Operation Write Home: Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop

Hi friends!

Super excited today to take part again in one of Operation Write Home’s blog hops. I knew the second I heard about this weekend’s hop that I wanted to sign up.

Operation Write Home is an organization I really admire. Not just because they support  the troops by making handmade cards for them to send their loved ones, but they also get us card makers fired up about sharing our love for the hobby! I think that is just great! (Really, thanks, guys, for supporting the troops and for mobilizing all of us! )

Ok, so enough mushy stuff!  Of course, I have a card to share today.  So meet today’s card, which I will be sending in for the troops!

I really wanted to make a friendly little card so I used what I like to call one of my go-to happy sentiments. This one is from the Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards stamp set from Technique Tuesday.

That’s real cork on that card. Had a little leftover from another project so I decided to put it to use! The papers are all from my scrap pile!

The hearts were cut with a die from Lawn Fawn. I added a little bit of stitching, as well as a screw shaped brad, to them. Kinda fun!

So that is all I have!

Be sure to head here to find links to everyone taking part in the hop this weekend! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Technique Tuesday: Greenhouse Society (5/25)

Hi all!

Just a couple cards to share. Both were made with May’s Greenhouse Society stamp set from Technique Tuesday.

Meet #1.

And say hello to #2.

I lived on the edge (hee!) and did a little bit of stamping and fussy cutting with the rose on both cards. I actually stamped the flower twice on the first one, cutting out a small portion to pop it up off center.

I added sentiments to both cards with a couple Ali Edwards stamp sets from Technique Tuesday: So Sorry and A Million and One.

By the way, TT has a sweet deal right now. Because the Greenhouse Society has been around one year now, Greenhouse Society members are getting a bonus stamp set this month. They are each getting the A Million and One stamp set included with their May shipment. If you haven’t joined yet and are thinking about it, join the program by 5/31 and you’ll get the A Million and One set, too.

Alright, that’s all I have got!

Be back later, y’all! Have a great weekend!

Technique Tuesday Meets Kiwi Lane/Day 2 (5-22)

Hi all!

It’s another day with a Technique Tuesday meets Kiwi Lane Designs project.

Thrilled to be joining my Technique Tuesday buddies again with sharing some projects we made with TT stamps and templates from Kiwi Lane Designs. The two manufacturers are partnering up this month to share projects made with products from both from companies.

I used Kiwi Lane Designs’ card templates to figure out the basic design of my card here. Here’s how it looked in planning progress.

It was really great to use the templates to figure out just how to cut the paper, where it went, etc. And it was nice to work up a design out of my norm with them.

I also used some of the stamps in my planning process by setting them down. (These ones are from TT’s In This House stamp set)

To finish off the card, I did quite a bit of stamping. Of course, I stamped the house and the words. I turned the red panel paper to a polka dot panel with TT’s Passion for Polka set. I also made the button with Technique Tuesday’s Button Up set.

Be sure to check out the other Technique Tuesday Creative Team members who are playing with Technique Tuesday and Kiwi Lane Designs projects today:

• Daniela
• Tanis
• Sharyn

And you might want to leave a comment on their blogs, as well as the blogs of those who played on Tuesday:

• Charlene
• Kris
• Ashley

Two Kiwi Lane Designs templates will go to one lucky commenter. Just leave a comment on any of the blogs for a chance at winning them. The winner will be announced on the TT blog on the 25th.

Kiwi Lane Designs + Technique Tuesday/Day 1 (5-21)

(This is my second post of the day! If you are looking for my Avocado Arts post, please click here… or look at the post below this one.)

Hi friends!

Take a little Technique Tuesday. Throw in some Kiwi Lane Designs. And get a little something like this.

Joining my friends at Technique Tuesday for a product play day with the folks from Kiwi Lane Designs today (and tomorrow, too!)

This is the result of a project with TT’s stamps (All My Love by Ali Edwards and Button Up) + templates from Kiwi Lane Designs. If you aren’t familiar yet with Kiwi Lane Designs, I encourage you to get to know them.  They make a whole bunch of cool templates to aid in the card and design process.

Here’s how I used to their templates to design this card.

I used the templates as a guide for cutting the paper elements. Then, I embellished them up with stamping (… a lot of stamping, in fact)!

Easy peasy, and kinda fun!

Also playing along today are:

• Charlene Austin
• Kris Chirhart
• Ashley Harris

Be back again later, friends!

Avocado Arts: Projects Share (5-21)

Hi all!

It’s my turn to be an ambassador of sorts for Avocado Arts again so I’ve got a few projects to share!

Here’s #1.

