Richard Garay Be Amazing Bundle!

Hello Everyone!
Did you check out the AWESOME Deals and Bundle Deals by Richard? If not, you MUST check it out HERE. Today, I made a card using some products from the Deal of the Week "Be Amazing Bundle" 

Here is how my card looks



Make cardbase using Delightful Daisy cardstock.
Create a mat layer using patterned papers.
Die-cut a the leaves using the Branch out die set. Adhere the floral patterned paper behind it.
Flick some gold silk onto this layer.
Stamp and emboss the sentiment onto Captivating Coral cardstock and die-cut.
Adhere it onto the mat layer onto some Jean Cord.
Assemble everything together.







This Be Amazing Bundle offer features products from the Make Amazing Happen collection. Create gorgeous cards full of color and floral accents with the Make Amazing Printed Paper, Sweet Dreams Sequins and Branch out die set from the Lumberjack Days collection. Send heartfelt sentiments to loved ones with the Be Amazing stamp/die set. This offer is available until Friday, December 30th for only $29.99- That’s 40% off the original retail price!

Altenew’s A Year In Review Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to this special "A Year In Review Blog Hop" by Altenew. As the title already suggests, we're going to review the past year and showcase some of our favorite projects.

I absolutely love the products from Altenew! Especially the flowers are amazing :)

This is going to be a long post so get a cup of steaming coffee and enjoy!! You should have come here from the super talented Therese Calvird's Blog.

Here are a few of my favorite cards:

I used Altenew Vintage Flowers and Label Love stamp set to create this card. First, I stamped and embossed the flowers using white embossing powder. Then I added distress ink. The embossed flowers resist the ink, which really looks so pretty in real life.

For my 2nd. and 3rd. card, I used the same stamp "Winter Cottage" and used it in 2 ways. I love how different the cards look. 

For this card, I sponged the cardbase from top using 3 colors of distress inks and flicked some gold ink to it. I then embossed the image using gold embossing powder and applied some chalk pastels to add color. I stamped this beautiful sentiment using Navy ink and love how the card turned out.

For the card below,  I simply stamped the image using Smokey Grey ink. Added a touch of  watercolor. I adhered this panel to the cardbase. I then cut a piece of linen cardstock and framed the image using 3D foam.

Oh, I love these pretty butterflies fluttering by  from the "Wild Hibiscus" stamp set. Once again, I used Distress inks for the background. The wax paper technique yielded the wonderful texture. To finish off, I embossed the butterflies onto vellum and did some fussy cutting. To finish, I applied some Wink of Stella for some shine.

This last card was total fun to create. I have a video for you too. For this card, I used the "Wild Hibiscus and Label Love" stamp set once again :)

Click below to watch the video :)

The next stop on the hop is so very creative Marika Rahtu's blog.

How can a celebration end without prizes??? Altenew is generously offering lots of them :)

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59 PM ET to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, January 6th.

I will also choose a winner from the comments below. Please leave a comment by Thursday, January 5th and I will pick a winner on the 7th. of January. Don't forget to check on that day. The winner will receive a Altenew card by me :)

Lastly, Altenew is running a special shipping promotion now through Friday. Make sure to enter the code at checkout to take advantage of this special deal!

Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping on all retail orders with code GOODBYE2016 at checkout and $7 OFF international shipping on orders over $17 with code WELCOME2017 at checkout. Offer ends Friday, December 30th at 11:59 pm EST. (Retail orders only. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other coupon codes.)

Blog Hop Order

Altenew

Yana Smakula

Sveta Fotinia

Erum Tasneem 

Jennifer McGuire

May Sukyong Park

Virginia Lu

Hussena Cal

Laura Bassen

Svitlana Shayevich

Laura Jane

Therese Calvird

Isha Gupta------ You're HERE

Marika Rahtu

TaeEun Yoo

Anna Kossakovskaya

Kristina Pokazanieva

Natalia Zubkova

Debby Hughes

Richard Garay Be Amazing Bundle!

Hello Everyone!

Did you check out the AWESOME Deals and Bundle Deals by Richard? If not, you MUST check it out HERE. Today, I made a card using some products from the Deal of the Week "Be Amazing Bundle" 

Here is how my card looks

Make cardbase using white cardstock.

Create a mat layer using patterned papers.

Die-cut a square onto the white cardstock. Cut around it to create a polaroid frame.

Die-cut the leaves using the die using vellum. Color using alcohol markers from the back.

Stamp and emboss the sentiment. Die-cut using the die.

