Mothers Fathers and Florals Blog Hop WINNERS
Last Friday, we had a blog hop to celebrate the new Mothers Fathers and Florals collection from Simon Says Stamp. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the hop, click here to view the first post. I think you’ll find loads of card making inspiration!
Congratulations to all of the blog hop winners! Thank you for hopping along with us and taking the time to leave feedback for the designers in the form of comments along the way :) I know they really really enjoy hearing from you!
Simon Says Stamp Blog: Amy Seigler!
Jennifer McGuire: Lisa Tilson!
Kristina Werner: Kelly O!
Laura Bassen: Susan Powell!
Shari Carroll: Marcie Lovett!
Nina Marie Trapani: Melissa Craig!
Yana Smakula: Felicita J!
Debby Hughes: D. Ann C!
Nichol Spohr: Berina Febin!
Anna-Karin Evaldsson: Pam Sparks!
Heather Hoffman: Teresa Godines!
Heather Ruwe: April!
Suzy Plantamura: Natalie Godfrey!
Amanda Korotkova: Patty!
Virginia Lu: Purple Princess!
Winners, Congratulations! Please check your inboxes for an email from us asking for your shipping address so we can send you a $25 Gift Card! If for some reason we couldn’t access your email, please email [email protected] letting her know you are one of our Blog Hop winners of the Mothers Fathers Florals 2017 Blog Hop for the $25 Gift Card. Thank you again for hopping along with us!
Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop + Giveaway
Welcome to the Altenew 3rd anniversary blog hop!!! If you’re coming from Amy Lee’s blog, you’re in the right place!!
In celebration, I created a card using the Altenew Hibiscus Bouquet stamp set where I’ve used the center (solid) images to create watercolor effects.
The watercolor technique is simple, first I layered on light tones of ink, then stamped a second time with ink in a specific area for a darker tone. When everything was dry, I stamped the outline images overtop in black.
I’ve filmed a video that you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
Prizes
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
- Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 15 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.
The anniversary celebration continues the rest of the week, just follow the links below!
Thanks for stopping, your next stop on the hop is to SVETA FOTINIA. Enjoy!!!
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Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Quick and Easy Emoji-tional Cards!
Hello everyone, it’s Nina-Marie! Today I have a very fun set of cards to share with you featuring products from the Simple Stories Emoji Love collection!
Emojis are so much fun to include in texts, why shouldn’t they be just as fun for including on cards?? I’ve got 6 quick and easy cards to share with you that all featuring an emoji-tion (pun intended)! In these cards, I used the Emoji Love 6×8 paper pad, the Emoji Love Bits and Pieces die cuts and the Emoji Love 4×6 sticker sheet pack.
My first set of cards features using the the large emoji pattern paper sheets and making these the focal point of the cards. I die cut the papers with Simon’s Basic Rectangle dies and added sentiments from both the Emoji Love die cut pack and sticker sheets.
One of the tips I featured in the video (see below), is how I use the Emoji Love stickers. Because I like adding dimension, I wanted to be able to pop the stickers up off of my cards. By adhering the stickers to cardstock, I was able to trim them out and add foam tape to the back, resulting in a “die cut” piece!
Here’s a look at the pattern paper emoji cards…
Which one is your favorite? I have to say, the little “stinker” emoji card cracks me up most of all! LOL!
My next set of cards each feature the Emoji Love die cuts. These work wonderfully for making little collages! By pairing a few together, you can say exactly what you need to say using very few words! For example, I used the ring, the party popper and the “yay” speech bubble to create a congratulations card for an engagement or wedding. Isn’t it fun to see what kind of creative things you can say with emojis??
The other card has a more witty theme. I paired the laughing emoji and “oh my gosh” (OMG) die cuts together, along with a sticker sentiment that reads “breaking the internet”. Basically, whatever was so funny, it was so hilarious that it broke the internet! It may be silly, but I got a kick out of it and one of my friends did too!
And! For those of you that are planner decorators, this collection is also great for decorating your planners! Here’s an example of how I decorated my planner for this month using some of the stickers/banners and stamp roller. There are other great planner products in the Emoji Love collection; you can see them all HERE.
I hope that these cards made you laugh as much as they did me! These cards would be perfect for any age group; kids, teens or adults. I think it is really fun to see what kind of clever pairings you can create using the Emoji Love collection.
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