each and everyone person who left a comment on my card, they truly made my day!
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UPDATED: Giveaway winner is Ruth Tacoma! Ruth I have emailed you :)
Ruth Tacoma said:
Hi there crafty friends! I'm back with another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas, where my friend Jenn has challenged us to work on our Christmas cards each month throughout the year to build up our stash BEFORE the holidays. You can read all about how this got started here.
This month is extra special as we have a bunch of awesome card makers joining us for a fun blog hop to get cracking on their Christmas cards too! Be sure to hop along and look for the giveaways along the hop stops.
Today, I have used one of my favorite Neat and Tangled sets, Elfs and their Shelves. I think I used the set once when I got it for an annual holiday card event that I teach and never got any more love. I pulled it out today for some quick coloring and a super cute and easy card. If you are hopping along, hop on over to the blog of my sweet friend Libby, she has an awesome card (and an awesome giveaway) for you today)! The full list of stops is below.
GIVEAWAY: Do you love this set as much as I do? Please leave me a comment below and I will pick one lucky winner to receive the stamp set AND the dies to match (and a few other goodies!) I'll pick a winner on Tues, July 24th and post it here. Prize can me mailed to US address only (thanks for understanding) :)
I hope you will be inspired by these posts to create even at least one Christmas card...be sure to share it with us on social media using the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas
Now it's time to see what all of the other designers have in store for you today! Hop along and make sure to comment along the way to win some fun prizes.
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It's release week over at Neat and Tangled and I can't wait to share all the fun with you this week. Today I am featuring a card using the new So Lucky stamp set. I'm not even a little bit Irish, but I always love celebrating St.Patrick's Day. This set has such a wonderful big bold sentiment, and the cutest little shamrocks too!
I used all of the little shamrocks in the set (then splattered them with a bit of gold) to create a patterned background panel and then stamped the beautiful bold sentiment on the Classic Tag 1 die. I think this will make the perfect St.Patty's card for my husband :)
Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!
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Hi there and welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts Winter Catalog Blog Hop! I am so excited to be hopping along with this group of fabulous ladies and all of you today, so thanks for stopping by. You should have arrived here from the blog of the amazing Amy Tan.
Hero Arts is giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Sunday, August 28 at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be announced the following week.
For this hop I created these fun and simple cards for you using the Origami Holiday Stamp and Die Combo :
Here is a closer peek at each. For the Santa Card, I paper pieced the origami santa and added him to a window card filled with holiday sequins:
The second card that I created using the deer stamp was embossed in gold, and I colored in each of the folds with a different color to create a fun and modern holiday card:
My favorite of the 3 may be this sweet little penguin that has been watercolored and placed on a snowbank created by swiping gesso over blue paint that was painted onto the card base. I finished off the card with a sprinkle of golden "snow":
And one more just for fun, I stamped a whole bunch of the Santas to create a background paper for my card, and colored them in loosely with watercolor and a spattering of black paint for some interest. I finished off the card with some red and white twine, and the tiniest little jingle bell. Isn't it fun?
The next stop on the hop is the super talented Debbie Olson and I am sure she has created some winter magic for you, so hop on over and take a peek! The full list of hop stops is below:
The Hero Arts Blog
Kelly Purkey
Jennifer McGuire
Kathy Racoosin
Wanda Guess
Lydia Fiedler
Alice Wertz
Amy Tan
Cheiron Brandon <---you are here
Debbie Olson
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Ilina Crouse
Isha Gupta
Jenn Shurkus
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Joan Bardee
Karin Akesdotter
Yana Smakula
Kelly Rasmussen
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Mariana Grigsby
May Sukyong Park
Libby Hickson
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Hi everyone! All the winners for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge STAMPtember® blog hop have now been posted.
The winner selected from my blog is:
Congratulations Milka, enjoy your grab bag! The Simon Says Stamp team will contact you to make sure you get your prize, and there is also more information on the Simon Says Stamp Store blog.
Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments on my Live Out Loud Mixed Media Panel, I enjoyed reading them all!
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Sharing a fun colorful card today that is perfect for Valentine's Day or to send love any day of the year. This fun new Amor stamp can be found on p.4 of the Hero Arts 2015 Spring Catalog and will be coming soon to stores near you. This was an easy CAS card to make. Just stamp in black Versamark and emboss, then color in with moonlight pens.
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway last week for the Untitled Heart set. The winner is Ida Laufer. Ida, I have emailed you :)
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Just sharing some fun collage style cards today that I made with and older (but still fabulous) Hero Arts set. I love any type of heart stamps and the ones in this Untitled Heart set are no exception. Would you like one for yourself? Just leave me a comment below and I will pick a winner next week!
These stamps are perfect for cards and art journaling pages too. All of the background papers were made using stamps and stencils. This is a great way to use the background stamps you have if you don't have a lot of patterned papers. Here are a a few of the Valentine's that I have made for the more artsy friends on my list:
This one features the Music Background stamped on torn paper in gold with a little inking on the edges. The seal from the Untitled Heart set was stamped on ripped canvas paper to provide an additional layer.
This one is super easy to make. A white wash of paint on a kraft note, a spritz of Cup O'Joe spray through a stencil, some purple ink through another stencil using a foam dauber and a few stamps topped off with a cut out heart and some gems.
Another easy card, some texture paste through the stencil and a light spray of Cup O'Joe to make the background layered with stamped and stenciled papers and topped with a gold embossed heart. I used about half a package of Metallic Decor on this one, so you know it will go to someone special :)
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Thank you to everyone who left comments last week! I am so happy to announce the giveaway winners today. Please email me using the contact me link in my blog banner to claim your prize :)
Monday (Hero Arts Inks):
Jamie Vanskiver
Tuesday (mini gelli plate):
Barbara Chmura
Wednesday: (art journal courage book):
Carla Hundley
Thursday: (Hero Arts stamps):
Lisa Lara
Friday: (Hero Arts stamps and Distress Spray Stain:
Miriam Prantner
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Thanks to all of you who have been following along with the giveways this week. Sorry this one is a bit late. Make sure to check back on Monday when I announce all of the winners for the week and I'll also have some very fun creative news to share with you!
Today I have two fun things. This Bold Cheers stamp from Hero Arts (don't you love the big bold font):
And some Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain. If you haven't tried these yet, I think you are going to love them:
Just leave a comment to win, and I'll be back with the winners on Monday!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all that are celebrating today! Time for Day 4 of gratitude week and today I'm giving away some Hero Arts stamps that are good for celebrating all year long.
This Dauber Garland stamp. This stamp is fun to color in with Hero Arts Daubers, the dots fit perfectly inside the stamped image (I'll throw in a few daubers too!)
and this fun Yay! sentiment set:
Used together or on their own, these stamps are great to use on cards to celebrate the big (and small) moments in life.
Just leave me a comment to win, and check back on Monday when I list all the winners :)
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