Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Swan Song Blog Hop

Today, I am proud to be part of a blog hop that is an outpouring of love to our friends at Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine.  It was recently announced that PC & S will be closing their doors after the February 2015 issue, and I am so sad.  I have had the honor of being published in the the pages of three different PC & S issues over the years, and the thrill of getting an email of Ms. Susan Opel never got old.  I loved the excitement of the facebook acceptance parties as the lucky chosen excitedly announced that there was an email from Susan in their inbox!  I impatiently waited for the mailman to deliver my paper copy in the mail, and would rush to the store to grab a special addition issue as soon as it was available.  I have enjoyed the Moxie Fab World (and I am so excited to be featured there today!  You can see the post here), all of the fun info shared by the Go-To Girls and all of the PC & S challenges and contests.  This community has brought so much to my crafty life.  By far, though, the thing I cherish most are the people that this magazine has brought into my life.  Real people, that share the same hobby.  Real friends.  I am so thankful.

Today, there are over 200 people participating in this hop!  That is just a fraction of the amount of people who have become part of the PC & S family!  You should have come from the blog of Connie Mercer.  If you've gotten lost or want to start at the beginning, you can do so at Jennifer Maguire's blog.

For my card today, I used one of my favorite Paper Smooches stamp sets, I Heart Art.  I really DO heart art!  And I had to be sure to include some (glossy) puffy hearts for Susan Opel! ;)

I used Distress Inks and Tim Holtz watercolor paper to create a fun, abstract background and then diecut some tiny hearts for some extra detail.  They are so sparkly and glossy in person. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Next stop on the hop is Paulina Nakamura!

If you like, here is a full list of participants... I am #98. Happy Hopping!

Lawnscaping Challenge #95 - White on White

Hello there!  My goodness, how can it be December 1st already?!  Craziness.  Today starts a new Lawnscaping Challenge, White on White.  While some of you are seeing lots of white in your forecast, here in Florida, there is not a snowflake in sight (and I am very sad about that!)

Challenge #95 is sponsored by our friends at Simon Says Stamp!

For my project today, I created a little white goodie bag using the Goodie Bag die, and a coordinating white tag using Snow Day stamps and dies.

Be sure to visit the Lawnscaping blog for lots more inspiration and all of the challenge details!  I hope you'll join us for a chance to win a fabulous prize.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Snow Day

Dies: Lawn Fawn Snow Day, LF Goodie Bag, LF Stitched Hillside Borders, SSS Hearts, PTI Tag Sale #4

Paper: PTI White, PTI White Shimmer Cardstock

Ink: Memento London Fog

Other: Copic Markers, Foam Tape, PTI Fresh Snow Satin Ribbon

25 Days of Christmas Tags!

Hello there!  Happy Turkey Day to my American friends! :)  Today, I am thrilled to be joining in the fun with the 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  Tracy was kind enough to ask the Lawnscaping girls to participate, and I was so excited to pull out my new Snow Day stamp set to make a tag! I used the Stitched Journaling Card as the base for my tag, and the tree is from the Critters in the Forest stamp set.  I wanted the bright pops of color to be the stand out on this tag, so I chose to paper piece the tree from very light gray patterned paper.  To attach the tag to the little gift bag, I used a tiny clothespin, dressed up with some washi tape to coordinate :)

As we move through the 25 days you have a new opportunity to enter for the prize draw every single day! The main prize draw HERE has five opportunities for you to enter and all the other days from Day 2 on you have one opportunity a day.  You also have an opportunity every day to visit Tracy's guests and comment on their blog posts for yet another chance. As long as you enter on or before November 27th 11:59 pm EST and follow the entry guidelines.

Just look at the list of super awesome sponsors for the 25 Days of Christmas Tags!!

  

 

   

That's all for me today! Be sure to visit Tracy's blog to be inspired!  I hope you all have a wonderful day... thanks for spending part of it with me! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Snow Day, Critters in the Forest, Critters Ever After (star)

Dies: Snow Day, Stitched Journaling Card, Stitched Hillside Borders 

Paper: PTI White, Soft Stone Pattern Pack

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Tumbled Glass Distress

Other: Copic Markers, Rhinestones, Foam Tape, mini clothespin, washi tape (Target)

Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

Oh my goodness, I am losing all track of time here!  I completely forgot that today is the 25th and din't have my PTI Blog Hop post scheduled!  Oops.

