Blog Hop - My Favorite Spellbinders 2023 Club Product!

 Welcome to my stop on the Spellbinders Blog Hop featuring our favorite 2023 Club Products!

To celebrate, we are giving away a $25.00 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers, selected from the comments on the Spellbinders Blog!  The Giveaway closes on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 11:59 PM MST.  Winners will be announced on the Spellbinders Blog Hop post the following Wednesday, Dec. 12.  Winners are responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

You should have arrived here from Michelle Woerner's blog, and your NEXT STOP will be Alanna Moses' blog.

If you know me at all, you'll know that I'm a flower girl, and so I've chosen the January 2023 Large Dies of the Month as my favorite club kit from this year.  They are named Club Blooms, and I've chosen this set because of the lovely variety of elements Spellbinders has provided us in this set.  The single flowers are lovely and can be used singly or layered, and there is a wonderful variety of leaves, but I really enjoyed having the berry sprig and the mini-flower sprig to work with!  

For my new card today, I used a dark background embossed in a favorite 3D folder, and a favorite color scheme of blue and yellow.

supplies: Soft Navy, Cornflower Blue, light blue, Green Apple, and 2 yellow cardstock, Club Blooms dies, sentiment from Snowflake Wishes Stamp/Die set, Flower Frenzy 3D embossing folder

I'm also sharing 2 cards using this set that I've previously blogged back in January when this set was released.

supplies: white cardstock, Club Blooms, Spring Bouquet and Chamomile mini ink cubes, finger daubers, January Embossing Folder of the Month: Stylized Trellis, sentiment from Sentimental Greetings clear stamps

supplies: cream, yellow, pinks and greens cardstock, Spellbinders Club Blooms, Embossing Folder of the Month: Stylized Trellis, and sentiment from Log Cabin and Flower Mini Quilts

The complete list for the Hop can be found HERE at the Spellbinders Blog.  Thanks for visiting me today, and enjoy the Hop!

Spellbinders July Club Kits Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Spellbinders July Clubs Blog Hop!  I have 2 cards for you today!

To celebrate this month's release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky blog readers, selected from comments left on the Spellbinders blog!  The giveaway closes on Sunday, July 23 at 11:59 PM MT, and the winners will be announced in that same Blog Hop post the following Wednesday.  Winners are responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.  

Please note that gift certificates cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions, but can be applied to past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

You should have arrived here from Allison's blog.

I wanted to play once again with the lovely Layered Poinsettia Tree dies, and gave my card a kind of woodsy feel this time around with traditional Christmas colors..

supplies: red, green, and cream cardstock, a woodgrain dp, Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia Tree dies of the month, sentiment from this month's Large Die of the Month kit, Stocking Full of Joy, Postage Edge Rectangle die

This month's 3D embossing folder is a favorite for me this month - such amazing details!

supplies: Doll Pink and Green Apple cardstock, a Christmas plaid dp, Adorning the Tree embossing folder, white pigment ink, sentiment from Tiny Merriment add-on die set

This design is an easy one - just a matter of matting up the embossed panel and adding a sentiment.

Now it's time to move on to Sheri's blog!  Enjoy the hop!  If you get lost, just start at the beginning HERE for a list of all the stops.

Spellbinders January Clubs Blog Hop

I'm taking part in a blog hop today to showcase the January Club Kits from Spellbinders.  To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers - selected from the comments on the Spellbinders' blog.  Giveaway closes on Sunday, January 22nd, 11:59 pm MST.  The winner will be announced in the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Wednesday.  The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes. 

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions.  Store credit CAN be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

Here's my card, featuring the Large Dies of the Month and the Embossing Folder of the Month for January.  

supplies: white cardstock, January Large Dies of the Month: Club Blooms, Spring Bouquet and Chamomile mini ink cubes, finger daubers, January Embossing Folder of the Month: Stylized Trellis, sentiment from Sentimental Greetings clear stamps

The FIRST TIME I played with these dies, I used colored cardstocks, so this time I thought I'd use my inks on white cardstock.  I embossed a partial panel in the Stylized Trellis folder, gently rubbed a pale pink ink over it, and affixed it to my card front.  Then I stamped my sentiment, and lastly added my arrangement of Club Blooms.

I'm sorry to say that the Large Die, Stitching Die, and 3D Embossing Folder for January are sold out.  You will be able to join these Clubs next month, in February.  Be sure to join so that you don't miss out again on new designs!

Here's the Blog Hop order:

Spellbinders Blog
Sandi MacIver
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Lisa Mears
Jennifer Kotas
Jean Manis
Linh Van
Mindy Eggen
Michelle Woerner
Jill Hilliard
Lin Brandyberry  You are here!
Lisa Tilson
Allison Frazier
Joy Wilson
Michelle Short
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jumi Baek
Bonnie Crane
Virginia Lu
Ilina Crouse
Lydia Fiedler
Deborah Jenkins
Alanna Moses
Inge Groot
Delois Mirisha Dean
Jess Gerstner
Larissa Heskett
Teri Duncan
Jeanne Jachna
Sara Lihz Staroska
Sheri Gilson
Nandita Garg

Thanks so much for stopping by, now off you go to Lisa Tilson's blog - she's made you a gorgeous floral card!  Enjoy the Hop!

