SugarPea Designs...1st Birthday Bash Hop...It Moose Be Your Birthday!!!

Hello stampin' friends! I'm SO excited and very honoured to be joining SugarPea Designs for the SPD 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop!!! Happy B-day, SPD!!! 

Well, all I can say is...WOW! Wendy and the SugarPeas are really doing this SPD Birthday Bash up right...

• One lucky person that comments on all the blogs along the hop has a chance to win a $100 gift certificate.

• There is also a LinkUp over at the SugarPea Designs blog where you can post YOUR birthday card for a chance at a $25 Gift Certificate. We can't wait to see your sweet creations!

• Use the coupon code: BDAY01 at the SPD Shop to receive a 10% discount (valid until January 24th).

• The SPD 1st Birthday Blog hop and birthday card LinkUp ends January 28th and winners will be announced on February 1st. 

SugarPea Designers

SugarPea Designs Blog
Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Jenny Peterson
Kim O'Connell
Mary Johnson
Wendy Bond
Tracy Valure
Simonne Clay
Stacey Schafer
Wendy McGaffey
Vera Yates
Kerri Michaud
Lisa Lara
Cathy Preissing
Shanna Shands
Cibele Glazer

Our Special Guests

Tracy MacDonald
Danielle Lounds
Tara Godfrey
Veronica Zalis
Angel Rivera
Jen Shults
Isha Gupta
Amy Tsuruta
Dina Kowal
Chaitali Narla
Brianna Loeffelbein
Lisa Henke
Piali Biswas

 If you arrived here from Danielle's blog then you are in the right spot, if not then head on over to the start of the hop at the SPD blog, so you don't miss any of the sweet birthday creations the SugarPeas and special guests have to share. Be sure to comment here and on every blog post along the hop for the chance to win a $100 gift certificate!

I made my SugarPea Designs birthday card with the adorable Merry ChristMoose Stamp set. I LOVE that this set is not just for Christmas but for winter birthdays too! I have a birthday coming up soon and I think it's nice to brighten things up and add a little warmth and sunshine to a winter birthday with bright colours. I used a mix of BoBunny's Candy Cane Lane and BasicGrey Evergreen 6X6 patterned papers. I coloured up this cute moose with my Copics, fussy cut him out and popped him up on the tag cut with the Gift Tag Sugar Cuts. I haven't used vellum since I started scrapbooking almost 13 years ago. Vellum is having a resurgence and so I scoured my stash for some vellum, cut out another gift tag and layered it over the yellow patterned paper gift tag...love the softness it adds.   

I stamped out the various snowflakes from the Merry ChristMoose Stamp set and the Sweet Treats - Christmas Stamp set on the pierced circles. I stamped the sentiment from the Merry ChristMoose Stamp set in Steel Grey Premium Dye Ink on Sweet Tooth Heavyweight Card Stock cut with the pierced fishtail flag from the Gift Tag - Sugar Cuts. I embellished with some yellow sequins and tied the tag with yellow AC hemp twine. 

I finished off the inside of my card, as always. I stamped the Merry ChristMoose moose again in Steel Grey Premium Dye Ink and embellished with more circles stamped with the snowflakes. I added another tag cut with the Gift Tag Sugar Cuts but I only had a small scrap of the yellow patterned paper left so I used the "cut and re-cut" technique to make the tag a little smaller. I used the Layered Treat Label Sugar Cuts for the sentiment panel and stamped a sentiment from the Have an ICE Day Stamp set. 

Thanks SO much for hopping by and having a little peek at the birthday card I made for the SPD 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop with the Merry ChristMoose Stamp set! Please remember to leave a comment HERE and on every blog post along the hop for your chance to win the $100 Gift Certificate. And we really want to see your birthday card creations so don't forget to LinkUp your card over at the SPD blog and now head on over to Veronica's blog to see what sweet creation she has to share!

Merry Christmoose	Have An ICE Day	Sweet Treats %u2013 Christmas	Gift Tag %u2013 Sugar Cuts Die
Layered Treat Label %u2013 Sugar Cuts Die

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Your Next Stamp Blog Hop...Happy Brrr-thday!!!