Here’s #2.

And here’s #3.

All of these cards use their Future’s So Bright set. You can check it out here.

It’s definitely a fun, fun set.

And I was really in the mood for making a couple graduation cards while working these up so each has a “you did it” twist!  Excited to have a few graduation cards for some special peeps that don’t really look like the same old, same old graduation card.

Looking for more ideas for the Future’s So Bright set? Well, be sure to check out the Avocado Arts blog. The crew’s been sharing projects all month long with the set. You can find links to everyone there!

Alright, that’s all I have! Be back later, gators!

Today’s card (5-14)

Hi all!

I made this card over National Scrapbook Day weekend and never got around to sharing it.. No rush… or anything.

I was inspired by a  “By the Numbers” challenge (in honor of National Scrapbook Day) from the folks over on Studio Calico. Hence I used the number stickers on the circles.

Most of the supplies are from a Studio Calico kit (34th Street). The words are from Avery Elle’s Handwritten Notes stamp set. (A crazy fan I am of that set.)

Kinda fun!

Wish I could say I had more to say today, but that’s all I have for you. Be back later.

May Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday

Yep! It’s a good day for another Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday!

The crew is playing around this month with Heartfelt by Ali Edwards, the Studio AE stamp set for May.

I decided to go the card route this month. Ali’s stamps are so graphic that I really wanted to challenge myself this month and try to go with a more homespun, shabby look.

I took the same “heart” you stamp and stamped it over and over on different pieces of paper. Then I cut, cut and cut some more.

I also over-stamped on some of the pieces of paper some words from her All My Love set on top. (Check out those cream hearts. You can see it there.)

I also added a few homespun touches: some stitches; some gems and a bit of twine. Again, just to kinda play on the shabby, homespun side.

Pretty fun!

Be sure to check out everyone taking part in the hop today:

• Ali
• Tobi
• Daniela
• Nichol
• Laura
• Teri (here you are!)
• Sharyn

(Please beware that our team is in different time zones, so someone might not have their links up yet today. Sometimes, it gets a little confusing with the timing.)

We’ll give away a prize to one person who comments during the hop!

Someone will get a $25 gift certificate. The winner will be announced on the 15^th on the Technique Tuesday blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Today’s card (5-8)

Say hello to today’s card.

This is a little gift card holding card (say that 10 times fast) that I made. It appears in the new 350 Cards & Gifts special issue from Paper Crafts magazine. (It also appeared on their blog this week. Hey, Stacy! Thanks for highlighting it!)

I used a couple different stamp sets on it from My Favorite Things. They make totally fun stuff! If you haven’t check out their Web site lately, do. It seems like every time I look, they have more new stamps.

Going back to the new issue, be sure to check out Moxie Fab World. Cath is holding a bunch of challenges in honor of the issue this week, plus she is sharing lots of peeks from it. It’s a lot of fun to what she shares and how folks are inspired.

That’s all I have got for now. Be back later, gators.

Thanks for stopping by…. and for being kind!

Signature Series with Heidi Sonboul Blog Hop (5-6)

Hi friends!

Super excited to join my friend, Heidi, today in celebrating her new Signature Series book from Northridge Media for a blog hop!

So I’m using some of Heidi’s fabulous collections from GCD Studios to share some projects.

Of course, Heidi’s my pal so I couldn’t do just one. I had to make three.

Meet #1

Meet #2.

And meet #3.

Hee! The TV just cracks me up!

All three projects use products from Heidi’s Special Delivery collection for GCD Studios.

Be sure to hit all the stops on the hop:

GCD Studios
Alicia Thelin
Amanda Coleman
Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager
Christina Collins

Christine Meyer
Grace TolmanHeidi Van Laar 

Jennifer Chapin

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Katrina Hunt
Kelly Holbrook

Lalo IK

Megan KlauerNina Yang
Pam Callaghan
Rae Barthel
Rochelle Spears
Sara Zenger

Suzanna Lee
Teri Anderson
Wida Miller

And be sure to head on over to Heidi Sonboul‘s new site for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed. (Special Delivery is what I used on my cards!)

 

And to order the book you can go here:

Today’s card (5-2)

Another day. Another card.

Digging through my stash of supplies and found a few sheets of old Studio Calico paper and other Studio Calico stuff. Decided to challenge myself to go to town with it so this is the result.

I added a few things to the mix: a chipboard plane from Simple Stories, as well as a stamped arrow from Technique Tuesday’s Seriously Rad stamp set.

Always fun to just play and see what you come up with. That’s kinda what this card is all about.

Be back again later, friends! Thanks for stopping by.