Spread Joy Not Germs Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends!  Welcome to the #spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop.  We are so excited about this hop!  We hope to inspire you to make and send your handmade cards at this time.

We have 31 sponsors!  The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments, so you'll want to leave as many comments on as many blogs as you can.  The deadline to enter for prizes is April 24.  Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27 on Catherine Pooler's Blog and the Hedgehog Hollow Blog. 

You can find this sweet Anniversary Fairy digital image at The Greeting Farm.  The Greeting Farm is also a sponsor of this blog hop and they're giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner!

Your next stop on this fun hop is Donna Lewis.  You can stop by either Catherine Pooler or Hedgehog Hollow for all the hop details and the full hop list.

Thank you for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita

SugarPea Designs - 2nd Birthday Bash Blog Hop

It's SugarPea Designs' 2nd birthday and we are having a huge Birthday Bash Blog Hop!  Thank you so much for joining us for this fabulous celebration!  In addition to the SugarPea Designers, we've got some amazing Special Guests joining us today.  I hope you get lots of inspiration while you're hopping along!

I used this sweet Prehistoric Pals for my card today.  I just love this set - the dinosaurs are so adorable!  I used some distress inks and water to create my background and then I colored the images with copics.  I cut out the dinosaur and tree with the coordinating SugarCuts - Prehistoric Pals.  The sentiment banner was cut with the SugarCuts - Stitched Flags and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I added a few enamel dots to finish my card.

 

Well, it wouldn't be a hop without prizes, right?  So Wendy (the sweet owner of SugarPea Designs) is offering a $100 Gift Certificate to one lucky person who comments on all the blogs in the hop! 

 

This is also a Link-Up Blog Hop!  You can participate for a chance to WIN a Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine by creating a birthday card and linking it to the SugarPea Designs Blog here! 

Wendy is also offering a coupon code that you can use to receive 10% off your entire purchase!  The code is BDAY02 and it's valid until March 7th!

The blog hop and the link-up both end at Midnight EST, March 11th so hurry and get your birthday card linked up!  And don't forget to leave a comment at each stop for a chance to win the gift certificate!  The winners will be announced on the SugarPea Designs Blog on March 14th.

Here's the blog hop order:

SugarPea Designers
SugarPea Designs Blog
Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden  (you are here)
Jenny Peterson
Tracy Valure
Simonne Clay
Stacey Schafer
Wendy McGaffey
Vera Yates
Isha Gupta
Chaitali Narla
Brianna Loeffelbein
Kerin Sylvester
Amy Rohl
Lori Tecler
Dana Joy

Our Special Guests

Lisa Lara
Tara Godfrey
Veronica Zalis
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Kolling
Francine Vuilleme

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

Your Next Stamp October Release and Blog Hop!!!

Hello and welcome to our October New Release Blog Hop!

We have a fun lineup of stamps and dies for you this month.  We've got fabulous stamp sets and coordinating dies that will be perfect for your Christmas cards this year.  We've also got a new set of sentiments that I know you're going to love!  The entire release is available now in the YNS Store.

We've got lots of amazing guests joining our DT today!  You should have arrived here from Kelli's blog.  Make sure you hop around to all of the blogs featured in the link list located at the bottom of this post for lots of inspiration using the new products.  Be sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win one of FIVE $20.00 YNS gift certificates!  Karen will announce the five random winners on the YNS Blog on October 22.  

For my first card I used the adorable Darling Deer clear stamp.  I love this image and think it's a gorgeous stamp for holiday cards!  I added some glitter to the snow and then used the Jingle Bell Border Die to cut the jingle bells from some gold glitter paper. 

The second card uses the fun, playful Waddles - Snow Fun!  Another perfect set for your holiday cards!  This set includes four penguin images and perfect sentiments to go along with the penguins!  I think this may be my favorite set from the new release.  You just can't get much cuter than these little guys!  I also used the coordinating Waddles - Snow Fun! Die Set. I love to have coordinating stamps and dies - it makes cardmaking so much more fun!  Oh, the sparkly little gumdrops I've added to my card?  Well, you can find those in the YNS Store too. 

In addition to our October release, YNS is also launching their new website today!  If you set up an account on the new website you will receive 10% off your entire purchase (including sale items)!  Plus, Karen is offering 15% off our October release!  How sweet is that? 

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us today.  Don't forget to leave a comment at each stop!

