Summer Card Camp 2 winner & a sneak peek (6-18)

Hi all!

First up today is who won the slot in the Summer Card Camp 2 class from Online Card Classes? Well, that would be Agus (3:48 p.m. on 6/17)! Congrats, Agus! I just sent you an email about your prize!

Second, I’m blogging elsewhere today. I’m sharing a couple double page pocket-style scrapbook layouts over on the Simple Stories blog. Yes, the card girl did say layouts. (Holy smokes, you guys, the pressure of sharing them with you. )

Here’s a itty bitty peek of one of them.

I’m also excited to share a little bit of my “free-spirited” approach to pocket style pages, too.  I think you’ll find I’m pretty relaxed about putting these pages together.

Anyway, you can read about it over there. Hope you will consider checking it out.

Giveaway: Summer Card Camp 2 from Online Card Classes

Well, well, well, friends!  We meet again.

Have you heard the news? I’m super dang excited to be taking part in the new Summer Card Camp 2 workshop from Online Card classes.

Just in case you haven’t heard anything about it, here’s a little about Summer Card Camp 2 (courtesy of the OCC crew):

Join your Online Card Classes Summer Camp counselors—Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, and friends (including me!)—for a three-week adventure packed with cardmaking ideas! Each day, you’ll discover a new way to have fun with your cardmaking supplies, whether we’re exploring a color combo, transforming a design sketch, or learning a new technique together. Summer Card Camp 2 includes designs from over 40 guest artists (yay!), lively videos, PDFs containing step-by-step instructions, shopping discounts, and loads of giveaways! Plus, you’ll have lifetime access to all of the class content—talk about making that summertime feeling last! Summer Card Camp 2 runs July 8-29. Sign up now for only $35!

And here’s a sneak peek of the project I cooked up for Summer Card Camp 2.

And guess what? I get to give away one slot for Summer Card Camp 2 to one of you. (Why yes… yes, I do!)

Leave a comment for me on this blog post today (6/17). I’ll pick and announce a winner on Tuesday, 6/18. Good luck!

A Couple Things (6-16)

Hi all!

Just a couple quick things today!

First, a card in honor of the dads out there.

Happy Father’s Day to all of them!

This is just a simple card I recently submitted to Paper Crafts magazine that wasn’t selected  for publication (and I know those wild and crazy editors hate the word “reject”, but I am going to use it anyway.). It was a reject, people.

For me, part of the adventure of submitting is sometimes seeing what does get selected and what doesn’t. I sometimes scratch my head. And, other times, I think “Heck yeah, baby!” You know the old phrase: “You win. You lose some.”

Anyhoo, going back to the card: I stamped the words with the Dad Rocks by Ali Edwards stamp set from Technique Tuesday. I was going for a paint splattered look here so I flicked spray mists all over the panel before I did the stamping.

Simple technique and a simple card, but still a fun one to make.

One other little thing: The folks over at Simon Says Stamp! invited me to share some projects over on their blog again. Here’s a little peek of what you’ll find over there.

I’d be honored if you’d consider checking it out.
And thank you again, Simon and friends! It’s a total pleasure… and honor… when you invite me to play.

Be back again later. gators!

 

Today’s card (6-15)

Hi all!

Just a quick little card today, made to celebrate the release of some new dies from Paper Smooches that coordinate with the June 2013 stamp sets.

I made this one with the new Briny Blue 2 dies, which coordinate with the Briny Blue stamp set.

I really just cut a bunch of the dies out and started stamping on them and playing with the arrangement on the card until I had something that looked like I had a whole lot of fish hanging out together.

Ha! The goofiness kinda humors me!

To make one of the fish stand out a little more, I popped it with foam tape and added the wiggle eye. I felt like the scene needed a little bit of a focal point.

That’s all I have! Be back later, all!

Hope you are having a good Saturday!

June Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday

Hi all!

It’s Studio AE Blog Hop time again. Hooray!

I’m joining the team in sharing today something made with the new Fun in the Sun by Ali Edwards set, the Studio AE stamp set for June!

Here’s a peek at the set, in case you haven’t seen it.

I used the set to make a little pocket-style scrapbook page to document a color run/walk I recently took part in with a couple good friendst!  Each of us (definitely not the vision of health perfection) paid for it for a few days afterwards, but the event was sure a fun way to kick off Summer! (Ok, and It was really cool to say we did it! )

I created each of the banners on my page with the Fun in the Sun set by stamping them on cardstock and cutting them out. So they would fit across the little cards, I only used part of the banners on them. I sure like the different look it gives them by just using a portion of the banner, rather than the whole thing.

I also used a couple other stamp sets on the page: Ali’s Bring on the Sun and Awesome and Fill in the Blank. (In full disclosure, I designed both the Awesome and Fill in the Blank stamp sets. Awesome came out last Summer, while Fill in the Blank debuted at the CHA-Winter show. )

Thanks for taking a peek!

Be sure to check out the projects from everyone taking part in today’s hop!

• Ali
• Ashley
• Linda
• Daniela
• Nichol
• Laura
• Sharyn
• Teri (<—– here you are!)

Be sure to leave a few comments as you hop! Technique Tuesday will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to someone who comments during the hop. The winner will be selected from all the comments received and announced on the TT blog sometime on the 15th.

Be back again soon!

Today’s card and Paper Smooches Blog Hop Winner (6-1)

Hi all!

Just one little card to share today.  Never got around to posting  it here so thought I would.

Made this guy while messing around with a kit from Studio Calico. It really was an adventure of just seeing what I came up with.

What else can I tell ya? Who won the stamps from my post for the Paper Smooches Blog Hop this month? Well, well…. that would be Darci Powers (5/31 at 3:46 a.m.). Congrats, Darci! I sent you an email!

And one more thing:  I have a little news.

You can read a little more about it here. There’s a great giveaway on that post.

And you can read a little more about the Life Documented philosophy and the history of Simple Stories here.

Let’s talk in real time for a minute: Much of my crafty life involves make cards, cards and cards. Every so often, I need to just take a break from that. Sometimes, it is just 30 minutes. Sometimes, it’s an hour. I get in this zone where I feel like I need to reminisce. And I need document what’s happening now. I look forward to sharing that side of me a bit more often.

Thanks for swinging by!

Paper Smooches DT May Blog Hop (5-30)

And we meet again!

It’s once again Pep Rally week in the Paper Smooches world, and the gang is banding together today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches June stamp release with you!  FIVE new stamps and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 12:01am, Eastern time…on June 1st.  You will find them HERE

To add extra fun to our blog hop…we are offering up a prize!  Just leave a comment on any of the eight design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of our new stamp sets!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify)  You have until midnight MT on Friday, May 31st to leave a comment.  Please check all design team blogs on Saturday, June 1st to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

To increase your chances of winning:

• Leave a comment on this blog post
• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop

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

(which means you really have four big chances to win on each blog)

So let’s get on with the project!

I used two new stamp sets from Paper Smooches – Off the Charts and Chart Toppers! Some of the stamps came from one set, and the others came from the other. The cool thing about them they work really well together. One is images. The other consists of words and a few small images!

I thought this might be a fun little wedding or anniversary card… or a card to just give to a favorite couple, just to brighten their day!

Kinda fun, right?

So that’s all I have for you, but one more thing….

By the way, we have a bonus giveaway for you today, too.  Stop by the Paper Smooches blog for your chance to win a Scor Buddy!  You will find the details HERE

Be back later! Thanks, as always, for visiting my blog! I appreciate your comments and kindness!