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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop + Giveaways!

Hello! I'm so excited to be part of the Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop! They're releasing one new stamp set and five new dies that will be available to purchase in the Paper Smooches online store at 10:00 am central on Friday, June 7th.

To add extra fun to the blog hop...there are prizes! The prize - a $30. gift code to use at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning)

FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the blogs below

Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on June 8th to leave a comment.

Please check the Paper Smooches blog on June 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.

Paper Smooches blog

Guests:

Amy Tsuruta 💚

Emily Leiphart

Design Team:

Alice Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Here's a quick peek at how I was inspired! I designed three projects especially for today:

First up is the fun hot pink Vespa card!

I adore this new Vespa die, the possibilities are endless. I couldn't resist making a scenery with it. I combined the Sunny Dies + Mini Cloud Dies. The sentiment is from the Sunnyville stamp set.

Next up, the Cuppa Sunshine Dies!

Okay, aren't they awesome? The dies are so fun and original. You'll be seeing these a lot because I like coffee a smidge (wink). I've die cut the black panel three times and stacked them up. I cut the solid cup die in pale blue and backed the outlines. The sentiment is from the new Sunnyville stamp set.

My final card:

Oh my goodness, that sweet sun and that cute bird! I can't stand all of the cuteness. I love how the green gingham makes the center focal point POP.

I can't wait to see how the Paper Smooches Design Team and my bloggie friend Emily Leiphart were inspired!

Thank you sooo much for stopping by and a huge shout out to Kim of Paper Smooches for the invite today!

Friday, May 24, 2019

Hero Arts Anniversary Blog Hop - Day 3

I am so excited to help Hero Arts celebrate being in the industry for 45 years! WOW! How awesome is that?! You should have arrived here from the Hero Arts blog. If not, you'll want to start there, that's where the party starts.

Check out some of their industry friends and partners that are participating in this 3 day event:

Hero Arts: 3 $145 Gift Certificates, 3 $45 Gift Certificates
Altenew: $50 Gift Certificate
Art Impressions: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $50 Gift Certificate
Gina K: $100 Gift Certificate
Jennifer McGuire Ink: $100 Hero Arts Gift Certificate, 5 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags
Lawn Fawn: $50 Gift Certificate
Laurie Willison: 2 Card Hanger Dies
My Sweet Petunia: 1 Prize Bundle (Original MISTI, a set of Creative Corners, a Cut-Align, and a bar magnet)
Online Card Classes: 5 spots in the Stamp Happy In Good Company: Hero Arts class
Pink Fresh Studio: $45 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: 3 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2019 Issue
Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate

Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days - comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and we will announce the winners on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Here's how I was inspired for today's hop:

Today I'm featuring the CM339 Teacup Flowers set. Of course, it's a caffeinated design. The fun sentiment is from Irreverent Birthday Messages.

I used Gina K Designs' Wreath Builders, she is one of the many prize sponsors.

Hero Hues Papers, oh wow, such a lovely rainbow of colors. No surprises that I used the gorgeous PS308 Hero Hues Kiwi.

Check out the interior of my 4.25 x 4.25 card:

The sentiment is from CM299 Tea Time. Who doesn't love a tea party?!

I went through my blog archives to find a project that featured the Hero Arts Big Owl and found THIS. I found several others but whoa, my style has change a ton through the years. Keeping this super real, check out this Hero Arts Haiku Bunny project from the very first month of blogging in 2007.

Yup, I still own those stamps:

Next up is the fabulous Art Impressions! In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listing:

Hero Arts
Amy Tsuruta
Art Impressions
Cathy Zielske
Debby Hughes
Gina K Designs
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Lawn Fawn
Lisa Stein
Megan Hoeppner
Sandy Allnock
Simon Says Stamp
Tasnim Ahmed
Wanda Guess

Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

Monday, May 20, 2019

To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop + Giveaways!

We're hopping to celebrate the 2nd World Bee Day, to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. You should have arrived here from my friend Alice Huang's blog, if not, the fun starts on Milka Gubo's blog.

