Timeless Twine & Some Odd Girl Blog Hop!

Happy Friday to you, crafty friends!

The Twine-istas and the Odd Girls are happy to welcome you to their first collaborative BLOG HOP!

Some Odd Girl and Timeless Twine decided to get together for a little playdate, and we are SO pleased you’ve joined us! We hope you’ll find plenty of inspiration as you make your way around to all of the designers’ personal blogs, and be sure to leave a little love at each stop along the way, because there are THREE gorgeous spools of Timeless Twine and one $25 gift certificate to Some Odd Girl up for grabs!

Our hop, now being lovingly referred to as “The Timelessly Odd Hop”, runs now through Sunday, March 17th at midnight EST, so you have plenty of time to make your way around the circuit. It’s a big hop, ‘cuz we have TONS of amazing designers who were absolutely excited to combine their love for all things cute, quirky, clever, and crafty, so take your time and ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY!

I received Party Girl Gwen to work with for this play date!  I combined my love of the color pink and the Raspberry Pink twine from Timeless Twine.

 

If you’ve just dropped by randomly and haven’t been hopping from the beginning, here’s the full list to get you started:

Some Odd Girl

Melissa

Amy Kolling--->you are here!

Leah Crowe

Amy T

Ana Maria

Anna

Annette

Rachel

Asa

Brianna

Casandra

Debbie

Kristy

Faye

Kristy

Leah the Orange

Lou Mac

Mandi

Tracy

Melisa

Piali

Shannon Morgan

Vera

Melissa Shea

Timeless Twine
 

So there’s your hop list! You don’t have to visit everyone in order, but you do have to visit EVERYONE if you want to win the goodies! And that’s your cue, friends! Our winners will be announced on Monday, March 18th. Happy hopping, and GOOD LUCK!

 

 

Neat & Tangled March Release Day 3: Sketchy Cupcakes

 

Welcome back to the Neat & Tangled March Release!!! 

 

 

 

Today we are sharing an adorable set called Sketchy Cupcakes.  Who says that a cupcake can't have a teeny tiny little smiley face?  I LOVE this little extra that Danielle threw in this set!

 

I've taken these images and totally paper pieced them to make this cute birthday card!!!

 

 Don't forget to comment over at the Neat & Tangled blog for your chance to win this stamp set!  If you can't wait that long, all the new stamps will be available starting today at 8am EST!

 

 

{ENJOY}

Stamps:  Sketchy Cupcakes (Neat & Tangled)
Paper:  White, True Black (PTI)

Pattern Paper:  Hip Hip Hooray (AC)

Misc:  Stick Pin, Foam Adhesive

Neat & Tangled March Release Day 2: Just thinking of you

 

***This is my second post of the day so if you are here for my Fresh Squeezed Stamps New Release post......please scroll down***

 

 

Today is my first post with the newest release from Neat & Tangled!  Did you visit the Neat & Tangled blog yesterday to see the newest addition to the stamp lineup?  On the Strip 2 folks!  If you loved the first addition, you will LOVE this one too! 

 

Today we are sharing a darling mini set called Just Thinking of You and it has the most beautiful scripty handwritten font for it's sentiment.  This is what I chose to focus on for my card today!  So here's me giving in to my Washi hoarding!  This is the Heart and Cloud Washi......layering it up and adding this gorgeous sentiment!

 

I've made this for the Moxie Fab World:  Washi Tape Challenge!

 



 Now....go visit the Neat & Tangled Blog for your chance at winning this set! 

Thank you all for visiting....I appreciate every single visit and comment!!

 

{thinking of you}

Stamps:  Just Thinking of You (Neat & Tangled)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Misc:  Washi Tape (Freckled Fawn), Twine (The Twinery), Pearls

Fresh Squeezed Stamps New Release: Breath of Fresh Flair

 

Hello hello! 

This is going to be a busy week for my blog with lots of new goodies to be shared!  Stay tuned later today for my Neat & Tangled new release post!!

 

Today is the start of the Fresh Squeezed Stamps March Release!  You are in for a treat as this month there are some caauuttteee stamps!

 

 

Today we are sharing a new set called a Breath of Fresh Flair.  I just love the name and I can foresee this set being very popular!  Firstly, I am in love with this mini camera stamp!  And I've used one of my favorite things to do........stamp the shadow/outline with the back of the image stamp!!!  It's a perfect fit and this way I don't have to color!  (bonus!)

 

I'm sending this over to the Moxie Fab Challenge:  Camera Craze!!  There is still time to play along!

 



Now, you need to head to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog for more inspiration from the DT using Breath of Fresh Flair. There on the blog you will see the full stamp set AND make sure to enter for your chance at the giveaway of this set!   

 

 

 

{hey hey hey}

Stamps:   Breath of Fresh Flair (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Bubblegum, Ocean, Orange, Papaya (Amuse), True Black (PTI)

Misc:  Black Gems

March Verve Diva Inspirations Hop....

