Seasons Givings Blog Hop Year 3

Hello!! Thank you SO much for stopping by my blog!! Welcome to the Seasons Givings Blog hop!!! This is the third year this hop has taken place, but my first year participating! So I'm SUPER excited to able to take part!! If you are new the hop like me, let me share a bit about it... It is a blog hop made up of 18 companies, and 114 designers!!! We take in everything from scrapbooking, card making, jewellery making, metal smiths, mixed media and EVERYTHING in between!! This promises to be a hop you will NEVER forget!! So let's get on with it!!!

All you have to do is visit the list of blogs below and follow the directions on each blog. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them are doing a giveaway!!! Yep, you read it! That means 132 giveaways!!!! And I have it on good authority that MANY of them are doing more than 1 giveaway!!

For my giveaway, I have a large assortment of NEW goodies to share with 3 readers!! Yes, I am giving away 3 prize packages!!
Before I show them to you, I have a few rules. :)

GIVEAWAY 1: Just leave a comment! That's all you have to do! Let me know which project you like best below... what kind of crafter you are... anything you want to share! Also leave me your email address so I can contact you if you are chosen! 

Giveaway 2 and 3: I LOVE to inspire you throughout the year, so, become a follower of the following Social Media pages of mine: 

My Blog (You are here, see right side to follow)
My Youtube Channel
INSTAGRAM:

Leave me a comment saying that you are following me and you will be eligible for EACH OF THESE 3 giveaways! Don't forget to add your email address!!

Now to show you what you could win!!!

GIVEAWAY #1:

GIVEAWAY #2

GIVEAWAY #3

Contest Closes until Jan 6th.  Winners will be announced on Jan 7th!!  Contest is open to EVERYONE!! Worldwide!!! Just please be patient as shipping often takes a while for overseas. Winners who do not leave their email address in their comment will have 48 hours to contact me to claim their prize.

Season's Givings Blog Hop Participants

1.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	46.	Keri Lee Sereika	91.	Loretta Lock
2.	Lawn Fawn	47.	Jocelyn Olson	92.	Meihsia Liu
3.	Spellbinders Paper Arts	48.	Julee Tilman	93.	Sarah Martina Parker
4.	Reverse Confetti	49.	Michelle Woerner	94.	Angeline Choo
5.	Clearsnap	50.	Lori McAree	95.	Christine Emberson
6.	Ice Resin	51.	Theresa Momber	96.	Karen Hightower
7.	My Favorite Things	52.	Anita Autore	97.	Sabrina Alery
8.	Technique Tuesday	53.	Melody Rupple	98.	Debbie Seyer
9.	Paper Smooches	54.	Sean Fetterman	99.	Dana Joy
10.	Sweet & Sassy Stamps	55.	Bunny Vance	100.	Cat Tidwell
11.	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store	56.	Tricia Traxler	101.	Deborah Saaranen
12.	Avocado Arts	57.	Lisa Arana	102.	Ceal Pritchett
13.	A Jillian Vance Design	58.	Lorena Cantó	103.	Lisa Lara
14.	Latina Crafter	59.	Amy Tsuruta	104.	Colleen Schaan
15.	Die-Versions	60.	Jodi Collins	105.	Anabelle O'Malley
16.	Unity Stamp Company	61.	Tenia Nelson	106.	Megan Hoeppner
17.	Splitcoaststampers	62.	Kelly Klapstein	107.	Monika Davis
18.	Verve Stamps	63.	Jill Cornell	108.	Marisa Ritzen
19.	Latisha Yoast	64.	Emily Leiphart	109.	Wanda Guess
20.	AJ Otto	65.	Becky Williams	110.	Jenny Peterson
21.	Vera Yates	66.	Margie Higuchi	111.	Annette Allen
22.	Julia Stainton	67.	Lee Ann Barrett	112.	Gracie Chavez
23.	Judy Hayes	68.	Lisa Hoel	113.	Christina Griffiths
24.	Kim Watson	69.	Heather Campbell	114.	Niki G.
25.	Yana Smakula	70.	Lisa Henke	115.	Kristi Schurr
26.	Chari Moss	71.	Sheri Holt	116.	Jennifer Ingle
27.	Taheerah Atchia	72.	Michele Kovack	117.	Karolyn Loncon
28.	Shemaine Smith	73.	Ashley Harris	118.	Camille Robinson
29.	Emily Spahn	74.	Sharon Harnist	119.	Lindsey M-P
30.	Kimberly Crawford	75.	Lori Craig	120.	Kathy Clement
31.	Lee Murphy	76.	Nicole Nowosad	121.	Maria Levine
32.	Lovely Linda	77.	Laurel Beard	122.	Savitri Wilder
33.	Laura Williams	78.	Michele Boyer	123.	Savannah O'Gwynn
34.	Lori Tecler	79.	Christiana Reuling	124.	Teresa Horner
35.	Chaitali Narla	80.	Laurie Schmidlin	125.	Laurel Seabrook
36.	Darsie Bruno	81.	Jennifer Priest	126.	Libby Hickson
37.	Lydia Fiedler	82.	Stacey Schafer	127.	Yvonne Van de Grijp
38.	Giovana Smith	83.	Heidi Blankenship	128.	Alice Wertz
39.	Teri Anderson	84.	Heather Pulvirenti	129.	Leigh Penner
40.	Beth Pingry	85.	Anita Madden	130.	Lisa Lee
41.	Dina Kowal	86.	Gloria Stengel	131.	Tina McDonald
42.	Daniela Dobson	87.	Sarah Gough	132.	Nina Yang
43.	Lisa Adametz	88.	Rachel Kleinman	133.	Angel Johns
44.	Piali Biswas	89.	Natalie Dever
45.	Kelli Green	90.	Lorine Mason