Assemble everything together.

This Be Amazing Bundle offer features products from the Make Amazing Happen collection. Create gorgeous cards full of color and floral accents with the Make Amazing Printed Paper, Sweet Dreams Sequins and Branch out die set from the Lumberjack Days collection. Send heartfelt sentiments to loved ones with the Be Amazing stamp/die set. This offer is available until Friday, December 30th for only $29.99- That’s 40% off the original retail price!

Reverse Confetti Fetti-Friend Sketch

Hello everyone! Today, I have a card to share using the wonderful sketch at Reverse Confetti Blog.

Are you getting inky this weekend? Come play along with this month’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO for a chance to win!

Here’s the sketch…

I stamped the sentiment and the letters to create the background as in the sketch using Mouse Mail stamp set. I then made a tiny shaker element using the Bar Tag Layer Confetti Cuts and I had to use this adorable mouse from the Mouse Mail stamp set and the Mouse Mail Confetti Cuts and the word bauble from Figure of Speech stamp set and Confetti Cuts:)

Check out the Reverse Confetti blog to see how to link your awesome creations and more details along with wonderful inspiration by the Confetti Crew.

Can't wait to see what you create! Happy Crafting!!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello everyone!

Today, I am absolutely delighted to be part of Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia! This truly is a fun event for card-making bloggers. I hope you take the time to check this event out. Not only I get inspiration from this event, you will also have lots and lots of chance to win a prize!! 

About Advent Calendar Extravaganza: the festive event of the season! This "hop with a twist" was dreamed up by Taheera Atchia and features surprise destinations each day joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests-each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration. Just like an Advent Calendar, you'll never know where you're going to be visiting until you "open the door"! And that's not all! With 25 AMAZING sponsors taking part as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!! Join the fun every day at 

to see what special surprises await behind the door! 

For the 1st. card, I used SugarCuts: Stitched Flags, Simple Numbers, Beautiful Bauble and Stamp: Funky Wreath: Christmas, Seasons Greetings. I stamped the image and colored the leaves and berries loosely using watercolors. I then flicked some gold mist and red ink.

Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment onto vellum, die-cut it. I die-cut one more circle and adhered it behind the circle with sentiment, so the sentiment is more visible.

to finish, I tied the twine and adhered the banners with numbers 2 and 5

For my 2nd. card, I used SugarCuts: Stitched Flags, Simple Numbers and Stamp: Funky Wreath: Christmas, Seasons Greetings. I just stamped the bow using Kaleidacolor ink to dive some dimension and color variation. I then flicked some Gold color spray and stamped the sentiment.

I then die-cut the banners and the number 25. To finish, I wrapped the jute twine around the panel.

It's not a party without a prize- and prizes every day there are several chance to win. Today's prize is generously sponsored by the Awesome Concord&9th, so you'll definitely want to win. Simply leave a comment on this post-then head back to Taheerah's blog and leave a comment there, too. You must leave a comment on Taheerah's blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don't forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah's blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more. You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2016 to enter. 

Don't forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit Taheerah's blog every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time. Merry Christmas! Enjoy the rest of your hop and don't forget to leave a comment for me! Thanks for stopping by!

COUNTDOWN TO CONFETTI Day 1

Hello Everyone! I am so excited today to share my first card using the Reverse Confetti December new release. Today, it time for the COUNTDOWN TO CONFETTI

Don’t forget to leave a comment on the Reverse Confetti Blog and on each sneak peek post this week for a chance to win!

Check out the RC Blog for more ways to win.

Here is the first  new “critter” set and it's super cute

MOUSE MAIL

Coordinating Confetti Cuts…

Here is my card using the adorable stamp and die :)

Check out the awesome inspiration from the Design Team

Amy Kolling

Diane Jaquay

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Laurie Schmidlin

Amy Tsuruta

Audrey Tokach

Amy Sheffer

Leigh Penner

Jeanne Jachna

Melissa Phillips

Susan Liles

And, ‘Fetti Friend…

Isha Gupta -----That's Me YAY!!!

Have a nice day and Happy Crafting!!

Excited! Reverse Confetti "Fetti Friend"

Hello Everyone! Today I am so excited and honored to share that I am going to be part of Reverse Coffeti this month as their December "Fetti Friend". Check out the post HERE.

It was so difficult to keep this just with myself. Thank you Jen and Amy for having me. 

I am so excited and can't wait to share some of my creations this month using the awesome RC products.

Have a nice crafty day!