New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we are back with another fun challenge! For the next fortnight we challenge you to be "Striped".

I wish I would have had a zebra stamp or die, that would have been perfect!! I opted for some striped patterned paper instead and made a summery card with Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Strawberry dies as the main star of my card. They were fun to cut out and ink up with various Altenew inks. The photo is a bit washed out, but I added some purple to the strawberries and leaves and it made them look a lot more realistic and beautiful. Love these dies!

I hope to see you playing along. Our winner recieves a $25 coupon to our fab sponsor Lawn Fawn... And also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our talented GD is Karen Rodgers. Do not miss her wonderful card or any of the DT inspiration and challenge details... Click HERE!

I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas: Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe: Food

Buzzworthy Challenges March Challenge (This is a Honey Bee challenge in Faccebook) 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational! This time our DT member Julia has chosen the theme and it's White on White. 

I decided to make a Christmas card, first one of 2024 I think! :) The background stamp (by Catherine Pooler) was heat embossed with white pearl powder and I absolutely love how it turned out... I had never used this powder on white card and was very surprised on the end result. The die cut bird and sentiment are magazine freebies. 

I'd like to join:

ABC Christmas Card Challenge: E is for Embossing

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us at Inkspirational!

 

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)

Hello friends!

Today I have the great joy to join Altenew's Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop! 

Before we go more into the Blog Hop details I'll let you know that with this hop we want to celebrate and to draw your attention to Celebrating Parents Card Drive that is running HERE. 

You can join the Card Drive by sending your handmade cards to Altenew. The cards will be sent to the the elderly living in nursing homes or shelters to brighten their day and to let them know they’re not forgotten. 

You can join the Card Drive by sending out your cards by April 19th and there's also prizes on offer for those who send out cards. All the Card Drive details HERE. Make sure to check it out and join in sharing joy during this season with Mother's and Father's Day approaching! 

Altenew is also donating $1 with every order from the Alcohol Markers collection from 2/26/2024 until 4/30/2024 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

Now onto the Blog Hop Details!

In the end of this post you'll see a link tool with all the blogs joining this hop. Visit the blogs, leave comments to the designers and you can win one of the 7 prizes: 

There's $200 in total prizes!  Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 202403/18/.

My project for the Blog Hop: 

I decided to play with Craft Your Life Project Kit Meadow Breeze... This was my first card with it and I can tell you it won't be the last!! I absolutely love the cute background stamp image combined with the stunning large floral cluster... Such an unique look! I gold heat embossed the background on matt gold card and I also gold heat embossed the main image. I used the coloring stencils for coloring the image. The sentiment is from another CYLPK, Zero Waste Flowery Pattern. I heat embosssed it with white on the same gold matt card that I used for the background. I'm in love with this card and I hope you like it too! :)

Happy Hopping friends and don't forget to check out and join the Card Drive by sending out your handmade cards to Altenew for them to be distributed forward... You could totally brighten someone's day! 

A quick recap:

Click HERE to view the Card Drive post at Altenew Blog. 

Click HERE to view the Blog Hop post at Altenew Blog. 

And below are all the blogs joining in the hop, waiting for your comments! :) 

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out! Our challenge this fortnight is a very special one, it is a collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge Blog! By entering our challenge you will automatically also join Just Us Girls Challenge. That means your project will gain twice the visibility... You will double your chances to be chosen as a design team favorite and your project may be showcased in one or both of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you also have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts. The theme of the challenge is 

Birds of Feather

In my card I've used products from our fabulous sponsor Waffle Flower Crafts. The stunning parrot and the leave dies come from Tropical Kit die set. The background is made with Pop Up Tropical Leaves Texture die and matching Duo-Tone Tropical Leaves stencil set. The white heat embossed and die cut sentiment comes from a flower stamp set Sunflower Love. Waffle Flower Crafts truly is one of my favorite companies -I'm ready to say I've never made a card with their products that I've not loved loved loved! This one is no exception!! 

For the background and die cut leaves I used grey card stock and some greyish Altenew inks. I love the contrast between the parrot and the grey die cuts -I didn't use any inking for the parrot but he is cut from solid card stock pieces. I'm almost certain my parrot is a he! The sassy hair has a manly vibe to me! :) I hope that's ok for our "Birds of Feather" challenge lol. :)

I'd like to join: 

Stencil fun for March: Anything Goes option

Die Cut Divas Challenge for March: Anything Goes

 

New Post at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for our new CAS challenge at Inkspirational! There's an option to be inspired by balloons in your design. 

I decided to make a monochromatic CAS card with Hero Arts Looking Glass Birthday Party and Looking Glass Square Frame dies and sentiment by Stampendous. 

To add interest to my monochrome design I made my own glitter card stock by heat embossing sparkly clear embossing powder on black card stock... Apparently the powder had many greenish and blueish particles because you can hardly see the black base anymore! Love how it turned out though although the outcome wasn't "clear glitter" lol!

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration.

I'd like to enter:

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero March: Heat Embossing

(DIY glitter card with sparkly embossing powder)

Snippets Playground Challenge #475

All the layers in my die cut window were cut from small pieces of leftover paper