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Now to share with you a couple of my most recent favourite projects...

This is an ornament created for DCWV... It also has a HOW TO video below!!

DCWV 3D Holiday Ornament

BABY BLISS Mini Album

Next up is one of my FAVOURITE projects ever! I created this as my Tombow Design Team Finalist project.  See more info for this project HERE.

Next up is one of my favourite layouts that I created this year... It is SO hard to choose!! :)

ALWAYS

For more of my favourite projects/videos/posts of 2014, stop by the blog here on Jan 7th!! The day I announce my winners, I will also be sharing share some  of my favourites from 2014!!

Thank you SOO very much for stopping by today! I'm SUPER excited to be able to share some of the abundance of goodies that I have! So be sure to follow the instructions above to make the most of your chances to win!!
See you back here on Jan 7th when I will announce the winners!!
Happy New Year!!!

IMAGINE Crafts and Magenta blog hop!!

 

 Welcome to a week of fantastic collaboration between IMAGINE Crafts and Magenta Rubber Stamps! Both companies are excited to share with you their products, from the latest inks from IMAGINE Crafts to the newest Fall and Holiday stamp releases from Magenta.      

Today I am sharing with you a video tutorial on how to re-create this card! 

 For this project I have used the following Magenta stamps:

 And here is the promised video tutorial!! Enjoy! 

Full product list is found at the end of this blog post.

And here is another card I created using
 all 3 of the Magenta stamps along with IMAGINE Crafts Embossing powders!! . 

This time onto grey card stock. I love how well they stand out!!

   

Prizes galore for participating in the Blog Hop this week!

IMAGINE Crafts and Magenta are offering a total of three different prizes this week as part of this Blog Hop. These prizes include IMAGINE Crafts' irRESISTible Texture Spray, irRESISTible Pico Embellisher, Delicata Shimmery Silver and Golden Glitz AND some of the newest releases from Magenta. Take a moment to visit the other featured artists' blogs listed below and leave a comment on their posts by midnight PST September 21st. Three winners will be randomly selected from three different blogs from the seven days of the Hop, with one commenter from each blog draw as the winner.   