Check out all of these awesome sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps - $12 Bugaboo Gift Certificate

Clearly Besotted Stamps - £15 Clearly Besotted Gift Certificate

Create a Smile - 50€ Create a Smile Gift Certificate
Gerda Steiner Designs - $15 Gerda Steiner Designs Gift Certificate
Hannah Rosengren Studio - Bumble & Honey Bee Patch
Honey Bee Stamps - $30 Honey Bee Stamps Gift Certificate
Jane's Doodles - $50 Jane's Doodles Gift Certificate
Kitty Bee Designs - One Digital Image of the Winner's choice
Lawn Fawn - $25 Lawn Fawn Gift Certificate
Mo's Digital Pencil - $5 Mo's Digital Pencil Store Credit
Newton's Nook Designs - $25 Newton's Nook Designs Gift Certificate
Paper Smooches - Bee Mine stamp set + Bees Dies
Power Poppy - $20 Power Poppy Gift Certificate
Pretty Pink Posh - $25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificate
STAMPlorations - $20 STAMPlorations Gift Certificate
Sue Hastead of Tanglemouse Cards - Pretty Pink Posh 'Bee Friends' stamp set
Uniko - Clear Stamp set (in stock) of winner's choice
Your Next Stamp - Honey Bee stamp set
Milka Gubo - Jane's Doodles - Daisies stamp set

For your chance to win, hop along blogs of the participating designers and sponsors listed in blog hop list and leave comment on each blog hop stop (22 stops). After commenting, return back to Milkas blog and add your name to InLinkz, but prior you do, please read Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka's blog post below InLinkz.

InLinkz closes on May 31st 2019, 11:59 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on June 3rd 2019 during the day.

Here's how I was inspired:

I combined the following Paper Smooches stamp sets:

Courteous Cuties | So Fairy Cute | Courteous Cuties 2

I designed a bee stripe panel, love how that turned out!

I also used the Bannerific + Flaunters Dies.

I was inspired by Fusion Card Challenge:

Next up is my friend Donna Mikasa!

In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listing:

Milka Gubo

Alexandra Suta

Alice Huang

Amy Tsuruta --> You are here

Gerda Steiner Designs - Sponsor

Honey Bee Stamps - Sponsor

Lawn Fawn - Sponsor

Newton's Nook Designs - Sponsor

Paper Smooches - Sponsor

Pretty Pink Posh - Sponsor

Uniko - Sponsor

Your Next Stamp - Sponsor

Some links may be affiliate at no cost to you:

Monday, March 25, 2019

Topflight Stamps Birthday Blog Hop

It is Topflight Stamps 2nd birthday! To celebrate, they’ve teamed up with up some of your favorite crafters to bring you a blog hop showcasing some of the fabulous products available from Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us all and show all of the crafters some love!

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate, and each stop on the hop has an additional $15 Gift Certificate up for grabs. To be in with a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by April 8th.

Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 9th. Good Luck!

Check out their SALE:

You should have arrived here from the very awesome Dana Joy's blog. If not, you'll want to start at the beginning which is the Topflight Stamps' blog!

Today I'm featuring the Darkroom Door - Coffee Time set:

Here's how it inspired me. I wanted to do a mixed media'ish project. If you've been following me for any length of time, you know my style is generally clean + simple. This was a bit of a challenge for me but I had so much fun designing it:

The darkroom door Coffee Time set is really fun. I love their images and bold sentiments. Did you know that Topflight Stamps has a Coffee/Tea/Cocoa category in their shop??!!!

I challenged myself to incorporate everyday items that I had in my craft room. Can you spot them in my design?

I love to buy books from flea markets that I can use in papercrafting. The panel I used in my project today is from a japanese book that I picked up at a Seattle Japanese Language School rummage sale. I wish I could tell you when it was printed but I couldn't find any dates typed in english...I can tell you that most of the aging on that panel is real. I only aged it with distress oxides around the edge.

Green is one of my favorite colors so I added a smidge of green on that panel and then followed up with using the same ink for the coffee cup sleeve. Something that I recently learned from my Coffee Loving Cardmaker's teamie, Helen Gullet, is to use the interior of a coffee sleeve to distress/add ink to a project.

I then layered the coffee cup rings onto my panel and heat embossed them in white. I went ahead and cut up my inky coffee sleeve and incorporated it into my design too. Don't you love how much 'texture' there is in the green coffee sleeve?

That's it for me! I can't wait to hop around and soak up all of the amazing inspiration. Next up is Lindsay Weirich!

In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listing:

Topflight Stamps Blog (Donna)