Thursday, December 31, 2015

Seasons Givings 2016: A special blog hop

Hi everyone!  Happy New Year and welcome to the Seasons Givings Blog Hop!  For those of you new to my blog, WELCOME and I hope you have a minute to cruise around and check out my work.  If you like my style, I invite you to follow my blog or my Pinterest boards to see my work in 2016, you can find all the info on my sidebar. 
What is Seasons Givings?  A group of stampers and companies got together and created this special blog hop to thank you- our readers- for being there and commenting with us all year!
 This hop is special because every single person on the list below is giving something away from their stash.

All you need to do is go to their blog and leave a comment.  It's that easy!  Now grab a cup of coffee, tea, or other favorite beverage and start hopping.
Here's to starting off the year 2016 in a fun way - it's a season of giving!
 My blog candy giveaway:
Giveaway items: 
1. Richard Garay Celebra'tions: 2 die sets, 2 stamp sets and cardstock sampler
2. Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: 5 yard samples of a variety of ribbons
3. 5 washi tape rolls in various widths and designs and pack of misc sequins
4. Spellbinders holiday die set
5. Miscellaneous embellishment packets: 2 enamel dots, 3 rhinestone and pearls and 1 stencil

 ************How to enter my giveaway************ 
1. Comment on this blog post.  Comments will be open until Tuesday the 5th.  I will announce and contact the winner on Wednesday.
2. If you have a "no-reply" blogger account (that is the default setting), PLEASE include your email in your comment so I can contact youThe winner will have 1 week to respond with their address and giveaway package will be mailed when I return from CHA January 13th.
3. You DO NOT have to be a follower of my blog to enter.
My apologies, but at this time I am not able to ship internationally, so my giveaway is open to US resident addresses only.

 
 I have a couple of New Year's cards to share.  I don't know about you, but each year I manage to send out less and less Christmas cards and this year I'm gonna try to make up for it by sending out New Year cards!  These are quick and easy and relatively flat for easy mailing.
  This is my easy "to-to" layout.  Scraps of paper, washi tape, ribbon, twine all are easy to adhere on the diagonal.  I embossed the champagne flutes and 2016 for that extra bit of sparkle.
  This is another quick and easy design which uses up cardstock or patterned paper scraps.  I colored some basic black and white patterned papers with a touch of reinker to give them a bright pop of color.
All supplies for both cards are Fun Stampers Journey.

Soooooo... Are you ready?  Here is the list of blog hop givers and it's a HUGE one!  I'm number 85 on the list and if you're following in order, you should have come here from Gracie Chavez.  If you're just joining, be sure to start back at the top so you don't miss a single giveaway.
 Take your time, this is a long list and you have several days to enter. 
Enjoy the hop, good luck and happy New Year!  
Next stop on the hop is Tania Willis!

Seasons Givings Blog Hop Participants:

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook Cards & Today Magazine

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Reverse Confetti

Technique Tuesday

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Verve Stamps

Donna Salazar

Richard Garay

AdTech

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Inchie Arts

Avocado Arts

OHscrap (Bossy Joscie)

Rubermoon Stamps

Latina Crafter

A Jillian Vance Design

JustNick

Your Everyday Stamps

Latisha Yoast

AJ Otto

Kimberly Crawford

Julia Stainton

Laurie Willison

Teri Anderson

Jennifer Gallacher

Vera Yates

Wanda Guess

Nichol Magouirk

Kelly Klapstein

Anabelle O’Malley

Kim Watson

Chari Moss

Laura Bassen

Lydia Fiedler

Lisa Adametz

Alice Wertz

Daniela Dobson

Jenn Shurkus

Lori Craig

Amy Tsuruta

Lisa Henke

Margie Higuchi

Lee Murphy

Lori Tecler

Dina Kowal

Loretta Lock

Darsie Bruno

Marcie Sharp

Veronica Zalis

Barbara Anders

Maria Levine

Dana Joy

Melody Rupple

Keri Sereika

Asia King

Jennifer Ingle

Yvonne Van de Grijp

Beth Pingry

Erica Houghton

Mary-Ann Maldonado

Piali Biswas

Ashley Newell

Nicole Maki

Julee Tilman

Leigh Penner

Christina Griffiths

Lindsay Amrhein

Laura Williams

Debbie Seyer

Christine Emberson

Kerry Urbatch

Linda Lucas

Tosha Leyendekker

Giovana Smith

Bunny Vance

Stacey Schafer

Lee Ann Barrett

Ruby Naz

Julie Dinn

Jill Hawkins

Christiana Reulling

Jodi Collins

Gracie Chavez

 **********************Michelle Woerner**********************
YOU ARE HERE!!

Tania Willis

Karisse Schilling

Lori McAree

Ashley Harris

Emily Leiphart

Heidi Blankenship

Coralynn Murray

Tenia Nelson

Pretty Philosophie

Jillian Vance

Misti Oblander

Ceal Pritchett

Monday, December 28, 2015

RG Noteworthy Blog Hop

Hi everyone!!  Welcome to Week 3 of the RG Blog Hop! Today the RG Make Amazing design team is showcasing the Noteworthy Collection!