  

7KCF Blog Hop

Happy Saturday everyone!  Well, the title of my post is a little misleading :-)  We had planned to do a 7KCF Blog Hop featuring SugarPea Designs stamps, but instead we're having a non-hop!  So instead of hopping from one blog to the next, all the projects are going to be posted over on the 7 Kids College Fund Blog.  That makes it super easy for you to see all the projects and saves you lots of time too!

I used the adorable Take A Load Off clear stamp set and colored it with copics and colored pencils.  The stamp set comes with lots of great sentiments too!  I kept my design clean and simple and only added a button tied with some hemp.  Be sure to stop by the 7 Kids College Fund Blog to see everyone's projects.  You'll also want to leave a comment while you're there as Tab is giving away a $25 gift card to the 7KCF Store!!!
 

Products from the 7KCF Store:

Take A Load Off Clear Stamp Set from SugarPea Designs

Solar White Smooth Classic Crest 80# Cardstock from Neenah

Copics

Blending Paper Stumps from ProArt

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Crafting At The Weekend Challenge 1  - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Challenge 9  -  Only One Embellishment
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge 27  -  Anything Goes
 

SugarPea Designs and Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop

Today, the SugarPeas are teaming up with the Perfect Paper Crafting design team to bring you a fabulous blog hop filled with SugarPea Designs sweetness and sweet crafting tools from our friends at Perfect Paper Crafting. You are sure to be inspired and you could WIN a fabulous prize!!
 

I used the adorable My Hero stamp set from the Bean Stalk Collection.  I love this image and think he's just perfect for making those male cards!  I colored him with copics and colored pencils and then used the fabulous Perfect Layers Mini Tool to create all of my layers.  This tool was so easy to use and I love that my layers turned out perfectly each and every time!     

  

 

 

I hope you will join our Blog Hop today - I promise that you will find TONS of inspiration - as well as a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe.  Perfect Paper Crafting is also giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to their store!  All you have to do is leave a comment on each designers' blog to be entered to win either prize!  Winners will be chosen at random and announced on the SugarPea Designs Blog on May 1st.

Below is a list of participating designers, happy hopping!

Perfect Paper Crafting - Laura Lynn

SugarPea Designs - Wendy Ramlakhan

Jenny Gropp

Kim O'Connell

Jenn Cochran

Tracy Valure

Roxie Glaza

Jenny Peterson

Jeanie Witmer

Sarah Gough

Tracy MacDonald

Anita Madden  (You're Here)

Mary Johnson

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy our hop!

 

Hugs, Anita
 

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:

Come and Get It Challenge  -  Where The Boys Are

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 318  -  Blue & Green

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 174  -  One For The Boys

 

Stamp:  SugarPea Designs - My Hero

Paper:  Carta Bella - Baby Mine; Bazzill

Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Perfect Layers Mini Tool, Glossy Accents

By LORi Designs April Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to our Blog Hop!  Lori has been busy creating lots of adorable new images for the Puddle Jumper family and we're going to share some of them with you today.

I used the sweet Puddle Jumper Emerson ... isn't he a cutie?  All of the Puddle Jumpers are so adorable and I know you're going to love them as much as I do! 

The hop runs till Saturday, April 26, at midnight EST.  Be sure to leave comments at each stop along the way.  The prize is 3 images of the winner's choice from the April release.  The winner will be announced on April 27 on the By LORi Designs Blog. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita


Stamp:  By LORi Designs - Puddle Jumper Emerson
Paper:  Simple Stories - Say Cheese; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, button, hemp  

Hope You Join Us!

We've got some new sweeties joining the By LORi Designs Puddle Jumper family!  Our New Release Blog Hop starts tomorrow, April 22 at Noon EST.

 

Hope to see you then!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

By LORi Designs

Hello sweet friends.  Just a reminder that the By LORi Designs Blog Hop starts tomorrow at 12 Noon EST.  Hope to see you then!

Hugs,
Anita

By LORi Designs Mini Hop

Happy Friday everyone!  Today we are having a mini hop to spotlight a couple of adorable By LORi Designs images.  You should have started over on the By LORi Designs Blog. 

I used this sweet little PJ ClairaBeth.  A perfect image for cute baby cards, right?  I colored here with copics and colored pencils.  I added some polka dots with acrylic paint and used Glossy Accents on her pacifier.

Now you need to hop over to Sheri's blog to see her fabulous creation!  There are 3 chances to win one of the cute images we are sharing today, so make sure you leave a comment at each stop.  You have until Sunday at midnight EST to enter the hop.  The winners will be announced on the By LORi Designs Blog on Monday. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita

Stamps:  By LORi Designs - PJ ClairaBeth; SugarPea Designs - Tweet Friend (sentiment)
Paper:  Echo Park - Bundle of Joy; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, buttons, acrylic paint   

Your Next Stamp Holiday Preview Party Hop

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Welcome to the YNS Holiday Preview Party Hop!  I was so excited when Nicole asked me to play along with their amazing DT for this hop - thank you Nicole and Karen!  There are 8 new digital images by the talented Penny & Laurence of Omnia Designs!

