January Paper Smooches DT blog hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches February stamp release with you!  The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase on February 1st.  You will find them HERE.  Follow the Paper Smooches blog for more sneak peeks.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new February stamp sets!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify)  You have until midnight MT on Friday, January 27th to leave a comment.  Please check all five blogs on Saturday, January 28th to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Emily Leiphart

Heidi Van Laar

Laurie Schmidlin

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Leave a comment on this blog post

2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop

3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop

4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog)

I used the super adorable new set Spring Fling for my card.

I kept it clean and simple, which is best with an awesome chevron pattern to ground the little cutie!



It was love at first sight!

Bunny and carrot.

Me and bunny.

Love.

She is just too sweet!

I adore her!

Lifestyle Crafts Giveaway

I am so excited to join the Lifestyle Crafts design team! I love, love, love their trendy dies, especially all the 3d dies, they will come in super handy for party favors!

Here are some of my favorites:
      

      

Cute embossing folders:

      


BONUS! Lifestyle Crafts is giving all my readers 20% off their purchase using promo/coupon code: SUGAR.


And just a reminder that you still have time to enter the I Made This Ultimate Giveaway from Lifestyle Crafts! Check out the prize!!

Bella Blvd guest artista

I'm a guest designer at the Bella Blvd blog today. How fun!

Here's a quick shot at my projects.





I used their latest lines Winter Wonderland and Spring Flings and Easter Things to create my projects.


And YUPPP, that's a layout! I always feel so accomplished when I complete a layout that isn't a total eye sore, hah! Pop on over to the blog for more details on each project! Thanks for looking!

Hero Arts 2012 Catalog Blog Hop!

Welcome to the final day of the Hero Arts 2012 Catalog Blog Hop!

You should have hopped your way here from Tracy Kuzniak's blog.

All the Hero Arts Hostess alumnis have come together again to showcase the brand new 2012 stamps!

Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments. For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY of the stops along the hop on ANY day, including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning! If you find a broken link, you'll find a master list of the hop links at the Hero Club Blog. Also, please report broken links to Tami.


Here's my first card. Love that girl with the stack of presents. This is my favorite stamp in the entire catalog. The image can be used for so many different occasions. Birthday? Wedding? Bridal shower? Baby shower? Basically, anything festive! I chose to leave it sentiment-less just so I have it on hand for the next occasion -- whatever it may be! And that chevron background stamp is a must-have! Quick and easy and adds a modern touch to the card. The girl is colored in with Copic markers.



Stamps: (Zig Zag CG422, For You Gifts G5596) Hero Arts


For the second card, I decided to go CAS, with a little touch of detail. I pulled out my all-time favorite sentiment stamps from Hero Arts for this. I used Prismacolor pencils to color the flower in. Also, it's hard to tell from the photo but it sparkles a bit. I diluted a dab of shimmery Luminarte paint with water and just lightly painted on top of the colored image. It gives off a subtle, pretty sheen.



Stamps: (Fleurettes K5597, Thoughtful Messages CL184) Hero Arts


Alright, that wraps it up from me. I had a lot of fun with these new stamps. Beautiful and versatile images that can be used over and over again for many occasions!

So, are you ready for one more? The last and final stop of the hop is Jenny Suchin!



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Lifestyle Crafts: Sweetheart

Sorry for the late post, I was swamped the past couple of weeks and all of today pounding out loads of cards, projects and even a scrapbook layout! My desk looks like product vomit and I have multiple paper cuts -- BUT, I am all caught up. So many things checked off my to-do list, and that feels great!

So, did you see the Lifestyle Crafts blog today?

I have a project featured along with others showcasing their new Sweetheart release. 

This one would be mine:

I used a sketchpad notebook that I had lying around. It's actually a plain pad that I paid $25 for an artist exhibition project. I never went through with it, so I was just stuck with an expensive plain notebook that made me feel bad every time I looked at it. :( In comes these gorgeous Lifestyle Crafts dies to the rescue! I spruced it up, meticulously die cutting each heart and lining them up. I will probably modpodge the cover being that white will get dirty in an instant. I don't feel all that bad about the notebook anymore since it served a greater purpose. :)

Dies: (Nesting Hearts, Arrows) Lifestyle Crafts
Stamps: (Ali Edwards Love Always Wins) Technique Tuesday

Hello Wednesday!

Happy new year, everyone!

How was your holidays? We had a great one. Family, friends, lots of love and laughter -- can't ask for anything more.

November/December always tend to be my busiest month on top of the holiday season-- because my calendar is chocked full of birthdays and other special events. I struggle to find time to meet all my obligations, both at home and on the design front -- I barely survived this year! But, that's 2011 and I'm looking forward to better time management and wiser decisions to help balance everything in the new year. And I wish that for you too.

Now, my first share of 2011 is a Paper Smooches card that displays a style that I would like to tackle more this year -- graphic and bold.



I used the newly released Vogue Abode stamp set. If you don't own a home-ish set yet, this is the one to get! So many different mix and match options. Just get it, you'll love it!

Toodles now, I just might have some time to get crafty today, got some CHA projects on my to-do list!