Spellbinders January Clubs Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on today's Spellbinders January Clubs Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from Rosemary Dennis' blog.  If you've not visited my blog before, I'm Lin Brandyberry, and I have a card for you that uses the January Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month.  I kept my design simple to allow the foiling to be the star of the show.

supplies: orchid pink and white card, January Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, Pink Glimmer Foil, Hemstitch Rectangle die, a pink glitter heart sticker

I simply foiled one of the heart glimmer plates and a sentiment in pink gimmer foil,  added a glitzy heart sticker where a heart exists in the design, and framed the panel in my favorite Hemstitch Rectangle to allow more pink to show through.

Here's a tilted photo to hopefully show you the foiling a bit better.

I did 3 other cards using this set HERE, in a different color scheme, but I like this pink and white version!

Don't forget to leave a comment on the Spellbinders' blog for a chance to win one of 3 $25.00 gift certificates.

Now you can move on to the next stop, which is Karen Yagel's blog.  Enjoy the hop, and thanks for visiting!

Simon Says Stamp LET'S CONNECT Blog Hop, Day 2!

Welcome to Day 2 of Simon Says Stamp's blog hop for their new release called Let's Connect!!

You should have arrived here from Betty Wright's blog.  If you have just happened upon me today and want to start the hop from the beginning, go to the Simon Says Stamp blog to start.  We'll be giving away a $25.00 coupon at EVERY STOP on the hop, so don't forget to leave a comment!  The winners will be announced at the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog next Wednesday, August 12. Winners must email Simon to claim his/her prize.

And as you can see in the banner above, we have a free gift with any purchase made from now until August 9 at 11:59 pm: a Gina K Designs Dot Runner!  Just use the code GLUE when you place your order.

I have 3 cards to show off some of the fun new goodies that I was sent from this release.  

First up, my favorite is the new Crackle Background.  I think it's going to become a classic!

supplies: white cardstock, Bristol paper, Crackle Background cling stamp, Mom's Meadow flower sprig, (retired) Beautiful Day sentiment, Zig markers and water

I simply stamped with a medium grey ink onto a panel of white, then added the Meadow flowers, and my sentiment.  I love this background, very subtle but it definitely makes a statement!

Next up is a simple card featuring 2 of the 4 stencils in the Sunny Smiles set.  

supplies: white cardstock, Sunny Smiles stencils, mustard seed distress ink, sentiment from Hello Darling, cloud die, Doodlebug heart, adhesive foam squares to lift clouds

This is a set of 4 small stencils - I chose to use just 2 of them, centered on my card front, and then added a stamped sentiment and some embellishments. 

You can see another card  I made with these stencils HERE.

And lastly, I played with the new Toilet Paper Slider and sentiments from We're Like Toilet Paper.

supplies: white and metallic silver cardstock, kleenex tissue,  "tile" and "wallpaper" dps, Toilet Paper Slider dies and sentiments from We're Like Toilet Paper stamps, adhesive foam squares to lift tp roll

Edited to answer Theresa's comment: when I cut out the toilet paper dies, I just put kleenex over white cardstock and cut.  The pressure of the machine "melded" the tissue to the cardstock; I didn't have to glue the 2 together!  And the cardstock gave me some stability so that the whole thing could be popped above the card.  Thanks to my friend Mary Anne for this idea!

Don't forget to visit the blogs on Day 1, too, for even more inspiration and chances to win a $25.00 gift card.  Now you should hop on to Preeti Chandran's blog.

Click HERE for all the new goodies, and for more inspiration, don't forget to visit our Let's Connect Gallery.

Thanks so much for coming by today.  I hope you find something special just for you in this new release. Here's today's Hop Order.

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Laura Bassen

Debby Hughes

Amanda Korotkova

Caly Person

Heather Hoffman

Yoonsun Hur

Laurie Willison

Bobbi Lemanski

Betty Wright

Lin Brandyberry

Preeti Chandran

Dana Joy

Daniel West

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Karin Åkesdotter

Simon Says Stamp SEND HAPPINESS Blog Hop, Day 2!

Welcome to Day 2 of Simon Says Stamp's new SEND HAPPINESS blog hop!

You should have arrived here from Betty Wright's blog.  If you have just happened upon me today and want to start the hop from the beginning, go to the Simon Says Stamp blog to start.  We'll be giving away a $25.00 coupon at EVERY STOP on the hop, so don't forget to leave a comment!  The winners will be announced at the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog next Wednesday, July 1. Winners must email Simon to claim his/her prize.

And as you can see in the banner above, we have a free gift for shopping - any purchase made from now until June 29 at 11:59 pm will get your choice of one of four enamel pins, while supplies last.  Just make your choice of one of the codes in the graphic above!

I have a selection of cards to show off some of the fun new goodies from this release.  