Presenting the other featured projects for today:

John Creighton Petersen

 

Bianca van Noort

 

Cassandra DeGrace

 

Ellie Knol

 

Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found,” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog’s name), and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Supplies:
IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento (Pistachio, New Sprout) Versafine (Onyx Black), VersaMark, Foam Daubers, Irridescent Embossing Powder
MAGENTA Rubber Stamps: Sentiment (C07834F) Flowers (C48011L) and bird (C42196D)
Spellbinders: A2 Curved Matting Basics A and B
American Crafts: Cardstock 
Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Now continue to hop on over to the next blog!!

John Creighton Petersen

Until Next Time,
Happy Creating!!

Spellbinders Summer Sneak Peek & Giveaway - Day 4

Hello and welcome to Spellbinders Summer Sneak Peek and Giveaway!! Today is day 4!! I hope you have been following along all week and entering for your chance to win this AMAZING collection of dies!!! Today you have the opportunity to win the SPARKLE set that I am showcasing today!! These dies are part of Spellbinders newest collection, but unfortunately will not be available to purchase until October.

I love Spellbinders dies, and every release i am in awe. But there is something different about this release. It is my absolute favourite release to date!!!! I am so excited about it!!! Let me show you why!!

Today I get to share this fabulous new die with you!! I ADORE this set!!! To show you how versatile it is, I created an elegant party ensemble. And to show you just how simple it is, I have a video tutorial for you!!

Spellbinders Supplies:

S4-476 Sparkle (You can win this set!!)

MMM-001 Artisan X-plorer machine

MMM-204 Artisan X-plorer metal shim

LF-010 Square Bracket Edge Box

Full supply list can be found at the end of the video.

So How do you win this amazing set???

You can enter the Summer Sneak Peel Giveaway Day 4

HERE!!

1. For another chance to win, visit Janice Whiting's blog here!!

2. Contest Rules can be found HERE!

3. Questions: Please direct any questions to ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us. No entries will be accepted at this address.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Be sure to follow my blog and you tube channel for more inspiration in the days and weeks to come!!!

Until next time,

Happy Creating!!!

Radiant Neon Blog Hop

If you are here for the Spellbinders® Springtime Shipping Frenzy, please see post HERE. 

Hi and welcome to the Radiant Neon Blog Hop!!! IMAGINE Crafts has partnered up with CardMaker magazine for an amazing hop!!! 
The hop starts HERE at the Card Maker blog!!
Due to conflicting commitments, my post is not a part of the official hop, so to speak. But I certainly am glad you stopped by!!! There will be no "ELECTRIC WORDS" to gather here at my blog.

Today I'm sharing a card with you that I created using the amazing Radiant Neon inks!!! I seriously love these! At first, to be honest... I didn't know if I'd like them. I'm not really into "electric" colours. But man, was I wrong! I fell in LOVE with them! They are vibrant, juicy, they blend amazingly, just to mention a few of my favourite things about them!!! They are my GO TO inks now... first colour choice for SO many projects!!
So, here is a simple card that I created, using 3 different techniques with these versatile inks!!

And to show you EXACTLY how i created it, I have produced a video for you of the entire process!!

If you are having rouble viewing the video here, please click HERE to view it on You-Tube.

Supplies used:

IMAGINE Crafts™/Tsukineko®: 
Radiant Neon: Electric orange, electric pink, electric yellow

Embossing powder, clear

Sponge daubers

Spellbinders® Paper Arts:
Grand Calibur Machine
Blooms Three
Standard Circles SM
Medallions One
Curved Matting Basics B
M-Bossabilities™ folder Trendy (ES-006)

Bazzill Basics Paper®: white card stock

Zva Creative: floral center

Fun Stampers Journey stamp (Little Big Greetings)

Beacon Adhesives: 3 in 1

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™: Foam squares, tape

Other:
Heat gun, Cutterbee Tweezers, paper trimmer

Here are some other shots of this card.

