Made with Love Blog Hop!

Welcome welcome!!  What a fun post this is going to be!  I'm joining the rest of the 2012 Paper Crafts Gallery Idol girls on a very special Made with Love Blog Hop!  We are celebrating Valentine's Day today!  You should have arrived from Jennifer Ingle's blog!

You can see the entire list of participants HERE on our Facebook Event page!

Each of us has created a fun Valentine project to share with you and then you have the fun of hopping along the hop!  Guess what?  There are PRIZES......Lots and lots of prizes!  We have some AMAZING sponsors!!!

My project features goodies from both of the sponsors highlighted below.......Lil' Inker Designs and Timeless Twine!  I've used the Of the Heart Dies, Stitched Mats: Rectangles, and Strawberry Cupcake twine!  I know you are probably getting tired of me using these Stitched Mats as a frame but sorry......not going to stop!!  :)

One sponsor today is Lil' Inker Designs!  I am very blessed to be on this fabulous DT.....Laura is the sweetest person and someone I call a friend.  I truly LOVE her products and she has wonderful customer service!!  She is offering up TWO (2) $10 Gift Certificates AND a stamp prize pack!  So that means......THREE (3) of you will be winners from my blog!

Another sponsor is Timeless Twine!  I just recently joined the team over at Twineology as a Twine-ista and it's been soo much fun!  Twine galore and gorgeous beautiful twine colors!  Stacy is offering up a FULL spool of her Valentine twine:  Strawberry Cupcake just like what I used on my project today!

So to win, I would ♥♥♥ it if you became a follower of my blog!  However, I'm not requiring it....so you can just leave a comment below.  There is no word verification, etc.  :)  You have until 11:59 EST on Feb. 21st to enter!!

Here is the list of all the sponsors of the Made with Love Blog Hop!  Thank you so much to these companies....make sure to thank them!!

 

Avery Elle | BasicGrey | Becky Oehlers stamps | Bossy Joscie | CAS-ual Fridays Stamps | Fresh Squeezed Stamps | Gel-a-tins | Great Impressions Stamps | I {Heart} Papers | Lil' Inkers Designs | Mama Elephant | Neat & Tangled Stamps | Punky Sprouts | Ribbon Carousel | Simon Says Stamp | SRM Stickers | Sweet and Sassy Stamps | Sweet Stamp Shop | The Crafter's Companion | The Craft’s Meow | The Twinery | Timeless Twine | Unity | Uniko Stamps | Viva Las VegaStamps

 

 Your next stop is Agnieszka Malyszek's blog! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

{BE MINE}

Stamps:  Lots of Love (Avery Elle)

Paper:  White, Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst (PTI)

Ink:  Pure Poppy (PTI)

Dies:  Of the Heart, Stitched Mats: Rectangles (Lil' Inker Designs)

Twine:  Strawberry Cupcake (Timeless Twine)

Misc:  Foam Adhesive, Small Circle Punch

Gallery Idol 2012--Round 4

Hi everyone!

I am so excited...........I made it into the  

Top 10 on the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol card contest!

I'm so absolutely honored that I am in this group of AMAZING, talented papercrafters. 

I'm not sure what else to say except THANK YOU for believing in me and my work and

for taking your time to go vote for me!

This rounds challenge was to use HOUSEHOLD items!  Things found around the house—hmmmm. 

 Gosh, I had lots of ideas of household things but would they work?!  Well, I finally decided to use MATCHES.  I have my SIL to thank for this one!

She threw out lots of ideas but it wasn't until she said matches that an idea came to me!

So my idea was the sentiment but now I had to tie it all together.  I found this picture on Pinterest and adapted it for papercrafting.....I made my own embellishment!  I cut off the tips of the matches and glued them onto a heart diecut from Lil' Inker Designs.  Here are the how-to and inspiration photos.

From Pinterest  http://www.thecarrotbox.com/

From here, I diecut lots of clouds from the Rainbows and Clouds dies from Lil' Inker Designs.

I knew these would be the perfect clouds for this card as I wanted that little extra texture of the perforations Laura adds to her dies. I used Soft Stone and Shimmer cardstock from PTI for my clouds for the added color to the otherwise white card.

I paired my handmade embellishment with a computer generated sentiment along with a

mini match to tie the whole thing together.  I love how it turned out!

Ok friends......I hope you like my card enough to go VOTE for it HERE.