The theme for today's hop is SNOW!  I absolutely love snow, though I don't see any now that I live in Florida.  It's one of the things I miss most about my home in Pennsylvania. 

For my card today, I used one of my favorite holiday sets, Tremendous Treats Christmas.  I made a shaker card (my first ever) using the Fabulous Frames dies, and some fun faux snow that I got at the Dollar Tree.  A pretty good size bag is only $1, and I grabbed it a soon as I saw it, with a shaker card in mind.  I added a few diecut snowflakes from the Winter Penguin die set, and the striped card base was created using Watercolor Wonder.

That's all for now... off to have (another) cup of coffee, and hop! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Tremendous Treats Christmas, Winter Penguin, Watercolor Wonder

Dies: PTI Fabulous Frames, Winter Penguin, Tremendous Treats Christmas, In the Meadow Hillside dies

Paper: PTI Stampers Select White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Tumbled Glass Distress

Other: Faux Snow, Foam Tape, Copic Markers

Lawnscaping Challenge #94 - Numbers!

Hello there!  It's time for another Lawnscaping Challenge!!  This week, our challenge is to include numbers somehow in your project!  It can be any theme, as long as you use number stamps or dies somewhere!!  

We are sponsored this week by the super fabulous Lawn Fawn!

For my project today, I used the Tag You It dies and the Winter Gifts stamp set to create a tag for my sister's 23rd birthday gift.  I started out by stamping the tag outline on white card stock and then masked off the edges and stamped "23" repeatedly using Milo's ABCs to create a patterned paper.  Before removing the masked edges, I used distress inks to create an ombre effect on the tag to coordinate with the gift wrap.  I then stamped, colored and cut out the cute little hippo, bird, and balloon from Year Four and stamped a sentiment on a banner diecut.  Everything was popped up using foam tape and tied to the package with Orchid Lawn Trimmings!  Love that color!!

So read all of the challenge details and see lots more inspiration from the design team, please be sure to visit the blog.  Hope you'll play along with us for your chance to win a fabulous prize!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Year Four, Winter Gifts, Milo's ABCs

Dies: Lawn Fawn Tag You're It, PTI Double Ended Banner

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress in Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade

Paper: PTI white

Other: Lawn Fawn Orchid Lawn Trimmings, Copic Markers, Popdots, Glossy Accents

Lawn Fawn Holiday Week - Day 3

Hello there and welcome back to Day 3 of the Lawn Fawn Holiday Week!  I hope you have been enjoying all of the adorable projects that are being shared on the Lawn Fawn blog!  

Today, I have a card to share using the Sweet Christmas stamp set.  This little gingerbread house is so much fun to play with!  With all of the little detail stamps, you can create gingerbread houses with lots or little decoration. For my card, I just added a few windows to my  house, and popped the windows and roof up on foam tape for a little added dimension.   I used the Snow Day 6x6 paper pad for my mix of patterned papers.

Be sure to stop by the blog to see what's being shared there today! 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Sweet Christmas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI White, Lawn Fawn Snow Day 6x6 paper pad, PTI Kraft

Other: Copic Markers, Foam Tape, Button, PTI Pure Poppy Twine

Lawn Fawn Holiday Week - Day 1

Hello there!! Happy Monday! Today is the first day of Lawn Fawn's Holiday Week and I am thrilled to be participating!

For my card today, I pulled out some of my favorite Lawn Fawn products, including the first stamp set that I purchased from Lawn Fawn, Making Frosty Friends.  Even still, it is one of my most used stamp sets during the holiday season.

I love white on white for winter themed cards.  I diecut the largest stitched rectangle and a stitched hillside from white cardstock.  I used Tumbled Glass distress ink to lightly ink the edges of the panel, and then used the same ink to stamp the snowflakes on the background.  I stamped the smaller snowman from Making Frosty Friends in grey ink and then used light blue copic markers to lightly shade him.  I used Louie's ABCs dies to diecut the sentiment, and then adhere the letters and the hillside the card front.  The snowman is popped up with foam tape, and I finished things off with some Silver Sparkle lawn trimmings.

There's tons more inspiration today and all week long on the Lawn Fawn blog!  Be sure to stop back here on Wednesday... I have another card to share with you!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Ranger Tumbled Glass

Paper: PTI White, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods 6x6 pads

Dies: Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends, Large Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Hillside

Other: Copic Markers, Pop Dots, Silver Sparkle Lawn Trimmings