Hello stampin' friends!!! I'm SO thrilled and honoured to join Karen, her talented Design Team and many special guests for this exciting Your Next Stamp Blog Hop to mark the launch of the NEW Your Next Stamp website, the NEW October Release and the 5th anniversary of Your Next Stamp! Whoo Hoo!!!! If you landed here from Amy's blog then you are in the right spot! If not, I suggest heading on over to Tracy's blog and hopping along with us from the beginning!

 

There's AMAZING PRIZES to be had!!!
5 random winners will receive $20 to spend in the YNS Store!  Make sure to comment for more chances to WIN!
Winners will be posted on the YNS blog on Oct 22!

You will get 10% off your entire purchase when you create an account in the new store! Plus the new release will be marked down 15%!!!

I made two wintery cards with these adorable little Waddles - Snow Fun Stamp set and of course I had to use Your Next Stamp Gumdrops! I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these pretty Glittered Pink Gumdrops. If you've visited my blog before, you know I have just a little Gumdrop addiction ;)...they are my absolute favourite embellishment!

I made my card with this pretty BoBunny Candy Cane Lane 6X6 paper pad and stamped one of the many sentiments from the Waddles - Snow Fun Stamp set.

This is my second card with another one of the little Waddles from the Waddles - Snow Fun stamp set...this little tobogganing Waddle totally stole my heart...how cute is he?! I used more BoBunny Candy Cane Lane 6X6 papers and I just had to add these gorgeous Glittered Silver Gumdrops! Gosh, they are SO pretty and SO glittery!

Here is a close up....I stamped another sentiment from the Waddles - Snow Fun Stamp set.

Thanks SO much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my cards with the Your Next Stamp Waddles - Snow Fun Stamp set and  Glittered Pink and Glittered Silver Gumdrops! Make sure you leave a comment and be sure to continue on your hop commenting along the way!!! Next stop on the YNS hop is the super sweet and amazingly talented Angel!!! Hop on over to see what stunning creation she has to share!

My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 146...Happy Holidays!

Hey Stampin' friends! I thought I would play along with the fabulous sketch over at the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club....MFTWSC146! I'm just getting it in under the wire but it gave me the chance to make another Christmas card and play with the new Glimmer Glaze that I bought the other day too.

*** Make sure to enter your name in my BLOG CANDY giveaway for a MFT LLD Insert It - 3X4 Notebook Die-namics and I will include a few other fun crafting goodies too. Just add your name to the Link Up Gadget at the bottom of the post HERE.***

Good Luck!

Here is the fabulous sketch that I used.

For my card I used the festive BoBunny Silver and Gold 6X6 paper pad and I matted with MFT Replenishments Heavyweight Card Stock in Brick Red and Jellybean Green. For the rectangle panel in the sketch I decided to use the LLD Insert It - 3X4 Notepad Die-namics. I also used the gorgeous Poinsettia Die-namics cut from pattern paper. After cutting out the flowers I turned them over on a foam mat and used my ball stylist, rubbing in circular motion, to add some dimension to the petals and leaves. Then I applied the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze in Sangria and I used Parsley Glimmer Glaze on the leaves.

I stamped one of the fabulous sentiments from the NEW Cheerful Christmas Sentiments Stamp set on Primitive Cream Heavyweight Card Stock in Brick Red Premium Dye Ink.

Here is a close up of the Glimmer Glazed Poinsettia...it adds such a pretty shimmer and glimmer and still lets the pattern in the paper show through...I really like how it looks and is very simple to use and dries quickly, so no long wait while it dries. 
 

This is the inside...very simple...I used another sentiment from the NEW Cheerful Christmas Sentiments Stamp set in Brick Red Premium Dye Ink.

Well, Thanks SO much for stopping by and havin' a wee peek at my card for this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club # 146.

Cheerful Christmas Greetings Poinsettia Di-namics Die-namics LLD Insert It - 3x4 Notepad MFT Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics MFT Fishtail Flags Layers Die-namics Premium Dye Ink Pad Brick Red MFT Jellybean Green Heavyweight Card Stock Heavyweight Card Stock Brick Red Heavyweight Card Stock Primitive Cream Hemp Cord

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 78...Vertical Greetings...Chase your Dreams!

Hello stampin' friends! It is time to get sketchy with the MFTWSC again this week. Have you been keeping up with the sketch each week? Well, we have a fabulous sketch for you each and every Wednesday and it is very simple to join the challenge. Just make a card or creation with the sketch and upload it to the SCS using the proper keyword, MFTWSC78 by Tuesday, July 3rd at noon EST, for your chance at our weekly prize! The lucky winner will receive a $15 gift voucher and if the winner uses MFT stamps, they will receive $5 in bonus bucks, for a total of $20!!! 

