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January 07, 2020

seasons givings blog hop winner!

Hi crafty friends, thanks to all who entered my Seasons Givings Blog Hop Giveaway. I truly appreciated all your stories and comments about the thoughtful gifts you gave last year. You can find the winner on the original post HERE.

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January 01, 2020

seasons givings blog hop: year 8

***Updated with new winner: Jo has let me know that she has some of the things in the prize already and would love to pass it on to someone who could really use it. How generous!

New winner is: Karen Kuschel

My goal is to include more water coloring in my projects this year, this giveaway is great for that! I always give my daughter a monthly subscription to something she loves as she lives in Chicago away from is and I like it that it reminds her she has a fan club close at heart. This year is teas of the month. She can think of us and how much we support her as she relaxes with her special teas each month. ❤

Posted by: Karen Kuschel | January 02, 2020 at 07:56 PM

***Updated with WINNER: Congrats Jo Anne Malicoat who said "I don't know if this qualifies as a "gift" exactly, but an elderly woman uses the same vet as we do, and I was in there one day and overheard her making payment arrangements because her sweet kitty was sick and she couldn't pay. So after she left I settled her bill for her and asked the vet to keep it anonymous. I felt so good knowing she wouldn't have to worry about that any more.". I truly enjoyed reading all of your stories about the wonderful and thoughtful gifts you gave this year. Thank you all for hopping along. Comments are now closed :)

Happy New Year crafty friends! One of my favorite days of the year is here, the Seasons Givings Blog Hop. This is a perfect time to reflect on the past year, think about goals for next year and to appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you to all of you who left a sweet comment on my blog, attended one of my classes and events, or followed me on Instagram this year. I love teaching, and I always love to share what new things I have been using or buying, and you know if you are a follower that I absolutely LOVE rainbows...so a rainbow giveaway it is!

TO ENTER: Leave me a comment telling me what the most meaningful "gift" you gave this year was (bought, handmade, or even the gift of your time). I will pick a winner sometime on January 7th. **Prize can be mailed to US addresses only, thanks for understanding**

I wanted to share a few of my favorite 2019 rainbow finds with you for my giveaway this year. Included in my giveaway are:

Josie Lewis Limited Edition Watercolor Paint Set (yours will be new of course!)
Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Heart Wafer Die
Yellow Owl Workshop Color Wheel Socks
Yellow Owl Workshop Color Wheel Lapel Pin

If you love rainbows as much as I do, you might be interested in some of my favorite rainbow creations from my Instagram account this year. Please be sure to follow me at @cheiron for even more rainbows....

Here is the full list of links for this hop:

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook & Cards Today

MFT Stamps

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

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December 24, 2019

the gray muse: guest designer

Hello crafty friends! I am thrilled to share some cards today that I created with some of the amazing clear stamp sets from The Gray Muse. You may not know that the super sweet owner of The Gray Muse, Rubeena, lives a town over from me, and I have had the pleasure of hanging out with her a few times. I have loved following her journey of crafting, watching her opening her own shop selling inspiring enamel pin designs, and most recently adding clear stamps to her line of products.

**I also will be having a special giveaway later today over on instagram, so be sure to follow me there as well! **

I have played with a few of The Gray Muse fantastic sets today and made a couple of cards to share with you. For the first card, I used the Happiness Blooms set and colored it in with Copics in some bright pinks and purples. I gave the panel a thin black border and stamped the sentiment on its own mini panel and adhered it to the card.

For my second card, I created something super quick and easy...and totally adorable combining the Dogs in the Craftroom and a simple sentiment from the You Grow Girl set, which is perfect to send to any of my dog loving friends!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed these cards. I have a few more cards I'll be sharing over the next couple of weeks so be sure to stop back to check them out :)

SUPPLIES:

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December 31, 2018

season's givings blog hop year seven

*UPDATED BELOW WITH WINNER*** Happy 2019, crafty friends! I'm excited to be a part of the Seasons Giving Blog Hop hosted by Latisha Yoast. Thank you so much for your support this year…I truly appreciate it! If you are not already a follower, be sure to sign up for my mailing list or keep up with my daily creations on instagram...