Here is Richard's description of his Noteworthy collection: 
"Noteworthy is the opportunity to reach out to a friend, family member or that special someone in your life. To take our ordinary days into extraordinary movements that are sure to be noteworthy. With this collection, you bring creativity to life with a simple hello or let's meet for lunch. Remember to capture noteworthy and worthwhile connections."
My card uses the Let's Meet stamp set, which is one of FOUR stamp sets in this collection!  I also use a strip of one of the patterned papers (which are in the giveaway).
Speaking of giveaway... how about some prizes?!?  There are some GREAT goodies from the Noteworthy collection up for grabs for one lucky winner:
And there is a GRAND PRIZE FOR ONE LUCKY WINNER!  

In addition to this Exclusive RG messenger bag with floral print lining matches one of Richard's new collections, the grand prize winner will receive ALL four prize packages from each of the four weeks of giveaways!
You can enter to win by completing the following steps:
1. Follow TeamRichardGaray on Instagram
2. Leave a comment on this post 
3. Leave a comment on each designer’s blog post by clicking on their names below
You will have up to 12 chances each day to win Monday – Friday! 
**Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, 12/26 at noon MST on the Richard Garay blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA.

Here are the lovely ladies in today's hop, so grab your favorite cuppa and enjoy!
Michelle Woerner -you are here!!

In case you missed Week 1 (week of December 14th), please click HERE to start from the beginning.  And Week 2 (week of December 21st) please click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Monday, December 21, 2015

RG Celebra’tions Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to Week 2 of the RG Blog Hop! Today the RG Make Amazing design team is showcasing the Celebra'tions Collection!

Here is Richard's description of his Celebra'tions collection:
  "This Celebra'tions collection is filled with color and hooray! The opportunity to celebrate that special moment and bring paper to life with yummy designs, amazing textures and an inviting color pallete is what makes this collection something to celebrate about!"

My card uses the Fringed Garland die along with a few Pierced hearts and sentiment from the All You die set.  The fringe part was pretty easy to make, I put my paper on 1/2 of the die and gave them some curl with my thumb nail.  I layered them on top of each other and adhered them down.  That's pretty much it!
Soooooo, how about some prizes?!?  There are some GREAT goodies from the Celebra'tions collection up for grabs for one lucky winner:
And there is a GRAND PRIZE FOR ONE LUCKY WINNER!  
In addition to this Exclusive RG messenger bag with floral print lining matches one of Richard's new collections, the grand prize winner will receive ALL four prize packages from each of the four weeks of giveaways!
  You can enter to win by completing the following steps:
1. Follow TeamRichardGaray on Instagram
2. Leave a comment on this post 
3. Leave a comment on each designer’s blog post by clicking on their names below
You will have up to 12 chances each day to win Monday – Friday! 
**Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, 12/26 at noon MST on the Richard Garay blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA.

Here are the lovely ladies in today's hop, so grab your favorite cuppa and enjoy!


In case you missed Week 1 (week of December 14th), please click HERE to start from the beginning.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Card deets:
Dies- Pierced Hearts, Fringed Garland and All You
Cardstock- Captivating Coral, Cotton Candy and Celebra'tions Prints
Embellishments- Celebra'tions Linen thread and Sweet Dreams sequins
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

White and vellum poinsettia card


Hi everyone! I have a Christmas card to share -this card uses the amazing and lovely Poinsettia Steel Rule die!  Be still my heart.
**This is no longer available you can find all available Poinsettia die sets at Spellbinders here.
 To make my flower, I die cut both whip cream cardstock and vellum and alternated them, 1 for each size.  Before gluing together, I took the Journey Gold Marker and outlined one side of each petal on the white flowers.  I think that just gives it a more elegant feel.

The bottom part of the card was made by heat embossing the Knitted Houndstooth background stamp with white powder.  And I embossed vellum with the Striped Love BG stamp for one of the strips below the flower.  Pretty huh?!?  I love embossing on vellum!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!
All supplies are Fun Stampers Journey and are no longer available
 
Stamps, punches and dies:      
Knitted Houndstooth Background Stamp
Striped Love Background Stamp
Poinsettia Steel Rule Die 
 
Cardstock and Inks:
Whip Cream Cardstock 
Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock 
Buttercream Cardstock 
 Designer Vellum Prints
Clear Pigment Ink 
Accessories:  
Journey Gold Marker
Oatmeal Cookie Satin Ribbon