Seasons Givings Blog Hop

Update:  Thank you for everyone who visited and for all your sweet comments.

The winner of the prize package was Rachel Bergfeld.  :)

Hello & welcome!  We're so excited to be joining in the Seasons Giving blog hop this year!  This hop is our way of saying thank you to all of you for your continued words of encouragement throughout the year.  Every single stop in the hop has a great prize up for grabs so I hope you will grab your favorite hot beverage and join us for some fun and inspiration to celebrate the new year!

With Valentine's Day approaching our team thought it would be fun to share some love themed projects to inspire you.

Sending My Love Valentine's Day card by Eloise Blue.

Sending My Love Valentine's Day Cards by Lindsey Sams.

Sock Hop Cruisin' By To Say I Love You card by Lexa Levana

I Love You Heart Card by Vanessa Menhorn (using heart dies from Tropical Paradise).

I also thought it would be fun to share a sneak peek of our new Spring collection debuting on January 13th. I can't wait to share all the projects I've been madly working on starting next week.  ;)

And here's a peek at the prize we will be giving away to one lucky winner... Tell us one crafty goal for the new year.  You have until January 6th to play along.  The winner will be announced here on Saturday, January 7th.  :)

Is our company new to you?  I hope you will join our store mailing list HERE to receive updates about special sales, challenges and new releases.  You can also sign up for blog updates using the sign up form in the top left-hand corner.  ;)

Your next stop in the hop is Inchie Arts llc

Here's a full list of everyone hopping today.  There's so much inspiration waiting for you!

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Reverse Confetti

Taylored Expressions

Paper Smooches

Neat & Tangled

Technique Tuesday

Clear & Simple Stamps

Richard Garay

My Sweet Petunia

JustNick

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Sunny Studio Stamps

Inchie Arts llc

Scrapbook Update

Buttons Galore

Latisha Yoast

Julia Stainton

ChariMoss

Cristina Nunez

Wanda Guess

Vera Yates

Amy Tsuruta

Mary-Ann Maldonado

Lori Craig

Lydia Fiedler

Jenn Shurkus

Lisa Henke

Dina Kowal

Libby Hickson

Emily Leiphart

Cindy Lawrence

Kelly Klapstein

Erica Houtghton

Elise Constable

Julee Tillman

Lee Murphy

Lisa Arana

Giovana Smith

Karen Baker

Lindsay Amrhein

Dana Joy

Marcie Sharp

Megan Hoeppner

Alicia Thelin

Asia King

Debbie Seyer

Yvonne Van De Grijp

Tenia Nelson

Michelle Woerner

Christina Griffiths

Lori McAree

Barbara Anders

Jill Hawkins

Veronica Zalis

Leigh Penner

Margie Higuchi

Amy Coose

Melody Rupple

Karen Letchworth

Heidi Ramsey Blankenship

Jennie Harper

Jodi Collins

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Gracie Chavez

Stephanie Klauck

Savannah O’Gwynn

Terre Fry

Neva Cole

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Happy Birthday With A Cherry On Top by Lexa

Hello everyone!  Lexa here with a super sweet card featuring Fresh & Fruity stamp and it's coordinating dies. It brings out the summer vibe earlier than you expected, I hope it's ok with you. :)

I started my card with a piece of 4.25" x 5.5" watercolor paper and used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi to create the background. Here's a tip on how to create a watercolor background like this... First, I wet the surface of my paper and started to smooshing the colors. Be bold! Don't be afraid to make mistakes, blend all the colors until you think it's enough. You can also press up the watercolor with paper towel if you desire a lighter color. It's super easy and so much fun!

I stamped all my images with Versafine black ink and color them with Distress Markers, then cut them all with the coordinating dies. I wanted to arrange all the fruity fruits diagonally across my card. But before that, I die cut some vellum circles as a guide and it's also give you the bokeh effect. I glued the vellum with a little bit of glossy accent, make sure you didn't put too much or it will become a mess. I white embossed the "happy birthday" from Blissful Baking on a piece of black cardstock and created a fishtail banner.

Last but not least, I added some water drops embellishment from Pretty Pink Posh. It kinda gives you a wet and fresh look. Thank you so much for stopping by.  I wish you an awesome day!

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Let's Meet For Coffee & Donuts Card with Vanessa

Hello everybody! Vanessa here with a yummy coffee themed card. 