In the spirit of celebration, I thought I'd share two of my favorite celebration cards from this year....First up is this birthday card that was featured over on the Neat and Tangled blog earlier this year. You can check out the post here. This card was so much fun to make and can be easily created in multiples or in a different color scheme for any occasion. Distress Oxides and Distress Blending Brushes really made this card come together.

Second, one of the last cards I made this year, (but one of the most fun) using the Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design Birthday Palooza stamps and dies, a bit of loose Copic coloring and super cute sprinkles:

I'd like to share this fun with you with a chance to win the stamps, dies and stencils I used to create these 2 cards.

TO ENTER: Follow me on Instagram, and please leave me a comment below letting me know how you are celebrating the new year and I will pick a winner from the comments sometime on Monday, January 7th.

WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED: (Lana, I have emailed you)

Lana Lepinski said:

Thanks for the chance to win! I'm celebrating New Years by stamping all day with a few "chores" in between. We are having steaks and twice baked potatoes for dinner! Happy New Year to you!

The winner will receive the 4 items shown below: Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design Birthday Palooza stamps and dies, the Neat and Tangled Balloon Duo stencil and the Neat and Tangled So Many Sentiment stamps!

Here is a list of ALL the participants on the hop. Remember the more stops you make, the more chances you have to win!!! Thanks for stopping by and good luck to all :)

Lawn Fawn
Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine

Hero Arts

My Favorite Things
Reverse Confetti
My Sweet Petunia

Picket Fence Stamps
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Ink Blot Shop
Indigo Jade Art
Sunny Studio Stamps
Paper House Productions
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps
The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Newton's Nook Designs

Latisha Yoast

Lydia Fiedler
Lori Craig
Dina Kowal

Nichol Spohr
Chari Moss

Jenn Shurkus

Vera Yates

Ashley Newell
Beth Pingry
Giovana Smith
Dana Joy
Heather Hoffman
Margie Higuchi
Mindy Eggen
Julie Tilman
Cindy Lawrence
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kelly Latevola
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Emily Leiphart
Kristi Goulet
Debi Adams
Tracey McNeeley
Wanda Guess
Ashley Harris
Tracey McLennon
Janine Tinklenberg
Amy Rysavy
Caly Person
Marcie Sharp
Mary-Ann Coulter
Amy Tsuruta
Tricia Barber
Shemaine Smith
Christine Meyer
Lisa Henke
Shellye McDaniel
Kathy Schweinfurth
Yvonne Van Der Grijp
Lynette Kaufmann
Laura Williams
Dana Tatar
Cheiron Brandon
Patti Gilliam
Gracie Chavez
Carisa Zglobicki
Debbie Seyer
Mariana Grigsby
Michelle Woerner
Deborah Saaranen
Lisa Stein

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September 09, 2018

winner: rubeena's crafting anniversary 2-day blog hop!

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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July 19, 2018

get cracking on christmas: july (blog hop and giveaway!)

UPDATED: Giveaway winner is Ruth Tacoma! Ruth I have emailed you :)

Ruth Tacoma said:

Super cute! Love the elf! And the snow globe is awesome!

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.

Jenn Shurkus
Susan Opel (posting on Jenn's site)
Chari Moss
Cheiron Brandon
Libby Hickson
Caryn Davies
Emily Midgett
Vera Yates
Tifany DeGough
Jana Millen
Lydia Fiedler
Lisa Cisneros
Susan Wymer
Jessie Banks
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Teri Anderson
Lisa Henke

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February 06, 2017

neat and tangled: so lucky

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!

SUPPLIES:

Neat and Tangled Classic Tag 1	Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger TDA53927	RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger TDP47384	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CRUSHED OLIVE Ranger TDP39914	Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint PEELED PAINT Ranger TDF53156
Lawn Fawn LIME Single Cord Trimmings LF443	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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August 22, 2016

hero arts: winter catalog blog hop

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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September 29, 2015

STAMPtember® Blog Hop winner!

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:

Crafty Milka

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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February 13, 2015

hero arts: amor & giveaway winner

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.