Made With Love Blog Hop

Happy Valentine's Day, folks!  I am SO excited today because I am participating in the Made for Love Blog hop along with the girls from the Gallery Idol 2012 competition.  We're friends, dude.  It's pretty cool.  Just sayin'.  If you came from Joscie's blog, you are already on your way!  If not, feel free to jump on back to Taheerah's blog for the beginning of the hop.  I know you have a ton of blogs to visit, so I will make some attempt to keep this short and sweet, but there are couple of things you need to know... there is a TON of AMAZING inspiration on this hop AND TONS of prizes from AMAZING sponsors, too...as in... at least one at every stop... so don't miss out on that awesomeness!  K?  K.  Thanks for keepin' it real with me here, folks!



For my card, I decided to go classic Valentine.  I chose a red cardstock base and then mounted a dry embossed panel in the same tone onto that.  I die cut the wreaths and adhered those, stamped the heart from Gourmet Rubber Stamps in white on pink cardstock, trimmed, and adhered that with foam tape.  I then stamped and embossed the sentiment (Technique Tuesday) in white on a vellum strip, trimmed a banner, and adhere it to my card.  I used Zip Dry, which I'm telling you in preparation for that question being asked.  LOL!  I love how it is just a good, 'ol fashioned Valentine kind of card!  YAY!



And now...it's PRIZE TIME!!!  I have TWO prizes being offered today!  The first is a fabulous goody bag Simon Says Stamp worth $25!!!  YAY!!!

The second prize is an awesome collection of goodies from The Crafter's Companion! One winner will receive TWO six packs of Spectrum Noir markers and this adorable stamp set, too!


To enter to win one of these two great prizes (there will be two winners... one for each prize) simple leave a meaningful comment on this post (if you are in a reader or email, please click through to my blog to enter).

Please take a moment to thank our AMAZING sponsors if you get a chance! Seriously...these guys ROCK!!!  One Grand prize winner who comments on ALL of the blogs along the way will win a $90 Gift Certificate to Ribbon Carousel!  My giveaways end on Wednesday, 20 February, 11:59 Eastern time.

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

AND...Next on the hop is the fabulous Amy Kolling! Be sure to check out her awesomeness and leave some love!

Here is the full hop list, just in case you need it! :) And don't forget that there are prizes to win at EVERY STOP! Like...for reals, you guys. So don't miss 'em!

Taheerah Atchia
JJ Bolton
Joscelyne Cutchens
Jennifer Ingle
Amy Kolling 
Agnieszka Malyszek
Wida Miller
Jocelyn Olson
Miriam Prantner 
Anita Recksiedler
Elena Roussakis
Jennifer Rzasa
Erin Lee Schreiner
Dana Warren
Laurie Willison
Tessa Wise
Nina Yang 

Thank you SO MUCH for vising our hop!

Have a Happy!!!!

Jingle Out!

Simon Says: WHITE OUT!

First of all, I want to thank you all so much for the amazing birthday wishes! You guys rock! Thank you so much! It was a great day with lots of smiles!

Now...let's dive into this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Challenge! We have an inspiration photo for you today! I had to laugh, as I created this card over the weekend, and, you may or may not have heard, but Massachusetts got a *little* bit of snow over the weekend. By a little bit I mean we got over two feet with insane drifting and the entire state came to a hault for two days. Just a little. HA! SO...this week's challenge was a rather humorous inspiration, as it looked a LOT like what I was seeing outside!


Ummm... yup. A WHOLE lot o' white! LOL! And I love it! And...miracle of all miracles, I did not use a SINGLE stamp on this card! CRAZINESS!!!! I KNOW!!!! Actually, the whole team is showing off fun Cuttlebug products this week and I DID use one of those! Love that dotted embossing folder! Woot! Woot!


*sigh* I am SO loving the white on white. It makes me happy! I die cut a couple of clouds and added them with foam tape and then added the Studio Calico wood veneer heart along with the die cut 'you' for the sentiment. This is probably my favorite Valentine's Day card of this season. I just love it. Soft, simple, and happy. YAY! (I {heart} happy. Just sayin'.)


I do so hope this inspires you to go ahead and create a project based on the inspiration photo! One lucky participant will win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!! (Have ya been, lately? If not...you should probably head on over...it's a happy place...a VERY happy place! YAY!)


SO! With that, I hope you have a deliciously happy day! No...for reals.. Have a Happy!!!

To find the products used on today's card, check out the links below! Woot! Woot! And don't forget to enter my birthday giveaway that I posted yesterday, too! For reals, folks!

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