 

Would you like to earn an EXCLUSIVE FREE YNS digi stamp!?

 

The party begins on Nicole's blog where you will pick up your first letter to build a phrase, which will enable you to get an EXCLUSIVE FREE digi from YNS.  There will also be 10 randomly selected winners from the comments that will each WIN ONE FREE DIGI of their choice.  Please HOP to Nicole's blog for more details! 

 

 

I used Whispering Merry Christmas on my first card.  Isn't this bunny and his little birdie friend just the cutest?  I fell in love with this image as soon as I saw it and knew I just had to have it!  

For my second card I used Tobi's Christmas Cuddle ... another adorable image that I just had to have!  Both stamps are colored with copics and colored pencils and then I've just added some bows, snowflakes, and pearls. 

 

If you have been hopping along and building your phrase ... the next letter you will need is:

Winners will be posted at our online FACEBOOK release party, December 1st @ 7:00 pm EST on the Your Next Stamp Facebook fan page.  Winners will also be posted on the YNS Blog.

 

We would love to have you join us at our Facebook release party.  To RSVP, simply click this link:  FACEBOOK EVENT

Karen has a fabulous holiday promotion running and you can take advantage of this offer on digital stamps as well as YNS cling and clear stamps, dies, and embellishments.  This code is valid on all YNS products and is good from now until after the new digital stamp release goes live on Sunday, December 1st @ 8:00 pm EST through December 4th, 2013.

 

Thank you so much for joining our YNS Preview Party Hop!  Your next stop on the hop is Ruza #10 and you can click on her link below:

Hugs, Anita

Card 1
Stamps:  Your Next Stamp - Whispering Merry Christmas; My Favorite Things - Merry & Bright (sentiment)
Paper:  My Mind's Eye - Vintage Christmas; Kraft
Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, Memory Box Vintage Bird Cage Die, seam binding, cheesecloth, pearls, CC Designs Cutter Snowflake die, Impression Obsession snowflake die, MFT hemp cording

Card 2
Stamps:  Your Next Stamp - Tobi's Christmas Cuddle; My Favorite Things - Merry & Bright (sentiment)
Paper:  K & Co - Christmas Cheer; Kraft
Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, Liquid Applique, MS border punch, seam binding, MFT hemp cording, jingle bell, pearls, Impression Obsession snowflake die, CC Designs Cutter snowflake die

A Sneak Peek ...

The next launch of Sugar Nellie Christmas images ... I hope to see you tomorrow at 10 am UK (5 am EST).

Hugs, Anita

Happy National Lollipop Day!

Happy National Lollipop Day!  How does a By LORi Designs blog hop sound to help celebrate such a FUN and YUMMY day?  Who doesn't LOVE lollipops?!?  To help get the party started, Lori has created not ONE but TWO new images featuring lollipops!  YAY!!!

 

We would like to introduce you to Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl and Puddle Jumper Lollipop Boy!  They are both available for sale in the shop today and can be found here.  

And here's the card I made using the sweet and adorable Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl.  Now what's a hop without PRIZES?

Grand Prize:  Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl and Puddle Jumper Lollipop Boy
2nd Prize:  Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl
3rd Prize:  Puddle Jumper Lollipop Boy

Three random winners will be chosen.  All you need to do is leave some love at each stop along the hop.  You have until 11:59 EST on Sunday (July 21st) to leave comments for a chance to win!  Winners will be announced on the BLD Blog on Monday (July 22nd).  Good luck to all and Happy Hopping!

Hugs, Anita

Sugar Nellie Launch Day Blog Hop

Happy Saturday sweet friends!  Be sure to stop by the Sugar Nellie Blog to join in the Fairy Glen Launch Day Blog Hop!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita

Sugar Nellie Sneak Peeks

Oh my!  Look who's arriving this week over at Sugar Nellie ...

it's the Fairy Glen Fairies!

We're having sneak peeks starting today and a blog hop on Saturday, June 15th.  Be sure to stop by the Sugar Nellie Blog to see the beautiful new fairies!

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

May Day at The Greeting Farm

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Hi everyone!