I'd love to have your support and wouldn't be in the Top 10 without each and every one of you!

You have until Thursday at 1pm CST to go vote!

Thank you sooo much!

{a match made in heaven)

Paper:  SS White, Soft Stone, Shimmer (PTI)

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies, Rainbows and Clouds Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Sentiment:  http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/

Misc:  Matches, Baker's Twine, Foam Adhesive, 3M Quick Dry Adhesive

Lil' Inker Designs February Product Spotlight Hop {Day2}

First.......again I have to mention this weather!  Seriously people!  I was fortunate to have lunch with a friend yesterday at my most FAVORITE place.....Chipotle.....outside.....without a coat!!!!  Yes, you heard me.....February 1st.  I am loving every minute of this!!!  But I digress.......the REAL reason I'm here today is to showcase the Valentine goodies from Lil' Inker Designs that were previously released on January 20th during the January release!

Here is who you can visit today:

Laura Pryor

Amy Kolling--->me!

Alicia Thelin

Jen del Muro

Lil' Inker Store

I used the Of the Heart dies and sentiments for my card today.  Lots of layers and NO pattern paper!  My sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.  I LOVE LOVE the signature detail of the little perforations on the hearts!!!

I've used the colors from the Colour Q challenge for this week.  I snuck my kraft color in there with the wood button and button twine.  Hope that's ok!

Next up, I have a cute quick little treat box.  I decorated this white truffle box with more of the Heart dies and wrapping the top with some baker's twine from The Twinery.  What's inside you ask?  6 Hershey Kisses fit perfectly inside!  How sweet is that?  ;)

Well.....that's it for me.  Remember this blog hop FULL of inspiration using the new Valentine goodies goes on Friday and Saturday too!  Your next stop is Alicia's fabulous blog!  Why not go pick up your own set of these cute hearts??  You can HERE.  ;)  Thanks for stopping by!

{I give you my heart}

Stamps:  Of the Heart Sentiments (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  SS White, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Smokey Shadow (all PTI)

Ink:  Versamark

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies and Flags and Tags Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Janome Sew Mini, Wooden Button, Rustic Jute Button Twine (PTI), Foam Tape, White Filigree Embossing Powder

{For you}

Stamps:  Of the Heart Sentiments (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  Sweet Blush and Pure Poppy (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Foam Tape, Baker's Twine (The Twinery)

Lil' Inker Designs----Bonus Goodies Release!

Welcome to the last day of the Lil' Inker Designs January New Release!  Today we show you some bonus goodies with a Valentine theme!  This is what you've been waiting for right?  :)  Following the blog hop, you should have arrived from my friend Jen Carter's blog.

First, let's introduce:  Hamster Cupid.  Oh is his cute or what?  This is similar to our previous 2 Cute Ink sets but a smaller scale.

I've paired Hamster Cupid up with some yummy papers from Echo Park called Be Mine.  Oh all the patterns are just gorgeous!

Using the Card Patterns sketch, I pieced together the Echo Park paper and added on a fun border punch by EK Success.  Hamster Cupid was colored and paper pieced to this pattern paper and I allowed the wings to move.  Here is the Card Patterns Sketch #148:

Now let's introduce:  Of the Heart Stamps and Dies.

I've used these new sets for a very CAS card to end this week's new release.  I LOVE white on white cards so I thought this would be a great time to do one to highlight these new dies.  These heart dies have Laura's signature perforations and she even added a cute little arrow!  I see myself using these ALL the time.  You can never have too many heart dies right?  Here I've used the smallest of the 3 heart dies.  To add some interest, I've scored a frame around the popped up white panel.

Well, that's the end of this FUN FUN release my friends!!  It's been so much fun this week sharing what's new from Lil' Inker Designs.  Now it's your turn to go check out the new goodies and grab them for yourself!!  You can find them over at the Lil' Inker Designs website HERE.

{Hugs and Kisses}

Stamps:  Hamster Cupid (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow, Vintage Cream (all PTI), Be Mine Collection (Echo Park)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Big Scalloped Ovals Large (Spellbinders), Classic Ovals Large (Spellbinders)

Misc:  Janome Sew Mini, Heart Pinking Border Punch (EK Success), Copics

(I love U)

Stamps:  Of the Heart (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  SS White and Pure Poppy (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Linen Impression Plate (PTI), Foam Tape, Red Gemstone