PRIZE INFORMATION:

Want to know what you can win by participating in this hop??

The ENTIRE 7 colour collection of Radiant Neon inks!!! AWESOME!
How do you win these? 
(CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED)
The hop begins at the CardMaker blog!! Then, travel along the list of participants, gathering the ELECTRIC words to complete a phrase!! THAT phrase will then need to be emailed to marketing@imaginecrafts.com.
Stop by the IMAGINE Crafts blog for the rules.

Want to see MORE projects using the Radiant Neon Inks?? Here is another project that I did using these fabulous colours!!

YAY YOU card with video tutorial

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!
Remember to follow along the hop, starting at the CardMaker blog!!
Until next time,
Happy Creating!!

Spellbinders Springtime Shipping Frenzy - Day 4

Spellbinders® Springtime Shipping Frenzy - Day 4

Hi everyone!!  Thanks so much for stopping by! Welcome to day 4 of Spellbinders® Paper Arts Springtime Shipping Frenzy!! Today I am excited to share with you two brand new sets of dies!!

S5-214 Scalloped Borders Three

S2-067 Create-A-Rose

I have created two projects using both of these sets, and a video tutorial on exactly HOW to create-a-rose!  Be sure to read all the way thru so you don't miss your chance to WIN these amazing dies!!! 

The first project that I'm sharing with you today is a card. 

Spellbinders® Supplies:

MM-001 Artisan X-plore™ machine

S5-214 Scalloped Borders Three

S2-067 Create-a-rose

S4-430 Foliage Flourish

S4-367 Back to Basics Tags

MP1-004 Media Mixáge ™ Cotton Rag Fine Art Paper

Preferred Partners:

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® : Memento Luxe inks (Dandelion, Pistachio, Olive Grove, Toffee Crunch)

My Fun Stampers Journey: Stamps (Little Big Greetings)

Cross Promotional Partners:

My Mind's Eye™: Assorted Patterned Paper

Want2Scrap©: Baby bling, Le creme

Bazzill Basics Paper®: White Cardstock

BEACON ADHESIVES: Fabri-Tac 

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™: Foam squares

Let's begin with the HOW TO for creating this gorgeous rose!!!! I have created a video to walk you thru it. Then we will move on to creating the card. 

CREATE A ROSE VIDEO TUTORIAL

Or Click here to view on YouTube

Card Instructions:

Begin with 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card base from white card stock. 

Cut two strips of yellow striped paper 5 1/2  x 1/2 ".  Adhere one to top of card and one to the bottom of the card. 

Trim Kraft paper to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2". Place cutting edge and decorative insert from Scalloped Borders Three  along the top of Kraft paper.  Cut/emboss in Artisan X-plorer™ machine. Repeat along bottom edge.

Trim cotton rag paper to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2".

Cut top and bottom edge using edges from Scalloped Borders Three and Artisan X-plorer machine. No need to emboss. 

Adhere under Kraft piece. Adhere both to card base.

Trim yellow Damask paper to 2 1/4 " x 5 1/2" (approx).

Repeat technique as above on Kraft paper. Adhere to card front. 

Stamp sentiment from My Fun Stampers Journey using Memento LUXE toffee crunch.  Cut/emboss using Back to Basics Tag.

Cut and emboss large accent from Foliage Flourish die set not Cotton Rag paper. Stencil  and ink using my Memento LUXE Olive Grove and pistachio inks. 

Adhere to card front.  

Adhere ROSE created from video tutorial. Add tag using foam square.

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For my second project, I decorated a gift tin! I used Aluminum Foil for my Rose!!! I love how it turn out! So much fun too!!

PRIZE INFORMATION!!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

Note: *The entry link is scheduled to automatically disable after 48 hours. 

Official Contest Rules can be found HERE.

For more chances to win, visit the extremely talented

                                 Heidi Blankenship

for more Spellbinders projects!! 

Questions?  ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.  No entries will be accepted at this email address.