Imagine Crafts: Embossed Highlights

Hello, friends:)

***Click HERE for the Caring Hearts blog hop and GIVEAWAY! Deadline: November 8th

I'm super excited today to share another Imagine Crafts video! Click HERE or HERE to check it out:) 

Today I'm joining in the fun and using Lawn Fawn Finely's ABC dies. I paired some die cut letters with my Tsukineko VersaMark ink along with the Gold and Silver embossing powder to create some super CAS Holiday cards (or New Year's Eve and birthday cards)!  ***Be sure to change your settings to HD before watching! THANKS:)

I hope that you will stop over on the Imagine Crafts blog to check out my video and leave some love!!! Or click HERE to watch the video on YouTube or HERE on Vimeo.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:)

Paper Made Bakery April Kit creations

Hello, friends:}

I've been sharing my Paper Made Bakery creations over on the PMB blog with just sneak peeks here...so I created a post with all my creations that I made using the current month's kit supplies. 

The PMB April kit, Walk on the Bright Side, was packed with lots of buttons and embellishments, along with papers and stamps from Lawn Fawn. This was a super fun kit to play with:) 

For my first creation, I created an adorable card by placing lots of patterned papers together and adding different embellishments and punched borders/edges. I shared this for our release hop! Read more about it HERE. **This was an extremely hard card to photograph! 

For my first PMB post, I created a simple CAS card. LOVE the design and the fun colors! Click HERE to read more about this card. **Another extremely hard card to photograph! 

I made another simple card using the "blocking" technique. EVERYTHING on this card is from the PMB April kit. Read more about this card HERE. 

Then I got a bit fancy! I used the Action Wobble that is included in the April kit to make this easel card. I love love love it! You can read more about this card and the tutorial HERE.

And I created two CAS cards using the leftover scraps of my April kit. I love that pink/red paper in this kit!! Click HERE to read more about these CAS cards.

That's it for me today! I'll be sharing more Paper Made Bakery goodness soon! We have a new kit coming for May! HOOOOORAY! The PMB release blog hop will be on May 1st--so mark your calendars! You are going to LOVE this new kit!!! 

Be sure to stop by the PMB blog and check us out on Facebook and Twitter. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Paper Made Bakery sneak peek {post2}

Hello, friends:}

**Please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Momenta post! 

It's my day to share a project over on the Paper Made Bakery blog!!! I hope you stop by the PMB today to see my project. I've created a couple of CAS cards using the scraps from my April kit.  

I used the Paper Made Bakery April kit, A Walk on the Bright Side, for my projects! Be sure to pick up your April kit HERE! Here's a sneak of my cards:)

THANKS so much for stopping by here and the PMB HERE to check out my project! Be blessed:}

PMB April Release Hop- GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends:}

Today is a super fabulous day! The Paper Made Bakery is having a APRIL release blog hop! SOOOOOOO fun! 

If you came from Stephanie's blog, you are in the right place-- if you would like to start from the beginning of the hop, please click HERE or go to the PMB blog.

This new April kit {called Walk on the Bright Side} is AMAZING! You are going to LOVE it! PMB has included some Lawn Fawn goodies in this kit-- hemp twine, the brand new paper line "Bright Side", and some new stamps "You've Got Mail"! Check out this photo of the kit--look at all those embellishments! LOVE:)

I had a really great time making my card--it has so many beautiful patterned papers that I was smiling the whole time! I used some of my old DCWV brown cardstock and some border punches along with my PMB April kit, Walk on the Bright Side, for this card. I masked the sentiment from LF and made it into a long strip for the center of the card. LOVE LOVE LOVE how it turned out! 

That's it for me today--don't forget to stop by all the other PMB DT members' blogs.  Next up--hop on over to Ryann's blog for some more PMB craftiness! 

**Here's a list of blog to hop just in case you get lost:) 

Paper Made Bakery

Stephanie

Sav {you are here}

Ryann

Michelle

Lisa

Ashley

And....there's more!!!!!! The Paper Made Bakery is having a GIVEAWAY! Here are the details: 

1. Leave a comment on each blog in this hop (original comments please). The more you comment the better chance of winning!

Extra entries!!!!

2. Leave a comment on the Paper Made Bakery blog.

3. Follow PMB on Facebook

4. Follow PMB on Twitter

5. Share this giveaway and hop on Facebook/Twitter/email. Be sure to leave a comment on the PMB FB wall letting us know you've shared! 

More details: Comment here and on each gal's blog (original comments, please).  The more you comment, the better chance of winning!  Want EXTRA entries?!  Share this hop on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, in an email...Be sure to comment on Paper Made Bakery's FB wall and let us know you've shared -- if you haven't already, Like Us while you're there!  We'll pick TWO lucky winners on Wednesday, April 4, so hop on down the bloggy trail -- hippity hoppity!.

THANK YOU for stopping by! Be blessed! 

PDCC #108

Hello, friends:}

We are starting another color story today over on the  Play Date Cafe blog! This challenge will last for two weeks--you have until Nov. 29th at 11:59pm EST to play along:)  Our sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn. 