 

Hello!  I'm so excited to finally be here with my first official post as a Verve Diva!  Wahoo!

I still can't quite believe I'm amongst these other fabulously inspiring ladies....many of whom I've admired for years! 

 

Welcome to the Diva Inspirations Hop! It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Verve Inspirations Team to breathe new life into some much-loved stamps and dies. And there's a PRIZE up for grabs! So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment section of each blog as you hop about to be entered in a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps! Check out all the details over at the Verve Blog, which just happens to be the start of the hop.

 

 

	1. Julee	7. Karen
	2. Amy	8. Sankari
	3. Anya	9. Sarah
	4. Betty	10. Sony
	5. Jen d.	11. Susan
	6. Jessica	12. Tiffany

 

I knew for my first Verve post that I wanted to use some of Verve's FABULOUS floral stamps but to choose......which one?!  I finally settled and used Dream Big and it's coordinating dies.  (Have I mentioned that I LOVE coordinating dies?.....well, I do.)

 

The sentiment is from Treasured Words.......Lovin' that font.....this set covers pretty much every kind of card you'd need!

I have a couple of friends that are having surgery today and they are both in my thoughts today as they recover.  Stacey and Laura......Hope you get well soon!

 

 

Ok, now it's time to send you on your way.  You're next stop is Anya's blog!!! 

Don't forget to leave a comment here and at each stop along the way for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the Verve Store.  Have a great day!

 

{Hope you get well soon}

Stamps:  Dream Big, Treasured Words (Verve)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Grass, Cranberry, Papaya, Blush (Amuse) Black (PTI)

Dies:  Rounded Scallop Frame, Dreamy Leaves, Scalloped Flowers (Verve)

Misc:  Foam Adhesiver, Gems (MS)

AEI♥U Challenge

 

It's been a very busy weekend, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet!  It's down to the wire on the challenge over at Avery Elle but I made this yesterday and wanted to share it with you all!

All images here are from Avery Elle!

 

 Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo for this month's challenge! 

I just couldn't get those bright yellow chevrons out of my head, so I recreated them using the arrows found in the stamp set To the Point.

 

 

Thanks for stopping!!!

 

{so sweet}

Stamps:  To the Point and Digi images (Avery Elle)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Amuse, PTI

Dies:  Double Ended Banner Die (PTI)

Misc:  Copics

 

Sweet Stamp Shop--Guest Designer

 

Is anyone else ready for spring?  I am so tired of the snow, the cold, the winter coats, etc, etc. 

I think my kids are ready for some warm weather too!  My son keeps saying he's going outside to play basketball.....um, no....it's 30 degrees!!!

 

Anyway, I'm here with my Guest Designer post for the Sweet Stamp Shop which you can see on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog!!  I was very honored to be chosen this month as one of the designers!

Thank you Nicole Rixon for the sweet opportunity to work with your designs this month!

 

I have a couple of cards today using some of the newest releases.......Nesting and Distressed Chevron.  Let me say first, that I didn't have any SSS stamps prior to this gig......so that being said, this design process was a bit hard for me and made me really think "outside the box" when it came to sentiments, layouts, etc.  However, I feel like I still created cards that were ME. 

 

On with the show!!

I'm going to show off the Distressed Chevron background.  My first card uses the background simply by stamping it on a card front with white pigment ink.  Oh the ink coverage is amazing!  (see supply list below)  Then I added on a speech bubble veneer from Freckled Fawn.

 



 My next card uses Distressed Chevron background to make my own pattern paper.  Here I stamped the background onto paper and then die cut my little animals from it for a sweet baby card!

 

My final card uses the set called Nesting.  Who doesn't like those little Nesting families?  Cute little sentiments in this set too!  I actually **gasp** cut my sentiment apart and out of the frame it came in to achieve this sentiment layout......but I like!  :)
**I had a very hard time getting this card photographed to get my sentiment in focus...sorry!**

 

 

Well, thank you all so much for all your lovely comments on my blog lately......you all certainly know how to make a girl smile!

 

{hello}
Stamps:  Distressed Chevron (Sweet Stamp Shop)
Paper:  Hibiscus Burst (PTI)
Ink:  White (Wplus9)
Misc:  Wood speech bubble (Freckled Fawn)

{BABY}
Stamps:  Distressed Chevron (Sweet Stamp Shop)
Paper:  Lemon Tart, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, White (PTI)
Ink:  White (Wplus9)
Dies:  Animals (PTI), Headline Alpha Dies (PTI)
Misc:  Sewing Machine, Buttons (PTI), Foam Adhesive

{It's what's on the inside...}Stamps:  Nesting (Sweet Stamp Shop)
Paper:  Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, White, True Black (PTI)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark
Dies:  Heart Border (PTI)
Misc:  Copics, Foam Adhesive