I am sure we all ate too much during the holidays, but how about a chocolate covered donut and some coffee?

I trimmed a piece of woodgrain patterned paper to fit my white card base, die-cut a circle from it and adhered it to the card. Then I stamped the images from Mug Hugs and Sweet Shoppe and colored them with Copics. I paper-pieced the sleeve of the cup and die-cut everything with the matching dies. onto the donut, I applied glaze glue for a yummy shine. After everything was dried, I adhered the images with foam tape. Now I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment from City Streets onto a strip of red cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it to the card. Finally, I added wood veneer hearts. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! See you next year :)

Vanessa

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Bundled Up Winter Birthday Card with Lindsey

Hi, Lindsey here today sharing a winter birthday card using the adorable Bundled Up stamp set. This set is just so cute and will last through the entire winter season. Let's get started on how I created this sweet birthday card.

To begin, I cut a stitched rectangle A2 size card base from teal card stock. Then, I stamped some teal stripes and snowflakes onto the card base using teal ink. I also used some distress ink to darken the edges of the rectangle. Next, I cut a white scalloped oval from white card stock and added some teal dots along the edge to color coordinate. 

Then, I cut a stitched oval from white card stock. This is where I would build my scene. I blended some teal ink onto the oval for the sky background and added some silver sparkle card stock as the snow. 

Next, I stamped out the penguin and his accessories and colored them using Copic markers. I adhered the penguin onto the sparkle snow using foam tape and attached everything else using regular adhesive. I used a white gel pen to add some details to the penguin and create snow on the oval. Finally, I tied a coordinating piece of twine along the fold of the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card and will try your own birthday card using this cute little set. Thanks for reading and have a great day! 

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Wishing You a Cup of Cheer with Emily

I wasn't sure whether to title this post "Cup of Cheer" or "Couple of Cheery Critters". LOL! Either way, I couldn't stop laughing when I stamped the squirrel from Summer Picnic on to the mug from Mug Hugs. Then I got the idea to have another squirrel, or chipmunk from Woodsy Creatures, peeking out from behind the takeout cup.

Well, who wouldn't enjoy this cheery card on a cold winter's day? I love how the chipmunk is masquerading as a coffee cup. All of the images were heat embossed, then watercoloured with distress inks. I used masking paper to do some tricky stamping for the squirrel on the mug and paw on the wrapper.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Gleeful Reindeer Magical Birthday Card with Eloise

Hello everyone, Eloise here and I'm back to share a birthday card using the Gleeful Reindeer and Snow Kissed stamp set. This would be perfect for someone who has a birthday during the winter time.

To begin my card I stamped, coloured and die cut the jumping reindeer from the Gleeful Reindeer stamp set. I used Copic markers to colour him in and then the coordinating dies to cut him out. For the background I die cut four stitched rectangles out of some blue cardstock and on two of them, I  white heat embossed some snowflakes. I adhered the rectangles to my card with foam tape leaving the same amount of space around the card and between the rectangles.

For the sentiment, I used the Snow Kissed set for the 'wishing you a magical' part of the stamp and then used the Sending My Love stamp set for the 'birthday' part and white heat embossed that on some lavender cardstock, then cut a fishtail end at each end of the banner and adhered that to the centre of my card. I used foam tape to adhere down the reindeer as well and then added a little Wink of Stella as a finishing touch. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! 

- Eloise

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Last Minute Christmas Tags with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here sharing some last minute Christmas tags with you. I think the best advice I can give you is to keep it simple and use the same layout. All the images are from the Christmas Icons stamp set and the coordinating dies are perfect for tags.  For my tag shape, I chose the classic Tag Toppers Dies and Fishtail Banner II Dies.

First I cut 4 pieces 2"x4.25" panel from white cardstock and shaped them one by one with the dies. I also prepared some leftovers Christmas patterned papers for the tags. I stamped all my images with Versafine black ink on watercolor paper and colored them with Distress Markers.

The stitched circle are blended with Mowed Lawn and Candied Apple Distress Inks. I love the classic color combination for Christmas, red and green will never go wrong. The sentiments on the tags came from various stamp set, Holiday Style and Bundled Up. Last touch is Gold Wink of Stella on the bottom part of my tags. It looks so sparkling in real life. I choose the white and red chevron ribbon, it matches my tags perfectly. Here, I want to show you closer looks of my tags...

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you get inspired. Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays! :)

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