I created a simple gift bag for a friend. Just wanted a simple design with beautiful flowers. I used some beautiful basque seam binding {available at The Ribbon Carousel} with some flowers that I had in my stash. I just love the flowers layered together! The stamp is from Lawn Fawn's Blissful Botanicals set. EASY! 

I matched the flowers PERFECTLY by holding up my iPhone with the inspiration photo. Drat it all--my editing for the white bag turned them colors! Promise--they are the same colors as the inspiration photo!

That's it for me....but be sure to stop by the PDCC blog for complete details and prize information! The PDCC sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn. And don't forget--this is a two week challenge that ends Nov. 29th at 11:59pm EST. 

Thanks for stopping by! Be blessed:}

PDCC #100

Hello, friends:}

Hoooooray for another fun day over at the Play Date Cafe! Today starts a brand new color story-pastels! And we have a new sponsor--Lawn Fawn!! 

This new color story made me think of fall and Thanksgiving. I received Blissful Botanicals from Lawn Fawn {THANK YOU!}, and the sentiment was perfect for my card sketch/idea! I created a fairly CAS card with just patterned paper to match the two orange hues, and then I paper pieced the leaves together with some white flowers and gems. I added the sentiment in the circle with a glittered butterfly. Easy!  I used more oranges than green because I wanted just a hint for the leaves. 

That's it for me....but be sure to stop by the PDCC blog for complete details and prize information! The PDCC sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn. And don't forget to stop by all the other PDCC DT members' blogs-- AMAZING!!! 

Thanks for stopping by! Be blessed:} 

EIC #100 {Cathy Walters} and blog hop!!!

Hello, friends:}

It is a FABULOUS day in EtsyInspired-land!! We are celebrating our 100th challenge! HOOOORAY! And to celebrate we are having a blog hop with a prize on each DT blog! 


Our featured Etsy shop this week is:: Cathy Walters! WOW--so much inspiration! She makes beautiful pendants and many other pieces as well! Cathy is an avid photographer and loves to "make stuff"!  It's easy to see how photography could inspire these gorgeous pieces of jewelry!  Just look at some of these pendants she's made!

Because this is our 100th challenge...we have some AWESOME sponsors lined up for you! We have two prizes for our players, which include:: one free pendant [winner's choice] from Cathy Walters and a Grand Prize box filled with goodies [pictured on the right]. Some of the goodies in this Grand Prize include: 

• 12x12 cardstock stacks
• Papercraft Magazine and Pin
• Scrapbook in a bag
• Ribbon
• Sequins
• Chipboard mini album and elements
• Metal tags
• Buttons
• Embossing squares
• Glitter
• Tickets
• Rubber stamps
• Felt embellies
• Brads
• Flowers
• AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

And for all of our friends, you can be entered to win a prize from one of these FABULOUS sponsors:: Unity Stamp Co., Lawn Fawn, May Arts, Charleston Scrapbooking, Soft Pencil Designs, and Limelight Papercrafts! WOW!! All you have to do to win one of these prizes is hop through each of the EIC DT blogs and leave some love! 

Today I'm sharing three cards that I made--I couldn't help myself! Cathy Walters has super cute pendants!! This first creation is actually a tag. It was created using my Artistic Outpost stamps. I stamped the background with the text/eggs and then distressed it. I wanted it to look as close to the inspiration photo as possible. Then I stamped the nest and cut it smaller--then using my brown burlap string {available at Limelight}, I made the nest 3D! LOVE it! Then I made the eggs blue--it makes them pop more. The sentiment is from Ippity's What Matters Most set. LOVE LOVE LOVE this tag!! 

This next card was inspired by the owl pendant and created using woodgrain paper from DCWV. The owl and sentiment is from Unity's What A Hoot set. LOVE it! I wanted that owl to look like the photo--but with more color and dimension! 

My last card was created based on the butterfly pendant. I really liked how it looked with words and a butterfly--so I created a muted red and brown card. I love how the metal frame holds the sentiment {Ippity's Regal Greetings} and butterfly {Unity's Naturally You}. I wanted the butterfly to be with more shine--so I added glossy accents. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

That's it for me--but there are prizes waiting for you! I will be giving one lucky person the Unity set How Far Can One Go. ACK--LOVE LOVE LOVE Unity!! And don't worry--there are prizes on each of our DTs' blogs!! So stop by there to win a prize:

Ashley

De

Emily B.

Emily N.

Joy

Julie Ranae {August Guest DT}

Kerry

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

Don't forget to head over to the EIC blog for more details! This challenge ends on Friday, August 13 at noon Pacific Time. 


Thanks so much for stopping by! LOVE LOVE LOVE sharing these challenges with you! Happy 100th challenge, EIC!! Here's to 100 more!! Be blessed;}

ps...just wanted to remind you about the prizes::: There will be two winners picked from players of EIC100. One will win a free pendant of their choice from Cathy Walters, the other will win the Grand Prize box. Winners from the EIC DT blogs will be randomly picked and announced sometime after Noon on Friday, August 13.