My very good friend and co-worker was just promoted to a management position. I made this card congratulating her on this accomplishment. I used the wonderful Vertical Greetings Stamp and Die-namics set. The sentiments are so inspiring, feature a beautiful mix of fonts and make fabulous looking cards, quickly. I can't seem to get enough of this gorgeous BoBunny, Country Garden 6x6 paper pad lately. I stamped a sentiment from the A La Modes Grad Girl stamp set on a pattern paper cut with the Fishtail Flags STAX. I also used the Simply Scallops Die-namics and the Circle Tag Die-namics that comes in the Let's Toast Stamp and Die-namics set.

Here is the inside of my card...I used another one of the beautiful sentiments from the Vertical Greetings Stamp and Die-namics set and stamped another sentiment from the A La Modes Grad Girl stamp set and a Fishtail Flag banner. 

Thanks SO much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's MFTWSC78! Please swing by Kim's Blog and check out the beautiful cards by the other MFT Designers.

Happy Stampin'!
Hugs,


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My Favorite Things Stamps - Pure Innocence Surf's Up VIP Collection!

 

Cowabunga, MFT Fans! Ready to ride the waves with us! It's VIP New Product Tour day and we have the NEW Pure Innocence Surf's Up VIP Collection and TWO NEW must-have Die-namics...such a rad NEW collection this month! It's perfect for your summer/beach stamping and crafting needs! The VIP set is called Surf's Up and it includes:

Pure Innocence Surf's Up VIP Collection $33.90

Pure Innocence Surf Chick stamp set

Pure Innocence Surfer Dude stamp set

Surf's Up Sentiments mini (VIP exclusive stamp set - will NEVER be offered for sale or be available again $9 value, FREE)

Jumbo Squiggle Border Die-namics

Sentiment Strips Die-namics

The FREE mini sentiment set that is included in the VIP collection is EXCLUSIVE to the Surf's Up VIP collection and will never be available for purchase again....so now is the time to scoop up this super cute and fun VIP collection!

So I have two cards to share with you, first up is Pure Innocence Surf Chick. Gosh, I adore her, she is So cute in her wet suit. I used the same paper pad for both cards BoBunny, Country Garden 6x6 papers. I thought the bright sunny colours of this paper would be perfect paired with Surf Chick! I coloured Surf Chick with my Copics and paper pieced her surfboard. I cut her out and pop-dotted her on the Open Scallop Doily Oval Die-namics. It is layered over an oval cut with the OVAL STAX and then cut an oval to fit inside the Doily too. I also used my Fishtail Flags STAX and layered them with the NEW Jumbo Squiggly Border...this border is fabulous and gives a lovely wavy effect. I also used the Sunshine Die-namics and the fabulous NEW Sentiment Strips Die-namics...I am in LOVE with this new Die-namics set...a must-have. I stamped one of the sweet sentiments from the Exclusive Sentiment stamp set, on the double Fishtail Sentiment Strip, that comes with this VIP kit and will not be available for sale again.

Here is the inside...I stamped the sweet Surf Chick as a shadow image and used a cute Birthday sentiment that comes with the PI Surf Chick stamp set. I always love having coordinating birthday sentiments.

Now, for the equally as cute Pure Innocence Surfer Dude! For this card I picked the blue papers and used my SQUARE STAX Die-namics. I used the negative of the New Jumbo Squiggly Border Die-namics and the Catch a Wave Die-namics. I layered and adhered everything down and then ran it through my Cuttlebug with with larges SQUARE STAX Die-namics again to cut off the ends. I also used the Sunshine and Fishtail Flags Die-namics. The cute sentiment is from the Exclusive Sentiment Set available only in this collection and it is stamped on another one of the fabulous New Sentiment Strips Die-namics. 

Here is the inside...I stamped the PI Surfer Dude again this is another sweet birthday sentiment that comes in the PI Surfer Dude stamp set.

Well, thanks SO much for droppin' in, just ride the next wave on over to Kim's blog and check out the gnarly inspiration by the other MFT Designers!

Happy Stampin'!
Hugs,
 

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