It's MAY-day at The Greeting Farm and we are here to celebrate our wonderful spring-themed release!  We hope you've enjoyed the last few days of previews as we've introduced you to TWO new Anyas and THREE new TGF dies.  The possibilities are truly endless with these versatile borders and we are anticipating seeing some super cute projects made by a lot of you!

There's a lot of fun to be had this month and we are just getting started with our RELEASE DAY blog hop!  As always, the prize is one sweet deal, as one lucky winner will receive the ENTIRE May release!  Here's what I have for you today:

This little sweetie is Gardening Anya.  Isn't she adorable?  I've also used one of our new dies - the Tulip Border Die.  If you want more details about my card you can scroll down to the bottom of this post.  So, let's get on with the blog hop, shall we?  If this is your first stop be sure to head back over to the TGF Blog to begin the hop.  Here's the order for our May release party:

Suzanne Bier

 

Rosie Bridges

 

Maria Therese Hatloy

 

Anita Madden  (You Are Here)

 

Peggy McCurry

 

Rachel Parys

 

Annie Rosenstiel

 

Jodi Stanisch

 

Jo Thompson

 

Joni Wilson

 

Thanh Vo

 

Peggy Toole

 

Jessica Diedrich

... and BACK to the TGF Blog to leave a comment letting us know you've hopped, left comments on each blog along the way, and what you love about this month's release!  You have until 11:30 pm CST this evening to sit back, take in all the new creations, and enter to win!  Thanks so much for your support and excitement as we ring in our MAY stamp release!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita

Stamps:  The Greeting Farm - Gardening Anya; CC Designs - Webbie's Words Spring With A Side of Chocolate
Paper:  Carta Bella - Cool summer; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, TGF Tulip Border Die, Glamour Dust, MFT Die-namic - sun, button

It's April in Wonderland at TGF!

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Hi everyone!  Today is the day, and this is NO April Fool's trick!  We are excited to bring you the APRIL release, beginning with our LIMITED EDITION "Wonderland Beans" as well as our Delicate Words die which will be available ongoing in the TGF Store.  We've had some questions about this Limited Edition release.  Rest assured we will re-stock as we need to during the month of April but after that, they will be gone, so get them while the portal to Wonderland remains open! :)

We also have some big news as far as releases go.  As you may have read, TGF is thrilled to announce that starting NOW we are going back to MONTHLY releases ... so there will be a lot of additional excitement here on the Farm!

Today I've used the sweet Alice Bean for my card.  I just love her cute little expression!  She's colored with copics and colored pencils.  The sentiment was cut using our new Delicate Words die. 

Well, we know the moment you've been waiting for is just around the corner now that RELEASE DAY is upon us!  Be sure to hop with us today, because one AMAZINGLY lucky winner will receive the ENTIRE Wonderland Bean collection PLUS the new Delicate Words die!  In addition, a SECOND winner will be drawn to win a 2nd Delicate Words die, so be sure to hop ... you have until 11:30 PM CST tonight to do so!  If you're just starting out on my blog, be sure to go back to the beginning and go from there:

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSEMARY BRIDGES

SANDIE DUNNE

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN   (You are here)

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON

JONI WILSON

THANH VO

JESSICA DIEDRICH

Then go back to the TGF BLOG to comment and let us know you've completed the hop! (and how much you loved it, of course, should you feel inclined ;)

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and we hope you enjoy APRIL in Wonderland!

 

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Crafts 4 Eternity R117  -  Cute As You Like
Designed To Color Challenge 10  -  Hexagons
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 165  -  Use 2 dp
 

Stamp:  TGF - Alice Bean

Paper:  Authentique - Seasons: Summer; Bazzill

Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, doily, ribon, button, twine, TGF Delicate Words Die

The StampFairy Birthday Blog Hop Winner

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I want to thank each of you that played along in our Virtual Birthday Blog Hop for Gerda's birthday -- see this post.  I used random.org to pick my winner and the winning number is


       #18   Julie Hoffman


Congratulations Julie!  Please contact me as soon as possible so we can get your Lenny Cupcakes image on its way to you!

Blog Hop Winner

Thanks for stopping by today.  It's time to announce the winner of the Lovey Pup image that I used on this card.

I had my husband pick a number and ...

                                                  the winner is ... #20  Laura

Congratuations Laura!  Please contact me using the email address in my sidebar.  I would appreciate it if you would use the words Blog Hop Winner in the subject line when you email me.

If you participated in the blog hop last week, then be sure to go to the Meljen's Designs Challenge and Inspiration Blog to see if you were a winner there.  And there's still time to participate in our current challenge.

Thank you for stopping by.