First up is the fun CHILLIN' GNOMES stamps.  This set has 3 gnomes dressed for summer and lots of sentiments and smaller stamps to build some fun scenes.

supplies: white cardstock, Chillin' Gnomes stamps, Nuvo markers to color,

Simon Waves and Clouds for Days stencils, distress inks and blender brushes

Those "palm trees" are really mushrooms colored creatively!  

Here's another using the she-gnome and her posies from the same set.

supplies: white cardstock, Chillin' Gnomes stamps, colored with Nuvo markers, distress inks and blender brushes for background

I masked my card front and brushed on distress inks before gluing on the gnome and flowers.  She has her toenails painted, and is dressed in summery colors.

Next up is FAIRYTALE SPINNERS. I made a window card and suspended one of the fairies inside the window.  And I stamped the frame with a flower and butterfly also in the set.

supplies: white, Lavender, and Surf Blue cardstock, Fairytale Spinners, colored with Zig markers, MFT Mini Scalloped Stitched Rectangle dies, fishing line to suspend fairy in window  

Here's the reverse design of this fairy.  There are front and back stamps for 2 different fairies; you just choose the matching pair, color and cut them out, then glue them together with a string or clear filament between them, then attach the string on 2 opposite sides of your window opening.  

And lastly, here's my card using the new STARBURST stencil.  I immediately thought of fireworks.....

supplies: Soft Navy and gold foil cardstock, Starburst stencil, DecoFoil Transfer Gel and Summer Rainbow foil, Simon's Extra Large Congrats die

I chose a dark background to simulate a night-time sky, and then secured my stencil, applied transfer gel, let it dry, and then ran it through my laminator with rainbow foil.  I think the Congrats die is the perfect sentiment to go with this background!

This is your final stop of the blog hop.  Don't forget to visit the blogs on Day 1, too, for even more inspiration and chances to win a $25.00 gift card.

Click HERE for all the new goodies, and for more inspiration, don't forget to visit our Send Happiness Gallery.

Thanks so much for coming by today.  I hope you find something special just for you in this new release. Here's today's Hop Order.

HOP ORDER:

• Simon Says Stamp Blog
• Debby Hughes
• Laura Bassen
• Heather Hoffman
• Sidnie Des Jardins
• Vicky Papaioannou
• Emma Williams
• Laurie Willison
• Bobbi Lemanski
• Caly Person
• Betty Wright
• Lin Brandyberry

CRAFTY HUGS Blog Hop, Day 2

Simon Says Stamp has released some stunning new products; we're calling them the CRAFTY HUGS release, and I'm so pleased to be participating today in Day 2 of a blog hop to celebrate!

You should have arrived here from Pretti Chandran's blog.  If you have just happened upon me today and want to start the hop from the beginning, go to the Simon Says Stamp blog to start.  We'll be giving away a $25.00 coupon at EVERY STOP on the hop, so don't forget to leave a comment!  The winners will be announced at the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog next Wednesday, June 3. Winners must email Simon to claim his/her prize.

And as you can see in the banner above, we have a free gift for shopping - any purchase made from now until May 31 at 11:59 pm will get a free gift of Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco Foil, while supplies last.  Just use the code HUGS4U.

I received a fun selection of new things from the release: a large cling stamp, an amazing large die, and a fun stencil. Here are my projects with them.

First up, the SO BEAUTIFUL cling stamp.

supplies: white, black, and Surf Blue cardstock, SO BEAUTIFUL cling stamp, Zig markers and water, tumbled glass distress ink, clear sequins for the centers of a few flowers

The sentiment in that lovely font is part of this cling stamp, a nice bonus!

Next I played with this amazing HIBISCUS BLOOM die.

supplies: teal, white, and hot pink cardstock, HIBISCUS BLOOM die, Bold Hello die, distress oxide inks in carved pumpkin, picked raspberry, mustard seed, mowed lawn and black soot, Newton's Nook Tropical Leaves stencil, adhesive foam to pop up flower

I cut my flower from white cardstock, colored the petals and leaves with oxide inks and a sponge, then reinserted them back into place.  I embossed a stencil for my background.

And lastly, how do you like this fun RADIANT HEARTS stencil?

supplies: white cardstock, RADIANT HEARTS stencil, distress inks and a blending brush, sentiment from Leafy Frames, Stitched Circle die, adhesive foam to pop up sentiment circle .

This is your final stop of the blog hop.  Don't forget to visit the blogs on Day 1, too, for even more inspiration and chances to win a $25.00 gift card.

Click HERE for all the new goodies, and for more inspiration, don't forget to visit our Crafty Hugs Gallery.

Thanks so much for coming by today.  I hope you find something special just for you in this new release. Here's today's Hop Order.

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Laura Bassen

Debby Hughes

Yoonsun Hur

Heather Hoffman

Bibi Cameron

Barb Engler

Sidnie Des Jardins

Cheiron Brandon

Laurie Willison

Caly Person

Betty Wright

Bobbi Lemanski

Lea Lawson

Preeti Chandran

Lin Brandyberry