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Friday, March 26, 2021

SSS All the Feels Release Blog Hop Day 1!

Hi guys!

I'm so happy to be back today, sharing some inspiration for the fantastic, All the Feels release from Simon Says Stamp! This is day one of a two day blog hop and if you're following along, you should've arrived here from Cheiron's blog. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, head over to Simon's blog.

FREE GIFT:

As you can see from the banner above, if you shop during the All the Feels blog hop, you'll get a FREE Love Your Guts die set, with a purchase of $25 or more! Use the code LYGT42 at checkout This promotion will expire 3/28 at 11:59 pm EDT.

GIVEAWAY:

Simon is also giving away a $25 gift certificate at every stop along the hop, from the comment sections! Be sure to leave a comment below for a chance to win. Simon will announce the winners on their blog, on Wednesday, March 31st.

SIMON GALLERIES:

Did you know Simon has card galleries for each of their releases and their card kits, and even a video gallery? It's true and you can add your very own cards and projects to these galleries! Here's a link to all the Simon Brand Galleries and here's the link to the new, All the Feels gallery. There is so much inspiration to see! I encourage you to check them out and add your own cards/projects.

MY CARDS:

I had lots of fun playing with some of the products from this release and I'm excited to share my cards with you! I think this first one turned out pretty cool. I used the, Halftone Circle Background Cling stamp. I white embossed it and then used the emboss resist technique, adding some bright, Distress Oxide ink colors.

Next up is the, Mini Stars Party die. I actually used the die to make a stencil and created a small birthday card with some pretty colors.

How about some birds? This is such a sweet stamp set! As a matter of fact, it's called, Sweet Garden Birds. I do not have the matching dies, so after stamping the bird images, I did some fussy cutting and created a clean and simple card.

My last card showcases a stencil and some adorable dies! The, Bear Hugs die set is perfect for Mother's Day! For the background, I used one of the stencils from the, Mini Slimline Patterns stencil set. Even though the stencils are made for mini slimline cards, they are so easy to line up and use on a standard size card too!

That's it for my stop on the hop. I hope I've given you some inspiration for using some of the products from this awesome release. Be sure to stop by Simon's blog again tomorrow for day 2 of the hop! Next up on the hop is Lea Lawson's blog.

HOP ORDER:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of the hop.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Altenew Storybook Fantasy Release Blog Hop!

Hi guys!

Welcome to my stop on the Altenew, Storybook Fantasy release blog hop! I love the beautiful products in this release and am so excited to share some inspiration with you!

If you're following along on the hop, you should've arrived here from Svitlana's blog. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, click here to be taken to the Altenew Card blog.

FREE GIFTS:

Altenew is running a free gift promotion to celebrate this release! There are three different ways to get a free gift, as the banner below explains. The free gift will be added to your shopping cart automatically.

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate even more, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to two lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to ten winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and each designer’s blog hop post by 03/15/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw the twelve random winners from blog hop comments and announce them on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/17/2021.

MY CARDS:

Okay, let's get started on some inspiration! I really enjoyed creating with these products! You all know I love flowers, so you won't be surprised to see them on each card today.

This first card was created using the beautiful, Fairy Tale Rose stamp set and some water coloring. It's a simple design but I added some dimension with the shadow around the rose, plus a bit of splatter.

This next card was created using the lovely, Book Engravings stamp set. It's actually a layering set but I always struggle with stamping flowers with a layered ink technique. Don't ask me why, it just isn't my thing. But luckily, there are open images in this set that are perfect for coloring! I watercolored this one too.

And last but not least is this amazing, gorgeous, Ranunculus Bouquet 3D embossing folder! Oh, my gosh, this folder gives unbelievable dimension! After running it through my embossing machine, I added color, to just the raised areas, by carefully adding ink using some blending brushes. I love the results!